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i-probity.bsky.social @i-probity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Who could have imagined that our rule of law and Constitutional protections (rights, checks and balances, democracy itself) would be endangered by our very own Supreme Court.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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i-probity.bsky.social @i-probity.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
When did betrayal of allies and alliances become acceptable for an American president? Whether Republican or Democrat, that should never be acceptable. No one should forget why these alliances were originally formed nor their significance for world stability post WWII, Cold War and other conflicts.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/08/2026
He pays more to fight a wealth tax than he pays in taxes. He pays more to fight a wealth tax than any of us would earn in 10 lifetimes.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/08/2026
BREAKING: Bill Cassidy says he’s a YES on Todd Blanche, solidifying his legacy as the man who enabled RFK Jr. to wreak havoc on Americans’ health, and now the man who will let Blanche weaponize the DOJ like never before seen in history and cover up for Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026
Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
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i-probity.bsky.social @i-probity.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
If there is one thing we can count on, it is that Republican senators always cave in support of even the most unqualified, harmful nominees of this president. History is not likely to be kind to this president or his congressional enablers.
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i-probity.bsky.social @i-probity.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
U.S. misguided tariffs and weak dollar policies will ultimately harm American consumers.
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i-probity.bsky.social @i-probity.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I would think more American taxpayers would be furious with having to pay $millions for legal fees deriving from Trump’s frivolous lawsuits.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"New Zealand already generates 85% of its electricity from renewables — and is now adding solar at record speed to reach the 100% clean target that will make it one of the world's first fully renewable electricity systems. New Zealand's electricity grid is alrea..." www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Arizona Senator Mark Kelly Is Direct And To The Point, KegsBreath........
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/07/2026
If the head of US intelligence isn't able to say who won the election in 2020, then maybe he shouldn't be head of US intelligence.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Rep. Thomas Massie has announced he'll introduce the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, a bill to give state AGs, DAs, 'authorized state officers,' and victims the right to sue DOJ for "unlawfully withholding, redacting, delaying, concealing, removing, or failing to publish Epstein-related records."
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
#Australia is planing a landmark leap in #renewableenergy by constructing the world's largest #waveenergy farm, enough to power 1 million homes. Wave energy is predictable and consistent, making it one of the most reliable forms of renewable power. climate-kic.org.au/2026/04/09/w... #ActOnClimate
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2026
Jack Smith: "I think we are facing an attack on the rule of law that is different in kind and scope to anything I've seen in my lifetime"
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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 30/06/2026
Across Gobi Desert, autonomous tracked robots are transporting & installing solar panels with minimal human intervention, doubling installation efficiency. The energy transition isn't just about building more solar. It's increasingly about automating the process of building the whole infrastructure.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Germany has successfully engineered a revolutionary transparent solar glass that generates clean electricity while remaining completely see-through from both sides, fundamentally transforming how buildings produce energy. #solarpower #ActOnClimate
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Could not agree more! Not only did Hillary beat the Orange Atrocity by 2.8 MILLION votes, but Al Gore got 543,895 MORE votes than Bush! The Electoral College allows candidates who received less votes to win the presidency. ABOLISH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
A truly disgusting speech that disgraces the sacrifice made by the Allied soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy to defeat fascism.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
There have always been bad lawyers, but we’re seeing just how bad it gets, and it’s bad. Even in the best-case scenario of this timeline, the legal profession is going to face a reckoning once Trump is gone. It’s going to need to kick a number of people out if the rule of law is to continue.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“This guy has absolutely no business working in the intelligence area, but that's what the President has decided he's going to do.” “You are basically crippling the DNI by virtue of this appointment.” - Former Defense Secretary, Former CIA Director Leon Panetta on Bill Pulte appointment
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Dr. Tom Frieden @drtomfrieden.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
With Ebola, time is lives. The United States reportedly learned about the outbreak in DRC nine days after WHO did, because we walked away from that partnership. Although not perfect, WHO is essential. The stronger WHO is, the safer we are, as I told @nickkristof.bsky.social. Gift link:
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Opinion | This Is Why You Don’t Slash Humanitarian Aid
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This heinous ruling confirms a worst-case-scenario reading of Callais as an all-purpose shield for racist lawmakers who want to gerrymander Black communities into electoral oblivion. And it’s outrageously partisan—a totally unprincipled gift to the GOP. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Here's what Janet Yellen said today about lessons from the Powelll years at the Fed www.brookings.edu/articles/rem...
