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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 16h

I asked Senator Mark Kelly to choose between food poisoning and a day with RFK Jr. He chose RFK Jr. and offered to cancel his whole schedule for it. We also talked about his new AI bill. Full conversation here: youtu.be/NPtRLFXmg0w

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Senator Mark Kelly's New Bill Would Pay You 75% of Your Wages If AI Takes Your Job

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jhalp2.bsky.social @jhalp2.bsky.social · 20h

Boosting this!!

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 20h

This is a Tish James appreciation post. Before she was NY Attorney General, she was a public defender at the Legal Aid Society.

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Andrew Sweet @andrewsweet.net · 01/10/2026

I guess that answers the question of whether he would have approved Christie Gnome's ad spend...

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M @flyohmymary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Haven’t said this in a minute - but fuck this evil administration. This shit is blatantly illegal and a gross misuse of tax payer money. Trash.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The federal government has spent more than $2.5 million airing Trump ads, including a near-copy of his 2024 campaign spot with "Paid for by the U.S. Government" tacked on the end. Homeland Security is paying for them with $20 million Congress gave Customs and Border Protection. youtu.be/gwD_J6Xwsjc

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Trump Is Using $20 Million in Border Money to Run Ads About Himself

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Kira Secura 🔱 Goddess of...? @kirasecura.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is dark indeed.. all the while the public's focus is being distracted with a made up culture war against sexuality leading to censorship and banking discrimination We got prediction market GAMBLING apps getting free pass to cause immense harm both to individuals and on societal level

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

huh ... www.politico.com/newsletters/...

"Kalshi adds new Dem firepower
By DANIEL BARNES 07/17/2026 06:00 PM EDT
With help from Daniel Lippman

Kalshi has hired a formidable team of Democratic lobbyists with FTP, adding to the prediction market’s Washington roster as it works to keep a sports contract ban out of a digital asset market structure bill and prepares for potential Democratic control of the House in 2027.

— FTP partners Libby Greer, Cindy Brown, Michael Williams, Kelley Williams and Trevor Hanger started representing Kalshi on July 1, according to a disclosure report filed yesterday. The team, which includes two former House chiefs of staff, will lobby on “issues related to legislation governing regulation of prediction markets.”

— Kalshi has been steadily building a bipartisan presence in Washington. In the first half of 2026, the company hired Biden administration alum John Bivona as head of federal government relations, Obama alum Stephanie Cutter of Precision Strategies as a policy adviser and Senate Republican Cloakroom veteran Tony Hanagan as head of congressional affairs. Kalshi has been a frequent customer on K Street as well, hiring six new lobbyists from Squire Patton Boggs and Resolution Public Affairs just this year."

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Mittie Paul @mittiepaul.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Pay off your losing bet in 5 easy installments! (This is so evil and is going to put so many more people deeper in debt)

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Chuck Grassley's goat @chuckgoat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

LMAO. Betting on Kalshi is like playing poker against an opponent who gets to look at the cards in your hand. Now people will have the privilege of losing money they don't have.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm going to start a company called Wealth Extraction Services, LLC. At WES, we don't claim to provide a useful product or service. In fact, we skip that step entirely and simply use all available legal means to quickly and efficiently transfer funds from your bank account to ours.

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Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's like they saw the 1929 stock market crash and said, "eh, that's not big enough in terms of scale. let's try for a mass audience."

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RM @rmx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Guess the 2020s will end exactly the same as the 1920s then.

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Chris @justokonline.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I don’t know much about the 1929 stock market crash, but I think buying stock on margin was a big part of it.

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Dennis O'Brien @obiedalawyer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The bankruptcy lawyers full employment act

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is so fucking dark. Kalshi filed with the CFTC today asking for permission to let traders bet on margin, which means placing prediction market bets with borrowed money.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm genuinely curious what people think: why would Patrick Clancy agree to a 60 Minutes interview right now? 🧵

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The House is on the Epstein recess. It went home September 16 with Discharge Petition 27 sitting at 216 signatures, 2 short of the 218 it takes to force a floor vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, and Mike Johnson isn't bringing anyone back until November 9, after the midterms.

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The Epstein Recess: The House Left 2 Signatures Short

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A judge Trump put on the federal bench blocked his mail ballot rule on Sunday. On Monday the Supreme Court refused to rescue it. By Tuesday he was attacking the justices he appointed, calling the ruling a "bad decision" and describing his own appointees as "merely a shell of their original selves."

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Trump's Own Judge Blocked His Mail Ballot Rule

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#ad I've never really gotten into this online. Years ago, someone stalked me, and the way he found my home was the same way anyone can find yours. He looked it up. 🧵

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The discharge petition to force a vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act II is sitting at 106 signatures as of September 3. It needs 218. youtu.be/qpGRQhf_OAk

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They Canceled September So This Vote Couldn't Happen

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ugh. Alexander Zverev just won the U.S. Open. If you only know him from tennis, here’s why so many people were rooting against him. Two former partners have accused him of domestic violence.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The cameras are already everywhere. What’s changing is that AI can remove one of the last practical limits on mass surveillance: the fact that there were never enough human beings to watch everything.

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Jim Aldrich🌱 @jimaldrich.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Push back, say NO to AI surveillance!

