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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 13h
If any other world lead said something like this about their own country they'd be forced to resign, hiding in a bunker or flying out to a third country by midnight, the amount of abuse the US allows itself to take is actually insane.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The reckoning is here…
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🦗from the media.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
October 2, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 2, 2026
Trump held a campaign rally tonight in Mobile, Alabama, the city where, as Shawn McCreesh of the New York Times recalled, his MAGA rallies really took off in August 2015, when more than 30,000 people ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Trump administration was too stupid to realize that cutting food safety programs and firing thousands of public servants would have shitty consequences. Watch.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
The White House is coordinating with the Justice Department to hide its abortion agenda from voters until after they've voted in order to try to influence the results of the election.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A man died in a GEO Group cell in Michigan while Congress begged for answers. Ten weeks later GEO's PAC wrote a check to the Republican running for Senate there. He kept it. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One senator writes ICE's budget. The two companies that profit from every ICE raid send her campaign checks. She cashes them. Nearly three decades of "concern," and the one thing she's never once been troubled by is the money. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill...
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Senator Mazie K. Hirono @hirono.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
This just confirms what we already knew. Republicans' Private School Voucher Program helps wealthy families, private schools, and unaccountable SGOs, while governors who “opt in” have no control over the program, but all the responsibility for cleaning up the mess. Ridiculous.
washingtonpost.com
Treasury releases rules for nation’s first federal school voucher program
With the arrival of the long-awaited rules, Democratic governors are under more pressure to say whether they will opt in.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
THIS 👇 HERE TOO.......
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Left Of Center Orange Hater @leftocorangehater.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Perfect in pairing with @defiance13.bsky.social’s post from yesterday.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wise woman words from @defiance13.bsky.social.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WARNING: The Ellison family is about to own CBS News AND CNN. A judge just cleared the deal. Closing: days away. When one family controls what tens of millions watch, democracy loses a watchdog. Independent media isn't a luxury. It's your last line of defense.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump says a war is not a war, therefore the War Powers Act doesn’t apply. Trump says political ads are not ads they are “public service announcements,” therefore the laws banning the use of taxpayer $ don’t apply. The gangster govt changes the meaning of words to avoid the law
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social covers it nicely here: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-public-f...
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A Public Flat Earth
How paywalls killed the public sphere.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think we all saw that coming
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"A failed coup is a dress rehearsal."
sarahkendzior.substack.com
A Public Flat Earth
How paywalls killed the public sphere.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 29, 2026
The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Look, it’s a form of superpower suicide.”
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"...your President?"
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 29/09/2026
Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20. The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...
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Awarding Agency
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Recipient
LMD AGENCY, INC.
5950 SYMPHONY WOODS RD STE 500
COLUMBIA, MD 21044-3592
UNITED STATES
Congressional District: MD-03
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Sep 20, 2026
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Sep 19, 2027
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$20.0 Million
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$20,000,000.00
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They’ve always projected what they’d do; they are telling us again.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
September 28, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 28, 2026
It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump is not himself the disease of our politics. He’s just the worst symptom. The disease is the system that allows corporations to buy and sell politicians so they can rig it against the rest of us. Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All.
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DBeach @beachnic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Trump administration is running more television ads promoting the president—and the public is paying the bill.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We need to get a full accounting of every dollar each media company accepted of our money stolen by Trump to run his partisan political ads on their channels. Companies who accept these ads are receiving property stolen from the American people & are a disgrace for accepting them
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I wonder why no opposition bought a counter-ad? “The ad you just saw is illegal and paid for with your tax dollars. Angry about it? <call to action>.”.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
While visiting with my parents today, I saw on prime time NFL this illegal political ad paid for with our tax dollars. No opposition thought to buy a counter-ad? “The ad you just saw is illegal and paid for with your tax dollars. Angry about it? <call to action>.”.
cnn.com
White House airs another government-funded ad, this time with Trump warning of ‘final battle’ | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is set to launch another overtly political campaign ad funded by taxpayer dollars, attacking the “fake news media” and “the sick political class that hates our country.”
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our system of governance derives its legitimacy from the consent of the governed. When public servants use propaganda to manipulate the people they are supposed to serve in order to MANUFACTURE that consent, our SERVANTS soon become our MASTERS. Your tax dollars paid for this ad.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Vision, dental, and hearing! Yes! It's insanity that different parts of the human body are insured and managed differently.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Super Intelligence” must be another loyalty test.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Your tax dollars being spent illegally for political ads.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
September 26, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 26, 2026
Trump’s war on the free press is continuing.
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gerickson.bsky.social @gerickson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No Kings Act.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, this argument should be chilling. Trying to limit freedom of the press under the guise of national security is what tinpot dictators do. That’s not how a functioning democracy works.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
their passivity and inappropriate deference rationalized as the price for maintaining “access” only emboldened Trump. But now they have reached an inflection point, the embarrassing result when a hapless press corps sought to sacrifice journalistic integrity for access and wound up with neither.
open.substack.com
Four Changes to Help the White House Press Recover Its Spine
🚨41 Days to the Midterms🚨
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New approach: If a reporter is interrupted, harassed, insulted, or abused, the press should exit the room. Period. If Trump refuses to answer a legitimate news question or claims it was a dumb question, every other reporter must ask the same question until Trump tires out or answers.
open.substack.com
Four Changes to Help the White House Press Recover Its Spine
🚨41 Days to the Midterms🚨
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The White House press corps has proven itself inadequate to meet the moment but capitulation is a choice. The current standoff is the ideal time for responsible outlets to adjust, start behaving as fierce defenders of the truth and of democracy, and rise to meet the occasion.
open.substack.com
Four Changes to Help the White House Press Recover Its Spine
🚨41 Days to the Midterms🚨
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.
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Del - Martian Observer @martian-observer.net · 21/09/2026
So, Trump is now pressing Zelensky to stop attacking the oil production infrastructure of a country that is currently attacking Ukraine, because of oil supply issues caused by Trump attacking an oil producing country that wasn't attacking the U.S - have I got that right
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
Crush the arts (Kennedy Center), destroy the civil service (DOGE), control elections (gestures broadly), dismantle the press (gestures more broadly), decimate science (NIH), and demolish education (DeptEd). The authoritarian playbook.
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