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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the Midterms
See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Elon Musk is sitting right by Trump
Musk sitting by Trump
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Trump: "We're gonna be signing a document today renaming artificial intelligence, because it's not artificial. We're gonna be naming it Super Intelligence. Officially renaming it."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
> @variety.com variety.com/2026/digital...
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 29/09/2026
Read more here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Hegseth begs for mail-in votes while Trump trashes mail-in voting
It’s too bad the president has already managed to put quite a dent in confidence in voting by mail.
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Breaking - The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to restart its program of removing migrants to countries other than their homeland without giving them an opportunity to raise human rights concerns… will hear arguments later this year www.cnn.com/2026/09/29/p...
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Supreme Court allows Trump to restart controversial deportations to countries they have no connection to | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to restart its program of removing migrants to countries other than their homeland without giving them an opportunity to raise human right...
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pass a law clarifying that the supreme court’s appellate jurisdiction does not begin until a final ruling has been made by district and appeals courts.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another way of making this point: The wheels may be coming off the Trump administration and the authoritarian movement energizing it. But a large tractor-trailer barreling down a highway at full speed whose wheels come loose is very dangerous to innocent people in the vicinity.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 22/09/2026
Binance under US scrutiny over possible Iran sanctions violations, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/4jmEapA
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Binance under US scrutiny over possible Iran sanctions violations, Bloomberg News reports
US federal prosecutors are investigating whether Binance violated ​sanctions on Iran by failing to prevent certain trading activity ‌on its platform, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 22/09/2026
Trump launched “Trump TV” from the White House. Within hours, fewer than 1,800 people were watching live. An Associated Press U.N. stream had more than seven times the audience. Tough opening night. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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‘Trump TV’ is an immediate failure
A 24/7 livestream of Trump speeches? No thanks.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Epstein survivor Dani Bensky on meeting with Blanche:   "Todd Blanche treated the meeting as a mere 'check-the-box' exercise intended to secure votes for his confirmation. He danced around his wording, repeatedly interrupted us and could not commit to anything that would demonstrate good faith."
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Cartoonist: Bill Bramhall
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Daniel Loxton 🇨🇦 @danielloxton.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
All the salad apocalypse chatter reminds us that the normal work of government to maintain the commons—good roads, regulations, food inspections, public health etc—is what allows economies to prosper and businesses to plan and compete and make money
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I've lived in Beijing, and the thing is - they don't have elections.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026
My takeaway from that speech is that we are headed down the road of Trump trying to outright rig elections. It probably won't work, but he's going for it.
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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 16/07/2026
Epstein survivor: I found my name in two places in the first Epstein Files release. In the next release, the redactions were far worse. The Files displayed my name, phone number, and more. These documents contain disturbing yet incomplete accounts of my abuse. It was humiliating.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/07/2026
At least 75 career federal officials who’d played important roles in elections have left, been fired or been reassigned. In their place are roughly two dozen people Trump has installed in positions that could affect elections. Ten of them actively worked to reverse the 2020 vote. (Published April)
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Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Another Trump administration effort to smear a man they murdered goes down in flames. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Substance FBI agent saw in van of man fatally shot by ICE in Houston was salt, family attorney says
An FBI search warrant application said an agent found bags in the van that he believed could contain drugs, which was disputed by the DA and a group representing the victim’s family.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What a graphic. @cnn.com $NVDA $TSLA $AEO
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 26/04/2026
Fool’s Gold: Speaker Johnson’s Section 702 proposal would place no limits on backdoor searches By Elizabeth Goitein and Hannah James (@lizagoitein.bsky.social and @hannahajames.bsky.social)
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Fool’s Gold: Speaker Johnson’s Section 702 proposal would place no limits on backdoor searches
A critique of the Speaker's most recent legislative proposal to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
This is truly Must Read weekend reading. Important to know what's going on here. A powerful and clear explanation of apparent flaws in the Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org. By @weissmann.substack.com who was head of the Justice Department's Fraud Section.
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The Poverty of the DOJ Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Former head of the DOJ Fraud Section, Weissmann discusses conspicuous gaps in the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Links: www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/just... thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Justices to hear dispute over cancer warnings on pesticide labels
The case thrusts the court into a battle involving over 100,000 lawsuits, “billions and billions” of dollars, the international scientific community, federal and state policymakers, and, if you ask M…
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The Supreme Court hears arguments tomorrow in Monsanto v. Durnell a case that could gut the ability of Americans to sue pesticide makers for cancer.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Among the most odious and hypocritical Trump personas is St Donald the MAGA martyr.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
When you protest, you say this isn't normal and you prime yourself for other kinds of organization. And protests give a sense of hope. I talked with @katiecouric.bsky.social about the challenges we are facing and what people can do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U0I...
