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Maggie From The Commonwealth (God save it!)

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“The most important political office is that of the private citizen.” -Louis D. Brandeis (Supreme Court Justice) So, to those who say I'm "political," damn right I am! It's my job as an American! No DMs! No sales pitches! Absolutely no crypto/bitcoin!

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 10h
Add Karen Smith to my list of badasses whose mouthy approach I respect. Actions usually speak louder than words. This is a hero, Y'all. Well done, Ma'am. You're gonna kick ass in your new position. ✊📖
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Sal Vadacchino 🇨🇦 @sal-vadacchino.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Unedited Transcript of Trump’s Time Interview Reignites Dementia Concerns: John Fugelsang youtu.be/bfyqz-Tnmvo
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Unedited Transcript of Trump’s Time Interview Reignites Dementia Concerns: John Fugelsang
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 5h
NEW: CONTENT WARNING FOR SA: Democratic candidate for Arizona's 8th Congressional district Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by two men while repairing campaign signs according to a sheriff's report. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4h
Haha wow is this comically corrupt. /he didn't end up paying her the money because he said he'd get in trouble with his wife.
By 
Dana Mattioli
, 
Drew Hinshaw
, 
Rebecca Ballhaus
 and 
Joe Parkinson
Oct. 7, 2026 4:53 pm ET

Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she reached out to a Trump donor with an urgent request: She needed $100,000 that she said she owed American Express—in a way that wouldn’t leave a paper trail. 

“It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express,” she wrote on Signal, according to messages reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. “Please.”

