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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Whoever wins the governorships in the battleground states will certify the 2028 presidential election. There are election deniers running, in Wisconsin and elsewhere. We've got to beat them. My new NYT op-ed:
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Opinion | Want to Avoid Another Jan. 6? Defeat These Republicans. (Gift Article)
The 2028 election is on the ballot right now.
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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 08/10/2026
Check out the Articles for Treason here: buff.ly/O7jA4Ve He is levying war against our own country. We must impeach, convict, remove. #impeach #defenddemocracy #accountability #impeachtrump
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The editorial board of the Philadelphia @inquirer.com becomes the first at a major newspaper to endorse (sorta) Trump's impeachment. share.inquirer.com/BnINC5 "A clear and present danger to the republic... the case against Trump is strong... the time has come to again contemplate his impeachment."
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The Case for Impeachment: What would the founders do? | Editorial
The list of the president’s high crimes and misdemeanors is breathtaking.
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 03/02/2025
You can extinguish tear gas canisters! Wearing gloves, submerge the canister in a wide-mouthed water jug containing baking soda, dish soap, and/or vegetable oil—3 tablespoons of each per liter of water. Cover the top with one hand, just enough to keep the gas from getting out, and shake the jug.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Something I’ve heard about during my trip to the Gulf? War profiteering. Often by U.S. companies. Let me tell you what I learned. And why a Democratic Congress should do something about it
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Establish that violations of the Emoluments Clauses and the Establishment Clause are impeachable. Establish that war crimes are impeachable. None of these require the mens rea questions that so sidetracked the first two Trump impeachments. The facts are the facts.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
such that the impeachment votes could be held seriatim on day one of a new Congress. There could be fifty different charges against Trump. Let the Senate try ' em all. Establish that violations of the War Powers Act, the Budget and Impoundment Act, or the Antideficiency Act are impeachable.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm not naive enough to actually believe this will happen, but Democrats could be preparing, right now, lists of impeachment charges against (at a bare minimum) Hegseth, Kennedy, Mullin, Patel, Blanche, & Trump, as well as Bondi, Bovino, & Noem (still worth doing!) that rely purely on public facts,
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is one example of how a crowd-control confrontation can develop. Police charges can unfold differently depending on the situation, and a police line may reposition or pull back when the crowd does not respond as expected. STAND YOUR GROUND!
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 21/09/2026
If European countries & other signatories to the International Criminal Court have any self-respect, they'd sanction Rubio & Trump for obstructing investigations of Netanyahu's war crimes.
wsj.com
Exclusive | Trump Ramps Up Bid to Dismantle International Criminal Court
The U.S. administration is preparing sweeping sanctions that would cut the court off from much of the global financial system.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026
honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or care
arstechnica.com
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism
In a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
There have to be so many prosecutions. This all can’t just be forgotten or papered over.
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Brad @bradaltad.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
America is an immeasurably worse place not because of 9/11 but rather because of our response, and Dems are as guilty as the GOP in getting us here.
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Health care is a human right. I will not stop fighting for Medicare for All until everyone has access to affordable, quality health care.
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ellie maybe @ellie.thecancellations.com · 03/09/2026
My 2028 vote only goes to whoever vows to track down every last one of these people and bring them home.
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Whalen for Congress @jeromiewhalen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Did you vote for Jeromie? If you did share one of these stickers! If you haven’t, you have until 8 PM!
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Whalen for Congress @jeromiewhalen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
There is an opportunity here to change the system, and what representation looks like. We can fight for a district everyone can thrive in, that’s what we deserve. I would love and appreciate your vote on September 1. #vote #mapoli #whalennealdebate
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Whalen for Congress @jeromiewhalen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Richard Neal is big on platitudes.
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Whalen for Congress @jeromiewhalen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Jeromie just got off the debate stage. It’s safe to say that not only did he bring this one home and talk about the solutions we need, but also took the Congressman to task on his corporate ties and absence in the district. You can watch the re-broadcast of the debate tonight at 7 PM on 22-News.
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Guillotine Hunger Force @handle.invalid · 23/08/2026
this is what juries were made for. a lot of americans need reprogramming from viewing it as jury duty to treating it as peer power
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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Abolish ICE and salt the earth where it was allowed to grow
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DHS taunts detained Padres coach in fiery social media post
"NOBODY is above the law, and he will remain in ICE custody pending removal."
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Tyler K. Stroud @stroudarian.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
#Read #Books
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Whalen for Congress @jeromiewhalen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Everyone deserves to grow up and have the safety net they worked their entire lives for. Protecting and expanding Social Security isn’t just a policy position, it’s a moral obligation and responsibility of anyone elected to Congress.
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Zvyozdochka 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 @zvyozdochka.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
HR1: The Donald J Trump American Restitution Act 2028 An Act that Day 1 proposes to recover every dollar from the Trump family.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The fact that the same Taylor Farms products sold at Walmart are packaged under different names and sold at Whole Foods proves that Jeff Bezos is scamming you into thinking you get superior produce a his far more pricey Whole Foods.
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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately..." Walden, or, Life in the Woods, was published #OnThisDay in 1854. @ransomcenter.bsky.social owns several copies the 1st edition, along w/other #Thoreau manuscripts & correspondence: hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll... #booksky 📚🗃️📜
Henry David Thoreau in 1856, National Portrait Gallery

On June 18, 1856, during a trip to Worcester, Massachusetts, Henry Thoreau visited the Daguerrean Palace of Benjamin D. Maxham at 16 Harrington Corner and had three daguerreotypes taken for fifty cents each. He gave two of the prints to his Worcester friends and hosts, H.G.O. Blake and Theophilius Brown.  (Wikipedia)Title page from first edition of Henry David Thoreau's Walden (1854).

