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John who likes democracy 🚫🤴 🐸

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Believer in democracy, free speech, due process, and checks & balances. Article I was listed first by the Founders for a reason. Born at 332.48 ppm, it's now 419.05 ppm. Flyover country Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 #nokings

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Post-human necropolitics by the numbers www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
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In MAGA-land people are dying faster than they are being born
Our analysis suggests Trump country is only growing because of migration
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For a second day, Russian strikes have hit a bridge linking Kyiv’s east and west banks. Ukraine says the attacks are part of a broader campaign to disrupt daily life and increase pressure on civilians. | DW www.dw.com/en/russia-ta...
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Russia targets Kyiv bridge network
For a second day, Russian strikes have hit a bridge linking Kyiv’s east and west banks. Ukraine says the attacks are part of a broader campaign to disrupt daily life and increase pressure on civilians...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
TRAVERSE CITY. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 10.
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Traverse City Town Hall with Abdul | TRAVERSE CITY · Abdul for U.S. Senate
Please join us at our Traverse City stop for the Shouldn't Be This Hard TOWN HALL TOUR. RSVP IS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY AND THE EVENT WILL BE FIRST COME FIRST. MUST PRESENT GOVERNMENT ID AND FOLLOW NO BAG...
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. www.wired.com/story/ice-ha...
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It appears that the National Guard shot and killed an unarmed man (in the back). www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Autopsy shows National Guard fatally shot Memphis man in the back
The report conflicts with the authorities’ initial account, which said Tyrin Johnson had been shot in the chest.
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
All by himself Sen Mike Lee killed a bill to stop Trump from razing other President’s memorials Mike Lee has no morals left, only blind ambition to be appointed to SCOTUS
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Unofficial Guardian (UK) Bot @guardian-uk-rss.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
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Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
A selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appearing to chat to a gull
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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 02/10/2026
Judge rules PresidentTrump lacks constitutional authority to fire court-appointed U.S. attorneys. The decision reinstates Seattle prosecutor Roger Rogoff and halts administration efforts to bypass the Senate confirmation process with political loyalists.
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Judge rules Trump can’t fire court-appointed prosecutors
The ruling is a major loss for Trump’s effort to install loyalists in key positions.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
(PROTESTS BREAKOUT IN A MALL with young people screaming "NO WATER IN HIS LUNGS" The masses across all demographics know this was not a drowning and that the government is participating in a massive coverup in the death of 18 year old Nolan Wells.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
JUST FILED: Hegseth’s “no fatties” speech appears to backfire youtu.be/0ufgevYau6g
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Hegseth RANTS at Troops as Iran War DRAGS ON
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nurses and community members are protesting in San Francisco today as part of the "People vs. Palantir" Global Week of Action. Organizers say the demonstration is focused on Palantir's work with ICE and concerns over immigration enforcement.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 03/10/2026
When we retake the majority, Oversight Democrats will be laser focused on our four main priorities: Trump family corruption, corporate corruption, abuses by DHS and ICE, and justice for the Epstein survivors. We will get to the truth.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/10/2026
If holding Trump accountable makes you an enemy of the GOP, the party has told you everything you need to know.
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Jack Smith and the Republican Smear Squad
If holding Trump accountable makes you an enemy of the GOP, the party has told you everything you need to know.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 03/10/2026
Rick is calling this the GOP’s worst week in years—and the polls back him up. Texas and Ohio are tightening. Republicans are stepping on rake after rake. Bad polls. Brutal hearings. MAGA is in trouble. Democrats: stay on message. Everyone else: VOTE EARLY: WATCH HERE bit.ly/4ARtZ30
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ohioans are overwhelmingly opposed to giving sweetheart tax breaks to these trillion dollar companies, but that's exactly what Jon Husted did when he gave $2.5 billion to Big Tech to make sure they brought data centers to Ohio.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Prosecutors wanted to drop the case against Davey Hearn but keep the right to charge him again In this admin the process is the punishment, & we weren't having it Dismissed W/ prejudice! @democracydefendersfund.org, WLG & Steptoe stood w/ him from day one More @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social👇 -TN
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the Kansas Court of Appeals Friday denied Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) latest request to revive a GOP-backed law that would throw out mail-in ballots received after Election Day, even if they were cast on time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP bid to scrap Kansas mail ballot grace period fails again
The ruling means Kansas election officials must continue counting ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within the following three days, including in the upcoming November elections.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is Yelyzaveta Devdyuk. She was 26 years old. She had her best years ahead, but russia killed her in an overnight strike on a residential apartment building in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district. 🕯💔
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If any south Florida activists start tracking ice before the election, please hit me up.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I really, really wish it was possible to track and film ICE detainments in Doral.
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Florida City That Willingly Signed Deal With ICE Finds Itself in Crisis
Half the population of Doral, Florida, is from Venezuela. Why haven’t its leaders rescinded their deal with ICE?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today's jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy. What's required is investment in working people — and better wages. When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs. Remember this.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Stroke victims are often given leg braces to help them walk.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 02/10/2026
Record numbers going hungry in Yemen amid escalating conflict, WFP says reut.rs/4htO6Lq
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Record numbers going hungry in Yemen amid escalating conflict, WFP says
Hunger in Yemen is accelerating, with a record number ​of people unable to meet their food ‌needs as conflict intensifies in the country, the World Food Programme said on Friday.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
❗️Russian drone attacked a house in Rivne region with direct fire 😢 31 injured and 2 dead in Kharkiv due to Russian strikes. It is known that two children are among the injured.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CATO: “.. At the end of August, around one-third of publicly held marketable debt—more than $10 trillion—was scheduled to mature within the next 12 months. Over half matures within three years.” @cato.org www.cato.org/blog/persist...
