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I seek dead people. acgsi. love Ireland. Pro Civil Rights and democracy. Two mini-Schnauzer furbabies. My ancestors were immigrants. Niedersaschen, Co Dublin, Meath & Westmeath.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
For years, Project 2025 architect Russell Vought has set out to erode our system of checks and balances of power and to concentrate power in the hands of one person: President Trump. Now he’s quietly making it all happen. 🔊 Listen to this episode: propub.li/3TzIyaA
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” - Russell Vought, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10h
The NY Times uses words like “fierce,” “steely,” “nimble” and “homegrown star of the Trump White House” to describe Karoline Leavitt, who just got a Fox News gig. Not a single mention of her relentless lying to the American public. Reporter Michael M. Grynbaum and his editors suck.
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Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News (Gift Article)
A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump’s former press secretaries to join the cable news network.
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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 8h
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clausmeier.bsky.social @clausmeier.bsky.social · 2h
no, we have always had our faith. We just don't stand on the corner proselytizing and claiming we are telling God what to do
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 6h
Who’s the communist? The Guardian reported: “By November of last year, the Trump administration had spent more than $10bn taking stakes in companies he deemed essential for national security, from Intel to a range of ventures mining for critical minerals."
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Polling Disasters for MAGA
Trump loses Latinos and his graft continues.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h
Maine’s early voting runs through Oct. 29. Find more details on candidates, ballot measures, polling locations, ID requirements and more here:
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Maine early voting starts today. Here's what you need to know
Given the intense scrutiny of Maine's U.S. Senate race, voters are particularly on edge about the possibility of election interference from President Donald Trump.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h
There are also federal threats to the vote: ⚠️ Federal election monitors may be present at the polls, but their power is limited. ⚠️ DOJ sued Maine for refusing to hand over sensitive voter data, but the case was dismissed.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 6h
#txlege
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 7h
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h
In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.
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'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common Dreams
Republicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 6h
Zelensky condemns 'horrific' Russian strike on boat carrying corn in Black Sea www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Zelensky condemns 'horrific' Russian strike on boat carrying corn in Black Sea
The vessel's captain was killed and 11 crew members were rescued after the attack on the Turkish-owned ship, Ukraine's leader says.
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 5h
Tom Morello sees the fascist threat but wouldn’t vote for Harris. That contradiction exposes the fatal flaw in the left’s “both parties are the same” bullshit: wildly different policies, wildly different consequences—and no escape from either share.google/cBk1elSvCDvE...
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No, Motherfuckers, Both Parties Are Not the Same
The disappearing middle of American politics—and the dangerous fiction that nothing separates Democrats from Republicans.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 5h
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 12h
This is a community note for the ages.
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Cooper Hamilton @cooperhamilton.bsky.social · 8h
Natalie apparently did not get much of an education in geography during her home schooling. Liberty University does not allow its students to study any countries not specifically mentioned in The Bible, except, of course, God's favorite country, THE USofA!
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 14h
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21Alive @21alivenews.com · 05/10/2026
An Austin, Texas-based company is proposing a major data center project at an industrial park in Kokomo, the city’s mayor announced this week. REPORT: www.21alivenews.com/2026/10/04/koko…
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Kokomo mayor details plans for data center campus
An Austin, Texas-based company is proposing a major data center project at an industrial park in Kokomo, the city’s mayor announced this week.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"If Donald Trump does not care that a mob might attack his own vice president, do you think he cares about you?" #FlipCongressBlue
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clausmeier.bsky.social @clausmeier.bsky.social · 12h
the problem is kristen welker, what a dumbass
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21Alive @21alivenews.com · 23h
Frozen berries sold at Walmart and Trader Joe’s have been recalled due to possible E. coli contamination, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. >>> www.21alivenews.com/2026/10/04/froz…
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Frozen berries sold at Walmart and Trader Joe’s recalled. Here’s what to know
Frozen berries sold at Walmart and Trader Joe’s have been recalled because they may be contaminated with E. coli.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22h
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ratepayer Protection Act (n.): a bill that makes data centers pay nothing and protects exactly one person, Jon Husted. Brought to the floor by John Thune. Blocked Wednesday. See also: stunt. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI company: our agents hacked another company during a test. Congress: ... Us: maybe ban the AI nobody can control? Send the letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Stop AI oligarchs from building machines humans cannot control
Contact Congress today!
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 22h
We will never again be a democracy if we don't get the big money out of American politics. There should not be any higher priority. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/one-priori...
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One Priority Above All Others
We Must Drain the Poison Out of Our Body Politic If There Is to Be a Better World After Trump
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KateLynne @bigideakate.bsky.social · 16h
Anti-corruption laws are designed to prevent corruption & ensure taxpayer-funded contracts are not influenced by political contributions. If government officials give contracts to their donors, it is often associated with pay-to-play schemes, which are illegal under federal law.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In her last hours as DHS Secy, Noem's agency bought 5 planes from a donor at markups. In all, DHS gave $900M in contracts to that donor’s companies during her term. One plane had electronic bidets, 2 bedrooms, bar, wine chiller, a manta-ray skin table. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left (Gift Article)
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 19h
October 4, 2026
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October 4, 2026
On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicar...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 18h
IRGC commander says oil flows through US-supervised route in Hormuz are ‘negligible’.
