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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 8h
An Arizona congressional candidate said she was sexually assaulted while fixing campaign signs in her district in August. “I never imagined I would have to tell this story,” she said.
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Arizona House candidate says she was raped while out fixing campaign signs
Bernadette Greene-Placentia was fixing campaign signs in Sun City, Arizona, in August when two men attacked her from behind, she said.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19h
Credit to the US for making the point the conference was trying to make about US foreign interference in European democracies for them, and bringing more attention to the conference and its themes than they could have possibly hoped for. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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EU, Canada and Lithuania pull out of disinformation conference after US pressure
The Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat.
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 10h
Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 10h
"With this merger, the entire media space is concentrated in the hands of a few oligarchs, all of whom you’ve seen whispering sweet nothings into Trump’s ear. Ellison has CBS and CNN, Musk has X, Zuckerberg has his Meta empire, and Bezos let democracy die in broad daylight when he gutted WaPo."
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The Rightwing Media Machine Just Got Way More Dangerous
The right has been consolidating the media for three decades, and the left keeps sleeping through it.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10h
he is pulling every lever he can reach to make the unpleasant "b-roll of gas stations with $5.50/gal on their sign" stimulus leave his field of view and will keep pulling until he finds one that works, even if one lever contradicts the previous lever
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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 13h
Trump is considering a fresh round of strikes on Iran before the midterms, according to a new report. I talked about it on MS NOW today with Ali Vitali —
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/10/2026
You cannot convince me that frat brothers organically walked into separate police interviews using the same word, “consensual,” and that it wasn’t coordinated. Especially after a witness told police there was allegedly a fraternity meeting to get everyone “on the same page”.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And they voted for him anyway 😕
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I was told Zohran Mamdani would instantly turn New York into a crime-ridden hellscape. Yet murders are down almost 20%, year over year. 203 people have been slain, about 22.5 per month. In 1990, that average was *251 per month.* NYC has never been this safe.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: The U.S. stock market hits an all-time high as expectations rise for companies to keep making more money.
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US stocks rise to a record on expectations for companies to make even fatter profits
The U.S. stock market hit an all-time high as expectations rise for companies to keep making more money.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Nothing to worry about all good
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026
interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic”
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Remember that time Biden said, “To hell with it; someone please nuke Texas.”? Yeah. Neither does anyone else. Only. Donald. Trump. Wants. To. Kill. Millions. Of. US. Citizens. He should be in prison. PRISON.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔥 @katiephang.bsky.social (With Deniro behind her): “I’m suing A.G. Todd Blanche — Trump’s cosplaying personal lawyer — for the unredacted Epstein files… as an independent journo 🗣️ I don’t have a corporate oligarch telling me what to say… Trump has been violating federal law every day.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
New in PN: “Project Meridian” is the stuff of satire "Leading this project of ruthless mapping will be 'three of our nation’s best minds:' Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich. In other words — at the risk of being unkind — a weirdo, a beardo, and a fatty."
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“Project Meridian” is the stuff of satire
Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey walk into a bar ... and are given the keys to the DoD.
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
An “octogenarian crank and two billionaires” given the keys to defense strategy sounds like an Onion headline, but @paulwaldman.bsky.social shows the grift is very real. Read the receipts and support real reporting: Subscribe to @atrupar.com ‘s Public Notice! 🗞️👇🏼
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Yeah, sorry your kid died or whatever. What do you think about my chandeliers?"
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Sorry about your dead kid. Hey, you want to see my fancy party room? Look at that gold! Lotta gold. I got a new helicopter, too! Do you feel better now about sacrificing your child on my altar? Worth it, right? Look at that gold."
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Mike Johnson is not a trustworthy negotiating partner. He lies as part of his religion.
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests. Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade. Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
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The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice
Justice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.
