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Laura Joan Friedrichs

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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 16/07/2026
The Department of Justice tried to criminally indict me over a 90-second video. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche played a central role in that. This is not the standard we should have for a cabinet-level official.
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The networks should not air Trump’s planned speech on his election lies to the nation tonight. He has never proven any of his nutty conspiracy theories about our elections. Trump lost the 2020 election. That is the truth and always will be. Don’t give in to the lies.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Seems bad!
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A rapist paid $5.6 million to one of his victims today. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/n...
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E. Jean Carroll Receives $5.6 Million Payment From Trump in Civil Case
A federal jury found President Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming Ms. Carroll. He exhausted his appeals last month, prompting a judge to order that the money be paid.
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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Georgia's duly elected U.S. Senators. Trump hates to see this.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Re-re-upping this. Asking at what point the outlets carrying this will bail when it becomes clear what it is.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Trump took another cognitive test and had another physical at Walter Reed. Has it even been two months since his last physical? There’s a massive coverup surrounding the President’s health happening right now.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
He could have prevented all this years ago but was too much of a coward
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
BREAKING: Mitch McConnell just slammed the Trump slush fund: "So the nation's top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops? Utterly stupid, morally wrong – Take your pick."
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21/05/2026
"Intimidation and cajoling weren’t enough in 2020. But could intimidation, cajoling, and checks for $10 million be enough in 2028? C’mon, bro. You’ve see the same things I’ve seen."
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Democrats: Here’s How to Beat the Trump Slush Fund
Make them fear exposure.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 21/05/2026
🚨Last night in House Appropriations, all Republicans present voted to allow THEMSELVES to get settlements from the January 6th Slush Fund. I am not making this up.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
NYT Board on Trump’s Slush Fund: “There has never been an example of Presidential corruption like this… destroying pillars of 🇺🇸 democracy to empower himself… encourages future lawlessness on his behalf… taking your money & showering it on criminals.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/o...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Sen. Ron Wyden is calling out the Trump regime's quiet, illegal memo meant to stop the IRS from ever auditing Trump again. Wyden says it’s "completely invalid." The next president has a day-one job: rescind this garbage. Details: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/so-much-fo...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The secret memo Trump never wanted you to see www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/so-much-fo...
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So Much For Untouchable: Trump’s IRS Immunity Scheme Falls Apart, A Senate Referee Blocks His Billion-Dollar Heist, and Georgia Prepares To Make History
They picked the wrong fight
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Jeff Bezos says raising his taxes won’t help. It’s a risk I’m willing to take. My column on taxing the rich and seeing how it shakes out: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Bezos doesn't want his taxes raised. I say we give it a try. | Opinion
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says doubling his taxes won't help the average American. I say we put that to the test.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 20/05/2026
Let's make billionaires pay their fair share and find out
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Astonishing that the Attorney General of the United States has put the DOJ's name on a fictional "settlement" to rip off taxpayers and pay billions to Trump, his family, and his friends.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Trump just gave himself the right to cheat on his taxes. I suppose the media will call that “a break from norms.” In my newsletter yesterday (before Trump’s get-out-of-taxes-free card), I begged the media to drop the weasel words and call out Trump’s corruption.
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Stop calling it ‘a break from norms.’ Call it Trump corruption.
It’s the media’s job to make sure everyone knows the president is a crook
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Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Like Bill Cassidy, Massie should stay in the race as an independent, not because he can win, but to redirect a lot of votes from Trump's favorite special boy, Ed Gallrein. That's how you stand up to a bully.
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Democrats @democrats.org · 20/05/2026
HUGE: Doug Jones has won the Democratic primary for Alabama governor. Onwards to November!
A photo of Doug Jones with text that reads: "Midterm news: Doug Jones wins Democratic primary for Alabama governor."
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 19/05/2026
So given that the Islamic Center’s security guard, Amin Abdullah, was murdered today, does MarkWayne think it was a success???
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The big Trumpian failures are mounting, the media has grown more comfortable reporting on it all, his standing with the public keeps eroding, and Dem prospects for a strong mid-term keep increasing. New, from me 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/nyt-has-ge...
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NYT Has Generic Ballot D +11, Ukraine's Big Battlefield Win, Mortgage Rates And Brent Crude Rising - Trump's Failures Just Keep Mounting
Two big jobs this week - win in Georgia tomorrow, make our calls for The Ukraine Support Act (HR 2913) every day!!!!!!!
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 18/05/2026
As you read about Trump stealing $1.8 billion in our money to pay off terrorists who tried to overthrow the government, consider that 3 million Americans have already lost ACA healthcare coverage & 19 million more are paying thru the nose to keep theirs. charlesgaba.substack.com/p/new-series...