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Middle East oil exports surpass pre-war levels despite tensions, data shows
IRGC commander says oil flows through US-supervised route in Hormuz are ‘negligible'.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 18h
A plaque honouring a Polish man who devised a scheme that provided relief to 200,000 children during the Great Famine will be unveiled in Glenties, Co Donegal later today
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Polish man who provided Famine relief to be honoured
A plaque honouring a Polish man who devised a scheme that provided relief to 200,000 children during the Great Famine will be unveiled in Glenties, Co Donegal later today.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Johnson canceled Thursday and sent them home so they wouldn’t have to vote. Massie called it the Hegseth holiday. A poll had 51% ready to impeach him for a war Congress never approved. Make yours own the dodge. Letter’s ready.
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Impeach Pete Hegseth
Contact Congress today!
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Roberts wrote that official acts can’t be prosecuted. The Court then treated a cash thank-you after a favor like it wasn’t a bribe. Articles are filed. Ask your representative why their name still isn’t on them. The letter is already written.
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Contact Congress today!
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 14h
Yemeni forces reclaim Dhubab, key positions near Bab al-Mandeb from Houthis aje.news/fpizup
Yemeni forces reclaim Dhubab, key positions near Bab al-Mandeb from Houthis
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 13h
What will the Court do to us this term? It’s already taken away Roe v. Wade, given Trump a pass from prosecution for January 6, and permitted partisan gerrymanders. How much worse can it get? This term, there are some distinctly unpleasant possibilities. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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The Week Ahead
October 4, 2026
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 04/10/2026
A new lawsuit by journalist @bubbaprog.xyz shows the DOJ secretly searched his digital accounts for a wide range of materials. And prosecutors failed to tell judges about a federal law protecting the press from search warrants… again.
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DOJ’s secret search of journalist’s accounts omitted press law
Journalist Tim Burke’s new lawsuit challenges the government’s search of months of emails, messages, files, and other information from his Google and Twitter accounts
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A reminder. #DonTheCon
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Back in May in my Stop the Preses newsletter, I wrote about the news media soft-pedaling Trump's deep corruption.
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Stop calling it ‘a break from norms.’ Call it Trump corruption.
It’s the media’s job to make sure everyone knows the president is a crook
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Joe Biden was too old to be president. Trump is the same age as Biden was when he was president. And it’s obvious that Trump is less mentally healthy than Biden was. So when will the media report that the president’s brain is broken? If the answer is “never,” that means the media are broken too.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 04/10/2026
Your vote is not small to the people spending millions to make sure you never cast it. They know what happens when working people, young people, women, and every fed-up voter show up together. We flip Congress. They lose control. That’s the whole assignment. #BlueWaveIn30Days
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 04/10/2026
Texas-based Dynamic Frontier Holdings, linked to Konstantin Sokolov, RU-US businessman who was a private donor to Trump’s $350M WH ballroom, received authorization from the Treasury Dep to complete an acquisition of Teghut, one of Armenia’s largest copper mines, involving sanctioned Russian bank.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/10/2026
🗳️ While Trump has spent his second term pulling teeth to find minute figures of noncitizen voters, a new poll shows the American public has other concerns. Most Americans say the bigger problem isn’t ineligible people voting. It’s eligible voters staying home: demdock.com/4hJCPah
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In 30 days we pick the Congress that decides whether Pete Hegseth keeps his job. Mike Johnson already ducked the vote. Tell your rep where you stand before they ask for your vote: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... #BlueWaveIn30Days
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Impeach Pete Hegseth
Contact Congress today!
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I think you start by impeaching someone whom GOPers hate, like Whiskey Pete. See how that goes in the Senate. Given THEM someone to scapegoat for losing their majorities.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This not only makes survivors more reticent to report their trauma, but it emboldens unwell men who are more apt to act out on the monstrous things in their minds, believing accountability will never come. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/conservati...
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Conservative American R*pe Culture and The Second Assault of Jane Does
Warning: this piece contains language regarding sexual assault that may be triggering or uncomfortable to some.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The United States has a long-gestating r*pe culture that ensures that the Jane Does will always be hounded and that the Cornell 7s will always be sheltered...
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is why more survivors of sexual assault don’t come forward; because they know that in doing so, they will find themselves facing violence and indignities from strangers that compound their wounds and amplify the shame of their initial trauma... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/conservati...
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Conservative American R*pe Culture and The Second Assault of Jane Does
Warning: this piece contains language regarding sexual assault that may be triggering or uncomfortable to some.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/10/2026
NEW: President Donald Trump took a break this weekend from his nonstop, baseless accusations about mail voting fraud to remind his own supporters to cast their mail ballots in this year’s midterm elections.
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Trump backtracks and begs Republicans to vote by mail as Democrats’ odds of taking Congress improve
Trump’s latest demand that Republicans vote – even by mail – comes as polls show Democrats’ odds of taking both the House and Senate are improving.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Schmitt: Did you attend a concert wearing an anti-Trump shirt? Smith: I wore a “No Kings” shirt. It used to be a bipartisan American sentiment.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
At a time in history when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, democracy, and decency, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction — fawning over the most dangerous authoritarian America has ever witnessed. Do not forget this.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Connect the dots, folks. #MedicareForAll
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