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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 21/09/2026
We're going to see more of these bogus stories trying to rehabilitate the image of DOGE bros who happily did massive damage. The premise of "oh we really thought we were helping" is a lie.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I can’t wait to see Hannity & all the others on the right lose their shit when the next Democratic president bans Fox News, Newsmax, etc from the White House and says, “If you are going to engage in what’s effectively far-right propaganda, why would a Democratic White House give you special access?”
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Perfectly put.👇
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Isn’t it interesting though that Mike Johnson shrugs all this off as just provocative things said just to create a “persona online” from one of his ACTUAL NOMINEES FOR CONGRESS, but Hasan Piker, who isn’t running for anything, supposedly represents the entire Democratic Party.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
BREAKING: The Trump administration is seeking to rescind a rule that was put in place to stop private equity funds from bribing public officials, per Axios
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
1. Elon Musk is spending millions pushing Americans to VoteSafe, which bills itself as a voter registration site but is actually a digital surveillance machine.
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I’ve been asked about racist Loomer like 15 times on the hill this week. Zero times about how @AshleyMoodyFL has yet to condemn her racism + how Moody stole $10 million meant for children and funneled it to a campaign 🤔
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Jesus Christ, this. Platner was given the benefit of the doubt despite having a fucking Totenkopf tattoo on his own skin, while many of the same people are demanding El-Sayed answer for any random comment from anyone who supports him.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
UPDATE: Still no on-the-record statement from Sonderling, but he has taken all of his photos offline.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.
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West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NYT: “.. The move could prevent residents from raising concerns about — or even learning about — data centers before permits are approved and construction starts.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/c...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
As soon as there‘s a Democrat in the White House again, John Roberts will discover all kinds of new limitations on their presidential powers, but for now, President Make-a-Wish gets whatever his little heart desires
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It is now, but that doesn't make what she did *right*. Trump is just orders of magnitude worse, as I knew he would be, which is why I voted for her and not him.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
FOX GUEST: “If Mamdani put price controls on pharmaceuticals, bailed out farms, took stakes in companies, said energy companies make too much money — you’d all go apoplectic… You could argue TRUMP is the most powerful socialist in America.”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/08/2026
I’ve heard a lot about airlines colluding with ICE and TSA to inform on migrants. Sickening betrayal. If anyone wonders how Germany got to where it did, it’s because of these kinds of collaborators.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
WHERE ARE THE DEMOCRATS?? I swear, if Dems take back the House and Senate and don't publicly and loudly investigate stuff like this, I will lose my mind.
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Trump Crypto Took $100 Million From a Businessman With Red Flags
The curious case of Guren “Bobby” Zhou shows the ease with which investors with shady backgrounds and unknown motivations can funnel money to the president.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“.. ‘Communism is the greatest threat to our country.’ Wait, what? .. It takes a special kind of shamelessness to type that sentence from inside a government buying into 30 American companies.” @colbyhall.bsky.social substack.com/@mrcolbyhall...
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/the-attack...
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The Attack We Knew Was Coming
Effectively defending against cyber threats against critical infrastructure requires a long-term commitment of political will.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Heads up for anyone who may be looking to buy a car in near future: GM's CEO loves Trump.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
And again, it doesn’t even matter if these were true. He, a random unelected and unappointed guy, doesn’t get to end run the law, Constitution, & Congress to decide how to set policy. He did, & therefore needs to go to jail for the rest of his life.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Just pointing out that amidst all the ludicrous screaming and yelling by Trumpists about communism, the Trump administration had and has in senior positions individuals who are genuine and unabashed fascists.
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Justice Putnam @justiceputnam.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The fuckers called Eisenhower a commie and the interstate highway system a commie plot to make America commie, just so you know how long this commie bullshit has been going on.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I'm not kidding when I said that Trump specifically looks for people with some of this in their past to serve in his administration because he knows they too have all the reasons in the world to protect pedophiles
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Yeah. I saw this. It's stupid (and unworkable).
