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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17h

ICYMI: Chicago was voted the Best Big City in the nation for the tenth consecutive year. It’s a credit to what truly makes Chicago the best – the inimitable spirit of the people who call this city home.

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 10/10/2026

Putin told Iran the locations of our warships. Today, Trump rewarded him by lifting sanctions and allowing American dollars to fuel Russia’s war machine. Our troops are in harm’s way, and the President cut a deal with the adversary putting a target on their backs.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

He knew. He intentionally stiffed them because he’s an arrogant prick who sues his OB/GYN patients. They repeatedly tried to get the bill paid. Then someone posted their pleas on social media. A bunch of us retweeted it. It went viral. ONLY THEN did this scumbag pay.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 6h

Rich people not paying their bills is way too common a story.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

Ken Paxton’s records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan. with @texastribune.org

propublica.org

Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.

Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...

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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 6h

This study is illegal, immoral, and is a crime against humanity. RFK Jr is torturing and killing poor African children.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 6h

It is, in fact, possible to impeach and remove President Trump from office next week. It won't happen, however, because Republicans also support Putin and Russia and agree with Trump.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 8h

Trump’s crowd in Clarksville, Tennessee, near the Kentucky border, deep in the heart of Trump country. He’s going to tell you thousands of people were outside who couldn’t get in.

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 18h

Ken Paxton on the Uvalde shooting: “Life is short no matter what it is.” 21 elementary school children and teachers were killed in the shooting.

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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 10h

“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.

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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 8h

Just read it. Bessent wrote Warren a letter

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
WASHINGTON, D.C.
October 9, 2026
The Honorable Elizabeth Warren
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator Warren:
Thave received your October 7 letter, which adds to the mounting body of evidence of your complete paucity of knowledge about financial markets. Rather than take my suggestion of studying introductory economics, you have continued your letter-writing crusade and participation in tabloid fodder about the Treasury Department.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to treat your concerns as sincere. As the federal funds rate climbed from near zero to its highest level in 22 years, with inflation hitting a 40-year high, you were a cheerleader for the Biden Administration's reckless spending. You blamed the economic consequences on the Federal Reserve, rather than your own irresponsible fiscal policies. Your view of the economy depends on who occupies the White House, but your woeful understanding of the issues is consistent.
The "interventions" you describe as "unprecedented" have been underway since May 2024. The buyback program has been well received by market participants in bolstering Treasury liquidity, which reduces market volatility, increases the convenience yield of Treasury securities and ensures the best value for the taxpayer. The continued enhancements optimize Treasury market liquidity in primary and secondary markets. The U.S. Treasury market's liquidity and performance versus global peers is evidence.
While you voted for a $5 trillion tax hike on everyday Americans, the Working Families Tax Cuts continue to deliver for families and workers across the country. The average refund this filing season was over $3,400, an increase of 11 percent over the previous year. More than 30 million workers claimed No Tax on Overtime, more than 7 million claimed No Tax on Tips, and more than 37 million seniors claimed their enhanced deduction. More than 34 million families claimed the permanently enhanced Child Tax Credit, and …

These results are made possible by the employees of the Department of the Treasury, who are working around the clock for the American people. Unsurprisingly, you have responded by criticizing their dedication and aptitude for the job in a recent interview.' Despite your malign characterization, the Domestic Finance team you alluded to in your interview is fully staffed relative to historical levels. It is ironic that you have voted against every presidential appointee for a position at Treasury, no matter how impressive the qualifications for the role. Given your newfound interest in Department personnel, I challenge you to reverse course and thoughtfully engage with future nominees and support their confirmation.
Finally, my offer of a Foreign Exchange for Dummies tutorial still stands and if you receive a passing grade on the Yale metric, not the Harvard curve, I would be happy to also include a Fixed Income for Dummies.
Sincerely,
Aver Bout
Happy Indigenous Peoples'
Say in advance to you and your family.

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 12h

Trump suddenly attacks his own party: If Republicans get in power, you're going to end up in a depression. These people are incompetent.

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 12h

Trump hits on female rally attendee: I love you, too. Let me see what you look like!

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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 10h

no one reads the articles. all of the quotes assume this is because the party is broke because of (spins wheel) whatever that person is mad about today, but the reason they’re scrambling is because they’re trying to run moonshot campaigns in deep red districts they ordinarily would never attempt

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 16h

The START of this clip made me do a double take: new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia sits on the board of White Rose Resistance, an organization that wants to *prosecute abortion patients for homicide* www.ms.now/opinion/abor...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

Weird that Donald Trump's message is that people who are being assaulted can stop it all by giving up and submitting to the aggressor, so weird, so so weird

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

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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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 11h

Trump: "If Republicans get in power, you're going to end up in a depression. These people are incompetent"

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brett craycraft @craycraftbrett.bsky.social · 9h

This must’ve been after he told them he could say anything and they’d clap for him.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 9h

Trump: "We need a river and we need an ocean. So I was thinking either the Atlantic or the Pacific, we call it 'Trump ocean' or 'Ocean of the Americas.' Something like that. We have to. We should have, before I get out, I think we should have an ocean and we need a great river."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

republicans used to complain about the violence in gangster rap and now they want to livestream an execution

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 11h

The very first shipment of 300K tons of Russian diesel—carried by the tanker Minerva Zen, which left St. Petersburg on September 22—arrived on the US East Coast less than 24 hours after the deal was formally announced.

