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Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.

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Could This Actually End Citizens United?

Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti

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Amy @2catsintheyard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is what we need to be doing.

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Amy @2catsintheyard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When Strada was asked what he considered to be a successful execution, he responded: “The condemned is put to death.” “Anything else?” “No.” This lack of empathy is so prevalent in leadership in the U.S. right now and is what our children see. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

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Prison chief in Christa Pike case oversaw five ‘botched’ executions, lawyers say

Frank Strada facing mounting questions after Pike survives injection with lethal drugs in Tennessee

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Trump's economy in two headlines.

CNN Business: The US economy added just 29,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2%.

ABC News: Households will pay more for energy because of Trump's policy changes

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Again, don’t threaten us with everything we could ever want.

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ACLU of Rhode Island @riaclu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"We regret that our tragedy is a use case for Flock.” This editorial article by Brown University students clearly articulates the danger mass surveillance poses to civil liberties. We commend the students for speaking up for privacy and urging local leaders to end Providence’s contract with Flock.

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Editorial: The Dec. 13 mass shooting does not justify the use of Flock cameras

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Amy @2catsintheyard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wow. Just really reaching here.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor.

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026

QUESTION: What’s going on with Susan Collins and the bribery scandal? But explain it to me like I’m five. ANSWER: Here you go 👇🏽

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Chilling map tool. Clicking on a country shows stats on people kidnapped there, as well as the MOUs between countries negotiating these arrangements. Incredible work, please share widely. forbiddenstories.org/the-deportat...

map of world showing stats for people deported to Rwanda

Agreement signed on June 3, 2025

At least 23 people · 4 flights

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2025-08-16 & 17
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

👇🎯 I know I am a broken record on this, but this is why presidentialism was a terrible mistake & impeachment/removal is the only (never effectively used) solution in our broken constitutional order.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The real worry is not the next two years, but the 2-4 after that. If this is a bellwether, we are never going to get the real, serious, major institutional reform that we need to make sure that this era of lawless authoritarianism doesn't happen again, even if we get a Democratic president in 2029.

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Amy @2catsintheyard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

😲 If the crimes committed by this administration do not warrant impeachment, then what does?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This warning from David Letterman to the media from just a year ago feels sadly too relevant today. He is right: You can't appease a tyrant.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

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Amy @2catsintheyard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fascinating read. HCR writes how the rich landowners of the 1600's, who were trying to keep everyone from wealth, eventually allowed indentured whites to vote and own land, thus keeping them from wanting to organize with Blacks and Indians to gain land and power. 🧵

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A cop in rural Texas pulls over a Latino. He demands papers; doesn’t get any. Arrests the guy, throws him in a local jail cell. Hours later, GardaWorld staff show up to put him on a bus with a dozen others. They drive him to the nearest ICE jail; a bus service for the machine of mass deportation.

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Amy @2catsintheyard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is insane, happens on both sides of the aisle. Term limits, age limits, some kind of litmus test for proof of life, for God's sake.

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Amy @2catsintheyard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"And make single moms pay" (and the children of those single moms). So let's see, children have been kicked off SNAP, lost health insurance, and let's kick their mom's out of any government help as well. Nice Vance, real nice. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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A Plan to Pay Married Mothers Not to Work

And make single moms pay for it.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 17/09/2026

I closed my trade imbalance with the grocery store, now I just eat the money I would have spent there.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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Keira Havens @highcountryrose.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Democrats have two articles of impeachment for Hegseth just sitting in the Judiciary Committee waiting to die (HRes 935 & HRes 1109). They both could have been brought to a vote before this. Instead they waited to let someone else do it.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If we had a functioning political press in this country, they’d be investigating Kash Patel’s bizarre obsession with bestiality.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is being reported as statement by Mitch McConnell. Actually it is words ascribed to McConnell by his staff in a statement. He actually said nothing. Indeed we still have no evidence that he can speak.

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Amy @2catsintheyard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Where is the video of Mitch speaking? I'm reading in a number of online publications that he spoke, but I can't find a single video.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“ICE agents were caught on video pulling one teen from the car and punching him repeatedly in the face while he lay on the ground. The other teen, Luis Ochoa, said he informed the ICE agents he was a citizen but was told, ‘I don’t give a damn.… Your parents can’t help you now.’”

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Amy @2catsintheyard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Our taxes pay for torture.

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NEW: @talkingpointsmemo.com can reveal GOP nominee for Florida legislature: -marched at deadly Charlottesville Nazi rally w/ white supremacist group's flag -has *many* white supremacist donors -appears to advocate lynching He is expected to win Nov. election talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...

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Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.

The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026

Look at this photo we found from Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding. Can you spot the Russian oligarch close to Putin who bankrolled the event? 🧵

A group photo shows about 35 people, including Donald Trump Jr.; his wife, Bettina Anderson; Ivanka Trump; Jared Kushner; Tiffany Trump; and Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev.

Little Pipe Cay/Lux Hospitality Bahamas; Laura Gordon Photography via Instagram; Laura Gordon Photography

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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The President of the United States is a liar.

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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 13/09/2026

Have you removed him yet, @adamsmith.house.gov ??? 'cuz like it's been over 2 months and we've seen zero action from you.... so like.... WTF?!? #ImpeachConvictRemove

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Amy @2catsintheyard.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 12/09/2026

“The Civil War was fought over slavery… What we will not do is skate past the history of my ancestors.” Tanya Miller delivered a powerful speech on American slavery, Confederate monuments and rewriting history. Worth hearing again. She’s running for Attorney General of Georgia. 🔥 #VivaHerAlliance

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

25 years later and The Onion’s ParentCorner 9/11 explainer from immediately after the attack is a better understanding of the threat environment than the one produced by the U.S. government.

An Onion article titled “Talking to your child about the WTC attack,” which is filled with real good info.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Seems obvious that JD Vance or a close aide is a key anonymous source for this NY Times story. Vance apparently wants NYT to help him create the impression he's blameless in the war. Note that NYT does not say Vance declined comment. Surely he was contacted, considering the story is all about him.

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Behind the Scenes, Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views of the Iran War (Gift Article)

Vice President JD Vance received sobering assessments about the war that did not line up with what he, President Trump and other top administration officials were saying publicly.

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Salaam Bhatti @salaambhattiva.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Votesafe(dot)org is funded by Elon Musk. Don’t enter your information there. Pass this on.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

every time I see this human thumb I think about how fuckin wild it is that the story about the cava bag full of $50K in bribe cash just... disappeared

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Amy @2catsintheyard.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Well, wow, I agree with Rand Paul!

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

John Jonik, Haters Gunna Exercise their First Amendment Rights

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The Onion @theonion.com · 07/09/2026

Americans Take Day Off From Looking For Work theonion.com/americans-take-day-off…

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

On Nov. 21, 1922, in the NY Times' first story about an up-and-coming politician named Adolf Hitler, the Times said "Hitler's anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded." Yes, really. We should remember that when news media dismiss Trump's insane rhetoric. Take. It. Seriously.

"But several reliable, well-informed sources confirmed the idea that Hitler's anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded, and that he was merely using anti-Semite propaganda as a bait to catch masses of followers and keep them aroused, enthusiastic and in line for the time when his organization is perfected and sufficiently powerful to be employed effectively for political purposes."

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Trump administration is now refusing payouts for US soldiers who died in the US-Israeli war against Iran "because it isn't a war." Libby Klinner, widow of 33-year-old Maj Alex Klinner, says the US Air Force deemed her ineligible for additional benefits following her husband's death because

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