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
it’s kind of ironic that the French government better understands and captures the true aesthetics and ideals of America than the groyper weirdos at the White House posting cringe anti-American MAGAslop
Macron posting Statue of Liberty White House posting Christian nationalist slop
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
A reminder that as you see photos of those Patriot Front douchebags today, they are marching on a holiday because none of them have anywhere else to be. None of them have friends or family who want them around on a holiday. No one is missing them today. They're already with their only friends.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I wish it were more broadly understood that Trump constantly and explicitly holds up his naked corruption *as a badge of honor* that his supporters are supposed to thrill to (and see benefit for themselves in). He thinks corruption is the highest form of winning.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
You really have to admire Antifa’s artistic skill. With nothing but box cutters, they somehow managed to perfectly recreate the intricate look of poorly applied paint peeling off concrete that had concentrated peroxide dumped all over it. Incredible craftsmanship.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
i knew rich assholes felt this way but i'm not sure i've ever actually seen them just say it in plain english
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Interesting is that the new "plan" is to take Iran's frozen assets and give them to Jared Kushner's clients 🤔
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
1. Lead Left, a super PAC created on 4/24, purports to stand "against MAGA extremists." It has spent $3M+ in Democratic primaries. But it's funders and motivations have been secret. Until now. It's a GOP dirty tricks operation. 🧵
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A GOP dirty tricks operation, exposed
Following the breadcrumbs from a “progressive” super PAC to a powerful Republican operative
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
If it were fake news, you could have just let the IRS audit run its course and then we'd all see it was fake, but instead you rushed in like Leeroy Jenkins and demanded everything be shut down immediately? Sure, sure, that makes sense, sure.
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 21/05/2026
Bill Dudley: ‘Financial crises take much longer than expected to arrive, but when they do, they come on much faster than one might have anticipated.’ www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Ignore This Bond Market Slump at Your Own Peril
Long term interest rates in the US have been heading higher. Yields on 10-year Treasury notes have risen almost half a percentage tojust under 4.70% this week. That’s the highest since January 2025. T...
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Maximillian Potter @maxpotter.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Whoever this journalist is—more of him, please.
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Charlie Austin @chuckles-s.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
This is important. We can't rely on anyone/anything else. We the People have the power to save American democracy.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
"America’s pro-democracy opposition is down, but not out. Success is possible under competitive authoritarianism. But you have to really compete." This piece gets it right on the balance that's now required between doing good politics/winning elections and scorched earth procedural warfare:
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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How an Alleged Child Predator Remade the Nation’s Second-Largest Faith Group in His Image
Paul Pressler helped ordain the marriage between white evangelicals and the GOP, all while accusations of sexual abuse piled up. Right-wing groups are still using his political playbook
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 04/05/2026
Chief Justice John Roberts once decried partisan gerrymandering as “unjust.” Last week, the high court made a decision that doesn’t just tolerate but encourages the practice, @dgraham.bsky.social argues:
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How the Supreme Court Came to Accept a Practice It Called Unjust
The Court went from condemning partisan gerrymandering to effectively encouraging it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Pretty rough look for @georgetownlaw.bsky.social here👇🏽 — Randy Barnett is apparently a constitutional law professor there, Faculty Director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution.🤔
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Republicans are also working on another bailout for farmers from taxpayers after Trump screwed them over again with tariffs and increased costs caused by his war. We all have to pay Trump voters (mostly) for Trump’s failed policies while they continue to vote Republican.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
We did! We passed a bill to fund the Secret Service and TSA and FEMA 100-0. If Speaker Johnson would just call it for a vote, it would pass. That’s the problem.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I think Franklin Graham is a nepo-baby charlatan who weaponizes the Bible to advance his political agenda.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
It’s a neat trick that Trump and his henchmen are pulling with their mafia DOJ. File a bogus frivolous lawsuit that you can never possibly win in a court of law, then have Todd Blanche settle it by paying them millions and potentially billions in taxpayer money. Theft by lawsuit.
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