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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 5m
Trump’s war in Iran has cost taxpayers over $40 BILLION (yes, with a B!) and skyrocketed the price of gas and groceries. But Michele Tafoya is still all in for it.
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🤔Interesting
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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 4h
And this does not factoring in the Republicans' planned massive health care cost increase, which was passed in their signature One Big Beautiful Bill, which intentionally made the biggest increases happen AFTER the midterm elections. minnesotareformer.com/2026/10/01/d...
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Double-digit health insurance increases will hit individual and small group plans in 2027, again • Minnesota Reformer
Hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans are facing significantly more expensive health insurance next year. The average increase for individual and small group insurance plans is 17% for 2027, the state’...
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MS NOW @ms.now · 1h
First on MS NOW: Two protesters detained outside an immigration detention center last year are suing MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson for falsely portraying them as "terrorists" as he broadcast their detainment. Read more from Brandy Zadrozny:
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MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’
Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media.
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cshammer @cshammer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What's with the "discover " Upstream server responded with a 503 error
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cshammer @cshammer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ice overloaded the judicial system . The judges spoke out and now the most corrupt DOJ is going after them.
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BREAKING: DOJ accuses all but one MN federal judge of misconduct for NYT interview
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dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Impeachment Calls Grow as Dems Say Up to $20 Million in Taxpayer Funds Were Used for 'Illegal' Pro-Trump Ads www.commondreams.org/news/donald-...
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Impeachment Calls Grow as Dems Say Up to $20 Million in Taxpayer Funds Were Used for 'Illegal' Pro-Trump Ads | Common Dreams
Democrats in Congress demand answers and accountability for Trump's misuse of taxpayer dollars for "illegal" ads.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Minnesotans have seen the consequences of re-electing Donald Trump. We won’t give him another vote in the Senate.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FREE LIVE STREAM: Join me at 6:30ET for an urgent update on how Trump and his DOJ are now attacking free and fair elections and what we are doing to fight back. www.youtube.com/live/269vb3e...
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ALERT: Trump's DOJ Is Now Taunting Judges to Rule Against Them
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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cshammer @cshammer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is her if you need it. Please read this thread and pass it on .
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Stealing cars is bad and wrong and illegal. Tragic how some people are cheering and celebrating the deaths of these people. The giddiness of some is…disturbing. www.startribune.com/3-killed-and...
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Car in crash that killed 3 of 7 teens near U of M was stolen
The ages of the occupants in the car, which crashed into a semi that had just exited I-35W, ranged from 15 to 19.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jack Smith told the truth about the darkest certification of votes we have ever seen. Republicans continue to live in denial and support Trump lies to this day. The President of the United States is the enemy within!
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cshammer @cshammer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 30/09/2026
Minnesotans have not forgotten the violence that the Trump Administration brought to our streets. We will continue to seek accountability and justice.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ICYMI: The White House claimed this was a service announcement.😒
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
10 months later, Minnesotans are still feeling the effects of Operation Metro Surge. Kids are still scared to go to school. Parents are too afraid to take their kids to the doctor. The federal government laid this on our doorstep – now, they must fix what they broke.
An NPR article reads, "Pediatricians raise the alarm on the effect of Trump's immigration crackdown on kids"
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WSJ Exclusive: The Trump admin used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance those controversial pro-Trump ads that started airing on TV. The taxpayer money used to fund the ads came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the 2020 presidential race was stolen. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election denier Kurt Olsen leaves DOJ after failing to find evidence of stolen election
A prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Elon Musk is sitting right by Trump
Musk sitting by Trump
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m against Trump’s illegal war. Michele Tafoya is for it. We are not the same.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals declined "​to immediately block sanctions against lawyers for Donald ‌Trump" after a federal judge found that the attorneys misused the court system in "settling" his IRS lawsuit. www.reuters.com/world/us-app...
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Appeals court declines to pause sanctions against Trump lawyers in IRS settlement
A US appeals court declined on Tuesday ​to immediately block sanctions against lawyers for Donald ‌Trump who a judge accused of misusing the court system in settling a lawsuit the Republican president...
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 29/09/2026
With energy costs soaring nationwide, I’m pushing for federal heating assistance funding, which helps thousands of Minnesota families cover their heating costs during winter, to be released as quickly as possible. During a Minnesota winter, heating your home is a necessity, not a luxury.
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Ways and Means Committee Democrats @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh, interesting!
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey, look at how the new America.gov answers a question about Trump's $5000 check promise.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Epic backfire!🔥
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“All of a sudden—and, in my view, far too late for any version of redemption or forgiveness—rats are fleeing the sinking ship. They are jumping overboard in the vain hope that they won’t sink along with Trump.“ www.americaamerica.news/p/rats-are-f...
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Rats Are Fleeing the Sinking Ship
But they have waited too long and are still too few in number to change the outcome of a likely Democratic tsunami
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 29/09/2026
Massive data center developer is offering $10K to residents in this small Pennsylvania community. Locals are pushing back
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Pennsylvania town offered $10K each to back massive data center
The Pennsylvania dispute comes as communities nationwide push back against data centers, which power AI systems but consume vast amounts of electricity, land and other resources
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ℂ𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕟ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 🏳️‍🌈 ✡️ 😸 🌊 @stevefm20.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Together, we can stand up for immigrants and all those targeted by ICE, especially children who have been separated from their families and face uncertainty while in custody, without support and representation. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Joan Baez: 'Action Is the Antidote to Despair'
Joan Baez writes for Rolling Stone about standing up to tyrants and the power of music ahead of the Power to the People Festival.
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 28/09/2026
A familiar name. A new race. Former U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown ( D ) is back on Ohio’s Senate ballot. He’ll fight for lower costs, Ohio jobs and affordable health care. The record is there. The choice belongs to Ohio voters. 🗳️Nov. 3rd & be heard💙 #Ohio #SherrodBrown #VivaHerAlliance #SheShed
A familiar name. A new race.

