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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Schiff is up. Apologizes to Jack Smith. “My colleagues have attacked you, but NONE of them have tried to deny what happened on January 6th. They attack you because they don’t want to address the facts. The Barr DoJ sought toll records without a peep from my colleagues.” 1/
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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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Ray @raymolson22.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We are not being governed. We are being looted.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Adam Kidan went to federal prison with Jack Abramoff and was ordered to repay $21.7 million. Trump pardoned him in July. His money turned up in eight Republican Senate campaigns. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-pard...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington: We have failed to live up to the command in Deuteronomy, “you shall not violate the rights of the alien or the orphan,” and to the words on the Statue of Liberty. And so “we are losing our soul as a nation.” www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-los...
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‘We Are Losing Our Soul as a Nation’
What we saw in Springfield, Ohio.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tom Cotton, the Neo Confederate offspring of Arkansas slaveholders, had a major accomplishment in the senate, which was insuring that US military installations were named for other slaveholders who betrayed the country. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@ariberman.bsky.social and @pemalevy.bsky.social have a damning new story about how the Roberts Court is reviving Jim Crow, relying on the same legal tactics used to undermine the Reconstruction. A must read to understand the stakes of this election. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Cover of Mother Jones issue on the new Jim Crow
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Quick impression of hearing: it's the classic Trumpian position, i.e a lie. Trying to recast his obvious punishment for their viewpoint as a national security matter based on new declarations. But basic problem is it's all made up. Also a due process problem in yanking the passes without notice.
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Brian M. Wise: Snarkasaurus Rex. Ω, MFers. @brianmwise.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I don't want to send more people to Bozo's Washington Post but the fact that brisket, a cut of meat once considered almost useless, is now so expensive it's getting cut from Texas BBQ joints is a clear message that maybe Trump fucking sucks and Republicans put him there.
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Politico @politico.com · 23/09/2026
Bessent ‘inadvertently’ failed to report at least $100K of JPMorgan stock
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Bessent ‘inadvertently’ failed to report at least $100K of JPMorgan stock
An inspector general review found no "knowing violation" of federal ethics law.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Navatek’s CEO, Martin Kao, sent an initial $150,000 to the Collins super PAC using the shell company. Two months later, he told Navatek executives that Collins committed to getting the company $32 million in naval contracts, according to an internal company email reviewed by ProPublica."
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barrybarnes.bsky.social @barrybarnes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is hair raising. Great interview with David Corn. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFfW...
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David Corn of Mother Jones | American Conversations
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“.. These candidates know how to read a poll,” said a GOP strategist .. @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Taxing the rich is absolutely essential to saving our economy and our democracy. Don't believe me? Look at this chart.
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The Hidden Danger of America's Wealth Gap
Taxing the rich is absolutely essential to saving our economy and our democracy.Don't believe me? Look at this chart.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This, my friends, is gaslighting. Congress is the top three or four of all time only on abdicating its responsibilities. 
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Jim Henderson @hendy-77.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Fun fact: When Biden left office the Kennedy Center had a 48.7 million dollar budget surplus. Less than 3 months after Trump replaced all the board members with MAGA Loyalists they were 28.4 million in the hole. Where did the money go?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
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71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Something old, something new / Something borrowed and something GRU"
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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We have to stop this. For out kids & grandkids.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 16/09/2026
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The Racists Saw a Travesty. I Saw America.
A picture from a college football game incensed the online racists. They finally gave up hiding what they are really after.
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Cartoonist: Steve Sack
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ShawnB @catalyst100.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Russians are lining up the next generations of Trumps to control.
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barrybarnes.bsky.social @barrybarnes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026
Look at this photo we found from Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding. Can you spot the Russian oligarch close to Putin who bankrolled the event? 🧵
A group photo shows about 35 people, including Donald Trump Jr.; his wife, Bettina Anderson; Ivanka Trump; Jared Kushner; Tiffany Trump; and Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev.

