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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2h
And by "violating banking laws" CBS News means former Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert molested boys he coached for wrestling in high school, boys as young as 14. To-may-to/to-mah-to!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h
Medicare for All. Now. 🇺🇸
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h
Reuters elects to highlight the way Hastert was _different_ from Trump, namely he was an _admitted_ child molester
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h
Paul Krugman: The cesspit of corruption that is Donald Trump’s presidency is finally getting the attention it deserves. It’s about time. And if a massive blue wave sweeps Washington on November 3rd as polls now suggest, Democrats should put corruption front and center of their agenda in Congress.
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The Trump Administration is a Cesspit of Corruption
And fighting it should be at the heart of the Democratic agenda
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h
“Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies… ex British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide…Simon Andriesz was previously a managing director at Wall St firm where Lutnick was CEO…” www.thebanker.com/content/0228...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h
"He's got the beef." Trump plans to trumpet his decision to import horsemeat from Honduras and sell it as beef as a demonstration of his determination to come through for consumers. Nebraska cattlemen are not amused. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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Trump heads to Nebraska as supreme court hears first oral arguments of new term – US politics live
President to visit Grand Island as his plan to allow more foreign beef imports proves unpopular in agriculture-rich state; court to hear argument over climate crisis
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/10/2026
My mom will take the $90, but she’s no fool. Trump can’t buy her vote. $90 doesn’t erase $4+ gas, the ICE abuses, millions of Americans losing healthcare, his tax cut for billionaires, higher everyday costs, the Iran war, or everything else seniors have watched happen this year. #BlueWaveIn30Days
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump lies over and over. The price of everything is going up. That’s why we need #BlueWaveIn30Days! It’s coming! The Democrats are coming! #momsky#sheshed
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6h
The latest death in an ICE concentration camp is a Peruvian who lived peacefully in the US for 17 years, and whose only brush with the law consisted of once driving with an expired license plat. The camp in which he was house in Louisiana is a notorious death camp run on a for-profit basis by a
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Julian Curo-Churata Is the 37th Person to Die in ICE Custody This Fiscal Year, Capping Off the Agency’s Deadliest Year on Record
According to ICE, 47-year-old Peruvian national Julian Curo-Churata died in Louisiana on Tuesday, September 29.
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 19h
Corrupt taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h
Can we reverse the power shift that began four decades ago? This is the biggest question lurking behind the midterm campaigns. Some thoughts. ⬇️ robertreich.substack.com/p/the-cent…
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 6h
“Too many Americans have absorbed & tolerate Trump’s insane, destructive behavior as a fact of life…the corporate media has facilitated that mentality…we are facing a constitutional emergency with an exec branch working to centralize its power at all costs.” www.americaamerica.news/p/we-are-und...
americaamerica.news
We Are Under Attack From an Enemy Within
By listening to our founders and refusing to go along with this, we can name and defeat the ongoing danger to our constitutional republic
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h
Everything that Trump Touches Dies
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4h
Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, has died at 84. Hastert admitted in federal court to sexually abusing boys he coached as a high school wrestling coach. A federal judge called him a "serial child molester." He was a registered sex offender.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h
Wasn’t there something else that he did which was really, really evil?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h
The last time the Strategic Oil Reserve was this low, Olivia Newton-John had the #1 song in the country.
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 4h
The First Commandment literally orders students: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” The state has no right to tell children how many gods to worship, which gods to worship, or whether to worship any at all.
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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 4h
What’s the historical precedent for the head of the FBI visiting a hostile foreign power at war with our allies, and directly aiding countries with whom we are at war with, and did they come back with the Black Death?
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 13h
then what is the point of giving them 30% of my money every 2 weeks
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17h
Max Miller is complaining about retirees who have paid into Social Security their entire lives. It’s not an “entitlement.” You paid for it. It’s your money.
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God @thegodshow.com · 19h
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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 23h
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 04/10/2026
Forget the speech, the optics are speaking louder.
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MJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 21h
💥💥BOOM💥💥 MAGAt CA Candidate convicted of 8 counts of election fraud!!! 🤣🤣🤣 amp.sanluisobispo.com/latest-news/...
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Convicted SLO County candidate avoids 1 election fraud charge on a technicality
The former candidate was found guilty on nine counts of election and voter fraud — but she will only be convicted of eight.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 23h
fun fact: The Treaty of Tripoli, 1796, Signed by Prez John Adams, includes: "As the government of the United States of America is *not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion*, as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of [Muslims].." Just saying.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20h
Will Bunch: The facts are shocking enough, but the bigger reason that the Cornell gang-rape case has broken through is that everyday Americans are sick of the rich and powerful and their sons getting away with it. And everyone knows this fish stinks from the head. www.inquirer.com/opinion/corn...
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For a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw | Will Bunch
A nation’s frustration with rich and powerful men boils over after a stunning rape allegation at an Ivy League college.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h
Blumenthal: Tether is a crypto company that has a stablecoin known as USDT, and it is the major means of Iran avoiding and evading sanctions. What we’ve also exposed is that Cantor Fitzgerald has a major financial tie. Cantor Fitzgerald was owned by Howard Lutnick. It’s still run by his family.
