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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. whenweallvote.org

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"I'm running for congress to bring business sense to Washington" Yeah you aren't qualified then Government ain't business Step aside

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Blocking means nothing more than tuning out a random stranger. Maybe they said something mean to you, maybe you saw them being weird to someone else, maybe they just seem odd or annoying. But you've seen enough and are turning your attention elsewhere. That's it!

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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 05/07/2026

There is no American republic without the Constitution. It guarantees freedom of religion and freedom from religion, not government-imposed faith. True religious liberty means protecting every American's right to believe or not believe, not elevating Christian nationalism.

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Something I really want folks to know about organizing is that if you find a community that fits and supports you (big if, I know), you can set down roots and build out from there. You don't have to start big. It can be a block, your preschool, your church.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

This might be hard for Americans to hear, but the USA getting humiliated by its abject failure as a power during this Iran War might be the best thing possible at this time. The country needs to understand there are consequences for electing a crook.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

"Can tech save the world?" is the wrong question. The right question is "what kind of world do we want to build?", and then the tech can help us get there. It's the re-invented worldview that the tech gives you access to that matters. The tech needs to support that worldview, not dictate it.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Whatever happens, this is a deeply shameful episode in American history that will leave a permanent stain on the country. Repeatedly vowing to commit war crimes against millions of innocent civilians is beyond the pale.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔 (From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

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MdDoogie3 @mddoogie3.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

When MLK Day comes and goes without acknowledgment from the White House, that omission tells you everything.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

He really is doing all of it.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Murder at sea. Murder abroad. Murder at home. SAY IT LOUD AND CLEAR.

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Polly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that there ought to be political party that aligns 100% with your own opinions.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

"Hope is not blind optimism or uncritical belief in a political savior. Hope, to me, means the ability to imagine a better world is possible and then work to build it brick by brick. It is, as @prisonculture.bsky.social says, not an emotion but a discipline—one we must practice every single day."

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Mayor Mamdani redefines what it means to hope

His victory has created a harsh contrast between the world we want and the world we have.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

If you're looking for somewhere to give your money over the next couple of months, your local food bank is about to be absolutely walloped. I'd either give local or steer your donations to Feeding America, which is the main nationwide food bank network. www.feedingamerica.org

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U.S. Hunger Relief Organization | Feeding America

Feeding America is a nonprofit network of 200 food banks leading the fight against hunger in the United States. Learn how you can help end hunger in America.

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KidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.com · 25/10/2025

Given that 42 million people are about to lose their SNAP benefits, that is to say assistance with the most basic of human needs, I’d recommend donating money to your local food pantry or a mainline clergyperson’s discretionary fund if you have any cash to spare.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 21/10/2025

President began demolishing the East Wing of the WH to build there his $200M+ ballroom. East Wing was built in 1942 during the presidency of FDR. It was constructed to cover the bunker that he used during WWII and the President's Emergency Operations Center.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Yes your taxes should support disabled people. They should support homeless people. They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly. This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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Aaron Ross Powell @aaronrosspowell.com · 06/10/2025

As the people who insist otherwise try to burn the country, it's important to affirm that immigrants, from everywhere, are awesome, and America is better the more immigrants we have. You have to be just empty and vapid and unimaginably small to reject that.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Just gonna keep tapping the sign* *𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

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~ Alison Peace @irishali13.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

It's important to realize that no matter how good you are to people, it won't make them good to you. But —You can still be a good person. You are still capable of so much more. ~ apb

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Our only real enemy is the belief that this world is filled with enemies to be conquered rather than filled with neighbors to be loved.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Shoutout to libraries for keeping fiction and non-fiction separate, that is not easy to do these days

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Education is for liberation, not control.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/09/2025

Let’s say it plain: the Supreme Court of the United States endorsed racial profiling today.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

If youre feeling down, I cannot evangelize on this more: go for a walk. Its actually nuts how much it helps clear the mind and to center yourself.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 13/08/2025

There is so much breaking news today which means there is so much disinformation. This is a reminder to not trust a headline read the full article or read the analysis of someone who has. Being accurate matters more than being the first

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history" It is propaganda, pure and simple.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

A corollary to this is that if you want people to be able to sit with this realization, it’s important to make them feel understood, not stupid. Providing an empathetic off-ramp (“that sucks that you were lied to”) is better than lecturing or shaming (“duh! how did you not see that?”) 2/

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'." MBA-brain is real.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/07/2025

Explain the Big Ugly budget bill to me like I’m five… Seriously, this demo is a must see—anyone can understand it. Share it with family and friends. #VoteNo

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Warnock: A budget is not just a fiscal document. A budget is a moral document. Show me your budget and I'll show you who you think matters and who doesn't. And if this awful budget were an EKG, it would suggest that our nation has a heart problem and is in need of moral surgery

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/06/2025

Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet.

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🌱 El(iza)beth 🌬️ K 🔥 T 🌊 @arachnereid.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

The time is now to #ground and be ready to act proactively, not react, shut down, or fixate on things beyond our control. "We knew this was coming. We knew it was coming. We here now. Ground yourself. Take care of yourself... We need you on the other side." #wisdom #mindfulness #Iranbombing #build

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

We live in a rogue and dangerous country. Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 12/06/2025

DAILY DEMS DOING THE WORK, MAKING NOISE, AND FIGHTING BACK Day 137 This is gonna be messy. This is not gonna be organized and this is gonna be long. This is something you’re gonna wanna turn on notifications for because it’s going to be continuing throughout the day. 🧵

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Just to recap, Trump has taken the extraordinary step of federalizing 2000 member of the California National Guard — over the objections of the state’s governor — in response to a protest that currently involves A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE AT A HOME DEPOT

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The speed of writing code has never, and will never be the bottleneck. The bottleneck, the limiting factor, is always in the thinking about the code and how it works, understanding it. People who use chatgpt to write code are literally removing the only part of programming that is actually useful.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

As stupid as this is, it’s easy to explain. To the extent he succeeded in business, it was by acting chaotically, mixing insults and flattery, screwing over partners, and manipulating the bankruptcy system. That doesn’t work with countries and trade, which need steadiness and reliability.

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