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Beth Thorpe

@bethinlouavul.bsky.social

Digital Strategy for KY Dem campaigns, Dog Petter and Pie Maker. Communications Chair for Louisville Democratic Party. Union Member, Campaign Workers Guild. ⚲ Louisville, Kentucky

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CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen says black, oil-contaminated rain is falling over Tehran after strikes on oil facilities by U.S./Israeli airstrikes.

08.03.2026 09:02 — 👍 1323    🔁 650    💬 28    📌 90
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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent ​strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reach...

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

08.03.2026 12:29 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Transcript: Trump Hit by Damning Iran Leaks as Polls Turn Brutal Fast As media scrutiny of Trump’s attack on Iran intensifies, the author of a piece on White House lawbreaking explains why his violent “mad king” public image is already turning people against the war.

"I think what we’re seeing is 11-year-olds with the most powerful military in the entire world, which is a pretty scary thing to see in action. And also, doesn’t it really look, from the New York Times reporting at least, like Netanyahu just bulldozed Trump into this?" trib.al/PSNogHK

08.03.2026 12:30 — 👍 145    🔁 47    💬 16    📌 3
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DOJ docs, FBI interview, raise new questions about Epstein's "suicide" Notes from an FBI interview indicate that prison guards discussed "cover-up"

New: Prison guards discussed cover-up in Epstein's death, inmate tells FBI. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

08.03.2026 02:34 — 👍 5575    🔁 2782    💬 152    📌 113

I think it was expected it would be a tough fight, but not for him to get pummeled.

04.03.2026 12:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wow, the Dem primary turnout among Hispanic voters in Texas is going to be giving the GOP sweats for the next 8 months.

Take Zapata County - turnout in the Dem primary there yesterday was 143% the total number of votes Harris won in the 2024 general election. That's wild.

04.03.2026 12:02 — 👍 1744    🔁 395    💬 28    📌 40

CENTCOM now says 3 F-15s were shot down by friendly fire over Kuwait. All crew members are alive and in good condition. 🤦‍♂️

02.03.2026 12:03 — 👍 1918    🔁 425    💬 197    📌 47
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Iran Attack: U.S. Jet Fighters Mistakenly Shot Down as Mideast Conflict Widens - Live Updates Israel launches dozens of strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, while U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran continue. Follow along for live updates, news and analysis as the conflict in the Middle East unfolds...

Let's just have a fun, military spectacle in the Middle East.

What could go wrong?

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

02.03.2026 12:02 — 👍 137    🔁 35    💬 1    📌 1
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Iran in Focus: Stop Trump's War · MoveOn Over the weekend, the United States and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran, a dangerous escalation that risks dragging us into another devastating, decades-long conflict. This war threatens the l...

TOMORROW: Hear from activists, foreign policy experts, and Members of Congress who are calling for immediate de-escalation in Iran and demanding immediate action to rein in Trump.

We’ll discuss actionable next steps and launch a nationwide push to tell every elected official no more endless wars.

02.03.2026 02:31 — 👍 338    🔁 161    💬 12    📌 8

Despite running as an anti-war candidate, Trump has ordered more military strikes against more countries than any other modern president.

He has attacked seven nations, three of which—Iran, Nigeria and Venezuela—had never been targeted by U.S. military strikes.

It’s a complete betrayal of MAGA.

02.03.2026 11:29 — 👍 951    🔁 338    💬 70    📌 11
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Military says 3 U.S. troops killed and 5 others seriously wounded during Iran attacks Three American service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded during the U.S. attacks on Iran, the military said Sunday, marking the first American casualties in a major offensive ...

Three American service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded during the U.S. attacks on Iran, the military said Sunday, marking the first American casualties in a major offensive that has sparked retaliation from the Islamic Republic.
https://to.pbs.org/4047zdC

01.03.2026 21:32 — 👍 97    🔁 32    💬 20    📌 9
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U.S. and Israel launch a major attack on Iran, Trump says Supreme Leader Khamenei killed A major attack launched by Israel and the United States killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Donald Trump announced Saturday, confirming an assassination.

A major attack launched by Israel and the United States killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Donald Trump announced Saturday, confirming an assassination. https://to.pbs.org/4cTE45I

28.02.2026 22:38 — 👍 70    🔁 28    💬 14    📌 5

So many of us warned that Donald Trump is a dangerous, reckless pathological liar who can’t be trusted except to take actions that enrich himself and save his own skin. This war will not distract us from demanding he be held accountable for his Epstein involvement & violations of our Constitution.

28.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 1078    🔁 271    💬 22    📌 9

I want this for Louisville.

