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Badger Refugee

@badgerrefugee.bsky.social
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Green New Deal Democrat. “The time is always right to do what is right.”—The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h
Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h
“Well, you see, I have to stay on the White Supremacist Child Porn Rape Victim Doxxing site because that’s where my community is”
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Quinn Norton @quinn.yoyodyne-it.eu · 9h
I really underestimated how evil my fellow Americans were for literal decades of my life.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 7h
I’ve been saying for a while, someone needs to estimate the net cost of millions of people having to spend a chunk of every day worrying about what the insane president has done or will do.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 7h
This is one of the most maddening thigns about this court: Not just the substantive rulings, but how they think about “irreperable harm.” If the Most Special Boy has to wait a month to do a thing he REALLY wants to, that’s irreperable harm. Actual large-scale human suffering? Meh.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With regard to the overt and jaw-dropping use of public money to manufacture and broadcast Trump politicals ads, I'm just spitballing here, but maybe, perhaps, if the U.S. Supreme Court didn't give the president blanket immunity from prosecution for crimes he wouldn't feel so comfortable criming.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 16h
There's a shit-ton of actual anti-Semitism in the world today, but Netanyahu's fraudulent misuse of the term devalues it dangerously. Hamas is anti-Semitic and murderous. Netanyahu is a cynical, murderous shitheel. Mamdani is an American politician with a perverse impulse to tell blunt truths.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A great illustration of the way social media has essentially shredded society’s informational immune system: The USSR spent a fortune trying to spread conspiracy theories, without success because they couldn’t crack newsrooms. Today, you can reach the globe with a post that costs $20 to make.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Huge bummer when you’re just innocently trying to join and promote a movement that hates Black people, immigrants, and Jews — but then you discover that they have a dark side. apple.news/A9g-feRPSTme...
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If a sentence in your newscast starts with “President Trump says…” you’re failing your audience.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Maybe a little bit of cancel culture would be good?
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can you tell texas republicans are not used to competitive races bsky.app/profile/head...
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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins
Now @AshleyMoodyFL. Why would I want to abolish the police when I want you arrested and in jail for stealing $10 million from sick kids? BFFR
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Furry fanatic Tommy Tuberville says he reads very little to preserve his own opinions. Apparently, he doesn’t want facts getting in the way of his ignorance. www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Susan Collins has been lying to us for almost 30 years.
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
X is blocking the Brazilian Catholic Bishops' Conference account as polling shows Catholics backing Lula. The Church has denounced outside interference in the election
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X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula
Polls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Right before he his post mocking Tuberville, he had two posts criticizing Meta, the company that owns the social media platform that then incorrectly featured him a story about masturbation.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Before the week begins, I have a specific request: 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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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 27/09/2026
If only there were a more concise word for “an overtly political campaign advertisement paid for by the government.” If only there were a roomful of writers and editors one could consult…
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What an odd moment in United States history.
A U.S. president is running an overtly political camaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government.
Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Election balloting can be ornate and complex, but I've checked with the League of Women Voters and in every state, it is permissible to take a guide into the voting booth with you. I hope this can be of some assistance:
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
think all straight people who discoursed at great and punishing length about a western mass lesbian bar should have to give equal airtime to this. it’s your own community this time!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh yeah, thanks for the reminder of that time you were all over the news just because you were horribly incompetent in your national security job
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Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good lord, @nytimes.com. How do you justify your silence on this?
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here’s your periodic reminder that Howard Lutnick is still Commerce secretary despite blatantly lying to the public about his personal and business ties with child molester Jeffrey Epstein.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Alternative hed: A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns. This Time, You Paid For It.
A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government The ad, which experts said could break federal law, shows President Trump vowing to "expel the warmongers" from the government, even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yeah, it doesn’t seem like the NYT has given any coverage to the frat gang rape scandal at Cornell. Not as important as Oberlin’s banh mi or Harvard’s eating clubs I guess
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026
genuinely I think we would be in a better place, morally, as a society if all of these fraudsters were in jail and people saw that there were consequences for behaving in such a flagrantly antisocial manner rather than endlessly lucrative rewards
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Liz Ahern 🌈🇲🇽🏳️‍⚧️☮️ @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Abbott is not only contributing to the deaths of pregnant women, he’s hiding maternal death data. Texans who think women should live will vote for a new governor. #GinaForTexas #AbbottFailsTexas
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Denmark is trolling Trump.
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is outstanding advice, as always from thetimothysnyder: “It's really just a matter of doing something, which is a bit more than nothing. If we do, I tend to think we'll get through this.” All of us, make a difference. Never doubt that what you do is important! #momsky #sheshed
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
you must destroy the cursed amulet it is the only way to save mankind
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Stop dressing up your control issues as holy devotion.
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Network solidarity against Trump's attack on the 1st Amendment lasted less than one week. Pathetic. On the bright side for CNN, moving forward Bari Weiss can make changes to ensure there is no more friction with the White House. Support independent media. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think this shows how monumentally stupid JD Vance is, that he walked right into that. Anyone with any clue could have seen that set-up a mile away.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:
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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 27/09/2026
lol www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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YouTube and Meta Reverse Course, Will Accept ‘Musk’ Trailer Ad
The Google unit says the ad was "temporarily restricted" while Meta calls it "an error." TikTok and X remain silent.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Vought is breaking the law but he is not “going rogue.” At his confirmation hearings, Vought told Republicans he would do this and they voted for him anyway. If they want to stop him, they still can via impeachment. They won’t.
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Lake Michigan @lakemichigan13.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hey Canada - can you do this for the Great Lakes? The Trump Administration continues to try and weaken protections 🌊🌊
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Lake Michigan @lakemichigan13.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Humans of Wisconsin 🧀 Did you know @TomTiffanyWI got a 0 score for 2025 and a 1 out of 100 lifetime score from @LCVoters Check out his votes against public lands & the environment at www.lcv.org/moc/tom-tiff...
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Lake Michigan @lakemichigan13.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Congressman Jack Bergman MI-01 represents a huge amount of my shoreline. He also scored a 0 from the League of Conservation Voters for 2025. 🌊🌊 Check out his record here: www.lcv.org/moc/jack-ber...
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 27/09/2026
In a private discussion today this came up: “We need the January 6th Commission hearings, for DOGE.” One could do a lot with NIH and NSF alone. There are clinical trials that ended, patients that died, young people leaving the US… and bad stuff that happened inside the agencies.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Brazil should ban X. In fact, every country would be better without it.
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There's a moment early on that's just footage of Elon Musk balding and in khakis walking down an office hallway in the late 90s and the entire audience burst out laughing. If Musk is made aware of audience reactions like this I think he might actually crash out.
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I should also add that when the movie got to showing people burning Teslas and vandalizing dealerships, the theater of mostly older folks in Santa Monica started applauding. I think it is possible Trump and Musk turned libs over 50 into John Brown.
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