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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 21m
Noted economist and Trump critic Justin Wolfers: "Diesel futures fell after Trump announced a 'massive' European oil release. Then traders read the actual G7 statement, and the entire price move vanished. Turns out the massive release was mostly a PR stunt."
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 51m
True story.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 2h
I think it's too late for them to salvage anything out of the upcoming midterms.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 5h
Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson spoke out on Trump all but inviting Iran to "take out" 2 American cities: "At the lowest boundary, it's political malpractice. At the highest boundary it's bordering on treason."
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 6h
Read more wapo.st/4dsN55r
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 6h
“Once upon a time, the idea that the world was growing stupider was mostly confined to the realm of dyspeptic reactionary polemic, but nowadays, the idea is increasingly mainstream.” Link in comments ⤵️
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 6h
It tackled “prejudice, creeping authoritarianism, the dangers of humans being replaced by technology and the peril of conformity as a societal ideal in ways that still resonate. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...?
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 6h
Almost 70 years ago, The Twilight Zone imagined how quickly a peaceful neighborhood could become a paranoid mob. The monsters were never the real danger. The real danger was what fear made ordinary people do to one another. “The Twilight Zone” remains incredibly relevant. ”
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 13h
“The president, as we know, can be sometimes — he exists loudly. He can be tempestuous. He can go from zero to a‑‑hole in about three seconds.” ~ GOP Sen. John Kennedy reacting to Trump doxing fellow Republican Sen. Tom Cotton on his LieSocial page.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 14h
Good.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 15h
A catfight just broke out between JD Vance and Ted Cruz over the 2028 GOP nomination - Because nothing screams "qualified for higher office" like neglecting one's actual sworn duty to make time to bicker like petulant toddlers on TV.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 16h
True Story!
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 17h
They can try. But, they won't succeed.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 18h
Hopefully, she retires from politics and goes away after she loses to Green.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 20h
Probably hiding out somewhere until Trump leaves office.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 21h
Best of all, Trump's demanding the GOP make the midterms a referendum on his record.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 22h
AND, the GOP was depending on the same voting patterns as 2024 when they redid voting districts. November is coming!
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 23h
No kidding.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 23h
Confirmed, for the nth-tenth time: Diesel Don's brain is much. Check out what he told the sparce audience as his recent campaign rally in Nebraska: "Prices will soon come down very sharply. You might say, 'Please, please, sir! It's going down too fast!'" November is coming!
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Texas Democrats are celebrating today as Trump heads to the state to campaign for Paxton and Abbott. Trump insists on making the midterms a referendum on his record - a gift by any account to Democrats as his approval ratings continue their historic downward spiral.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Full investigation and explore our database:
projects.propublica.org
More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administration.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. More than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint. ProPublica is showing you every incident we've confirmed — 👇
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And oldie - but sadly, still as relevant today.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
He needs to start using a translator on the stage if he wants anyone to make sense of the near-endless stream of word salad.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Republicans bet their 2026 House/redistricting strategy on Latino voters sticking with Trump. Latino voters now favor Democratic control of Congress 59% to 35%. MAGA gerrymandered itself a trap
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
November is coming!
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Republican candidates continue fleeing from Trump campaign efforts - including TX Gov. Greg Abbott who recently confirmed he won't attend Trump's speech today in San Antonio due to scheduling conflicts! Sure, I believe him. November is coming.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A campaign that defeats the enemy promises payoffs at a tolerable price. Trump expected such an outcome in Iran in February 2026. Netanyahu sought it in Gaza in October 2023, then in Lebanon and Iran. Putin assumed his 2022 invasion of Ukraine would deliver it.
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The Myth of Military Victory
The dangerous idea driving today’s wars of choice.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“As long as policymakers do not grasp that wars end only when both sides are ready to lay down their arms, they will continue to be frustrated by the inability of military force to achieve their political goals,” LINK in comments ⤵️
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Snark/Shade Level: Expert+
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
then they have no business on the world stage.” The statue is on view at a busy intersection between two parliament buildings until Thursday, 8 October 2026.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The exhibition was hosted by Danish left‑wing MEP Per Clausen, who dismissed calls to avoid provoking Trump: “First, we cannot accept living in fear and self‑censorship. Second, if someone is so thin‑skinned that they cannot handle this sculpture being exhibited in the European Parliament,
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
who is “sinking under the burden.” Cards beside the work read: “I am sitting on the back of a man. He is sinking under my burden. I will do anything to help him. Except stepping down from his back.” Galschiøt says the piece targets Trump’s role in blocking global climate action.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A naked, 23‑karat gold Donald Trump now stands inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The 2.5‑metre statue, titled “Orange Plague” / “King of Injustice” by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt, shows Trump holding an oversized gold golf club while sitting on the shoulders of a smaller man
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Read:
rawstory.com
Conservative lawyer furiously resigns from Trump admin over 'glaring legal flaws': report
An attorney who spent 18 years in the Interior Department's legal office has quit in protest, accusing the Trump administration of an "assault on the rule of law," according to The Guardian and Public Domain, which obtained his resignation letter.John Murdock, a conservative Christian who started at...
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
An attorney who spent 18 years in the Interior Department's legal office has quit in protest, accusing the Trump administration of an "assault on the rule of law," according to The Guardian and Public Domain, which obtained his resignation letter.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
With the astonishing news that Christa Pike is conscious, talking and making a "medically unprecedented" recovery following her botched execution, Tennessee is now facing a critical question: Will the state try to kill her again?
eu.usatoday.com
Will Tennessee try to execute Christa Pike again? They might.
So far, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has not responded to repeated calls from Pike's attorneys and death penalty observers to commute her sentence from the death penalty to life in prison.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Will the state try to kill her again? Christa Pike, a death row inmate who was subject to a failed execution attempt in Tennessee last week, is conscious and speaking from her hospital bed, her attorneys said Tuesday. LINK in comments ⤵️
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
True story. I hope they send him to the Hague once he serves his U.S. sentence(s).
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I have plenty of questions, starting with "Can you resign? Yesterday?"
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#smh
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Historical irony: Donskoy is remembered for defeating an invading force, yet his remains were carried into a war widely condemned internationally as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This makes me livid! What does this national slow suicide feel like to you?
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#smh
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is one of the many things wrong with Voter ID laws: States put up obstacles to getting the necessary ID, obstacles that affect a very specific part of the population.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The midterms are getting closer, we must support the talented Democratic candidates who try to bring a bit of light back into the darkness of the #Trump era. In a world of autocrats, it’s crucial that all Democrats and freedom fighters work together. Go James #Talarico, go #Democrats! 🇺🇸
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“you have now become an apologist for Adolf Hitler.” - Poland’s Chargé d'affaires, to Tucker Carlson:
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Exactly! November is coming!
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Nope. Too late to turn back now.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Quick reminder: Trump isn't running an administration. He is running a crime syndicate with worse hair and less competence.
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