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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23h
⚠️ In a blow to mail voters, a Wisconsin judge won’t let people who fear Postal Service delays cast provisional ballots. With USPS pickup and delivery slowing significantly nationwide, voters whose ballots arrive too late could be disenfranchised through no fault of their own ⬇️
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In blow to mail voters, Wisconsin judge won’t allow provisional ballots for people fearing Postal Service delays
Wisconsinites who vote by mail will effectively be disenfranchised if the U.S. Postal Service doesn’t deliver their ballot by 8 p.m. on Election Day.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 23h
Congress MUST rein in ICE's surveillance tactics.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23h
NEW: DHS told a court it would stop buying taxpayer-funded ads for Trump after getting sued three separate times. The administration is still fighting a court order to block the ads, and a hearing is set for Tuesday. demdock.com/4s5c3hm
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Trump propaganda ads funded by taxpayers to stop, DHS says
DHS did not directly address the legality of the ads, instead arguing the plaintiffs lacked standing and evidence of injury or harm because they aren’t competing “in the same arena” with Trump.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23h
Ramaswamy made his money through a scam. That's not success; it’s corruption. This election is the big chance in our lifetime to do something about the people who think politics is just there to enable ever bigger personal grifts.
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Helluva Country @helluva-country.bsky.social · 23h
Newsom is the Batman villain he looks like.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The indy protest schwag at the MUSK premiere did not disappoint.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Brown University’s widget shows that the energy costs of the Iran war have just passed $1,000 per household iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“One TOR exemption that allows the rocket fuel chemical perchlorate to be used in grain bags dramatically increased the amount of the compound found in kids’ cereal, which advocates say could cause brain damage.”
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Jeff @themiddlewest.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It’s not just that they lose It’s that they give you hope and then lose. Every time.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Here's the biggest problem with staying silent on Musk: the risk is enormous. His fuckery is everywhere, but even when it's exposed, voters have no clear sense of the motive or why it's all happening. Why is this man so desperate to inflict the horrors of Trumpism and the GOP on you? Explain!
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Elon Musk’s PAC is spreading inaccurate voting information, election officials say | CNN Politics
Election officials in Colorado and Washington state have issued public warnings about inaccurate information from the group tied to Musk.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed
Regulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic
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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 10/10/2026
Imagine teling a time traveler Nebraska's beating Indiana in football. They'd say well no shit, is nothing interesting happening, why'd you drag me here to tell me that
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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 10/10/2026
the corn do be poppin'
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
okay wait Nebraska's actually doing it
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/10/2026
if you would like to watch "MUSK" in the theater, which I strongly encourage considering the Ellisons have bought HBO where it is supposed to stream eventually, you can find a list of theaters nationwide here: bleeckerstreetmedia.com/editorial/fi...
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Find Theaters | Bleecker Street
The official Website for Bleecker Street, the film company that’s bringing you SPINAL TAP II, RELAY, RUMOURS, HARD TRUTHS and many more.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 06/03/2024
The main reason why ad-blockers became ubiquitous, hastening the death of ad-supported journalism, is because adtech couldn't just be chill. No, they created a mass surveillance ecosystem that tracked your every move online and made sites unusable to boot.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is just a fucking carjacking. How the hell was he supposed to know it was a state sponsored carjacking. what the fuck are we doing here.
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 10/10/2026
“My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.” These titans of business. These masters of the universe.
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My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.
Shane Mac, the CEO of XMTP Labs, got a rude shock when one of his AI agents posted his monthly bank audit in a company Slack channel.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It's not even that complicated, as @katelynburns.com put it: Just explain why "The Data Center Guy Wants This Election to be About Trans People"
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The Data Center Guy Wants This Election to be About Trans People
Elon Musk obviously hates trans people, but let's not pretend he has nothing to gain personally from a Republican win this fall
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There is a decent chance we may look back and say, it turns out letting Republicans vastly outspend us cost us the opportunity of the decade. We can't catch up on cash. But we can turn all the cash and hate into a disadvantage.
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Republican megadonors dominate 2026 midterm election as crypto and AI money surges, CNBC analysis finds
Fourteen of the 20 biggest donor groups CNBC analyzed are Republican-aligned as crypto, AI and betting money reshapes 2026 midterm spending.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ZELENSKYY: At this very moment, when we are talking about peace, America gives Russia the opportunity to export diesel — that's millions, billions. It all goes toward the war against people, against Ukraine, against all of us.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Listen to every word
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10/10/2026
🎉 WIN: The DOJ demanded unredacted voter rolls from 49 states and D.C., seeking sensitive information such as addresses and Social Security numbers. Now, a judge has ruled the department doesn’t have a right to any of it — even the data states handed over voluntarily: demdock.com/4hCYiCO
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy: @Precisely at this moment, when we are talking about peace, America is giving Russia the opportunity to export diesel. This is... I don't know. “I believe our team is simply being used as a cover. And this is definitely unfair. “This is definitely un-partner-like.”
