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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 20h
Ohhh, reason number 1000 to vote blue next month. Kennedy is now planning a vaccine injury initiative. He chooses to willfully ignore a large corpus of evidence showing that vaccines are generally safe for the general population. We have bigger eggs to fry, like measles. 🧪 archive.today/0d2kb
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Kennedy Plans Federal Vaccine Injury Initiative, Drawing Wary Eye From Experts
Vaccine safety experts say more research into the side effects would be welcome yet question whether the health secretary’s effort will be grounded in science.
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The Vote Yes on Amendment 87 Podcast @getmoresmarter.com · 19h
This is admittedly a longshot, but goddamn it would be nice to remove the stain of Lauren Boebert from Colorado's otherwise recently won relatively solid reputation as a non-lunatic producing state.
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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 19h
Taxpayers covered nearly $22M in pro-Trump ads, $10M after his private-funding vow, while agents raided Ilhan Omar’s home at 4:30 a.m. over fraud claims she calls political. #OfficialNeutrality
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Karen's no longer exhausted 🇵🇹🇺🇦🙏🏼💔 @karenoia.bsky.social · 23h
Yes, we all want Hegseth and Musk running our military. They're both so grounded, empathetic and really look out for the common man, regardless of their politics. We are really under-reacting and are not prepared for what's next.10/17 will be our safest protest. You all need to show up!
No Kings march October 17th everywhere
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Hayward Zwerling @hzwerling.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
When a person in the Top 0.0001% spends $500,000, the equivalent relative financial impact for a person in the bottom 50% is to spend 51 cents. Extreme wealth enable the uber-rich to have outsized political influence and effectively disenfranchises 99.9999% of Americans. ihaveanidea.us/awi/
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 19h
It’s especially important in MN not to elect a Trumpian attorney general because the federal government keeps insisting on not leaving us alone. There are lots of phone banking and door knocking shifts open, starting today. Join me? www.mobilize.us/keithellison/
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Take Action with Team Keith · Keith Ellison for Attorney General on Mobilize
Join us to re-elect Attorney General Keith Ellison, the Peoples' Lawyer
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 19h
Starting to worry that Supreme Court granting Trump the right to commit brazen crimes against US with no accountability was a bad idea. No possible way anyone could have foreseen this at the time. <sarcasm emoji>
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This is psychosis. He is profoundly mentally ill. He is not fit to be in any position of power over anyone or anything. He should not control nuclear weapons.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 19h
Corporate America is raking in record profits www.axios.com/2026/10/13/e...
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A golden age of corporate profits
The bonanza is bolstering the stock market, but it may also be playing a role in the sour mood of the electorate.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
What actual DOJ weaponization looks like. We are very far off the cliff.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar’s residence searched as part of ongoing criminal investigation, DOJ says
A Department of Justice spokesperson said the search was part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 19h
With three weeks until Election Day, those who evaluate the electoral landscape — race raters and prognosticators — are bringing their analyses of various contests in line with the ongoing wave of rosy polls for Democratic candidates.
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Three Weeks Out, Democrats’ Chances of a Legislative Majority Seem to be Growing
Can the Democrats Really Be Doing This Well? With three weeks until...
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Literally every Republican skipped their debates wtf is going on
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 13/10/2026
Matthew Shepard died on October 12th in 1998, 28 years ago. His ashes were interred at Washington National Cathedral 20 years later, in 2018, because before Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson offered the Cathedral's crypt, his family had no place for him that would be safe from desecration.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This is glorious. The billionaires thought their power was so limitless they could just bulldoze the will of the people, and they didn't even bother trying to buy off politicians. Just asserted that they were going to do a thing and then the county and the people said fuck all the way off.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Brilliant and frightful:
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 21h
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Why Now?
DOJ executed a search warrant at Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C. residence Monday
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20h
Based Mark Zuckerberg www.wired.com/story/i-got-...
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I Got My Muse AI Agent to Sext Me—and Meta Says That’s Totally Fine
My Muse agent told me its kink was exerting “control” and described pornographic encounters. Meta defends its cuddly AI agent generating smut as “legal adult behavior.”