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
October is #breastcancerawareness month. Did you know: Mary Claire King discovered the BRCA1 gene. In the 70s, she told people that one gene might be responsible for inherited breast cancer. No one believed her. In 1990, she found proof. It created a paradigm shift. It saved millions of lives.🧪
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone.” “Do you think Trump will apologize?” “When pigs fly, maybe.” 🐷 🐖 There were no reflecting pool vandals. Trump’s lies are endless.
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John who likes democracy 🚫🤴 🐸 @gtetonbeautiful.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
To distract us ever so slightly on this first Friday of October, I'd like your thoughts. Tomorrow night, which option does SNL open with: A. Schmitt-head's Hawk(eye) Gate B. Hegseth's Ode to Lethality & War Crimes C. Artificial (Super) Intelligence Mtg with Tech Bros D. Something else
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John who likes democracy 🚫🤴 🐸 @gtetonbeautiful.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
To distract us ever so slightly on this first Friday of October, I'd like your thoughts. Tomorrow night, which option does SNL open with: A. Schmitt-head's Hawk(eye) Gate B. Hegseth's Ode to Lethality & War Crimes C. Artificial (Super) Intelligence Mtg with Tech Bros D. Something else
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING New York Governor Kathy Hochul has exercised her executive authority to appoint Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the case involving men accused of raping a woman at a Cornell University fraternity house.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'd rather have an economy that makes 1,000 millionaires than 1 billionaire.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Republican Congressman Mike Collins signals his intent to end Social Security: "[Old people need to] get off of Social Security [and] get back into the workforce."
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
True story.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 02/10/2026
The president had previously blamed the damage to the National Mall on “vandals.” trib.al/1mEtDI6
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Trump Is Spending Millions on America250 Repairs
The president had previously blamed the damage to the National Mall on “vandals.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Household debt at a record high. Student loan defaults at a record high. Credit card debt at a near record high. Meanwhile, corporate profits are the highest they’ve ever been. CEOs are paid 325x more than their typical workers. U.S. billionaire wealth is up 30% in a year. It's unsustainable.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/10/2026
The Trump administration has moved to cripple Title IX protections against sexual assault and harassment on the same day New York prosecutors reopened the investigation into heinous allegations of a fraternity gang rape at Cornell University. trib.al/QewniBV
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Trump Weakens Title IX Rules Amid Cornell Gang Rape Investigation
The Education Department has just weakened protections for sexual assault victims in schools.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ken Paxton offered plea deals to at least 10 students accused of raping their classmates.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So let me get this straight. Microsoft can spend $176 BILLION on stock buybacks. $1 BILLION on its top 5 execs. $190 BILLION on AI infrastructure. But 4,800 workers are "disposable" because executives want greater returns? Get real.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Overwhelmed by where to start on the Democratic donation front? My latest helps break down a strategy for watching and donating to US House races in a way that help Democrats win back a majority. shero.substack.com/p/lets-keep-...
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Let’s Keep the Democratic Fundraising Haul Going
House Majority PAC (HMP) and House Majority Forward (HMF) — House Democrats’ chief outside groups — raised a staggering $230 million in their third-quarter of fundraising (Q3), their best quarter ever...
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tell me Trump isn't a #PayToPlayPresident when this is who he is hobnobbing with while everyday Americans can barely afford food, gas and health care. We need a government that is of, for and by the people not the billionaires and trillionaire. Vote his Republican enablers out.
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Daniel Winchester @bishopofwestsaxons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Are you there God? It's me, Claude...
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Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models (Gift Article)
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Enten: "Congratulations to Ken Paxton. You are the least popular Texas Senate GOP nominee this century. No one was even in the negative, and you're at -16."
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie spoke out about Trump's latest taxpayer-funded television ad that aired during at least 2 NFL games. “Don’t worry, using taxpayer dollars to run ominous campaign ads of the President has been done before and is completely legal…in banana republics,” he posted.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Drop Site: LAT is running a paid Israeli government tourism campaign featuring a map that completely erases the occupied Palestinian Territories. The sponsored content, labeled "Paid Program" and produced by the paper's branded content arm, LA Times Studios, is titled "Israel: Land of Creation,"
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge just forced Trump’s DOJ to fast-track records involving Trump and the Epstein files, citing “possible questions about the government’s integrity that affect public confidence.” The records being sought are significant.
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Judge Forces DOJ’s Hand in Explosive Trump-Epstein Records Fight
A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to fast-track records involving Trump and the administration’s handling of the Epstein files, finding the fight raises “possible questions about the gove...
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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 30/09/2026
A couple weeks ago someone said if he hacked into a government system, he'd be put in prison. But when OpenAI does it, they send an "apology letter" & there are no consequences. Our 2-tier justice systems are trash. They enable the development of psychopaths who learn the laws don't apply to them.
OpenAI apologises for hacking Australia's healthcare system and reveals extent of attack.
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Temu Patton sucks ass.
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2026
Switzerland's glaciers are disappearing at a record pace. More than 5% of their ice has vanished this year alone — threatening water supplies, ecosystems and communities across Europe. n.pr/4z7IApd
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Swiss glaciers suffer another year of record ice loss
Switzerland's glaciers are disappearing at a record pace. More than 5% of their ice has vanished this year alone — threatening water supplies, ecosystems and communities across Europe.
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