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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This week marks 10 years since I had an abortion. It wasn’t traumatic or heart wrenching—I just didn’t want to become a parent while 24 and living in a shoebox in Brooklyn. I will never be able to convey the rage I feel at the men who have spent the last decade making women less free and less equal.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Again, <only Republicans> ever get to talk like this. If a single municipal level Democrat ever did, it would be a national outrage &spark a wave of “civility” discourse, & op-eds about how Dems must Respect Real Folkz & talk across difference. Democracy is incompatible with this double standard.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/10/2026
Are you kidding me ‼️ Just now at the White House, Trump was asked about the Cornell rape case. He didn’t address the allegations. He attacked Letitia James, calling her “corrupt” and claiming anyone she investigates “won’t get a fair shake.” Trump’s sympathy clearly isn’t with the survivor.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dave Brubeck’s 1960’s Connecticut home was as cool as his music.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Nothing to lose." Read that again. It's the most dangerous phrase in business, in negotiation, and in war. Per US officials…Trump is reportedly weighing boots on the ground in Iran after the midterms. When a man stops counting the cost….we damn sure better be.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hard working men and women are struggling to put gas in their cars, and the orange lard ass is worried about how Richard f*cking NIXON was treated. Vote Blue. Be responsible for 5 others doing the same.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here's your reminder that border czar Tom Homan, who is terrorizing hard-working immigrants, took $50,000 in an FBI bribery sting. The Trump regime killed the probe, and there’s no indication that Homan paid the money back to the taxpayers – or even paid taxes on the "income."
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Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Truth 💥 😡
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
With everything else going on it can be easy to forget how much we're making Cuba suffer right now.
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Coast Guard Says It Stopped Ships Carrying Fuel to Cuba (Gift Article)
The Coast Guard has intercepted two small boats it says was carrying illegal fuel to Cuba as the United States enforces an fuel blockade aimed at Cuba’s Communist government.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
UPDATE: Despite being ordered by Judge Sullivan to produce a certified list of the contents of the Administrative Record by Oct. 1st, Todd Blanche once again has decided he doesn't want to comply. I explain why Blanche would want to avoid producing this court-ordered info: youtu.be/junhrisxRlg?...
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🚨AG Blanche IGNORES JUDGE'S ORDERS And TRIES To DELAY MY Epstein LAWSUIT!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hispanics working in the USA 👏🏽
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When white nationalist are a part of your voting base
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL? The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?” Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
*that we know about
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump and Hegseth have killed 230+ people on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific with no proof they did anything wrong, no congressional approval, no nothing. Just 2 unhinged fascists ordering our military to commit murder. Vote against all Republicans for the sake of all that is decent.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is just despicable by MS NOW, which has accepted stolen taxpayers dollars for 38 illegal ads. Give me a break with this bullshit statement too. So your hosts are on air all day saying this is illegal while you are taking the money and running the ads? Just gross.
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Oldfatuglynbroke @oldfatuglynbroke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Jeff Tiedrich takes us through today's issue of the continuing episodes of "Blabbermouth McChucklefuck."
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Let’s all look on in horror as a racist game show host does a racism
also: Ken Paxton does a sad, and Piss-Drunk Pete does a transphobia.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You really can’t make this shit up.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Look, we get it. You don’t like democracy & haven’t for over 25 years. It’s sad it’s taken so many people so long to figure out who you are. But other choices are readily available, & you could instead act like an adult & a serious person. I’m sure the beach town guests would leave you alone then.
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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
I’m on the Senate floor to force a vote to block Trump’s illegal line item veto of funding already authorized by Congress. He’s violating the Constitution—we need to stop it!
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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Christa Pike, who was supposed to be the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years, is still alive after the state tried and failed to execute her on Wednesday. TDOC officials refused to comment after the state’s second failed execution this year. nashvillebanner.com/2026/09/30/c...
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Christa Pike survives botched lethal injection attempt - Nashville Banner
Tennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike for a 1995 murder, but the lethal injection failed. Pike survives and was moved to a medical facility.
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