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“There are so many days here, none like the other. And beneath all their differences is this great similarity: the gratitude in which they are received.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke “Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It’s not pie.”

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Dave Troy @davetroy.com · 15/10/2026
Gibney's MUSK film contains no known revelations; it sounds like a solid piece of filmmaking and will shape public opinion, which is helpful. But no one, not Gibney, Isaacson, or any other chronicler of Musk's arc has covered this — and IMHO it's key. washingtonspectator.org/musks-spacex...
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Musk’s SpaceX Received Big Boosts from “Putin’s Favorite” Rep. Dana Rohrabacher | Washington Spectator
When Elon Musk formed Space Exploration Corporation in 2002, he based the company in El Segundo, California — an area rich with aerospace and defense contractor talent. That choice proved to be…
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#VoteBlue
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
use the time before the campaign starts in earnest to travel, re-establish relationships with allies Trump has alienated (e.g., Canada, the EU), develop a game plan for rebuilding U.S. leadership in the world and consider how to reconstitute an honor-bound, inclusive, nonpartisan military
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So, You Want to Run for POTUS
🚨 20 Days to the Midterms 🚨
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gjones852 @gjones741.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This is Caitlin Upton from a 2007 teen beauty pageant. Note the section on mental health struggles after this video went viral. JDVance posted it in 2024 to mock Kamala Harris. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlin...
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Caitlin Upton - Wikipedia
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Trump has just extended two wars in exchange for a meaningless appeal to his vanity from Putin. snyder.substack.com/p/war-throug...
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War Through Weakness
Trump’s Superpower Suicide in Iran and Russia
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gjones852 @gjones741.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Is it possible to even post a response that is weaker than this? I expected more from you.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Can someone ask CBS News why Ted Koppel said that "Bannon's technically correct; they didn't have standing" in the 60+ cases Trump and his allies lost in 2020. This is verifiably false and is a GOP talking point. Many/most of the cases Trump lost were on the merits. Do they not fact check at CBS?
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Weakness is dangerous, and Trump is dangerously weak. And, as weaklings do, he blames others for his own failures, and thereby makes everything worse." My latest essay: "War Through Weakness: Trump’s Superpower Suicide in Iran and Russia" snyder.substack.com/p/war-throug...
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War Through Weakness
Trump’s Superpower Suicide in Iran and Russia
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Do something." Front page of NYT, 9/10/26 — credit Jeff Roberson, AP.
Photo of person holding a sign that says "Read 'On Tyranny' by Timothy Snyder. Do Something." There is a government building in the background.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Republican Party has elevated and insulated a vulgar, incurious, racist, sexist, greedy, self-dealing, emotional unstable, narcissistic, delusional, unrepentant sexual assaulter andfelon. Voting for any member of that party means you support Trump. Period.
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The fight by French kids is spreading fast to other countries. It's about equality. In Spain the rich have taken away affordable housing. In America it's the billionaires with their corporate greed. For too long the rich have taken everything and left us with crumbs. It's time to eat the rich.
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The roof starting to go onto Tina’s hospital. I still genuinely don’t feel like it’s real. All I can think of is the 1000s of street dogs who will have their lives changed here. Tina would just love it 🎾❤️
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Dave Troy @davetroy.com · 06/10/2026
🛑 NEW: Reports of 'plague' in Irkutsk, Russia have set off a wave of speculation and anxiety. To help combat misinformation, we have setup a live tracker to continuously assess new claims. As of right now: reports have LOW credibility. Read more here. irkutsk.america2.news
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The Irkutsk Plague Report — live credibility tracker
What is confirmed, what is not, and who is spreading which claims about the reported plague death in Irkutsk, Russia.
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God @thegodshow.com · 05/10/2026
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Heartbreak in Springfield, Ohio. Please read this important reporting. It all begins with big lies and it ends with ethnic cleansing and deaths for which we must not only mourn but feel ashamed. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How will we clean up Trump's unholy mess? Here are my 10 Commandments for Congress. These are major structural reforms that every midterm candidate should support. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjAlkvjdhww
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The 10 Commandments (for Cleaning Up After Trump)
How will we clean up Trump's unholy mess?Here are my 10 Commandments for Congress.These are major structural reforms tha
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🇨🇦DUNK🇨🇦 (Proud Part owner of Canada) @noofieninja.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There was a moment when the US was taken over by enemies and criminals, the incompetent, the corrupt, and the malevolent. They control our government now and will use every means at their disposal, legal and illegal, to try to stop the rest of us from restoring law, order, and decency to US society.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tomorrow I’ll be joined by Professor Timothy Snyder for a Substack Live. I've been an admirer of Prof. Snyder's lessons on tyranny and how we fight back against authoritarian governments. It will be an interesting conversation. Here's the link: open.substack.com/live-stream/368678
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These are the Cornell rapists:
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God @thegodshow.com · 26/09/2026
If any of you ever want to have an actual life? You’re going to have to come together to elect progressives and tax the billionaires.
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If just 10% of Americans skipped meat on Mondays, it could avoid roughly 2–5 million metric tons of CO2e per year. That’s comparable to taking about 1 million passenger cars off the road. Small actions add up at scale. One day a week isn't hard, let's go for "Meatless Monday".
