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B Steinm

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Fan of the Constitution, dogs, horses, and good red wines. Married. No DM’s pls, and no crypto.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 23h
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 10h
Ihor Romanenko, former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stated that following his conversation with Putin, Trump blocked the transfer of 3,000 air-to-surface missiles to Ukraine intended for targeting ballistic missile launchers.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h
Honestly, the scariest thing about the last ten years has been realizing that over a third of the country just watches democracy get dismantled and acts like it's totally normal.
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Maximillian Potter @maxpotter.bsky.social · 16h
This is how you do it.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h
You would think at some point MAGA would get tired of the incompetent buffoons they have representing them. But it seems like they’ve pretty much just accepted it as part of their brand.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 16h
Just cannot get over that a former state attorney general was involved in such an incredible fumble. One of the most humiliatingly bad Senate witness interrogations I've ever seen.
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Onion Sports @onionsports.bsky.social · 21h
White Sox Fans Asked To Remove Polish Sausage From Mouths During  National Anthem theonion.com/white-sox-fa...
White Sox Fans Asked To Remove Polish Sausage From Mouths During  National Anthem
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 18h
I feel like the right side of his face droops more with every passing day (or TIA)— there’s no hiding now that something quite neurologically serious is happening now.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22h
The internet is erupting in mockery after Eric Schmitt’s spectacular Jack Smith faceplant. Now people are openly speculating: Did his team plant the glowing 2028 story AND coordinate with MAGA influencers in advance, expecting a victory lap that blew up in their faces?
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Eric Schmitt Gets Mercilessly Mocked Over ‘Planted’ Story After Jack Smith Faceplant
A glowing 2028 scoop dropped just before Schmitt’s disastrous “gotcha,” while right-wing influencers appeared ready to celebrate. After it blew up, the internet noticed.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 23h
FBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...
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The Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part II
A quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality).
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection to reject the peaceful transfer of power & deny the people's will. He never should have been able to run again. GOP senators condemning Jack Smith for conducting a fact-based investigation as politics & worse are engaged in treachery of the worst order.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In a sane world, at the very least the staffer who prepared this line of argument would be fired by close of business.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Holy sh*t. Sen Schmitt just accused Jack Smith of going to an Atlanta Hawks bball game with the implication that he must of also met with then prosecutor Fani Willis BUT Smith went to an Iowa HAWKEYES game in Maryland instead. This GOP clown show is a disgrace.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner think the way to negotiate with these barbarians is to offer them business deals.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why won’t network evening news broadcasts show their audience video of Trump dozing off during press events in the Oval Office in the middle of the day while people are talking, as he’s done dozens and dozen of times? Is that not newsworthy? Is it impolite? Will you lose access?
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Dr. Claudia Hillebrand @ckhillebrand.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ukrainian intelligence services about to share evidence of “highly coordinated military reconnaissance loop between Russia and Iran.”
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Kyiv Intelligence Exposes Russia-Iran Satellite Link Targeting US Forces
Kyiv says Russian satellites tracked US and Gulf military sites before and after Iranian strikes, deepening concerns over Moscow-Tehran intelligence ties.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ukraine achieved drone overmatch north of Lyman, ISW assesses The sign: Ukrainian armor reached Russian fortifications without drawing drone strikes, then 5 settlements were retaken. 🔗 buff.ly/I18BYRZ
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I have never underestimated Trump’s lying, or his ability to spew bullshit. But he has in fact lost substantial control of his mind. And his ability to distinguish truth from lies—which was never really strong or important to him—is, at this point, de minimis.
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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Well positioned to deliver steel to the heavily industrialized Dakotas, & to compete with Chicago/Gary, which struggles with being the nexus of the US rail system & the Great Lakes, & the link between the Great Lakes & the Mississippi River.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The always “concerned” Maine Republican voted to confirm Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought knowing his views on rescission. Now she whines when he again acts lawlessly. “White House orders over $800M in funds rescinded; Collins calls it ‘clear violation’ of law.”
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The Supreme Court Gets It Half Right
The White House press corps caves, and Trump’s horror show continues.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russian strikes are incoming from all sides onto #Kyiv, in broad daylight. Markets, gas stations, a hospital, office, kindergartens, residential buildings. Russian scum cannot push through on the front line, so they are staging genocide in Ukrainian cities.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know it’s hard to imagine but before Trump came on the scene and wrecked government folks in these roles didn’t jump ship after a year. They often were long time Bureau officials who served without media attention for years.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Not sure it’s tenable if, going forward, every president knows that so long as they have firm control over DOJ, enough loyal senators to avoid removal, and are willing to issue blanket pardons on the way out, they can break any law they please while in office.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"An admission that the American president offered to sell arms to China is extraordinary. The Communist-ruled nation is considered by most policymakers and legislators of both parties to be the greatest military, economic and diplomatic rival of the United States..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump’s decompensating because of failures on multiple fronts. Not one campaign promise has come to fruition. He can't even renovate successfully, even though building is his supposed expertise. 

