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Donna Counts

@donnacounts.bsky.social
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Economist, environmentalist, public policy nerd, hiker, gardener, and lover of animals. Moms Demand Action volunteer working to reduce gun violence, avid traveler and searcher for the meaning of life.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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IndySnix @indysnix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 05/10/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump. We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Public vulgarity and lewdness are Trump's signature on the campaign trail. These are well recognized as signs of advanced senile dementia.
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Veterans Against Trump @vetsat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
FT has independently corroborated Kimberly Guilfoyle’s statement that the US was behind the collapse of the Romanian government of PM Bolojan over its refusal to buy US gas at above market prices: "We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here too." www.ft.com/content/7af7...
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Donald Trump’s ambassador to Greece causes stir in Romania
Kimberly Guilfoyle told embassy dinner in Athens ‘we can do that to any country’, in reference to Romanian government’s fall
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Donna Counts @donnacounts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Love his ending. When a witness lies in front of Congress,they can be charged with lying but when a senator lies while he’s asking questions, he’s just asking questions.
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One Squashed Chihuahua. 🤣😂🤣
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Good news: a federal judge just paused Wilber's deportation. The government shouldn’t be allowed to shoot you from an unmarked vehicle and then cover it up by deporting you. Keep speaking out, it's working.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
One of the bribe payments that Kao made to Susan Collins, very carefully laundered.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump's potash deal is designed to put massive sums directly into the private pocket of Belarus dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko. And no one inside the Washington Beltway is even asking questions about it.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Tom Joscelyn discusses the launch of the Civil Defense Institute, a research organization that reports on organizations and individuals who work to undermines our civil society and our personal freedoms. First case study: Kevin Roberts and the Heritage Foundation. open.substack.com/pub/ofthebra...
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The Heritage Foundation’s Extremist Turn
It’s Happening Here with Bill Kristol and Tom Joscelyn. Plus, Tom announces the launch of the Civil Defense Institute.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The U.S. government isn't regulating big business. Big business is regulating the U.S. government.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/09/2026
Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data.
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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Defund ICE. Take its entire budget and devote it to a Manhattan Project that can devise and implement sound guardrails for AI, and figure out how to stop what can and should be stopped in the way of superintelligence and recursive self-improvement. AI is far, far more dangerous than immigrants.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to ban private equity funds from owning or controlling medical practices. This is a big deal. Here’s what you need to know about the shady private equity industry and how it operates.
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This One Thing Is Making Your Life More Expensive | Robert Reich
Private equity is shutting out millions of people from buying their own homes.In 2021, private equity investors bought n
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NARRATOR: "The funny story about the so-called 'Russia! Russia! Russia! Hoax' was that it turned out the connections between Russia[!] and the Trump Family were far deeper and numerous than was originally thought."
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In a hidden-camera operation, pardon brokers Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl said that for $300,000, they could help a felon get a pardon from the president. They said their services included working with influencers to advocate for his case. cbsn.ws/4dj706z
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Pretty much the worst dumbest most dangerous thing Ted could do
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Garcia: We are going to hold the Postmaster General and anyone at USPS, particularly those that are at the management level, that are implementing this, accountable for what we view as an illegal action by USPS.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A dog takes his first steps on a custom 3D printed prosthetic after weeks of fittings and physiotherapy, and his gait changes instantly.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Barney loves this tune 💕 IG: @barney_maltipooo
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Tom Eblen @tomeblen.com · 01/09/2026
“If any of the defense secretaries under Presidents Biden, Obama, or Bush had gotten this degree and range of pushback from top uniformed personnel, there would be immediate congressional hearings, calls for resignations, and talks of impeachment," heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-31-...
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August 31, 2026
Alex Horton and Tara Copp of the Washington Post reported on Sunday, August 30, that military leaders are warning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that a plan to continue large-scale operations in Iran ...
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The “radical left” wants you to be able to eat a salad and go to the doctor. Super scary stuff.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/08/2026
Ohio Republican Sen. Jon Husted said the ad was taken down. It wasn’t. And the victims’ family says their grief was used without permission. The details are even worse.
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Husted Car Crash Ad Still Up on YouTube Without Permission From Victims' Family Despite Claims it Was Removed
Husted lied about his campaign's involvement with the ad and that he had asked for it to be taken down
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
BREAKING: Liam Tadeo was just deported by ICE.
