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Both parties have colluded to exclude citizens representation for the advantage of their donors:Corrupted SCOTUS>Citizens United>Dark Money wins Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results-4change✅ FinalFiveElections.org

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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 19h
A Front Line at the Border: How Russia Uses Migrants as Weapons Against Europe.
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A Front Line at the Border: How Russia Uses Migrants as Weapons Against Europe (Gift Article)
The scheme is part of Russia’s larger strategy for sowing discord in the West, if more subtle than other recent operations blamed on the Kremlin.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Opinion | Trump Is Sabotaging the Midterms. The Supreme Court Must Stop Him. (Gift Article)
The country has built a system in which Americans can have confidence. President Trump is trying to wreck it.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If that damn orange rapist steals the 2026 midterms we can kiss our chances of ever returning to a democratically elected representative government.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
‘Trump’s gang of functionaries are deploying the tools of American diplomacy and government for their own purposes, to promote their own business interests or their own ideological goals, because, suddenly, they can.’
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The Atlantic’s October Cover: Anne Applebaum on the “Empire of Grift” and the Revolution in American Foreign Policy
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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Justice Jackson Calls Emergency Docket ‘Potentially Corrosive’ (Gift Article)
Hours after fielding the Trump administration’s latest emergency application, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson gave a speech urging the Supreme Court to rethink such requests.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is how our representatives sell their policies to political donors, and how the Trump administration makes it impossible to prosecute. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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An Existential Threat to the Oil Industry
Can the energy giants be held responsible for extreme weather?
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whattheactualf.bsky.social @whattheactualf.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This folks. Vote blue no matter who. We must win for anything to begin changing. We are not going to agree 💯 with any politician
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The primary threat Trump is worried about is U.S. citizens. The snipers and drone operators he would place in to this security position would have the same character as those willing to shoot citizens for exercising their First Amendment rights. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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Trump Says His D.C. Arch Would Be a ‘Military Complex’ Housing Drones and Snipers (Gift Article)
The president’s announcement on Sunday echoed his justification for the White House ballroom: that the project was necessary for national security.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Feel good story.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
-Iran, China and groups in Israel (more malign than to US stability than the other to) used artificial intelligence in novel ways in recent months to create first-of-their-kind influence campaigns on social media, security researchers determined about the fast-evolving technology.- from the article
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Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns (Gift Article)
The countries, along with Israeli firms, combined Chinese open-source A.I. models and A.I. agents for the campaigns, foreshadowing future online manipulation.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Not even surprised.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is pub day for my book, "HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." Please watch this video and pass it on. It's time to reclaim the Trump-Russia narrative and recognize Putin is continuing his years-long war on America and Trump is complicit. HowRussiaWon.com
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carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 @carolmac80.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The same Russia that paid for Trump Jr’s wedding after party on a private island. ground.news/article/russ...
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Russia Floods Social Media with Celebrity Deepfakes Ahead of U.S. Midterms
A Russian disinformation operation has turned its attention to the 2026 US midterm elections, releasing a wave of deepfake videos in which Hollywood celebrities appear to attack the Democratic Party, ...
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
MAGA winning is bringing death to too many, and pregnant mothers are suffering the worst of the lethal consequences. Doctors exercising caution, to avoid criminal charges, for abortions has caused an exponential growth in maternal deaths from delayed care. MAGA bigotry and ignorance kills.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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How Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Would Work (Gift Article)
The plan, which two dozen states have challenged as unconstitutional, puts in place new requirements about who can receive mail ballots.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 01/09/2026
Palantir executives donated more money to Democrats than Republicans: about $880,000 to 67 Democratic members of Congress and $420,000 to 48 Republicans. Find out who took money from companies fueling ICE’s mass deportation agenda.
inthesetimes.com
ICE-Cold Cash: Members of Congress Took More than $1.7 Million from ICE Contractors
Find out if your representatives have taken cash from Palantir, the private prison industry and other companies fueling ICE’s mass deportation efforts.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Already is! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
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Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People (Gift Article)
The proposals would transform a program aimed at helping the most vulnerable people in the world into one that gives preference to mostly white people who say they are being persecuted.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I am exhausted by these MAGA bigots openly acting like bigots. Get back in the closet, or at least back under a white sheet. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b...
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Schools Giving Aid to Minority Students Could Lose Tax Exemptions Under Trump’s New Rules (Gift Article)
The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
1/? Q: assess the probability of Trump and his associates rigging the November elections! I asked Chat GPT. The reply in the comments.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Deport the bigots, keep the immigrants. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
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Haitian Student, Despondent Over Ankle Monitor, Dies in Apparent Suicide (Gift Article)
The 20-year-old was fitted with a tracking device under a Trump administrative initiative targeting Haitians in Springfield, Ohio.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
TEXANS, VOTE FOR TALARICO!
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Another way the Republicans are taking our right to choose our elected representatives.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 01/09/2026
A new whistleblower complaint reveals a serious flaw buried in USPS's mail ballot system: if even one ballot's barcode fails to scan, the entire batch — potentially thousands of ballots — gets rejected and sent back.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
-More Mail Ballots Are Arriving Late This Cycle, and They’re Getting Tossed. State officials say they worry about the Postal Service’s ability to deliver votes this fall. They are urging voters to mail their ballots early or use drop boxes so their votes count.-excerpt
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More Mail Ballots Are Arriving Late This Year, and They’re Getting Tossed (Gift Article)
State officials say they worry about the Postal Service’s ability to deliver votes this fall. They are urging voters to mail their ballots early or use drop boxes so their votes count.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
- State officials say they worry about the Postal Service’s ability to deliver votes this fall. They are urging voters to mail their ballots early or use drop boxes so their votes count.- excerpt www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...