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 23h
I said this in a NY Times story last week about the WA millionaire tax, but let’s bring back shame. Even if billionaires don’t know it’s wrong to do shit like this, they should know it’s embarrassing.
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The 'Department of War' isn't a mere rebranding; it's a statement of intent. Same stench, different suit.
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God @thegodshow.com · 04/10/2026
I don’t give a damn if Theo Von and Joe Rogan change their tune and become full-out Democratic socialists. They will say whatever is deemed widely popular in the moment to retain their podcast audiences. They gave you Donald Trump.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI isn't reliable enough to get even a hamburger order right, but reckless Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pushing to expand artificial intelligence across the U.S. military, including AI-enabled targeting. "Would you like fries with that obliterated girls' school?"
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Tina Kotek @tinakotek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump refused to pay for SNAP benefits during the federal shutdown last year, cutting off food assistance for 750,000 Oregonians. I declared a hunger emergency, and @danrayfield.bsky.social and I took him to court and won. Benefits were back in people’s hands that night.
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
BREAKING: Trump announces he will withhold federal funding from Ohio if they vote blue in November… Isn’t EXTORTION, a typical mob tactic?! RICO. CHARGES. FORTHCOMING. 😎✨
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Memorable Presidential Quotes In History From FDR: "The only thing we have to fear... is fear itself." From JFK: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." From our Vulgarian-In-Chief:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Google Earth shows the physical destruction with extraordinary clarity… what happens next matters.” Angelina Jolie shares new Google Earth images of the genocide in Gaza, calling for humanitarian aid to be allowed in (by Israel): www.instagram.com/p/DeDDwwRknH...
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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A key feature of the “Big Beautiful Bill” was to decontextualize: give a gift to the wealthy immediately, while hiding the true cost to most Americans until after the midterms. The plan all along was to trick us, not help us. This GOP has to go. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Republicans tried to punt health care cuts until after the midterms. It didn’t work.
While most GOP-enacted cuts to Medicaid and other safety net programs won’t happen until 2027, Democrats are speaking to the voters already feeling the squeeze.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🧵“We’ve got a president who’s no stranger to the Epstein files leading a Gestapo campaign to round up our most vulnerable population of children, driving profits off their lives. It’s human trafficking," said founder of group protesting new Louisiana ICE facility www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/10/2026
When the Trump administration started dismantling a $368 million ocean monitoring system earlier this year, scientists, fishermen and Congress fought back. On Saturday, a 238-foot ship set sail to reinstall the first batch of monitors in the waters of the Pacific.
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After Outcry, Monitors the Trump Administration Tried to Scrap Return to Sea
Under pressure from Congress, a network of ocean monitors that provides vital data to meteorologists, climate scientists, oceanographers and the fishing industry is being restored.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
$52 million pulled from NATO allies on Russia's doorstep. The timing tells you everything. Let me tell you how it happens. Not with a speech, not with a vote, not with a headline you’d stop scrolling for. It happens with a notification letter.
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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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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Some thoughts from May 2021 — and an article to go with it. This nightmare was preventable. They didn’t want to stop it. Article: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-public-f...
im a low vision user who can't see this tiny fucking box well enough to type in it. ffs this is obviously not for low vision peopel
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
Ahead of the 2026 election, California is making one thing crystal clear: We will not tolerate any elected official messing with your ballot. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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California Supreme Court orders seized ballots returned in Riverside County case
The rulings were a win for Democrats and a sweeping rebuke to Republican Sheriff Chad Bianco.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump ordered OMB Director Russ Vought to embezzle funds from the federal government to fund ads designed to glorifying himself during the election season. The agency’s general counsel and WH counsel both signed off on the move as legal, although it clearly was not. The money was
nytimes.com
Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency
The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The DNC sued over last-minute administration changes targeting overseas voters ahead of midterms… Why are Republicans trying to suppress military and expatriate ballots? Why?! 😎✨
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s not nearly as advanced as they want you to think….
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Polling in Texas shows that GOP efforts to ridicule Talarico over his religious convictions as a Presbyterian seminarian have backfired, with voters viewing him as a person of good moral character—particularly when contrasted with his Southern Baptist opponent Ken Paxton, who obviously is not.
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Opinion | The ‘God Gap’ Is Narrowing in Texas
It may not be enough for James Talarico to win. But might it also be a sign of a change to come?
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Here’s another reminder that when JD Vance says “give us a chance. Give us a couple more years,” his and Trump’s promise on the 2024 campaign trail was that they’d make everything better on day 1.
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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A Senegalese basketball player for Kentucky State University was detained on August 7 at an airport while traveling with her team and has been in ICE custody ever since, despite her removal order being rescinded by an immigration judge.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is actually a good story by the New York Times' Peter Baker. But as usual, the editors ran it through their Euphemism Desk so the headline talks about Trump "moving ethical lines" instead of saying flat-out that the president is deeply corrupt and is putting your money in his pocket.
nytimes.com
How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits (Gift Article)
The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.
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The David Pakman Show @thedavidpakmanshow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump may have accidentally undermined his own inflation argument.
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