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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The nearly decade-long case of Crystal Mason, who was sentenced to 5 yrs in prison over a voting error, will end with an acquittal The wife of the current district attorney, who fought to keep her conviction in place, asked Crystal if she would consider voting for him
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Texas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error case
Crystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/09/2026
Talarico on trans athletes: “I’m always going to stand up to politicians who bully kids to score political points. My faith teaches me that every child is made in the image of God…I’ll always fight to make sure our student athletes and every sport is safe and fair. Those are not mutually exclusive.”
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 24/09/2026
@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "Today, I’m challenging Ken Paxton to a debate on Fox News." #TribFest26
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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Jennifer Harris @jwharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, of Venezuela…had a valid work permit and entered the U.S. legally. The attorney said he was doing a DoorDash delivery when the shooting happened, and the man subsequently called his wife from inside the vehicle.” www.texastribune.org/2026/09/20/a...
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Report: Immigration officer shoots, injures man in Austin
The reported shooting in Austin came more than two months after an ICE officer fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston.
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21st Century Yellow Dog @bytor-atx.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Typical right-wing weaseling. The videos weren’t posted or promoted within 30 days of the election, so it’s all good. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/u...
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Vikki Goodwin Accuses Dan Patrick of Violating Texas Deepfake Law (Gift Article)
The complaint raises new questions about how a state law applies to the growing use of A.I.-generated attack ads.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
My issue with paywalls that I do think rises above simple personal grievance is that the misinformation news outlets don’t use them & now people’s perception of reality is upside down & I think those two things are connected
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Gina Hinojosa: "I have called on Greg Abbott to issue a moratorium and call an emergency special session so that we can pass laws to protect Texans. Right now, we have the wild west of data centers in Texas ... Greg Abbott is all talk ... he's received $20 million from data center interests."
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“Jesus. Family. Business": Don Huffines' campaign priorities. But what Huffines doesn’t talk about is his purchase of Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch. @saraheckhardttx.bsky.social is running to unseat Huffines & she joins me to talk about restoring trust & accountability: youtu.be/4sYTl27oMiM?...
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Trump SCRAMBLES As His GRIP on TEXAS SLIPS And Voters GO BLUE!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Reporter: Ken Paxton’s own aide told the jury that he refused to comply with orders from Paxton that he viewed as illegal. In return, Paxton fired him in retaliation.
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Mark Cuban: "James Talarico. Let's go. I'm a big fan. He's honest, trustworthy, he cares. He'll do the right thing as opposed to the politically expedient thing. To Texans, do what's best for Texas. You've been voting for Republicans all these years, what have they done for you?" #momsky#sheshed
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/08/2026
Talarico: “Ken Paxton makes Ted Cruz look like a statesman”
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 17/08/2026
A painting of a bird beside the text "in case you were thinking about fucking off, you definitely should"
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Here Trump makes clear what everyone suspected: he considers the dictator of North Korea a closer ally than democratic South Korea. Overtly shifting the US into the Axis of Evil column.
Donald J. Trump
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Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with South Korea. These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a Country that, as long as Donald J. Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful. Therefore, and based on the fact that it is too late to cancel, I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to substantially reduce the Joint Military Exercises! While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said,
"No thanks!" Thank you for your attention to this matter.
President DONALD J. TRUMP
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21st Century Yellow Dog @bytor-atx.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Seems about right.
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Patricia Zengerle @reuterszengerle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Notable: the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier also hosted George W. Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” event.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I think part of the pundit crack-up has been that they missed the big call of their lifetimes about which was the bigger threat to America: wokeness or authoritarianism. And rather than admitting that, they are doubling down on wokeness, while ignoring an authoritarianism that does not threaten them
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
When fascism comes to America it will be run by weirdos who were introduced to America by Oprah.
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21st Century Yellow Dog @bytor-atx.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I spit out my coffee when I saw this
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Your Evil Twin, Skippy 🇵🇸 🏳️‍⚧️ @twinskippy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Golden State Valkyries forward Gabby Williams: “There’s a lot of discourse around trans athletes and what they can compete in. I would welcome a trans athlete on my team or against my team. Anytime. I don’t think it’s a problem in the world, it’s just another way to kind of attack trans people.”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/08/2026
Enten: "This is the best looking polling for Texas Democrats in a Senate race since really the 20th century ... Talarico is doing 9 points better than O'Rourke [in 2018] ... this could be very, very real. Democrats have a real shot in Texas."
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 01/08/2026
The left is getting the Catholic Church in the divorce? That Catholic Church? The Roman one? You sure?? Aight I guess but we need to talk a little about that one internally
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Got a good job down at the Data Center. I work on the line, and it's hard work but it's honest and the wage is fair; my family and I are grateful for it. I rivet the word "absolutely" onto the little apologies that chatbots do when they misunderstand a prompt.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Ken Paxton now owns at least 15 homes across the nation, worth $9 million. His current government salary is $153,000.
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
My beef with Morrissey runs all the way back to 1986 when he said this about Black artists. Nineteen Eighty Six, while the Smiths were still active. It’s not a “later phenomenon” don’t try and lie to me www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...
1986 — "Reggae, for example, is to me the most racist music in the entire world. It's an absolute total glorification of black supremacy... I don't have very cast iron opinions on black music other than black modern music which I detest. I detest Stevie Wonder. I think Diana Ross is awful. I hate all those records in the Top 40 - Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston. I think they're vile in the extreme... Obviously to get on Top Of The Pops these days, one has to be, by law, black," he told Melody Maker.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 25/07/2026
What will DJT do with this information
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володи... & -3h
I will instruct our intelligence to share with our partners the information we have regarding Russia's new assistance to the Iranian regime.
Since the beginning of July, we have recorded active Russian satellite surveillance of the Gulf states and U.S. military facilities located there.
These images subsequently appear in Iran. At the same time, there is a clear correlation between Russia's satellite imagery of these sites and Iranian strikes - both before the attacks, in preparation for them, and afterward, to assess the damage inflicted.
On July 19 and 20 alone, four air bases fell within the area of interest of Russian satellites - two in Bahrain, one in Jordan, and one in Kuwait. The purpose is clear. None of us in the world should turn a blind eye to one very simple fact: evil always seeks ways to make things worse and spread further. Russia must be stopped. This war must be stopped. Pressure on the aggressor must work.
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Super Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The Comprehensive Academic Studies and Technical Education program. CASTE.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20/07/2026
NEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home. newrepublic.com/post/213277/...
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Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home
The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Once again, for the people in the back Pursuant to Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution, it is the states-not the federal government-who run the elections. If this is ever changed, it must be done by Congress, or amending the Constitution-NOT by some illegitimate fascist’s decree
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🚨BIG ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 InfoWars endorses the #MAJA movement's mission to rename Austin to JONESTOWN for the late Alex Jones, who popped like a balloon.
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Paul @irishpaul68.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Said with grace and class
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Social media thought the Trump summoned Patel to rebuke him for his jet-skiing adventures. Silly social media! Trump doesn't care about corruption. He summoned him to direct a lawfare campaign against the NYT. Remember friends, this isn't a soap opera. It's fascism. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/u...
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White House Directed Patel to Oversee Investigation Involving Times Reporting (Gift Article)
The F.B.I. director spent about eight hours at the White House Friday focused on the effort, which led to the subpoenaing of several Times reporters who wrote about the security of Air Force One.
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump ADMITTED to doing 9/11 live on the air, as he calls for war on Israel. 🚨 Hear the stunning confession now!!!
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AdotSad @adotsad.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
There is no "side" that has a monopoly on being a bad person. The only real difference as far as politics is that Democrats ultimately are held accountable whereas Republicans are not.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
KEY: all three witnesses are being detained apart, and their story is consistent. They say that there were agents along the side of the vehicle but none in front. When you add the videos showing a lack of evidence of damage to the front despite ICE's ramming claim, ICE's story is falling apart.
“That is a lie,” wrote Jose Trinidad Rojas, 51, in a handwritten statement. “It is impossible for them to say that they were going to get run over … there were no officers in front of or behind the vehicle. They were on the sides.”

