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Chas490

@chas490.bsky.social

Retired. Moderate Dem from super red Indiana (arggg!). Like music, nature, gardening, IU basketball and football. I don't respond to DMs

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Rep. Massie:  “I've not seen any arrests from the revelations in the Epstein files…Over two dozen people have resigned, CEOs, members of government worldwide. But I haven't seen any arrests or investigations here in the United States from this DOJ.”

24.02.2026 19:07 — 👍 19490    🔁 5866    💬 560    📌 245
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We need to continue to support the Ukrainian people in every possible way as they defend their democracy against Russia’s brutality.

24.02.2026 18:55 — 👍 101    🔁 28    💬 8    📌 2

We will likely be at war within the week. It won't stop a single election. It won't distract from the Epstein files or the many other horrors going on in our country. It's just going to get a bunch more people killed.

24.02.2026 10:42 — 👍 7368    🔁 1781    💬 322    📌 70
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Tonight, I’ll be watching the People’s State of the Union with MoveOn and ⁦‪MeidasTouch‬⁩ — standing up for healthcare, affordability and decency.

How about you? ✋
#SOTU

24.02.2026 15:04 — 👍 3967    🔁 1284    💬 287    📌 81
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GOOD FOR AOC ❤️💙❤️
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24.02.2026 10:20 — 👍 11173    🔁 2642    💬 536    📌 253
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Van Orden: "If Canada had taken Donald Trump up on his offer to become the 51st state, the Canadians would've had gold also"

24.02.2026 14:50 — 👍 781    🔁 130    💬 690    📌 325

Is that the dorkiest thing ever said by anyone ever??

24.02.2026 14:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Farm bankrtuptcies up in Minnesota and across the Midwest • Minnesota Reformer The Farm Bureau’s figures may underplay the extent of the financial challenges facing farmers in Minnesota and beyond.

A 325% increased in Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies in MN in 2025 due to high input costs and low crop prices.

2026 will be a lot worse as the mngop has now run off a major portion of the farm workers. minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/23/f...

23.02.2026 13:35 — 👍 238    🔁 156    💬 27    📌 14
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Susan Rice is right. Now Netflix must choose. The institutions and individuals who betrayed democratic principles will bear that mark of shame well into the future.

Susan Rice saw this moment coming. She described it plainly, and she was right.

Now, Netflix must decide which side of history it wants to be on.

The right choice is obvious. The only question is whether Netflix has the courage to make it. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...

23.02.2026 22:32 — 👍 10094    🔁 3314    💬 484    📌 222
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Data centers and other new large loads are driving sharp increases in Idaho farmers’ electric bills • Idaho Capital Sun In the past five years, irrigators have been hit with unprecedented rate hikes, the combined effects of which are staggering. This year, it will cost 45% more for my family to irrigate our crops than ...

COMMENTARY | This year, it will cost 45% more for my family to irrigate our crops than it did in 2021. That’s an increase of about $73,000, writes guest columnist Adam Young.

23.02.2026 17:53 — 👍 342    🔁 195    💬 27    📌 14
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Gallego: "They're going and racially profiling people and rounding up Americans until they can prove their citizenship. That money came from kicking millions and millions of Americans off Medicaid. It was the same bill. They cut Medicaid to expand ICE."

23.02.2026 15:14 — 👍 16432    🔁 6817    💬 402    📌 276
U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-California) speaking to reporters

U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-California) speaking to reporters

Rep Robert Garcia: “Annie Farmer is a courageous survivor of Epstein’s abuse. I’ve invited Annie to the State of the Union so she can join other survivors & remind the President of his refusal to release all the Epstein files

I’ll be at the People’s State of the Union and tell her story”

23.02.2026 21:34 — 👍 2160    🔁 547    💬 53    📌 26
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Work alongside New York City's Strongest as we get through this historic storm. 
 
Emergency shoveling pay is now $30/hour. Walk into any sanitation garage to sign up TODAY BY 8PM or TOMORROW from 9AM to 8PM.
  
Let's get NYC back on its feet— together.

bit.ly/NYCShovel

23.02.2026 19:05 — 👍 10024    🔁 2048    💬 250    📌 429
As Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s family, we commend the British authorities for taking meaningful action and treating the Epstein files with the urgency they demand.

While these arrests aren’t for the underlying exploitation, they are a crucial step toward truth and accountability.

The contrast with the continued inaction in the United States is undeniable. Survivors deserve transparency, swift investigation, and real justice, no matter who is implicated.