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Remarks by Janet L. Yellen at "The Powell years at the Fed: A retrospective" | Brookings
Janet Yellen's closing remarks at the Hutchins Center event examining lessons learned from the Jerome Powell years at the Federal Reserve.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
On President Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte as DNI. Every word of this statement by Senator @markwarner.bsky.social, Vice-Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is spot on.
My statement on President Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence:

"This appointment speaks volumes about what this president expects from the nation's top intelligence official. Rather than selecting a respected national security professional capable of delivering independent judgments, the president has chosen an official who has demonstrated not just willingness but eagerness to use the authorities of government to pursue political retribution. Americans have already seen Mr. Pulte use the powers of his office at the Federal Housing Finance Agency to pursue the president’s grievances and lend credibility to dubious prosecutions of President Trump’s perceived political opponents. "Elevating him to oversee the Intelligence Community makes clear that this president is not looking for an intelligence leader who will follow the facts or speak truth to power, but rather someone who will be willing to shape intelligence around the president’s wishes, regardless of the cost to the American people. “The concern is not only that Mr. Pulte lacks the ‘extensive national security experience’ required by statute for the job, which was created after intelligence failures led to the deaths of thousands of Americans on 9/11. It is that he appears to have been selected precisely because the White House believes he will provide the narrative it wants, not the intelligence we need."Americans have every reason to worry about what happens when the official charged with overseeing everything from counterterrorism to foreign election threats is chosen for his willingness to advance the president's political agenda rather than his experience. That is how intelligence becomes politicized, how inconvenient facts disappear, how agencies charged with protecting our democracy instead become tools to manipulate it, and how Americans are left more vulnerable to a terrorist attack."
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Abraham Lincoln understood, perhaps better than anyone, how personal liberty and self-reliance are at the heart of the American experience. But he also knew there are certain things we can only do together. Read more in my essay for @inpursuitusa.bsky.social:
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Abraham Lincoln by Barack Obama
There isn’t any dream beyond our reach, any obstacle that can stand in our way, when we recognize that our individual liberty is served, not negated, by pursuit of the common good
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
As a reminder, Pulte is the guy who goes through the mortgages of Trump’s enemies, looking for mistakes, which he then uses as a basis to refer them for criminal prosecution. See, e.g.: Letitia James
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
BREAKING: Ethics complaint just filed against Pam Bondi — & it's damning She ran DOJ like a weapon — & now 100+ scholars, retired judges & retired FL Supreme Court Chief Justice Peggy Quince — joined by @democracydefendersfund.org @ldadorg.bsky.social & LFRL — are holding her accountable -TN
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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 28/05/2026
President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...
So let me say it as clearly as I can: Without basic scientific research, supported by the kind of farsighted public investment that allows large-scale, undirected, curiosity-driven inquiry, the scientific pipeline will run dry.
In daily life, people may not feel the effects right away, or even in 10 years. But we will feel it. And when someone we love needs therapies that could have emerged but didn't or when other countries now
investing in science can launch new science-based industries or run their societies on vast resources of fusion energy or reap the benefits of quantum computing power or advanced medical breakthroughs, America will wish it sustained its leadership in scientific research here and now.
Sally Kornbluth is the president of MIT.