Balderas-Ibarra spoke to Rojas, Daniel Tirado Pantoja, 43, and the shooting victim’s brother, Victor Salgado, 44, and said he heard the same story from each as he interviewed them separately. The men are not being housed together, the attorney said. All three are undocumented Mexican immigrants who are now facing removal proceedings.

“All of them reiterated that there were never any ICE agents in front of the van,” Balderas-Ibarra said. “They came in and started shooting from the sides.”
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
New footage obtained by KHOU 11 News raises serious questions about ICE’s account of a fatal Houston traffic stop that left 52-year-old father of three Lorenzo Salgado Araujo dead.
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Fatal ICE shooting story unravels after new Houston footage
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Dan Nguyen @dancow.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
“RESEMBLED”…?!
screen cap of nyt story page:

Mexican Man Killed by ICE in Houston Was Not the Investigation's Target
Officials say agents believed the driver resembled one suspect, but the encounter quickly escalated into a fatal shooting.
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Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Preaching that God has assigned black people to "a civilizational station of subordination and dependence" due to the Curse of Ham, Christian nationalist pastor Dale Partridge calls for a "return to European Christian colonization of African nations." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Q: Is the ceasefire with Iran over? Is the agreement dead? Trump: To me, I think it's over. I don't want to deal with them anymore. You know what scum is? They're scum. As far as I'm concerned, it's over.
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This is the most hilarious little league home run I've ever seen, the Royals have outdone themselves
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Belgian players mocked Trump with his own dumb dance and chanted, “Overturn this.” The humiliation says it all: when you drag politics, pressure, and ego into sport, don’t be shocked when the world laughs back. And right now, the world is laughing at the USA again because of Trump.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
James Talarico spent the Fourth of July in Texas with American icon Willie Nelson. Ken Paxton spent the Fourth of July with the British.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 07/07/2026
New: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”
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Ken Paxton’s voter registration may violate Texas election law - The Texas Tribune
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent yo...
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Leaked video reveals Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton in London with his mistress on the 4th of July.
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21st Century Yellow Dog @bytor-atx.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I guess it’s true. *Everything* Trump touches dies.
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Ha ha I hate it here
From the New York Times:

It is a chaotic scene on the National Mall.
Several hundred people have refused to leave despite an order to evacuate because of severe inclement weather that is approaching. Some are even arguing with Secret Service agents. At one point, a crowd of people began running back toward the stage. An officer is sternly repeating the order over a bullhorn and the crowd is booing. Many have begun chanting "U.S.A., U.S.A." A federal law enforcement officer is trying to assure people that the event has not been canceled. Many are not convinced.
One man walking by blamed the situation on "liberals in the weather service," adding,
"I think this is baloney."
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21st Century Yellow Dog @bytor-atx.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
My founding fathers
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