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Chuck4Democracy 🦋 @chuck4democracy.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Dems need to nationalize Starlink once in power, particularly in the White House
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beanwrap.eurosky.social @beanwrap.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026
Europe and Canada need to accelerate the development of their own alternative to Starlink. Whether its IRIS² or Eutelsat, Europe needs real alternatives much faster
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The party’s over, Donald: here’s how Democrats take back power
Winning is not enough. The next Congress must be ready to investigate corruption, enforce accountability, restore constitutional authority, and begin rebuilding America.
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sammiemcgee.bsky.social @sammiemcgee.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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CDK@CRM-114/AE-35/M5 @cdavidkz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Donald J. Trump is a traitor...and an increasingly desperate one. Elon Musk is also a traitor...and an increasingly greedy one.
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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Fuck Trump & Elon. bsky.app/profile/madg...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Excellent summary of the present state of relations between Russian and American oligarchical clans. Please read and share. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The Putin-Trump diesel deal is disastrous and illegal — but it is also a sign of the desperation of both men, one fearing to lose a war, the other to lose an election.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
No amount of support for Russia can end the war, because Russia is the criminal aggressor. A modicum of support for Ukraine could, however, end the war, by making it impossible for Russia to continue. This should not be a hard choice.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Big show on today’s Uncovered: Press Secretary train wreck, Trump sells out Ukraine, Guilfoyle firing, more bad economic numbers, another Paxton scandal, Talarico hoax, Trump lusting after men, midterms update, and lots more! www.youtube.com/live/mmOV_lm...
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LIVE: MAGA Gets UNCOVERED as Trump’s Midterm Problems EXPLODE...
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/10/2026
"Lindsey Graham, I hope you are at peace now, but at the risk of speaking ill of the dead, I cannot refrain from saying that you came to embody the moral cowardice and self-delusion of an entire political party."
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Trump’s Final Humiliation of Lindsey Graham
The ink was barely dry on the law named for the late senator when Trump broke it.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14/10/2026
A judge blocked Trump’s taxpayer-funded political ads. Then, the White House posted four more to its official YouTube channel. Now, @commoncause.org wants to know if they were paid for with $20M diverted from immigration enforcement without congressional approval: demdock.com/4dCuC6p
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 14/10/2026
The court ruled 7-2 in favor of the change, with Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting.
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Supreme Court Sides With Republicans In Political Ad Dispute
Supreme Court Sides With Republicans In Political Ad Dispute
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Scout’s Mom @christinemejc.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
How in the F can they justify calling political ads PSAs? This captured SCOTUS is partisan disaster.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/10/2026
Sen. Angus King says he sat down and made a list of everything Putin could possibly want from an American president. His conclusion about Trump? “This guy, this president, is doing almost all of them.” King then goes through the list. WATCH.
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
When Jack Smith subpoenaed phone logs, lawmakers cried constitutional crisis. When federal agents raided Ilhan Omar’s home weeks before an election, the outrage evaporated. @lizdye.bsky.social writes on the double standards. Essential piece from @atrupar.com ‘s Public Notice. Read and subscribe.
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
He's really going to keep pretending he can knock out two rallies a day like he used to. This one was bad, one of the worst I've seen. Dead crowd, jokes not landing, memory lapses, rambling and repetitive stories he's told for years. Montana tonight will be worse.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Watchdog group @citizensforethics.org files legal challenge, asking court to block Jared Kushner from serving as Trump envoy They allege he's “breaking the law by acting as one of the country’s top diplomats without undergoing Senate confirmation or filing financial disclosures.”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/10/2026
Thank you @democrats.senate.gov
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/10/2026
They laughed in his stupid face and I love that for him.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/10/2026
They both did it.
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Scout’s Mom @christinemejc.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
You can’t possibly fall for this again can you Republicans??
