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J. Ojeda (she/her)

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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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?"
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Yes, it does sound familiar.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
😳👇🏽Elon expressing his approval for the idea of shooting/drowning immigrants and refugees seeking a better life, and denying them food and water. (Reminder: he was in 🇺🇸 illegally, per his brother) This is who we’re letting poison Memphis and drill a hole in nashville?
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
HUGE crowd in the Rio Grande Valley for James Talarico 🔥 Something is happening in Texas.
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Bill Leibenguth @bill-leibenguth.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Don’t believe it? Read it for yourself. It’s been available for years to read.
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 23/08/2026
As a Canadian, THIS is the strength I want to see from our Prime Minister🇨🇦❤️ We will not be bullied, broken or owned. Our resources, our economy, our future are ours to protect & build. “We are masters in our own home” We set our own course. Canada belongs to Canadians❤️🇨🇦 #CanadaStrong #SheShed
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Adrian Fontes a Marine veteran, former prosecutor, now Arizona's Secretary of State-just turned down a federal demand for our voter data. He modernized Maricopa's elections, delivered record turnout in 2020, and keeps fighting to protect the integrity of Arizona's vote. #ResistanceUnited #Pinks
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This is from last year. FAFO: Stupidest Administration in History Edition.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Absolutely 💯 True…..
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“The place you’re more likely to live out the American dream, now…is Denmark, and I want that to be America.” -Pete Buttigieg
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Everyone questioning whether Darline Graham is smart enough to be in the Senate is making me smile. You mean in comparison to the intellectual powerhouses already there? Like Tommy Tuberville? Marsha Blackburn? Ron Johnson? John Fetterman?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
So our friends now are North Korea and Russia and our enemies are Canada and Denmark. Makes sense.
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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
In Texas, @vikkigoodwintx.bsky.social is running for Lt. Governor in Texas against Dan Patrick. Goodwin wants Texans to thrive, and she has a healthcare plan to do that. Patrick is the guy who went on Tucker Carlson to say your grandmother should die of COVID to save the economy. #SheShed 🧵
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Introducing: A healthcare plan for every Texan. #healthcare #Medicaid
YouTube video by Vikki Goodwin for Lt. Governor
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/08/2026
More of this positivity, please. Bless him.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Plumes singing a duet with an Arctic Fox was just what I needed this morning. Song cover: Hey There, Delilah, by the Plain White T's.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Gary, Indiana is 77% percent Black. Thousands have been without power for nearly two weeks. Many are without safe water. Yet every data center is operational & using enormous amounts of both power and water. This is what oligarchy looks like. Everyone suffers so the 1% can make even more.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Talarico: When Ken Paxton talks about costs, you can tell it doesn't come naturally. It's a little like he's trying to speak French or something. It's like affordability is a word he learned on Duolingo that morning. Who does he think he's fooling?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/08/2026
Mark Carney: "In recent days. the US proposed new terms that were uneconomic, unfair, and undermine the net benefits for Canada, and called into question the reliability of any deal. In short, they asked too much and they offered too little ... You're at war when you get attacked. We got attacked."
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
What reason could @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social possibly had to meet with the presidents son in law or does he just meet with all the presidents in laws?
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) announced new stringent regulations on data centers" This should be the standard MO for every single Democratic elected (especially leading their states) - and those pursuing state wide offices. If they aren't doing this ... they are failing.
washingtonpost.com
Pennsylvania will sharply limit data center development, expand review process
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s policy changes come as growing numbers of political leaders from both parties try to slow down data center development.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Shapiro was the guy who made a point of speeding up permitting for businesses in his state so this is a significant measure of which way the wind is blowing
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
What they want: state media that will parrot an administration's talking points What they don't want: journalism that is willing to push back (see also, Voice of America).
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B. Corbin Trent @corbintrent.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
70% of us want medicare for all. 62% want the government to build affordable housing. That's not just Democrats, it's all Americans. If you agree, you might be a socialist and not know it.
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B. Corbin Trent @corbintrent.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Kamala Harris says Democrats are rebelling. Pundits want to know how to fix it. Here's an idea. Start listening to us when we say we want Medicare for All and don't want to pay for war crimes.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Wow, Paxton was really showing his true colors.
