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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026
Amy Miller, an attorney with Disability Rights Nebraska, travels the state helping elderly and disabled people vote. Congress funds the work. But a new White House proposal threatens the efforts of Miller’s group and more than 50 others like it.
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 11/09/2026
First it was a fake $5,000 dividend check. Now he’s openly urging supporters to "cheat like hell" to hold power. Follow Lincoln Square: lincolnsquare.media #Trump #Midterms2026 #VoteBlue #ProtectDemocracy
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 10/09/2026
The payments amounted to 30% of each aides’ $150,000 annual salary
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Trump faces growing scrutiny over ‘profoundly concerning’ cash gifts for aides including Natalie Harp
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It's a pretty big fucking problem that no one can say for sure whether the President of the United States knows this is AI
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/08/2026
It's hard to fathom that anyone thinks ICE can be reformed or retrained. ICE needs to be dismantled and then cauterized so it can't grow back. #AbolishICE
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 23/08/2026
We want to train at least 100,000 volunteers how to defeat Trump's next coup attempt before, during, and after the midterms. We’re building the nationwide infrastructure to respond to attacks on voting rights anywhere — and it’s all powered by your donations of $5 or $10. Please chip in if you can!
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Chip in to help fund Indivisible's Election Protection Program
Show your support with a contribution.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump/Republicans' "big beautiful bill" has so far cut one million american kids off food stamps: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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‘Mom, are we OK?’ Children worry their families can’t afford food after Trump’s SNAP cuts
The Trump administration’s “big, beautiful bill” slashed spending on food stamps. Now, more than 1 million fewer children receive benefits.
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 23/08/2026
The threats to our elections are real. But so is our ability to prepare, organize, and act. As @skyeperryman.bsky.social said: “This is an all-hands-on-deck task.” That’s why we’re asking people to take one civic-minded action every day leading up to the election. Democracy needs all of us.
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Will Trump interfere in the midterms? Democrats and their allies are preparing
Across California and the nation, Democratic leaders and voting rights advocates are ramping up coordination and gaming out responses to a raft of potential actions by the Trump administration to subv...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Cooper: When Whatley was chair of the NC Republican Party, he appointed a guy who was on the sex offender registry. So that’s the kind of thing that we’re dealing with here: people who pretend to be tough on crime, yet when it comes to politics, they want to protect people who are child predators.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Absolutely depraved, dehumanizing evil, all funded by your tax dollars courtesy of the Republican majorities
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
the Trump administration is objectively pro-sexual abuse and domestic violence
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/08/2026
A right-wing host urged Trump to declare a “national security emergency” to bypass Congress and impose sweeping new election restrictions. Trump’s response was chilling.
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Trump Teases Wild Election Power Grab: 'Stranger Things Have Happened'
Trump responded “stranger things have happened” after Wayne Allyn Root suggested using emergency powers to impose new voting restrictions without Congress
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11/08/2026
NEW: A far-right media host urged Trump to exert sweeping control over the midterms by declaring a national security emergency. The president's response? An alarming remark that signals his willingness to do so. "Let me just say stranger things have happened...I'll leave it at that."
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Trump signals openness to unconstitutional plot to take over elections
"Stranger things have happened,” Trump said after a far-right media host implored him to declare a national security emergency on elections.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 11/08/2026
See also the term "activist scholar," which is applied derogatorily to academics who use their expertise to advocate for Left-leaning policy, but not to Right-leaning academics, even if they take money from Right-wing groups or advocate for Right-wing causes based on dubious evidence or none at all.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/08/2026
Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families. But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes. (Pub. Dec. 2025 w/ @theassemblync.bsky.social)
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Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene
An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.
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Popular Information @popular.info · 10/08/2026
Popular Information contacted all of Miller’s corporate donors and asked if they continued to support Miller’s candidacy. Citi declined to comment. The other donors did not respond.
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These corporations are supporting an alleged domestic abuser for Congress
Congressman Max Miller (R-OH) is facing serious allegations of domestic abuse.
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Patriotic Millionaires @patrioticmillionaires.org · 10/08/2026
CEOs are taking home record amounts while the people who work for them are left without enough to cover the basics. With the cost of living and executive wealth both skyrocketing, the solution is clear: it’s time to tax the rich and pay the people: www.cbsnews.com/news/afforda...