Underneath is a screenshot of a text. First text is a link to an American Express instructions PDF. Next text says: "You can just send it here. It won't show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express that's all that will show." Final text: "Please."
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3h
NEW: Anti-voting lawyer Cleta Mitchell and election denier Tina Peters are both pushing a scheme to have Trump's commerce secretary regulate voting machines as part of a broader effort to interfere in the midterms. But legal experts say their scheme is way off base and blatantly unconstitutional.
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to regulate voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3h
NEW: Trump’s DOJ put a convicted election hacker on poll duty. Yes, really.
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Trump’s DOJ Put Convicted Election Hacker on Poll Duty
As Harmeet Dhillon rebuilds the Civil Rights Division after roughly 300 career employees left, Justice Department records place David Michael Levin in the federal election-monitoring operation.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 3h
The National Institutes of Health is the world's largest public funder of biomedical research. Under President Trump though, it's been trying to censor scientist’ views by targeting terms in their research that the administration doesn't like. We're suing.
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NIH Is Still Censoring Crucial Public Health Research
The government agency is terminating crucial research to block disfavored viewpoints on diversity, gender identity, climate change, and more.
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Source New Mexico @sourcenm.com · 3h
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans Wednesday for further cancellations of Biden-era oil and gas regulations aimed at reducing emissions of climate-warming gasses while on a visit to New Mexico, environmental groups protested the event. buff.ly/XCVROYp
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EPA head announces oil and gas emission rules rollbacks during visit to Santa Fe • Source New Mexico
EPA head announced plans Wednesday for further cancellations of Biden-era oil and gas regulations aimed at reducing methane emissions.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 3h
The Straits of Hormuz are stalled Houti's still going at it Bab el-Mandeb Strait Trump has done nothing to stop his bs war
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 3h
Oh the irony of the gaffe with the giant Trump knife ad.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 6h
The MAGA regime recently killed the largest ancient 250 year old “Grandmother” Cottonwood tree in Arizona’s indigenous territory just to expand the orange felon’s fucking wall. I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this evil.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 3h
There is a cabal of rich and powerful people in this country trying their best to divide Americans and distract us from demanding retribution for the victims of Epstein and all his ilk. This not a partisan issue, it's a human issue. We have more in common than the Epstein Class wants us to believe..
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 3h
This shit IS NOT normal. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/apocalypse...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 8h
Republicans are complaining that the CBS town hall with vice-president JD Vance could depress Republican turnout in the midterm elections.
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 7h
Why is the Project 2025 guy “going to make history” in a few weeks? A real media system would endeavor to find out.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 7h
Americans know who's to blame for the state of the economy, and the Republicans have NO ANSWERS
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 6h
Remember when companies competed with each other? www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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The Paramount merger sucks for everyone—except David Ellison
In a normal world, no one would be letting ultimate failson David Ellison run anything.
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 6h
We aren’t getting $5000 checks, but even if we did, it’s not enough to make up for how much we’ve lost.
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 6h
Donald Trump and his Administration are profiting off the presidency and turning it into an all-you-can-eat corruption buffet. Unacceptable. We must put a stop to this unchecked corruption.
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 6h
Hey California, Vote like the president just invited an enemy we're at war with to nuke us.
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Bluegal Fran Langum #NoKings @bluegal.bsky.social · 6h
This.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 8h
Trump wanted to jam more hens into smaller spaces - making it harder for inspectors to access them - and making living conditions for egg laying hens worse. All so businesses could sell cheaper eggs.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want."
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American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio @acluohio.bsky.social · 12h
➡️Springfield Case Update: The court held that peaceful observers have a First Amendment right to document, photograph, and record federal officers, and that the 7 ICE officers in question likely violated that right. www.daytondailynews.com/local/judge-...
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Judge dismisses Springfield ICE observer’s lawsuit against 7 agents
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a local ICE observer against seven unnamed agents, ruling the court lacks jurisdiction because six of the officers have left Springfield and there is n...
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Maggie From The Commonwealth (God save it!) @5thkid.bsky.social · 8h
I made my First Communion in 1962. My mom took me to buy my shoes, to go with the white dress & veil. I spied the most beautiful pair of red patent leather Mary Janes - & was not at all happy when I learned I couldn’t wear them on the day. That arbitrary rule warped me for life! 😉
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 9h
Thom Tillis just said "Mitch McConnell's brain is as strong as it ever was" on MS NOW, which is just fucking ridiculous. A company man to the very end. No real courage here.
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 9h
“Let them take out Los Angeles.” That’s an actual sentence Trump said about an American city. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Trump says Iran can ‘take out’ LA. New York Times feigns confusion.
Trump said Iran could “take out” U.S. cities like Los Angeles and San Diego.
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Maggie From The Commonwealth (God save it!) @5thkid.bsky.social · 8h
“Trump didn't overthrow the Reagan Revolution. He completed it.” THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10h
Trump is about to sell out Ukraine, basically the culmination of the 2016 influence operation, but that history has been memory holed. www.youtube.com/shorts/yDK-8...
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Trump's Team Sells Out the US
