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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
It's really that simple - James Comey is being investigated because Donald Trump is a criminal. #TrumpCrimeFamily
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Presidents get too much credit when the American economy is strong & too much blame when it isn’t. But in the case of farmers who can’t sell crops, Trump clearly gets 100% of the blame. Rare when you can point to economic disaster in a sector directly attributable to a president.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
There’s only one person he cares about.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Crockett: When you I say you are the least qualified in the history of the FBI, it’s real… Patel: That’s false Crockett: I didn’t ask you a question. I want to talk about why you're a failure and honestly we need to tell you, bye, bye
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Lofgren: How many times did Trump’s name appear in the Epstein files? More than 100, more than 1000? Patel: I don’t know.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Hard to believe I've never had the great @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social join for a @talkingfeds.bsky.social Substack LIVE. We'll be remedying that today at 4pm EST/1pm PST. Join us here harrylitman.substack.com to watch our live discussion.
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Talking Feds Substack with Harry Litman is a series of dispatches from the front of a constitution in crisis. Harry explains how the maneuvers of Trump and his circle transgress constitutional norms a...
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Not suprising exactly but whoa: abcnews.go.com/US/trump-off...
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Trump officials pressuring federal prosecutors to bring criminal charges against NY AG Letitia James: Sources
Top Trump administration officials are pressuring federal prosecutors in Virginia to bring charges against New York AG Letitia James for mortgage fraud, sources say.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/09/2025
This is another major scandal that in any normal country would result in the immediate impeachment and removal of the president.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
JUST NOW — Republicans table @ericswalwell.bsky.social’s motion to subpoena Bongino to release the Epstein files. (continuing Trump’s coved up)
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
When you put an internet troll like Patel in charge of the FBI, you get this level of incompetence.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Candace Owens: “I've just spent hours working through this timeline and I am now fully of the belief that this is in fact a Federal conspiracy. There is no other explanation. They are lying about Charlie Kirk's assasination.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/09/2025
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
“I spent 10 weeks on a bus crisscrossing the country this summer to listen to what people think about the state of our country. People are ready for bold solutions to make the rich pay their fair share, like the Billionaires Income Tax." - Kristen Crowell Read more here: bit.ly/3Ii9Qg0
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Crowell: The Billionaire's Income Tax is a bold solution for tax fairness
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Strong lineup today as we review Kash Patel’s disastrous congressional hearings plus more on Bondi’s thought police crusade against free speech. Speaking with @katiephang.bsky.social and @anandwrites.bsky.social at 4p ET / 1p PT. See you soon live on Substack and later on YouTube!
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Ken Schultz @kschultz.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Is it the official position of the USG that we cannot reliably discriminate between fishing boats and boats carrying narcotics? If so, that raises (additional) serious questions about the legality and morality of this operation.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The @aclu.org has been leading the charge in the battle to defend Americans’ civil rights. National Legal Director, Cecilia Wang, provides a stark assessment of the current legal landscape & how people need to take to the streets as well as the courtrooms to fight back. youtu.be/ybW-xxra5MU?...
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PANICKED Trump CAN’T HIDE As Lawsuits PILE Up
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Sam Jones @samjownes.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Dang, this is awesome!
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Bad News For Trump: Crypto Scandals, Castle Protests, Kash’s Collapse, and More
Breakthroughs for us, breakdown for Trump
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Bad News For Trump: Crypto Scandals, Castle Protests, Kash’s Collapse, and More
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Bad News For Trump: Crypto Scandals, Castle Protests, Kash’s Collapse, and More
Breakthroughs for us, breakdown for Trump
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
And read Max's excellent story: The H-2A Visa Trap
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A Farmworkers Visa Promised Her a Better Life. It Was a Trap.
Sofi left behind her child in Mexico for the promise of providing him a better life. She ended up a victim of an operation that is alleged to have exploited the H-2A visa program — and the workers it ...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Listen to @maxblau.bsky.social on @wbur.org @hereandnow.bsky.social: Migrant workers ensnared in 'slavery' scheme on American farms
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Migrant workers ensnared in 'slavery' scheme on American farms
A federal investigation known as Operation Blooming Onion exposed widespread abuses of H-2A workers across Georgia, ranging from wage theft to sexual abuse.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Tomorrow, Todd Beeton takes a look at the 2026 Senate map and asks, could Democrats actually flip the Senate next year? And yesterday, Jay Kuo dug into how Trumpworld is using Charlie Kirk’s murder as a “Reichstag moment” to advance Trump's authoritarian aims. Don't miss either piece!
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This Week In The Big Picture
If you had told us a few months ago that Democrats would actually have a shot of taking back both the House AND Senate next year, we would’ve called you crazy.
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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
We have handed the absolute worst people in this nation power and they delight in flaunting their wickedness and cruelty, not least because they think they can turn the world against us and leave us without allies or safe harbor. They see themselves as our jailors.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🔥“@GovBillLee’s lack of political spine apparent in treatment of Memphis” Holly Mccall calls out Lee for saying he talked to Trump about sending the Guard for months after telling press otherwise 🤔 — and the hypocrisy in how TN Republicans treat the city: tennesseelookout.com/2025/09/17/t...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Obama: So we have to extend to people during their period of mourning We can also at the same time say I disagree with the idea that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a mistake I can disagree with the suggestion that my wife or Justice Jackson does not have adequate brain processing power.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Obama: We have to recognize that on both sides there are people who are extremists  But I will say that those extreme views were not in my White House. I wasn’t embracing them. I wasn’t empowering them. I wasn’t putting the weight of the government behind extremist views.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 17/09/2025
'What the hell?' Patel mocked for thinking dead would-be Trump assassin would face trial
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'What the hell?' Patel mocked for thinking dead would-be Trump assassin would face trial
FBI Director Kash Patel caused yet another strange moment in his hearing in the House on Wednesday, when he appeared to suggest that he couldn't release any information about President Donald Trump's attempted assassin Thomas Crooks until his trial was concluded — even though Crooks was killed at th...
