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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6h

Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?

Elon Musk: “Zelensky has gone too far”

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109033017184338141

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 4h

Watch an ICE agent run down and then run over a man. The man was was then writhing on the ground, saying "You broke my leg! You broke my leg!" Agents didn't help him. And btw, the man wasn't the target of their operation.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's already illegal. Congress banned it near-unanimously in 2022. That law allows the ban to be lifted only if Russia withdraws from Ukraine. He's simply breaking the law that's already on the books.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 7h

Ukraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right.

Chart showing online talk about the AfD going off a cliff edge

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Q: Did you personally authorize or approve the livestreamed execution? TRUMP: Did I approve? Absolutely I did

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They're partying in military housing while they make the actual troops live on squalid boats and wrecked airbases so their families back home can pay $5 a gallon.

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Gail Helt @gailhelt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

So army regulation 190-55 states clearly that no recording device may be present at an execution, and no person under age 18 may witness it. The constitution bans cruel and inhumane punishment. What Hegseth wants to do is clearly illegal. Bureau of Prisons ban public executions. 1/2

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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Putin has bought Trump with Russian diesel. Just before the US elections. Meanwhile, Russia keeps killing our children while they sleep at night. So Americans are now funding Russia’s war machine? I’m sorry, guys, but WHAT A FUCKING DISGRACE.

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The President of the United States, in front of a crowd of his supporters, during a televised rally, admits to a Quid Pro Quo pardon, which is a felony and impeachable offence. And absolutely nothing will happen, because his party, which controls congress, are fascist collaborators and sycophants.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is the vice president's guy, no? This should be every headline, it should lead every newscast and EVERY REPUBLICAN SHOULD BE ASKED ABOUT IT.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My read is that there aren’t five votes to let Trump literally rig elections. Roberts and Barrett won’t greenlight overt election subversion or chaotic, illegal interference with voting. Kavanaugh and Gorsuch aren’t reliable but don’t love the chaos either. Thomas and Alito want to end democracy.

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Whether he is watching too much Fox News or acting for other reasons, Justice Alito seems to be emotionally unable to rationally examine the actual evidence in the cases before him to see if they support his voter fraud arguments." democracyproject.org/posts/exorci...

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Exorcising Justice Alito’s Voter Fraud Boogeyman

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the tech industry is about to invent books

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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
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I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trump on Iran: Let 'em take out Los Angeles and San Diego, it's a small price to pay

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026

Trump on his meeting with Gold Star families: "I invited them out to check out the new helipad, check out the new ballroom, and check out the new helicopter"

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

For decades now Democratic donor class have obsessed about perfect "messaging" instead of building out effective media infrastructure that would distribute the messaging. Dem lawmakers have also ignored the part about "working the refs" that's also part of infrastructure building. Here we are.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026

these fucking ghouls should never know a day of peace for the rest of their lives

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/10/2026

Remarkable: an industry that is dying because it can't compete in the market writes a Republican president, asking him to keep the industry alive by brute force, and he says, ok. What would it take for the GOP to lose its reputation as the "free market" party? Seriously, what would it take?

nytimes.com

The Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged.

In a previously unreported letter, a top lobbyist floated the idea of using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Something I’ve heard about during my trip to the Gulf? War profiteering. Often by U.S. companies. Let me tell you what I learned. And why a Democratic Congress should do something about it

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Trump refuses to turn his camera on at the G7 summit

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.

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We will continue to grow our efforts to fulfill the mandate given to this administration.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/09/2026

golden is retiring but i think the right approach for perez is just to freeze her out entirely. one thing to be ideologically “heterodox,” another thing entirely to be unpredictable and disloyal

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 02/09/2026

This (from Tom Wood) suggests more than just the typical thermostatic backlash is happening right now. In sixteen months, Trump and Republicans have turned the GOP’s largest party ID advantage this century into a tie for its biggest deficit

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Every living US president will be attending the 25th anniversary of 9/11 memorial in New York City this month, except for Trump. Trump will instead be preparing to head to his golf course in Ireland.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/09/2026

If there's one thing that is genuinely easy to accomplish in US politics, it is getting the pack of slavering morons that is the Republican base to hate someone or something new. You just gotta point and say "we hate this now." They *love* hating shit. Canadians? Sure!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/09/2026

Somehow the "we need a big tent" thing never quite extends to, say, democratic socialists, it only extends to people like these who actively help the Republican Party.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

And as soon as tomorrow, Judge Talwani may also issue a TRO against the new rule the USPS issued Friday night to implement the EO. In other words, this is a small win for the Trump administration, but *not* a ruling that fully clears the way for Trump to mess with mail-in ballots come November.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This is exactly why 🇺🇸 democracy is completely screwed if those Bright Line Watch numbers are correct & we can't even muster public support for the most modest of SCOTUS reforms. There is no more 🇺🇸 democracy w/o wholesale, massive reform of the runaway authoritarian court. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

These are the kinds of emails Mothership is excited to push past Gmail's spam filter: "Trump slashes $460/month from your Social Security check?!" or a $1,400 "stimulus check" the recipient is missing. Click through and you end up at an ActBlue page with recurring payments pre-checked.

