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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I said this in a NY Times story last week about the WA millionaire tax, but let’s bring back shame. Even if billionaires don’t know it’s wrong to do shit like this, they should know it’s embarrassing.
fortune.com
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 03/10/2026
10/3 Maine Governor Janet Mills calls on Congress to urgently add money to the federal low-income heating assistance program as home heating oil prices hover around record high in Maine #maine #MEpolitics
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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ellen-27.bsky.social @ellen-27.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reminder to not vote for independents.
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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 25/09/2026
President Trump continues to roll out the red carpet for autocrats. First Putin, now Xi. Shamefully wining & dining our adversaries as he kicks our allies to the curb.
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Riverboat Chris @riverboatchris.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's really funny to say "we are likely to receive a resounding election defeat largely driven by this war and once the election is over and there is a mandate to end it, I am tripling down."
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mary Peltola stood in Valdez with prices every Alaskan understands: $5.25 for gas, $6.75 for diesel. Dan Sullivan voted 12 times to continue the Iran war, and each vote drove fuel costs higher across Alaska. He chose the war. Alaskan families, fishermen, and truckers got the bill #momsky#sheshed
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
nytimes.com
‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the Midterms
A disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 24/09/2026
9/24 ProPublica’s reporters say Senator Collins is now making “incorrect and misleading claims” #maine #MEpolitics
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Gentlemen, our 29% approval rating is too high. Let's start take away people's health care."
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Lauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump has now refunded $128 billion dollars from his tariffs to corporations. Tariffs he created, made Americans pay for, and then returned right back to his donors. We paid, and his friends cashed in.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Put aside the merits of policies and this is still one of the worst Congresses in history. Much of what Trump does would be 'bad but constitutional' if the GOP Congress passed bills for it, but they don't, and yet they also don't pass anything to rein him in, so it's a permanent governance crisis.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Since the federal takeover, he spends four nights a week pedaling his bike up and down the same streets, recording agents as they arrest his neighbors. On the scene, he lists rights for people getting arrested and asks if they’d like him to contact anyone..." www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
washingtonpost.com
He worked at NASA. Now he tails federal law enforcement on D.C. streets.
A group that has tracked the activity of federal officers since the president’s crackdown has previously been private about the effort.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I guess he’s right, we are becoming like China when it comes to civil liberties. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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ellen-27.bsky.social @ellen-27.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=njjB... Seneca player (UofL fan) has 19 straight serves!) @universityoflou.bsky.social
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Jayda Cloud -19 vs Wagner-0
YouTube video by Greg Cloud
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ellen-27.bsky.social @ellen-27.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
As a former trade official, I feel comfortable in saying that there has never been a president who was more clueless about trade and how it works than Trump. Maybe no official in our history. (Except possibly Peter Navarro.)
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Ron Filipkowski: The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026. So far. The scams, schemes and grifts have been endless, as the Trump Family seems to spend most of their time and energy finding new ways to profit off the presidency. Here is my Top 75.
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The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026
So far.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/09/2026
Newsom: "Do you know how much his supporters lost on that memecoin? It's down 98%. They lost $3.8 billion. His supporters. And he took home over $600 million. That says everything you need to know about the president of the United States, Donald Trump, about who this man is."
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Make Voting Hard Again Go beyond the finished cartoon. Explore the creative process, the thinking behind my work, and exclusive behind-the-scenes sketches, videos, and commentary by subscribing to my Substack newsletter: nickanderson.substack.com For @contrariannews.org
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ellen-27.bsky.social @ellen-27.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Stolen Oaks/Derby weekend from Queen Ave tailgating. Anybody seen this? (A few years ago.) Received from Luke Hancock in Indy 2017.
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Marc Murphy @murphycartoons.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
There’s a special place in Hell for GOP legislatures esPECIally in Appalachia who kneecapped everything she wanted to do and all of the people for whom she cared who now performatively “mourn her death and praise her works”. At least there’s a zero chance they’ll run into her in their afterlives.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts lifted restrictions preventing the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from implementing President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Judge lifts second block on Trump's mail voting order, clears way for legal fight on constitutionality
“Without any consideration of whether the Executive’s ‘goals’ are lawful, or even likely lawful or possibly lawful, the Supreme Court concluded that appellate review... ‘would come too late for the 20...
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
First came the collapse of colonial empires. Then, the collapse of the last vestiges of those, the so-called "superpowers." A just global order calls for a more equitable division of power among states. What Carney is getting at is a major historical watershed that is, I believe, well under way.
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What do you do when you've launched a moral panic about transgender athletes in the WNBA, but there has never been an active trans player in the league? Simple: you start a conspiracy theory about every single woman on the court.
wired.com
There Are No Trans Women in the WNBA, so Right-Wingers Are Making Some Up
As culture warriors continue to stoke the flames of a gender panic in professional sports, wild conspiracy theories are coming into play.
