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goodwinm.bsky.social @goodwinm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
English is yellow. History is blue. Science must be green! Math? Makes me see red!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026
Duckworth on Hegseth announcing testosterone screenings for troops: "It sounds like gender affirming care to me, so I'm glad he's come around ... this is just more performative bullshit from the least qualified secretary of defense in our nation's history."
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 16/07/2026
NEW: In his speech tonight, Trump will likely attack electronic voting machines — and potentially demand their decertification. Implementing his order won't be easy. But it could undermine faith in America's elections and cause confusion in November.
democracydocket.com
Explainer: How Trump could use his speech to target voting machines and promote election chaos
To crack down on the use of electronic voting systems, he may attempt to order decertifications over alleged vulnerabilities.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/07/2026
President Trump is scheduled to deliver an address on Thursday evening covering election security and voting machines, a potential escalation of his unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud. Follow live updates.
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President Trump's Speech Tonight to Focus on Election Security: Live Updates
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Please explain to me how the same senators who voted for the Epstein Transparency Acf would now vote to confirm the man who’s leading the continuing coverup of the Epstein files.
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goodwinm.bsky.social @goodwinm.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Likely laying the groundwork for disqualifying this fall’s elections. Read Thom Hartmann from yesterday.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Are they gonna make women pee in a cup at the airport? Or just eyeball it based on her body?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/07/2026
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin says Darializa Chevalier, the fair and square winner of a primary in New York, has "no place to be serving in Congress," and blasts Bernie Sanders as a "socialist communist" Very dark stuff coming from a supposedly nonpartisan agency head
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House Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Reminder: Trump and Republicans cut food assistance for 4 million Americans, including nearly ONE MILLION CHILDREN.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/07/2026
“The public deserves clear and consistent answers about ICE’s surveillance activities and its infringement of Americans’ civil liberties.”
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ICE finds a new way to dodge Congress about a secret protester database
New letters show ICE shifting its rhetoric—and Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Max Frost demanding answers.
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HCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
How Six People Are Destroying Democracy | Explainer from yesterday’s Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6aorcnloFI
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How Six People Are Destroying Democracy | Explainer
In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics....From Politics Chat, June 30, 2026The live streamed version is available here: https://www.yo...
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goodwinm.bsky.social @goodwinm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...
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Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious. Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal.
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A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family
Even in today's climate, there should be one fundamental principle everyone respects: whatever you think about someone in politics, you leave their kids alone.
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goodwinm.bsky.social @goodwinm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Might fit into my lessons on mythology.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Starting in 2030, all public school students in Texas will be required to read passages from the Bible in class
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The Bible Is About To Become Required Reading In Texas Public Schools
About 5 million kids in K-12 schools will be reading from Bible passages within a few years.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15/06/2026
If you talk about Michelle Obama today, please make it about this video
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NPR @npr.org · 09/06/2026
A trust fund that helps to finance Social Security benefits is expected to run out of money in less than seven years — unless Congress acts to patch the system before that. n.pr/4fATttc
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Social Security funds could run short by 2032, program's Trustees warn
A trust fund that helps to finance Social Security benefits is expected to run out of money in less than seven years — unless Congress acts to patch the system before that.
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goodwinm.bsky.social @goodwinm.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Why not raise the earnings ceiling to $200,000?
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 12/05/2026
"I don't think about Americans' financial situation" 175 more days until you get to vote against this and every Republican who enabled it to go on this long.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
She was sent home in November when she tried to return to work after the government shutdown. She filed a whistleblower complaint. She kept speaking out anyway. Now she’s back! 💚
higheredscience.substack.com
N.I.H. Reinstates Employee Put on Leave After Criticizing Trump Research Cuts
Jenna Norton had filed a whistle-blower complaint claiming that the agency leadership had retaliated against her.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 04/05/2026
In 1933, Justice Louis Brandeis said: “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.” What he said was true 93 years ago. It’s even more accurate today. Let us choose democracy over oligarchy.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tel everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
RFK Jr. and the trump administration want to eliminate programs designed to prevent maternal deaths and keep babies healthy. You can’t roll back access to reproductive healthcare while simultaneously demanding women have more children.
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A Dangerous Shift in Maternal Health Policy
The Trump administration is cutting the budget in ways that put the lives of pregnant women and babies at risk, write Stephanie Psaki, Dara Kass, and Liz Tobin-Tyler.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 01/05/2026
Not enough people are talking about this.     The Trump Administration is moving to cut benefits for up to 400,000 disabled Americans — people with Down syndrome, severe autism, dementia — for no other reason than that they live at home with their families instead of in an institution.
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goodwinm.bsky.social @goodwinm.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Over $4.00? Try over $5.00.
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goodwinm.bsky.social @goodwinm.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Thank you, President Biden.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
A ceasefire won’t erase the #WarCrimes already committed by the Trump regime during this illegal war. And Trump has flip flopped before. Find or host an emergency protest at bit.ly/nowar45
THE TRUMP REGIME HAS ALREADY COMMITTED WAR CRIMES.
A CEASFIRE WON'T ERASE THAT.
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goodwinm.bsky.social @goodwinm.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The time for hope and prayers is over. We need Republicans to stand up FOR what is right and just and call for this administration to follow the U.S. Constitution. We need Congressional action to rein in Trump and Vance and Johnson and Millet and and and…
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goodwinm.bsky.social @goodwinm.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I think he meant to say “immoral”. Nothing moral about this administration.