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Tom Eblen @tomeblen.com · 26/08/2026
"The Herald-Leader reported on Alvarado’s work as medical director for Kentucky nursing homes with quality problems while, in the legislature, he protected the industry from personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits and opposed mandatory staffing requirements." www.kentucky.com/news/politic...
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Zach Dembo targets Ralph Alvarado’s nursing home ties with anti-corruption plan
Dembo says lawmakers should not act on legislation that would benefit themselves, and he cites Alvarado’s work as a state senator.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Per internal park service records obtained by "Scott MacFarlane Reports" The $5 million allotted by Nat Park Service for Trump's helipad is roughly the same amount of $ set aside this year for all of: Gettysburg National historic site Olympic Natl Park Glen Canyon Bryce Canyon
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 19/08/2026
Foreign policy is kind of a big part of the Senate job description. Learn some before applying.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Ossoff: It’s been amazing to watch this White House melt down over this all week. And about Natalie Harp, these White House staffers are adults, public officials paid by the taxpayer, with immense power in positions of public trust.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Here’s @jamellebouie.net doing Gods work
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Fox (is not) News
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“Everything they do is money laundering. All of it.” These guys get it. 👇🏽 The Trump projects aren’t just “vanity” (although they are that too) — they are laundering excuses. And ways to put money in the pockets of Trump, his family, and his friends.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
BREAKING: What just happened at the Kennedy Center board meeting is a slap in the face to the rule of law. We will see the president and his corrupt cronies in court. This will not stand. Official statements @repbeatty.bsky.social @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG👇
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/08/2026
Ossoff on Mike Collins: "What he's saying to the people of Georgia is after cutting their healthcare, throwing 300k of them off their health insurance, doubling health insurance premiums for more than 1 mil Georgians, he's then going to take their tax dollars and pay it out to violent criminals."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Former DOJ anti-trust chief Jonathan Kanter, on CNBC, says firms purchasing the Truth Social API could find themselves -- four years from now -- being "investigated for insider trading. .. Traders who use this service need to be careful." @cnbc.com $DJT
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
On @outfrontcnn.bsky.social, @jreinermd.bsky.social asks a pretty good question here: “Why is it acceptable in this country at this time—in this perilous time—for the president of the United States to have a dramatic problem staying awake?”
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Tom Eblen @tomeblen.com · 12/08/2026
Hold Republicans Responsible for the Iran Disaster open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Hold Republicans Responsible for the Iran Disaster
Where Democrats go from here — plus, Dems defy 'hot takes' in yesterday's primaries.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11/08/2026
Lake Mead lowest ever. Siberia hits 90. Vienna 105. Northwest on fire. Ocean heat record. Nothing to see here folks.
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Lake Mead, the nation’s biggest reservoir, hits lowest level on record
The milestone is yet another sign of the escalating water crisis on the Colorado River, which scientists say is worsened by climate change.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Hasan Piker trashes Joe Scarborough: “You have Benjamin Netanyahu on. He’s a genocidal war criminal. He’s responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 children. You have him and you yap around like he’s a normal dude. He has a f*cking arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court."
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Donna Counts @donnacounts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We need another morning show. Joe Scarborough the past two mornings he has done soliloquies bashing Democrats over and over. Joe should change party registration and go try to run the DNC obviously, he’s the only person you can do. Changed the channel again.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
God already built a wall through Big Bend — it's called the Chisos Mountains. We don't need to give billions of our tax dollars to out of state vendors. We don't need to desecrate this sacred land. We don't need this useless, disgraceful, corrupt Big Bend border wall.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
NEWS --> Dems are launching an investigation into Trump's corrupt prosecutions for "vandalism" of Reflecting Pool. They're demanding access to WH-DOJ communications and more. “Participants in this frame-up will be held to account," Jamie Raskin tells me. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2141...
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Trump’s Reflecting Pool Fiasco Is About to Get Even Worse for Him
The David Hearn affair isn’t over. Far from it. Jamie Raskin is launching an investigation, and Hearn’s legal team will pursue remedies.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I don’t agree with all Abdul El-Sayed’s views, but GOP “othering” is a disgrace. He was born in US, educated at Bloomfield Hills Andover, where he captained football team; Univ of Mich; Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar; Columbia, where he earned an MD. Debate his views, not whether he’s a “real” American.
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