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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Absolutely 👇 This.......
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NJR @fh5.bsky.social · 18h
impeach him
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 18h
In which Judge Ho writes that publishing a pic of someone in a restroom is protected speech. Real sicko shit. (The person photograghed was a trans woman washing her hands.) He also protests that anti-trans viewpoints are a minority view opposed by "elites." www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pete Hegseth trails behind the crowd while running with troops in San Diego
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 18h
Tina Peter's is at it again. Jared Polis wanted her to make more trouble for voting and democracy. That's why he commuted her sentence after serving only 20 months of a 108 month sentence. Who and how much did they pay you, @colorado.gov? What Kompromat did they have on you?
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 18h
NEW: When Trump fired the independent commissioners of a key federal election agency in July, there was a resounding fear that the move would impact its critical election work before the midterms. Months later, the body has maintained much of its work to protect election security.
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Despite Trump’s efforts to kneecap it, a key federal election agency is still at work
When President Donald Trump in July fired the independent commissioners responsible for assisting states with elections, experts feared the move would defang the federal agency. But since then, the U....
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 18h
"To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy." Thurgood Marshall
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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 18h
America has invented an entirely new economic phenomenon: Moronic Inflation. My ground-breaking discovery is here: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-expert...
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The Experts Were Right: Trump’s an Economic Moron
Plus: The Triad Mailbag of your nightmares.
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Robert Faturechi @robert-faturechi.bsky.social · 18h
New: A private equity executive took a top Pentagon role. Then a firm he has close ties to landed a $281 Million no-bid contract from the unit he runs. www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 21h
Holy smokes. What on earth is going on here? This is not fact-checking! At best it's poorly-informed nonsense but it feels very much like calculated misinformation. #MEpolitics
PolitiFact tweet: Troy Jackson said that Susan Collins “put people like Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court that took away Roe v. Wade.”

Collins did vote for Kavanaugh but it’s misleading to draw a direct line between Collins and Roe v. Wade’s end.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23h
This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.
A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drinkThe console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders. In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 20h
Some ~personal~ news: After five years, I have been laid off from @the-independent.com. I am grateful for the time I have had there. With that in mind, I am absolutely looking for new work opportunities, especially ahead if the midterms. My email is EMGarcia2009@gmail.com. My signal is emgarcia.85
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h
Read all about this in The Breakdown newsletter from @citizencohn.bsky.social
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Donald Trump Is Buying Votes at $500 a Pop
He’s calling it an Obamacare “refund,” but it’s nothing of the sort.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h
@citizencohn.bsky.social on Trump using an Obamacare fund to send voters $500 checks a month before the midterms: “This is Trump raiding a public fund in order to spread political propaganda and engage in what might accurately be described as an effort to buy votes.”
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Taelaren @taelarendreams.bsky.social · 21h
You were in the music video for Rihanna's song 'Bitch Better Have My Money'. What's your favourite Rihanna song?
I wasn't really aware of who she was so I had to double-check with my kids. And they were screaming in my face: "You fucking moron! Don't you know who she is?? If you don't do this I'll kill you." So I've heard a few things. I think she varies a lot; she has a broad palette of different styles.
But I have a soft spot for Bitch Better Have My Money' because, after all, I am the bitch.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h
"Speaking from positions of immense power, they are using the idea as a tool to further their own power—precisely what the concept is meant to warn against." @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social on Thiel, Vance, and the Antichrist:
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How Vance and Thiel Get the Antichrist Backwards
One is doing a bit of cynical pandering, the other is condemning anyone opposed to the tech future—and neither is willing to look in the mirror.
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The Mighty Jungle💙💛 @ocanannain.bsky.social · 22h
As John Fugelsang says, there are only two things that scare the spats off conservative politicians—the actual words of Jesus Christ, and the discovery process.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 23h
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ℂ𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕟ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 🏳️‍🌈 ✡️ 😸 🌊 @stevefm20.bsky.social · 22h
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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 21h
I’m so tired of this asshole. Trump establishes committee to investigate Federal Reserve's Lisa Cook in latest effort to fire her apnews.com/article/cook...
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Trump establishes committee to investigate Federal Reserve's Lisa Cook in latest effort to fire her
President Donald Trump opened another chapter in his effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook Friday by establishing a “committee of inquiry” to investigate allegations that she made false st...
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Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Grateful to the Norwegian Nobel Committee for proving there is still reason and sanity in the world. Congratulations to South African human rights pioneer Navanethem "Navi" Pillay for winning the 2026 #NobelPeacePrize. A shining light for humanity. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️ 📷Wikus de Wet | AFP
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Defend Democracy @finalreckoning.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Darren Lee Richardson @darrenrichardson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h
Reporter: “As you ramp up the pace of deportations…” Mullin: “Why are you saying ramp up the pace? We do our job every day. That’s a narrative I'm gonna push back on…This is what I hate about fake news…I’m not even gonna entertain your question.”
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Miki @mqravenwolf.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=d7vA... It's Fugelsang Friday!
