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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Agree 💯% With Joe Walsh.......
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Again, the American Academy of Pediatrics calls bullshit on RFKJr and says his call for consumption of unpasteurized milk puts youth at risk. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Physicians’ group calls for ban on raw milk – as it’s becoming increasingly popular in the US
As raw milk industry experiences record growth, experts say it might contain pathogens that can sicken people
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Neil Flanagan 🧱🗃️ @jgbollard.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The water-counting thing means she is PILLED pilled
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
From yesterday: Agent of a Foreign Power emptywheel.net/2026/10/10/a...
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Agent of a Foreign Power - emptywheel
If you read Putin's statement about the capitulation he wrangled from Trump yesterday, rather than Trump, it becomes clear that Putin has finally finished fully recruiting Donald Trump.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians.” If the U.S. military forces suffered those kind of damages under a Democratic admin, Congress would impeach the Defense Secretary and lot more.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. with @texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Man, it's a good thing Jared Polis pardoned this woman. She has absolutely learned her lesson.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Paul Krugman: The cesspit of corruption that is Donald Trump’s presidency is finally getting the attention it deserves. It’s about time. And if a massive blue wave sweeps Washington on November 3rd as polls now suggest, Democrats should put corruption front and center of their agenda in Congress.
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The Trump Administration is a Cesspit of Corruption
And fighting it should be at the heart of the Democratic agenda
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ken Paxton has taken over 275 out-of-state trips since taking office. Texans have spent $1.9 million in taxpayer funds on his luxury vacations.
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Sukie 💙🇺🇸🇺🇦🌊 @froggybottompond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
''I'd like to go ahead and solve it. The Atlanta Hawks.''
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Steve Sack, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21/09/2026
"At the end of the day, this may be the hardest thing for people like us to accept: The free world now views America as a threat. The free world is right to. And no one, or two, or three elections will change that."
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Canada Is Making America Its B*tch
The story of how a crafty middle power pantsed a moronic superpower.
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Office of Delusional Affairs @gmills56.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And nicely done👏👏👏
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is pub day for my book, "HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." Please watch this video and pass it on. It's time to reclaim the Trump-Russia narrative and recognize Putin is continuing his years-long war on America and Trump is complicit. HowRussiaWon.com
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Michigan Democrats @michigandems.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Epstein-associated donors gave nearly $4.7 million to Mike Rogers' campaign and political committees while he opposed releasing the Epstein files, arguing for more redactions to "protect somebody who got an airplane and rode with him." www.metrotimes.com/news/donors-...
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Donors named in Epstein files gave nearly $4.7 million to Mike Rogers and groups backing him - Detroit Metro Times
A Metro Times review found that donors named in the Epstein files have given nearly $4.7 million to Mike Rogers’ campaigns and groups supporting him.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"The party I lead, for instance -- sure has a lot of pedophiles and rapists and sex traffickers in it. Makes you wonder about the rest of us, right? It should. It should."
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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It turns out that Netanyahu was warned, in shockingly specific terms, about October 7 — and not only chose to do nothing, but hid the warning from the people who could have stopped it www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefs
In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Once you notice this, it's the most obvious double standard in the political press. Democrats have to answer for the smallest voice even if it has no actual tie to them, but Republicans never have to answer for the insanely racist billionaire donor driving their entire party.
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Monty 🇨🇦 @onlymonty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
American democracy is under siege…
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Laura Haynes👩‍🔬⚾️🐾💙 @drlaurahaynes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So, I borrowed this photo from the evil place but it’s just so perfect RIP Gloria Steinem 😞💔
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
WSJ, with an ice-cold graphic: @wsj.com
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
An excellent description of the foreign policy and national security decision making process under Trump.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Paul van der Meer @paulvandermeer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
BINGO! James Talarico: "I have a legislative record, Ken Paxton has a criminal record. He doesn't serve us, he serves himself. Since taking office, he has become a multimillionaire on a government salary. His net worth has increased 7000% while the pay of Texans is the same."
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The whole story about Ken Paxton, the stolen Mont Blanc pen, and a courthouse videotape, is just one wonderful detail after another. Here you go:
Related Texas comptroller-elect shuffles personnel, promises accurate state revenue estimate

AUSTIN - In the great pen caper, Texas' incoming Attorney General Ken Paxton drew a Blanc. It happened last year at a Collin County courthouse, where lawyer Joe Joplin rushed through the security stop, needing to get to a hearing. A few hours later, he realized he'd left a tray of three pens at the metal detector. One was a gift from his wife — a $1,000 Montblanc. Mon Dieu. "It came back like a Kodak moment. I knew I'd put it in a separate bin and that second plate didn't come out," Joplin recalled in a recent interview. He rushed to the security entrance and the pen was gone. Joplin talked to the sheriff's deputies, who told him that shortly after Joplin went through, another man picked up a tray of pens on top of the machine. Joplin said he's not into fancy pens, but it had sentimental value. He asked about security cameras and whether he might view the tape. The deputies were unable to help. Joplin, frustrated and a bit frightened of telling his wife, wrote to an old friend, "just to vent." The boyhood pal was Collin County Sheriff Terry Box. In an Aug. 14, 2013, email, Joplin recounted the details. "The loss of my pen is my responsibility," he wrote, but he also thought a lost and found procedure might be instituted.Box is a sheriff who likes to see lost items returned. He ordered up the videotape. On the security video, the sheriff said he saw several people go through the machine after Joplin. And then he recognized the guy who picked up the pens — state Sen. Ken Paxton of McKinney. "It looked like he took a pen and put it in his pocket out of the tray," Box said. He asked a deputy to call Paxton and see whether he had it. He looked. He did. A day or so later, Paxton gave the pricey rollerball pen to a deputy to return to Joplin, the sheriff said. Paxton spokesman Anthony Holm called it a simple mistake. "Fifteen months ago a pen or pens was shuffled between two attorneys in a courthouse. This is far from newsworthy, as the pen was returned when the error was realized," Holm said. Joplin said he — and his wife — welcomed it back. "I don't want to cause anyone any harm. I was very grateful," he said. He declined to speculate on what might have happened. "You can surmise that," Joplin said.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
There's a big machine at the headquarters of Republican Inc. that sorts GOP candidates according to the kind of abuse they specialize in. Spousal abuse, child abuse, pedophilia, medical scams, punishing immigrants ... it's a big tent but they all find common ground in the bonds of hurting people.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A West Bank squatter explains to the BBC that burning homes and villages, stealing livestock, axing down olive trees and committing crimes involving physical violence against the lawful residents of the West Bank is entirely justified because the squatters are entitled to "revenge."