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Sam Feldman @srfeld.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It doesn't speak well for America's capacity to govern itself at the moment that an industry worth tens of billions of $$, which operates openly & employs 100,000+ workers, is technically illegal for no reason anyone can articulate such that some courts will refuse to enforce their contracts.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

AI surveillance could destroy our right to privacy—but it’s not too late. Call Congress NOW, especially Rep. Jim Himes. youtube.com/shorts/H5x1M...

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AI Surveillance means your privacy is under attack! What you can do to fight back.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Four people put $75 million into a super PAC called Leading the Future. It has never bought an ad. It hands the money to two other committees, and those spend it in House primaries. Think Big put $8.16 million into beating Alex Bores after he wrote the RAISE Act. 🧵

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

BREAKING: Mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case. Seven days of deliberations, roughly 40 hours, and a jury that told the judge three times it could not agree.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Lindsay Clancy's own defense lawyer asked a judge today to throw a juror off her case. Prosecutors argued to leave the jury alone. The judge said no. He will question that juror at 9 am Friday. I break it down here: youtu.be/y5DTmEsCoso

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The Clancy jury is 11 to 1 and her own lawyer tried to remove the holdout

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Gloria Steinem. 💔 What a devastating loss, and what a brutal moment for it.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Send them all to The Hague. Truly heinous.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

NYC Housing Court now has a fast track. If a third of your building is under a vacate order, or has no heat or hot water, or every elevator is dead, you get a judge the same day you file and everyone is back in court within five days. It's been months and sometimes years. 🧵 youtu.be/wUCGkObUf5Q

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NYC Just Put Housing Court on a Five-Day Clock

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Jukesgrrl @jukesgrrl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Arizona Voters: Please pay attention. Reelect Governor Katie Hobbs who is focused on our healthcare, educating our children, saving our precious environment, the safety of our food, creating jobs & affordable housing, getting rid of illegal drugs & other crime. She will not assist Donald Trump.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Andy Biggs voted twice to keep the Epstein files sealed, and that's the least of it. In 2013, he single-handedly killed a bill designed to disband the corrupt marshal’s office that hid Warren Jeffs from the FBI and buried child sex crime cases while he married off little girls. 🧵

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Ungovernable Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I saw Dolly Parton once, in the late 80s. My wife was entertaining a candidate for a position, and we went to a Nashville restaurant known to be frequented by Country Music people. Dolly came in with a group of friends, the only Country star I could recognize. The group sat at a regular table.

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Aaron Apollo Camp @campaaronapollo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I hope the Imagination Library project that Dolly Parton championed will continue after Dolly's death.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton is gone. 🥺🥺 Dolly Parton's father couldn't read. So she started mailing free books to children, every month, until they turned five, and never charged a family a dime for it. That's the legacy. Rest easy, Dolly.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A career prosecutor was walked out of DOJ with no reason given. The US Attorney in Detroit told her colleagues it was misconduct, then, in the same meeting, said he didn't know why she'd been fired. She's suing Todd Blanche. She isn't asking for money. She wants her job back. youtu.be/OveAleQq5ks

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A Prosecutor Was Fired for a Case She Was Assigned

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

ABC and Disney sued the FCC on Tuesday. Networks do not sue the agency that renews their licenses. The FCC called eight ABC station licenses up for early renewal on April 28, the day after Trump demanded Jimmy Kimmel be fired. None of them were due. Philadelphia's runs to 2031. youtu.be/uwkNmNtaJuA

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ABC Just Sued Its Own Regulator. That Doesn't Happen.

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jed000.bsky.social @jed000.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Look! It's more Waste, Fraud and Abuse! Compliments of the Republicans in power.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Trump found $68.3 million of your money for a two-day car race on the National Mall. Then his administration asked Congress for $10 million more to cover parties that already happened. Same people who cut 10 million Americans off health insurance youtube.com/shorts/DXb55...

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Trump Found $68 Million for a Race—While Cutting Medicaid and SNAP

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Alex Vindman spent $9 million. Angie Nixon spent $709,000. She won by 11 points. Florida Democrats just picked the Jacksonville state rep who got arrested at a sit-in over redistricting. She now faces Ashley Moody in November. LFG FLORIDA!!!!

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brenda-bailey-86.bsky.social @brenda-bailey-86.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Inspiring summary on how dissent & free speech litigation don't just work for democracy through obvious or high-profile wins, but long-term, case- & precedent-building strategy...and sacrifice.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Seth Moulton went on live TV and asked Ed Markey why he'd take a meeting on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein. The whole thing rests on one email in the DOJ files, so I pulled it. 🧵 youtu.be/i_3muXVW1Es

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The Desperate Smear Campaign by Seth Moulton on Ed Markey: Debunked. I read the email.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

PSA: GO OUTSIDE TONIGHT. The Perseid meteor shower peaks overnight tonight, and there’s a NEW MOON, which means basically no moonlight getting in the way. Find the darkest spot you can, put your phone away, look up, and give your eyes a little time to adjust.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I froze my eggs in March 2018. I didn’t say much about it publicly, partly because I had complicated feelings about the whole process, and partly because I knew exactly what kind of judgment came with talking about it.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

PEGGY FLANAGAN WON. She just defeated Rep. Angie Craig in Minnesota’s Democratic Senate primary—and could become the first Native American woman ever elected to the United States Senate. Progressives are winning. Again. Now send her to the Senate. LFG.

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