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@arudder.bsky.social
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Democrat. Grandma. Billiken basketball fan. News junkie.

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 14h
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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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h
You’re going to get those $5,000 checks from Trump as soon as Eric Schmitt finds proof that Jack Smith was at the Atlanta Hawks game.
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Missouri Democrats @missouridemocrats.bsky.social · 13h
Amendment 7 would lock Missouri tax dollars in a Wall Street fund for decades, maybe generations, before it pays a dime back. Our schools and hospitals can't wait. Vote NO on Amendment 7 by Nov. 3.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14h
There really is this rash of very weird GOP defenses. Like when Paxton said the guy didn’t do one day in prison. That’s a lie! I put him in for a hard 60 days! Or Marshall saying he didnt get the pregnant woman arrested for late bill. It was for not showing up for the lawsuit over the late bill!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
this gaffe should follow Eric Schmitt around for the rest of his political life (Jack Smith was actually in Maryland at a HAWKEYES game, not in Atlanta colluding with Fani Willis as Schmitt alleged) (Win McNamee/Getty)
photo of Schmitt's team holding up a poster board that made false claims about Jack Smith's whereabouts in February 2024
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 18h
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
NEW: Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass with an estimated 800,000 people in Paris on Saturday. At a migrant house before Mass, he said the history of humanity “is not written by those who give the impression of winning by imposing themselves and ‘dominating the room,’ but by those who ‘make room.’”
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Drawing 800,000 in Paris, Pope Leo XIV Calls on the Church to “Make Room” for Migrants and the Poor
“No one is so poor as to have nothing to give.” Before Mass, the pope sat with migrants and told catechists to respect each person’s pace. Six altar servers with Down syndrome served his Mass.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran war: With the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, database shows. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran war
With the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, a Pentagon database shows.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is who she is. Makes it easier for the banks.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
TALARICO: “The richest 1% now owns more wealth than the entire middle class. 3 dudes (Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos) now own more wealth than 165 million Americans combined… they aren’t just buying yachts and jets anymore. They’re now buying power.” 🇺🇸 (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
OMG. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Two million likes on TikTok… and counting.
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We will vote to rebuke him so decisively no president will dare such abuses again for centuries.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The second-most powerful man at the Trump State Department put the brakes on a U.S. international exhibit featuring a bull statue because he worried it might look like Baal, a pagan god some associate with Satanic child sacrifice.
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Baal out: Top diplomat's worry about pagan god elicits eye rolls
A top State Department official showed unusual interest in an art exhibit.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Jason Rosenbaum @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Perhaps the most startling news of the day. The SLU/YouGov poll (which was very close to the mark on Amendment 3 in 2024) found President Trump is underwater... in MISSOURI ... according to @stlmag.bsky.social. Trump won MO three times by huge margins. www.stlmag.com/news/trump-k...
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RadioDallas @radiodallas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump promises a "$5,000 dividend" IF Republicans win the House and Senate in 2026. No bill, no funding plan, no timeline. Sound familiar? His $2,000 tariff dividend from Nov. 2025 also never got a formal proposal or a vote.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Your annual reminder of what REALLY happened: Donald Trump went on WWOR Radio on 9/11/01--yes, that very day--to say that with the collapse of the Twin Towers, he now had the tallest building in New York. Which was a good preview of things to come, in that it was both disgusting and a lie.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/08/2026
Costco runs it's own rigorous food inspection program. And they didn't bend the knee on DEI. Plus, they dropped Callaway Golf after their horrific ad depicting violence against women. And they are refusing to carry trump meat. So that's where I'll be shopping.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I can't stress this enough: Dolly. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Here's to Dolly: union member, vaccine hero, literacy giant, staunch gay ally.
Community-based philanthropy and fighting for the underdog defined the superstar’s legacy.
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Devin Thomas O’Shea @devintoshea.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
excellent timing Governor Kehoe www.ksdk.com/article/news...
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 22/08/2026
White House is planning to announce “a large new tax on international students who stay to work in the US after graduation”.
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Owen From Ohio @owenfromohio.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The Trump admin admitted in court that they canceled nearly $8 billion in grants for clean energy projects “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state”. apnews.com/article/trum...
TRUMP HAS ENDED BILLIONS IN CLEAN
ENERGY GRANTS FOR STATES THAT DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
@gabrielzucman.bsky.social just now: California billionaires now hold more wealth than total gross income in the state of California. Thus, a 5% wealth tax on billionaires--billionaires only--increases tax revenue by the same amount as increasing income taxes by 5% on all Californians
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The news story about Donald Trump being desperate for immunity for tax fraud & the news story about Donald Trump being kicked to the curb by Capital One for widespread money laundering are RELATED.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If those are accurate numbers… Holy shit. That’s bad.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I'm guessing this DOJ has no intention of doing anything about this?
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stldems @stldems.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Tired of Republicans in Jefferson City overturning Missourians' votes? Here's what you need to do to stop them! 1.) In the August 4th Primary, VOTE NO on Amendment 4 2.) In the November General Election, VOTE YES on Respect Missouri Voters. 3.) Fire the Republicans who refuse to listen to voters!
How to stop politicians from overturning our votes in Missouri

