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“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” ~Thomas Jefferson

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/10/2026
NEW: Inflation data came in and Donald Trump’s failed economic agenda has raised prices for Americans by 5.9%. That means families are paying $3,772 more thanks to inflation under Trump.
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Watching the Harris Schwartz debate for MD 1st dist. Could Andy Harris be more of a condescending prick? Not only does he talk down to Dan Schwartz but also to the audience and the hosts. He worships Trumplethinskin and talks like him too.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Welcome home, darling!
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I AM THE CODE. Thank you for your attention to this natter. - Donald J. (Mr Smith) Trump
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
SENATORS, CONGRESSPEOPLE, WHITE HOUSE STAFF When the history books are written, do you want to be a Haldeman/Erlichman/Mitchell character in the narrative or do you want to be a John Dean? SPEAK UP NOW!
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’m a national security expert. I handle clearance matters every day. Not a single one of the quoted “experts” do clearance work as far as I can tell. They all appear to political operatives at think tanks. None cite information that would be viewed as disqualifying (or even reportable!).
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I would call it reminiscent. "I pledge eternal allegiance to Adolf Hitler. I pledge unconditional obedience to him and the Fuhrers appointed by him"
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We need at some point to talk about American Evangelicalism as a heretical movement. We should not indulge the delusion of a bunch or nuts who cherry-pick the Bible to rationalize otherwise indefensible 21st century bigotries that they are representatives of a global faith.
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
HAVE YOU SEEN ME? #milkcartonmitch
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Pete Hegseth is using OUR OWN TAX DOLLARS to pay conservative social media influencers with large followings to go online and troll all of us to help the Republican Party with their PR nightmares. I 👏🏻HAVE 👏🏻BEEN 👏🏻SHOUTING 👏🏻ABOUT 👏🏻THIS 👏🏻FOREVER. wapo.st/4x0p3pf
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Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles
Conservative veterans with large social media followings have been hired by the Defense Department and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s culture-war fights.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
You know something has gone terribly wrong when 94% of teachers have to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies while the average Wall Street employee got a bonus of $246,900 in 2025. Hello?
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
READ THIS IF YOU CARE ABOUT OUR FREEDOM.
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Next up on Donnie's "Redecorate America" list- Lady MarALago. "Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door, where ICE is waiting to deport you!"
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Bill Cassidy got emotional announcing his affirmative vote for Todd Blanche. The emotion was caused by his soul leaving his body permanently.
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Wayne 🏀 Tennessee 🏈 Vols.🍊 VFL @volswayne.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Thank you Dr Fauci for a Lifetime of Service.🇺🇸 God bless you🕊🙏🏼
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Anthony Fauci Facepalms
ALT: Anthony Fauci Facepalms
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Republicans should be ashamed of themselves for this hearing with Dr Fauci. Absolutely appalling behavior. Every time I think, they've really hit bottom, they bring in a backhoe and start digging.
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
And yet, Marla Maples was pregnant before she married Donald Trump. Their daughter, Tiffany, was born on October 13, 1993, and the couple married two months later, on December 20, 1993. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
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Government Overhauls Teen Pregnancy Program to Focus on Marriage and Starting Families
The administration canceled federal grants to organizations across the country, accusing them of encouraging premarital sex. New criteria say programs should stress abstinence.
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Nice job today Senator Gary Peters. Peters.senate.gov
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
DJT talking about East Potomac Golf Links. The Course is virtually unplayable! Work on the new Course, which will go quickly, will begin on September 1st. Tom Fazio will be the Course Architect. 1/2
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The creature from the green lagoon (DJT) rises and threatens vandals.
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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Mike Johnson just told you the quiet part out loud: Republicans have a plan to gut Social Security next year. They’re waiting until after the midterms so you can’t vote against it. Don’t let them wait you out. Make this the only issue that matters in November. #HandsOffSocialSecurity
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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
While Trump puppets swear they’d “never cut” Social Security, Sen. Mike Lee is on tape saying he wants to pull it “up by the roots and get rid of it entirely.” Believe what they say when they think it doesn’t matter. It matters. Vote like your retirement depends on it. #HandsOffSocialSecurity
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Let's leave the cage standing at the White House after the birthday party so that we may join with our ally, France, to commemorate Bastille Day on July 14th. Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité!