25.02.2026 16:14 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Keep working hard everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

24.02.2026 16:42 — 👍 147    🔁 53    💬 2    📌 1

Scott has spent the last 15 years of his life working in the highest echelons of government, as FL Governor (from 2011-2019) and as a U.S. Senator (since 2019), during which time he has undermined every effort to use the tools of governance to improve the public sphere.

24.02.2026 16:26 — 👍 3755    🔁 778    💬 223    📌 43

Kentucky state Rep. Josh Calloway just filed a bill today that I believe would allow any woman who has an abortion to be charged with murder. #kyga26

20.02.2026 15:19 — 👍 15    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 3

BREAKING: We reached a settlement that requires the Trump administration to permanently maintain medical research that had been erased on a government website.

The government doesn't get to censor science.

18.02.2026 17:04 — 👍 2104    🔁 590    💬 37    📌 22

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

18.02.2026 17:39 — 👍 41053    🔁 10833    💬 476    📌 1027

“None of the deportees are Cameroonian citizens. And almost all had received protection from American courts, which banned the government from sending them back to their home countries, where they would most likely face persecution, according to government documents obtained by The Times…”

19.02.2026 00:02 — 👍 177    🔁 113    💬 10    📌 1
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We are less than two weeks away from the first primary races of 2026, and the GOP is scrambling to find its midterm messaging. @ezralevin.bsky.social, co-executive dir. of Indivisible, joins The Weeknight as Americans plan to hit the streets in “No Kings” events nationwide.

18.02.2026 22:04 — 👍 128    🔁 28    💬 6    📌 2

The government cannot stop undisclosed donors from giving an unlimited amount of money to a political candidate, but it can stop a private corporation from airing an interview with a candidate. Free speech!

19.02.2026 00:09 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Stars and Stripes: Veterans slam new VA rule for determining disability ratings By LINDA F. HERSEY STARS AND STRIPES • February 17, 2026

Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2026-02-17/new-va-rule-disability-ratings-20780685.html
Source - Stars and Stripes

Stars and Stripes: Veterans slam new VA rule for determining disability ratings By LINDA F. HERSEY STARS AND STRIPES • February 17, 2026 Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2026-02-17/new-va-rule-disability-ratings-20780685.html Source - Stars and Stripes

VA News: VA undoes decades-old wrong and protects Veterans’ Second Amendment rights
For immediate release

February 17, 2026

VA News: VA undoes decades-old wrong and protects Veterans’ Second Amendment rights For immediate release February 17, 2026

Effective yesterday, VA made it more difficult for veterans to receive disability payments. Hours later, the department was bragging about protecting the 2nd Amendment.

Essentially, the Trump administration is abdicating VA's primary role and reason for existence to impress online MAGA chuds.

19.02.2026 00:06 — 👍 63    🔁 28    💬 3    📌 0

I got it. Going after high propensity Dems it seems.

19.02.2026 00:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Amid Mass ICE Arrests, Trump Pardon Recipient Juan Orlando Hernández Given Special Treatment After the former Honduran president was pardoned, ICE dropped its detainer on him, and he was whisked away to a luxury hotel in New York City.

After railing against narcoterrorists + deporting migrants w/no criminal record, President Trump pardoned the former Honduran president last year – then federal officials lifted his ICE hold & whisked him to the Waldorf Astoria

My latest for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...

18.02.2026 23:00 — 👍 354    🔁 183    💬 9    📌 14
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15.02.2026 13:03 — 👍 20556    🔁 8410    💬 469    📌 340
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Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one” Covid-19 is not just a respiratory infection. Cardiovascular symptoms are seen in both acute and long covid. Katharine Lang reports on what we’ve learnt since the onset of the pandemic Cardiovascular...

A virus that causes vascular damage is not mild and children need protection. We all do. @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social

www.bmj.com/content/392/...

14.02.2026 13:12 — 👍 152    🔁 79    💬 3    📌 27

i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.

10.02.2026 03:56 — 👍 9313    🔁 2861    💬 341    📌 1

Thermobarics (or fuel-air bombs) are straight up evil weapons. They are similar in mechanism to the dust explosions in old flour mills, but engineered to be much deadlier. They really must be banned.

11.02.2026 01:40 — 👍 24    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0

More reporting: At the WEF in Davos, Moderna’s CEO said Moderna will "stop investing in late-stage vaccine trials that are a crucial part of the approval process," b/c “You cannot ‍make a return on investment if you don’t have access to the U.S. market."

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

11.02.2026 01:53 — 👍 144    🔁 73    💬 1    📌 4