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Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 22h

Same

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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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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 04/10/2026

This might seem like a difference of opinion. It is not. It is among the most impeachable things a President can do. If the President can just choose to violate the budget Congress passes, Congress doesn’t have any power.

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The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Americans need to understand the stakes of the upcoming elections. Too many news orgs rely on “horse race coverage”, “sanewashing”, “false equivalence”, “euphemism” and other inadequacies. Endorse our pro-democracy election coverage guidelines. www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2026-electio...

Ahead of the midterms, journalists must:
• Make threats to democracy clear.
Protect Americans from disinformation.
I Cover elections like they matter more than sports scores.
MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY
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Sign our open letter asking for pro-democracy coverage by visiting mediaanddemocracyproject.org

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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 29/09/2026

The White House just released a new AI feature on its website, so I decided to ask it a few questions…

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

You know, ordinarily I’d say centrally planned economies are a bad idea. But what if — and hear me out, here — what if we switched to a centrally planned system, except there was only only one planner, and he was a corrupt, senile, 80-year-old man who had driven multiple businesses into the ground?

theatlantic.com

Trump’s Bad Bet on Beef

A new plan to lower prices is causing a rift in his own party.

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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 29/08/2026

Pass term limits. Ban congressional stock trading. Overturn Citizens United. Get foreign influence out of our politics. It won't fix everything, but it's a start. We need leaders who are willing to fight to fix the broken system that’s shutting down Alaska.

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cushinganderson.bsky.social @cushinganderson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“It’s not a college-level course. It’s not even a high school course. Not because it isn’t rigorous; it is. But because we’re leaving out essential information,” Kalkstein said during a November 2025 meeting Read more at: www.stripes.com/branches/arm... Source - Stars and Stripes

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West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says

Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation. This is a national crisis. Trump thinks the public will stop paying attention. So I went to the Senate floor to call his bluff. I told the ENTIRE STORY of his 500 days of corruption. 1/ Here it is - in one🧵

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Reminder: progressive is mainstream

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026

🔥 Here's Whitehouse's entire remarkable speech opposing Blanche: "What's left of this committee when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has DOJ been asked what became of the $50k that the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our R colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, & speak no evil."

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Whitehouse on Blanche: "Today is a sad and embarrassing day"

YouTube video by Aaron Rupar

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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This is the actual unclassified version of the intelligence community’s review of the 2020 election. It is accurate. Trump will try to convince you it is not. www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/d...

dni.gov

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Memo to Democrats: You can be cis and straight and the Republicans will still run a homophobic and transphobic campaign against you. Also there will be racism. So just do the right thing. Support the most vulnerable in our society full throatedly and proudly.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/06/2026

Raphael Warnock believes that The Supreme Court “has committed violence against the ways in which ordinary people can have a voice in our system.” The Georgia senator and pastor recently discussed voting rights, JD Vance, an “acid test” on faith and more on “The Interview.”

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Raphael Warnock Says the Supreme Court Has Done ‘Violence’ to Democracy

The Democrat from Georgia on what he sees as the moral issues of our time.

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cushinganderson.bsky.social @cushinganderson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

This $50m in political campaign self-dealing: GA Senate write-in Christina Clement claimed a $50.3M “self-loan.” FEC flagged it as likely inaccurate; she says it’s IP value, not cash. @OpenSecretsDC www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/05...

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Georgia Senate candidate reports $50M self-loan - OpenSecrets News

Georgia Senate candidate Christina Clement, who reporting loaning her campaign $50M, could face penalties if she knowingly filed false info.

