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Brayden @braydecker.bsky.social · 1h

Holy fascist propaganda, batman!

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Lis Power @lispower.bsky.social · 5h

Fox News is honing in on the enemy ... and it's ... Ms. Rachel?

Graphic showing "Ms. Rachel's controversial stances"

which includes supporting Dem candidates, supporting Palestine, opposing ICE, and stating no one needs a billion dollars.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The man ICE shot in Austin today is named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Per his lawyer, she and Perez’s family were run off of hospital property where he’s being treated and won’t even confirm he’s there because he’s “in ICE custody.” Actual criminals.

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Federal immigration agent shoots and injures man in Austin, Texas

The person shot is in serious but stable condition, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a press conference.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

One side of this war has an elected legislature but it doesn't really have any power compared to the supreme leader and the council of guardian jurists, and the other is Iran.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Maybe we should try electing some kind of larger body of people who can decide law and policy instead of vesting near-absolute power in one man, checked only at the extreme outer margins by his own party's judicial appointees.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is dumb even on its own terms because it's falling for the idea "MAHA" is a real thing with its own voter base. It's not. Some grifters pretend it's a distinct mass movement but it's simply not. RFK was on track for <2%. It's not a coherent bloc, it's just part of the general swirl of Trumpism.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 31/07/2026

To be making the argument in 2026 that immigration is a Republican leaning issue so Democrats shouldn’t campaign on it, and especially Trump’s overreach on deportations, is to be completely ignorant of the data and events of the last 18 months

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 27/07/2026

Click any node or connection in the Trump crypto empire map to open its panel and view explanatory annotations and citations. Toggle the income overlay to see financial-disclosure figures from the most recent filings. Search for entities, or filter by category. map.citationneeded.news

A screenshot of the map, with a side panel open showing Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. Side panel contents: Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust Intermediary Entity When Walter Shaub, then Director of the Office of Government Ethics, called on President Trump to divest from the Trump Organization during his first term, Trump instead transferred his operating businesses to the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. Many had urged him to use a blind trust. Critics argued the DJT Revocable Trust fell far short of that standard: Trump remained the sole beneficiary, his son controlled the assets, and Trump could revoke the arrangement at any time. Shaub later commented that the arrangement was “meaningless from a conflict of interest perspective” and that “setting up a trust to hold his operating businesses adds nothing to the equation. This is not a blind trust—it’s not even close.” Established 2014 Sources ↗ Stenglein, Christine, "OGE Director warns Trump’s business plan insufficient", The Brookings Institution, January 11, 2017 ↗ Craig, Susanne, and Eric Lipton, "Trust Records Show Trump Is Still Closely Tied to His Empire", The New York Times, February 3, 2017 ↗ Kravitz, Derek, and Al Shaw, "Trump Lawyer Confirms President Can Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever He Wants", ProPublica, April 4, 2017 ←controlled by Donald Trump Jr. According to a 2024 regulatory filing, Donald Trump Jr. "is the sole trustee and has sole voting and

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Brayden @braydecker.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I recently took 2024 CES data and mapped out clusters of the American electorate that may form parties if reform were to happen. You can find the simulation here where you can map out different scenarios in the House and see profiles of the different parties: usmultipartysystem.pages.dev?tab=house

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If America Had Ten Parties

An interactive simulation of US elections under proportional representation, built from 45,707 CES 2024 survey responses.

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Brayden @braydecker.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

In Scottish local elections where they use proportional ranked choice, fewer than 6% of voters aren't represented by their first choice. Compare that to the US where ~36% voted for non-winners. See my sim at usmultiparty.com for how a multiparty system could create more representation.

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If America Had Ten Parties

An interactive simulation of US elections under proportional representation, built from 45,707 CES 2024 survey responses.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I cannot overstate how much I hate when people are dicks about babies crying in public (especially airplanes). Do you think the parent is having a good time right now?? Do you think they are not aware of the situation??? Are you going to negotiate with a literal infant????

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

"What matters the most is that the games are good" - as long as we have OD, Fallout 5, who cares, right? Everything's fine!

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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It's not a mystery why Trump is working so hard to spread lies about elections. Follow the money. He's pulling off the most lucrative grift in presidential history and wants his MAGA House and Senate to protect him from any accountability.

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 11/07/2026

This does not strike me as an action likely to reverse the loss of support among Democrats for Israel www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...

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Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers during occupied West Bank visit

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Mabuto in the Congo.

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

When 18-year-old Elder Chavez was pulled over for going 15 mph over the limit, he tried to show officers docs the US govt granted him after his parents abandoned him in Honduras and he crossed the border alone. He was put in ICE detention anyway. 🧵 1/ www.propublica.org/article/unac...

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These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled.

A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the firs...

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 03/07/2026

underappreciated that the racist and lawless position adopted by 4 justices in the birthright citizenship case a few days ago was considered and rejected by justices in *1898* who were like oh woof that's too racist and lawless even for us ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/birth...

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The Supreme Court’s Big Birthright Citizenship Decision Is the Absolute Bare Minimum

The justices had a simple task in Trump v. Barbara: uphold their oaths. Only five were willing to do so.