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Your boss was trying to incite a racist pogrom yesterday, Markwayne
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
El-Sayed: "He called himself the 'champion of big pharma.' I don't work for them. I don't work for big insurance, who has also bought him off, I don't work for big tech, who has bought him off, I don't work for DTE, who has also bought him off, I work for the people."
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Abbott and Costello Meet Frog Suit Mario @16-bitman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Patti Harrison joining Infowars motherfuckers
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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The media calls him a “moderate”
Newsweek headline from 2023: “Republicans Choose Emmer, a Moderate, as their Third Speaker Nominee”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Really not a winning line for Susan Collins. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mamdani’s public schedule was just updated with a 10pm appearance in the Bronx for a presser where ICE shot someone earlier today.
On Thursday, Mayor Mamdani will hold a press conference with New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin to make a nonprofit announcement. Media interested in attending must RSVP by 8:30 AM.
Then, the Mayor will hold a roundtable with Central Brooklyn clergy.
This roundtable is closed to press.
Later, the Mayor will hold a press conference on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill.
Press Schedule:
10:30 AM - Holds Press Conference with Speaker Menin to Make
Nonprofit Announcement
Media interested in attending must RSVP by 8:30 AM.
The Mayor will take questions at this event.
This event will be streamed live and available on Encompass Port CTY-
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2:30 PM - Holds Roundtable with Central Brooklyn Clergy
This roundtable is closed to press.
10:00 PM (Approx.) - Holds Press Conference on ICE Shooting in
Marble Hill
107 W 225th St, Bronx, NY 10463
The Mayor will take questions at this event.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My kids have measles, I can’t afford diesel, I lost my job, and my country just lost a war to Iran. But at least now I can watch firing squad executions on TV.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/10/2026
The Trump administration has quietly announced that its own lawyers will represent unaccompanied migrant children in immigration court, facing off against other administration lawyers who are trying to deport the kids.
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Trump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kids
Putting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney.
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American Century of BOO-miliation @johnperich.com · 07/10/2026
I think the social reproduction of capital requires immense, almost hallucinatory belief. You need to believe this is the freest country in the world, or that punching a clock for 40 years is the key to wealth and comfort, or some such thing. You need to *believe* that.
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American Century of BOO-miliation @johnperich.com · 07/10/2026
The political challenge of my adulthood is that, every 7-8 years, something takes a sledgehammer to one of the pillars of the postwar consensus and roughly doubles the ambient apathy / despair / solipsism of a system that requires true believers to operate.
The World Trade Center in NYC burning on 9/11/2001.An employee carrying a box of personal items out of Lehman Brothers in 2008.Donald Trump descending an escalator in 2015 to announce his candidacy for President. In 2016, he won the election.Employees in a mostly empty row of cubicles, one of whom wears a face mask and the other of whom has one dangling from their collar. The inset reads "Published 2022" and features the New York Times logo.
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mallow's hyperrealistic blood @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
leftism is when you never say anything that would offend Raw Egg Nationalist on the everything app because you think that's a better alliance than cringe libs
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 04/10/2026
"Here we are, back in this terrible place, just forty-one years after Brett Kavanaugh became a Delta Kappa Epsilon Deke, and eight years after his confirmation to the Supreme Court. How did we get here?" buff.ly/K3eqEvg
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How Could Such a Thing Still Happen in a Country with a Frat Boy Supreme Court Justice?
“I’m just thinking out loud here, but maybe a political party that has dedicated the last forty years to taking away women’s rights could also give some thou...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Listen to Jim, he’s 100% correct.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
Letitia James AND Sally Yates??? AMAZING.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
dawg I WISH
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
i should rephrase: incredible republican voters and leaders will not give a shit
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m loving the “well akshually he didn’t REALLY mean let Iran take out Los Angeles and San Diego” excuses today. Cool. Explain the assholes in the crowd who thought it was fucking hilarious. Deplorables wasn’t strong enough.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE has disclosed another detainee who died We know: -After 17yrs, he'd only ever been busted for... *an expired car tag.* He was in a camp run by for-profit w/ history medical neglect An American died at one of its jails *after strep-throat.* austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-cur...
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Julian Curo-Churata Is the 37th Person to Die in ICE Custody This Fiscal Year, Capping Off the Agency’s Deadliest Year on Record
According to ICE, 47-year-old Peruvian national Julian Curo-Churata died in Louisiana on Tuesday, September 29.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nobody could forsee data breaches and ip theft and revenge porn, says CEO personally responsible for facilitating data breaches and ip theft and revenge porn
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How is it not news when the president nods off in public meetings and press conferences dozens of times? If you follow independent media, you see it and know about it. But why hasn’t CBS, NBC or ABC showed a montage of it on their evening news? They simply refuse to ever show it.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The reckoning is here…
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yes, computers do everything at our company but don't worry, there's always a human reviewer. Nothing goes out the door without one of our highly trained shruggers briefly glancing at it and clicking Approve
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I believe in Medicare for All like I believe in public schools. There for you no matter what.
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