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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The story of out-of-state consultants homogenizing Troy Jackson is more complicated, Bob Kuttner reports. It was Jackson's own close aide, BJ McCollister, who encouraged him to use Chuck Schumer's team, because McCollister's consulting firm stood to make a fortune from ad placement.
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Chuck Schumer Neuters Troy Jackson - The American Prospect
Can the populist Maine Democratic Senate nominee take back his own campaign?
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The case won't be argued until December, and a ruling might not be issued until June 2027. Flights can resume until judgment. Damn.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Axios @axios.com · 29/09/2026
"In Iowa, we should brace for losing everything, definitely the governor's race and maybe the Senate race and who knows what else," one top GOP campaign consultant told Axios.
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"Brace for losing everything": Farm crisis fears grip GOP in Iowa
Trump's policies have cause severe financial problems for farmers. Iowa is especially vulnerable.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israel wiped Gaza from the face of the earth.  Everyone knew exactly what they were doing!  A crime more confessed to as it happened than any other in history. A crime more documented as it happened than any other in history. There are no excuses. None at all
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 26/09/2026
The Trump administration's aggressive policy toward Cuba is trying "to impose the will of the U.S. through asphyxiation and starvation," says top Cuban diplomat Carlos Fernández de Cossío.
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Could Cuba Become a “Silent Gaza”? U.S. Fuel Blockade Aims to “Asphyxiate” Island: Top Cuban Diplomat
As the United Nations General Assembly opens in New York, we speak with senior Cuban diplomat Carlos Fernández de Cossío, who says the Trump administration is seeking to “asphyxiate the people of Cuba...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
NEW: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the betting patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. One week in, he was invited to become a VIP — and faced little pushback as he spiraled.
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 25/09/2026
“The occupation is responsible for what happened to us. If they hadn’t bombed the building at the start of the war, it wouldn’t have collapsed.” Journalist Mohammed Al-Astal reports from Gaza City where buildings continue to collapse and kill Palestinians. Read more: zeteo.com/p/in-gaza-wh...
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New ethics complaint alleges Ashley Hinson used her office to benefit her husband's insurance lobbying group. Hinson is now running for U.S. Senate in Iowa.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/09/2026
NEW: Iowa GOP governor candidate Zach Lahn campaigns as a “family farmer” and rails against out-of-state investors. But records reviewed by MeidasTouch paint a very different picture.
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Zach Lahn is a Millionaire Investor Who is Running a Misleading Campaign Claiming to Be a Family Farmer
Iowa Gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn claims to be a family farmer, but in reality he is an investor and political consultant who doesn't live on his farm
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There is no Republican "split" with Trump. It's catnip for access media, but the desperate ploy to align with the supermajority of voters who can't stand the president is tissue-thin. The same people saying the Iran war needs to end voted yesterday to keep it going. #Realtalk here.
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Republicans Had 690 Days to Oppose Trump - The American Prospect
They’re trying to cram all the opposition into the last 40 before the election.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Among those protesting Netanyahu in NYC: — Darializa Avila Chevalier, Chris Rabb, Adam Hamawy, Melat Kiros, Brad Lander — Hannah Einbinder, Elliot Page, Susan Sarandon, Cynthia Nixon — Caleb Hearon, Mary Beth Barone, Sarah Sherman — Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker — Chelsea Manning
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Welp
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
Ashley Hinson voted repeatedly against efforts to end U.S. hostilities with Iran while taking more than $217,000 from oil and gas interests, including $38,500 since the war began. Meanwhile, Iowa gas prices have surged 60% since the start of the war as major oil companies report soaring profits.
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Ashley Hinson Got Big Money From Oil Companies After Repeatedly Voting For the Iran War
The price of gas for her Iowa constituents has risen by 60% since the start of the war, while oil companies are making record profits
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“We are fed up with ICE & DHS telling us lies… NO MORE TRAFFIC STOPS BY ICE.” Wilber’s lawyer says he was sideswiped and shot by ICE without any clue who they even were — and ICE then immediately lied about what happened (again)
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
94 percent of Democratic voters in a recent survey support Medicare for All, and so do a majority of moderate and independent voters. It's why more candidates, even in swing seats, are running on it. Here's @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social with more. prospect.org/2026/09/21/m...
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‘Stunning’ Level of Support for Universal Health Care: Jayapal - The American Prospect
Even more people want Medicare for All than did last December, a new poll shows.
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Heads up, #Iowans: An update from your next #SecretaryofAgriculture Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social: I’m Not Giving Up on an #Iowa Democratic Majority Here's why: Great Candidates riverraccoon.substack.com/p/im-not-giv...
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I’m Not Giving Up on an Iowa Democratic Majority
Here’s why: Great Candidates
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🔥 MUST-READ — A WARNING ⚠️ from @AOC: “Heads they win, tails we lose… should the A.I. bubble congress must not bail them out… the biggest threat to humanity isn’t A.I. — it’s the tech oligarchs themselves… @RepAOC points out A.I. companies are demanding massive investments from 🇺🇸 while LOSING money
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 19/09/2026
Cuba works to restore power after another blackout
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Cuba works to restore power after another blackout
This latest nationwide outage, the 12th since late 2024, comes as the island nation grapples with woes triggered by a US fuel blockade.
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
New post by Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social : Ashley Hinson's convenient conversion Hinson is trying to convince Iowans she’s something she’s not: A bipartisan problem-solver trying to lower your costs. #IASen www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/09/19/a...
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Ashley Hinson's convenient conversion
Ed Tibbetts: Ashley Hinson is trying to convince Iowans she’s something she’s not: A bipartisan problem-solver trying to lower your costs.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Meanwhile, we’re still murdering people in the Caribbean. www.reuters.com/world/us-say...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We shared an image of Gaza earlier that was apparently not real, saying it’s what macklemore was booted from tour for protesting. Apologies. Here, this is real:
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Statement by House Democratic leadership on the enormous unilateral tariff authority Congress just gave the president. House passed this 262-159 with 58 Democrats supporting, clearly no leadership whipping going on. The Senate version passed 86-11 and Schumer voted yes!
Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar issued the following statement:

