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Dan Comstock

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Investor, progressive, former political donor organizer, Boston native, Chicago Booth alum.

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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A new Alex Gibney documentary calls Elon Musk out. His lawyers sent threat letters before the premiere. But the numbers don't lie. Musk spent $278 MILLION in 2024. 100 billionaire families dumped $2.6 BILLION into federal elections. That is one of every six dollars spent.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026
Almost immediately after his second term began, Trump started taking steps to try to control elections. “This is his fixation,” Marc Elias says. “This is the unifying force that holds the MAGA movement together.” They're betting you'll stop paying attention. Don't: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. How has MAGA Inc. raised an unprecedented amount of money? Let’s review:
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026
Trump wants to be a dictator. But that is not how the law works in our country, Marc Elias says. “The courts need to step forward and prevent a blatant disregard of Congress’ statutes.” Keep watch on the people rewriting the rules. Sign up for free: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
UNREAL!!! Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students. The goal of Trump regime to erase the LGBTQ community from existence thehill.com/homenews/edu...
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Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students
The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati…
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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We actually don't hate this administration enough
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When legacy media compare Orban's treatment of the press to Trump's, do they realize they're telling on themselves? Big corporate media folded. Independent media stood up there and is standing up here. Support Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Republican members of the Georgia State Election Board (SEB) adopted a resolution Monday seeking the Trump administration to intervene in a vague crusade against the state’s voting system just weeks before the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Georgia election board asks for Trump admin to help go after state’s voting machines
“I think this is federal overreach," the board's lone Democrat warned.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These people have no idea what’s happening in America right now. And, they don’t care. White House Deputy Chief of Staff post last night ⬇️
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
DOJ is officially trying to veto the Digital Services Act in Europe, intervening to prevent clear fines on Musk. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unite...
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United States Files Request to Intervene in Case Brought by X Corp. and Elon Musk Seeking to Annul Decision by European Commission
The United States filed an application to intervene in the captioned cases, X Internet and X Holdings v. Commission, Case No. T-114/26 and Musk v. Commission, Case No. T-121/26, before the General Cou...
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Stocks getting too extended from the earnings trend? GS
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 27/09/2026
Famed social movements expert @chenoweth.bsky.social says you’re doing a great job! Check out our full conversation: youtu.be/vffFEEIVDKc
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How a movement can check an authoritarian, w/ Erica Chenoweth
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 27/09/2026
This Supreme Court’s rulings come down to one question: Does Trump want this? “The Supreme Court could just close up shop and put out a sign that says, ‘The government always wins,’ and save us all the time,” Marc Elias says. Help us fight back: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (Published April 2023)
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Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha...
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 27/09/2026
Hands off our press. Hands off our bodies. Hands off our museums. Hands off our healthcare. Hands off our democracy. Hands off our immigrant neighbors. Donald Trump is attacking everyone & everything EXCEPT the cost of living.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 26/09/2026
The high court will allow the Trump administration to use an immigration database to check state voter rolls. trib.al/58KgURO
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Supreme Court Hands Trump Huge Win in Quest to Make Voting Harder
The high court will allow the Trump administration to use an immigration database to check state voter rolls.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 26/09/2026
This is theft from the American people, plain and simple. These are funds Congress has delivered on a bipartisan basis and should be helping people—not cut off by a president more focused on building a ballroom than investing in families.
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Trump declares $1B canceled in ‘pocket rescission’ in another affront to Congress’ funding power
Many lawmakers, including some top Republicans, say the tactic is illegal.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 26/09/2026
Some media outlets were again banned from the White House for Trump’s state dinner with China’s president. trib.al/QE3Wjkg
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David Ellison Dines With Trump and Xi as CNN Banned From White House
Some media outlets were again banned from the White House for Trump’s state dinner with China’s president.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As objectionable as this is, it allows only individual searches. Mass purges at this point in the cycle are prohibited under existing statute. Congress under Dems needs to begin defunding all these menacing devices that threaten privacy and voting rights.
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
NEW: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson blasted the conservative majority for ignoring the harm voters will endure by allowing Trump to use a flawed system for voter purges. "The harm caused by burdening...lawful voters outweighs the nonexistent harm that the government experiences," she wrote.
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Jackson blasts Supreme Court decision reviving Trump voter-purge database
The U.S. Supreme Court’s three liberal justices argued the Court’s conservative majority ignored real harms to voters by reviving the Trump administration’s flawed centralized citizenship database Fri...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/09/2026
Lula says Trump wants to ‘colonise’ and capture Brazil’s resources by meddling in election
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Lula says Trump wants to ‘colonise’ and capture Brazil’s resources by meddling in election
A TV spot claims the US president is trying to sway October’s presidential vote in favour of Lula’s far-right opponents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s presidential campaign has accused Donald Trump of wanting to “colonise” Brazil in order to capture its natural resources by meddling in next month’s presidential election. The accusation came in a televised campaign advert that was broadcast on Thursday by Lula’s team amid growing fears over the impact alleged US interference could have on the vote. Continue reading...
