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Judy Stone

@drjudystone.bsky.social

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Infectious disease doc. Holocaust memoir Author: Resilience: One Family’s Story of Hope http://bit.ly/ResilienceStone & Conducting Clinical Research http://bit.ly/CCRText ID doc, freelancer/Forbes contributor, amateur photographer.

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@timothysnyder.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:33 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

"Do something." Front page of NYT, 9/10/26 — credit Jeff Roberson, AP.

Photo of person holding a sign that says "Read 'On Tyranny' by Timothy Snyder. Do Something." There is a government building in the background.
@taniel.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:34 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

You can check out (and sign up to !) @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social's writings here: goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/the-other-...

And if you haven't, be sure to bookmark our elections guide he is shouting out here! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

@taniel.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:33 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

Really appreciate @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social's generous shout-out to our election coverage at @boltsmag.org!

"It’s entirely possible the elections that are going to have the biggest effects on our lives are the ones that get practically zero national coverage. With the big exception of Bolts."

"Of course he has the big national and high-profile races that most of the people who read GP/BP know all about. But those are only a small fraction of all the elections that are being contested, and as important as majorities in the US House and Senate are, especially in this particular cycle, it’s entirely possible that the elections that are going to have the biggest effects on our lives are the ones that get practically zero national coverage. With the big exception of Bolts.""Bolts also tracks local offices. Prosecutors! Sheriffs! School boards! And more. They’re particularly good on covering criminal justice stuff, in elections and otherwise, that many people don’t even think of as “politics” but actually has huge effects on people’s lives."
@angrystaffer.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:38 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.

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@anatosaurus.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:38 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

The notion that we fight fascism by pretending it's not occurring has brought us here to a place where Nazi cheerleaders have taken over our government, occupying our cities, abducting our neighbors & trafficking immigrant children.

@anatosaurus.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:36 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

Man who has never run for office, nor likely even knocked a voters' door, offers advice to someone who has done both - and won. Man who made his living valorizing capitulation by calling it "civility" would like all others to do the same. Groundbreaking.

@onestpress.onestnetwork.comOct 11, 2026, 7:41 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

Per Kyiv Post, Witkoff/Kushner offered Putin “frozen Russian assets held in Europe and sanctions relief in exchange for a limited energy and maritime truce.”

@emptywheel.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:43 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

For those pushing Dems to start making a stink about Elon's fundraising @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social is now doing that.

Josh Turek vs. Elon Musk.
Working-Class Underdog vs. World’s Richest Man. 🥊💥🥊

Who’s your money on?

For context: Elon Musk is unleashing a firehose of cash to boost vulnerable Republicans in the battle for the Senate majority, including my MAGA opponent here in Iowa.

Why’s he so focused on this race in particular, you ask?

Well, I’m what MAGA billionaires like Musk fear most:

A candidate who’s not a millionaire and isn’t trying to become one.
A leader with a well-calibrated moral compass and strength of character.
A senator who can’t be bought.
Basically, an honest and up-sitting public servant.
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@maddow.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:48 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

"Texas schools are underfunded — hundreds have gone to four days a week..."

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | Republicans Are Worried About Gina Hinojosa. In Texas, I Saw Why. (Gift Article)The Texas Democrat who says the culture wars are over.
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@maddow.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:28 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

"People sometimes get involved in elections because they are skeptical of how they work. Then they discover that the problems they expected to find are not there..."

www.votebeat.org/national/202...

votebeat.orgHow Monae Johnson went from MAGA darling to endorsing a DemocratSouth Dakota’s Republican secretary of state once questioned vote-counting machines. Four years later, she is defending them and backing a Democrat to replace her.
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@urocklive1.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 8:04 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

It sounds contradictory, but people who believe elections are rigged should go be poll workers. They will quickly realize how difficult, if not impossible, it is to cheat on any kind of massive scale. The dumb things Trump claims literally could not happen, and our system is very secure.

@urocklive1.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 8:12 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

"Her message is simple: Life has gotten too hard for hard-working people in Texas. Schools are underfunded — hundreds have gone to four days a week — and new artificial intelligence initiatives are no substitute for a good teacher in the classroom."

@democracydocket.comOct 11, 2026, 8:30 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

A GOP-led purge of Democratic voters is underway in New Jersey — and voters are fighting back in court.

In one stark example, a Democratic voter received a “Gilmore Letter” questioning their eligibility to vote.

Their Republican spouse did not: https://demdock.com/4yCxbOh

@onestpress.onestnetwork.comOct 11, 2026, 8:41 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

Carney spoke with Trump

OTTAWA, ON, Oct. 11, 2026 /CNW/ --Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, spoke with the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.
The Prime Minister thanked the President for his leadership toward securing an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. He expressed Canada's strong support for this agreement and reiterated President Zelenskyy's call for Russia to uphold it. It is imperative that all attacks on energy infrastructure and civilians cease immediately.
Canada will continue to join allies in supporting Ukraine's defences and its citizens. And we will continue to maximise our exports of oil and diesel to the United States that yield well over a million barrels of diesel per day.
@maddow.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:56 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

“There is no excuse for a mistake of this magnitude...”

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

washingtonpost.comPentagon raises official toll of troops who died during war with Iran to 21The Post exclusively reported last month that the number of service members lost was greater than what the Pentagon was reporting in its public database.
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@meidastouch.comOct 11, 2026, 8:34 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

🚨 WTF! Trump's new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia has been EXPOSED promoting Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracy theories—including claims that Democrats are child-eating cannibals. And her posts about Trump's secret signals are even more bizarre.

meidasnews.comTrump's New Press Secretary Exposed as Pizzagate and QAnon Conspiracy PeddlerKatie Zacharia pushed claims about child-eating Democrats, secret Trump signals and stolen elections before landing the White House podium.
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@democracydocket.comOct 11, 2026, 8:59 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

NEW: DHS says it has “no plans” to buy more taxpayer-funded pro-Trump propaganda ads, but groups challenging the ads say that doesn’t cut it. They want a federal court to issue an immediate block on the ads.

@maddow.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 9:06 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

"Alliances are not merely acts of charity toward strangers. They exist because countries learned that hostility becomes more likely when aggressors believe their victims will stand alone..."

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | Tucker Carlson would have you forget the truth about Hitler. Don’t.In a conversation with Jacob Rees-Mogg, the commentator played fast and loose with the historical record.
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@maddow.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 9:44 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

New Trump rule set to go into effect Oct 22 -- may cause serious spike in prescription drug prices for millions of Americans:

www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

apnews.com/article/drug...

apnews.comThe cost of drugs from Canada is set to soar for millions of Americans because of a federal ruleMillions of Americans who buy cheap drugs from Canada could soon lose access due to a new customs rule.
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@mollymckew.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 10:18 PMReposted by @drjudystone.bsky.social

Additional detail from earlier this year on the process, where layers upon layers of citizenship and voter ID verification have been used to be sure the “right” voters have a representational advantage

Sound familiar? It should /2

techpolicy.press/a-misguided-...

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