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Tracey Breazeale for MN House 45A @traceyformnhouse.bsky.social · 2h

Too many good bills died on a party line vote. I'll be the vote we need to get these bills across the finish line.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 1h

Trump.gov wasn't available?

A tweet -

The White House @WhiteHouse . 9h

A new national front door to the federal government.

One trusted place to help people find answers.
Whatever you need from government, start here:
AMERICA.GOV

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 58m

if you’re calling it a “second opinion,” you’re practicing medicine without a license or malpractice insurance

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 2h

Trump threatened to attack Venezuela… then he did attack. Trump threatened to attack Iran… then he did attack. Trump's threatened to attack Canada… yet this guy says it's silly to think it will happen.

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Scott Carpenter 🇨🇦🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @ScottRCarpenter Sep 28
The US is going to force Canada to grow up and act like a real country or it’s going to force it to give up some (more) of its sovereignty.

The days of Canada “having its cake and eating it too” are over.

AFrostBittenCanadianBoy @AFrostyKanuk4Ya 13h
Just fkn invade Us and we shall see what the fk happens... If I had a rocket launcher Ps Go fk Yourself scott and move to Trumped!

Scott Carpenter 🇨🇦🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @ScottRCarpenter
No one is invading anyone.

And no. I will not go fuck myself.
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 2h

I don't blame Biden, as much as a lot of people, because the precedent and shape of US consensus on 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 meant that almost any Democratic president in his position would end up having to make very similar decisions, but that's a good reason to reevaluate the utility of that consensus going forward.

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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 3h

Mullin is lying. These were not identified as "high-risk" nations, and it was not "tougher vetting" that cut entries. The absolute number of denials is LOWER now than under Biden. They just aren't even processing applications, and you owe every American sponsor an answer.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 8h

Just a reminder that this is the same Sen. Schmitt who repeatedly claimed that Chief Judge Boasberg was receiving a disproportionate share of Trump-related cases because he confused the D.C. Superior Court (which has 62 judges) with the D.C. district court (which has 15).

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 8h

It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 7h

Best Sen Schmitt meme yet

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 7h

weird who gets a response in 11 minutes and who gets one in 6-9 months!

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 7h

If “irreparable harm” means anything, it means being sent to a country you’ve never seen, where you may well be imprisoned, tortured, or killed, under a policy that (the cert grant implicitly acknowledges!) may well be illegal

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 7h

Do we seriously have to do Maoist newspeak every single time an 80 year old posts his idiotic ideas on the internet. It has been AI since before I was even born. Can literally anyone have a shred of dignity.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 7h

Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing.

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brent sewer socialist🚰🌹 @therealbrent.bsky.social · 11h

The average voter is amazing

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 7h

strongly agreed. fines and criminal penalties should not merely communicate a finger wag but actually change the strategic situation of a would-be white collar criminal

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 7h

NEW: We launched this tracker in May, when ICE's detentions had been rejected about 10,000 times by federal courts. It's doubled in less than five months. See and sort the latest numbers, plus read the rulings. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 7h

Oh, oh my

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 7h

Another way of making this point: The wheels may be coming off the Trump administration and the authoritarian movement energizing it. But a large tractor-trailer barreling down a highway at full speed whose wheels come loose is very dangerous to innocent people in the vicinity.

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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 14h

Trump has cut legal immigration from majority-Muslim countries by 96% from 21,096 legal immigrants and refugees in Dec. 2024 to 808 in Feb. 2026. Far more severe than anything in his 1st term, falling disproportionately on spouses of US citizens and skilled immigrants... www.cato.org/blog/legal-i...

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 5h

United States President Donald Trump issues executive order instructing federal government agencies to "use the terms 'Super Intelligence' and 'SI' in place of 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI' and will not acknowledge the usage of 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI' in any applicable setting."

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Inaugurating The Era Of Super Intelligence

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where they ...

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 6h

Official monthly data is in, and US solar power generation hit a new record high, up 21% compared to this time last year!

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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 5h

It is amazing, and sobering, to realize that had Trump not chosen to start this war for no good reason and against the advice of many of his senior ppl, Trump and the GOP would probably be doing... Ok. Not awesome, maybe losing the house, but ok.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 4h

There is a cottage industry on that other site of people in official government legal jobs affirmatively misstating or misrepresenting what rulings are about and then expressing surprise that anyone could possibly disagree. Just the latest example—from the Solicitor General of Iowa:

“Can President Trump use lawful authority granted by Congress to deport illegal aliens to third countries? The Supreme Court has stayed an order saying no twice, now stayed a permanent injunction for a third time. Oddly, 6-3 despite a similar posture to the Missouri First map”

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 5h

A fuckup so dumb even NYT homepage/headline writers have no choice but to describe it accurately

As Jack Smith Testifies, a Senator’s Accusation of Perjury Falters

A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 5h

Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Riley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding Claims

Gaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 5h

A thing I learned not too long ago is that when an LLM selects a token that leads it down an incorrect path (factually), it has no way to back up, or even know that it should back up, it's just on to the next likely bit. Literally every LLM is just posting their way through it. What an image.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 6h

NEW: It's hard these days for members of Congress to transcend the news cycle with viral moments in committee hearings. Sen. Schmitt today raised the bar with an allegation against Jack Smith that imploded in real time. w/ Chris Marquette www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

politico.com

Republicans wanted Jack Smith to give them a smoking gun. They got a gaffe instead.

