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Jean Buchanan

@jabuchanan.bsky.social
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Retired journalist. Lover of Democracy. Will almost always like pictures of cute dogs and cats.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
He’s lying about our elections. He’s assaulting our elections. He’s sowing distrust in our elections. He’s laying the groundwork to once again not accept the results of our elections. He’ll try again to overturn our elections. He is America’s enemy. Treat him as such.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20h
Hegseth also removed the olive branches, a traditional symbol of wishing peace, from the Department of Defense seal. This, in addition to changing the name to "The Department of War," shows the dangerous belligerency that comes from appointing a frat bro who values testosterone over statesmanship.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI isn't reliable enough to get even a hamburger order right, but reckless Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pushing to expand artificial intelligence across the U.S. military, including AI-enabled targeting. "Would you like fries with that obliterated girls' school?"
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In new NYT/Siena poll of AK, IA, KS, OH, & TX, all won by Trump by > 10% in 2024, Trump approve-disapprove: AK: 41%-56% (June was 47%-49%) IA: 40%-58% (June 44%-54%) KS: 40%-55% (no poll in June) OH: 38%-59% (June 44%-54%) TX: 40%-58% (June 44%-52%) Blue wave city. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Toplines: September 2026 Times/Siena Poll of the Likely Electorate in Iowa
Results of a New York Times/Siena poll conducted among 606 voters from Sept. 22 to Oct. 1, 2026.
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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No shit🤔💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
America is literally deporting people to countries they have no connection with, countries they’ve never been to. This is wildly unlawful. It’s cruel. It’s un-American. It’s evil.
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Jim Robert @mollygrub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...
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We Have No Supreme Court
The philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
Charlie Angus: In just a year and a half, Canadian purchases of vehicles made on the American side of the border dropped 30%. If you take the American export auto economy, Canada’s number one. If you take the next 10 countries and put them together, it’s still less than Canada at number one.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Melber: You’re saying the VP has low T. You’ve called Mike Rogers a beta. El-Sayed: I'm just saying that they like to lead on strength. Strength is about being able to stand up to the problem. The problem is Donald Trump, and you don't see much standing up to Donald Trump
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My campaign has held more than 600(*!) events in 110 cities across Michigan. From Escanaba to Eaton Rapids, I see the same thing. Too many places left behind, a rigged economy, and corrupt politicians. New ad:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Could be a major conflict of interest” Lol ya think, @CNN? The Trump family is the most brazenly corrupt family ever. American kleptocracy. www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Terrible for the film industry to be owned by the Saudi government. What a joke the FCC is. apnews.com/article/para...
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FCC grants Paramount's indirect ownership request for Gulf funds in Warner Bros. Discovery buyout
As Paramount looks to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, it’s racked up billions of dollars in financial backing from three Gulf countries.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How do you defeat a president who’s trying to sabotage the midterms? 1. Use drop boxes. 2. Vote EARLY in person. 3. If mailing in your ballot, put it in the mail AT LEAST two weeks before Election Day. 4. Vote in person on Election Day. 5. Share these instructions with everyone you know.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 01/10/2026
If "communism is the greatest threat to our country in its history" and he wants to root it out of America, then why is he hanging pictures of communist authoritarians in gilded frames in the White House?
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The cruelty is the point.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ICYMI — Hegseth and Trump are turning the 🇺🇸 military into a Christian army. Seems like this should be a bigger deal 🤷🏼 (As we accuse other countries of being religious fanatics) (H/T @atrupar.com)
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton reportedly took over 275 lavish trips outside of Texas while he was Attorney General. These trips cost Texas taxpayers at least $1,900,000 in total.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
His vocabulary is so limited it’s like reading a transcript of Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, if Koko were a white nationalist
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Obscene public corruption. They don’t give a damn because they don’t think the American people give a damn.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
36 minutes before the hearing started.
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Jean Buchanan @jabuchanan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is outrageous and sickening.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
Ken Paxton desperately tried to defend his handling of a child predator case by claiming the defendant “served 60 days.” Then came the Community Note...
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Ken Paxton Defends Handling of Child Predator Case
Community Note: “Paxton's office initially recommended 1 day in jail.”
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you ever feel the need to make people laugh but can't think of a good joke, just say the words "Senator Eric Schmitt"
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hawkeyes.. not Hawks, Eric
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Caitlin Clark Shrugs in Iowa Jersey
ALT: Caitlin Clark Shrugs in Iowa Jersey
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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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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is about as upset as a NYT reporter is allowed to get:”An admission that the American president offered to sell arms to China is extraordinary.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"As Cardinal McElroy put it, we need to not avert our eyes but to 'recognize the evil that is being carried out in our name and fight it.' And we need to 'seek to convert our political representatives or replace them.' In five weeks, we can replace a lot of them." www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-los...
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‘We Are Losing Our Soul as a Nation’
What we saw in Springfield, Ohio.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
this is legitimately very funny
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THERE IT IS: Group of January 6 riot defendants have filed each filed federal civil lawsuits in DC seeking taxpayer-funded compensatory and punitive damages for alleged violations of their righrs They claim they were "targeted..and punished" for "protected expressive" activity
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 28/09/2026
Josh Turek: “It’s really easy to send out a tweet and say, ‘Oh, we need to end this war in Iran.’ Seven times [Ashley Hinson] had the opportunity to actually end this war.”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who could’ve foreseen that after the Supreme Court gave Trump immunity from prosecution for committing crimes while in office he would commit lots of crimes while in office?
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/09/2026
George W. Bush had plenty of opportunities to speak up. January 6th. The January 6th Committee. Trump’s return to power. Mostly silence. But now he’s stepping back into politics to help Republican senators get reelected? Yeah. I have some thoughts.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
Advocates say the delays mean people are left waiting in prisonlike detention facilities that are riddled with allegations about spoiled food, beatings and medical neglect. “People are left hungry,” said the wife of a detainee in Mississippi.
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These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained
Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. Some detainees are asking to be dep...
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Happy213 @happy213.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Los Angeles 👇👇
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 27/09/2026
"Officials who pretended to care about freedom in other countries have demonstrated that they’re willing to trample it at home. The problem isn’t just that we’re ruled by a thug. It’s that we’re ruled by men who will do and defend whatever the thug says."
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As Trump Abuses the Press, Republicans Cheer Him On
His allies excuse and defend his ban of CNN, MS Now, and Politico.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It has been a brutal and protracted slugfest. But I think we can finally declare a winner in the long-running "Who is the dumbest United States Senator?" competition.
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