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More Mail Ballots Are Arriving Late This Year, and They’re Getting Tossed (Gift Article)
State officials say they worry about the Postal Service’s ability to deliver votes this fall. They are urging voters to mail their ballots early or use drop boxes so their votes count.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The Navy is using their payroll account to support Trump’s wars. Next year, after they steal the midterms, you can bet they will be breaking the news that the Social Security Trust fund is needed to. Keep Iran from dropping a nuke on us. MAGA winning- the dumbest cult in the world.
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Trump’s war on Iran is rapidly draining US navy budget, documents and interviews reveal
Exclusive: Experts and former officials say accounts are running dry, and funding a war with no clear endgame is the main challenge
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The 5 movement conservatives on the SCOTUS are partisan hacks- purge and impeach. -The liberal-leaning justices publicly dissented, ‘lets another shoe drop in the Kafkaesque nightmare that our SCOTUS been steadily creating for certain plaintiffs who seeking election-related challenges’- excerpt
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Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms
The Supreme Court is siding with the Trump administration in a case over President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much can be implemented befo...
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Forbes @forbes.com · 22/08/2026
“Stars And Stripes” played a major role in breaking stories about living conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln earlier this summer.
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‘Stars And Stripes’ Editor Says He’s Worried About Military Censorship After Fires Him For ‘Insubordination’
“Stars And Stripes” played a major role in breaking stories about living conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln earlier this summer.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Your regular reminder that if not for the Trump and Bush tax cuts, federal revenues would keep pace with federal spending indefinitely. Instead, these tax cuts have added at least $10 trillion to the debt. The so called "party of fiscal responsibility" is full of it.
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Dr. Oswald Sobrino @oswaldsobrino.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
‘Attacked’ by Trump on Trade, Canada Is ‘at War’ With U.S., Carney Says www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/w...
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Carney Slams U.S.-Canada Trade Proposal and Vows Retaliation (Gift Article)
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a powerful speech to Canadians on Saturday morning, hours after ordering negotiators to suspend U.S. trade talks despite President Trump’s punishing tariffs.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
-This is not an administration that thinks even one move ahead. But without a supersized Trump TACO, the impasse likely won’t resolve soon. The Trump administrations 1 big idea about Canada: The U.S. is larger, stronger, and richer than Canada, so Canada must surrender. That idea is wrong.-
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How to Lose a Trade War
Trump’s bullying of Canada is failing.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked The Pentagon Papers exposing the lies told to the public about the disastrous Viet Nam war, forever becoming a hero in history. Now... someone PLEASE leak #TheEPSTEINFiles & end the biggest coverup scandal of all-time! 🙏
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Alicia @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Of the 68 cases of voter fraud prosecuted in the last 30 years, all were perpetrated by republicans. If republicans are so concerned about voter fraud, they just have to stop doing it. Problem solved.
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West Coast Chick @welcome2absurdia.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Very interesting #research study that raises important questions about scalability and whether the tech tools that ushered in #misinformation problems can help fix them.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
-THE SUREST SIGN of democratic collapse is the unwillingness of an elected political party to leave office. The party rewrites laws and changes election rules to prevent its opponents from gaining power. The shift often starts slowly but can ultimately end in autocracy. - from the article
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Opinion | Trump’s Election Interference Is Eroding American Democracy (Gift Article)
The president is prioritizing his own interests over the national interest.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
America’s deconstructionists have always been the uber wealth, trading on bigotry, in pursuit of authoritarian fascism and their own minority rule. Wake up, because these mendacious kleptocratic a$$goals are intending to bend us over like the surfs they believe us/US to be.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The biggest lie of them all, ‘the GOP is the party of fiscal responsibility.’ Their Reagan, Bush Jr, and Trump tax-cut-and-spend policies are responsible for 80% of the national debt.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is illuminating level of misogynistic man-splaining, from the GOP far-Right, on how women can recapture happiness in society.
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
(Be sure to watch the video included in the article) @anniekelly.bsky.social: "What we are seeing in Afghanistan is gender apartheid" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Concerns grow over increased global ties with Taliban in Afghanistan
Campaigners fear deeper diplomatic contacts are undermining demands for improvements in human rights
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is the existential lie that all Trump functionaries must tell, so that the Trump cult can deny what can be plainly seen and clearly heard by anyone paying attention.
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Steven Armstrong @bevatrondrummer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Wow, Ossoff nails it.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Why do so many Americans live in poverty? Because so many rich people benefit from it. This is the thesis of the lauded sociologist Matthew Desmond’s new book, Poverty, by America. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The War on Poverty Is Over. Rich People Won.
The sociologist Matthew Desmond believes that being poor is different in the U.S. than in other rich countries.
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
… When feeding propaganda to the citizens of the United States becomes the priority of Kegbreath’s Department of War. apnews.com/article/star...
apnews.com
Longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes to retire, citing differences with Pentagon leadership
Longtime Stars and Stripes publisher Max D. Lederer Jr. has announced his retirement. The development comes as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon seeks to exert editorial control over the milit...
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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The Wrong Kind of American
The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This is a very dangerous lunatic. RFK Jr: “The polio vaccine "killed many, many more people" than polio ever did.”
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Dan18z @dan18z.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Reporting Highlights • Inflated Claims: HSI deployed its tech platform to find noncitizens on voter rolls, despite warnings from agency insiders that it would lead to an “ungodly” number of false positives. • Scant Results: few prosecutions nationwide and even fewer convictions. - from the article
propublica.org
Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters
To prove the president’s claims of illegal voting, the government has harnessed the power of Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of DHS established to combat the worst cross-border crime. So fa...
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