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Deborah

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 31m
Here's the biggest problem with staying silent on Musk: the risk is enormous. His fuckery is everywhere, but even when it's exposed, voters have no clear sense of the motive or why it's all happening. Why is this man so desperate to inflict the horrors of Trumpism and the GOP on you? Explain!
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Elon Musk’s PAC is spreading inaccurate voting information, election officials say | CNN Politics
Election officials in Colorado and Washington state have issued public warnings about inaccurate information from the group tied to Musk.
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 21h
The Trump administration has denied Illinois’ request for disaster relief — again. The state sought FEMA’s help after days of severe weather in and around the Chicago area in August. FEMA granted Indiana’s request for help with the same storm. buff.ly/P3ElxRb
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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 23h
Real question, couldn’t DC simply send the cops over to move these people? Yes, the Guard may say they have orders, but again, this is clearly spelled out in the law as illegal so shouldn’t cops have the ultimate say? Is the NG prepared to draw down on DC police so they can intimidate voters?
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump has always been Putin’s biggest asset…
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/10/2026
A still from a video posted on IG by @brynodc.bsky.social Link: www.instagram.com/reel/DeQKdoK...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My man looks like Neo waking up in the goo pod
politico.com
Peter Thiel slams Obama, Pope Leo in new ‘Antichrist’ lectures
The tech billionaire accused them of using AI concerns to “boost their own popularity,” according to recordings obtained by POLITICO.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/10/2026
Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. She is a South African human rights lawyer who fought against the apartheid regime and who was formerly the UN’s top human rights official. nyti.ms/4yLyLxw
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Jennifer Harris @jwharris.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Andy Dwyer: Come Again? (Chris Pratt)
ALT: Andy Dwyer: Come Again? (Chris Pratt)
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is objectively psychotic and every member of Congress and Senate should be ashamed if they don’t try to remove him from office before this happens
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is so dangerous! President Trump is deliberately inciting race hatred against an ethnic minority, calling on the people of Minnesota to "fight back" against "Somali immigrants." This must be a terrifying moment for the Somali community (who are overwhelmingly US citizens).
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We’re sick of ICE terrorizing our neighbors. Sick of it. Like the brave people of Minneapolis, we have zero tolerance for federal agents lawlessly unleashing violence on our streets.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026
jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties
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Deborah @debalex.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
These people are so stupid.
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David Isaacs IRL @swede700.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
That's not why, James. They bring them in because they bring money in. It has nothing to do with undercutting Americans...they bring in more money than the American students do.
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bcartwright.bsky.social @bcartwright.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Laurel was my home for nine years. It’s where my kids were born. It sickens me to see the ICE activity there. I’d much rather have had - and likely did have - Julian as a neighbor instead of them.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In installment two of the Bari Weiss commissioned series to defend the Cornell 7 rapists, it's time to blame the victim, because, you know, she must have wanted what happened to her.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/10/2026
NEW: CONTENT WARNING FOR SA: Democratic candidate for Arizona's 8th Congressional district Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by two men while repairing campaign signs according to a sheriff's report. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No Kings
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote, according to new records analyzed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
ICE  probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“An ABC News analysis found defense companies backed by the president's sons, including Anduril, have now raked in more than $6 billion dollars in active or promised government contracts since those investments were made, according to the government's official contract reporting.”
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Trump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his election
The contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I don't know how it will play in Maine, but Troy Jackson seems to be winning this debate
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Bill Day
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 06/10/2026
NEW: In 2016, David Michael Levin served jail time for hacking election websites in Florida. Now, new records reveal Levin helped the Trump DOJ monitor the 2026 primaries in Maricopa County — a key target in Trump's bid to contest the 2020 vote.
democracydocket.com
DOJ lawyer convicted of hacking election sites monitored voting in Maricopa County, Arizona
The involvement of the two lawyers in a state where President Donald Trump challenged the 2020 election results adds to concerns that the administration’s monitoring program for the fall — which it ha...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"How could a country extend such a shining future to a young man like him—only to shatter that future, and him, by suddenly ripping it away? And how could the president who made it happen show his face that same day, just miles down the road, to bask in it?" www.thebulwark.com/p/a-death-a-...
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A Death. A Funeral. And the Trump Rally Down the Block.