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Texas Attorney Endorses James Talarico Because Ken Paxton Once Stole His Pricey Pen In Hilariously Petty New Ad
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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
If Cory Mills wins on Tuesday, it will be a testament not only to the power of a Trump endorsement but also to a Republican Party that has turned the other way when it comes to allegations of egregious misconduct. via @nlanard.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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One of Congress’ most scandal-plagued Republicans may be about to lose his primary
Florida Rep. Cory Mills has been accused of stolen valor, was subject to a restraining order, and is reportedly under investigation by the Justice Department. He also has Trump’s “Complete and Total E...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Judge Robert Pitman rules that Elon's claim he was randomly picking people to give $1M to may be fraudulent and lawsuit against him can proceed. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Elon Musk Xitter post "announc[ing] that he will be randomly awarding $1 MILLION every day from now until Election Day."

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7 The Magistrate Judge noted at the hearing held on June 23, 2026, that it appears this specific America PAC
post on X is not in the summary judgment record. (Hearing Tr., Dkt. 64, at 64–68). Plaintiff’s counsel
believed the image was located in the record but stated “if it’s not, I would definitely want to supplement.”
(Id. at 65). The Magistrate Judge then asked Defense counsel whether she was “disputing that [the image of
this post] exists.” (Id. at 67). Defense counsel did not explicitly answer whether she was disputing it exists and
instead discussed the content of the post; the Magistrate Judge followed up by saying, “It sounds like, I mean,
from what you’re saying, you do have a lot of information about this particular post.” (Id. at 68). Additionally,
Defendants’ Reply in support of their Motion for Summary Judgment does not object to this image. Given
that Defendants did not object, the Court in its discretion will consider the image. See Eguia v. Tompkins, 756
F.2d 1130, 1136 (5th Cir. 1985) (“Documents presented in support of a motion for summary judgment may
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Ossoff: In my view, he's obsessed with Georgia because he can't get over the fact that it was black voters and black political power who were instrumental to his defeat in Georgia and in a number of crucial battleground states.
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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"Out of 152 cases of identified immigration officials or contractors accused or convicted of criminal behavior, 131 of them, or 86.2 percent, were charged with sex offenses. Seventy-eight of them—51 percent of the entire cohort—"committed sex offenses against children."
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The conditions in ICE detention centers are outrageous. Worms. Standing sewage water. Measles outbreaks. 52 people have died so far. No American - no matter what your view is on immigration - should stand for this inhumanity.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It's not hard and, as I noted here, it's an approach Democrats have used before to incredible success.
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Punching Left
Over the last month, there's been a flurry of panic from self-styled moderates and centrists in the Democratic Party about the success of a few socialist candidates in party primaries. Some of this g...
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Nearly a week after the revelations about Trump’s secret plane switch that treated the WH press pool like a decoy, there’s been no press briefing; no serious acknowledgment of the deception; no commitment to handle it differently if there’s a next time... www.cnn.com/newsletters/...
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
BREAKING: ABC has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the FCC in DC District Court. The suit says the Trump administration "has waged a retaliatory campaign against ABC for a single reason: it disapproves of what ABC broadcasts." www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/m...
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Disney sues Trump’s FCC over ‘retaliatory campaign’ against ABC | CNN Business
Disney is going to court to defend its ABC television stations from the Trump administration’s pressure campaign.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/08/2026
Mamdani: "If a New Yorker looks at what ICE is doing and wants to see more of it, they should vote for Bruce Blakeman, who has created his own militia in Nassau County. If they look at what ICE is doing and they are shocked by the inhumanity and cruelty, they should vote for Gov. Kathy Hochul."
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Michael Podhorzer @mikepod.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Are we on the brink of a constitutional crisis? No—we’re already in one, and have been for two decades. Here, I explain how even progressive legal experts have enabled this coup, and how we can start to reclaim our own power to decide constitutional meaning. www.weekendreading.net/p/the-courts...
