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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Can’t Allow Elon Musk the Power to Intervene in Wars No individual should be able to disrupt military ops like Musk did with Ukraine’s. I wrote that when he did it in 2023. Was told the problem was contract rules. Nope. Happened again. The problem is too much power, esp for an enemy of democracy.
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The U.S. Government Can’t Allow Elon Musk the Power to Intervene in Wars
The billionaire’s interference in Ukrainian military operations shows he’s a national security risk. No private citizen should have that much power.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Look at the shabby state and increasingly authoritarian trajectory of the country and ask yourself if we can endure 2 more years of a lawless Trump administration wreaking havoc with no check from Congress, then vote accordingly. This is not the time for a protest vote or purity politics.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 12/10/2026
It feels like this whole midterm elections cycle is a game of Mad Libs. What do you mean Florida Republicans allegedly stole millions of health insurance money from poor children to bankroll a campaign that blocked a marijuana legalization referendum www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...
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Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida
A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Could this dipshit stop trying to poison us
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Covey: @cookpolitical.com #midterms www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hastert ain’t dead
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
The White House is coordinating with the Justice Department to hide its abortion agenda from voters until after they've voted in order to try to influence the results of the election.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Richard Painter, a former White House ethics lawyer under George W. Bush, said the use of federal funds for the ads could be an ‘abuse of power’ and ‘an impeachable offense.’ He urged Congress to demand a reimbursement for the spending.”
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
american concentration camps ‘This isn’t just poor management. It is a profound failure of acting with humanity and accountability, and it’s not happening in isolation’
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EDITORIAL: It's accurate now to call the Aurora GEO ICE prison a concentration camp - Sentinel Colorado
'This isn’t just poor management. It is a profound failure of acting with humanity and accountability, and it’s not happening in isolation'
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
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DPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to counties
Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Every news story must address this. And in 6 weeks, “we can be the adults in the room. We can perform an intervention. We can state loudly & clearly there’s a psychiatric emergency and we need responsible leaders who will use their power to lessen the danger.” www.americaamerica.news/p/america-we...
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We Are Facing a Psychiatric Emergency
The media needs to step up. Donald Trump needs to be removed from office.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My friend Steven has it exactly right.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Research units from across government have been gutted. More than 10,000 PhDs have left government. For example the research arm of the Department of Education lost 90% of their staff and the research office for the Secretary of Health and Human Services lost an estimated 60% of their staff.
figure shows dramatic cut in research staff
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Triassic @triassic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
AI investments accounted for 92% of GDP growth in the first half of 2025, according to Harvard economist Jason Furman. If you excluding investments in AI, GDP growth would have been just 0.1% annualized, essentially a standstill. AI, enhancing profits, not making life easier for the 99%.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 21/09/2026
Last week, doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia scrambled to protect babies exposed to measles. Meanwhile, the nation’s top health official keeps promoting the movement that helped bring measles roaring back. www.thebulwark.com/p/hhs-secret...
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RFK Jr.’s ‘Medical Freedom’ Comes With a Body Count
Measles showed up at a children’s hospital. The health secretary showed up at an anti-vax conference.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is about one thing and one thing alone. Steering our research dollars for cancer, heart disease, and new infectious diseases to Trump’s political allies and friends.
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SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s a real statement, Trump really is so stupid he thinks all foreign trade “loses money”. He’s always been this stupid. He’s pushed tariffs, cutting USA trade (which all economists know destroys economy), AND bashing NATO/UN (Russia’s #1 enemies) since Russia became his #1 financier in the 1990’s!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yesterday I wrote “The lawyers may need to go back to court to seek an injunction to prevent him from tearing the Kennedy Center down” & this morning, it’s happening. joycevance.substack.com/p/another-lo...
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Another Loss for Trump: The Kennedy Center
And more
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Great @donmoyn.bsky.social on Trump Making China Great Again by wrecking US institutions like higher ed/science: "Precisely because of Trump, China sees an opportunity to become a global leader in higher education, reaping the economic benefits that follow." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...
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China: “Thank Trump”
The big winner of Trump’s assault on higher ed is America’s chief geopolitical rival
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Reuters @reuters.com · 16/09/2026
Pennsylvania measles cases top 700 after four outbreak-related deaths reported reut.rs/4xpLuEB
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Pennsylvania measles cases top 700 after four outbreak-related deaths reported
The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Wednesday reported 731 measles cases, up 38 from Monday's update, as ​the outbreak continued to spread in the state ‌at the center of the nation's worst measles resurgence in decades.
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citizen1473.bsky.social @citizen1473.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
House Cancels Votes to Avoid Embarrassment Over Hegseth Impeachment newrepublic.com/post/215490/... via @newrepublic.com The most undemocratic Congress in our history redefining “do nothing” to literal practice at the expense of the stability and security of our country. Vote them out.
