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come 2028 vance will be cutting ads specifically denouncing his in-laws for coming to the united states

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A Black woman I worked with who took the DRP specifically called it “harm reduction,” and that’s exactly what it was. Civil rights offices were gutted, DEI targeted, RIFs threatened, AI looming… the whole damn thing was engineered to have a disparate impact.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 2h

"A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light"

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A.J. Carrillo @ajcarrillo.bsky.social · 2h

But Marco Rubio just characterized the war as a stalemate.

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A.J. Carrillo @ajcarrillo.bsky.social · 2h

Why is Rubio painting a rosy picture for the Russians? That conflicts with The Institute for the Study of War’s recent analysis: understandingwar.org/research/rus...

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A.J. Carrillo @ajcarrillo.bsky.social · 2h

That conflicts with The Institute for the Study of War’s update: “Operation Vivaldi is fueling Russian ultranationalist milblogger discourse about how the pervasive culture of lying within the Russian military is facilitating Ukrainian successes…” understandingwar.org/research/rus...

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A.J. Carrillo @ajcarrillo.bsky.social · 2h

A free Trump knife? Not a great idea as if Trump loses the midterms, he might encourage ritual Seppuku amongst the MAGA faithful.

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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 15h

the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

the funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for

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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 18h

Why are so many Canadians on a platform owned by a man intent on breaking up Canada? I will never understand this level of apathy and denial.

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TWZ @twz.com · 22h

Could NASA’s SR-71 Blackbird Be Modified To Reach Mach 4? The SR-71’s airframe is capable of going beyond its known top speed and NASA may have good reason to push its limits via new engines. www.twz.com/air/could-nasas-sr-71-b…

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Could NASA's SR-71 Blackbird Be Modified To Reach Mach 4?

The SR-71's airframe is capable of going beyond its known top speed and NASA may have good reason to push its limits via new engines.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 16h

The "SI" thing is was intended to provoke this exact sort of sniveling response from the courtiers, to train the oligarchs to humiliate themselves for Trump so they'll do it again later when it really matters.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

It’s really remarkable to me that 10 years into this people feel compelled to “clarify” Trump’s homicidal and often genocidal fantasies. It is deranged for the president to daydream about American cities in states he hates getting blown up. Full stop.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

First Lady Natalie Harp gets off Bribe Force One moments ago after another long day of traveling with the guy she once said is "all that matters to me" (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty)

pic of a smiling Ms Harp disembarking Bribe Force One upon her return from Texas

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Jacob S. Rugh @jakerugh.bsky.social · 12h

📈2026 BLUE WAVE INDICATORS (Oct. 7th) POLLING: 🔵CGB LV D +10 🔵Party/Lean ID D +11 🔵Named Ballot D +12 ELECTIONS: 🔵WA state primary vs. '22 D +10 🔵Special elections vs. '24 D +11 🔵Primary turnout, D-R D +13 🔵Mail votes so far (1M=6% returned) vs. '22 D +14 Sources listed in order in table footnote

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A.J. Carrillo @ajcarrillo.bsky.social · 10h

Elon is paying for a bunch of Lake of the Ozarks vacation homes for his GOP consultants.

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 19h

average bluesky politics-knower: horseshoe theory isn’t really a thing german political parties: we would like to announce the horseshoe initiative

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 13h

I'm sure the NY Times tomorrow will have another story about Hasan Piker, and not a mention of the VP's "intellectual guru" saying this...

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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 15h

how are we still fucking doing this

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14h

Today we got access to a smoking gun document from ICE that shows how it is weaponized against progressive groups registering voters while building a voter suppression database.

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A.J. Carrillo @ajcarrillo.bsky.social · 14h

Lawler has spend his career as a water boy to the powerful.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 14h

“I don’t think we were at a great place where we were,” she explained. “So now we have an opportunity where these institutions have been ripped apart. We have to rebuild them. How do we rebuild them in a way that is lasting and trustworthy?”

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A Public Health-Minded Senator Asks: What Comes After Trump and Kennedy?

Senator Patty Murray, a former chair of the Senate health committee, is forming a group of experts to examine how to insulate the C.D.C. from political interference.

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A.J. Carrillo @ajcarrillo.bsky.social · 14h

MAHA has always been a scam by the supplement industry. They want already loose oversight completely repealed so they can huck unproven and potentially harmful substances.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 16h

So are we still wondering what the president meant, or:

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M @maybem.bsky.social · 17h

How a fast-talking yankee scammer managed to win over the entire south is testament to the power of boorish racism in the US.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

Don't forget that nearly all Republicans in Congress stood by and supported Trump's... -Tax cuts for the rich -Cuts to the social safety net -Iran War -ICE abductions & National Guard deployments -Inflationary tariffs -Blatant corruption His unpopularity is theirs too — and the midterms are here.

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A.J. Carrillo @ajcarrillo.bsky.social · 14h

Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) ran this ad when he was running for US Senate in 2004 as a Democrat. The ad touted his support for free college tuition. Note how Kennedy's accent is much less animated.