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/10/2026
🚨 “HE'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE BECAUSE HE DOES.” Michael Popok breaks down the battle over handwritten FBI interview notes and why he believes the Trump DOJ could face more trouble in court. The allegations at the center of the records are explosive.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/10/2026
STARTING IN ONE HOUR! No Kings wants YOU to know your federal voting rights. Go to bit.ly/usvoters to sign up. Let's get to work. #NoKings 🗳️✨
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FROM RETIRED MILITARY OFFICERS link: www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u... (h/t @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social)
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🚨 72 retired senior military officers speak out "We ask the President, our Congressional representatives, and our fellow citizens to act to prevent this barbaric abuse of authority: Livestreaming an execution debases the... commitment to basic human dignity..." www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 15/10/2026
The U.S. Department of Justice has threatened California with possible legal action over what it says are noncitizens believed to have received mail ballots for next month's midterm elections. to.pbs.org/47g0UR8
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Justice Department threatens California with legal action over claim of noncitizens on voter rolls
The U.S. Department of Justice has threatened California with possible legal action over what it says are noncitizens believed to have received mail ballots for next month’s midterm elections.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Senator Collins keeps talking about all the power and authority that she has, but she never has it unless it's for one of her donors.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 15/10/2026
The deficiencies include peeling, cracks or blisters.
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Trump’s Reflecting Pool Project Had At Least 85 Errors: Report
Trump’s Reflecting Pool Project Had At Least 85 Errors: Report
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/10/2026
We’re getting out the vote in 40 races across 22 states. We’re surging funds to local organizers to support grassroots outreach. We’re running the most ambitious election defense program in our organizational history. It’s all necessary — and it all costs money! Please consider supporting our work.
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Donate to Indivisible Action - Unlimited
Show your support with a contribution.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 15/10/2026
A government watchdog agency found that ICE’s body-worn camera policy is outdated.
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ICE Refuses Watchdog Guidance To Use Automatic Body-Worn Cameras
ICE Refuses Watchdog Guidance To Use Automatic Body-Worn Cameras
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/10/2026
The GOP wants SCOTUS to allow citizenship-based voter removals right up until Election Day. But voting rights groups stress that a decades-old federal protection against late purges was actually put in place to protect eligible citizens from erroneous removals: demdock.com/3W9t6Tf
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I hope you'll tune in to my conversation with @ezralevin.bsky.social where we'll talk about Saturday's No Kings event focused on early voting, the prospects for record turnout, the need for accountability, and the continuing necessity of collective action to fight the regime's rampant fascism.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Let me be specific: Donald Trump is an f-ing traitor. He is in cahoots with Putin and Russia to break our democratic ally, Ukraine, which makes all of us less safe. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/w...
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Ukraine’s Vulnerability Grows as Starlink Is Restricted and Russia Escalates
A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.
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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"[M]ore immigrant survivors are feeling like the violence and abuse they experience behind the closed door is ... more tolerable than the violence and abuse they could experience if they tried to leave[.]"
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
NEW: DOJ threatened to sue California unless officials sideline ballots from people the feds believe are “likely noncitizens.” But the department cites no clear legal authority for ordering state and local election officials to take those steps. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump DOJ cites no clear legal authority in demand that California sideline ballots from suspected noncitizens
The omission of clear legal authorities is notable because the DOJ has previously invoked a far broader collection of federal statutes when warning election officials about potential noncitizen voting...
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Martin Napier @mnapier76.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
thehill.com/homenews/613... #context
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Kelly calls to remove Hegseth ‘immediately’ over public execution plan
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) called on the Trump administration to remove Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from his post “immediately” over the Pentagon chief’s plan to livestream the …
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Let's do it 👇
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Scout’s Mom @christinemejc.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/o...
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Opinion | If Democrats Win the Senate, They Cannot Play Games (Gift Article)
The party will need to make the most of whatever majority it has.
