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Grocery store prices in rural Alaska right now. Most goods here come by barge or plane, so life here has always cost more. But this? This is as bad as it's ever been. This is what the price-hiking war in Iran is costing Alaskans. Dan Sullivan has now voted for it 14 times.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h

I think this analysis is correct. Reports out of Russia for the last six weeks show huge diesel shortages and long lines of cars trying to get it. Russia doesn't have the diesel Trump says he's buying for them. This is all for another purpose, which is psy ops.

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 8h

A new lawsuit has been filed opposing the construction of Trump's planned "egregious and unlawful proposed" arch at Memorial Circle. We partnered with @VoteVets and @TCLFdotORG to educate Americans about the controversy surrounding the arch and give a voice to the veterans, Gold Star families, hist

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4h

I just got back from the Middle East. What I saw made clear that Trump and Hegseth aren’t telling the American people the full story about the cost and damage of this war. Here are my four biggest takeaways.

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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 4h

This is clearly not acceptable

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“This is what crowd out looks like.” - Jason Furman

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ACLU @aclu.org · 08/10/2026

BREAKING: We're suing the Department of Defense for withholding information about the Pentagon launching a study of the “effectiveness” of women in ground combat roles. Secretary Hegseth can't hide this from the public — we have a right to know what he plans to do with the study.

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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I just saw a quote that said “The rise of women does not mean the fall of man unless men were standing on the backs of women to begin with”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“.. one research firm is valuing the artificial intelligence company at a mere $150 billion and says Wall Street is about to face an ‘unprecedented test of investor gullibility.’” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/10/07/a...

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 07/10/2026

Senate Banking just launched the Trumpflation Tracker. The affordability crisis is not a “hoax” like Donald Trump says. See for yourself how much more you’re paying because of Trump’s failed economic agenda

Trumpflation Tracker. Cumulative inflation since Dec. 2024: 5.2%, approximately $3,388 more for the average household. Real wage growth since start of Iran War: -0.7%. Wages aren’t keeping up with Trump’s inflation. 30-year mortgage rate up from 5.99% before the war to 7.6%, or $4,330 more per year for a typical household. Household debt, Q1 ’25 to Q2 ’26: +$56B. Families going into more debt just to get by. Total cost to American borrowers of Trump’s broken promise to cap credit card interest rates: $94.9B. Share of each extra dollar of income going to household debt: 52¢. Take-home income up $109/month since 2022; debt payments up $57. Cost of Living Basket Since Dec. 2024: Electricity +12.7%, approximately $222 more for the average household. Rent +5.1%, approximately $256 more. Gasoline +43.7%, approximately $758 more. Groceries +3.7%, approximately $211 more. Child Care +7.6%, approximately $852 more. Health Care +14.6%, approximately $929 more for average family coverage.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"But the handicapped need cars!" No, what they need are options in mobility. The tech exists to enable their freedom of independent mobility, but almost always what is lacking is the enabling infrastructure. Bike lanes and quality sidewalks serve everyone.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🗣️Ex FTC Chair Lina Khan on A.I. Regulation: “The idea that just because we have new technological capabilities there’s some blanket exemption from the laws on the books is totally laughable.”

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 01/10/2026

⁨Arizona was hit hardest by SNAP cuts. A 52% reduction in recipients - that's 400,000 people, including hungry children, who have been kicked off assistance. Juan Ciscomani voted for this in the BBB and expects Arizonans to forgive him?⁩

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.

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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They took away Medicaid from my 82 year old mom. They don't answer the phone and when she showed up in person, they refused to talk to her and told her to go home and call them. She got her low income senior housing because she qualified for Medicaid.

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Sailing Steve @sailingsteve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Good advice!! Make noise. It's long. Read it!

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In the Senate's pre-election swan song, they spent a day asking Jack Smith about the techniques of his probe of the Trump election subversion criminal case Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) blasts the GOP for spending precious time on something that doesn't meet the moment

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Trump has said the Iran war is almost over at least 60 times. It's been 212 days. 19 service members are dead, 800+ wounded, $43 billion gone. We counted every broken promise with @votevets.org.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Watchdog group Public Citizen files a formal FCC complaint about Trump's taxpayer-funded TV ads “Broadcasters may be held liable for airing any ad that is in violation of federal law. Federal law explicitly prohibits using appropriated public funds for government propaganda"

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One artist, a rake, and a tide clock. Andres Amador's massive geometric sand drawings vanish before the day ends, and that's the whole point.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax

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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’

Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One of the best behind the scenes Documentaries on Pop music you’ll ever see. This group of L.A. session musicians were literally the sound of the 60’s & 70’s. They were known in the industry as… THE WRECKING CREW (2015)

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 29/09/2026

In 2027 Seattle's minimum wage will be $22.14 per hour. That's more than THREE TIMES the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour—a rate that hasn't been raised since 2009. And yet somehow we're not the jobless wasteland orthodox economics would predict. Weird.

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Seattle announces 2027 minimum wage

The minimum wage in Seattle will increase 3.9% next year.

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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

just learned this today

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Voting for someone with multiple bankruptcies to fix the economy is like voting for a convicted felon and expecting him to follow laws.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Denmark is trolling Trump.

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is extraordinarily well written.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Everything for our kids. Because all our kids are all our kids.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This tiny fix solves a problem you never realized you had, and once you see it, it makes perfect sense.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I was asked about by a pro-life student why he should support me…

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Paraplegic walking for the first time in 10 years with help from an exoskeleton

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Good sportsmanship: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is the most masculine video on the internet right now

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’m proud that I stood up to him” Rep Joyce Beatty (D-OH) about Trump’s unraveling at Kennedy Center board meeting ====>

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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 15/09/2026

Girls don’t need to be perfect. They need the courage to try, fail, learn and try again.💜 Sports teach girls to be brave, take risks, find their voices and lead. Winning is wonderful, but becoming strong enough to get back up is the real victory 💪🥎 #SheShed #GirlsInSports

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: University of Florida Scientists Develop an mRNA Cancer Vaccine That Reprograms the Immune System to Hunt Down Cancer Cells Without Genetically Engineering Immune Cells Outside the Body Led by Elias Sayour, M.D., Ph.D.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🔥 @Hamilton4Kansas ends his senate debate against @RogerMarshallMD (who has poor people arrested for not affording bills after pregnancies) with a ‘WIZARD OF OZ’ analogy that sums up Republicans in Washington perfectly

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Christian Bale quietly dedicated roughly 17 years to developing a foster care village in Palmdale, California. The $20–22 million project was intentionally designed to keep siblings together in the foster system, providing them with family-style homes. It opened this week. Original post

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Bravo to this brilliant 16-year old BOHLALA MPHAHELE from South Africa for her incredible invention that won her the young achiever award

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