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AdImpact Politics (X Mirror) @adimpactmirror.bsky.social · 19h

The DSCC is starting to do coordinated broadcast spending with James Talarico’s campaign in #TXSen

DSCC is now doing coordinated ad buys with Talarico.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21h

The clear message of Republicans is that this country is owned by white people and everyone else is renting.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 20h

An administration attempting the wholesale import and resettlement of white South Africans while throttling all other refugee inflows says socialists want to do _what_, now?

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 20h

Texas - Polling Among Hispanics: Senate: 🔵 Talarico: 58% 🔴 Paxton: 33% Governor: 🔵 Hinojosa: 59% 🔴 Abbott: 35% Equis Research / October 2026

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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 21h

It's like the Associate Membership has already made Canada as spineless as European leadership.

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 21h

Trump: "Today is Vladimir Putin's birthday. I'm sure you're going to celebrate it. Are you going to celebrate his birthday? I have a call set up." What the hell is wrong with you?! Celebrate? You sure? The birthday of a butcher responsible for murdering 25 people in Ukraine today?

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 21h

Q: Mortgage rates are the highest that they've been in three years. Is there anything you can do on home prices? Trump: *walks away*

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 22h

The lengths these people demonstrably want to go to resegregate the country, good Lord.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Once the midterms are over, they say, Trump officials who have retreated from some moves after heavy blowback may feel free to pursue more radical changes in the federal research landscape during Trump’s last 2 years in office...'It’s hard to know what’s up Russell Vought’s sleeve.'”

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 07/10/2026

As President Donald Trump refuses to rule out taking extreme action in the midterm elections, voting rights advocates and civil rights leaders are bolstering their voter protection efforts in anticipation of possible federal interference. By @jonshorman.bsky.social

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Voting rights advocates organize volunteers to track potential intimidation at the polls | Colorado Newsline

Voting rights advocates are bolstering their voter protection efforts in anticipation of possible federal interference.

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The lack of self-awareness is something else. As if the Trump administration has any credibility lecturing any other country about its international obligations. One of the first things Trump did was pull out of the WHO. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

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Exclusive | U.S. Escalates Pressure on Russia Over Siberia Lab Death

The U.S. has warned Moscow that its failure to disclose details about the death violates international health obligations.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Trump administration is weaponizing the DOJ and DHS to generate propaganda to push its “rigged election" narrative. The timing and promotion of arrests of non-citizens for alleged voter fraud suggests a strategic effort to push their false narrative. Thread:

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 23h

Will the people who called folks in my day 1 camp "doomers" & alarmists finally come to their senses? - Coup? Been in progress. - Constitutional crisis red line: crossed. - Building a bunker. - Thugs will be at the polls. - Banned intl monitors. Wake the F up...more after jump. 🧾 t2m.co/dOnetXj

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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades

The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 21h

Noem was dealing w a bunch of scandals (I KNOW YOU’RE SHOCKED RIGHT!) but I agree w AJ, this is a more anti-Repub environment nationally, so no reason to assume that won’t include South Dakota

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A.J. Carrillo @ajcarrillo.bsky.social · 21h

~54% to 60% of Mexico’s entire electricity grid relies directly on natural gas imported from the US. Washington demonstrated that it can cripple Mexico within 72 hours at will. Mexican has "long-term supply contracts" but the reality is that half of Mexico's national grid is at Trump's mercy.

Approximately 54% to 60% of Mexico’s entire electricity grid relies directly on natural gas imported from the United States. Washington just demonstrated that it can cripple Mexico within 72 hours at will.

The arbitrary 20% reduction in U.S. natural gas exports to Mexico was executed precisely as American production reached an all-time high in July 2026. One could be forgiven for thinking this is a veiled message designed to signal absolute leverage.

While the domestic commentocracy naively invokes "long-term supply contracts," as if assuming the Trump administration doesn't treat contractual legalisms as irrelevant, the structural reality is that half of Mexico's national grid hangs by a Texan pipeline valve.

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 22h

It’s like Rogers & El-Sayed are trying to run against each other, but Trump & Piker don’t want to let them.

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A.J. Carrillo @ajcarrillo.bsky.social · 21h

In 2018, Billie Sutton nearly pulled off a major upset holding Noem to a narrow 51.0% to 47.6% victory. Conditions for the GOP are way worse now.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 22h

This is worrying news. But anxiety is not a strategy. Join @indivisible.org's midterm election protection program to help make sure we're ready for whatever tricks Trump tries to hold on to power. indivisible.org/campaigns/ou...

MS NOW: Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades

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A.J. Carrillo @ajcarrillo.bsky.social · 22h

I bet this was a request from Elon Musk.

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 23h

"If you we're to vote in the 2024 election, knowing what you know today, who would you vote for?" 🔵 Harris: 50% 🔴 Trump: 44% Cygnal / Oct 2, 2026

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