We unequivocally support the Ukrainian people in their courageous fight for freedom against Russian aggression. Ukraine is on the side of democracy, freedom and truth. Russia is on the side of autocracy, tyranny and oppression. To that end, beginning in 2022, House Democrats have acted repeatedly to ensure that the Ukrainian people have what they need to defend themselves. In April of 2024, we provided a historic $61 billion in funding. Several months ago, Democrats took control of the Floor of the House of Representatives and successfully forced a vote on the Ukraine Support Act, a comprehensive piece of legislation that imposes tough sanctions on Russia.

Unfortunately, the bill we voted on today, H.R. 5334, gives extraordinary power to Donald Trump. It allows him to waive the sanctions contained in the bill, while giving him new, expansive tariff authority to continue his failed global trade war that is causing costs to skyrocket for working families across America. Sadly, the White House is willing to risk Ukrainian lives and American livelihoods instead of working to actually hold this rogue Russian regime accountable for its illegal war.

President Trump has shown no willingness to be strong on Russia, and he cannot be entrusted with new powers to impose tariffs that will further raise costs for American families. For that reason, we voted No on this legislation.
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump's MAGA, Inc PAC is spending in three #Iowa districts: #IA02 (open, Trump carried by 10 points) #IA01 (Miller-Meeks, Trump carried by 8.5 points) #IA03 (Nunn, Trump carried by 4 points)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In Alligator Alcatraz, detainees were forced into small outdoor cages for hours at a time. In Camp East Montana, detainees report beatings from guards and denial of medical care. In Delaney Hall, detainees report unsafe drinking water and retaliatory abuse for speaking up. Unimaginable cruelty.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
ICE breaks car window inches from toddler's face-drag father out & tackle him to ground. Mother first begs him don't surrender: "¡No te entregues!" Then tells him not to resist after they attack with excessive force: "¡No te resistas!" While their young son screams "¡Papa!" occurred in Florida.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 14/09/2026
“Every day they came to rape me.” A Sudanese girl, now 13, told NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof that RSF fighters repeatedly raped her and subjected her to genital mutilation after her family attempted to flee El Fasher, in Darfur last year. The girl now struggles to walk and lacks adequate food...
“Every day they came to rape me.”

A Sudanese girl, now 13, told NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof that Rapid Support Forces fighters repeatedly raped her and subjected her to genital mutilation after her family attempted to flee El Fasher, in Darfur last year. 

The girl now struggles to walk and lacks adequate food and medical care at a displacement camp in Tawila. Relatives corroborated her account, and aid workers told Kristof the family had told them the same story.

In his September 12 column, Kristof examines how Biden and Trump recognized genocide in Sudan but refuse to hold the RSF’s chief backer, the UAE, accountable.
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Presidents Biden and Trump both called the carnage in Sudan a genocide, yet both did nothing serious to address it. World leaders will gather in NYC for UN General Assembly shortly, and they won't do anything serious either. The US is effectively protecting Trump's business partners in the UAE, which is underwriting mass murder and mass rape in Sudan.

So what does this mean on the ground? I talked to a 13-year-old girl who was held in a rape camp by the UAE-armed RSF militia; the girl still can't walk properly. Here's a gift link: https://nytimes.com/2026/09/12/opinion/trump-sudan-genocide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AlE.VJhc.xIrk4bbCRvVF&smid=url-share I hope leaders gathering at the UN will think of this girl and recognize the human cost of their dithering.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/opinion/trump-sudan-genocide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AlE.VJhc.xIrk4bbCRvVF&smid=url-share
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Look at Gaza” 😕 (H/T @zeteo.com )
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14/09/2026
Glad folks are appalled by photos of the "phone booth" cage under an awning, but pls understand: This IG report is likely part of a cover-up. Amnesty Int'l interviewed detainees EIGHT MONTHS AGO who said the cage was half this size (couldn't stand up), had no awning, w feet chained to the bottom.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ms. Rachel: "Ed Sheeran had an opportunity…Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows." "If more than 20,000 white children were killed…everyone would be shouting…Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."
Ms. Rachel post:
"Ed Sheeran had an opportunity show that we won't be bullied into punishing people for supporting Palestine. Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows. A genocide is happening in Gaza. We all need to speak out against it.

