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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16h
Jared Kushner is complaining about fake news that's allegedly been written about him. Rest assured, this piece is 100% factual.
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How Jared Kushner used his position to hop in bed with autocrats
And sell out America.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16h
You know, like being able to afford gas and groceries. trib.al/KAm2TVF
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Vance Says People Are Too Focused on “Little Things” Ahead of Midterms
You know, like being able to afford gas and groceries.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h
He had already surrendered. Video captured today in Oasis, California shows a federal goons kneeling on a man he threw to the ground while tasing him. This whole time the man is surrendering.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16h
The Roberts Supreme Court doesn't want you to know it killed the Voting Rights Act. But it did. New episodes of Stress Test drop every Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe at youtube.com/motherjones.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 16h
First the wedding, now the ballroom — “Trump/Russia” gets smellier and smellier.
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A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h
Trump instinctively supports and identifies with rapists... because he is one himself. Indeed, adjudicated as such. bsky.app/profile/head...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 16h
A hill I will die on.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
And wages grew just 3% over the past year, while inflation ran around 3.4%. Even Fox Business admitted: “The numbers do not look good.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
🚨 The last jobs report before the midterms is a disaster. Just 29,000 jobs added in September. Unemployment rose to 4.2%. July was revised down to a LOSS of 10,000 jobs, while August was revised down by 29,000 jobs, from 162,000 to 133,000. 1/
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 21h
Kansas Republican Roger Marshall: I'm sorry gas prices are going up but your national security is more important than your pocketbook
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 20h
“Our imaginary risks are more important than your real costs.”
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We need to take our country back from the fascists and make it a civilized place to live.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/10/2026
During a sworn deposition on Monday, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) declined to answer repeated questions from one of his ex-wife’s lawyers about whether he pushed a girl down a staircase during high school.
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In a sworn deposition, Rep. Max Miller was silent on staircase assault allegation
"If the incident never occurred, why are you afraid of answering the question?" asked his ex-wife's lawyer.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
October 1, 2026
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October 1, 2026
John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The scale of Russia’s ambition to freeze Ukrainians into submission is evident in a document that the Ukrainian energy minister, Denys Shmyhal, showed to European partners in Paris two weeks ago, according to two people familiar with his presentation."
Mr. Shmyhal, the people said, described the document as an intercepted Russian plan to cause the energy system to collapse through methodical attacks. The plan, a copy of which The New York Times obtained, describes a campaign of strikes using up to 1,000 missiles, drones and bombs. They would target a wide range of facilities, including electrical substations, hydroelectric and thermal power plants, and boiler houses.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/10/2026
Rep. Mike Collins, a GOP U.S. Senate candidate, recently said he was “fine” with the idea of Trump sending federal troops to voting sites. “It may be fine with you,” Marc Elias says, “but it’s not fine with federal law.” Keep watch on the people rewriting the rules: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Weeks before the midterms, Trump is starring in TV ads that literally say “Paid for by the U.S. Government.” He’s using our tax dollars to put himself on TV and campaign for his regime. #WeThePeople #StopTrump #ImpeachConvictRemove #resist #PayToPlayPresident #GTS
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 02/10/2026
"Amendment 81 goes way too far ... demanding that police officers, sheriff’s deputies and state troopers now use their time and resources to investigate immigration status to identify targets for detention for ICE agents," the Editorial Board writes.
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Amendment 81 goes way too far, requiring police to start investigating citizenship (Editorial)
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And yet Congress is still just letting him do anything he goddamn wants—the ridiculous arch, the Kennedy Center fiasco, the opening of protected wilderness to extractive industries, the blatant, unprecedented corruption.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
TRUMP: Did you see the story about my uncle? TIME: The one who taught at MIT? TRUMP: I have the highest of IQs. I have the highest.
Do you trust Sam Altman?

I like him. Do I trust him? Who do I trust? I like Sam Altman. Smart. Dario's smart. They're all smart. We're dealing with a very high level of IQ. Very very high level. That's a good thing. I like that. I like it. Did you see the story about my uncle?

The one who taught at MIT?

I have the highest of IQs. I have the highest. I'm fine, and I understand that stuff. You know, my uncle was at MIT for 41 years, and you know, I'm a—I believe in genetics, frankly, and I understand. I understand it much more than I think any president would, because I do have an ability on this. I have an ability on those things that were the new frontiers. 

