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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h
Judging by a quick look at Twitter, the right has decided just to pretend that Eric Schmitt did not, in fact, just shoot himself in the dick and that he totally owned Jack Smith.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As an American political historian, I can confirm that this Congress has been "almost unmatched in history" in several categories -- sad abdication of its war powers, craven surrender of the power of the purse, weird refusal to conduct meaningful oversight, and an utter failure to pass actual laws.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
New in PN: Retire in peace "McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"
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Retire in peace
McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
True of the slaveholders, true of the segregationists and true of their racist descendants and ideological heirs today.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Dementia Don is bragging about the "strongest economy in history" because preliminary figures show that the US economy added 160,000 jobs last month. FYI from reality: During the Biden Administration, the US added an average of over 330,000 jobs a month for four years straight.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Why do people in national media, such as Jen Psaki tonight on MSNOW, act like Rahm Emanuel would be a legit option for president? Here in Chicago, we recall his administration's cover-up of the police murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald as well as many other reasons to say no fucking way to Rahm.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
this could actually fix me
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 19/08/2026
Darline Graham Nordone is asking for six years as South Carolina’s senator — during wartime — yet has the gall to tell voters “national security isn’t her thing.” South Carolina deserves better.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What I don’t think people are fully aware of is just how bad it can get, given that Trump is so obviously dissociating, decompensating, that he’s not all there. — @pkrugman.bsky.social
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How badly will Trump punish America?
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Wearing @postguild.bsky.social red today. I was able to challenge my @washingtonpost.com firing — and win reinstatement plus back pay — all thanks to being a part of the @wbng.org Guild. Binding Arbitration is a part of our contract. This is why unions matter!!!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
What do these corporations all have in common? -SpaceX -Palantir -RTX -Northrop Grumman -Microsoft -Nvidia They are all corporations whose stock Trump just purchased — and who do business with the Trump administration. We must not become numb to this blatant corruption.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Ancient Rome
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Bond market, .. you in danger, girl. 👀
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NPR @npr.org · 21/08/2026
Tens of thousands of people in Indiana are entering a second week without power after a deadly storm toppled trees and power lines. Schools remain closed and businesses have been unable to reopen. n.pr/4xXEmQy
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'Survival mode': Indiana residents endure a ninth day without power
Tens of thousands of people in Indiana are entering a second week without power after a deadly storm toppled trees and power lines. Schools remain closed and businesses have been unable to reopen.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Ossoff: I'm trying to make sure that folks in Georgia know the truth about this administration. And apparently in the White House, the truth hurts.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is unacceptable—but it’s also insufficient to *merely* call it unacceptable. It takes an act of absolute fucking gall—bordering on clinical malignant narcissism—to think you deserve to be a leader of others when you’ve done *zero* work to prepare yourself for the responsibility. Shame on her.
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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This will pretty much end international students pursuing doctorates. A shocking decision and one which will do irreparable damage to the United States in the long term. www.highereddive.com/news/trump-a...
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Trump administration caps student visa stays at 4 years under final rule
Critics have castigated the measure, arguing it ignores average degree completion times and creates unnecessary burdens for international students.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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dgranite.bsky.social @dgranite.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
You can just say anything on Fox
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 06/08/2026
Capital One says it shut down roughly 385 Trump-linked bank accounts after its financial-crimes team flagged them for money-laundering concerns. That should be a massive story all by itself.
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Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns
The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut d...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026
RFK Jr: "I'm announcing that HHS has begun the decertification of Network for Hope, the organ procurement organization."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Three years ago, the Biden White House attacked me for saying "Democrats should be fighting on every possible front — filing a flurry of lawsuits and exerting public pressure through the media." "The president's team wants to be more selective in picking legal fights." I feel sadly vindicated.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."
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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I am so triggered by RJK Jr's comment about ICU's being empty during #COVID. I re-read what I wrote after one of the surges. How do others forget. The trauma was--and is--real.