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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David King @cityplanning.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
outsourcing our thinking abilities and spatial reasoning to technology is a very likely a public health issue.
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Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer’s – how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain
Working with and living in spatially complex environments may help delay cognitive decline, though more research is needed.
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 06/08/2026
In 1963, WHOI biologist Dick Backus set his sights on a question that had puzzled scientists for decades: what caused the daily vertical movement of plankton? The sun or an internal clock? During an eclipse, Backus was able to monitor that the migration was triggered by changing light levels!
Whoi biologist, Dick Backus, is using a machine to see if plankton are migrating with the eclipse. The room is filled with complex equipment and wires, suggesting a scientific or technical environment.
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Hannah Riley Fernandez @hannahcrileyy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
i think that everyone should know about the ways this government is trying to criminalize dissent and protest -- not because it should scare us into inaction, but because understanding how it works is how we stop it from working. wrote about it for @thenation: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans
Why National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 is so important.
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Dr. Vespeto no Natal dos paraenses 🇧🇷💌🕴️🌻 @violetters-zye2.com.br · 03/08/2026
"Multaj loĝantoj de Graco kaj la ĉirkaŭa regiono dimanĉe vespere povis konatiĝi kun la Universala Kongreso de Esperanto, kiam la publika televidkompanio ORF prezentis ĝin kiel la duan novaĵon en la vespera aktualaĵ-elsendo." Panjo, jen la movado en la televido! 💚 www.liberafolio.org/2026/08/03/a...
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Aŭstria televido vizitis la Universalan Kongreson
La nomoj de sep novaj honoraj membroj de UEA estis anoncitaj en Graco. Krome du forpasintoj postmorte ricevis la titolon de honora membro, kaj Probal Dasgupta estis postmorte nomita honora prezidan…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
MAGA circles
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Data for Progress @dataforprogress.org · 28/07/2026
NEW: Do Democrats funded by AIPAC pay an electoral penalty in a general election? We find that a Democrat funded by AIPAC performs significantly worse against a Republican than a Democrat who “rejects all outside financial support from industry groups and PACs.”
 "In a Matchup Against a Republican, a Democrat Funded by AIPAC Underperforms a Democrat Who Rejects Outside PAC Money."

In this experiment, respondents were shown hypothetical general election matchups between a Republican and a Democratic candidate, both with a randomized source of outside funding. The chart shows how each funding source affects a Democratic candidate's average performance relative to a Democratic candidate who "rejects all financial support from outside industry groups and PACs."

Planned Parenthood funding is associated with a +1.8pp effect. Nurses unions: -0.8pp. Police unions: -2.0pp. Real estate development industry: -2.7pp. Oil and gas industry: -3.1pp. National Rifle Association (NRA): -4.2pp. Pharmaceutical industry: -4.9pp. Cryptocurrency industry: -4.9pp. Artificial Intelligence industry: -5.3pp. American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC): -6.2pp.

July 17–19, 2026 survey of 1,207 U.S. likely voters. From Data for Progress.
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svateboje.bsky.social @svateboje.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
the memo from Doran Schrantz shared in this Kuttner piece via this link is an absolute must-read www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Act Free to Be Free
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 24/07/2026
Fair housing laws only work when local organizations can investigate violations and enforce laws. I’m proud of the Mass. Fair Housing Center for standing against Trump’s cruel attacks on fair housing groups. Housing is a human right. Everyone deserves to find a home without fear of discrimination.
The New Hork Cimes
Fair Housing Groups Sue HUD
Over Funding Changes
A shift in grant requirements would curtail fair housing investigations, according to a new lawsuit.
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Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 23/07/2026
At least 32 people have died at the hands of ICE and Border Patrol so far in 2026. These are their names.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
New at The Watch: More on how and why Democrats should make it possible for victims and their families to sue Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, and other political appointees for violence inflicted by immigration agents.
radleybalko.substack.com
Suing Stephen Miller
It's time to put everyone from Stephen Miller and Tom Homan to the most recent ICE hire on notice: a reckoning is coming
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Age verification for social media is just a backdoor way of silencing progressives and members of disempowered groups. Just watch. Anything fascist meatheads don't like will magically become "pornography," even a link to an AMA report on gender affirming care discrimination in red states.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
most murders are committed by someone the victim knows - a partner, neighbor etc. but in cases where there is no relationship between murderer & victim? the killer is a cop about a third of the time. if you are killed by a stranger, there is a 1 in 3 chance that stranger is a cop.
granta.com
Violence in Blue
‘One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police.’
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