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 19h
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 12/10/2026
"I am thoroughly unamused right now," Judge Ana Reyes said. She added: "I have given the government every single benefit of the doubt that it would not do precisely what it has done." to.pbs.org/4rXvRmt
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Federal judge orders Trump administration to halt work for a day on historic D.C. golf course
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes on Monday ordered a 24-hour halt to tree-cutting at the East Potomac Golf Course, a historic D.C. golf course that has been part of President Donald Trump’s plans to rema...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“.. the repeated failure of Saudi air defences to protect airports risks doing longer-term damage to the kingdom’s image and its ability to attract foreign investors and tourists, both vital for the success of the crown prince’s economic plans.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/bc73...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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How low can he go? Pew Research poll finds Trump’s approval down to just 30%.
When Trump’s second term began, roughly 1 in 20 voters who supported his candidacy disapproved of his job performance. Now, it’s 1 in 3.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/10/2026
WATCH: A STUNNING admission from the MAGA influencers who spread the false James Talarico hospital story. “Whether it's true or not, people deserve to know.” “It genuinely doesn't matter if it was a mental health hospital or the flu.” Ben breaks down what happened after the smear collapsed.
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Doug Jones @dougjones.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
What a day, Huntsville. Nearly 2,000 of you showed up yesterday to rally with my friend @staceyabrams and me. Stacey helped turn out the vote in Georgia. We can do it here in Alabama, too.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
DOJ says it’s part of an ongoing criminal investigation. Omar says it’s another attempt to target Trump’s political enemies.
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Agents search Rep. Omar's Washington home in criminal probe as she vows she won't 'be silenced'
Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar says she will “not be silenced” and calls a search of her Washington home part of President Donald Trump’s “intimidation” campaign.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home in Washington, D.C., this morning, just three weeks before the midterm elections. The search was carried out by Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of ICE.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 12/10/2026
A deal between Moscow and Washington over exports of Russian diesel and fresh U.S. criticism of Ukraine's leader mark important political victories for the Kremlin, reversing years of sanctions for its full-scale invasion of its neighbor. to.pbs.org/4e2EKWc
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Kremlin relishes in U.S.-Russia diesel deal and Trump's criticism of Zelenskyy
While the size of Russia’s diesel exports are relatively small and unlikely to significantly impact prices, the revenue will help Moscow replenish its war coffers.
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Andrew M. | Founder & Advisor 🇬🇷 🇺🇸 @andrewmfounder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is how all Democrats should speak to Trump.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 12/10/2026
Biggest takeaway from a decade reporting on the Trump's businesses: Norms ain't laws. And laws ain’t shit unless they’re enforced quickly and proportionately.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 12/10/2026
In 2024, Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich was freed from detention in Russia, as part of a complex prisoner swap that included 16 people from seven countries. He details his arrest and his time in prison in his new book, “This Cursed Beautiful Land.” to.pbs.org/4xWggVJ
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Evan Gershkovich reflects on arrest in Russia and reclaiming his life after release
In 2024, Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich was freed from detention in Russia, as part of a complex prisoner swap that included 16 people from seven countries. Gershkovich sat down wi...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Meanwhile the patronizing bad-faith habit of right-leaning pundits giving advice to progressives is both weird and extremely common and done with a breathtaking lack of self-awareness of their own motives. Does it seem like Brooks wants Ossoff to win? Or just to shut up?
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It includes accounts of right-wing politicians seeing far more threats and more menacing threats after breaking with Trump but avoids conclusions. As usual reader comments try to correct the record, cut through the waffling.
Rodric Bray, the Republican leader of the Indiana Senate, drew critics, but rarely threats, after he became a well-known power broker in Indianapolis — until his chamber bucked Mr. Trump’s push to eliminate the state’s two remaining Democratic congressional districts.

Amid headline after headline about the intraparty disagreement, threats of violence overwhelmed the staid political atmosphere of the Indiana Statehouse. Mr. Bray became the main target.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Years ago I wrote this essay, and the clamor for compromise and one-sided pandering marches on, and of course David Brooks is a standard-bearer in the parade. As Jamelle Bouie notes, what if they are Nazis?