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I'm An ICU Doctor. I’m Haunted By What I’ve Seen During The Recent COVID-19 Surge.
“I can’t stop thinking about the 40-something man who told me, ‘I can’t die like this. I just got engaged and have a 6-month-old baby.’ I encouraged him to be positive, but that didn’t stop him from d...
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dgranite.bsky.social @dgranite.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This man is so nauseating. His escape from any consequences from his actions with health care fraud feels like it gave other grifters and fraud hopefuls a guideline to follow. The worst people found a way into politics and personal gains by crafting public bullshit performances like his.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026
😳 Rep. Pete Stauber indicates there's something gravely wrong with Tom Emmer's health: "You have no idea what Congressman Emmer is dealing with right now. If you did, you would've never made that comment. He's fighting for his damn life today!"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026
Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/08/2026
One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/08/2026
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Trump now threatens to keep Todd Blanche as acting AG and says he will keep $1.8B anti-weaponization fund alive — after Blanche testified it was dead and Tillis and Cornyn couldn’t get that assurance in writing
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Please read..... #BookSky
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Here is a full list of every state that DOJ had sued and lost for access to their voter file: Arizona California Connecticut Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 30/07/2026
A $500K mortgage now costs $3,800 a month. In 2021, that same mortgage cost $1,800 a month. That’s $2,000 more every month for the same loan.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
James Talarico: Ken Paxton has not accepted any of these debates yet. When I get tough questions, I answer them. When Ken Paxton gets tough questions, he runs away. I've challenged Ken Paxton to these 3 televised debates. The networks have already set the dates and the times and the locations.
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dgranite.bsky.social @dgranite.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I hate these people say things that I have to read over and over because my brain is trying so hard to make the stupid shit they say make sense. Ffs wth????
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Remind me again, who pays for the healthcare costs of the uninsured?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/07/2026
Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
BREAKING: Trump ally Jay Clayton, who has no intelligence experience, has just been confirmed by the Senate to be Director of National Intelligence.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Alex Jones, who has not paid a single cent to the Sandy Hook families despite owing them $1.4 billion, has been in a $3,000 per night suite in Hawaii for the last few weeks illegally using the InfoWars accounts to boost his traffic. Today he said there's going to be a national draft in three weeks.
Alex Jones saying there's going to be a national draft in 3 weeks.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
There was an era not too long ago when the White House publicly promoting tobacco products would've been seen as a faux pas
MADE IN AMERICA.

Phillip Morris is opening a $1.2 BILLION manufacturing plant to produce ZYN here in the USA.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The sigh I let out when Jay sent me this notice. I looked them up. Because I like punishing myself.
Gerry, Callahan, and Taylor
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Elon has been melting down and raging nonstop since his interview with The Economist and Chef Andres is one of the best and kindest humans on planet earth.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 26/07/2026
support independent media! www.gelliottmorris.com
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Strength In Numbers | G. Elliott Morris | Substack
Independent, data-driven analysis of politics, public opinion polls, and elections. From author, journalist, and pollster G. Elliott Morris. Click to read Strength In Numbers, by G. Elliott Morris, a ...
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
no, and fuck you for asking www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
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Essay | Is It Time to ‘Liquidate’ the Study of Sociology?
Sociology has long been tasked with investigating society’s most pressing challenges. But these days, sociologists’ greatest obstacle may be themselves.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/07/2026
WARREN: Do you still work for Capital One today? JOHNSON: I do. I'm here today in my personal capacity W: Ok. But they're paying you to get confirmed for this job. I also understand they're letting you keep a bonus you haven't yet earned. They must be really excited about getting you confirmed.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 24/07/2026
Ten years later, sweaty and slurring, he's still promising a health care plan he's never delivered on. Instead, Americans got the highest health care costs ever and hospitals laying off staff or shutting down entirely. All thanks to Trump's health care sabotage & Medicaid cuts.
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