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 28/06/2026

This is so upsetting

I worked at Smithsonian, specifically raising money for 250th. What I want people to know is we secured millions of private philanthropy to host a month long Folklife Festival on the mall, "The Festival of Festivals". Was going to feature well known festivals, think Burning Man, Farm Aid, Grand Ole Oprey etc. as well as smaller local and regional festivals from across the U.S. and territories. Goal was to feature truly the best and most beautiful creative expression in music, dance, arts and craft traditions, food, community etc. Can't name names but plan was to have headliners every night for free concerts.... Think the types of names who might be affiliated with the aforementioned large festivals. Stars were willing to perform because was under banner of Smithsonian. It had to all be scrapped bc the administration would not release permits to host on the mall. The money went elsewhere, but our nation was robbed of what would have been a once in a generation cultural moment.

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Carol Giacomo @carolgiacomo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

It never stops.👇🏻 Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/w...

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Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/06/2026

the feds have done more to harass americans angry over good and pretti’s killings than they have to investigate them

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

*DONALD TRUMP: TALON COMPANY DOING VERY GOOD WORK IN DC

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

we need to build a lethal ballroom around the reflecting pool to protect it from antifa

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

just remembered trump's tax returns got leaked and he said in a debate that he'd close the loopholes because he knows how rich people game the system, then he cut taxes for the rich and is now exempting his family from tax audits. lol.

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

you mean "this technology will destroy all of your jobs and potentially kill everyone" isn't an amazing PR move

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Years ago Scalia provoked gasps in the gallery when he called the Voting Rights Act a “racial entitlement.” But turning American democracy back into a white racial entitlement, as it was for most of American history, is exactly what the Roberts Court is doing. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Court decided in Shelby County’s favor; in her dissent, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote that Section 5 had “worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes.” Nullifying it, she warned, is “like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.”

The deluge is enough to refill America’s whites-only pools. The vaunted “progress” the justices cite at every opportunity to justify gutting the VRA was a result of the law effectively neutralizing racial discrimination, not an absence of the desire or intent to discriminate. Scalia’s remark that the VRA was a “racial entitlement” is illuminating in the way that statements from many ideologues are, in that they express their own motives rather than those of their targets. Until 1965, democracy itself was a “racial entitlement” in America. Much of the Republican Party is trying to make that true once again.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Alito: This is not racist it's just partisan, therefore it's not objectionable bsky.app/profile/jona...

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I know “Imagine if Obama did it” is old hat, but fucking imagine if Obama posted a picture of himself with an alien slave for no discernible reason.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

This is extraordinarily bad polling across the board, and if it were a Democrat getting such miserable marks, the political media would be talking about a failed presidency. But it’s Trump. So instead, they’re delicately tiptoeing around dozens of utterly unprecedented abuses of office.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/05/2026

checking in for a brief moment on the Rededicate 250 blasphemy fest and yep, it's beyond parody

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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The most corrupt president in history:

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 17/05/2026

again, staying completely silent on the actual merits of ai, the initial ai boosters basically campaigned on "this will eliminate your job, forever, and make me personally rich." it should not surprise *anyone* that this provoked a backlash.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16/05/2026

Using the DOJ’s data, Alito also elided the fact that the racial voter gap is actually widening. In the three most recent presidential elections since Barack Obama was on the ballot, Black voter turnout has trailed white voter turnout. trib.al/3w7AXE2

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The reason people keep doing crimes for Trump is that you get rewarded for doing them, congratulations to Colorado's Dem governor for making sure we get more people trying to overturn elections on his behalf bsky.app/profile/kyle...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/05/2026

this is an example of “who cares what the court says it is none of their business”

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Mark J. Nelson @mm-jj-nn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

interesting rationale from a prospective juror in the Elon Musk Twitter stock manipulation case

Judge Breyer: Okay. Thank you very much. Juror 96, I think that you also have strong views. Could you set them aside?

Juror 96: I believe that in a criminal trial, I would feel morally obligated to convict. However, in a civil trial, I feel I can set those views aside.

Judge Breyer: That’s interesting.

Juror 96: I’m happy to expand.

Judge Breyer: Sure.

Juror 96: I believe it would be to the benefit of the human race were Mr. Musk to be sent to prison. However, I don’t believe a loss of several hundreds of millions of dollars in a civil trial would be even a drop in the bucket to his wealth, so it doesn’t really matter. Therefore, I would be able to consider the facts.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/05/2026

gestured towards this in my column today but republicans seem to have adopted this idea that the partisan lean of a state represents some mystical General Will such that the south isn't just a place with republican voters It Is Republican and no democrat has a right to serve within its borders

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I've become very skeptical of comparisons between AI emissions/water use and almost every normal thing we do, because most people don't know how any normal parts of life actually compare. Here's a very popular older pollution comparison:

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kat @katbamkapow.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

heard a guy say "you have to access it through the portal" and i was momentarily struck by how sad it is that what he said is so boring :( "accessing it via the portal" should be wonderful. we deserve that at least. it should be cool to access it via the portal and instead it sucks shit

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

"Segregation now, segregation forever" apparently.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 12/05/2026

Thanks to freshly gerrymandered House maps across the country, the number of competitive districts will fall to a new low of 33 (or less) this year, and only 15 are true toss-ups.

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This year’s U.S. House elections will be least competitive on record

In 1976, 101 U.S. House seats were structurally competitive. Under the new 2026 maps, that number could fall to 33 — and just 15 are true toss-ups.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Trump gathered all of the very worst people in the country in one place and got them to break a million laws and then pardoned all of them, and now local law enforcement has to go get them one by one as they commit new crimes.

Headlines about various Jan. 6 rioters being sentenced to new crimes

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 11/05/2026

What do you call camps where people keep disappearing and dying

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