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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Trump lies that Spencer Pratt was winning the LA mayor race until "the fake votes kicked in"
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have one house.
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 14h
It’s AI not SI.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 14h
Criminal contempt inquiry looms. The en banc D.C. Circuit seemed poised to allow a full inquiry into who was responsible for defying Judge Boasberg’s order to turn around planes with deportees headed for El Salvador. The Trump regime is trembling at prospect higher-ups will be held accountable
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Sen. Schmitt’s Unparalleled Buffoonery
And a polling apocalypse for the GOP.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h
Hegseth: "The ideological clowns are out. The patriotic cowboys are in, with testosterone testing on top."
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 14h
AG Todd Blanche won't say DOJ can't declare an election fraudulent on the president's say-so Here's what I will say: this election will be free & fair, & @democracydefendersaction.org & our partners will make sure of it More on @cnnipr.bsky.social at 3:40pm ET👇 -TN
democracydefendersaction.org
Free & Fair Elections | Democracy Defenders Action
Democracy depends on free and fair elections. Across the country, efforts to undermine voting rights, silence voters, reject lawful results, and spread election disinformation threaten public trust an...
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 14h
Fact is, Hegseth represents the opinions of the men who constitute America's .001 percent. They all believe this. It's why we should never let them have too much power.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Hegseth: "Enter a new core of cadets. To meet this critical need we are partnering with a new crop of premier higher ed institutions, including LSU, Liberty University, Tuskegee University, Mississippi State University, and Hillsdale College."
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 19h
1. On Tuesday morning, Trump unveiled America dot gov, which he described as “the ultimate product.” Right now, it is basically a chatbot that draws data from official government websites. As a result it is brutally efficient at debunking Trump’s lies.
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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 19h
Neuroscientist here. I have studied the brain for 40 years. I make serious use of machine learning and AI in my research. Sam Altman is full of shit. These machines are not conscious, any more than a movie of a train coming out of the screen is a train. AI does remarkable things but isn’t real.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That's a $96,318 fine for being raped.
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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Rep. Mark Pocan @pocan.house.gov · 18h
This story is as true now as it was in 2021. The Trump Administration has only made life more cushy for its billionaire buddies. Democrats believe in tax fairness and put workers and families first. Billionaires must pay their fair share. www.propublica.org/article/the-...
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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes,…
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 18h
📺 HAPPENING NOW: The Senate will vote on Republicans' latest attempt to sneak a voter ID requirement through the chamber by attaching it to a congressional stock-trading ban. The last-ditch effort comes just as the Senate packs up for the campaign trail. Stream below👇
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U.S. Senate: Floor Proceedings
Floor Activity
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 29/09/2026
A group of local investors is making a play to save Pearson’s Candy, a beloved Minnesota confectioner slated to halt production this week.
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Local investors make a play for Pearson’s Candy, famed for the Salted Nut Roll
A group including former co-owner Larry Hassler is trying to convince the confectioner’s private equity owner to sell.
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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The narrative that Dems are desperate is ridiculous. The GOP has to play defense on blood red states like Iowa, Kansas, Alaska, and Texas. The beta schtick isn’t working. Paxton is dodging a debate on Fox with Talarico and El-Sayed is consolidating support in Michigan.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is an even more damning ad that the one about Roger Marshall having pregnant patients arrested.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another way of making this point: The wheels may be coming off the Trump administration and the authoritarian movement energizing it. But a large tractor-trailer barreling down a highway at full speed whose wheels come loose is very dangerous to innocent people in the vicinity.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 29/09/2026
Exclusive: Donald Trump supports a new plan to offer Russia sanctions relief in exchange for the release of political prisoners—a move likely to outrage Ukraine, Europe, and even some of his allies in Congress, @shustry.bsky.social reports.
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A Most Trumpian Plan to Make Nice With Russia
Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donald Trump's ridiculously dark liquid foundation makes it look as if he is only seconds away from dropping to one knee with flailing jazz-hands to do a racist Al Jolson song about his dear ole mammy.
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loreleikelly @loreleikelly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
El Salvador has continued imprisoning deportees sent from the United States, including many who have not been charged with any crime. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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El Salvador’s Mass Incarceration of U.S. Deportees
The world moved on after Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but people continue to disappear in a black hole of imprisonment.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Mike Johnson on what Republicans will do if they hold the House: "What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already"
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the Fuel Clock shows Americans have paid $74.4 billion more on gasoline & $47.5 billion more on diesel since March 1 compared to a year ago. Total cost will hit $122 billion today. also updated the state map where you can find out how much more you're paying. link in my profile.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Protecting child predators, facilitating extra-judicial murders, jacking up everyone's prices through tariffs and military misadventures all so that Donald Trump can get rich and he doesn't yell at you is a hell of a closing message. But totally on brand for Mr. Johnson.
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Rep. Mark Pocan @pocan.house.gov · 29/09/2026
The thousands of beagles confined in inhumane conditions at Ridglan Farms was a wake-up call, for our community and the country. We also witnessed what is possible when people come together to demand change. This legislation honors that commitment. www.wkow.com/news/politic...
