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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 4h

At this point, seems more efficient to list the laws Paxton didn't break.

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11th Hour with Ali Velshi @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social · 3h

The story of one of the greatest track and field athletes of all time, Jesse Owens, and how his dad's decision to move north during the Great Migration changed Jesse's life.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 10h

Baltimore!! See below!

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10h

“Are we so insecure that we must convince the world we are still powerful by making a spectacle of an execution? Or maybe Hegseth and Trump intend this as a spectacle for the American people: a show of just how much testosterone the two men have in their veins.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

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Admiral McRaven: Public Execution Is Shameless and Ignoble

A government livestream of Nidal Hasan’s killing would put America in extremely poor company.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10h

Trump has just extended two wars in exchange for a meaningless appeal to his vanity from Putin. snyder.substack.com/p/war-throug...

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War Through Weakness

Trump’s Superpower Suicide in Iran and Russia

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h

When you log on Twitter to find out what incendiary defamations your favorite pro-Trump account has created today, only to find that it has gone up in smoke at a burning bot-hosting Russian data center.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 10h

A federal judge has ordered the Trump Regime to immediately stop airing $20 million dollars in taxpayer funded campaign-style tv ads, but in typical Trump fashion, he’s already violated that court order. Why Trump is so desperate to air these ads before the Midterms: youtu.be/QKnSh_lrNLI?...

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🚨Trump IGNORES Judge’s ORDER BLOCKING His Taxpayer-Funded ADS!?!

YouTube video by Katie Phang

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6h

A man who can’t control his bowels and his brain should not control nuclear weapons.

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Ivan Moore @alaskasurvey.bsky.social · 6h

HOW POPULAR IS TRUMP IN ALASKA? In advance of Trump’s visit to whip up MAGA loyalists in Wasilla tomorrow, here are our latest survey numbers for his broad popularity, or LACK of it, in Alaska. Alaska Survey Research October 1-3, 2026 N=1,669 registered Alaska voters 🧵1/12

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 8h

I wish Bankhead would drop out. It’s a long shot but it’s a shot

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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 8h

Exactly. Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 8h

Senator Murray is right. If the next Senators fail to take action on Social Security before 2032, then there will be an automatic benefit cut. You need to vote for candidates you trust to protect and expand your earned benefits.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 7h

We’re dealing with a psychiatric case who should be removed from office.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

🚨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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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 7h

lol that’s a deep dive to disprove a clearly idiotic conspiracy theory, but bravo.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 7h

“Neofascism can be beaten. Its advance relies on our acquiescence. And our acquiescence comes from not having taken its measure. And the response to their delusions can’t be delusions of our own. We’re in a new reality now. And we have to face it head on.” www.liberalcurrents.com/fascists-rea...

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Fascists Really Believe It

Millions could die because of ideas intellectually and morally equivalent to the ‘lizard people’ conspiracy theory.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11h

Hunter Biden could not be reached for comment.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13h

“One might even ask what took them this long to stage the first federally produced snuff film of the modern era, since today’s conservative movement is absolutely saturated in violence — encouraging it, glorifying it, and from time to time, committing it.“ By Paul Waldman

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The Public Doesn’t Want Hegseth’s Snuff Film, and Even Republicans Know It

Like all fascist movements, MAGA is built on violence - but they can tell when they’ve gone too far.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 13h

Troy Jackson told me that in Maine the price of energy, driven up by the Iran War, is “the worst it’s ever been.” “I do not know how people are going to heat their homes this winter.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2PN...

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‘WORST IT’S EVER BEEN’: Maine Senate Nominee Troy Jackson on soaring energy costs

YouTube video by MS NOW

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Mickey Lenin @thepolitburo.bsky.social · 11h

Judges have ordered Dear Leader to cease airing tax payer funded ads and to desist from removing any more historic trees in DC. Ads are still airing. Hundreds more trees were cut over the weekend.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11h

And the thing about the Talarico smear: Do these trolls not get that highlighting the fact that Paxton's polling SANK during a period when Talarico was not campaigning makes him stench of loser vibes?

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 13h

The documentary “NAZA” provides a searing look into the inner-workings of the Israeli military’s operation in Gaza. Academy Award-winning director Yuval Abraham joined me to discuss the film's implications, and the discoveries he made while making it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Q7...

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‘CLEARLY A CRIME’: ‘NAZA’ director on Israeli military operations exposed in film

YouTube video by MS NOW

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 13h

Eddie Huang, best-selling author of “Fresh Off The Boat,” was at an event advocating against censorship last week when he learned his own book had been banned in Texas alongside more than 8,000 others. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7nO...

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‘I’m REALLY WORRIED for this country’: Author & Chef Eddie Huang sounds off on book bans and ICE

YouTube video by MS NOW

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13h

“In the years since [2020], several prominent Claremont associates have taken to openly glorifying Francisco Franco, Spain’s deceased murderous dictator, who…killed & imprisoned tens of thousands of his alleged enemies…and made Catholicism the official state religion…” By Jennifer Cohn, 5/25/24… 1/

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Claremont Institute Associates Glorify Deceased Dictator Francisco Franco & Promote Deceased Nazi…

Claremont advises Project 2025, which will go into effect if Trump wins

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13h

Huh. Apparently Katie Miller deleted this tweet that I had the foresight to screencap. Turns out I can TOO make things go viral on Xitter, even.

