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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21/04/2026
Strategically, Ukraine has a theory of victory that looks increasingly plausible, while Russia’s is crumbling.
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Ukraine’s Second Miracle Year
The war isn’t won, but for the first time in years, outright victory seems possible.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Trump is a titanic fuck up, and will be known as such for all time. There is no possibility of redemption.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Former MN Gov and WWE wrestler Jesse Ventura says Vince and Linda McMahon inducted Trump into the WWE Hall of Fame as a quid pro quo for Trump having DOJ kill federal sex charges against Vince.
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DAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Best friend doggos reunited after a week apart.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
There is nothing in the NATO Charter that requires a member-state to join wars of aggression started by another member.
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Hans Kristensen @nukestrat.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The large nuclear powers are repeating the errors of the Cold War in boosting their arsenals in a dangerous action-reaction dynamic. Not known for intelligent thinking, the Trump regime signals intent to do its part. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
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Newly Unbound, Trump Weighs More Nuclear Arms and Underground Tests
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
“.. Are we really gonna be the Gestapo, 'Where's your papers?' Is that what we've come to?"
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
If only we had an amendment to the Constitution that protected speech . . .
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John @j5060.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
very horrible worst president ever
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Newsom's latest troll 😆
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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
"A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent nearly 20 minutes apparently battling to keep his eyes open at the Thursday event." wapo.st/4oTia5k
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A closer look at Trump’s apparent struggles to fight off sleep in the Oval Office
A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent nearly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open at a recent Oval Office event.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/11/2025
it is darkly humorous that after all these years, the Republican health insurance plan ends up being to end health insurance
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
It just keeps getting better.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Dear World, We felt we needed to say something while saying something is still allowed. We know many of you have lived under malevolent, unhinged dictators before, but this is new for us… johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
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Dear World, (An Apology From Decent Americans)
Dear World,
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The funniest thing about the Newsom stuff is, I don’t think a lot of these MAGAs realize he’s making fun of them and of Trump. They seem to think he’s “copying” Trump or something. Total lack of awareness of satire.
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
How about that? A victory for people who actually read.
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"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
When russian nazies are mad, it's always a good thing 👌
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
OK, so we all *knew* that Donald appears in the Epstein Files. The only thing we still don't know is if he appears in them more times than Jesus appears in the New Testament?
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
⚔️🇺🇦 Most NATO armies do not meet Ukrainian standards of combat effectiveness. The Alliance should learn from Ukraine's experience in using drones, sea drones and more, — Ben Hodges
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/05/2025
Taylor Swift announced on Friday that she had bought back the rights to her first six albums. Swift said that her record-breaking Eras Tour helped make her acquisition of the masters. She did not disclose the price. nyti.ms/3FgfXzZ
A photo of Taylor Swift on stage. Text reads: "Taylor Swift Buys Back Rights to Her First 6 Albums."
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Danny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring. They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died. France also gave us this land as American soil.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/05/2025
Sarah Ortiz has spent years trying to prove that her ex used her personal information to rack up $45,926 of debt in her name without her knowledge. Unfortunately, Sarah's story isn't new. Scores of women across the country are victims of coerced debt—and it's ridiculously hard to crack down on.
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She escaped her abuser. But not before he buried her in debt.
This is how coerced debt haunts survivors of domestic abuse.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 15/05/2025
The state of Georgia is using the body of a brain-dead woman as an incubator. Because she was 9 weeks pregnant when she died, and their abortion ban is from about 6 weeks, they are sustaining her on life support, without input from her family, until 32 weeks of gestation. A true dystopian nightmare.
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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I know he’s not personally tipping these fighter jets into the ocean himself but there’s something so uniquely galoot-coded about this happening on Trump’s watch that makes you feel it just couldn’t happen under anybody else’s rule.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Party of 'family values' doesn't care at all about families www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump’s tariffs hit baby industry hard, threatening parents with price hikes, shortages
More than 70 percent of U.S. baby gear is made in China, and that isn’t likely to change any time soon.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/04/2025
"You don’t convince women in a free country to have more babies for the sake of the fatherland. If you want to encourage family formation and increase the birth rate, you can’t treat women as breeder mares."
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Donald Trump Has a Family Policy. Stop Laughing.
The administration wants (some) people to have more kids.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Katie Phang: And now that my time here at MSNBC comes to a close, I am taking that fight back to a familiar place… I hope you'll follow along with me as I continue to meet you where you are at places like Substack and YouTube with fellow truth tellers like MeidasTouch…
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 25/04/2025
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 21/04/2025
We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.
Bluesky’s logo, a trusted verifier’s scalloped checkmark, and a standard verified blue check mark.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Boasberg has game: "To permit officials to freely annul the judgments of the courts of the United States wd not just “destroy the rights acquired under those judgments”; it would make “a solemn mockery” of “the constitution itself.” (Marshall, C.J.). “So fatal a result must be deprecated by all.”
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15/04/2025
Some major public institutions in Canada, including a pension management firm and a leading hospital, are advising staff against traveling to the US.
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Avoid US or Take Burner Devices, Canadian Executives Tell Staff
Some major public institutions in Canada, including a pension management firm and a leading hospital, are advising staff against traveling to the US, marking a greater erosion in the country’s longsta...
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe." But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment. 1/
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Kaydee @kaydeeartist.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
@finallynoelle.dems.social ‼️ LGBTQIA+ SUICIDE HOTLINE: UPDATED ON 02/27/2025*. ❗️🏳️‍🌈 Print. Post. Hand out. ❗️🏳️‍⚧️ Share. Save a life. Please Repost, Share to others not on Bluesky, etc. *If any changes are made, I’ll update the “Revised date” to alert you. (Please always check the bottom right.)
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Twitter’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research. Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover www.timeshighereducation.com/news/xs-domi...
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X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Mark Carney says he has 'seen this movie before', and believes that the US economy is heading for a Brexit-style downturn www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/us-...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2025
Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Breaking, per NBC News @garygrumbach.bsky.social -- Judge Paula Xinis in the District of Maryland has ruled that the United States Government must return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States by April 7 at 11:59p
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Wow! The number of @bsky.app users just passed 34 MILLION! 👏 LETS DO THIS!
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Sam Adams @capatosta122.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Pushback works, part gazillion: "Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices." popular.info/p/how-the-so...
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How the Social Security Administration and DOGE are gaslighting Americans
The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent an email on March 27 to beneficiaries saying that reports that field offices were closing was an invention of fake news media.
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John @j5060.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
John Roberts created a monster. It's about to eat him. www.publicnotice.co/p/john-rober...
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John Roberts created a monster. It's about to eat him.
The Supreme Court faces an existential dilemma of its own creation.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
🇺🇸❗️🇪🇺 The European Commission is considering a complete closure of the EU market for American goods, — El País
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
🇨🇦🇺🇦Canadian PM Mark Carney said that Canada's old relationship with the US, "based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation, is over". He said Canada would respond with retaliatory tariffs that will have "maximum impact" on the US.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Without an honest & open discussion about the negative impact of Brexit - Britain’s growth, productivity and living standards will continue to be weighed down by the structural handicap of Brexit - and just sticking our heads in the sand won’t change that
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