To Do: 

 - Vote NO on Amendment 4 in August Primary
 - Vote YES on Respect Missouri Voters in November midterm
 - Elect Democrats!
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 26/07/2026
We’ve seen this playbook before. And every time, it has been people organizing together that forced them to back down. We are strongest when we stand together. ICE OUT NOW. 🎥 @ktvufox2.bsky.social
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Trump is weak. He has, unfortunately, weakened America in the world. The task is going to be, after Trump, to make America strong again--even to make America great again, to coin a phrase. But first we're going to have to make America decent again. open.substack.com/pub/ofthebra...
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"We Don't Know How Weak We Are"
Inside the Iran war, with Bill Kristol and Tom Joscelyn.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
HHS research agency ends funding for dozens of health studies "Lots of work is going on, and all of that is now wasted.” “This has been a slow-moving disaster for the research community” “We’re losing a generation of very innovative scientists” www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
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HHS research agency ends funding for dozens of health studies
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration terminated dozens of health research grants this week, telling grantees it is shifting priorities to issues like the “overmedication of children” and autism, acco...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Reminder: there's NO legitimate use for crypto. Its only practical uses are tax evasion, money laundering, fraud, specualtion, and crime. No Democrat should vote for the so-called CLARITY Act, a bill backed by the crypto lobby that would make this Ponzi scheme even worse.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"I need you to *find* 11,780 votes." —Something said by someone who tries to interfere with elections, not something said by someone who is concerned with election interference.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
For everyone hyping up Trump’s speech tonight like it’s going to be some kind of revolutionary proof of election fraud: Why is he saying it on national television and not to a grand jury? Why has nobody been charged with anything? Should be a slam dunk case, right?
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Trump just denied disaster aid to four blue states, after approving aid to six red states.
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Trump denies disaster aid to four blue states, after approving aid to six red states
A White House spokesperson said there is “no politicization to the president’s decisions on disaster relief.” There’s compelling evidence to the contrary.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Missourians: This is how I plan to vote on the amendments for the special election in August: YES on 1. NO on 4. NO on 5. *Amendment 2 only pertains to Jackson County. Amendment 3 will be on the November ballot.
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stldems @stldems.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
GET YOUR YARD SIGNS! Vote NO on 4 & 5! Keep Majority Rule & Stop the Everything Tax! Order your yard sign encouraging people to VOTE NO on Amendments 4 & 5 in Missouri's August 4th, 2026, Primary Election. $15/each STLDems.org/Sign
St. Louis County Democrats

Vote No
August 4th Amendments
4 & 5
Keep majority rule and stop the everything tax!

Paid for by St. Louis County Democratic Central Committee, Bob Ford Treasurer
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 25/06/2026
Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas has been suspended for hitting Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark in the throat during a game, the WNBA announces.
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Mercury’s Alyssa Thomas suspended for hitting Caitlin Clark in the throat
The foul occurred in the second quarter of the Mercury’s 111-109 win over the Indiana Fever on Wednesday.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 19/06/2026
New concerns are emerging about President Trump’s sweeping pardon of Jan. 6 defendants after a recent report found that nearly 100 of them have been arrested, charged or convicted of additional crimes since the attack in 2021. to.pbs.org/4fR4Ddr
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Trump administration's reframing of Jan. 6 reignites accountability debate
New concerns are emerging about President Trump’s sweeping pardon of Jan. 6 defendants after a recent report found that nearly 100 of them have been arrested, charged or convicted of additional crimes...
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Missouri Democrats @missouridemocrats.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Today, while President Barack Obama's Presidential Center is opening in Chicago, we are thinking about when 100,000 of our neighbors attended a rally in 2008 in St. Louis for then-candidate Obama, who spoke of a vision of change and hope from under the Gateway Arch.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
To be clear: Trump achieved no strategic objective, gave up the Strait of Hormuz, lied about considerable damage to our side and vastly overplayed "decimation" of Iran forces. Sounds about right.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
NYT reports DOJ is considering settling Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS. As I wrote in my Substack, this is a straightforward scam harrylitman.substack.com/p/a-judge-…
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A Judge Calls Out Trump’s Self-Dealing
Order in Trump $10B IRS suit threatens to expose the administration's series of collusive lawsuits.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
How did we go from a White House ballroom funded by $400 million in private donations to Donald Trump to Congress trying to take $1 billion of our taxpayer money to build it? Reprehensible.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 30/04/2026
As Sky News reporter Stone rightfully noted, the UK flag was upside down during the King's visit to Arlington earlier today
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The acting head of the CDC has canceled publication of a study showing the Covid vaccine sharply cut hospitalizations and emergency visits last winter.
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Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Pope Leo XIV: “The President of the United States has said that I insult Jesus”... “You want to know what truly insults Jesus? It is when we turn away from those who suffer, when we close our hearts to the poor, and when we choose power over compassion while others cry out for mercy.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
“He cheated on the golf course. He cheated on his taxes. He cheated on his wives. He cheated the business contractors he stiffed. He tried to cheat in the 2020 election. And now he’s trying to cheat on the 2026 midterms - because he knows he can’t win.”
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