On the day Springfield held a funeral for Pierre Damas Bel, the president held a rally 25 miles away. We went to both.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Driver-volunteers go to homes to drop off diapers, baby formula, toilet paper, groceries... "Drivers switch routes and cars, write addresses on paper, and carry a water bottle so they can drop the paper in water and obscure the addresses if stopped... kansasreflector.com/2026/10/02/t...
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Trump's immigration sweeps leave southwest Kansas communities looking for way forward • Kansas Reflector
DODGE CITY — Southwest Kansas communities reeling from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — which included random stops to check status — are looking for ways to recover as fear continues ...
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CNN @cnn.com · 05/10/2026
The White House is refusing to allow Politico on Air Force One on Monday, which means the news organization cannot fulfill its press corps pool responsibilities. cnn.it/3TnDczb
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’m trying to imagine what kind of meltdown would be overtaking Fox News tonight if these homepage-leading headlines were published while a Democratic president was in power.
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U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats The move came with unusual speed, following
what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
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All B-1 Bombers Returning to
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The withdrawal came amid security concerns around the base where several suspects were arrested last week in connection with a suspected plot.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Blumenthal: Tether is a crypto company that has a stablecoin known as USDT, and it is the major means of Iran avoiding and evading sanctions. What we’ve also exposed is that Cantor Fitzgerald has a major financial tie. Cantor Fitzgerald was owned by Howard Lutnick. It’s still run by his family.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 04/10/2026
Nobody is prepared for the world of drone warfare that is coming, in fact is already here www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
nytimes.com
U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats
The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I said this in a NY Times story last week about the WA millionaire tax, but let’s bring back shame. Even if billionaires don’t know it’s wrong to do shit like this, they should know it’s embarrassing.
fortune.com
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026
remarkable piece of journalism. really worth reading.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“He’s gotta resign. … We have to let our own people and everybody else know why it had to be done—because of what’s on the tape, because he lied.” — White House speechwriter Patrick J. Buchanan to White House chief of staff Alexander M. Haig, August 2, 1974
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
Funny how their “originalism” dissipates when there’s a Republican/billionaire imperative at stake. I don’t think “originally” corporations were people, or presidents had immunity, or agencies couldn’t make “major” rules, or Congress couldn’t set terms of office. What a joke.
wsj.com
Opinion | Justice Samuel Alito: Even Originalists Make Mistakes
An interpretive method disciplines the decision-making process, but it doesn’t free judges of the need to exercise judgment.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Access journalism” and Sanewashing at the White House Won’t Save Corporate Media macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/access-jou...
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump’s TIME interview should have been treated about like Biden’s debate performance. That it mostly wasn’t says a lot about the media’s ongoing normalization of Trump’s cognitive downward spiral.
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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is absolutely insane and depraved. BBC reporting she was taken to a hospital. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
nytimes.com
Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say
Christa Pike, who was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995, was set to be executed by lethal injection. Officials had gone ahead with the execution after a temporary court-ordered pause.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Update: Christa Pike still alive after administered execution drugs, attorneys say. www.tennessean.com/story/news...
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why does he keep talking about this?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026
Impeach Hegseth on January 3. I don’t care if you don’t have enough senate votes to convict and remove.
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Anne Caprara @annecaprara.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every woman I know is talking about what happened at Cornell. None are surprised. All are furious. And there is a palpable feeling of being fed up with the last few years of male dominated loneliness/rage/incel stories and movements.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yep.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yeah, Schmitt is lucky there’s a Speech or Debate Clause. This is inexcusable. Klobuchar focused on the “dirtbag” claim in Schmitt’s conclusion, but Schmitt also said to Smith, “I think you’ve already perjured yourself.”
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
KLOBUCHAR: I think that people should have their facts straight before they accuse someone of being a dirtbag, and not get the teams wrong. SCHMITT: I stand by that statement. KLOBUCHAR: Teams. You had the teams wrong, sir.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith adopting the sort of bewildered deadpan affect of Coach Beard in 'Ted Lasso' throughout this clip might be the comic performance of the year
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
LEFT: @atrupar.com explains what actually just happened RIGHT: CSPAN shameful, pathetic attempt to cover for @ericschmittmo’s utter incompetence for some bizarre reason 🤔 (Here’s the video, see for yourself: www.instagram.com/reel/Dd4F6TC...)
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