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NEW SERIES: How much more are ACA enrollees *really* paying due to Trump/GOP policies this year? (First up: Alabama)
TL;DR version: Even more than you probably already figured.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
If Democrats had the political instincts and media machine Republicans do, in 48 hours 95% of Americans would know Andrew Paul Johnson's name and be LIVID that the government is getting ready to give him some of your tax money
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Remind me of where he was sitting during the pandemic at his cushy VC job?
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Wait until Mike Johnson doesn’t hear about this!
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Wasn’t there a famous man who bragged about barging into a TEEN GIRLS’ locker room?
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
It’s a continuing pattern now: prosecutors around the world examining files released by the Trump DOJ say they find evidence of serious crimes. The DOJ insists there’s nothing to see there, and refuses even the most routine cooperation. By the way,
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French Prosecutors Have Identified More Victims in Epstein Probe
The Paris prosecutor’s office is seeking the potential victims’ testimony as it examines Epstein’s activities in France.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
One of the interesting tangential aspects of Trump's visit to China is that he can't control the media output. Some of the photos are UNREAL. Had to check this carefully suspecting it was altered or AI gen, but I have found it on three known press outlets with credit to a global photo agency. 😱
Trump looking like a malevolent corpse after a night of hard partying. The head is bald. The make-up blotchy. The neck labia pronounced. This is not a well man.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The Senate Parliamentarian has advised that the orange felon’s $1B trashy dictator worship ballroom will be subject to a 60-vote threshold. His demolishing of the White House for his own ego/vanity should be considered destruction of government property. I hate him.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
This is an excellent profile of a Christian nationalist sociopath.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Selma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0
Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 16/05/2026
While everyone's watching Hormuz, the Epstein files are being buried. The law says release them. Trump is fighting it. Massie may lose his seat Tuesday for pushing it. And now a $1.7B slush fund for Jan 6 defendants? Don't go quiet. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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A Saturday Reminder: Don't Let Them Bury the Epstein Files
A torrent of news cannot bury the truth. We can't let it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
INBOX: “Today @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social Home of the Brave launched a brand-new $200K billboard campaign bringing the following message to eight cities across the country: Trump is focused on his ballroom. Not your gas prices. Not your grocery prices. Not your healthcare. Not you."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I can’t express how disappointed I am in John Fetterman. I was so excited when he was first elected to the Senate, but he’s now been reduced to this.
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AL.com @al.com · 13/05/2026
“I really fear where this is leading,” said African Methodist Episcopal Zion Bishop Dwayne A. Walker. Read more: www.al.com/news/2026/05/slap-in-the… 
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
There's always the next scam.
Screenshot of a tweet from @RpsAgainstTrump reporting that around 600,000 people paid $100 deposits for the Trump-branded T1 phone, but no devices have shipped despite multiple promised delivery dates, and Trump Mobile has updated its terms to say there's no guarantee the phone will ever be made or sold. Trump is shown looking down at a smartphone while seated in what appears to be the Oval Office.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
New Golden Age...for terrible presidential poll numbers.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
In case this wasn’t already completely obvious in every possible way. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
“Energy prices, grocery prices, core inflation, and the CPI are all surging, thanks to Trump’s war in Iran. And he can’t escape responsibility. Why? Because he has repeatedly admitted, on camera, that he foresaw the war’s economic damage and started it anyway.” www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
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Trump Admits He Wrecked the Economy
It’s a bold strategy. Let’s see if it works out for him.
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
There are two things I will always hate more tomorrow than I do today because they are utterly wrong and stupid and one day everyone will say "WTF were people thinking?" One of them is barrel leg jeans. The other is him.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
And yet they claim it's not a cult...
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Trump Backs Pastor's Claim That He Has A 'Better Understanding' Of The Bible Than Pope Leo—And People Are Furious
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
How can anyone possibly think this call for criminal charges is OK? Trump’s effort to rewrite history as the good guy requires a false narrative that he was indicted by bad guys. He wants us to forget he was indicted on a mountain of evidence of serious crimes.
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
If Obama or Biden had called the White House a “shithouse,” right-wing media would have screamed about nothing else for months and the GOP would have said they’re traitors.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/05/2026
"This is not just the most corrupt presidency in American history, it is among the most corrupt regimes on earth." And abject corruption on a mass scale, it turns out, is not politically popular. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social:
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Trump’s Corruption Is Going to Sink Him
Conditions are right for voters to stop turning a blind eye to his greed, grift, and gold leaf.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
We have to act TODAY. 🚨 They're pushing an illegal plan to gut the US Forest Service. It takes exactly 30 seconds to send an automatic letter to your reps to stop it. Click and send now: 👉 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service
Contact Congress today!
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
It is admittedly ridiculous, but it's also a national tragedy that is costing us in lives, treasure, and international credibility. All this to stop a nuke that didn't exist and open a strait that wasn't closed. #ResistTrump
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