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Dwayne Fatherree @dfatherree.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Will someone, anyone, please stop these stupid, stupid people? They’re killing trees in D.C. They’re destroying historic landmarks. Instead, we’re getting crappy wading pools, whorehouse-level decor and a huge bill for the “improvements.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/10/2026
MAGA's Talarico 'bombshell' keeps getting worse for them...
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MAGA’s Talarico ‘Bombshell’ Gets Even Worse as Their Scheme Unravels
Elon Musk and his MAGA pals pounced on a supposed bombshell. Then came the inconvenient facts—and some revealing admissions.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
When Ukraine destroys Russian data centers, hoards of aggressive right-wing bots disappear & the internet becomes friendlier. So much of politics is driven by the internet & so much of the internet is driven by Russians who want to hurt us. Shouldn’t we do something about that, given that we know it
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
New: AI data centers’ indirect water use - water consumed by power plants to generate electricity for power-hungry server farms - is magnitudes larger than the facilities’ onsite water consumption and is largely undisclosed. Free link. With @mchediak.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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AI's Water Strain Includes Surging Demand From Electricity Use
It takes a lot of water to generate the power consumed by server farms.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
We are creating an invasive digital species with the ability to reproduce. Surely nothing could go wrong.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/10/2026
Trump’s embrace of the term lawfare reflects his understanding of law as a pliable means to a political end, rather than a check on power and an impartial instrument of justice.
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How the right explains Trump’s authoritarian logic to themselves
The cries of "lawfare" are more than just false.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/10/2026
The GOP’s biggest donor sounds fine with humans dying off—after we get “super intelligence to the stars.”
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Elon Musk hopes his new factory will help AI supplant life on Earth
The GOP's biggest donor sounds fine with humans dying off—after we get "super intelligence to the stars."
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/10/2026
The world’s wealthiest man pours money into GOP candidates while backing a floridly fake story about a Democrat on the platform he owns.
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Elon Musk is the midterms' biggest disinformation risk
The world’s wealthiest man pours money into GOP candidates while backing a floridly fake story about a Democrat on the platform he owns.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Heat killed a 24 yr old farm worker in Mississippi in Sept. Republican-backed AB6213 would block all national heat regs. We must stop this bill. Email your US Rep today. We must stop these heat deaths. Two minutes of your time can save lives. 1/2
A photo of farm workers laboring on what looks like a very hot background with the text overlay: 

Obed Azahel Hernandez Perez

Farm worker, 24, dies of heat exposure in North MississippiFarm workers working on a very hot background with the text overlay: 

Perez had barely started working for the season.

Mississippi has some of the most dangerous working conditions in the country.

Second highest worker death rate in the country.

The state is one of the five states that doesn't have its own labor enforcement agency.Farm workers working on a very hot backgrounds with the text overlay: 

"If heat regulations became a standard and the employer was in full compliance with that standard, that worker would likely be alive today."