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ellen-27.bsky.social @ellen-27.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
2022 August (sorry don't have source)
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Marc Murphy @murphycartoons.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“Trump was betting on us backing down - but I've never been scared of a fight.” @repbeatty.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social I hope history notes how hard Rep. Beatty has fought against Trump to save the Kennedy Center. But as an Ohio centrist Democrat, she rarely gets praised by the media.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This article is from last year but still resonates. Dr. Frances Kelsey, then FDA's new medical officer in 1962, refused to approve Thalidomide, that was linked to birth defects. She was called stubborn. In 2026, we have an unqualified loyalist as our next FDA head. 🧪 19thnews.org/2025/10/fran...
19thnews.org
Her refusal to approve a dangerous drug changed medical history
As federal workers face mass layoffs and a government shutdown, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey's story is a reminder of what public servants can do when they stand their ground.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In an extraordinary move, a federal judge has ordered the government to turn over to her all materials presented to grand jurors in the conspiracy case against 38 people, including journalists. It's tied to the anti-ICE protest at Cities Church in StP over the winter. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
mprnews.org
Judge orders full review of grand jury materials in St. Paul church protest case
A federal judge has ordered prosecutors to turn over a broader set of grand jury materials for review in the case against 38 people charged in connection with a January anti-ICE protest at Cities Chur...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
All of these Natalie Harp stories are leaking for one reason: Someone in the West Wing is sick of Harp’s shit. Probably just a coincidence that it’s all happening as Leavitt is leaving.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 19/08/2026
NEW BALANCE OF POWER

Xi, Kim and Putin tell Trump: YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE OTHER END
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Marc Murphy @murphycartoons.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The City of Louisville is fully on board with #ICE now. It’s a slippery slope with dead bodies, suffering families, and broken promises at the bottom.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/08/2026
The guy who did such an incredible job with the Reflecting Pool, Ballroom, Kennedy Center, National Mall, and Great American Fair is going to redesign our warships. What could go wrong?
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We disgrace ourselves as a nation each and every day Donald Trump remains in office. The drafters of the United States Constitution provided a remedy for a criminally insane president like the one we have—impeachment and removal ...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If you're a cis person insisting that the prospect of trans children playing youth sports is not only "a problem" but in fact one of the biggest problems we currently face as a nation, I'd be happy to introduce you to literally a million other things that should be worrying you more.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Trump's attacks on suspected drug boats are arguably crimes against humanity. The International Criminal Court likely has jurisdiction -- if they take place within the territory of a member set (Venezuela or Colombia) OR on a boat registered in it. warontherocks.com/internationa...
warontherocks.com
International Criminal Liability and U.S. Boat Attacks in the Pacific and Caribbean
Even after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured, U.S. nationals may still be prosecuted under international law for the country’s previous
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
As I said repeatedly during Trump 1.0, Trump sees the U.S. Treasury as his personal piggy bank. But back then, he couldn’t find a way to siphon it to himself. This time around, he has: shakedowns, crypto, and the slush fund. With the added bonus of paying off his own shadow army.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
So did 34x Convicted Felon Trump bsky.app/profile/chri...
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
There are only three possible futures: a) everyone in the Trump admin goes to jail, rule of law partially restored; b) Dems retaliate in full, and maybe that's a deterrent; c) neither (a) nor (b), so lawless authoritarianism wins again, and when Republicans regain power they ramp it up even more.
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The Bi of Hormuz @joshstein.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Bernie Moreno was a car salesman with a record of wage theft and employment discrimination. Anthony Fauci was the director of NIAID from 1984 to 2022 and in 2008 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work fighting HIV/AIDS in that role.
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This is why they’re going after Dr Fauci: he impeded grifters
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Forever War Follow my cartoons and accompanying written commentary on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com For @contrariannews.org
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The People's Billionaires Follow my cartoons and accompanying written commentary on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com For @rawstory.com
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ellen-27.bsky.social @ellen-27.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
2024 memory as seen on sowal
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2024 memory. I like it.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration’s request to pause a lower court order that blocks the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from executing the president’s March executive order attacking mail voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Trump’s anti-mail voting order gets blocked again, this time by federal appeals court
Trump's sweeping assault on mail voting won’t be carried out in 23 states and D.C. ahead of November's midterms.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
At least 52 people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to the White House. At least 23 people have been shot at by federal immigration agents. And thousands more have been caged, separated from their families, or shipped off to dangerous countries. The cruelty is endless.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Seems like a good time to remind people of Trump’s “suckers and losers” theory of sacrifice.
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