Trump is so grandiose that he believes he can change reality just by saying it.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Kamel’s call to Netanyahu’s office came just days before the attack, the Arab government officials said. The Egyptians continued to warn Israel up until 48 hours before the attack, one of these officials said."
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Now would be a good time for @pallone.house.gov to send Fox a letter promising an investigation into why they accepted this ad and how much they got paid to run it.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Donald will "prevent communism in America" by selling American weapons to the Chinese Communist Party. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says (Gift Article)
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hey, Americans! Here’s a dark, ominous black-and-white advertisement showing your wildly unpopular president slowly waking along a hallway while scowling at you. It says nothing about the problems you’re facing. And you paid for the ad! Please definitely go vote Republican. You’re welcome!!
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions.
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Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration. This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress's Constitutional power of the purse.
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress's appropriations powers.
OMB is an agency of the executive branch. It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That our system of government allows a "Supreme Court" to make laws up out of whole cloth, that it allows SCOTUS to say something is "Constitutional" when, in plain English it's absolutely not – is us constructing a country/a reality of mass psychosis.
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 26/09/2026
In Columbia County, Pennsylvania, residents’ wells tested hundreds of times over the EPA limit for “forever chemicals”—and that’s just the tip of the iceberg, experts say.
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The Specter of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Looms Over Pennsylvania’s Rural Communities - Inside Climate News
The sewage sludge some farmers have applied to their fields for decades is contaminated with PFAS—with serious consequences for drinking water.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The U.S. Supreme Court revived a flawed citizenship database that states like Texas have used to erroneously kick eligible voters off the rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The Supreme Court is letting Trump use a faulty database for purges. What it could mean for voters
The Trump administration said states made “some 60 million voter-verification queries" to its flawed SAVE system between January 2025 and April 2026.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is crazy! How may direct, urgent warnings were there? www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Egypt’s Warning to Israel
Cairo’s intelligence chief visited Tel Aviv shortly before October 7 with a dire message about Gaza.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
X is owned by the GOP's largest donor and the platform's algorithm forces everyone on the site to see all of his Tweets. Here's why America has a liberal media bias problem.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Senile Satan has no problem calling Democrats communists, then he throws out American media and literally only allows communist Chinese state media. Who’s the commie now, Donny?
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I would not have sent classified components of America’s most advanced fighter jet through the mail via Hong Kong and into Chinese government hands. That is something I would have recommended against.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A new CNN poll shows nearly 2/3 acknowledging we aren't winning the war. 70% say Trump’s Iran decisions have hurt the US, and 75 percent presume he has no plan to end it. A stunning 76 percent say it was not worth it. Remarkably for someone who used to dominate his party, much of decline is among Rs
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COURT STRIKES DOWN MEDIA BAN; Trump’s Weakness Is Apparent to the Whole World
🚨40 Days to the Midterms🚨
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Could anything be more dumb and self-defeating? This is the world acknowledging that the U.S. President is an idiot. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Trump Once Vowed to ‘Own’ Greenland. He Settled for Something Much Less.
President Trump signed a Greenland security deal that falls well short of his demands to turn the island into a U.S. territory.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
There's what DHS said...and then there's reality ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Screenshot of the first three paragraphs of the linked Balls and Strikes article, reading as follows:

On the morning of Sunday, September 20, police officers in the Chicago suburb of Evanston responded to a 911 call about a confrontation in the street. When the officers arrived, they found a man on the ground who reported injuries to his head, neck, and teeth. Soon, the officers learned that the injured man was a U.S. citizen, and his assailants were federal immigration agents.

The Department of Homeland Security put out a statement on Tuesday claiming that the beaten man “resembled the target” of an immigration enforcement operation, and that he was “not cooperative” with agents’ investigation. “Once the individual finally identified himself,” said DHS, immigration officers “left the scene without further incident.” 

A video of the incident shows that immigration officers pinned the man to the ground while he repeatedly yelled, “I’m a fucking U.S. citizen,” and while concerned witnesses asked why the agents were “fucking him up.” Eventually, the agents drove off without rendering medical aid. People tried to comfort the man, who remained motionless on the ground.
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If you didn't vote Dem, you helped make this: @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The hypocrisy is the consistency. They will say and do anything, no matter how humiliating it would be to a non power-mad sociopath, if it gains them an iota more power. This is common among those attracted to tyrants.
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I'm just a lowly art historian, but in moments like these I always think back to one early sign of Trump's wanton, pointless destructiveness: his demolition of the priceless & irreplaceable Art Deco relief sculptures on facade of the Bonwit Teller building, which he tore down to build Trump Tower
B&W photo of a building facaceRelief sculpture of a lithe figure in a dancing-like pose
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If you have clearly you’ve failed.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“.. Trump’s support for the idea blindsided industry officials. Oil executives and lobbyists rushed to register their opposition .. But now, they said, it seems inevitable the U.S. will move forward ..” ⛽️ @wsj.com $OSX www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump and GOP really cratering: *Trump dropping into low 30s *CNN finds 76% say war not worth cost *El-Sayed + 7 in Michigan *GOP operatives admit bottom falling out On the pod, veteran NC Dem operative Morgan Jackson explains why Trump now sinking in red areas: newrepublic.com/article/2157...
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Trump Hits Record Poll Low as GOP Leaks Get Ugly: “Bottom Falling Out”
As GOP panic intensifies over Trump’s cratering numbers, a veteran Democratic strategist in North Carolina explains why Trump is so toxic among independents—and why he’s plummeting in red areas, too.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Hague doesn’t even need an investigation team, they just need to plug @atrupar.com ‘s timeline straight into the evidence folder.🤷🏻‍♀️
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
President Erdoğan: As for the Russia-Ukraine war, it is our sincere hope that it comes to an end with Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity being upheld.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We literally created things like the UN to end that concept.
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