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Ripple Effect (feat. John Fugelsang)
YouTube video by MSW Media
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 21h
Democrats are dominating the polls and debates. Why? It's not just Trump is awful. We have better candidates! Coffee With Texas Paul is going live at 11 am Eastern. Join us in the chat!
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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 21h
You can see they not hearing or feeling what he’s saying at all.
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Sasha Abramsky @sashaabramsky.bsky.social · 21h
Trump's Kool Aid-drinking followers are being asked, by the mad MAGA man to take evermore extreme positions and to absorb ever-greater humiliations. My Authoritarian Watch column for the Nation breaks this all down. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Trump’s Die-Hards Are Taking Their Cultishness to New Lows
I’m finally starting to understand why Jim Jones’s lieutenants didn’t try to stop him.
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Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · 21h
This goes to show you how despite the right's insistence on their versions of ethnic nationalism being more "solid" than liberal individualism, ultimately its vapor and feeling that roots it.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 20h
The committee includes Kevin Hassett, who shows up constantly on cable news with his smiley-face portrayals of dire economic data.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20h
Trump: “Luciano Pavarotti was a very good friend of mine. He was a great diva, the greatest diva of them all. He was a male diva like no woman could be.”
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kelleywillis.bsky.social @kelleywillis.bsky.social · 20h
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social nails it, on the @stephaniemiller.bsky.social Show this morning: “Every story about our ambassador to Greece should be headlined “GAVIN NEWSOM DODGES BULLET”
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 20h
The Maestro returns to our SiriusXM show today - Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social joins me to talk about the 20th anniversary of "Pan's Labyrinth;" as well as fascism, Frankenstein, even Digger. The man is amazing and it's not to be missed. @SiriusXM #127, 2pm ET.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h
Can someone explain this to me in simple terms? You have AI company experts saying "We expect to cause some kind of catastrophe next year." Whatever happened to Lloyds of London? Do these Masters of the Universe have insurance? www.axios.com/2026/10/09/a...
What we're watching: Many AI industry insiders told Axios they believe a major event will occur in the next six to 12 months.

Even with Democrats in control of the House and Senate, the companies see fractured politics as the norm, including within the Democratic Party.
Some of the most heavy-handed Democratic proposals include banning superintelligence or pausing advanced AI development.
Others have bipartisan support and even some industry buy-in, including a required kill switch on advanced AI. But experts have questioned the viability of trying to turn off all AI systems.
The bottom line: In a real crisis, Washington can set partisan differences aside. One Democratic aide pointed to cooperation during COVID and the 2008 financial crisis.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 20h
Only murderous Dictators host public executions. America better wake TF up.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 20h
BREAKING: The Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay, the South African former UN human rights chief. She chaired the UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20h
Trump: "This guy, I call him Mohammed Al Fayyad. Some people call him Abdul. I call him Mohammed. Somebody said, 'Why?' I said, 'I don't know. I feel like it.'"
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 20h
Trump thinks that starting an illegal war, murdering fisherman on the high seas, and bombing a girls school – killing innocent children – makes him worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize. Demand your MAGA relatives to dwell on this.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19h
Trump to Italian-Americans: “You should be very proud of what's taking place for you because you were a very discriminated group, but you never complained about it.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19h
NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence.
A vertical graphic on a white background displays an October 9, 2026, joint statement from the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The full statement, presented in black serif text, reaffirms unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), strongly opposes U.S. sanctions against the Court, warns of their impact on its work, staff, and families, and pledges continued support for international justice, accountability, and the rules-based international system.Marco Rubio, mouth agape, as he announces sweeping sanctions on the ICC to try to punish them for acknowledging Bibi Netanyahu’s war crimes
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 19h
I'd sure as hell would love it if President Ossoff, President Buttigieg, or President Ocasio-Cortez would embrace and join the US in ICC in 2029. How 'bout you?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/10/2026
"Just as a fish rots from the head, Trump’s example has contaminated his administration." Not that they needed all that much help.
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‘Trump Is the Picasso of Corruption’
The grift is relentless, the conflicts are everywhere, and the public keeps getting stuck with the tab.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
AI: Choose and perish. Trump: We don't understand. AI: Choose the form of the destructor. Trump: Super Intelligence. AI: The choice is made. All of us: Whoa whoa whoa
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NJR @fh5.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Vote No on Florida 2026 Amendment 3 Increasing the Homestead Exemption. This would hurt the counties and cities who depend on this revenue for services residents want and need. See the following: www.floridapolicy.org/initiatives/...
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Amendment 3: What Floridians Should Know
If passed, Amendment 3 would be a tax shift, not a savings.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 06/10/2026
"If Congress doesn’t fund a president’s pet project, how does he get taxpayer money for it? Answer: by stealing it from other programs." ICYMI @amandacarpenter.bsky.social on why Trump's ballroom matters:
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Why You Must Care About the Ballroom
Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
At one of this Nazi rallies today, the orange felon encouraged Iran to attack Los Angeles and San Diego whilst his cult cheered him on for that treasonous statement. I’ll say it again, he belongs in a jail cell, not in the bulldozed White House. To hell with everyone who gave this monster power.
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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It is fucking amazing to me that Republicans may hold the senate. 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡WTF is wrong with people?!
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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