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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

North Carolina mailed the first absentee ballots in the country on Friday. That same morning, the state elections board voted 3-2 to change which ballots get thrown out. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-rall...

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Commies!

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/09/2026

North Carolina began sending mail ballots to voters early on Friday, the first state to forge ahead with its standard vote-by-mail program as the Trump administration escalates its efforts to restrict the practice.

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North Carolina Set to Mail The Fall’s First Ballots As Trump Tries to Restrict Them

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Postal Service rule that could impede millions of mail voters. The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Ds too often shy away from proposals like court expansion for fear of triggering blowback from Rs— who championed McConnell’s court-packing. Avoiding a solution because it will upset Rs or does not already have sky-high approval reveals bizarre timidity, ignoring key role of persuasion in politics.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The courts are holding and the polls are moving. Trump's mail-in voting order was blocked again. Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to be released from prison was rejected. And Democrats hit a new high in the generic ballot as Trump hits new lows in approval. I'll clap for that! 👏

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 28/08/2026

President Trump’s executive order on mail voting is still illegal and still unconstitutional. In The Briefing, Michael Waldman explains the Supreme Court’s action and what comes next: bit.ly/4zKpCGo

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Your regular reminder that if not for the Trump and Bush tax cuts, federal revenues would keep pace with federal spending indefinitely. Instead, these tax cuts have added at least $10 trillion to the debt. The so called "party of fiscal responsibility" is full of it.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Psst. I have something to share! The Last Class film about my final semester of teaching is available now. www.thelastclassfilm.com

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Iran Nuclear Deal - On the left side, what Obama accomplished. On the right side, what Trump did. Nothing short of a humanitarian and global financial disaster.

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Could it be? A $1.776B taxpayer financed fund to pay off criminals, cop killers, anti-American insurrectionists? Just because they support you?

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

After 26 songs, 3 hr. performance, Bruce spoke to the 20,000+. While there was plenty of hard hitting rock 'n roll signature hits played, the closing brought tears to the eyes of many. It was emotional. We left renewed and grateful for this man, at this time. youtu.be/tnmYPkvnJug

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Bruce Springsteen speech before final song - "Chimes of Freedom" - Chicago United Center (4/29/26)

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 29/04/2026

Colette Delawalla launched Stand Up for Science to push back against the Trump’s cuts to medical and scientific research

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She set out to become a clinical psychologist. Now she’s leading a US movement to save science

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Three stories worth your time this week. How Chief Justice Roberts built the shadow docket that keeps handing Trump court victories. How a message connecting corruption to everyday costs just won a landslide in Hungary, and why Democrats need to hear it. And why PFLAG has never mattered more.

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Only Democrats are for fair maps across every state in America. The Rs oppose that & load the courts with justices that oppose it. Side w/ Dems & this undemocratic nonsense will end. Here is what the Rs did to my 50-50 state (NC) - MID YEAR Republican majority court ordered:

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

This is the agreement we had in 2015 before Trump ripped it up. We now have national & global chaos, war costs so far of $35B ($2B a day), 2000+ innocents killed, many of whom children and infants. 10yr projection to repair all the damage - IN EXCESS OF $1T.

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I noticed when Trump lies through his teeth (especially about Iran), my portfolio goes up. When his lies are exposed, my portfolio goes down. What should I do?

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Something terrific was in place that secured peace. Trump ripped it up. Now we have chaos, war costs so far of $35B, increasing at $2B a day. 2000+ innocents killed. 10yr projection to repair all the damage - Over $1T and growing.