YouTube video by emptywheel
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Che' J. Holloway @chejholloway.bsky.social · 10h
www.cnn.com/2026/10/07/p...
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ICE reviewed tens of millions of voter records looking for noncitizen voters, records show | CNN Politics
The Department of Homeland Security’s sweeping election-fraud operation has drawn on tens of millions of records, scrutinized dozens of nonprofit voter-registration groups and considered deploying und...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14h
Worth watching: South Carolina Dems are starting to roll out ads featuring GOPers endorsing Dem Annie Andrews. On our pod, Jalisa Washington-Price, who runs a PAC, says a $2 million ad buy is set to feature a former GOP lawmaker from a deep red county: newrepublic.com/article/2163...
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 12h
Either there’s rule of law or there’s not. Either we are defined by a system of justice that holds the guilty accountable or we aren’t. Either we have a democracy that limits abuse to define our public life and the rights of citizens or we have a country collapsing into strongman authoritarianism.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 12h
Trump admin's new rule adding prohibitively expensive new fees for "OPT"—temporary work authorization program for international students and new grads in the United States—is out. Would require colleges to pay $70,000 for year one. $30,000 for years two and three combined for STEM fields.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15h
It’s a measure of just how dire things are for Republicans in the midterms that the five most expensive Senate are all in states Trump won in 2024
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What Senate Races Are Close? Here’s What the Money Says
Spending is highest in states where Trump won in 2024.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 11h
NEWS: Companies backed by Don Jr. and Eric Trump have pocketed more than $6 billion in Pentagon contracts since the brothers bought in, and some had never won a federal contract until a Trump son showed up.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 11h
Good fucking morning to everyone except Mike Collins, who just lied to a constituent straight to her face that gas prices are forsure coming down fast when the national average is $4.44 a gallon and is set to continue to climb. You can't lie your way out of a gas pump receipt, Mike.
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crooksandliars.bsky.social @crooksandliars.bsky.social · 11h
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Trump Now Says He Will Pay For His Own Ads
Trump says he is now willing to pay for his own ads, but he won't reimburse the taxpayers for the money he's already stolen.
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 16h
Susan Collins is showing just how out of touch she is. “I spent a whole year without health insurance…in ‘94” That was 3 decades ago, Susan, when insurance was $1500 annually… Thanks to Susan’s vote that helped pass Trump’s murderous budget bill, premiums are $1500 a month now for some folks.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 12h
Trump has to be pissed about these daily leaks of Ken Paxton blaming him for losing in Texas. Trump saved this guy in the primary. He's spending tens of millions of his own money trying to save him. And Paxton just keeps stabbing him in the back. Staggeringly disloyal.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 12h
Another leak of Ken Paxton blaming Trump for why he's losing: "It's the war, it's gas prices, it's diesel ... That drives the food prices up and everything else ... I don't know what's behind some of the decisions."
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 12h
Jocelyn Benson wrecked John James over data centers in the debate. This is quickly becoming a massive liability for Republicans across the country.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 12h
Just a reminder that multiple members of Donald Trump's family and administration helped bring the Tate brothers back to the United States after it was already clear they were human traffickers and sexual abusers. They should all be investigated by Congress immediately, including Barron Trump.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 12h
Senate Banking just launched the Trumpflation Tracker. The affordability crisis is not a “hoax” like Donald Trump says. See for yourself how much more you’re paying because of Trump’s failed economic agenda
Trumpflation Tracker. Cumulative inflation since Dec. 2024: 5.2%, approximately $3,388 more for the average household. Real wage growth since start of Iran War: -0.7%. Wages aren’t keeping up with Trump’s inflation. 30-year mortgage rate up from 5.99% before the war to 7.6%, or $4,330 more per year for a typical household. Household debt, Q1 ’25 to Q2 ’26: +$56B. Families going into more debt just to get by. Total cost to American borrowers of Trump’s broken promise to cap credit card interest rates: $94.9B. Share of each extra dollar of income going to household debt: 52¢. Take-home income up $109/month since 2022; debt payments up $57. Cost of Living Basket Since Dec. 2024: Electricity +12.7%, approximately $222 more for the average household. Rent +5.1%, approximately $256 more. Gasoline +43.7%, approximately $758 more. Groceries +3.7%, approximately $211 more. Child Care +7.6%, approximately $852 more. Health Care +14.6%, approximately $929 more for average family coverage.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20h
Nothing to see here...just the President of the United States inviting the country he illegally declared war on to "take out" 2 major American cities. If that's not treason, what is? 🤬 Law enforcement won't hold him accountable, but we WILL! The beginning of the end is on November 3rd. #VOTE-BLUE 🌊
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Maggie From The Commonwealth (God save it!) @5thkid.bsky.social · 12h
I was born and raised in Indianapolis. Now I go back once or twice a year to be with family. There are pockets of blue sanity, but I’m sorry to say Indiana has generally gone batshit crazy since I moved to Massachusetts 35 years ago.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h
I've been meaning to do a post, but all these pressers violate DOJ's pre-election rules, which Todd Blanche swore were sacrosanct when he represented someone charged over a year before an election.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 15h
He thought he was cooking with this...
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 15h
Why in the merry fuck would Iran trust any deal it signs with the US now? There was a deal and we just shit-canned it for no reason other than the whims of a demented rapist.
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 14h
If Collins actually loses, this is the moment that will have killed her political career. A devastating comeback line from Jackson that gets to the core of her fecklessness.
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driftglass @driftglass.bsky.social · 13h
"To be persuasive, we must be believable. To be believable, we must be credible. To be credible, we must be truthful. -- Edward R. Murrow.
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