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Nearly 1 in 4 Americans want CEOs to "stop being greedy," survey finds
New poll explores what people wish corporate leaders understood about economic life in the U.S. today.
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Center for Countering Digital Harm @counterharm.com · 10/08/2026
Meta is making hate and abuse easier during a time of rising violence. We found that violent threats against Members of Congress QUADRUPLED on Facebook after Meta rolled back key safety protections in January 2025. Watch CCDH researcher Kim break down our recent findings👇
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10/08/2026
⚠️ There are 132 election deniers across 35 states running for statewide or federal office this year, according to the pro-democracy group States United Action. Can you name the candidates on your November ballot? Know before you go:
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These 19 election deniers and vote suppressors are on the ballot in the midterms. We should be worried
Many are running for pivotal state-level roles like governor or secretary of state that wield enormous power to undermine a fair election.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/08/2026
Records obtained by ProPublica detail at least a dozen SpaceX investors with addresses in mainland China, Hong Kong or Russia who acquired stakes in SpaceX years ago through a middleman firm in the U.S. called Tomales Bay Capital. (Published June)
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Before SpaceX IPO, Investors in China Secretly Acquired Stakes
One previously unreported SpaceX investor has ties to Chinese military contractors. The information was revealed only after ProPublica went to court to obtain it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
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Center for Countering Digital Harm @counterharm.com · 10/08/2026
A few days ago, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee passed a legislative package aimed at strengthening children's online safety. Now, as it moves to the Senate floor, we're calling on Congress to build a strong framework that puts children's safety ahead of Big Tech's profits. Read more 👇
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Congress Has a Chance to Get Kids' Online Safety Right  — Center for Countering Digital Hate | CCDH
Today, the Senate Commerce Committee passed several major bills on children’s online safety and artificial intelligence. The package reflects years of bipartisan work by lawmakers and advocacy organiz...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 10/08/2026
TODAY: It’s the final day of GOTV before Election Day in Minnesota. A real Democratic fighter needs our help to overcome millions in outside spending from AIPAC, data centers, and crypto. Let’s get Peggy Flanagan over the finish line by contacting Minnesota voters: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Internal National Park Service records shared with us: 2024 - $7 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades 2026 - $323 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades ===>
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I continue to think that with historical detachment, it will be clear that the Iran War was always about just one thing: the enrichment of the Trump and Kushner families through oil futures trading. bsky.app/profile/maxb...
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Roy Cooper @roycoopernc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
North Carolinians cannot trust a DC insider and Big Oil and Utility Company lobbyist to put their interests first. I've spent my career in North Carolina working to make our state a better place to live and work, and I will take that mission to the Senate.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 08/08/2026
Will Minnesota’s next senator be a real Democratic fighter or a Schumer-backed moderate who voted to thank ICE? It all comes down to the work we do over the next 3 days — and you can help get out the vote for Peggy Flanagan’s people-powered campaign from anywhere: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Trump is using the power of the government regulatory state to coerce companies into turning over huge ownership stakes in their businesses to the federal government while calling Democrats communists.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Government programs gave my mom some solid ground to stand on – that’s what government should do. Today, too many families are falling behind while DC serves corporations. That’s why I’m running for U.S. Senate – because Minnesotans should be able to afford their lives.
Peggy and her mom
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 08/08/2026
Ellison hopes you aren't paying attention as his handpicked CBS News boss directs reporters to add “facts” that did not exist, and fires talent whose only flaw was a commitment to the truth bit.ly/4xiljQg Subscribe to read the latest from @newsjennifer.bsky.social Schulze for Lincoln Square!
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David Ellison Can’t Be Trusted with CNN
Ellison hopes you aren't paying attention as his handpicked CBS News boss directs reporters to add “facts” that did not exist, and fires talent whose only flaw was a commitment to the truth.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
So Trump is now saying the "ballroom" is actually "the desperately needed Military Center, required for the National Security of Washington, D.C., and our Country, itself" He's also extended soldiers in D.C. until Jan. 20, 2029, his last day It's impossible to not to imagine the very worst
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Some charts on what an incredible failure Trump's economic policies have been. Tariffs, war, mass deportation, the big ugly bill have resulted in much slower job growth. 1/
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 07/08/2026
Domestic flights cost 26.5% more than last year, data shows, amid demand for travel and reduced oil refining capacity
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US airfares expected to stay high even if Iran ceasefire drops oil prices, experts say
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Popular Information @popular.info · 05/08/2026
“As his confirmation to lead the Justice Department hung by a thread last week, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told faith leaders on a private call that he was preparing to take action to roll back abortion access nationwide.”
