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Kevin @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 13h
I'm losing my mind, the Kansas City Star literally did a review of other litigious Kansas doctors and found that none of them charged Marshall's insane 18% interest
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Marshall charged 18% on medical bills — more than other Kansas doctors who sued
In reviewing thousands of court documents, the Star found no other medical providers that charged annual interest at 18% or any other specified rate above 12%.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Susan Collins must be defeated. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
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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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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ICE agents shot a DoorDash delivery driver while he was making a food delivery in Austin. Now DHS blames him. Garces Perez, who was making a DoorDash delivery, provided his driver’s license through a crack in the window. ABOLISH ICE www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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Federal prosecutors charge Venezuelan man shot in his car by ICE agent in Texas with assaulting an officer
If convicted Garces Perez faces up to 20 years in prison.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Texas police has arrested a city council candidate in Austin who participated in a protest against ICE: www.kvue.com/article/news...
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I was deputy M.E. at the WSJ when Murdoch took over, with a similar “editorial independence board.” Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy. That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done. If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE shot Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin. He’s been taken out of the hospital and into ICE custody. If ICE deports him, the key witness to their shooting disappears. He must not be removed from this country, and he must receive proper medical care.
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ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas, sparking demands for full investigation
The lawyer for the man identified him as a 28-year-old Venezuelan national, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Officials said he was shot at least once in the torso and was in serious but stable condition.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The dust settles on a humongous $$$ drop by the GOP in Texas: They just dumped $75 million into helping Paxton. That gives Paxton's side a 5:1 spending advantage at this stage: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
After Pretti was killed, Savageford, who is Asian-American, said she was taken to a warehouse near the Whipple detention center where immigrants were being detained. She was strip-searched, including by male agents who Cook told HuffPost on Friday were “touching her privates.”
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez: Jimmy Kimmel’s decision to keep his interview w/ a Senate candidate off the air shows just how far this Admin's campaign of censorship & control has gone. This is now the 2nd time..a late-night host has disclosed they had to bury an interview because of FCC intimidation
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Bill Graves, the Republican governor of Kansas from 1995 to 2003, writes an oped today endorsing the Democratic nominee for Senate in the state (Adam Hamilton, who's challenging Senator Marshall). www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
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Bill Graves: Elect Adam Hamilton to put Kansans first in the US Senate | Opinion
The former governor says Roger Marshall has turned his back on the people he’s supposed to represent. | Opinion
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
They are pilfering funds for childcare to keep women at home…
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Page One in Fort Worth:
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🚨EMERGENCY EPISODE: A bombshell whistleblower complaint, submitted to Sen. Richard Blumenthal's office, reveals that the U.S. Postal Service allegedly kept building a new system to restrict mail-in ballots even after federal courts ordered it to stop it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySb4...
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BREAKING: Whistleblower Exposes Trump's Secret USPS Plan to Reject Thousands of Ballots at Once
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“.. there are really two separate economies: one for people who make their primary income through investment and passive income . . . and then typical workers who clock in day in and day out.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/6f3a...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump’s sweeping attack on mail voting to go forward, bolstering his long-running effort to restrict voting access ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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In major blow to voters, Supreme Court greenlights Trump's attack on mail voting before midterms
"The Court sees fit to grant the Government equitable relief to proceed with implementing the challenged Order on the grounds that, because the Government had not yet issued a final rule at the time t...
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Tero Kuittinen @teroterotero.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
These things may kill you in America. Read the list and memorize it. Know by heart what the murder foods are. Eat something else. Like Mac & Cheese with bacon.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 08/08/2026
Nearly 5,000 National Guard troops are still on the streets of DC, costing taxpayers more than $3 million per day. It's a direct result of the district not being a state. DC statehood is essential to our democracy.
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Washington, D.C., Statehood is More Important Than Ever
Hundreds of thousands of Washington residents oppose the Trump administration’s deployment of the National Guard.
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
If you live in a blue state that isn't reviewing legislation to allow direct to customer car sales, you live in a state where Democrats don't know what they're doing.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 01/08/2026
This was a malicious prosecution from the start — totally shameful. These prosecutors should be held accountable for their actions. David Hearn’s story shows why we can never back down in the face of bullies.
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Prosecutors drop Reflecting Pool damage charge against former Olympian
Trump has claimed vandals deliberated damaged the pool, but prosecutors say internal documents show it was likely contractor error.
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The New York Times has spoken with several Moroccan nationals who say they were encouraged to cross into Ceuta by the Moroccan authorities.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🚨BREAKING EPISODE: Trump's DOJ has filed an emergency appeal asking the Supreme Court to let his mail voting executive order take effect before the midterms — a move that could let the administration decide who gets a mail ballot and who doesn't. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBI7...
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BREAKING: Trump's DOJ asks Supreme Court to Let Him Block Your Mail Ballot
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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ACLU @aclu.org · 26/07/2026
Marimar says the only thing worse than the physical scars of an immigration agent shooting her are the mental scars that will always remind her of the time her own government tried to kill her. The days of ICE and CBP acting with impunity must be over.