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goodwinm.bsky.social @goodwinm.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
They should feel free to take him.
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 07/04/2026
Congress must convene immediately to condemn Trump’s horrific threats against tens of millions of people and stop this unconstitutional war. We must prevent Trump from unleashing the catastrophic and illegal violence he is touting.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
ICE agents came to a military base and grabbed the newlywed wife of a soldier who's about to deploy. The wife came to the U.S. as a toddler. She has no criminal record. None of this is how it used to work. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...
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ICE Agents Detain Newlywed Spouse of Soldier Training to Deploy
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Rep. Hillary Scholten @scholten.house.gov · 04/04/2026
Is a federal agency giving you the runaround? Do you need help getting your Social Security, your tax return, or another federal benefit? My team and I are here to help. Please give us a call at (616) 451-8383 and we can help you like we helped Anita!
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Rep. Hillary Scholten @scholten.house.gov · 04/04/2026
The Affordable Care Act made affordable health care a reality for millions of Americans. Now, hardworking Michiganders are paying more for their health insurance thanks to Republicans’ refusal to extend cost-saving ACA tax credits.
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NPR @npr.org · 04/04/2026
The "God Squad" voted unanimously to remove protections for Gulf animals, for "security." It's not the first time federal agencies cited the "energy emergency" to avoid rules meant to protect animals.
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U.S. exempts oil industry from protecting Gulf animals, for 'national security'
The "God Squad" voted unanimously to remove protections for Gulf animals, for "security." It's not the first time federal agencies cited the "energy emergency" to avoid rules meant to protect animals.
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House Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Republicans are keeping the Department of Homeland Security shut down. Republicans are moving to disenfranchise millions of voters to rig elections. Republicans are supporting an illegal war in Iran. None of this makes life more affordable. All of this is WRONG.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/03/2026
NEW: When Rep. Jennifer McClellan was sworn into office, she put her hand on her father’s Bible where he kept the receipt of a poll tax he paid in 1947 when registering to vote. The SAVE America Act would impose a modern-day poll tax, reversing decades of progress made by voting rights advocates.
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The SAVE America Act: a modern-day poll tax
Congress holds the power to further narrow who can participate in our democracy.
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goodwinm.bsky.social @goodwinm.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Too bad each of those people standing in line at airports don’t call Johnson’s office . . .
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Dana Nessel @dananessel.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
On this #NoKingsDay, let’s commit to spending more time fighting back against tyranny than fighting with each other. It’s the only way forward. Please share if you agree.
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goodwinm.bsky.social @goodwinm.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Peaceful protest is actually my sign for tomorrow. I used it last time as well!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/03/2026
"The best example of the news media deciding somebody is unfit for office, because of their mental fitness or unfitness, is how they treated Biden in 2024. Biden was old and rational. Right now, Trump is old and irrational, but he’s not getting the same kind of treatment." — @markjacob.bsky.social
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Mark Jacob on how the press ignores the biggest Trump story
"The president of the United States is clearly mentally unfit for office."
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NPR @npr.org · 21/03/2026
People arrested while protesting ICE say federal agents took samples of their DNA. It's legal, but experts say the practice raises questions about what the government is doing with that genetic data.
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ICE officers are taking DNA samples from protesters they've arrested
People arrested while protesting ICE say federal agents took samples of their DNA. It's legal, but experts say the practice raises questions about what the government is doing with that genetic data.
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 21/03/2026
Republicans gave ICE $75 Billion just last summer. They are holding you hostage in TSA lines to give them even MORE. We’re ready to fund TSA now. Let’s get this done.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The U.S. Department of Defense has barred military personnel from enrolling in courses at many of the nation’s top universities, including Harvard, Yale, MIT, and Johns Hopkins. A leaked email is said to contain the full list of affected schools. Shared by MeidasTouch.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/02/2026
This video on the rise of Russ Vought is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
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Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Admin Officials in the Epstein Files: Donald J. Trump Melania Trump Howard Lutnick (Commerce) John Phelan (Navy) Paolo Zampolli (Kennedy Center) RFK Jr. (HHS) Kevin Warsh (Fed Nom) Mehmet Oz (CMS) Elon Musk (Fmr DOGE) Steve Bannon (Fmr WH) Alex Acosta (Fmr Labor) Bill Barr (Fmr AG)
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
NEW: House Republicans Friday unveiled an amended version of their voter suppression bill that, if it became law, would gravely undermine the right to vote in the U.S. ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
New version of GOP suppression bill would impose nationwide proof of citizenship, photo ID requirements
The bill would undermine the right to vote in the U.S. ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 03/02/2026
In October, @dgraham.bsky.social explored how the president could interfere—and already was interfering—with the midterm elections. Since then, the reasons for worry have become more urgent, he writes in The Atlantic Daily:
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Trump’s New Threats to American Elections
The reasons to worry about election integrity are becoming more urgent.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 03/02/2026
New Data For Progress poll: Voters support removing Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem, and think Dems should refuse funding for DHS unless multiple reforms for ICE are put in place (including requiring ICE to focus on deporting convicted criminals — at +48) substack.com/profile/4791...
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goodwinm.bsky.social @goodwinm.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Thanks for the info!
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