My RT of a Katie Miller tweet which RTed the NYPost coverage of the Ilhan Omar raid.

She said: Promise made, promise kept.
I said: Katie Miller is not going to do very well in a deposition.

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 13h

It is the Brave of Us who stand with and for each other to make this country live up to its ideals. Thank you to Omar and Casar for modeling what it is to love your country.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13h

Reup: 4 HSI Agents--like the people who raided Ilhan Omar today--have lied to judges at least 36 times to target Dems and other Trump opponents, one to excuse following a Todd Blanche order, another to do Harmeet Dhillon's dirty work. emptywheel.net/2026/10/12/h...

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HSI Agents Ricky Patel, Ryan Ribner, Richard Berger, and Timothy Gerber All Made False Claims to Frame Democrats - emptywheel

There are at least 36 affidavits signed by HSI Agents -- like the goons who just searched Ilhan Omar's house -- who have made false claims to frame Democrats or other Trump opponents.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13h

Did they put Eric Schmitt in charge of ad buys?

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Curmudge1 @curmudge1.bsky.social · 11h

Mary Peltola's election lawyer has been a #FirstFelon target for years!

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Curmudge1 @curmudge1.bsky.social · 11h

Idiot media buy doesn't understand that Oregon station call signs start with K, east coast stations with W.

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Curmudge1 @curmudge1.bsky.social · 11h

Typical Repugnican incompetence! 😆🤣🤪

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Question Everything They Do @pattistoll.bsky.social · 12h

Keep posting about him and be ready to get a crowd to turn out, showing their non-approval of the military being uber-political, now. Yes, there are rules against military protesting publicly. It's a rule. NOT a law. The rule also applies to anyone employed by the federal government, even GOPers.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12h

Again, one of the HSI agents who lied was the guy who snatched Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, which is what led to the tussle that led to @replamonica.bsky.social's arrest. I think if we had all the evidence of corruption we have now her selective prosecution claim would have worked.

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Curmudge1 @curmudge1.bsky.social · 11h

Typical New Yorker viewpoint, where the US ends at the Hudson. Rural #Alaskans have been doing this for years!

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

This is a form of retaliation against someone for speaking out. He knew he would be punished, buy that punishment does not include unnecessarily strict confinement (which is barred by military law). www.military.com/air-force-ma...

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Air Force Maj. Jason Watson is in Solitary 24 Hours Daily After Publicly Calling For Trump’s Impeachment

Maj. Jason Watson has been jailed since August after publicly opining on the president and his administration, drawing a big legal battle.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 11h

Ride the wave, Democrats! Winning the Senate with 52+ seats would be huge--it probably means a majority for four years at least, and it could mean flipping the Supreme Court. And the TX, OH, FL, and IA governorships really matter. No small ball. Go big, Democrats! www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-2u...

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Bill Kristol: The Paxton Nightmare Is Costing Republicans Big Time | Bulwark Daily

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 13h

The Trump administration on Friday announced that it will hold an offshore lease sale in federal waters of Cook Inlet next March, about a year after a similar federal lease sale offering the same acreage drew no bids. (Via Alaska Beacon)

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Second ‘Big Beautiful’ lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet planned after first sale flops

The Trump administration announced plans for a 1 million-acre sale in 2027, part of a series mandated for Cook Inlet in the sweeping ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'

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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 12h

A bipartisan group of six senators, including Sen. Lisa Murkowski, called for President Donald Trump's administration to “immediately reverse course” on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia as part of an effort to lower high fuel prices. (Via The Associated Press)

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Murkowski, 5 other senators urge Trump administration to reverse Russian diesel plan

The bipartisan group of senators said the administration failed to consult with Congress or submit any explanation to justify its decision as required by statute.

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Grant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A live look at the Leopards Eating Faces Party convention

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Mickey Lenin @thepolitburo.bsky.social · 14h

His train of thought has derailed and sunk in a swamp.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 13h

Walmart says it prices products, not people. But one of its patents describes technology that could raise the price of mayonnaise after you put tuna in your cart — because its system predicts you’re making tuna salad.

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Curmudge1 @curmudge1.bsky.social · 13h

Tammy has unfortunately become a corporate neoliberal, although she should know better. We need to shuffle the centrists off to committees where they can ask softball questions without harm and put the most aggressive Dems we have on all oversight and investigating commitees!

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 15h

Patriotic American, standing up for free speech against government tyranny. An example more should follow.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h

With all due respect, this is precisely what is wrong with the federal courts today. They should not be doing "everything humanly possible to give the government the benefit of the doubt."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h

🚨BREAKING: Georgia appeals Court REJECTS Republican effort to restrict ballot return access in the state's second-largest county. A victory for DSCC and Jon Ossoff for Senate! www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...

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🚨Republican National Committee v. Hancock

Learn more here.

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