"If more than 20,000 white children were killed in another part of the world, everyone would be shouting about it at their concerts. Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Why I Correct Pro-Israel Headlines on Gaza" Read an excerpt from Assal Rad’s new book, ‘Don’t Say Palestine,’ about how the media manufactured consent for genocide.
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Why I Correct Pro-Israel Headlines on Gaza
Read an excerpt from Assal Rad’s new book, ‘Don’t Say Palestine,’ about how the media manufactured consent for genocide.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You cannot say you care about Black communities and working people, then skip over Florida. Folks here are organizing, voting, and building power. Invest accordingly. #AngieForFlorida
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 13/09/2026
The American Diabetes Association forcibly removed five eminent scientists and physicians from their June conference because they criticized Trump, and called criticizing the president "unbecoming." So now doctors and scientists are calling for a boycott. www.fiercebiotech.com/research/sci...
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Scientists boycott American Diabetes Association as fallout of June conference fracas escalates
Following the removal of five scientists from its annual conference in June, members of the American Diabetes Association have launched a boycott of the organization that includes halting the revie | ...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 12/09/2026
Excellent story from @jwashing.bsky.social about Pietro Graza, a Brazilian man also being held in Equatorial Guinea. He’s been silent for two days. www.lookoutnews.org/ice-sent-gay...
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ICE Sent a Gay Brazilian Man to Equatorial Guinea. Now He’s Gone Silent.
Pietro Graza was granted protection from deportation to Brazil because he feared torture due to his sexuality. He says he was shackled for 36 hours and taken to a hotel where he and other deportees re...
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 09/09/2026
If Waltz & Trump are serious about ending the war in Sudan, they should stop US arms sales to countries sending weapons that fuel it.    When I offered legislation to do so, Republicans blocked it, saying the admin was opposed.   Talk is cheap, use your power to stop the killing.
Peace in Sudan Can Only Flower After a Weapons Embargo

The case for the White House's Security Council resolution on Sudan, made by two senior administration officials.

By Michael Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and Massad Boulos, a senior advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump for Arab and African affairs.
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A power outage slowed me down last night, but I just posted the audio and detailed written summary of my latest Iowa politics radio show, “KHOI’s Capitol Week.” The show will never take up more than 30 minutes of your time. laurabelin.substack.com/p/derek-wulf...
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Derek Wulf finances, another new Iowa poll
Sept. 7 edition of “KHOI’s Capitol Week”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/09/2026
Devastating. "I’m walking through the streets of the United States with a GPS monitor on my leg, carrying a feeling of shame and humiliation that I never imagined I would experience.”
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"I’m walking through the streets of the United States... carrying a feeling of shame and humiliation"
The family of 20-year-old Haitian immigrant Pierre Damas Bel says he died by suicide as a result of ICE's crackdown.
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Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda @krishna-author.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#booksky #books #Kindleunlimited #thriller #suspense #romance #novels #geopolitical #mythological #darkromance #women #contemporary #fiction #fantasy #crime #amazon #sifi #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #author #readers #indie
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/09/2026
The Republican nominee in Iowa’s toss-up US Senate race has spent her time in Congress working to save private equity’s favorite tax break.
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Ashley Hinson fought to save private equity’s favorite loophole
Now her campaign is being powered by Wall Street cash.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Not self-defense. The Greater Israel Project. Why does it never get talked about out in American media?
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Reader asked who might replace Derek Wulf on the GOP ticket. It's too late to replace him on the ticket. He would have needed to withdraw in August for the GOP to call a special convention to replace him. #IAGov
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
More Palestinians have been killed (1,300) since the so-called ceasefire began in Gaza on 10th October 2025 than Israelis were killed on 7th October 2023 - including ten times as many children (300!) as were killed on 10/7. This is what a 'ceasefire' looks like for Palestinians.
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I’ll have more to post on this later but a) please feel free to subscribe to read the whole thing (there’s quite a bit), & b) my thesis is simple: Right now, the most urgent moral test for this nation today is happening in Springfield, Ohio We as a country are currently failing this test miserably
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
On the latest "KHOI's Capitol Week," we went beyond the toplines on Suffolk's new Iowa poll and covered the big weekend rallies for Ds and Rs, the races for attorney general and secretary of agriculture, and more. Here's the audio & detailed written summary: laurabelin.substack.com/p/new-iowa-p...
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New Iowa poll; tight races for attorney general and Ag secretary
August 31 edition of “KHOI’s Capitol Week”
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 02/09/2026
An Israeli operation to detain a Hamas official in Gaza left nearly 200 children trapped between gunfire and airstrikes. Journalist Ansam Elkattaa speaks to the principals of a nursery school who had to get young children to safety amid Israeli gunfire and bombardment. 🔗: zeteo.com/p/israeli-bo...
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