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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 11h

They have been dealing secretly with Putin for weeks over this. Impeach. Impeach. Impeach.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 15h

Brown University’s widget shows that the energy costs of the Iran war have just passed $1,000 per household iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

“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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

CLARKSVILLE - Reverse angle… ouch… (From @mctndp)

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11h

President Trump mused that he could rebrand either the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, following his efforts to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. “We call it ‘Trump Ocean’ or, or, ‘Ocean of the Americas,’ something like that,” Trump said.

washingtonpost.com

Trump suggests ‘Ocean of Americas’ as new name for Atlantic or Pacific

The president also floated the idea of naming an ocean after himself.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Malignant narcissism is a helluva drug #Clarksville (h/t @acyn.bsky.social )

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Maggie Priceless🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦🇵🇸🇺🇦 @maggiepriceless.bsky.social · 11h

Everytime a new blonde arrives in Trump's orbit, Natalie's skirts get shorter.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 14h

Trump’s foreign policy is that countries that start wars are the real victims.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

Trump is pivoting hard toward Russia in the run-up to the midterms, urging the removal of a democratically elected head of state in Ukraine while helping the dictator who launched an unprovoked invasion.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15h

Breaking news: The Pentagon acknowledged that the number of troops who have died in the Middle East during its operations against Iran is higher than previously reported, and updated the official count to include two more noncombat deaths.

washingtonpost.com

Pentagon raises official toll of troops killed during war with Iran to 21

The Post exclusively reported last month that the numbers of service members lost was greater than what the Pentagon was reporting in its public database.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13h

Russia has not only provided intelligence support to Iran but, as it turns out, has also supplied missiles to the Iranians. (Bloomberg News) Americans were killed by Iranian attacks using these weapons. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

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Iran able to replenish its missiles and drones, getting arms from Russia, officials tell Bloomberg

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12h

Trump: “It's amazing. I can say the stupidest things, and you clap.” *someone in the audience claps*

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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 18h

Pope Leo XIV speaks out against the death penalty: "The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person. The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment"

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The next time Trump shows up at a rally wearing those giant braces, buttresses, and other contraptions on his legs and backside, I hope an attendee shows up with a really powerful electromagnet and points it at him.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

All the best people.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Mike Rogers' yacht has a yacht.

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Every bit of this 👇

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Pete needs to be removed without hesitation.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Austin City Limits

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Jeffrey Brown @texasgeologist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Re: Trump's diesel deal with Putin Conversion factor is 7.5 barrels of diesel per metric ton. Daily global diesel consumption is around 25 million bpd. So, the initial 300,000 tons, or 2.2 million barrels, would meet global demand for about two hours.

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Michael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Yet again, the Georgia senator showed in Thursday’s debate that he knows how to throw haymakers. Until someone else proves otherwise, he’s the front-runner for 2028. trib.al/qlVZHk8

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Jon Ossoff Just Delivered Maybe the Greatest Debate Zinger in Ages

Yet again, the Georgia senator showed in Thursday’s debate that he knows how to throw haymakers. Until someone else proves otherwise, he’s the front-runner for 2028.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/10/2026

The future of four large research networks that test vaccines and treatments for HIV, tuberculosis and emerging infectious diseases is in limbo after weeks of delays from the Trump administration in launching the process to renew their funding.

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H.I.V. Research Networks Face Uncertain Future Amid Funding Delays

The networks also develop treatments and preventions for other infectious diseases and were instrumental in testing the Covid vaccine.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

🚨“The networks also develop treatments and preventions for other infectious diseases and were instrumental in testing the Covid vaccine.”

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#ETTD “Beginning Saturday, Nat Park Service crews will start another major round of cutting at the historic public golf course ..The first phase contains 169 trees marked for removal. A second phase covering 90 trees would follow, and the Park Service says as many as 529 could eventually come down”

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More than 500 trees may be removed from D.C. golf course Trump wants to redesign

Beginning Saturday, National Park Service crews will start another major round of cutting at East Potomac Golf Links, according to a new filing in federal court.

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Jonathan Diaz @jonathandiaz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

After pressure from the DC Board of Elections and Election Protection organizations, a spokesperson for the Guard said that they are addressing this specific incident, and that National Guard members are "directed not to monitor or secure polling locations" www.washingtonsun.com/metro/nation...

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D.C. Elections Board Asks National Guard to Stay Away From Ballot Drop Boxes

Guard members were seen standing next to a drop box in Foggy Bottom this week.

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