Little Pipe Cay/Lux Hospitality Bahamas; Laura Gordon Photography via Instagram; Laura Gordon Photography
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
September 12, 2026
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September 12, 2026
On Thursday, in The New Republic, conservative judge J.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sure seems like we should revisit that whole "lying president tried to have his goons put an Olympic athlete in prison for his own incompetence" thing
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
For those who are new, Joe DiGenova has spent the last 30 years baselessly accusing Democrats of committing crimes. If he is saying publicly the Trump administration pushed him out because he wouldn’t bring cases because there was no evidence, things are really bad.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Jennifer Welch: “This is a very dangerous time. You have the worst people governing us and the worst most morally corrupt businesspeople know this is our moment, this is our chance because we have a government in the United States that is unprincipled. All of these tech oligarchs know that.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026
You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Largest Republican donor (by far): we should have a race war against non-whites. Corporate Media: Democrats really need to answer some hard questions about this Twitch streamer almost no one has ever heard of.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's crazy to me that this is not leading the New York Times, NBC News, CNN, etc. If you're that numb, maybe think about a field other than journalism.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Either the world’s biggest narcissist has extraordinary message discipline and managed to keep this story secret for 25 years or it’s time for the 25th Amendment.
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 08/09/2026
Media should ask every Republican official about Trump's story how he was rescued by firemen from the rubble, and dare them to say he was joking about 9/11.
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Follow the Minnesota 1st @smullins3000.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Not a fucking word about it on the front page of the country's paper of record. Fuck the @nytimes.com
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Craig Sicknick @jan6risingvoice.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Remember, the Orange Polyp in the White House said wind can't work.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Occasional reminder that there is an ICC arrest warrant against Putin for war crimes in connection with the mass abduction of Ukrainian children.
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Trump made $2.2 bn-yes BILLION- in 2025 while in office -crypto schemes, foreign gifts, selling early access to his posts for $100k/month. A million investors lost $3.8 bn in his coin. Experts call it the most openly corrupt presidency in history. That's looting & it’s impeachable. #OneV1 #Pinks
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The House voted to condemn “socialism” earlier this week. Listen, I’ve been in and around politics for over 50 years. I grew up during McCarthyism and the “red Scare” of the 1950s. I’ve seen all of this fear-mongering before. Here’s what’s really going on.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/09/2026
Trump continues to disperse disaster recovery funds based on how states vote, which for any other president or public official, in any other time, in any other country, in any other context would be a morally horrific scandal that would dominate headlines for months.
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POLITICO Pro: Trump rejects disaster appeals by four Democratic governors
New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island will have to pay the entire cost of recovery from a major February snowstorm.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Democrats are catching big break in key states. From Ohio to Florida. From Trump’s use of the term “backwards” directed at some of his own supporters My latest enterprise reporting in our PODCAST. Subscribe now. It’s all free podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Republicans Revolt After Trump Pushes Mystery Meat
Podcast Episode · Scott MacFarlane Reports · September 1 · 12m
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We can thank the Supreme Court for allowing floods of dark money to poison our system. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...
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‘The Least Transparent Midterm’: How Dark Money Is Washing Over the 2026 Election
At least $1 billion from anonymous donors is flowing into the midterm elections. Dark money is not new, but it now permeates nearly every major contest.
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Tim Lowe @timlow3.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The criminals are running the prison.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“Trump was surprised when Driscoll told him how many generals and other top officers had been fired, pushed out, or passed over for promotion under Hegseth, one of the people said.” Commander in chief on top of things it seems.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 01/09/2026
⚡ Russia has spent more than $60 million constructing foreign centers to spread pro-Kremlin propaganda. united24media.com/world/russia...
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Russia Spends Over $60 Million Building Centers Used for Pro-Kremlin Propaganda
Russian authorities spent over $62 million on four new National Center “Russia” regional branches, with further expansion planned by 2031.
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Justice for survivors. Release the files.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The massive nationwide electricity rate hikes aren’t happening simply because utility services have gotten more expensive or customers have been receiving better service. It’s because utility monopolies have bought off the system that’s supposed to keep them in check. Watch.
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The Secret Behind High Electricity Bills
Private utility companies like PG&E, Duke, and Exelon control electricity for nearly 70% of Americans — and they're usin
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