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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 14/09/2026
Online grifters, private companies, and far-right ideologues have transformed traditional American diplomacy, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu writes. She explores how they’re wielding their newfound power:
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Donald Trump’s Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Behind the scenes feud exposes Republicans squabbling as time runs out As midterm panic grows, lawmakers clash over how to implement Donald Trump’s costly new campaign pledge.
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Behind the scenes feud exposes Republicans squabbling as time runs out
As midterm panic grows, lawmakers clash over how to implement Donald Trump’s costly new campaign pledge.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
They are supposed to be doing the jobs they are getting paid by taxpayers to do, not using their positions and government resources to fly around the country doing partisan political campaign events.
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Eine Völkische Internationale tritt zum Angriff auf die Demokratie an MAGA und de AfD sind im Kampf gegen den demokratischen Pluralismus vereint. Es ist eine Allianz von Extremisten, die sich einem gekränkten Revanchismus verschrieben haben. Mein neuer Essay, auf Deutsch:
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Eine Völkische Internationale tritt zum Angriff auf die Demokratie an
MAGA und de AfD sind im Kampf gegen den demokratischen Pluralismus vereint. Es ist eine Allianz von Extremisten, die sich einem gekränkten Revanchismus verschrieben haben
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trump broke a 3,000 year-old law — and triggered a global crisis A 2026 summer blockbuster exposes the high-stakes fallout of Trump’s foreign policy.
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Trump broke a 3,000 year-old law — and triggered a global crisis
A 2026 summer blockbuster exposes the high-stakes fallout of Trump’s foreign policy.
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Politico @politico.com · 14/09/2026
Capitol agenda: Congress isn’t rushing after AI alarms
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Capitol agenda: Congress isn’t rushing after AI alarms
A tight calendar before the midterms and lack of consensus on a plan are just two factors challenging lawmakers.
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Lenore Beadsman @lenorebeadsman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
the explosive diarrhea lettuce president
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 14/09/2026
Bernie Sanders Calls on 'Great Deal Maker' Trump to Forge 'Comprehensive' AI Treaty With China | "To prevent a nuclear war, Reagan and Gorbachev negotiated a nuclear arms agreement in the 1980s. In order to prevent AI from acting independently of human control, Trump and Xi must do the same."
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Sanders Calls on 'Great Deal Maker' Trump to Forge 'Comprehensive' AI Treaty With China
"In order to prevent a nuclear war, Reagan and Gorbachev negotiated a nuclear arms agreement in the 1980s. In order to prevent AI from acting independently of human control, Trump and Xi must do the same."
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Naked graft, selling out the country. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Shocked, shocked.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Do what we want or we’ll kill your arts center. Mafia government.
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
'This is a breaking point': Farmer tears Trump apart saying he hasn't 'kept his promise' As fuel costs skyrocket following military escalation with Iran, a leading agricultural advocate warns that rural voters are hitting a breaking point over "empty promises."
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'This is a breaking point': Farmer tears Trump apart saying he hasn't 'kept his promise'
As fuel costs skyrocket following military escalation with Iran, a leading agricultural advocate warns that rural voters are hitting a breaking point over "empty promises."
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
September 13, 2026
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September 13, 2026
On Saturday, September 12, Dario Amodei, the chief executive officer of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, published a 3,800-word essay calling for AI companies to slow down their improvem...
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The camera work from his team for these hero moment money shots is quite something
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Republicans win control of the White House, enact trickle-down tax cuts, and collapse the economy. Feel like we've been here before? Here's why it keeps happening.
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How Does This Keep Happening?
Republicans win the White House, enact trickle-down tax cuts, and collapse the economy.Feel like we've been here before?
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 13/09/2026
In case anyone was starting to feel that American democracy is just a little too secure, distaste for the common man is now finding purchase beyond the political right, with centrist liberals test-running their own brand of distaste for mass participation. buff.ly/olVBWRn
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Centrists Are Soft-Launching the Idea That We Have a Little Too Much Democracy
By railing against small-dollar donors and “purity tests,” Third Way and the Abundance Network are empowering the political elite over the rest of us.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Ossoff: "The draft-dodging commander in chief builds a monument to himself while plunging us deeper into a war he doesn't know how to end or win"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Ossoff: "Our whole government made a corrupt tool of one man's vengeance and power and wealth ... in one month, Athens, we will vote to rebuke him so decisively, no president will dare such abuses again for centuries!"
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Talarico spitting 🔥
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Here’s what I mean. There was a time where Marshall would be able to mount a defense of the tariffs (as indefensible as they are) but he’s got like, at most, two sentences. bsky.app/profile/theb...
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Politico @politico.com · 14/09/2026
The Greens new AI spokesman wants guardrails — and a ministry
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The Greens new AI spokesman wants guardrails — and a ministry
NSW Sen. David Shoebridge believes Australia should look to Malaysia on balancing the U.S. and China.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 14/09/2026
"These wars were not paid for through taxes like previous wars — they were paid for by borrowing."
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4.7 Million Dead, $8 Trillion: Counting the Devastating Human & Economic Costs of the Post‑9/11 Wars
As part of our weeklong coverage marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks and the launch of the United States’ so-called war on terror, we take a look at the human, financial and envir...