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Historian Timothy Snyder on Orbán's Defeat, Christian Nationalism, and What Trump Is Really Planning
YouTube video by Katie Couric
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 26/04/2026
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
At a 2013 gathering of Oregon Republicans attended by many OR GOP officials, this Koch funded org set up a punching dummy featuring Obama with a black eye. I suspect more than one attendee took a swing, just in jest of course.
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
OREGON
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Gathering of Eagles Oregon
May 28, 2013 • 0
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/04/2026
BRENNAN: The shooter had multiple weapons. You said he traveled from CA across the country by train. How did he do that? BLANCHE: This isn't about making laws more restrictive BRENNAN: I'm asking about crossing state lines w/firearms BLANCHE: I don't think that's something we should be focused on
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Seems they got their marching orders 🫡 👇🏽
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Trisha H @armygurl1999.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
From a former teacher and Army veteran regarding last night’s “shooting.” This is very important and I hope you’ll read it. Thank you for your time. bsky.app/profile/army...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 26/04/2026
A DAY!!!!!!!
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 26/04/2026
The toddler-in-chief strikes again. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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The sticky situation that got Trump booted from the Situation Room
Fam, is it good when the president’s aides have to keep him out of the Situation Room when stuff gets heated during the war he started for no discernible reason, the same one where he has no…
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
83% of Americans have an unfavorable view of Russia. The other 17% form the core of MAGA.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 25/04/2026
The most impressive thing about the US military for decades has been the logistics sorcery that feeds and equips tens of thousands of troops in hundreds of far flung places. A year under Hegseth and aircraft carriers are running out of food. Incredible stuff. Truly peak performance.
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Agolf Twitler Slayer @slayeragolf.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Whites with no college who are Trump's biggest supporting block which was plus 34 points is now -2 a whopping 36-point swing against Trump. These poles are unbelievable. I have never seen a massive political shift this big in my entire life.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Our country is so fucked. Thank Christ we have people like Rep. Stansbury trying to fight her hardest for our nation.
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Jacob Rubashkin @rubashkin.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Overall, Shawn Harris improved upon Kamala Harris's GA-14 margin by 25%. He lost by 12 while she lost by 37. But in the five most Hispanic precincts in the district, he improved upon her margin by a whopping 42%. He won them by 28% while she lost them by 14%.
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reallydebl.bsky.social @reallydebl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Many Dem Senators and Representatives have called for a return to DC and emergency sessions. So far no word from R leaders Hopefully all Dems will show in DC to demand Rs show
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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Republicans easily held onto GA14, the seat vacated by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene R-GA. But when you dig into the county numbers, you can see what happened - a 20-30 point shift to the Democrats.
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David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Memories: In 2016, Obama purchased 32 metric tons of Iran's excess heavy water for $8.6 million to help it stay within its allowed stockpile limits. Not only was that an excellent price, but he didn't have to go to war to get it. Diplomacy and cooperation can do wonders without murdering kids.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
April 7, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 7, 2026
At 5:06 this morning, President Donald J.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Trump to Iran this morning: “We will wipe you off the face of the earth. Your cities will crumble into dust.” *A Few Hours Later* Trump: You can has nukes, as a treat 👉👈
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 08/04/2026
Today's news roundup: -Macron says more than 15 countries planning to facilitate Strait of Hormuz access after U.S.-Iran ceasefire deal -Trump and Vance cheer on Orban at election rally -Anthropic says its new AI model is too powerful for public release 👇 www.justsecurity.org/135907/early...
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Early Edition: April 8, 2026
A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The typical Trump flacks, and the man himself, are irreligious even while they pander to it. But Hegseth is actually deep into an extremist sect that's not just evangelical but a particular brand of ultra-Calvinist theocratic nationalism. That's why he goes beyond the rest and in some peculiar ways.
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 08/04/2026
At the end of the day, Americans stupidly voted Trump into office with a GOP House and Senate. Now those Republican majorities are allowing Trump to carry out his destructive policies unchecked. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Republicans helped make Trump's mess—and only they can clean it up
President Donald Trump's threat to commit war crimes in Iran has left the public screaming at Democrats to do something. Just look at the ...
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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 06/04/2026
BREAKING: Another person has died in ICE custody, per required notification to Congress, marking 15 deaths in detention this year and 45+ since Trump took office again.
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