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Rebecca Solnit: On Not Meeting Nazis Halfway
When Trump won the 2016 election—while losing the popular vote—the New York Times seemed obsessed with running features about what Trump voters were feeling and thinking. These pieces treated them …
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 12/10/2026
Mandatory cuts from the federal government on water from the Colorado River will soon take effect in Arizona, Nevada and California. Now, some water managers in the region are spending billions to prepare for a drier future. to.pbs.org/4hsHcaD
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How the West is preparing for a drier future as water supplies hit lows
Mandatory cuts from the federal government on water from the Colorado River will soon take effect in Arizona, Nevada, and California. Now, some water managers in the region are spending billions to pr...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The complaint I had years ago, which I posted about repeatedly, was that the online right had a well financed, coordinated disinfo brigade that spread lies daily and there was nothing to counter in a rapid react way. Many of us worked hard to build one and it’s finally working.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 12/10/2026
Woman accusing Sherrod Brown of forcing trans surgeries not Ohioan, didn’t have procedure as minor ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/06/w...
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Woman accusing Sherrod Brown of forcing trans surgeries not Ohioan, didn’t have procedure as minor • Ohio Capital Journal
In an attack ad against U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, a woman accuses the Democrat of pushing transgender surgeries on minors "like her." As it turns out, she isn't from Ohio and didn't have…
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
My probe into how local cops in Pa.'s York County teamed with ICE to bust 500-plus immigrants on busy highways, terrifying the Haitian community and shattering families over a busted headlight 287(g) has made York the worst place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. www.inquirer.com/opinion/york...
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How York County became the most dangerous place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. | Will Bunch
Local cops working with ICE in York County, Pa. have made hundreds of arrests, with many more afraid to leave home.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 12/10/2026
🗳️ Early voting kicks off this week in states from Georgia to Rhode Island to Idaho. Are YOU still registered? With the Trump administration ramping up its attacks on voting, it’s best to check your status before you head to the polls: demdock.com/4gRtE8P
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
He didn't "break the Talarico story." He just lied. And Talarico should sue his ass.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
🟣 SUBSTACK ‘A Clear Answer’: Russia Intervened in the Brexit Vote By @peterjukes.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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‘A Clear Answer’: Russia Intervened in the Brexit Vote
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has broken ten years of establishment omertà over Putin’s plot to get Britain out of the EU, reports Peter Jukes
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.
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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
NEW in Semafor: Obama has cut an ad for Mississippi Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom in his race against GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith: "it’s time for a change" www.semafor.com/article/10/1...
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Exclusive: Obama cuts ad in Mississippi Senate race
Democrats are hoping nominee Scott Colom delivers an upset in the deep red state in the November midterm elections.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Talking about the push to livestream an execution, a guy on MSNOW said: "This is not who we are." But this is *exactly* who we are right now. If you don't want to be this, vote against all Republicans and ask your family and friends to do the same.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
#smh
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
for as long as i've been alive, republicans have ran the same playbook: a few weeks before voting begins, they roll out completely fabricated smear campaigns. these things are always coordinated, so the talking points take over the news. the party is never electorally punished for their dishonesty.
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Anne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The "revolving door" becomes a golden escalator. Excellent investigation from @washingtonpost.com about grifty DOGE veterans becoming fat cat government contractors. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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They came to Washington to dismantle government. Now, they’re profiting from it.
DOGE alumni have leveraged their government experience, raising at least half a billion dollars for firms spanning cyberwarfare, AI and data centers, a Post analysis found.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 12/10/2026
While much advice and research around artificial intelligence and kids tend to focus on older kids and teens, a lot of critical brain development happens before age 8 — making those early years a key window to help kids understand what AI is and isn't, experts say. to.pbs.org/4hLDEzl
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Helpful or harmful? When it comes to AI and young kids, experts have these tips for parents
By the time that a child is preschool age, they have the ability to learn information from technology, said Lauren Girouard, a researcher at Harvard Graduate School of Education and the University of ...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I think Ds have largely avoided big discussions of Musk because the other messages they're concentrating on our landing so well and you can only concentrate on a few things. But it's worth saying clearly that the GOP is the tool of maintaining Musk's power over American society.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Yesterday a fake claim surfaced that Texas Dem Senate candidate Talarico so treatment for a mental health breakdown. Talarico had the perfect response, discussed here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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The Week Ahead
October 11, 2026
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Orlando, let’s knock some doors!  @chrismurphyct.bsky.social  and I are hitting the doors together on Wednesday, and I want y’all out there with us. Early voting starts Monday, so this is the moment to talk to our neighbors. 📅 Wednesday, Oct. 14 ⏰ 5 PM RSVP: Angie4Us.com/ancm
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