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"Russia has been helping Iran the entire time....And Donald Trump’s response is to beg Putin to accept American money in exchange for a few thousand barrels of diesel."

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He’s Desperate, Stupid, Weak, and Desperate

Trump panics over diesel and begs Putin for help.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 12h

More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife on.wsj.com/4yKLe4d

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 11h

If we ever get the chance to try members of this administration and its enablers for treason, it will be fun to bring up during the sentencing phase comments by Hegseth and Luckey in support of public executions for "those who truly deserve it."

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 18h

More Russian terror this evening. A Russian attack destroyed an entire section of an apartment building in Kharkiv, Mayor Ihor Terekhov says. People may be trapped beneath the rubble. Emergency teams are already working. #Ukraine

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 18h

New working paper w/ @hannafolsz.bsky.social In 2025, Trump targeted US law firms for their political opposition Some firms resisted by suing Trump. Others folded by agreeing to support the administration w/ pro bono work Resisting firms took a short term financial hit but improved reputations

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 21h

This is simply not generating either the volume or tone of scandal coverage that effectively ended Joe Biden's presidency when he was unable to produce a surgically-clean implementation of Donald Trump's totally unplanned & poorly timed withdrawal from Afghanistan: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/10/2026

As the Trump administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, federal agents have run roughshod over the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens. We’re showing you every incident we’ve confirmed — along with the receipts: propub.li/3TBuddL

500+ U.S. citizens detained since the start of the second Trump administration. 100+ U.S. citizens held after agents questioned their citizenship. Nearly all of them were people of color. At least 70 American children and teens detained, some of whom were handcuffed. 36 U.S. citizens held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or family.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 12/10/2026

No one is angry at you. If you enjoy X, then be on X. If you like Trump, then vote for Trump. It's 2026. We're past scolding people. Just know that when the "Elon mistreated me!🤡" Or "But Mr. Trump, I voted for you!🤡" comes, there won't be any sympathy. There may even be a few laughs.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

ICE has to be dismantled, with every single incident like this investigated and prosecuted.

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

🧊✈️ SEATTLE: A girl in chains boards an ICE-chartered GlobalX airplane (tail: N630VA) at Boeing Field, to be transported south to Arizona 👀

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/10/2026

LOL Ukraine hit a Russian data center and Russian bot activity immediately dropped to practically zero. Elon is mad hahahahahaha

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/10/2026

Do you know how hard it is to lose the war if you're the United States? It's about as unlikely as bankrupting a casino.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Let me see if I understand this . . . 1. The U.S. is at war with Iran. 2. Russia is helping Iran in that war. 3. The U.S. is now giving Russia money that it can use to help Iran destroy U.S. bases and kill U.S. troops. Donald is smart & patriotic like that.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 10/10/2026

This isn't a sleight of hand, and it was never a promise of multiculturalism. Again, I been talking about this since before 2016: Latino is not a race. You can be Afro-Latino, white Latino, indigenous Latino, etc. Most Latinos in the USA, consider themselves white. They wanted ethnic cleansing.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This looks like a carjacking. I think any reasonable person would hit the gas.

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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 10/10/2026

We're two years into Trump 2.0 and virtually every instrument at the disposal of the United States has been repurposed against human rights, democracy, and international law. The "Arsenal Freedom" is now the (depleted) "Arsenal of Fascism."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

In 2016, I was the general counsel to the Clinton campaign. In 2022, Trump sued me and others for RICO. The case was dismissed. Trump and his lawyers were sanctioned. Now, they have asked SCOTUS to hear the case. I will never back down. I will never stop fighting. When we fight we win.💪⚖️🗳️

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Nailed it. 🔨

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Official statement from the law abiding and democratic free world. "We will continue to work together to support the Court’s vital work, uphold the rules-based international system, and advance accountability."

Statement
October 9, 2026 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada

“We, the undersigned States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), reaffirm our continued and unwavering support for the independence, impartiality, and integrity of the ICC.

“As committed supporters of the ICC we regret and strongly disagree with the announcement of sanctions to be imposed upon the Court by the United States.

“We note with appreciation the work undertaken by the Court to prepare for such measures so that the Court can continue to fulfil its mandate under the Rome Statute and we underline our unwavering support in enabling the Court in doing so.

“Nevertheless, if put into effect, these sanctions will have a significant impact on the Court’s work, its dedicated staff and their families. They work every day to bring those accused of the most serious international crimes to justice and to support their victims.

“We remain both united in our support for the ICC and committed to engaging in constructive and inclusive dialogue with non-States Parties as we prepare for the Assembly of States Parties in December 2026. We will continue to work together to support the Court’s vital work, uphold the rules-based international system, and advance accountability.”