Red background with text: "“I struggle every day with the physical pain and suffering. I cannot close my hand yet to hold a pen. I try to play with the children at times at school and I am in significant pain as I attempt to do things I was so easily able to do before." Quote is attributed to Marimar Martinez, a U.S. citizen, recounting when a Border Patrol agent shot her near Chicago
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Blanche is now the subject of multiple federal court orders and rulings questioning his integrity and honesty and that of the DOJ. And he’s probably still going to get confirmed.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“… the CDC lab that responds to outbreaks of the parasite cyclospora was downsized from 11 people to just 3”
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.
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ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer
An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lawyers have told a court that the agency may have thousands of documents relevant to Democrats’ demand for the Trump administration’s possible plans to deploy immigration agents at the polls this fall. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE reverses, admits it may have trove of documents on agents at polling places - Democracy Docket
Its reversal came after Democrats highlighted several recent alarming actions by ICE agents in or around voting sites.
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Constant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The 5 things that destroyed Trump's popularity: Doge/tariffs, ICE surges, 2020 election denial & Iran. This week we're back at war w/Iran while ICE is killing civilians & the CDC doesn't have the money to track a diarrhea outbreak so he's doing a national address about 2020. What a loser.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Every single person in Maine and everyone around the country with a sense of humanity and decency need to remember this today. mainebeacon.com/collins-vote...
"Collins votes for $70B ICE funding with no reforms 
Channa Steinmetz  April 23, 2026

U.S. Senator Susan Collins'
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Good article. The list of other pathogens no longer being monitored is very scary (including for pregnant people—listeria) More details on FoodNet and the monitoring that was stopped are here (also linked in the HuffPo article)
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CDC cuts back foodborne illness surveillance program
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Rebecca Boyle 🌕 @rboyle31.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I genuinely can’t believe this is really happening. We need the night. This is some of the most dystopian stuff I have ever seen in my entire life.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
FEC is without a quorum to act. EAC is without a quorum to act. DOJ is under Trump's direct control. This is a very dangerous time for elections. My advice and request is to sign-up to Democracy Docket to stay informed. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/07/2026
‼️ North Carolina GOP officials are pressuring local election boards to reject early voting sites on college campuses before the midterms. It’s not the only way they’re working to restrict early voting for the November elections. bit.ly/4aycTvo
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Well, this is a crime.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/06/2026
Trump clutches Modi for support as he tries to climb a single small step (Evelyn Hockstein/Getty)
pic of Trump grabbing Modi's arm for support
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Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Breaking — Group of Epstein survivors announce opposition to Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination www.cnn.com/2026/06/11/p...
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Group of Epstein survivors announce opposition to Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination | CNN Politics
A group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors came out in opposition to Todd Blanche’s nomination as President Donald Trump’s permanent attorney general, citing his participation in secret White House meetings...
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Musk buying twitter, Bezos buying WaPo, Ellison buying CBS—all are less profitable now. But they’re political investments that increase the value of the new owners’ portfolios Wealth concentration makes this possible, and that’s one mechanism by which inequality destroys democracy
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Imagine if a woman president crashed the economy and started a war with no end in sight, and her biggest, seemingly ONLY concern was building a ballroom and redecorating the White House.
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Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"The IPO of Elon Musk’s company is a big risk for the millions of investors who have put savings into passive investing" @katie0martin.ft.com nails it. The beauty of the index inclusion scam, IMO, is no one will detect fund underperformance vs the index.
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SpaceX and the ‘enshittification’ of markets
The IPO of Elon Musk’s company is a big risk for the millions of investors who have put savings into passive investing
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is the destruction of federal funding for scientific research & universities as we know it. A total, comprehensive politicization of the process & an end run around Congress.
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 28/05/2026
Having the DoJ prosecute a woman that won a lawsuit against you is 100% an impeachable offense that far surpasses Watergate
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 20/05/2026
I THOUGHT OUR SHARED LOVE OF COLA BEVERAGES WOULD SAVE ME BUT ALAS
My head, being consumed by the Coca-Cola Polar Bear
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
NEW: A California DA was prosecuting Stanford students for felonies over pro-Palestine protests. Bolts reported back in February that he was fundraising off these cases. Learning this, defense attorneys dug more, & filed a motion to force Rosen off the case for bias. A judge just removed him:
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This DA Tried to Punish Stanford Protesters Again, Until Judge Pulled Him from Case - Bolts
Defendants had asked for Santa Clara DA Jeff Rosen to be recused after evidence emerged that he was using the ongoing prosecution to fundraise for his reelection bid on June 2.
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lucasmundus @lucasmundus.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The Fourteenth Amendment, written in the blood of the Civil War, says in Section 4 that this is blatantly illegal: “[N]either the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”
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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 18/05/2026
I accepted a counteroffer early in my career. It was one of my biggest mistakes. I had been at my job for 2 years and I had an offer from another company. It came with a better title, more money, and remote work. When I resigned, my boss asked for 24 hours.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/05/2026
shoutout to jared polis
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/05/2026
Ring the bell because for the first time ever: Jim Cramer is stunned silent. Just like the rest of us, he’s seeing the President commit insider trading right in front of our very eyes.
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