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Pocan co-introduces bipartisan bill to end taxpayer-funded testing on dogs and cats
MADISON (WKOW) — U.S. Reps. Nick Langworthy (R-NY), and Mark Pocan (D-WI), introduced legislation Tuesday to ban federal funding for biomedical research on dogs and cats.
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I do wish it was more of a big deal that Congress, as per its Constitutional powers, appropriated money for federal programs and the Trump administration refused to spend it until it lapsed www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
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Trump administration revokes $810M approved by Congress for refugee aid and more
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ICYMI: “Two veteran FBI agents overseeing counterterrorism operations in the nation’s capital removed from their jobs and reassigned” — reportedly because they didn’t consider harassing phone calls to Katie Miller terrorism. 🤔 www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/two-...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. Yes, the White House is calling them "public-service announcements." They are not. A public-service announcement promotes policy, like anti-drunk driving laws.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Ossoff's Office @ossoff.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
Sen. Ossoff on RFK Jr.'s reckless decision to cut cyclosporiasis monitoring: "There is no excuse. There is no justification. It's madness."
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taber @kvetch.gay · 28/09/2026
Here's a map of how iron ore mined in Minnesota moves (the red lines). Note the markers for where steel facilities are located, they're where they are because you have to move the stuff on ships. There are no steel mills in Iowa of any size because you can't get the fucking stuff it's made of there
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That's right, assholes. Just keep pretending he's not fast asleep in the middle of the day.
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Barchart @barchart.com · 28/09/2026
FUN FACT 🚨: More than 50% of S&P 500 stocks are trading below their 200-day moving average while the $SPX index is closer to a 52-week high than a low! The only other time in history when the market experienced this was the Dot Com Bubble 🤯👀
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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
GOP Consultants : what do you mean she just fucking tweeted it out
Marjorie Taylor Greene
We have not seen a caravan headed to the U.S.
southern border in several years, why now?
Oh yeah, there is an election coming and the
GOP needs to scare you into voting because
nothing else is working.

Anthony Aguero Live
Over 400 aliens predominantly from
Honduras entered Mexico on Thursday,
ready to make their way to the US southern
border ... Here's footage of the caravan.
Someone is incentivizing this movement, t ...

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@Anth ... . 1d
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
this is legitimately very funny
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lmaooo💤💤💤
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 28/09/2026
A Moms for Liberty activist and loyal Trump supporter is facing up to eight years in prison after she was found guilty on nine counts of election fraud last week. trib.al/yxdfO5t
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Surprise! MAGA Candidate Convicted of Election Fraud
Turns out there is election fraud, after all.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If I Were Still Voting in Calif dept: —US needs much, much more progressive tax code, w much more robust IRS enforcement, than now. Doesn't have either, via Reagan/Gingrich-era-onward GOP —Doing it state-by-state won't work. They just move to Nevada —Worked for smog/car emission stds. But not tax
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 27/09/2026
Instead of spending nearly $270 BILLION on mass deportations ($2,358 PER taxpayer), we could fund: Medicaid for 12 million people. Healthcare for 5 million veterans. Free early education for 6.7 million children. Money for cruelty vs. money for community.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump is so crude, stupid, and lowbrow, he has no appreciation for the majestic beauty of our national parks. If a place doesn't have gaudy gilding, flashing neon, and ringing cash registers, he doesn't see worth.
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The same people who think Democrats are communists think Donald Trump is a Christian.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 27/09/2026
Meanwhile it appears DOJ some time ago leaked the 37 pages to a Trump-friendly reporter. I wonder if they disclosed that to the judge. “So secret we can’t show you but we leaked them” is not a good look. meidasnews.com/news/trump-d...
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Trump DOJ Claims It Complied With Latest Epstein Order in Katie Phang Case
Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered Attorney General Todd Blanche to submit unredacted FBI notes and support disputed victim redactions, while a temporary appellate pause now blocks foreign-language file rev...
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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's a Make America White Again operation. On page 98 of the Reconstruction Papers begins my essay about what basic immigration reform would look like if Dems win. Why is deportation/incarceration the default? Why not fines or community service for peeps to get their immigration papers right?
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The PDF of The Reconstruction Papers Is Now Free to the Public
If you've been waiting to read The Reconstruction Papers, wait no longer.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 27/09/2026
Doing the January 6th Commission but for DOGE could splash this on TV and social media for weeks. Imagine the impact.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Evan Barker says Democrats are the party of the rich bsky.app/profile/ronf...
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It is illegal. For this reason alone, he should be impeached and removed and convicted. There is no justification under law or the Constitution for a president to "cancel" funding appropriated by the Congress and signed into law by previous presidents. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Trump cancels $1B in federal spending in latest challenge to Congress
Many lawmakers, including some top Republicans, say the "pocket rescission" tactic is illegal.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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