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Here's a depiction of Jesus delivering his Sermon on the Mount. Shocker - Pope Leo is speaking profoundly to what Jesus teaches us.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

To conservatives who’ve objected when some of us have suggested Trump is a fascist, and who’ve complained when some us point out that much of real existing American conservatism has devolved into fascism, if you’re silent about Trump’s threat of genocide you’re proving the point you’ve objected to.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else. We mustn’t let this war do so.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Yep. Dems need to be speaking loudly and in unison about the urgent national need to remove this madman from office immediately.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/04/2026

Pope Leo XIV used his first Easter speech to deliver a resounding call for peace in times of renewed war, declaring, “Let those who have weapons lay them down!” wapo.st/4c72GGd

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Proud of my Raleigh, NC. We showed up in the thousands (like other protests around America). 60 of us met up ahead of time, marched to the Raleigh state capital. Like you, we are happy warriors but determined warriors to change America. #NoKings #Raleigh youtu.be/fOvKuW0ZO98

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Marching to No Kings Rally, Raleigh NC (3/28/26)

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The GOP could end the DHS shutdown immediately by agreeing that ICE should act like any other law enforcement agency.

Tweet by Melanie D’Arrigo pointing out that Republicans control every branch of government while quoting a GOP post blaming Democrats for long TSA lines.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Unstable. @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Number of minutes “Iran”’was mentioned in this week’s 107 minute-long State of the Union: Three.

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

QUIZ- 1. Which president disproportionately invested in red states? 2. Which president has made his mission to hurt blue states? 3. Which states disproportionately subsidize the others with their tax dollars?

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

This is an absolutely beautiful cover of Bruce Springsteen's new song "Streets of Minneapolis". IDEA- Wouldn't it be great (and emotional) if he was surrounded by a chorus of local young people singing background to this song at each concert? @brucespringsteen.net youtu.be/Ci_0PAObc4A?...

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Irish Female Duet)

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Ash Wednesday (this Wednesday) is already a big deal for Catholics, but it sounds like it will be especially profound in Chicago this year.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 12/02/2026

The SAVE Act is part of the Trump administration’s agenda to sow distrust in elections, undermine election administration, and discourage Americans from making their voices heard. bit.ly/4rA2p4R

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New SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From Voting

The “show your papers” requirement is an attack on the freedom to vote.

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Turns out our immigrant neighbors, both documented and undocumented, are less violent than we U.S. citizens are. I had ChatGPT do the analysis. You can do this too. Easy! (P.S. OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman is one of Trump's largest donors)

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The great journalist, Ed Murrow (CBS) understood how to counter lying gov't officials who smear those they disagree with. Today we are going through much worse than the McCarthy era. It's time for the main stream media to put a full stop to lies coming from the Trump people.

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Our current president is completely missing in action on the issues Americans care about most. Zero leadership. Zero understanding. Zero ability to help craft solutions. He's all over the place with self-created distractions. What happened to AMERICA FIRST? #DAVOS

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Almost 50 yrs ago this book led to JFK establishing the Peace Corp. Our young people embarked to help the unfortunate throughout the world, but also to fix an image of America that was taking hold. Trump's Davos performance yesterday is one more example of setting America back 50 yrs, sadly. #Davos

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

An entire political party is made up of cowards.

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Trump authoritarian project requires enough people to disbelieve what they clearly see with their eyes. But can he convince people not to believe their bank accounts?

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

We don't need to play games parsing US law or international treaties to figure out if it's legal for Trump to do this. It's not. It's crystal clear it's all illegal. Everyone's just pretending we're not at the point where the thing to do is to remove him. It's an advanced state of political denial.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

This is actually the really simple story of the collapse of American democracy. You can explain America’s constitutional collapse in a single coherent sentence:

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KayElan7ISO64🇨🇦🇪🇺 @kayiso64.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Your blood pressure will also improve.

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

If gov't were measured like a business - by performance, with customer satisfaction and service delivery key metrics, the Trump Admin would get an F minus minus minus minus minus.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

What would Jesus do if he visited the United States Senate?

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

It's time for the World Court to deal with Pete Hegseth

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Perhaps these words say it all about Trump as he pardons the former president of Honduras who had been convicted in U.S. of drug trafficking charges. Graham was far from a lefty.

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Doug From Raleigh @doug-raleigh.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I am saddened that I don't recognize the United States of America anymore. The Greatest Generation shed blood to preserve our country and way of life. To see everything they stood for and fought for crumbling before our very eyes - and yes

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