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Bob Van Meter

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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Troy Jackson speaking to volunteers in Kennebunk today. Looking forward to knocking doors this afternoon for Troy.
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Disappointed that @npr.org election summary from Mara Liasson this morning downplays the Democratic wave building.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Massachusetts needs to invest in its residents, in order to promote the public good and public safety. That doesn’t happen at no cost. Tossing away $120 million in vital funding to score election year points is not the answer to rising gas prices." commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/susp...
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Suspending the gas tax would be a shortsighted election year stunt
The state gas tax is the price we pay to ensure that we have safe and reliable ways to get where we need to go, with sufficient funding to build, operate, and maintain the essential transportation inf...
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Prickly Pair @g85742.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Perfect!
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad:
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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He imposed Shania Law
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This story was broken by @emptywheel.bsky.social yesterday I believe.
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This was great piece of investigative journalism.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Susan Collins is blatantly corrupt. Hollywood couldn't write this in a script.
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I did not have Susan Collins accepting a bribe on my 2026 Maine Senate bingo card.
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A disqualifying action for @gavinnewsom.bsky.social in his quest to be president.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
White House correspondents, D.C. bureau chiefs, and media execs: The German government expelled Dorothy Thompson from the country in August 1934. She's remembered and respected today for her important coverage and analysis over the next decade of the German regime. Be like Dorothy Thompson.
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Seems like Ed Sheeran has secured his place in @jacobweisberg.bsky.social’s Profiles in Cowardice Volume II.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
THIS IS THE WAY!!! LET’S GO!!!
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I agree with @jvl.bsky.social. Dems would do well to conduct serial impeachments. First Heggy (if he is not convicted in Dec, after he IS impeached in House), then RFK. Then prioritize based on what will either gain support among Senate GOPers OR embarrass them. www.thebulwark.com/p/impeach-th...
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Impeach Them. All of Them.
Hegseth is only the beginning.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“A series of impeachments would destabilize the Trump administration…This works best if Trump himself is not impeached. Democrats can claim they’re merely going after government corruption by underlings, not fighting the will of the great and good American people.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Impeach Them. All of Them.
Hegseth is only the beginning.
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Kudos to @mainedems.bsky.social. Had a great Saturdsy canvassing with other volunteers for @troyjackson207.bsky.social and rest of ticket in Kennebunk. Great energy from young Maine Dems staff and strong positive response on doors
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
When it comes to ballot questions, follow the money. The funding for Question 3 isn’t coming from democracy advocates. It’s coming from private equity execs and venture capitalists who bankroll education privatization, conservative Dems, and Republicans across the country. #NoOn3
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Great insight from G. Elliot Morris open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
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Everyone is wrong about low-turnout voters
They care most about affordability, and disapprove of Trump’s job as president at much higher rate than engaged voters — including among Republicans
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I’ve been a member of five labor unions in my life. I’ve seen firsthand what working people can accomplish when we stand together. The rights and protections workers have today weren’t handed to us. Generations of workers and organizers fought for them, stood their ground, & refused to back down.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Jane Addams: the first American woman awarded the #Nobel Peace Prize, 1931, her efforts to revive the ideal of peace & champion social justice globally. She co-founded @aclu.org, 1920, and is the "mother" of the #socialwork profession in the US. She was born #OTD in 1860. #CivilLiberties #HistSky
Black-and-white historical photograph of Jane Addams (1860–1935), the pioneering social worker, suffragist, and first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Addams is seated at a dark wooden desk, her body angled toward the viewer while her right hand holds a pen poised over a piece of correspondence. She is dressed in a formal, dark, three-quarter-sleeve jacket over a white, high-collared lace blouse. Her most striking accessory is a large, dark, wide-brimmed hat adorned with voluminous, light-colored feathers. A thin dark ribbon is tied closely around her neck, and a long, fine chain hangs over her chest. Her expression is composed and serious, characterized by heavy-lidded eyes and a direct gaze that conveys intellectual focus and resolve. To the viewer's left, a tall glass vase filled with light-colored roses sits on the desk, providing a soft contrast to the room's spare, interior background. The composition is a classic portrait that captures the dignity of a woman whose work at Hull House transformed American social reform. The mood is scholarly and dignified, highlighting her status as a leading public intellectual of the Progressive Era.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Think of it as a pop up monument. It's only going to have a two year run.
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The @bostonglobe.com scrum looked at @mayorwu.boston.gov’s record but did not look at Globe’s own endorsements which included several losers.
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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Our country’s future runs through Michigan. So I’m relaunching my state PAC, A More Perfect Michigan. We’ll support 16 Democratic candidates in the races that will decide control of the Michigan Legislature. I told you I wasn’t leaving the fight, and I need you with me.
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
@mayor.nyc.gov is a political genius.
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Democracy is at stake and @crockett.house.gov is acting like a spoiled child by not campaigning for @jamestalarico.bsky.social .
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
So embarrassing that Lake America is the smallest of the Great Lakes. One more Trump failure.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It just keeps getting better.
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Jesus is up at the front gate, waiting for his chance to finally meet her.
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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The urge to keep all the tabs open is not a recent thing. Pictured: a 300-year-old library tool that enabled a researcher to have seven books open at once, yet conveniently nearby (Palafoxiana Library, Puebla) @unmlawlibrary #globalmuseum #library #libraries #reading #history
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The only time Hakeem Jeffries should've come face-to-face with jared kushner is when kushner is under oath before Congress
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The vandalism and desecration of the White House isn't just vanity and it's not trivial. It's caesarism, as in literally what Julius Caesar did to the symbolic architecture of civic republicanism. Our national iconography matters and allowing the disfiguring of it to persist is a substantive harm.
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
@gregsargent.bsky.social I think that your guest @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social on this morning's podcast was wrong in her assertion that Trump was somehow against the Iraq war. That was his assertion when launched his campaign in 2015 but it was not true.
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I read the first fifty pages today and think this is an important book telling a story we need to know.
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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Natalie Harp gives Republican men hope that, just like Trump, in their twilight years that they will be cared for by a blond native-born home health aide.
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This post resonated for me.
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okthen25.bsky.social @okthen25.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Here is my ad for the Midterms #VoteBlue
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
M. Gessen has written a truly extraordinary piece about the "soft fascism" faced by transgender people in America, and by trans people in Kansas particularly. Beautifully written and reported, deeply humane. I really hope you'll read it. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...
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Opinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All (Gift Article)
Is Kansas just the beginning?
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It is the curse of my family including me.
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This puts Musk in the same league as Hitler and Stalin for the deaths he is responsible for.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The new wig looks like a helmet.
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mary @roughrider994.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Is Infantino’s flame out this week another example of the ETTD principle at work especially since the plan to sell FIFA to private equity has a Kushner at the center of it.
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Bob Van Meter @bobvm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A grifter for the current age of subscriptions that one cannot cancel.
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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Meet the new Klan; Same as the old Klan. Thanks, Chris Britt (@chrisbritt.bsky.social)
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I’m a card carrying socialist & union member & all that and/but this book fucking torpedoed for me the myth that Democrats & Republicans are “the same.” The massive, fundamental differences btwn D & R administrations in regard to disabled ppl’s lives is INSANE.👩🏻‍🦼‍➡️❤️ judithheumann.com/being-heumann/
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Being Heumann | Personal Story & Fighting Education | Judithheumann
One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive education
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