What I've done is I've created, for instance, these massive plants have no—We have no electricity in our grid. These massive plants now are allowed to make their own electric—
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How do you defeat a president who’s trying to sabotage the midterms? 1. Use drop boxes. 2. Vote EARLY in person. 3. If mailing in your ballot, put it in the mail AT LEAST two weeks before Election Day. 4. Vote in person on Election Day. 5. Share these instructions with everyone you know.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Russia’s Defense Ministry has officially confirmed the strike on Kyiv’s Pivdennyi Bridge, and Z-channels are sharing drone video with a clear view of the bridge.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 02/10/2026
That's below the forecasts’ center: +84K jobs
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 02/10/2026
+29K jobs gained last month (mid-Aug to mid-Sept). -60K jobs in revisions of prior 2 months. The big picture
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Trump economy is worse than the Biden economy in basically every way
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The most corrupt, lawless administration in American history.👇
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lowest since Sept 18, on the weaker than expected jobs data. @cnbc.com
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: The U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September, missing expectations. The unemployment rate grew to 4.2%, up slightly from the previous month. Economists had expected 4.1%.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
DUN DUN DUN -- Fox Business on the September jobs report: "The numbers do not look good. I'm looking at 29,000 jobs added. That is well below expectations for 90,000, and our unemployment rate jumps up to 4.2%. A significant slowdown."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Golden Age rolls on … bsky.app/profile/atru...
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NPR @npr.org · 02/10/2026
Activists across Asia are being hunted down by authoritarian governments even across international borders. Human rights groups have been warning of a "swap market" of repression in Southeast Asia. n.pr/4jAdpy3
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Pro-democracy activists increasingly vulnerable to authoritarian governments in Southeast Asia
Activists across Asia are being hunted down by authoritarian governments even across international borders. Human rights groups have been warning of a "swap market" of repression in Southeast Asia.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
"This technique is something I'm gonna have to learn more about" -- Rep. Tony Wied doesn't know what a pocket rescission is
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's when a president illegally confiscates money appropriated by Congress for a specific purpose because he decides, after the appropriation becomes law, that he doesn't like it. The fact that the Republican Congress ignores that is another reason they should be voted out. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Doesn’t sound like America First. bsky.app/profile/meid...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
NEW: As diesel prices hit record highs, Georgia GOP gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson admitted in court that the “America First Refining” oil refinery he co-owns with MAGA figures including Donald Trump Jr. is set to send its fuel to India, per AJC.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New: Republican Candidate: “The Country Went to Shit After” Women Got Voting Rights Brandon Herrera made the remark in 2023, but now hopes women will vote him into office. meidasnews.com/news/republi...
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Republican Candidate: “The Country Went to Shit After” Women Got Voting Rights
Brandon Herrera made the remark in 2023, but now hopes women will vote him into office.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It seems that after Zakharova’s statement that European factories producing weapons for Ukraine are potential military targets for Russia, the question of such a strike should no longer be "will it happen?" but rather "when will it happen?"⤵️
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 02/10/2026
Over 90 percent of Republican Tom Tiffany’s campaign funds have come from just three donors. trib.al/5ZG9tqb
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The Three Billionaires Trying to Buy Wisconsin’s Governor’s Race
Over 90 percent of Republican Tom Tiffany’s campaign funds have come from just three donors.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Russian troops have besieged Oleshky, cutting off food and keeping up constant shelling until residents are dying of starvation or getting killed trying to flee Activists held a #SaveOleshky rally in central Budapest to draw international attention to the siege 🎥 Embassy of Ukraine in Hungary
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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‼️ MUST-READ: TIME's interview lays bare Trump's unraveling, dangerous mind. Just one example — Trump says he'll wipe Iran off the map, then ignores the same innocent people he'd kill that he told to "rise up." 🧾 Transcript: ‘What Trump Has Built’ t2m.co/xcnpWHr 🧾 TIME fact check: t2m.co/ciEZmxh
Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump’s 2026 Interview With TIME


President Donald Trump photographed at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 28, 2026.Dan Winters for TIMEHow can the president of peace be calling for the annihilation of an entire people? 

Because by annihilating Iran, we've created peace in the world. With Iran, I don't think you could ever have peace.

Are you talking specifically about the government, the Islamic Republic regime? What about the innocent people? 

They killed 75,000 people in the last number of months. Protesters, innocent [unintelligible], a lot of very good people. They killed 70, anywhere from 72 to 75,000. We all documented. They went on Brett Baier the other day and they lied about it. They said 3,000. Brett Bair said, “You got to be kidding, me!” No, they killed 75,000 people. It's unbelievable. It's a bloodbath. So we'll see. And the reason people don't rise up, because they're afraid of being killed. You know, they go out in the street and they end up killing 1,000 people, 2,000, sometimes less. They use snipers to go right through their head, and when—remember the women went, they had 500,000 women, and then they started getting hit by snipers right in the middle of their head? The women looked and they saw that, then they saw another one, and they ran like hell.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/10/2026
Kushner, who has been tasked with negotiating peace in Gaza, has a huge financial stake in one of the biggest backers of the Israeli military. trib.al/fFd9RFN
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Bombshell Report Exposes Jared Kushner’s Ties to Company Backing IDF
Kushner, who has been tasked with negotiating peace in Gaza, has a huge financial stake in one of the biggest backers of the Israeli military.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot by ICE 10 days ago. The bullet is still lodged in his back. He’s been forced to sleep on the floor and hasn’t been given medication, according to his attorney. Now DHS is claiming he assaulted an agent. Can we trust anything DHS says given its track record?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Hegseth Must Go
If Trump won’t fire him, Congress must impeach him
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’ve known many other defense secretaries, starting with Cap Weinberger, who served as defense secretary under Reagan. I can say without fear of contradiction that Pete Hegseth is the stupidest and least qualified of them all. He is a danger to the entire world. He must be impeached.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
At least 56 people have died in ICE custody during Trump’s second term. According to ICE’s internal reviews, detention staff did not provide sufficient medical care to at least six of those detainees. ICE has now taken down those reviews from its website. What other cruelty is ICE trying to hide?
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ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care
Three-quarters of ICE’s own 2025 death reviews, briefly posted online, raised substandard and “inappropriate” care of il
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 01/10/2026
“The town of Oleshky and the surrounding district in southern Kherson Oblast in Ukraine are under a total blockade imposed by Russian occupation forces,” write Elise Lauriot Prevost, Nadiia Vaskivska, and Anastasiia Vorobiova from Global Rights Compliance, in this op-ed.
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Russia's methodical use of starvation in Oleshky
The town of Oleshky and the surrounding district in southern Kherson Oblast in Ukraine are under a total blockade imposed by Russian occupation forces. Since May 26, 2026, no humanitarian aid has rea...
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