ActBlue donation page for Stop Republicans PAC, reached from the petition email. The left side repeats the email's message: "TERRIBLE NEWS FOR SENIORS ON SOCIAL SECURITY," a claim that seniors could face cuts of over $400 per month, and a request to "give at least $50 to Stop Republicans PAC now." The right side shows a checkout form with a $50 amount pre-selected, a "Make it monthly!" checkbox already checked, and payment buttons for card, PayPal, and Google Pay.

Worth noting for whatever post accompanies this: the pre-checked monthly recurring box is the detail that matters most here. The petition email said nothing about donating — "sign the petition" was the ask — and the landing page converts that into a $50/month recurring charge unless the donor notices and unchecks the box. Pre-checked recurring boxes are the specific practice the FTC has gone after in commercial contexts and one of the things ActBlue's reforms were supposed to address. If you're posting this as the follow-through of the petition funnel, that's the one-line caption: the "petition" resolves to a pre-filled $50 monthly donation.

Also — the number moved again. Email said $460; landing page says "over $400." Between this and the $500 version in your published piece, you've now got the same fake statistic at three different values across the same network's materials, which is about as clean a demonstration as you'll get that the figure is copy, not fact.

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Doug W. @dwheeler379.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Social media is the best, and worst.

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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

BYD is bringing to the UK 300 of BYDs Flash Chargers 10%-90% in nine minutes. 10%-70% in five minutes. The automotive world is passing by the USA www.carscoops.com/2026/08/byd-... #energysky

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BYD's New UK Flash Chargers Do In 9 Minutes What Most EV Rivals Do In An Hour | Carscoops

Each BYD Flash Charging station uses two 185 kWh batteries to quickly charge up EVs and PHEVs

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 19/08/2026

We need journalists asking Trump, "what does Melanie think about Natalie? Are you concerned about how it appears?" We need late night comics making "natalie" a synonym for being an incontinent old fart in need of a sex nanny. We need characters on "Real Housewives" making casual natalie references.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The incredible reaction to Jon Ossoff saying just one word about our emperor's new clothes -- "Natalie" -- shows what Democrats can do if they just speak the truth about what all of us can see with our own eyes

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Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This will also help inspire voters.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

My kids have measles, I lost my job, and my wife was deported. But at least now I don't have to see so many rainbow crosswalks.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This is something you say if you've: 1. Never listened to AOC 2. Never listened Kyrsten Sinema 3. Cooked your brain all the way through on X

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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

"Everyone who cares about truth needs to do a better job conveying that politicians & parties aren’t all equally dishonest," writes @brianbeutler.bsky.social. "The Republican Party is different ... in its indifference to truth, its hostility to expertise, its tolerance for in-house corruption."

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Republicans Should Suffer For Their Smears

There should be consequences, from civil liability to expulsion from Congress, for lying about citizens for propaganda or fundraising purposes.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 12/08/2026

Counterpoint: Polls underestimated Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota about as much as they overestimated Hong in Wisconsin

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Ernest "Dead" Penfold @penfoldsfiv.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026

the media when the centrist loses by 1% vs the media when the leftist loses by (less than) 1%

bluesky post by Politico saying "Progressives didn't get the big election night they wanted" referring to Abdul el-Sayed defeating Haley Stevens in the MI Senate primary and linking to their story with that headline.

bluesky post by Politico with the text "The far left hits a wall" referring to David Crowley defeating Francesca Hong in the WI Governor Primary and linking to their story with that headline

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The deadly Cyclospora outbreak, it turns out, is just another Trump corruption story. A big donor gets a favor. And causes a massive public health crisis. Let me explain.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Vaccine benefit in children "Since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years of whom 101 million were infants younger than 1 year." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... The most striking benefit was for vaccination vs measles (Figure)

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 12/08/2026

Attorney General Todd Blanche secured his confirmation with a laughably flimsy memo promising President Trump's slush fund and Super Pardon was over. The only problem is the memo does nothing of the sort. Hear why this empty agreement leaves the door open to more extraordinary corruption.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/08/2026

Peggy Flanagan: "We need to rip ICE apart and stop from them from terrorizing our communities"

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Doug W. @dwheeler379.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Yes, but Whitmer was a much better candidate than Stevens

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