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Israeli West Bank settler tells BBC attacks on Palestinians are justified as revenge
Settler violence against Palestinians is on the rise in the West Bank, as settlements and outposts expand.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/07/2026
Texas GOP congressional candidate Brandon Herrera has a history of sexually explicit attacks on women and crude remarks about children — including calling a child a “cum trophy”
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GOP Candidate Brandon Herrera Attacked Moms, Made Vulgar Remarks About Children
Herrera used sexually explicit phrases while attacking mothers doing political advocacy
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will introduce new legislation making ballot seizure before they are counted and certified by a state or county official a felony. In a July 4 recorded speech, Newsom was not shy about who the law targets. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Gavin Newsom wants to make seizing ballots a felony
The California governor plans to introduce new legislation targeting "federal interference" in elections.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Apparently, you're not allowed to post: “BREAKING: The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in broad daylight has been identified as Jonathan Ross by the Minnesota Star Tribune. I think today is a great day for Jonathan to be indicted!”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
(summoning the spirit of Lee Atwater) "Thanks to Ken Paxton, an admitted pedophile might be your neighbor right now and you wouldn't know it."
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 01/06/2026
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Andrew Weissmann (@weissmann)
A wonderful and lively discussion led by famed journalist Carol Leonnig - interviewing me about my new book Liar’s Kingdom at the renowned independent bookstore Politics and Prose in Washington DC. I ...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The economy is in freefall and the war is a quagmire but the president is laser-focused on making Americans' lives better: - White House ballroom - UFC cage match on the lawn - big triumphal arch - painting the reflecting pool - painting statues gold - his face on a $250 bill - lining his pockets
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Greg Ip: "Worker compensation—wages and benefits—grew 0.8% in the first quarter from the fourth, while domestic corporate profits jumped 2.7%. As a result, labor’s share of gross domestic income (conceptually similar to GDP) sank to 51%, the lowest since records began in 1947. "
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America.  He embodies the broken system we’re running against. It’s time to come together: The People vs. Ken Paxton
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
DOJ announces 1.8B (1.776B if that doesn't make you puke) fund for victims of lawfare/weaponization, supposedly as part of Trump settlement. but That's 100% improper as a settlement of Trump's bogus lawsuit. Can only settle viable lawsuits, and htis is isn't one. This is going to be a fight.
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John Bolton's Mustache @jonboltonsmustache.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
We've finally won the war against woke
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/05/2026
Sen. Mark Kelly: "If you say something that the president or this administration does not like, they're going to come after you. The president is trying to silence us, and I can't think of anything that's more un-American."
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The Trump regime keeps citing things that require an ID that do not, in fact, require an ID. They’re elitists who are out of touch with the lives of everyday Americans.
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 01/05/2026
Jimmy Kimmel has outdone himself this time! This pharmaceutical ad about Felon47 is hilarious! 👏👏👏👏👏😂👏👏👏👏👏 #ReZyne #JimmyKimmel
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The "reactionary colorblindess" of the right-wing justices has reached its logical conclusion in finding that it is racist NOT to let Louisiana—and any other state for that matter—discriminate on the basis of race in voting. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
What we can expect in the aftermath of this ruling is for more Republican-controlled states to implement discriminatory maps and call them partisan so they can pass legal muster. In practical terms, this will likely mean fewer nonwhite representatives in Congress. Diminishing the power of minority voters may also allow the Republican Party to continue on its path from reactionary color-blindness to more overt racism, safe in the assumption that it will not have to answer to constituents who oppose such racism because they are its targets. There is little risk in attacking people who lack the power to remove you from office.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/04/2026
MOULTON: Did you consider the risk of Iran closing the strait? HEGSETH: Of course MOULTON: So then why did you send the only minesweepers we had in the Gulf to Singapore weeks before the war started?
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 23/04/2026
This could almost be considered criminal. After a brutally cold winter and now record gas prices, this Administration is refusing to provide crucial funds from the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program that helps MILLIONS of people pay their electric bills.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Is someone going to tell him that the flu killed more US troops in WWI than any battle did (and that war had chemical weapons so horrific that they were banned afterwards)?
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
“Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial. Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.” This is why we should fund science. 🧪
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Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial
Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/04/2026
Exclusive: The acting director of the CDC has delayed publication of a report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half, according to two scientists.
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CDC delays publishing report showing covid vaccine benefits
The acting CDC director cited concerns with the methodology, but the design has long been used to test vaccine effectiveness.
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