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Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’
The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/08/2026
NEW: A dozen attorneys who prosecuted Jan. 6 rioters asked the Senate to stop confirming Trump's election-denying judicial nominees to lifetime seats, especially as they refuse to accept the legal facts of the event. None of the nearly 60 confirmed nominees have called Jan. 6 an "insurrection."
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Jan. 6 prosecutors urge Senate to stop confirming Trump's election-denier nominees
“The institutional denial of truth — especially by potential federal judges — is dangerous, yet it’s become all too clear that President Trump expects his nominees to provide evasive answers about bot...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 05/08/2026
In Hawaii, one of Trump’s favorite Democrats is being challenged by a real Democratic fighter. Jarrett Keohokalole’s people-powered campaign has all the momentum against Ed Case, a conservative Dem who supported Trump’s voter suppression bill. Election Day is Saturday, so let’s GOTV for Jarrett!
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Indivisible for Jarrett Keohokalole for HI-01 Phone Bank · Indivisible
Join Indivisible on Thursday, August 6th at 6 pm PT/3 pm HT as we make calls into HI-01 to get voters ready for the upcoming primary election on August 8th and share why we’re supporting Jarrett Keoho...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 05/08/2026
Peggy Flanagan’s people-powered campaign is up against millions in outside spending in Minnesota. Chuck Schumer and the Democratic establishment are backing a conservative Dem who voted to thank ICE and pass the Laken Riley Act. We need your help to GOTV for Peggy before Election Day on Tuesday!
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Indivisible for Peggy Flanagan for U.S. Senate Phonebank Series · Indivisible
Join Indivisible and National Nurses United as we make calls into Minnesota to get voters ready for the upcoming primary election on August 11th and share why we’re supporting Peggy Flanagan for U.S. ...
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"Blanche can say the fund is dead. He can say it in a memo, in testimony, under oath, in triplicate. What he cannot do is extinguish an agreement that Trump—having dismissed his suit—is entitled to enforce."
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Blanche and Trump Snooker Cornyn and Tillis
The Senators got a piece of paper. Blanche got out of committee. Trump got everything.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/08/2026
The U.S. government should need a warrant to look in your phone, even at the border, @adamserwer.bsky.social argues.
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Trump Should Need a Warrant to See Your Phone
Federal officers can too easily comb through the most intimate details of your life.
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Progress NC Action @pnca.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Sen. Thom Tillis has a long history of harmful votes, but this one will leave a permanent stain. Two-faced Thom could have spent his last few months in office being a Republican who admitted there was such a thing as "too far." Instead, his legacy will be as a coward. #ncpol
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Trump has managed to hit a new low. Wall Street traders will now be able to buy early access to Trump's Truth Social posts. These posts have the power to rattle the market. And Trump is set to profit on what looks like a slimy insider trading deal.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/08/2026
Sen. Booker: “Todd Blanche, at the highest heights of our Justice Department, ran to the prison of Ghislaine Maxwell…and met with her for 2 days, insulting every single Epstein victim that had been asking for a meeting for years.”
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Nothing?
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Popular Information @popular.info · 04/08/2026
“The proposed changes would remove most of Head Start’s 133 pages of requirements for math and literacy curriculums, class sizes, medical screenings, home visits and even a requirement that children brush their teeth after meals.”
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Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 04/08/2026
Sen. Whitehouse makes clear that any Republican who votes to confirm Blanche is giving him their blessing to continue the Epstein cover-up.
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Progress NC Action @pnca.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The only people this elections bill would serve are the ones who want fewer eligible North Carolinians casting their ballot, more closed door decision making, and a clear path to repeat what Jefferson Griffin tried in 2024. #ncpol #ncga #NOtoHB958
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Once again, this is not an accident. Creating horrific, life-threatening conditions in the camps is Stephen Miller's strategy.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
REVEALED: The Scope of ICE’s Surveillance of Its Online Critics talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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REVEALED: The Scope of ICE’s Surveillance of Its Online Critics
ICE’s Round-the-Clock Digital Dragnet About a month ago, it emerged from upstate...
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