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i-probity.bsky.social @i-probity.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: Voldemort pushing his loyalty politics to extreme by targeting dissent may be creating an increasing number of unfettered GOP members of Congress willing to vote their conscience while simultaneously shrinking his base. Both may weaken his political power.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
On Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the brave men and women in uniform who gave their lives for this country that we love. It is a debt we can never fully repay, but we must never stop trying.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 21/05/2026
Inside the unraveling of U.S. diplomacy under Trump reut.rs/4dVlZ7k
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Inside the unraveling of U.S. diplomacy under Trump
Donald Trump’s threats, personal envoys and hollowed‑out embassies are reshaping U.S. diplomacy. Allies from Europe to Asia are rewriting the rules of engagement — ignoring the president’s rhetoric and forging new diplomatic channels to manage decisions driven increasingly by personalities, not institutions.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/05/2026
MeidasTouch: What do you make of this $1.776 billion fund— Gavin Newsom: It’s a criminal enterprise. It’s not just corruption, it’s not just graft, it’s a full-on criminal enterprise and it needs to be shut down.
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i-probity.bsky.social @i-probity.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
While Voldemort’s grip on his party seems as firm as ever after these primaries, it appears to come at the expense of a smaller and smaller base of support if recent polls are credible.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/05/2026
BREAKING: The judge in the $1.7B slush fund suit has dismissed the case, but she says THERE IS NO SETTLEMENT OF RECORD. As I said earlier, the media must stop reporting that this slush fund is a settlement. It's just plain THEFT. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 19/05/2026
The $1.776 billion fund announced by the Justice Department yesterday raises a host of ethical concerns, and threatens to corrupt the rule-of-law and public trust.
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Trump drops IRS lawsuit in exchange for DOJ $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund
The Justice Department will set up a pool of taxpayer dollars, controlled by his allies that can give payments to those who claim to have suffered
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Even Trump appointees know how disgustingly corrupt this is, and it still has not received 10% of the coverage and attention it deserves as media moves on to other things.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/05/2026
Trump's DOJ is funneling your tax dollars to a slush fund to pay off Trump's buddies & allies, like rioters who stormed the Capitol & assaulted police on Jan 6th.

An outrageous abuse of power.
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Justice Dept. Announces $1.8 Billion Fund in Settling I.R.S. Suit
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Good to see: Nearly 100 House Dems just filed papers calling on the judge to throw out the lawsuit that's the basis for Trump's "settlement" creating his new slush fund, arguing that DOJ is colluding with Trump to illegally circumvent Congress:
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 18/05/2026
He’s turning the treasury into a slush fund for insurrectionists. If that’s not the behavior of a rising autocrat, the word has no meaning.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A slush fund to keep Trump's street militia armed and ready. Paid for by us.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18/05/2026
I simply could not imagine being in congress and staying silent as Trump builds a slush fund of $1.776 (cute right… 1776) billion dollar slush fund for insurrrectionists. What are these people even there for? History will be brutal to them. And their kids will be embarrassed
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
JUST FILED: Senators launch probes into Todd Blanche and Trump's $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded payout to convicted criminals Lots of enterprise reporting in my daily "DAY AHEAD" editorial note (these are the notes I used to share with bosses at CBS) open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...
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i-probity.bsky.social @i-probity.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I remember the good old days when we elected people who were committed to the rule of law, justice, and good governance.
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i-probity.bsky.social @i-probity.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The rule of law is essential for our democratic republic and our Supreme Court has traditionally been highly respected because Americans were confident in their commitment to our Constitution. The importance of the rule of law remains. Sadly, this Court has seriously undermined our confidence.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 08/05/2026
A very Strength In Numbers-coded article today: It looks like Republican Supreme Court justices made a very rudimentary, but willful, statistical error in their effective invalidating of the VRA in the Callais decision. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-05-08...
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The simple statistical error Republican Supreme Court justices used to gut the VRA
The Court says vote dilution can be proven only after "controlling" racial polarization for partisan polarization. This is a nonsensical and impossible test
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Absolutely shameful. 😡
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Texas voters just sent the book banners packing. Not in California. Not in New York. In Texas. Across the state, voters went to the polls and threw out right-wing school board members who built their local political brands on book bans, anti-LGBTQ policies and Christian nationalist culture-war panic
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