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 24/09/2026
Cryptocurrency fraud is reaching epidemic levels. The president’s own financial interests explains this Administration’s attempts to strip any regulation for the cryptocurrency industry. Read: www.contrariannews.org/p/on-crypto-…
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 24/09/2026
"Paid for by the US Government" just means paid for at the expense of American taxpayers. Trump is setting your tax dollars on fire for ILLEGAL political propaganda.
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Trump ad airing with government funding despite law against ‘propaganda’
A TV ad boosting President Trump and saying that it was paid for by the U.S. government is airing in two major markets despite a federal law against using tax funds for "propaganda."
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why it's dangerous to have a malignant narcissist in a position of power.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨A technical error at the Texas Department of Public Safety has created a major backlog of voter registration applications, with some incomplete records dating back to 2025. If you recently registered to vote in Texas, now is a good time to double-check that your information is actually on file.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Elon Musk spent $250 MILLION to elect Trump. Now he's spending over $100 MILLION more for the 2026 midterms. One man. $350 MILLION. Buying our government. ...Even though he said he was "done with politics."
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hasn't emptied that quickly since Natalie forgot the big bag
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
October 2016: WaPo publishes piece expressing amazement that someone at a Trump rally shouted out the Nazi term “Lügenpresse.” September 2026: Trump’s decision to ban the “fake news” from the White House is defended by a DOJ lawyer who once said Mein Kampf was his favorite book.
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A German crowd gives the Nazi salute to the U.S. Olympic contingent as it marches past the reviewing stand of Olympics host Adolf Hitler, pictured in semi-silhouette on the right. (International News Photos)
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The bigots pushing this shit see DEIA in everything so yes is the only honest answer here.
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 23/09/2026
The White House launching "Trump TV" using taxpayer funds is propaganda, and a federal crime. @cerin.bsky.social and @rachelegoodman.bsky.social explain the law barring taxpayer-funded propaganda media and what the fallout could look like. ➡️ Read the full analysis: protdem.org/4dLXvwP
A document titled "If you can keep it" features a headline "Trump TV is propaganda — and a crime" dated September 22, 2026, with the subheading "The 'Anti-Publicity & Propaganda Rider' explained." Below are images of a phone displaying a "TRUMP TV" website and a person in a vehicle seen through an open window. An American flag icon is at the top right.
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Don't know who made this. But we love you for making it ❤️
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 23/09/2026
It looks like October 17 will be the most creative No Kings yet: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The GOP headed for wipe-out in Texas. But surely Elon's millions and his control of X.com will turn everything around for them. bsky.app/profile/fano...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Cleta Mitchell: disenfranchising college students is essential if the GOP is to win elections in the future.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I just checked my voter registration. I encourage all of you to do the same. Try your state's official site. AVOID VoteSafe.Org. It's an Elon Musk scam to harvest data.
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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 21/09/2026
If you can, vote early. Check here for the dates in your state: www.usvotefoundation.org/early-voti… Election day is November 3. Be ready! Let’s take this country back to sanity!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
Shot in the back. No criminal record.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On x.com, you are not permitted to call Elon Musk a "fascist," and if you do you will be deplatformed. And that's because Elon Musk is in fact a fascist, and the spreading os his politics is the platform's entire reason for being. bsky.app/profile/gild...
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
S&P 500 P/E ratio: 19.1x Below both the 5yr and 10yr averages... near the March low. Only 1 figure above the Liberation Day low @dualityresearch
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 18/09/2026
A sickening reminder that hateful rhetoric will never be just rhetoric. Words that attack or belittle people over the color of their skin can also incite the most brutal attacks, especially when they are given official sanction. What an absolute, unmitigated travesty.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17/09/2026
@gtconway.bsky.social credits federal judges for keeping the country alive under Trump, but says the courts can't do it alone, which is why this fall's elections matter so much: "The ultimate check is the Congress of the United States, which has been basically AWOL."
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 18/09/2026
On Constitution Day, we're clear: the power is the people’s. We, the people, can hold our leaders accountable. That’s why we are in court to protect due process, free speech, and our elections.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Texas Polling: Senate: 🔵Talarico: 49% 🔴Paxton: 43% Governor: 🔵Hinojosa: 49% 🔴Abbott: 45% ReaconMR/Siena / Sept 11, 2026
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026
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Trump Made 29,000 Securities Trades, More Than All of Congress
Donald Trump made nearly 29,000 securities trades in 17 months — more than every member of Congress combined. The stock-purchasing ban he’s pushing would leave him exempt
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Barchart @barchart.com · 17/09/2026
Strategic Petroleum Reserve falls to lowest level since 1982 📉 📉
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Suboptimal that the president is a fucking moron.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 16/09/2026
Claims that dismantling pollution rules will lower energy bills and have little climate impact are far from convincing
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Trump EPA’s arguments for letting power plants spew unlimited pollution ‘dead wrong’
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