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NO Kings in America #medicareforall #BLM Outlaw Gerrymandering Elect more progressives! Abolish the electoral college Green New Deal Still Bernie! F#ck X

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Hookcity - 🚫“War Plan” DMs Please 👊🏻🇺🇸🔥 🫣 @hookcity.bsky.social · 13h
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Eric Schmitt shoots, misses while questioning ex-special counsel about basketball game
U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt's attempt to catch a former special prosecutor of Donald Trump in a lie backfired.
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Truth & Justice League @trujusticeleague.bsky.social · 12h
“When someone as morally warped as Trump assumes this much unchecked power at the dawn of the Age of Artificial Intelligence, he can’t be ignored.” @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social Trump Is Going Viral in the Worst Ways www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Going Viral in the Worst Ways (Gift Article)
On the technological, diplomatic and biological fronts, Trump is creating a disaster.
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Rhi B 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @rhib.bsky.social · 12h
"I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution from the president or others.” Jack Smith - a man of courage and integrity. www.reuters.com/world/us/for...
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Former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith tells Senate he won't be silenced by prosecution threats
Former US special counsel Jack Smith told senators on Tuesday that he will not be silenced by threats of prosecution, as ​he faced Republican accusations of abuse of power in his investigations of Pre...
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Ric Steinberger @ricst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
77 million voters thought the convicted felon, lifelong grifter and complete moron was the best choice in 2024. Trump is TOTALLY FOR SALE. No reasonable offer is refuses. Pardons included
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The Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged.
In a previously unreported letter, a top lobbyist floated the idea of using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump has... -Run blatantly political ads using taxpayer money -Shuttered a longstanding arts & culture institution because he can’t put his name on the building -Hung banners with his face on them from a government building If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nailed it ⛽️ 🤷🏻‍♀️
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pat-cindy.bsky.social @pat-cindy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Are we all glad that so many people are smart enough to see that the liar/con pedo protector is thinking he has snowed everyone. Right now, Xi is looking pretty good compared to the trash we are subjected to in the USA. China is thriving while the USA is a garbage dump banana republic.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This shark is obviously on China's payroll
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's always been stupid and fake, but even more so now, that a "caravan" of migrants would be coming here, of all times, given how we are torturing and renditioning and sending them to concentration camps.
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Ralph Nader @nader.org · 28/09/2026
New from @markgreenny.bsky.social
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TRUMP’S GIVING HYPOCRISY A BAD NAME
When 180’s become routine
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Ralph Nader @nader.org · 28/09/2026
On the Money: Like drunk drivers, AI CEOs should be criminally liable
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On the Money: Like drunk drivers, AI CEOs should be criminally liable
If AI companies endanger the public, they have to be held accountable
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Any time. Any place. Anywhere." @justinjpearson.bsky.social tells @newschannel5 he's ready to debate Brent Taylor, but Brent is hiding 🐔and using the time Justin stood up for his brother @keshaunpearson (when Troopers arrested him for no reason other than Speaker's orders) as an excuse.
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FULL REPORT HERE - youtu.be/BaHFecRVEHI?...
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Gavin Newsom MIA as Fire RAGES Over “Salad Bowl of America”
YouTube video by Status Coup News
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drydock.bsky.social @drydock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Watch the video and worry. America's 'salad bowl' is the Salinas valley, where massive amounts of vegetables are grown. Moss Landing is on the coast.
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Toxic fires, doctored data, zero accountability. Status Coup's @jordanchariton.bsky.social spoke with chemical expert Scott Smith about the massive cover-up unfolding at the Moss Landing lithium battery plant & how corporate investigators are fudging testing data while Gavin Newsom does nothing.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If Democrats retake Congress this November, a top priority should be investigating the Trump family's many shady business deals. Perhaps they can start with Eric and Don Jr.'s ties to defense companies receiving lucrative government contracts?
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Truthout @truthout.org · 28/09/2026
A rare nor’easter storm system that ripped through the East Coast of the United States this weekend was made up to 50 times more likely to happen by the effects of the climate crisis.
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Climate Crisis Made Rare East Coast Nor’easter Up to 50 Times More Likely
Massive rainfall, heavy flooding, high wind speeds, and tall ocean waves were all reported due to the storm.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Corporations spend more than $1.5B a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5B they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions. Kudos to these Autozone workers.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 28/09/2026
A small group of formerly incarcerated women have won a major lawsuit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice after a federal judge ruled that the state must air-condition all Texas prisons by the end of 2029.
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Formerly Incarcerated Women Sued to Get Air Conditioning in TX Prisons — and Won
Many people in prison have physical conditions that make them more susceptible to extreme heat.
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NGL, a significant factor in my daughters not going to my Alma mater was the Iowa governor.
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The Lever @levernews.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: @DavidSacks pushed Trump to reject new AI safeguards. At the same time, his venture capital firm was investing in AI startups positioned to benefit from looser rules. Now, that firm is raising a new $1 billion fund.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the cornell case has me thinking about christine blasey ford and how she so bravely testified in 2018 about how future supreme court justice brett kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her. i'm thinking about what i wrote at the time and how nothing has changed:
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 28/09/2026
ICE agents terrorized this suburban neighborhood in Frederick, Maryland, and beat peaceful protestors while local cops just watched. @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social speaks with an eyewitness who saw and filmed everything.