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
(2/2) The president of the United States says things that are not only false and cruel but which only Russians could have instructed him to say, since there is no way he could have thought of them himself, and since they depend on knowledge that he does not have.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
THIS. Please make this man Sen Majority Leader
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
You absolutely do not have to meet Republicans or MAGA down middle on any issue, fuck them. Push for what you as an opposition need and don’t give them an inch. Stall the government indefinitely if you have too. Better to freeze the process than allow injustice and fascism room to grow.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Jon Ossoff has the magic that few who enter politics have & can’t be taught. You have it or you don’t. He has it in abundance & combines it with devotion to his family, a tireless work ethic, and a proven track record of winning a state controlled by Republicans. Not a bad combo.
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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I am not naive. And when I step back from it, yeah I saw it coming. But still, I never fathomed I'd ever see a United States presidential administration this corrupt. It's staggeringly brazen.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Labor Day Weekend, two months out from the midterms, I will be publishing a list of the 100 Most Corrupt Things Trump Has Done in the Past Year. All things I’ve already documented in my daily Bulletins. The most difficult part is getting the list down to just 100.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
One of the most astonishing things about Trump is that in all the recorded history of humanity, Trump may have less grasp of what he does not understand and more misplaced confidence about what he thinks he understands but does not than any other deluded know-it-all in history.
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gjones852 @gjones741.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
More ammunition for justifying the ballroom construction. I'm surprised this isn't getting more attention.
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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Wait: was the "switch planes in a dessert cart' thing a publicity stunt meant to provoke sympathy for Trump and hate for Iran? It does seem suspicious that there's so many details available on what should have been top-secret.
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CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Iranian threat before Trump switched planes in Turkey
CIA had doubts about Israeli intelligence on a threat to Trump in Turkey that prompted an extraordinary secret flight.
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God @thegodshow.com · 12/08/2026
The Odyssey made a billion dollars telling the story of a soldier who went to war and desperately wanted to come home. Meanwhile, actual US sailors have been at sea for 200+ days, and some are throwing themselves overboard. BRING. THEM. HOME.
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Thou Shalt Bring the USS Lincoln Home
Multiple sailors have tried to jump overboard.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The anti-vaccine crowd was really feeling seen yesterday, especially on social media. On a side note: can we work on our literacy rates in schools? Can we check on the kids and see how they’re doing in science class? Health class? School in general? Can we do better?
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Not to be a bummer, but if you think everything is expensive right now, think about how expensive it’s going to be in the future to fix it. Some mediocre men gained some undeserved authority and now we’re all paying with every dollar we have, present and future, and our souls.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"Negativity is a trap we can fall into during times like these. But we need to stay optimistic/motivated if we’re going to defeat the criminals who are trying to steal our country." Appreciate @markjacob.bsky.social's anti-doomerism (and thx for the mention): www.stopthepresses.news/p/25-must-fo...
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25 must-follow people in pro-democracy media
One way to fight negativity is to lift up inspirational voices
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Building a hospital for street dogs. My next mission. It's not going to be easy on the 12th September in England but it will be done. You can get involved and support here www.happydoggo.com/tinas-hospit...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Sure, Democrats are not perfect and we have some bad apples. But sexual harassment and abuse of women has become an absolute epidemic among elected Republicans because it is the culture of the party under lifetime serial sexual harasser Donald Trump.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026
New in PN: Moderate Democrats have a choice to make "They can spend the next three months reinforcing Republican messaging about their party & making it less likely Dems take power. Or they can put the 'battle for the soul of the party' off for a while and do what they can to help their party win."
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Moderate Democrats have a choice to make
Do they want to help their party win, or do they want to whine about the left?
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
If I could be granted one wish that would change the world for the better… Find a dog to adopt. That’s it. Simple as that. There are millions out there waiting ❤️
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
At some point you just have to conclude that the Trump supporters who are still left just knowingly love the lies, corruption and incompetence and have accepted it as their brand because nobody can be that naive and stupid.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Susan Collins, who voted for $70 billion in no-strings-attached ICE funding, is now taking credit for securing new bodycams to distance herself from Trump and ICE. This is how Collins wins in Maine. Dems must go on offense on ICE to thwart this scam. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
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What Susan Collins Just Did on Trump and ICE Should Worry All Dems
She voted for $70 billion in no-strings-attached ICE funding. But now she’s taking credit for a new bodycam commitment from ICE. Democrats can’t let her get away with this.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
There's a real sense that Trump is running into serious limits on his power right now on many fronts. So I asked @davidkurtz.bsky.social: Are we constraining Trump, or not? His answer is so, so good. I pushed back and he went with it well. Check it out on the pod: newrepublic.com/article/2137...
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Grant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Trump is cutting Medicare’a drug benefits right before the midterms. You know what to do…
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ALT: Powerful Ocean Waves
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
When Elon Musk says "zero" children died in Africa from his DOGE cuts, he really means zero children died who are *worthy of any concern.* It's vile coded signaling to his global fascist audience. From me and @polphilpod.bsky.social, a deep dive into Musk's fascism: newrepublic.com/article/2135...
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The Real Reason Elon Musk Keeps Insisting DOGE Cuts Killed “Zero” Kids
In his explosive interview with The Economist, the SpaceX billionaire inadvertently revealed something darker about his true vision for the future—and about his affinities with global fascism.
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