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
He lies like he breathes. Trump is not simply a serial liar, he is attempting to murder the very idea of truth. The president appears committed to destroying the very idea of facts. #DonTheCon
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
This is what fascism sounds like. Cracking down on anyone who disagrees with them or portrays the Trump regime in an undesirable light. The country is changing before our very eyes. 🇺🇸
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Tell Congress: Stop Trump from dismantling the Department of Education
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump from dismantling the Department of Education
Contact Congress today!
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 17/09/2025
New York's governor and state Assembly speaker backed NYC Democratic mayoral candidate Mamdani this week. The top Democrats in Washington, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, have still not. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
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More New York Democrats coalesce behind Zohran Mamdani, but key holdouts remain
New York's governor and state Assembly speaker backed Mamdani this week. The top Democrats in Washington, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, have not.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Always read @gregsargent.bsky.social. ALWAYS
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zensoul.bsky.social @zensoul.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
We all have to get it through our heads that it’s getting to the point that they don’t need a reason to harass, beat or abduct any of us. No. One. Is. Safe!
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Hi, fun and tolerant, Bluesky folks. Today Trump announced that the U.S. government is taking a 10 percent ownership stake in Intel. That’s why I called him a Marxist. I’m not apologizing if you didn’t get that.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
FBI agents executed search warrants at the home & office of former Trump National Security Adviser, John Bolton. I dive into the legal issues & the burnt bridge background between these two, and why Bolton accurately predicted Trump’s “retribution presidency.” youtu.be/r1dMPQYvW-s?...
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Trump’s FBI PROBE Into Former ADVISOR Reveals SHOCKING Motive
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Trump taking a 10% stake in Intel for the government is yet another reminder that Dems, when in power, should stop being afraid of their own shadows and do whatever the f*ck they want and not worry about political norms or rules or conventions or media name calling.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
And Trump put a cherry on top by inviting mass murderer, war criminal, and child trafficker Putin to the US for the World Cup. America, Russia’s vassal state. bsky.app/profile/juli...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 23/08/2025
President Donald Trump has wielded his insult machine at Democrats he claims are "socialists" and "communists," but the state purchase of Intel has many, including conservatives, questioning whether he's the real "big government" guy.
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Trump called out after big Intel move: 'Literally communism'
President Donald Trump has wielded his insult machine at Democrats he claims are "socialists" and "communists," but the state purchase of Intel has many, including conservatives, questioning whether he's the real "big government" guy. On Friday, computer chip manufacturer Intel agreed to allow the g...
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
"Americans have long glorified their constitution and the rule of law. But Donald Trump’s volatile and vindictive presidency has increasingly replaced that philosophy with something very different – call it “governing by shakedown”. - @greenhousenyt.bsky.social
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Trump’s presidential philosophy is government by shakedown | Steven Greenhouse
The president’s strategy is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. Congress and the courts must put a stop to it
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
That's a great point. There's no need to overthink this. Tell Congress to fully investigate the Epstein case here: bit.ly/40ZeC86 #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 23/08/2025
The Trump administration's Justice Department has declared it believes a decades-old Hispanic college grant program is unconstitutional and will not defend it from a legal challenge brought by the state of Tennessee.
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Trump DOJ won't defend major Hispanic college grant program, calling it unconstitutional
The Trump administration's Justice Department has declared it believes a decades-old Hispanic college grant program is unconstitutional and will not defend it from a legal challenge brought by the state of Tennessee.According to The Associated Press, the DOJ announced its intentions not to defend th...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
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Texas Resister ❌👑 @texasresister.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
I didn’t see that date listed.. yet. There are alot of protests on the site. purgepalantir.com
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Find out about all the ways to get involved in this campaign.
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Poli Alert @polialert.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
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Trump Pick for US Attorney for New Jersey has ‘no lawful authority,’ Judge Rules
A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to keep Alina Habba as U.S. attorney for New Jersey and override the judges who last month named Habba’s top deputy to the post. U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann said Thursday that Habba, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, has served as the state’s top federal … The post Trump Pick for US Attorney for New Jersey has ‘no lawful authority,’ Judge Rules first appeared on Poli Alert.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
In July, Judge Xinis tried to get info about the government’s plans to deport Abrego after his release from criminal custody. DOJ insisted that nothing would be decided until he’s in ICE custody and assigned a desk officer. He’s not in ICE custody but suddenly they know exactly what the plan is.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 22/08/2025
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/08/2025
Do you work at the Office of Management and Budget? Do you know someone who does? Are you a current or former federal worker with information that you can share about Russell Vought? If the answer to any of these is "yes," please contact @andykroll.bsky.social www.propublica.org/tips/
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Tell your Senators and Rep they need to support this bill on unmasking ICE and displaying clear ID here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Require ICE to unmask and display clear identification
Contact Congress today!
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Tell Congress: Reverse Trump’s NOAA cuts and save the National Weather Service actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Reverse Trump’s NOAA cuts and save the National Weather Service
Contact Congress today!
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 22/07/2025
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Demand that Attorney General Pam Bondi resign
Contact Congress today!
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