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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2h
Can you imagine any other...ah, nevermind. Should be leading news for a week, a month, a day? But, nah, nothing. The President of the United States openly talking about taking out major American cities and the millions that live in them.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 22/09/2026
"Corporate avarice under Trump has become so blatant and corporate America’s contempt for the needs of average Americans so flagrant that most Americans are now catching on," writes @rbreich.bsky.social.
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AI is generating a new wave of US populism. It could be a tipping point | Robert Reich
It’s becoming obvious to many Americans that corporations have been raking it in while workers take it on the chin
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h
Donald Trump is a symptom of a deeper sickness of inequality, disillusionment, and division. The cure? Economic and social justice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTQoc5Jrciw
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How to Prevent Future Trumps
If America doesn't respond to the calamity that's befallen the working class, we will have Trumps as far as the eye can
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
BREAKING: Trump announces he will withhold federal funding from Ohio if they vote blue in November… Isn’t EXTORTION, a typical mob tactic?! RICO. CHARGES. FORTHCOMING. 😎✨
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Any questions?" "YES, SO MANY"... is basically my standing response to the Trump Era.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/10/2026
I really hope whatever is happening in Russia stays in Russia, because the Trump admin isn’t equipped for a public health emergency. 📌 A worker at an anti-plague research institute in Siberia died after developing pneumonia of unknown origin. Nearly 200 people are reportedly under observation
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emeraldbby.bsky.social @emeraldbby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@mommyunit.bsky.social Sudden change, let go of the last qrt. Let's Go Hawks
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Justice Alito is confusing court reform with attacking the court. Many of us simply want the Court to be better. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
this is why all the polling about paxton's likability or lack thereof means almost nothing. this is not about converting republicans it's about mobilizing ds and helping them overcome intense voter suppression
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 02/10/2026
Reacting to Donald Trump's refusal to say he will not interfere with the 2026 midterm election, a former head of the Republican National Committee claimed the president is actually setting the stage to take extreme measures.
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Trump is testing major election plot so 'when he pulls the trigger, it's done': DC insider
Reacting to Donald Trump’s refusal to say he will not interfere with the 2026 midterm election, a former head of the Republican National Committee claimed the president is actually setting the stage to take extreme measures. During a wide-ranging interview with Time, the president was asked he would...
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
Trump's White House isn't backing off abortion bans. They're just hoping America doesn't notice until AFTER we've voted. NOTICE. SPREAD THE WORD. AND VOTE!
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.
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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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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 02/10/2026
Here's the crux of the ruling blocking Trump from firing court-appointed US Attorney Roger Rogoff in Seattle: Allowing it would "upend" the constitutional order. Trump's tried to end-run Senate confirmation for US Attorneys in five states and failed. Now, he's gunning for the judiciary's power.
Allowing the President to fire a court-appointed U.S. Attorney would upend
the framework created by the Constitution and the statutory framework, which together balances the President’s right to appoint and the Senate’s right to confirm. Allowing the President to fire a court-appointed U.S. Attorney also eliminates the incentive to nominate a candidate that can be conferred by the Senate—in other words, bypassing the requirement that the Executive and Legislative branches work together to nominate and confirm the U.S. Attorney.
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Seattle Seahawks @seahawks-bot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Every name carries a story. For @elijah_arroyo, representing his heritage on football's biggest stage is something special.
"I think it's pretty cool to be able to represent anything on the highest level. It's great just being able to have a Mexican last name and represent you guys while I play." - Elijah Arroyo
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Every day things are being done at home and abroad by this regime that will take decades to undo and the stain of which will mark America forever Too few understand that permanent damage is being done to our country by the hour—even considering that we only know a fraction of it
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Data center construction has migrated to places of low resistance: poor, often Black areas where corrupt deals are commonplace and the harms to residents invisible. Lowndes County, Alabama, in the heart of the Black Belt, is one of those places. 🧵 prospect.org/2026/10/01/d...
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‘I Know I Couldn’t Live Here’: Standing Up to a Data Center in Alabama’s Black Belt - The American Prospect
Faced with little transparency about a mammoth facility, Lowndes County fights back.
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Fuse Washington @fusewashington.org · 30/09/2026
We'll also be telling our neighbors to vote NO on Brian Heywood's initiatives to gut billions in K-12 education funding and endanger all kids with his forced sex inspections for girls who want to play sports. @no645.bsky.social & @nohateinwastate.bsky.social
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 30/09/2026
While the president is unlikely to face any consequences for his patently illegal, taxpayer-funded ads, it’s essential to remember he should.
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PSA: Trump Continues To Commit Crimes
While the president is unlikely to face any consequences for his patently illegal, taxpayer-funded ads, it’s essential to remember he should.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
Before the ACA, you couldn't get health insurance if you had a pre-existing condition, and that included everything from just being pregnant to having cancer. Obamacare was a giant step forward. Next: universal health care.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
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emeraldbby.bsky.social @emeraldbby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Schmitt hit the fan and the feet just keep smearing the Schmitt. bsky.app/profile/jiml...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's a bit of a bummer that the story today has been "look at this absolute doofus of a senator" and not "Jack Smith once again credibly accuses the president of many serious crimes"
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 29/09/2026
617 days into his 2nd term, Trump's Department of Transportation has *still* not approved a single new transit project for full funding. The problems I highlighted in March—how this lack of funding only makes projects cost more & delays completion—have only worsened www.urban.org/urban-wire/r...