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Scout’s Mom @christinemejc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Rumor falsely claims James Talarico was treated at Ohio mental health facility. Here are the facts
The claim, which stems from a purported recording of a phone call, erupted after Talarico disappeared from the campaign trail for nearly 10 days.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/10/2026
Sarah Matthews: "Trump's narcissism won't allow him to accept the fact that the American people are upset with him and the job that he's done...They have to fearmonger because they actually have no real message to run on."
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 13/10/2026
NEW: Pro-voting groups sued to force Texas officials to fix its online voter registration process after a backlog of ~600k applications was revealed before the midterms. Election workers have been left scrambling due to the state's registration errors, saying the backlog dates back to last fall.
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Texas' backlog of voter registrations needs immediate fix, voting groups say in lawsuit
Pro-voting groups are going to court after a backlog of nearly 600,000 applications was revealed just before the midterm elections.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 13/10/2026
A leaked video shows Paxton partying in Dubai with two men wanted by the U.S. for alleged healthcare fraud and embezzlement.
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Talarico Blasts Paxton With Savage Remark About His Reported Party With Fugitives
Talarico Blasts Paxton With Savage Remark About His Reported Party With Fugitives
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 13/10/2026
Last month, California's power grid supported the highest electricity demand since 2022 without any emergency measures. That was no accident — the Golden State is proving that clean energy and battery storage systems are the best ways to keep the lights on.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I will not stoop to their level. I will not stoop to their level. I will not denigrate this woman based on her immutable characteristics, speaking style, or apparent illiteracy. I will not stoop to their level...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
WOW. Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, among others, "chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an impeccable record of public service. ... The attacks against Ms. Comans were based entirely on false information" and many officials "knew [they] were untrue."
In conducting this hearing, the Court is not called upon to resolve factual disputes between
the parties. The facts set forth in this Memorandum Opinion and Order were proposed by the
Plaintiff, unobjected to by the Government, and then deemed admitted by the Court. Dkts. 74, 75,
77.2 These facts establish that high-ranking government officials, including then Secretary of DHS
Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, engaged in a coordinated public relations campaign to impugn the
personal and professional integrity of Ms. Comans. For reasons unfathomable to this Court,
officials chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an
impeccable record of public service. In short, Ms. Comans was professionally targeted and
personally attacked by government officials for no legitimate reason. The attacks against Ms.
Comans were based entirely on false information, and many government officials knew the
accusations were untrue at the time they were made. With no regard for the truth and with no
consideration for the personal and professional effect on Ms. Comans, government officials
exploited their access to mass media outlets to broadcast false information. These false
statements reached hundreds of millions of people. The purpose of this Order is, to the best of
this Court’s ability, to correct the public record and establish as a matter of law that the
statements made by these officials about Ms. Comans were objectively and demonstrably false.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
In early 2025, Ms. Comans was directed *by DOGE employees themselves* to continue payments to local governments for sheltering migrants. She followed those orders. Then other DOGE employees found out, and the Trump admin decided to blame her personally and smear her in public for the payments.
early point of confusion was whether the Executive Order required a pause in funding only to nongovernmental organizations or whether it also paused funding to state and local governments. This
was not a decision to be made by the CFO. In fact, as CFO, Ms. Comans had neither the authority
nor the ability to direct money to or away from a particular grant recipient. Defining the scope of
the Executive Order was left to senior DHS or FEMA leadership, their general counsels, or at the
very least other FEMA employees who had direct authority over the grant programs at issue.
Ultimately, the agency’s decision was that payments should continue to state and local
governments. This decision was explicitly approved by employees of the newly
created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) who were embedded with DHS
and were reviewing and approving all funding initiatives. As a result of DOGE’s approval, Ms.
Comans was directed to continue payments to state and local governments.
Thereafter, other DOGE employees embedded with the Department of Treasury claimed
FEMA’s payments to state and local governments violated the President’s Executive Order. What
followed was a series of finger pointing and backtracking that resulted in the decision to blame
Ms. Comans and three other career officials. On February 11, 2025, Ms. Comans was fired and
DHS and DOGE officials began their public campaign to use her as a scapegoat.
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