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The Courts Will Not Save Us
We must resist the learned helplessness of judicial supremacy.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
So thrilled to learn that our podcast Burn Order has won an Edward R. Murrow award! Thank you to the Radio Television Digital News Association @rtdna.bsky.social If you haven't listened to Burn Order yet, you can listen for free here, get transcripts of episodes, etc: www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 17/08/2026
There’s fresh evidence that the White House set out to punish an American state because it didn’t free a convicted felon the president likes. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” a federal judge said. “I’ve never even imagined something like it.” Shouldn’t this be a bigger scandal?
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New evidence suggests White House took steps to punish Colorado over Tina Peters case
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” a federal district court judge said about a newly disclosed email. “I’ve never even imagined something like it.”
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Steve Schmidt @thewarningses.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Pete Hegseth has kept the USS Abraham Lincoln at sea for over 250 days, leaving thousands of sailors exhausted and starving in a failed war. I explains how Hegseth's incompetence turned a symbol of American strength into a national security crisis. youtu.be/IPYKh8KmNNE
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Pete Hegseth Has Desecrated the Military | Steve Schmidt
YouTube video by The Warning with Steve Schmidt
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Steve Schmidt @thewarningses.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Donald Trump is systematically attempting to dismantle the Constitution. I explain how Jon Ossoff and a new generation of Democrats are the antidote to Trump's poison and why MAGA must be voted out of power from coast to coast in November. youtu.be/gBD8jQ8RlZs
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A New American Leader | Steve Schmidt
YouTube video by The Warning with Steve Schmidt
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Steve Schmidt @thewarningses.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I think Jon Ossoff is going to have a lot more to say. I, for one, am ready to listen. Subscribe to The Warning at steveschmidt.substack.com.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
A Senate candidate talking about the Powell memo???? Pinch me, am I dreaming????
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
WaPo: “Trump pledged during his first campaign in 2016 to eliminate the debt within eight years; instead, it has doubled since he first took office.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
washingtonpost.com
U.S. debt set to hit $40 trillion months earlier than expected
Faster borrowing — driven in part by lost revenue from invalidated tariffs — means the next debt-limit fight is also likely to arrive ahead of schedule.
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
What could go wrong. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Administration Moves to Restore Felons’ Gun Rights
The Justice Department expects 330,000 people to apply to reclaim ability to own firearms under a new regulation.
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Michael Waldman @mawaldman.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Remember that an EO is not reality. Courts blocked his last effort to seize control of elections. But it’s an alarming escalation of the campaign to undermine the 2026 election. 3/3
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Michael Waldman @mawaldman.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
He’s taking Vladimir Putin’s advice - Trump proudly cited Putin as backing his voting stance given Putin’s interest in “honest elections.” 2/3
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Michael Waldman @mawaldman.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Trump’s post saying he will sign an EO purporting to ban mail voting marks an appalling attack on free and fair elections. Flatly illegal and flagrantly unconstitutional. The Constitution gives states and Congress the power to run elections. Presidents have no lawful role. 1/3
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Alicia Bannon @aliciabannon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
There's A LOT of confusion about when states & localities have to cooperate w/ ICE. The short answer is that whether to cooperate largely comes down to state/local law & policy. My @brennancenter.org colleagues have a new explainer laying out the legal framework. statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...
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Are States and Localities Required to Cooperate with ICE?
State and local officials’ responsibility to aid in federal immigration enforcement is largely a matter of state and local law, despite the administration’s claims to the contrary.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17/08/2026
It’s time to get into election protection formation. Our upcoming trainings will cover the many actions you can take to ensure every eligible voter is able to cast their ballot, every vote is counted, and the election results are honored.
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Hands Off Our Vote: Election Protection 101 & 201 · Indivisible
Calling all Indivisibles who are ready to demand Hands Off Our Vote! This August, Indivisible is holding two trainings on election protection: the actions you and those around you can take to ensure e...
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Eric Holder @ericholder.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
It’s time to call this out. The most unqualified person to ever be SecDef is blocking the promotions of high level people for racial and gender reasons not related to their experience or merit. That makes him a person with racist and sexist issues - and a hack who weakens our armed forces.
nytimes.com
Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity
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