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"I love the inflation." Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Michael Wolff is still being given a platform and making money off survivors. To be very clear: he knew, he discredited them (including Virginia Giuffre), and he paved the way for Epstein to continue abusing children for ten more years. #EpsteinFiles ellieleonard.substack.com/p/the-beginn...
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The Beginning of the End of Co-Conspirator, Michael Wolff
Before Michael Wolff came to Substack in late October, 2025, I followed his writing religiously.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Federal employees operate under an array of statutory, regulatory and policy restrictions on the unauthorized disclosure of unclassified information. The only reason to add this NDA would be to undercut lawful WBer disclosures to the media that SCOTUS approved. supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...
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Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean, 574 U.S. 383 (2015)
Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean: The exception to whistleblower protections provided by 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(8)(A), covering disclosures specifically prohibited by law, does not encompass discl...
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
*FEDERAL EMPLOYEES* You might want to think about coming forward with what you know. Looks like NDA's are coming and it'll be better to speak now than later.
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Ignore polls. Vote.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
An upcoming Montana ballot referendum would deny corporations the power to spend in state and federal elections. If it passes in deep red Montana, it could pass anywhere. State by state, this could effectively nullify Citizens United. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1fPbGHe3xE
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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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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This is what Hegseth doesn’t want the media to cover.
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Give them credit.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Just to be very clear: The Trump DOJ is stealing $1.2 million of your money to gift one of Trump’s cronies, who pled guilty to the crimes he was charged with, and whose suit against the government had already been tossed by a judge.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
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Axios @axios.com · 25/03/2026
An epidemic of suspicious trading has emerged around Trump's most consequential decisions — each time, just minutes or hours before he rattles global markets. It's precisely the kind of alleged corruption Trump built his political career railing against.
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Mysterious trading patterns follow Trump into war
A select few appear to be profiting in plain sight.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Someone or someones made $580,000,000 in exquisitely well-timed oil trades that took place 15 minutes before Trump's dubiously optimistic post about the negotiations with Iran. Gift link ⤵️ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Traders placed $580mn in oil bets ahead of Donald Trump’s social media post on Iran talks
Thousands of Brent and WTI contracts changed hands 15 minutes before president’s message on Truth Social
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Dr. René MD 🇺🇸🩺 @drrenemd.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
In the obfuscating events happening all around us, this news just spiraled into silence:
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I know it's only March but this might be the most bizarre news story of 2026. share.google/yq9Jl9We1ADe...
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Quadruple amputee professional cornhole player accused of murder in Maryland
Dayton James Webber, a quadruple amputee and professional cornhole player, was arrested and charged with murder in Maryland.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Jeff Bezos is worth $220 billion. After building that fortune from overworking and exploiting his own workers, Bezos is now developing a fund to acquire manufacturing companies and automate them. Why do we always hear about immigrants taking jobs when the oligarchs are actually to blame?
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Caroline Baxter @convergingriskslab.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Education and Training for three years before the office was disestablished last year. I owned the policy on professional military education for all five services. I have listened to Secretary Hegseth's announcement. I have thoughts. 🧵
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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Kirsten Grind @kirstengrind.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
NEW: Elon Musk said he was “selling almost all physical possessions” when he moved to Texas. Nope. Instead, he has secretly amassed land and penthouses and planes and mansions. We just had to spend months digging through private company records to find it all. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/t...
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Elon Musk’s Secret Web of Companies in Texas
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Leader of Board of Peace and Recipient of Someone Else's Nobel Peace Prize Goes to War
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
“The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds.” www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
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dreadpiratedave.bsky.social @dreadpiratedave.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Watch this instead of yet another 90 minutes of the demented ramblings of Trumplethinskin.
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 20/02/2026
I just wanna let everyone know that the reason that the DOJ under Biden didn’t always do what we wanted was because it wasn’t an arm of the White House. It is supposed to be an independent entity. I hope the next time that it is, you remember today, when Trump put his face on the building.
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Every single win is a big deal, and we should celebrate and uplift them no matter how bleak things may feel. We need to realize how huge of a deal it is to win battles against fascists with such immense power.
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