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Personal account. Wisconsin, Hamline, and Westby grad. Wisconsin sports fan and pro democracy supporter.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 3h
🚨 BREAKING: Meta pulled down the main No Kings Instagram accounts. We demand answers for why this happened during our National Day of Action Meanwhile, millions are mobilizing—they cannot silence us Follow for updates: @ACLU.org , @MoveOn.org , @publiccitizen.bsky.social & @Indivisible.org -TN
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 16/10/2026
Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen says Ukraine is running out of money and cannot buy or produce everything it needs. She called Russia’s frozen assets “the most obvious source” of additional funding, saying Russia should be made to pay for the damage it is causing Ukraine and Europe. #Ukraine
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h
The United States is actively helping Putin murder civilians in Ukraine. Trump is doing everything he can to force Ukraine to surrender to his friend and ally Putin so they can be subjugated by the Russians again.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h
Zelenskyy says Starlink restrictions REMAIN in Ukraine, crippling interceptor drones and military operations. He says Ukraine has evidence the restrictions are DELIBERATE after testing Starlink systems in the EU, where they worked perfectly at speeds that cause connections to fail inside Ukraine.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
“.. the Trump administration has cited several laws to justify the government’s new shareholding arrangements, yet none of them expressly authorize the executive branch to take an ownership stake in a private US company.” @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.cato.org/blog/governm...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. @reuters.com 🇺🇦 www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Look, Zelensky signalling that the US has cut off all warning of Russian missile attacks on Ukraine.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Unprecedented corruption
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The targeting of one data center is proving a really useful natural experiment showing which sites and ideologies are an echo chamber of Russian propaganda
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Mind-blowing how Russia using chemical weapons in Ukraine has barely received any attention. The majority of people aren’t even aware…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that."
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026
Ukraine has repeatedly offered cease fires and Russia has always refused
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Shola Hoon @sholahoon.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped.” G. Orwell, “1984”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump is a coward. Zelensky is a warrior. Trump is a pathological liar. Zelensky is a truth teller. Trump is a scoundrel. Zelensky is a hero. Trump kisses Putin’s ass. Zelensky is kicking Putin’s ass. Trump is a traitor to the free world. Zelensky is defending the free world.
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 10/10/2026
Hard to think of a president that has stood against the ideals of our nation more than Trump
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 10/10/2026
I took my son for a walk this morning. Beautiful, peaceful, safe. In Ukraine, parents have to worry about Russian drones targeting their children The only difference between us is where we were born. We should be helping Ukraine defeat Putin. Instead, Trump is giving Russia another lifeline.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026
“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 07/10/2026
Trump is the first president to call for America to be attacked. And his Republican allies said nothing. They don't care about you, or the country. Vote Democratic this November. The future of America depends on it. youtu.be/DhIeyeqI2Ng
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/10/2026
This week we saw an astonishing amount of blasphemy come from MAGA world. If only they'd practice the Word they preach. You don’t get to spend tax dollars telling the country God handpicked the president and then run an immigration system that tears families apart. Full video link in comments.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“I am the house.” - Sept 8 “I can’t control the bond market.” - Oct 3 @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Hegseth must stop using the government to promote his own religion
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is using his government platform to promote his personal evangelical Christian beliefs, which has led to the reclassification of religious affiliations and the sup…
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The last Trump-Kushner-Witkoff “peace plan” for Russia-Ukraine had more on data center construction opportunities than on security guarantees that could make peace last. This time it’s an oil deal. The whole effort has been trying to sell out Ukraine for personal profit and neo-fascist solidarity.
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Forbes @forbes.com · 02/10/2026
Kushner’s private equity firm is the largest stakeholder in an Israeli financial institution that invests in Israeli defense companies.
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Kushner Rejects CNN Report That His Israeli Diplomacy Might Benefit His Private Equity Fund
Kushner’s private equity firm is the largest stakeholder in an Israeli financial institution that invests in Israeli defense companies.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How do you defeat a president who’s trying to sabotage the midterms? 1. Use drop boxes. 2. Vote EARLY in person. 3. If mailing in your ballot, put it in the mail AT LEAST two weeks before Election Day. 4. Vote in person on Election Day. 5. Share these instructions with everyone you know.
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If U.S. law prohibits arms sales to China, why was Trump even suggesting it?? We need answers immediately.
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Dave Troy @davetroy.com · 27/09/2026
📙 BOOKS: People ask me what to read to understand how we got here. So we've published the "America 2.0 Reading List." 120 books — the founders on faction, Russia's political technologists, the anti-democratic right, and the strange ideas underneath it all. america2.news/the-america-...
america2.news
The America 2.0 Reading List
Books to understand how we got here — and how to fix it.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pathetic collapse of journalistic solidarity. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business…
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TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)
The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/09/2026
The Chinese Communist Party got access to sensitive components of U.S. F-35 stealth fighters. The U.S. got 2 pandas.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the Midterms
A disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trumpism, in a nutshell.👇
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Americans United for Separation of Church and State @americansunited.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Christian nationalist propaganda is fueled by misinformation like the quote in this video - AU’s @andrewlseidel.bsky.social explains (with receipts✨) The US was not founded as Christian nation, that’s why we’re taking this fight to the Supreme Court ⚖️
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You should read Alito’s dissent. It’s unhinged.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
So very stupid
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
(FT) - Prime Minister Mark Carney is pitching 200 of the world’s top financial executives gathering in Toronto next week a simple plan: invest 1 per cent more in Canada as a hedge against Donald Trump’s volatility. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/4dc6...
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
BREAKING: Our banned interview with Kimmel generated 6 million views on YouTube.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A GOVERNMENT THAT SENDS ARMED, MASKED AGENTS INTO OUR STREETS AND LETS THEM ACT WITH IMPUNITY IS A FASCIST GOVERNMENT. When those exercising state violence are shielded from independent investigation, accountability collapses. Families deserve answers. Agents deserve scrutiny. A badge must never be
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Stop. Treating. This. Seriously.
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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I’m Johnny Appleseed. I’ve planted thousands of “Leonard Leo” apple seeds everywhere I can think of the last 15 years. I wake up hopeful that one will sprout in a big reporter or influencer garden. And Leo will be exposed and a household name. Wishing and hoping… substack.com/@thcarter123...
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Leonard Leo & the Stained Glass Curtain He’s Hiding Behind
“Pay no attention to the roly poly bat faced boy behind the altar”
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What would you say if you saw it in another country?
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Stop stop stop treating this $5k check thing like it’s real. It’s just…not.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/09/2026
Newsom: "He's not screwing around. He wasn't screwing around when he called Greg Abbott for 5 seats, said he was entitled to 5 seats. Why does he do that? Because he knows he's going to lose the election unless he rigs the election before one vote is cast. That is what we're up against."
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
ME: Help fight fascism, ICE, Trump with constitutional and legal knowledge GoFundMe.com/PAXIS MAGA: You have Trump Derangement Syndrome. ALSO MAGA:
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
John Roberts-voting rights level officiating here
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I keep telling you…he just doesn’t understand how the economy works.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/08/2026
Pathetic -- Google is now referring to Lake Ontario as "Lake America"
screencap of Google Maps showing "Lake America"
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I’m telling you - the default position of this administration is fear. Fear of questions, fear of transparency, fear of being found out, and fear of the American people.
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Treasury Bars Some Reporters From G20 Finance Meeting
Specific reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg were not granted credentials to cover the meeting of financial leaders next week in Asheville, N.C.
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