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Politico @politico.com · 06/09/2026
At least 5 dead after Amazon plane barreled off runway at Miami airport
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At least 5 dead after Amazon plane barreled off runway at Miami airport
The aircraft overran the runway after arriving from Puerto Rico.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/09/2026
BREAKING: Democratic Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton was attacked by an armed individual who lunged at her during a campaign event at the Canfield Fair near Youngstown. 1/
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Reveal @revealnews.org · 06/09/2026
Do you remember the “dust lady”? After the 9/11 attacks, her photo was circulated everywhere: a young Black woman in business attire, covered head to toe in white dust. She was later identified as Marcy Borders, a 28-year-old Bank of America employee who worked in the North Tower. 🧵
a young Black woman in business attire, covered head to toe in white dust

Photo credit: STAN HONDA / AFP
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Hello from my second story of my weekend shift: John Fetterman continuing to argue with, allegedly, a sizable number of people who have worked for him: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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John Fetterman accuses “disgruntled staffers” of spreading “lies”
Donald Trump's "favorite Democrat" is lashing out at former aides.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/09/2026
Smirnov’s false report to the FBI fueled the GOP’s absurd effort to impeach Biden and provided ammo for the ludicrous MAGA mantra that Biden was the head of a crime family.
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Why is Trump’s DOJ still helping the Russian-linked liar who smeared Biden?
The continuing saga of Alexander Smirnov.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/09/2026
Reminder: Pete Hegseth's own mother called him “an abuser of women.”
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A running list of the allegations against Pete Hegseth
New bombshells keep emerging. But don't expect Trump to abandon him anytime soon.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 07/09/2026
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you get your audio. www.democracynow.org/pages/help/pod…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/09/2026
Newsom: "One thing Donald Trump has done is united Democrats in extraordinary ways"
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
$16 million later, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was supposed to be open by July 4. Instead, it looks like this.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Week Fifteen in 250 to 250
Last week was the fifteenth week of videos from the 250 to 250 Project that we’re producing to honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A January 6 rioters who filmed himself drinking Fireball in Nancy Pelosi's office visited another government office this week: Todd Blanche's. It sure doesn't sound like the payout fund for insurrectionists is dead.
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Dave The Artist @coloradofaux.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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FOR THE RECORD:
WE DON'T BLINDLY HATE TRUMP.
OUR HATRED IS VERY WELL INFORMED.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/09/2026
In honor of Gloria Steinem's legacy, we’re looking back at our 1995 conversation with the then-61-year-old about aging, burnout—and having fun while creating new forms of activism.
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Gloria Steinem's touching take on aging—and her radical vision for joy
The journalist and feminist trailblazer has died at 92. We're taking a look back at our intimate 1995 conversation with Steinem.
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Ambassador Greg Delawie @gregdelawie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So to Vance, Iran is not a war, despite US soldiers dying, US military bases destroyed, and missiles running out. Sounds just like Putin, who called the Russian full-scale war against Ukraine a "special military operation." The GOP continues to parrot its Russian patrons.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
US dollar dominance isn't magic. Everyone prices things in dollars. So everyone contracts in dollars. So everyone ends up trading through dollars. The US is at the center because everyone else agreed to use our $$. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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KC @kcwinters.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Signed by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved people living in states fighting against the Union were legally free & allowed black men to join the Union Army, in this 250 to 259 from @hcrichardson.bsky.social & team. youtu.be/AwXEUgQnBYo?...
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Emancipation Proclamation, Narrated by Thavolia Glymph
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Lynn @lynnf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@hcrichardson.bsky.social www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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Elon Musk Unmasked in Alex Gibney Documentary: “Insane a Person This Chaotic Has So Much Power”
He is the richest man on earth. An explosive new film from the Oscar-winning director suggests he also may be among the most dangerous.
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KC @kcwinters.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Colin Makoto Craig is a fourth generation veteran who served in the US Air Force. Craig examines how the G.I. Bill reshaped postwar America, sending millions of veterans to college and into the middle class, in this 250 to 250 from @hcrichardson.bsky.social & team. youtu.be/Ef-DgkmquuE?...
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G.I. Bill, Narrated by Colin Makoto Craig
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is obscene. No one in the GOP will say a word about it.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is a fabulous article and database that just broke my heart because Wonderful Pistachios are one of my favorite things. Or at least, they were.
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
WIN: Virginia Democrats have officially banned convicted domestic abusers from purchasing firearms. Nearly every Republican voted against it.
GREAT NEWS
Virginia Democrats pass law banning convicted domestic abusers from purchasing firearms
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The TrumpRussiaGuide 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumprussiaties.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Matt Bevin Arrested While Shooting Christian Movie www.mediaite.com/media/news/f...
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Former Kentucky Governor Arrested While Playing an Extra in Christian Movie Production
Former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin was arrested on Thursday by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office, according to Kentucky Public Radio.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Aaaaand he’s been fired (presumably for putting all of this in an email to the victim’s lawyers). www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-min...
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Federal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources say
A federal prosecutor in Minnesota who was investigating an ICE officer for possible civil rights crimes has been fired, four sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Inside Trump’s Nightmare for Haitians in Springfield: ‘We’re Following Our Orders’
The most urgent moral test in all of Trump’s America today is happening in a small Ohio city – and we as a country are failing it miserably.
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Radio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
So yeah. It doesn’t work like that. But since you mentioned it, the Reserve had about 400 million barrels when Biden left office. It has about 290 now - the lowest since 1982-83.. #RadioFreeAmerica #politics
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 28/08/2026
A new analysis looks at Chicago's urban development financing program — and how it contributed to the city's underfunded schools, healthcare, parks and libraries.
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“Who Paid, Who Gained”: Juan González on How Chicago Funded Real Estate Instead of Social Services
A team of researchers led by Democracy Now!’s Juan González at the University of Illinois Chicago recently released an in-depth study on how, through a program called Tax Increment Financing (TIF), Ch...
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