Sky and Amanda Roberts

As Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s family, we commend the British authorities for taking meaningful action and treating the Epstein files with the urgency they demand. While these arrests aren’t for the underlying exploitation, they are a crucial step toward truth and accountability. The contrast with the continued inaction in the United States is undeniable. Survivors deserve transparency, swift investigation, and real justice, no matter who is implicated. Sky and Amanda Roberts

Virginia Giuffre's family on the arrest of ex-U.K. Ambassador Peter Mandelson:

"The contrast with the continued inaction in the United States is undeniable. Survivors deserve transparency, swift investigation, and real justice, no matter who is implicated."

Full statement

23.02.2026 21:43 — 👍 5618    🔁 1594    💬 51    📌 29
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a man in a suit and tie is wearing a crown and saying yeah boyy ! Alt: Flavor Flav says YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!!

If the USA Women’s Hockey team wants a real celebration and invite ,,, I’ll host them in Las Vegas. Do some nice dinners and shows and good times.

I’m sure I can get a hotel and airline to help me out here and celebrate these women for real for real. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

23.02.2026 21:33 — 👍 26329    🔁 4381    💬 591    📌 557

The ICE surge in Minnesota cost $280M to detain 4k people. Of those- only 30 were accused of violent crimes.

$9 million per capture of the "worst of the worst".

Renee Good and Alex Pretti were unavailable for comment….

23.02.2026 16:50 — 👍 15220    🔁 6374    💬 421    📌 271

People don't want data centers polluting their cities.

They don't want masked thugs terrorizing their neighbors.

They don't want warehouses being turned into ICE prisons.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home.

They want their basic needs met.

23.02.2026 19:15 — 👍 11232    🔁 3275    💬 310    📌 126
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Maryland -- suit filed today

oag.maryland.gov/News/Pages/A...

23.02.2026 20:28 — 👍 8693    🔁 2047    💬 131    📌 46
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BREAKING: Sen. Ruben Gallego will NOT attend the SOTU and will instead participate in the People’s State of the Union hosted by MeidasTouch and MoveOn.

23.02.2026 21:20 — 👍 17366    🔁 3838    💬 437    📌 208
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ICE whistleblower comes forward to testify before Congress Ryan Schwank, a former ICE academy instructor, is expected to testify that ICE “is lying to Congress and the American people” about its training program.

Breaking MS NOW:

An ICE whistleblower is expected to testify at a congressional forum today that the agency is "lying to Congress and the American people" about its training of new recruits.

Ryan Schwank was an ICE academy instructor for new recruits before he resigned earlier this month.

23.02.2026 19:05 — 👍 13409    🔁 5189    💬 400    📌 280
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Listen to this 13 year old who went to her city's council meeting.

She had some things she needed to get off her chest

23.02.2026 04:49 — 👍 8467    🔁 3086    💬 254    📌 325
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23.02.2026 02:28 — 👍 8936    🔁 3557    💬 237    📌 101

Personally, I believe that opposing racism and all forms of hate is currently the most important thing to do. I believe this is true for several reasons. Firstly, I feel it is a moral imperative. Human beings are all actually so similar that it is truly wrong for any humans to persecute others...

21.02.2026 04:07 — 👍 257    🔁 91    💬 1    📌 0
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Why China Sent Spies After Gold Medal-Winning Skater Alysa Liu And Her Father Liu and her father, who had protested the Chinese government after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, were targeted in an alleged spying scheme months before Liu competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Liu and her father, who had protested the Chinese government after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, were targeted in an alleged spying scheme months before Liu competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

20.02.2026 17:35 — 👍 1624    🔁 456    💬 55    📌 27
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She’s making it happen, y’all.

@jasmineforus.bsky.social is activating non-voters just like she said she would.

“55% of the people that showed up on day one don’t normally vote in a primary. In fact, 20% of those voters were first-time voters.” 💥

21.02.2026 03:13 — 👍 6912    🔁 1910    💬 255    📌 98
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Utah Supreme Court upholds fairer map for midterm elections, rejects GOP appeal That fairer map creates a district where Democratic voters can meaningfully compete.

🚨BREAKING: In a decisive win for voters, the Utah Supreme Court dismissed the GOP legislature’s appeal in the state’s landmark redistricting case — clearing the way for a fairer congressional map to be used in the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Congrats, and many thanks sir!!

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😕

21.02.2026 03:21 — 👍 29040    🔁 8618    💬 733    📌 480
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#Orban and #Szijjarto are both criminals, assets of the Kremlin.

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