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'Like the Gestapo': ICE brings terror and violence to Maryland
ICE agents terrorized this suburban neighborhood in Frederick, Maryland, and beat peaceful protestors while local cops just watched. We speak with an eyewitness who saw and filmed everything.
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is one of the handful of bizarre, bonkers billionaires we're supposed to trust to be "responsible" with the development of A.I.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 26/09/2026
Israeli forces and settlers have damaged the area’s main water line five times since January. buff.ly/zlfVZ1w
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Israeli Attacks on Water Leave Palestinians in Masafer Yatta Struggling to Survive
Israeli forces and settlers have damaged the area’s main water line five times since January.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obviously media bans are bad but I've been in the White House one time in my life and it hasn't stopped me from reporting on presidents, and it shouldn't (and won't) stop anyone else.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I guess RFK Jr. is out of the loop
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The General @general.bsky.social @generalisimo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
When will this madness stop?? The Trump administration is going to be the ruin of our economy. "The decline over the month in permits followed on the heels of news on Sept. 16 of a slump in single-family homebuilder sentiment to a one-year low in September."
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Truthout @truthout.org · 17/09/2026
Hakeem Jeffries assured the public that the Democratic Party is taking strong measures to combat the AI Doomsday threat roiling the country. His prime example: a Democratic House commission on AI stacked with lawmakers who’ve received huge amounts of money from Big Tech.
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Democrats Backed by Industry Super PACs Are Writing the Party’s AI Plan
Members of the commission received outsized financial support that seems intended to shape the party’s policy response.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Were you drunk at the time? You're not just bigoted, you're mad." On Piers Morgan's show, I clashed with Nancy Mace, the insanely Islamophobic Republican congresswoman, whose own former staffers allege she has a drinking problem (which she denies). Full 'debate': www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCli...
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Good Morning Peeps ✌🏼💙
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Best part of this is Alito's whiny dissent, claiming that ending the USPS's common carrier status is no different than requiring the recipient's address. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
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Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Restrictions on Mail Voting: Live Updates
The ruling blocks the Trump administration from dramatically changing how Americans vote by mail in the midterm elections.
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SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Of Course, We Know Their Game...
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Susanbeth5781 @susanpatrick1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's Monday every day 🙄 McConnell’s Return Gives Kentucky Two Brain-dead Senators open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
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McConnell’s Return Gives Kentucky Two Brain-dead Senators
McConnell was applauded by other members of the Republican Party's brain-dead caucus
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ireland understood the assignment! ✊💚
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The Avengers @laur21.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
youtube.com/shorts/hOJWo... Trump's people have covered up their own roles during 9/11!
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Mamdani just EXPOSED Rudy Giuliani!
YouTube video by Farron Balanced
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Valerie A. Traina @v3ndettaval.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
SAN DIEGO activists at Otay Mesa Concentration Camp‼️
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1 of Many, We the Pissed-Off People of Antifa 86 47 @imagardener.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Uh-oh, somebody's not happy. And that button is still under terrible strain.
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Derek gendvil @derekbshelby.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: CanadaRED needs to call for a Red Card for Israel! . Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/cana...
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CanadaRED needs to call for a Red Card for Israel!
Canada Soccer has introduced CanadaRED, an “enhanced way for fans, supporters, and donors to connect with Canada Soccer” and demonstrate “Canadian pride”. It is also the exclusive platform to get tick...
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
ysph.yale.edu/news-article... Single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1.04 trillion or 20% less than the system it would replace, according to new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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bluewitch15.bsky.social @bluewitch15.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
No we haven’t and by the way where is Mitch McConnell? We haven’t forgotten about him either!👇🏻
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Ed Ortiz @ortizei.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Speaker Mike Johnson early recessed to avoid the discharge petition for the Epstein Files Transparency Act 2. But @robertgarcia.house.gov won’t let the Files be ignored. He joined me to explain how a Democratic majority on Oversight will change how investigations are done. youtu.be/UN51ioCzmhM?...
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Trump PANICS As House DEMS CLOSE IN On Epstein Files After MAGA Mike SENT THEM HOME!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“.. Of course they didn’t know. No one knew it was coming. .. It’s a bad idea. There’s no need for it economically and it looks desperate politically.” @washingtonsun.bsky.social @jeffstein.bsky.social washingtonsun.com/congress/key...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Socialist Roger Marshall demands more government welfare for his voters after Trump and the Republican Party wrecked their businesses.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
ALL Americans are hurting and paying more for things because of the high price of diesel caused by Republicans. MANY businesses are hurt, EVERYONE pays more for everything. So why the hell should farmers get our money in a bailout - especially when 75% of them voted for this.
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Linda Marie 🕊️ @lindam174.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Follow for updates 😂 bsky.app/profile/gene...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
After skipping the NYC 9/11 service because they wouldn’t let him give a partisan political speech, and falling asleep again in the middle of the day at the Pentagon ceremony, Trump will be in Ireland this weekend promoting his own golf resort at our expense.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Good On You,Mayor Mamdani....👏🏻
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