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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Sen. Jon Husted represents everything that’s wrong with Washington. He's taken $552,225 from corporate PACs, accepted $116,892 from Epstein co-conspirator Leslie Wexner, and is embroiled in a $60 million bribery scheme—a huge public corruption scandal in Ohio. #MostCorrupt2026 #OHSEN

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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Over the course of her career, #MostCorrupt2026 member Sen. Susan Collins has accepted a breathtaking $8.3 million in corporate PAC donations. She’s repeatedly abandoned Maine families and used her position of power to reward her friends on Wall Street. #MESEN

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 08/01/2026

"Piss-poor tactics and a sloppy approach." Marine Corps Veteran and Police Captain Vance Keyes speaks out on the "completely preventable" tragedy in Minneapolis and calls for greater accountability in federal law enforcement. Watch his full statement. 👇

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 03/01/2026

Why Strikes in Venezuela are unconstitutional and why that MATTERS 🧵 When the military is used for strikes, the American people get a say first through their representation in Congress. 1/

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

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Common Cause @commoncause.org · 18/12/2025

GOP Speaker Mike Johnson just sent the House home for the year without passing a ban on stock trading. A ban on members of Congress cashing in on insider information has bipartisan support and is long overdue. Let's get this done.

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cushinganderson.bsky.social @cushinganderson.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Asked this question in March. Thought this was again relevant..

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cushinganderson.bsky.social @cushinganderson.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Hi friends, I’m working to get anonymous donations (dark money) and foreign money out of our elections. We the people should decide our elections, not elite interests and foreign billionaires. Sign the pledge to defend our democracy. urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...

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Pledge to end big money in politics with American Promise.

Sign the American Promise Citizen Pledge to support the call for a constitutional amendment to end the dominance of big money in politics.

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Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 • she/elle/ella/cis⚔️ • AOC 4USpresident @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

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I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town.
Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming.
Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

It's not a duty of journalists to repeat the claims of proven liars and pretend those claims are credible. That's the job of propagandists and enablers.

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cushinganderson.bsky.social @cushinganderson.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The VA has invited me to attend the "Army's 250th birthday celebration"... I am very proud of the Army, I am embarrassed that they are being used to puff up the ego of their Commander in Chief.

screen capture of an email from the US Department of Veterans Affairs inviting the recipient to celebrate the Army's 250th Birthday.

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cushinganderson.bsky.social @cushinganderson.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Is Trump doing this for his own benefit? What does AI think? Rate Trump's motivations on personal vs. democratic interest using most recent public polling of independents as indicator. 1: Solely personal, 5: Purely democratic; estimate reflects public perception of self-interest."

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

America is not under invasion from undocumented immigrants who are mostly peacefully living & working in communities that value their contribution to society America is under invasion by Trump who is literally sending military to invade & occupy peaceful cities to crush the will of the people there

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 11/06/2025

While Veterans lose care, Trump rolls tanks through DC, sends Marines to LA, and fuels chaos to crush dissent. This isn’t leadership. It’s tyranny in plain sight. MORE: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...

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cushinganderson.bsky.social @cushinganderson.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Let’s see what AI thinks: Analyze the electoral impact of authoritarian behaviors by US presidents. Identify historical instances and conclude with estimates of electoral impact when there is popular support, marginal support, and strong negative reactions.

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jimbernfield.bsky.social @jimbernfield.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

A Trump EO authorizes political appointees to "correct" scientific research, control its communication & “discipline" violators of their agenda. 7000+ scientists & @standupforscience.bsky.social “condemn Trump’s escalated assault on science in America.” www.standupforscience.net/open-letter-...

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 26/05/2025

There are 435 congressional districts — and in all of them, our groups are organizing the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power. Find your local group: indivisible.org/groups Or let us help connect you with your nearest organizers: indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/organi...

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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Renowned historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social delivered a powerful keynote at The Old North Church’s 250th Anniversary Lantern Service on April 18, 2025. #LetFreedomRing Watch this clip from her inspiring address:

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

See the problem here?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/04/2025

"The core of the document is saying the king is a tyrant. The argument of the Declaration is that the king was depriving the colonists of their rights. Some of those rights perhaps haven’t resonated w/Americans before now, like depriving them of trials or making them have trials far away from home."

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The Declaration of Independence's warning for Trump

"The king violated their rights time and time again, and he basically 'un-kinged' himself."

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