Former U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown is back on Ohio’s Senate ballot. He’ll fight for lower costs, Ohio jobs and affordable health care.

The record is there. The choice belongs to Ohio voters.

🗳️Nov. 3rd & be heard💙

#Ohio #SherrodBrown
#VivaHerAlliance #SheShed
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cshammer @cshammer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank a Republican for this due to their illegal war!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
Good to know!
Screenshot of America.gov answering who won and lost the 2020 presidential election. It states that Joseph R. Biden Jr. won and Donald J. Trump lost, with an Electoral College result of Biden 306 to Trump 232, and links to National Archives and FEC election results.
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cshammer @cshammer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Some things can get done . A ray of hope remains.
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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @cleaver.house.gov · 29/09/2026
The American people are fed up with the failed policies of this administration and the Republican Congress. It’s time to end the disastrous war in the Middle East, remove the tariff taxes, and provide relief to hardworking families. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/29/c...
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Consumer optimism slides sharply as fears escalate over rising prices and jobs
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index tumbled to 81.9, a decline of 6.7 points and a reading well below the forecast for 89.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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cshammer @cshammer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sounds like the Republican Party and their henchmen can't get their facts straight on how they want Americans to vote.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology"
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cshammer @cshammer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes Please
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Update: The Texas Tribune identified Gregory Feathers as the ICE agent who fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston.
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Just a comment on the media. The @msnowreports.bsky.social coverage of Jack smith is terrible. Cutting away. Talking over it. Awful.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."
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carpenter22.bsky.social @carpenter22.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Three deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surge
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Three deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surge
These men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in Trump’s anti-immigration campaign
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution from the President or others."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We don’t allow corporations to come up with new nuclear weapons or biological pathogens. If a product is potentially dangerous, it should be regulated and corporations should be held accountable for wrongdoing. Why would AI be any different? www.commondreams.org/news/ai-securi…
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AI Giants Probe 'Tens of Thousands' of Security Incidents—Some Involving Government Sites | Common Dreams
Security researchers investigate tens of thousands of artificial intelligence security incidents, fueling fresh calls fo
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Education Department today removed the Biden-era Title IX rule that addressed discrimination against students based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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U.S. Department of Education Formally Rescinds the Biden Administration’s Illegal Title IX Rewrite, Reinstating the 2020 Regulation
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) formally rescinded the Biden Administration’s illegal regulation implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX).
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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ℂ𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕟ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 🏳️‍🌈 ✡️ 😸 🌊 @stevefm20.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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