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SiriusXM Progress @siriusxmprog.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"The 1965 Voting Rights Act is often considered the crown jewel of the Civil Rights Movement, one of the most effective pieces of legislation ever passed" - @kevintmorris.bsky.social of @brennancenter.org explains how the Voting Rights Act came to be Listen @msignorile.bsky.social at Signorile.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/10/2026

"Political deviants of all kinds long found it convenient to slipstream under the language of more respectable right-wing politics. But...this analysis misses the ways in which the Trump years have genuinely made so many right-wing people worse."

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The Cruelty Isn’t the Point. It’s the Pleasure.

Trump 2.0 is a shared sensual experience in hurting other people.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

i feel this more and more every day

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

valuing hustle unfairly privileges Indian supremacy over indigenous White ways of knowing

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

JUST IN: The Trump administration is asking Judge Sooknanan to shut out the public from next week's hearing on its use of Guantanamo Bay as an ICE deportation holding facility. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/10/2026

Ten years ago, we heard the most damning recording in modern politics, and then quickly discovered that “damning” no longer meant “disqualifying.”

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In Retrospect, the ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape Marked the End of the Gender Politics Debate

Once America decided openly talking about sexual assault was bearable, it was over.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My read: 1) the Trump admin has intentionally & effectively sown doubt among Dems in the mail-in voting process; 2) many Dems are making other voting plans (in states where mail-in voting is optional); and 3) looks like GOP plans to use that shift in concert w/ their "polls are rigged" narrative.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic National Committee sues Trump administration, alleging taxpayer-funded ads violate propaganda law.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Trump’s sons have recently invested in dozens of defense companies. Those companies have now raked in a staggering $6 BILLION in current or future government contracts. Corruption? Or coincidence? You be the judge.

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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 07/10/2026

So much for Trump’s “Golden Age” of economic opportunity. Inflation is up more than 5% since he returned to the White House. Whether it’s the President’s tariffs, war with Iran, or cuts to health care and food assistance, his Administration is making it harder for you to afford the basics.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🧊✈️ "They put him on a plane without telling him where it was headed and left him in a prison in a country he had never heard of, where nobody ever accused him of anything. No notice, no hearing, no chance to object. That is not due process by any definition.”

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

NEWS: Trump personally ordered $10 million in Homeland Security money spent on TV ads promoting himself, and only offered to have his super PAC pay once he got caught. Treating the federal treasury like a personal slush fund isn't a mistake you fix with a refund—it's a crime you get prosecuted for.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We murdered four more people in a boat today

U.S. southern Command: On October 4, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists. @DeptofWar

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I watched this ad and it’s amazing. Doesn’t even use his name. The very clear almost explicit subtext is: my dudes, if I can suck it up and vote for this lying sack of shit, you can too, okay?

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026

For clarity, the judge here is saying that a STATE can criminalize non-citizen voting, but the federal government can't.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph

Screenshot of article which reads: From this perspective, the “both sides” frame falls apart. The prob-
lem is not that the parties are divided. The problem is the existential
threat that a reempowered ethnonationalist strain poses to pluralistic
U.S. democracy writ large. The current level of political animosity is
exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted
to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s
citizens. The only way to re-oppress most of a country is to use anti-
democratic and authoritarian tactics. And the only way to oppose those
tactics is to push back as a population and clearly reject them. This is
the argument happening in the United States, and its pathology is not
anger—it is the movement to undermine a generation of rights.

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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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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 01/10/2026

"Trump entered American politics as the ur-populist. A huge part of his appeal was a familiar one in American politics—anti-corruption." The times they are a-changin'. ICYMI Mona Charen:

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Trump’s Populist Image Is Dead

That’s the price of corruption.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Pete Hegseth, who has been rebuked by the pope and the leaders of several other churches for a stream of heretical statements (statements inconsistent with Christian theology and dogma), appoints himself the supreme authority over all chaplains serving in the US Armed Forces.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

58 deaths. Outrageous. Should never happen in America.

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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The tortuous, botched execution of Christa Pike is truly horrifying. And while it feels unique in some ways, in reality it is also only the latest in a history of botched executions going back years — YEARS — in numerous states. Please know: this is the reality of the death penalty in this country.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What the actual fuck

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Trump is pushing a massive data-center boom. But there’s another part of the story: his own family has money tied to the industry. Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. launched a data-center company that became part of American Bitcoin.

This image appears to show Donald Trump Jr. (left) and Eric Trump (right).

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