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House Cancels Votes to Avoid Embarrassment Over Hegseth Impeachment
Republicans are sending members of Congress home early to avoid a vote on the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Ossoff: "We are witnessing people drunk with power who are utterly reckless, utterly corrupt, and obviously believe that they live with impunity. They believe they're untouchable. They believe they're invincible. Let's prove them wrong."
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14/09/2026
They are raising your prices, training AI to take your jobs and now don't give a shit about your air. x.com/business/status/2099285795676…
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Bloomberg (@business) on X
The US Environmental Protection Agency is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants as soon as Monday, sources say https://t.co/5cxFsfrRBR
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Oh boy www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Christian Mike Johnson defends his guy's comments describing women as "cum trophies." bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Marhelm:
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ohio Republicans proving to be some of the biggest dirtbags in the country. Scandals just keep mounting. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Ohio Senate campaign staffer used Nazi soldiers as profile photo
A top staffer for Sen. Jon Husted's reelection campaign recently made a playlist of songs in honor of White colonists in Rhodesia and wore a Nazi uniform.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Why do all these Nazis keep showing up on Republican campaigns, it's a real mystery washingtonsun.com/senate/huste...
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Husted Fires Political Director Over Past Nazi Posts
The former staffer had posted profile photos featuring Nazi officers and wore the attire in a group photo in 2018.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge concludes that DHS leaders arbitrarily decided to cut FEMA staff by 50% even though it damaged the agency's ability to fulfill its mission — and leaders hid their comms about it on auto-delete Signal chains. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"The case involved the J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan, which the Energy Department blocked from closing in May 2025. The administration’s order has cost ratepayers more than $259 million, according to the plant’s owner." Plants forced to stay open cost ratepayers nearly $1 billion.
Frank Sturges, senior attorney at Clean Air Task Force, said the administration’s order forcing the Michigan plant to stay open “was a misuse of power.” His group estimates that allowing plants scheduled to close by 2028 to retire on schedule would save more than $28 billion in health-related costs and prevent nearly 2,000 deaths across the country.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@thebulwark.com did a supercut of all the prior times Trump said he was going to give Americans a $5000 check or whatever. It is glorious
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026
Donald Trump and Joe Biden at 9/11 ceremonies today. Trump in DC. Biden in NYC. (REUTERS)
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 07/09/2026
Democrats really could sweep the midterm elections with a national data center moratorium if they wanted to. They don’t seem to want to.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Generational damage being done. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u...
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The Battle to Save General Donahue From Hegseth’s Army Purge
Gen. Christopher T. Donahue’s vision for fighting future wars won him powerful supporters around the world. Could they save his career?
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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Trump looking for immigrant detention concentration camps big enough to hold 3,000 children At an industry roundtable discussion, officials wouldn't say exactly where or when they need them, only that they’re expecting a “surge” ✏️ @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social for @prospect.org
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Judge Orders Monitors for Child Detention as Trump Administration Plans Expansion - The American Prospect
The order came the same day that the Office of Refugee Resettlement held an industry roundtable to discuss new detention facilities for thousands of children.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 06/09/2026
Calling AI companies “labs” gives them an air of scientific rigor—but it's time to call them what they really are, Matthew Sun argues.
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There's No Such Thing as an AI 'Lab'
The term lends an air of scientific rigor to what are really billion-dollar corporations.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/09/2026
"Iran has imposed a strategic defeat on America without a single Iranian soldier firing a rifle. Hegseth obsessing over soldiers’ physical fitness in 2026 is like a European general fixating on his troops’ horsemanship in 1940."
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Pete Hegseth 💩 the Bed Again
The secretary of WAR is obsessed with doing pushups in the age of drone warfare. America will pay for his stupidity.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 04/09/2026
the tide is turning folks. it’s a month late and a trillion dollars short, but it’s turning. even Trump can’t stop it
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is what people voted for. Then they complain endlessly . . . and vote for it again. Geez people, look at what is actually happening, not what you're being told, and recalibrate.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/09/2026
Raise your hand if you want a nuclear power plant in your community to power the data center they are bringing in, so your energy bill does not increase? JD Vance is a fucking moron!
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PoliticalNash @politicalnash.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@repwalkinshaw.bsky.social on @ms.now summarized the investigation into the USPS @altusps.bsky.social illegal and unconstitutional attempt to disrupt our mail-in voting and defying a court injunction. The Postmaster General David Steiner must be charged with contempt and jailed #DV1 #ProudBlue
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rain-singer.bsky.social @rain-singer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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