- Jordan Barab, Former OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary

Heat regulations save lives.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2026
Q: You said Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire, but both sides said they have not agreed to that TRUMP: Well they agreed, you know why? Because I said 'you agree.' That's why.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The first episode of my new @thebulwark.com podcast, Psycho Politics, has posted. My guest @jimacosta.bsky.social and I speak at length about our president's compromised and declining mental state, why the press won’t address it, and a whole lot more. www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-men...
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Trump’s Mental Decline Is Now a National Emergency (w/ Jim Acosta)
In the premiere episode of Psycho Politics, George Conway welcomes Jim Acosta to discuss Trump’s increasingly bizarre ramblings, his conspiracy-minded White House, and the media’s reluctance to confro...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/10/2026
Kristi Noem picked a fight with Kacey Musgraves over her support for James Talarico. BIG MISTAKE. Musgraves fired back with a DEVASTATING one-line response that instantly went viral.
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Kacey Musgraves Takes Kristi Noem to the Woodshed With Brutal Comeback
Noem tried to drag the Grammy-winning country star into a Texas Senate feud. Musgraves fired back with one devastating sentence—and the singer Noem tried to recruit appeared to distance herself from t...
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A candidate that's allergic to unscripted interactions with regular people (but happy to chat with the Wall Street Journal); out of state canvassers who steal packages off your porch; and ad-buyers who don't know the difference between Portland, OR and Portland, ME. #MEpolitics
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Susan Collins-Aligned Super PAC Buys Attack Ads in Portland... Oregon
The group Defending Main Street, long associated with Susan Collins, spent thousands attacking Troy Jackson in the wrong state.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is a lesson for all judges: You can no longer trust the US government. Assume it will do the most down and dirty, underhanded, corrupt thing, and act accordingly. 
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 13/10/2026
Click on any advertiser to learn where in the US they are spending 💰, who they are targeting, and what they are saying to those voters. app.polidashboard.org/meta_ads?cou...
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App for Tracking Ads On Politics, Elections & Social Issues
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration continued airing taxpayer-funded ads promoting President Donald Trump after a federal judge ordered the campaign halted, then told the court Monday that an internal email delay was to blame. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump administration kept taxpayer-funded ads running after judge ordered them stopped, blames email delay
The government’s ads aired in nearly 400 television spots on programs that began at 7 p.m. Eastern — after the judge's order was already in force.
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Elon Musk bought the 2024 presidential election. Now he’s trying to buy the 2026 midterms. He won’t succeed this time. Still, there’s no good reason that one man - in this case, a far-right extremist like Musk - should have this much political power in America. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/12/e...
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Elon Musk gives $276 million to Republican groups, becomes biggest known 2026 midterm donor
Musk’s record midterm election spending comes as the Tesla and SpaceX CEO rebuilds his relationship with Trump and has business ties to the federal government.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“Three Yandex data centers were reportedly struck by drones — took more than 80 services offline and sent HTTP-request traffic from Yandex networks to 0.4% of recent peak levels…” No wonder Elon’s so mad 😕 www.gadgetreview.com/ukraine-stri...
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Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
We're at the "torturing my enemies" part of the authoritarian takeover of America, if anyone's keeping score.
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Are you registered to vote? vote411.org
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
Real America's Voice interviewed a guy at the Trump rally in Ohio who blasted Trump for peddling "lies and garbage." He went so hard on Trump and JD Vance that they cut the interview short.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/10/2026
is there anyone thinking/writing about the actual mechanics of disentangling the US government from elon musk?
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
October 12, 2026
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October 12, 2026
Billionaire Elon Musk has already funneled at least $366 million into the midterms to try to make sure voters elect Republicans.
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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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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Trump administration must stop buying and airing taxpayer-funded advertisements featuring President Donald Trump for the pivotal midterm elections, a federal judge said in a win for pro-democracy groups. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump’s taxpayer-funded propaganda ads halted by federal judge
The Trump administration must stop buying and airing taxpayer-funded advertisements featuring President Donald Trump for the pivotal midterm elections, a federal judge said in a win for pro-democracy ...
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
every time the media gets to ask Abdul El-Sayed a question they ask him to answer for something Hasan Piker said because they once did an event together. Yet the media never asks Republican candidates to answer for Elon Musk, the #1 Republican fundraiser this cycle and of all time. It's odd!
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hang it in the Louvre.
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aprilblue57.bsky.social @aprilblue57.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Who's going to jump on this?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
One or more human beings are responsible for the code they wrote, and those are the people who should be held accountable. These programs are not acting “on their own”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This man is insane. But you can count on US corporate media not to report what he said and did. "At what was supposed to be a rally for other Republican candidates in Syracuse, New York, the US president devoted a long portion of his speech airing his grievances with the Nobel committee.
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Trump fumes over Nobel peace prize snub and criticizes Norway
President complains about not winning prize in year he started war with Iran and says: ‘We will not forget, Norway’
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Tragic news: Curtis Flowers, who faced an extraordinarily ordeal by being prosecuted six times for the same crime by a Mississippi DA over decades before SCOTUS sided with him in 2019, just died at 56. Flowers' case was core to the 'In the Dark' podcast.
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Wrongly imprisoned Curtis Flowers dies
After Flowers was convicted in a sixth trial, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned it and a state judge dismissed capital murder charges against him.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/10/2026
When you’re super rich, time and money just don’t mean the same thing they do to the rest of us. Let’s break down the numbers.
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It’s time to talk about billionaire math
When you're super rich, time and money just don’t mean the same thing they do to the rest of us. Let's break down the numbers.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 07/10/2026
🤯 A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty to illegally importing Russian plutonium and shipping the hazardous radioactive material to dozens of online buyers worldwide. united24media.com/world/us-man...
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US Man Bought Plutonium From Russia and Sold It Online Across America
Jacob D. Miller admitted to illegally importing plutonium from Russia and selling it online to at least 67 customers across the US and abroad.
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Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition (MIRC) @maineimmigrants.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"This accelerated and widespread movement removes Mainers from their communities and support systems, creating severe hurdles for legal representation and family contact...90% of individuals detained in the holdroom are moved within six hours." www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Congrats again to Anthony Kennedy
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Citizens United, Explained
The 2010 Supreme Court decision further tilted political influence toward wealthy donors and corporations.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Show me 😡
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This Is 👇 Who KegsBreath Is.......
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump has such contempt for the voters of South Carolina that he elevated someone utterly unqualified for senate who knows absolutely nothing about anything connected to the job who reads scripts given to her by MAGA handlers while calling the qualified Democrat names and slurs.
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kat excellence ✨ @katexcellence.io · 31/08/2026
this was difficult to read, but it's important to know people are currently in prison for 50+ years for attending a protest + one wasn't even at the protest, but got sentenced for 30 years for "concealing" anarchist zines
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How anti-ICE protesters became prisoners in Trump's war on antifa
“We are not terrorists.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
WATCH: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica revealed the existence of the case for the first time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7Kjg
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We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan Collins
YouTube video by ProPublica
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 06/10/2026
The big tech companies want you to believe that their default software offerings are the only option, but spoiler alert, there’s a wide array of fantastic software out there. www.eff.org/pages/i-wan...
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How to Opt Out of Software Made by Big Tech
Big tech companies make the devices we use and the operating systems that come on them. They also make the bulk of the default software that comes packed into those operating systems. But spend even
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
DHS reportedly collected data about anti-ICE protestors in Maine, uploading their photos and license plate numbers into a database. That database was built by Palantir — which may be the most dangerous corporation in America. Watch.
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The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?
The AI surveillance state is real — and it's being built by Palantir.
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PacifistCell @peacefulbrevard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is SO COOL! And it's free. Popular Information is releasing PaidForBy.info, a web app that gives you unprecedented insight into who is really sending you mail — and who is paying for it. All you have to do is take a photo of the front and the back of the political mailer and upload it.
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Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI is being used to... -Facilitate online scams -Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials -Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing -Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future. They're already here.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You may have read that Democracy Docket has crossed 500,000 free newsletter subscribers and 70,000 premium members.🥳 Help it grow while getting access to exclusive pro-democracy content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The best way to be sure your vote counts is to vote early and in person. www.vote.org
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