The former special counsel’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee was marked by personal insults rather than new revelations.

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 7h

If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 9h

VICTORY: a unanimous 11th Circuit just REFUSED to stay sanctions on Trump & Co. over his $1.8B slush fund He sued his own govt & his own DOJ agreed to the payout. The court wasn't buying it! @democracydefendersaction.org & partners are proud to rep the 35 frm fed judges who blew the whistle 👇 -TN

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 8h

Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.

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Rep. Kelly Morrison @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social · 7h

What?!

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 8h

at this point I’m not sure he knows where Kansas City is

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 9h

The author of this ill-timed, two-graph beat-sweetener is none other than Axios's co-founder, Jim VandeHei

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 9h

11th Cir. rejects Trump administration's attempt to block an order holding that Trump's IRS lawsuit and purported settlement were in bad faith, resulting in sanctions for Trump's lawyers and an ethics referral for AG Blanche. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Before JORDAN, ROSENBAUM, and NEWSOM, Circuit Judges. BY THE COURT: The appellants, some of whom were the plaintiffs below, move for an order staying aspects of the district court’s post-judgment sanctions order pending appeal. After review of the record and the parties’ briefing, we deny the motion.1

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9h

Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.

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The appellants mount two main attacks on the district
court’s speech-related sanction. First, they argue that the court
lacked a sufficient basis to find that the lawsuit and the settlement
were collusive and that Messrs. Brito and Epstein acted in bad faith.
Second, they contend that the sanction is a broad and impermissible gag order which constitutes a prior restraint and violates the
First Amendment. We conclude that the appellants have not made
a strong showing that they will succeed on either of these grounds.

The appellants did not submit or offer any evidence to explain their litigation conduct or demonstrate that the lawsuit and the settlement were not collusive. Given the record before us, the
appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court
committed clear error in its collusion and bad faith findings

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 9h

sidehawkeye

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 9h

“Polling by UMass Amherst found that over the 13 months from July 2025 to August 2026, the percentage of voters who ‘strongly disapprove’ of Trump rose to 54 percent from 49 percent, while the percentage saying they ‘strongly approve’ fell to 14 percent from 21 percent.”

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Opinion | Trump’s Luck Is Finally Running Out (Gift Article)

Voters are showing a growing determination to repudiate his presidency.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10h

The senator who mistook the Atlanta Hawks for the Iowa Hawkeyes and tried to accuse Jack Smith of perjury? He could be the most dangerous man in the US Senate. What to know about Eric Schmitt:

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Is this the most dangerous man in the US Senate?

Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri is pushing a tribalistic ideology suggesting only descendants of white Christian pioneers are true Americans.

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 10h

hawkward

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 10h

tell me you flunked geometry without telling me you flunked geometry

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Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 10h

Boot Camp Promises a Submitted Paper in Just 2 Days— Critics worry AI-aided program enables shoddy research "Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in 1 Weekend" @rachrobertson.bsky.social reports @medpagetoday.com Quotes by Matt Spick, @gidmk.bsky.social, and me. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

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Boot Camp Promises a Submitted Paper in Just 2 Days

Critics worry AI-aided program enables shoddy research

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 9h

This seems like a good time to mention that Smokey Bear is the mascot of the US Forest Service, not the National Parks.

Alt National Park Service: Our response to the State Department using Smokey last night.

[They attach a picture of a protest sign. It has Smokey Bear's face and says "Only you can prevent fascist liars"]

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Karl DEFEND DEMOCRACY Bunday 🇺🇸 🗽 🇺🇦 🇹🇼 @45xiatai.bsky.social · 9h

I have already voted in the United States Senate race in Minnesota. More and more Americans are joining me in voting before Election Day. fiftyplusone.news/forecast/sen...

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 9h

The Senate projection at @fiftyplusone.news now has the odds of Republicans getting to 50 as roughly the same as the odds of Democrats getting to 54 ... fiftyplusone.news/forecast/sen...

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 12h

Republicans aren't very sharp. Their parents never taught them how to apologize.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h

I think I'm getting the hang of this.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 11h

A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

wow -- Darline Graham cuts off Jack Smith just as Smith start explaining how her brother Lindsey in fact denounced Trump's lies about the 2020 election on the Senate floor

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Eric Schmitt is on The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) -- and believe it or not, hosts are pretending he owned Smith with his embarrassingly botched gotcha "You caught him in this NBA game too in Atlanta" "Yeah," Schmitt says There's no mention that Schmitt had all his facts wrong

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 10h

Aaron is not underrating this. It's cinema. The sly smirk when Schmitt thinks he's gotten Smith to perjure himself. The hasty vanishing of the sign. Klobuchar getting Kennedy to hold it up. Schmitt getting LOUD and ANGRY when Klobuchar points out he mixed up the Hawks and Hawkeyes.

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