There have been no approvals for new transit projects in the entire 2nd Trump Administration. This graph, produced in March 2026, remains accurate now, in September 2026.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Trump administration is cutting financial aid for degrees it says don’t “pay off”—including social work, early childhood education, and the arts. These careers contribute meaningfully to our society and we should be creating pathways to education, not erecting barriers. Congress can fix this!
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith says he stands by his decision to bring charges against Trump in the classified documents case. "If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat."
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 29/09/2026
After cutting FEMA staff and delaying disaster aid, the Trump administration has left communities more vulnerable when they need federal help most. bit.ly/4ypsAyP
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Administration’s Arbitrary, Unlawful Cuts to FEMA Funding and Staff Threaten American Communities
Grant cancellations, staff reductions, and other policy changes far overstep the president’s authority while limiting FEMA’s ability to respond to disasters.
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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 29/09/2026
I will forever maintain that that left must not let the right claim patriotism as their own and dope things like this are a big part of why
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seattle
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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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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 29/09/2026
To learn about how a flurry of U.S. Supreme Court rulings might affect the midterms and future elections, KUOW’s Kim Malcolm interviewed Washington State University political science professor and constitutional law scholar Cornell Clayton.
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WSU law prof says Trump 'represents a unique threat to American democracy'
To learn about how a flurry of U.S. Supreme Court rulings might affect the midterms and future elections, KUOW’s Kim Malcolm interviewed Washington State University political science professor and constitutional law scholar Cornell Clayton.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 28/09/2026
A democracy that can be turned into an authoritarian regime with the use of strictly, narrowly legal mechanisms is not enough. After Trump, legal and even maybe constitutional reforms become the big question.
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How to Drive a Stake Through the Heart of Trumpism
Victory is only the beginning.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
it’s so funny that people were like “OMG a 2PM Oval Office announcement, is Trump going to end the war in Iran or invade Cuba?!?!” and it turns out, no, he’s just going to rant about how good the economy is + how elections are rigged and then fall asleep
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 28/09/2026
Donald Trump's comments about arrests near a British airbase prompted a stark warning from a UK political editor, who questioned on Monday whether allies can count on the president to keep sensitive information from reaching the wrong hands.
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Trump's 'roughshod' remarks prompt stark warning from editor: 'Hardly out of character'
Donald Trump’s comments about arrests near a British airbase prompted a stark warning from a UK political editor, who questioned on Monday whether allies can count on the president to keep sensitive information from reaching the wrong hands.The international situation unfolded after five men were ar...
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Itgetzbybuckner @itgetzbybuckner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
By accepting a Pardon, they have accepted their guilt. This lawsuit is frivolous.
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Dr Robin @robinindfw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trying to interfere in the transfer of power is absolutely not a “protected expressive activity.” They should be sanctioned for filing.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THERE IT IS: Group of January 6 riot defendants have filed each filed federal civil lawsuits in DC seeking taxpayer-funded compensatory and punitive damages for alleged violations of their righrs They claim they were "targeted..and punished" for "protected expressive" activity
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/09/2026
Early voting is one of our most important tools for defeating election sabotage. Make your plan and spread the word.
Midterms 2026
EARLY VOTING STARTS
AL: N/A
KY: 10/29
ND: VARIES
AK: 10/19
LA: 10/20
OH: 10/6
AZ: 10/7
ME: 10/5
OK: 10/28
AR: 10/19
MD: 10/22
OR: VARIES
CA: 10/5
MA: 10/17
PA: VARIES
CO: 10/19
MI: 10/24
RI: 10/14
CT: 10/19
MN: 9/18
SC: 10/19
DE: 10/22
MS: N/A
SD: 9/18
DC: 10/26
MO: 10/20
TN: 10/14
FL: 10/24
MT: 10/5
TX: 10/19
GA: 10/13
NE: 10/5
UT: VARIES
HI: 10/20
NV: 10/17
VT: 9/19
ID: VARIES
NH: N/A
VA: 9/18
IL: 9/24
NJ: 10/24
WA: 10/16
IA: 10/14
NM: 10/6
WV: 10/21
IN: 10/6
NY: 10/24
WI: 10/20
KS: VARIES
NC: 10/15
WY: 10/6
*check your local elections office for all voting options*
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump had $400 million in his PAC and he STILL decided that he needed to steal taxpayer money to pay for campaign ads for the midterms.
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emeraldbby.bsky.social @emeraldbby.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@mommyunit.bsky.social there he is BIG CAT! SQUEEZE
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John Fraley @johndavidfraley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
clear PI doesn't get any clearer
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emeraldbby.bsky.social @emeraldbby.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@mommyunit.bsky.social JSN TD OFFEBSE PLAYER OF THE YEAR STACK INCREASES
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@TopTrevor @toptrevor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Really enjoyed @minakimes.bsky.social telling Jeremy Schaap her Super Bowl memories at the ESPNW Summit. This was super fun. #Seahawks youtu.be/p5U8ptRs5s8?...
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Mina Kimes' Super Bowl Stories Can't Be Missed! | The Biggest Game
YouTube video by NFL on ESPN
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/09/2026
Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes supreme court’s handling of emergency docket
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Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes supreme court’s handling of emergency docket
The associate justice called out her colleagues in a speech she made at the UDC school of law, hours after Trump filed his latest request
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 25/09/2026
Voters should ask candidates: Speeches about democracy are nice, but what are you actually going to do to take on big money? And then hold them to their promises. bit.ly/4d1GYVr
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$1 billion in Secret Cash Is Reshaping the Midterms
We may never know where most of the money came from.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Dirty D @akgrl33.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy 9/25 day.
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Sing Dance
ALT: Sing Dance
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