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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Remarkable: As of now, Latino early vote is outpacing where it was at same time in 2024 in both percentages of vote share and in RAW VOTE TOTALS. That's big. Presidential turnout is usually higher than midterms. I obtained new analysis from Dem firm TargetSmart: newrepublic.com/article/2164...

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 07/10/2026

President Trump threatens to send 1,000 election monitors to polling places in November. Brennan Center's Sean Morales-Doyle says threats like these are "not about physically or legally interfering in the process, it's about generating fear, worry, concern," so voters don't go to the polls.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

1. I have been thinking about why Donald Trump is so unpopular. The conventional wisdom is that it's because he broke his promises – to bring down costs, to stay out of wars, to release the Epstein files.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 07/10/2026

The Voting Rights Act made the democratic process available to millions of Americans. An American Problem, by Michael G. Miller and @kevintmorris.bsky.social, Princeton University Press, explores the law’s history and the ongoing fight to protect voting rights. #[bit.ly/4y6W1ot

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An American Problem: How the Country Built — and the Supreme Court Broke — the Voting Rights Act

Michael G. Miller and Kevin T. Morris chronicle the rise and fall of the Voting Rights Act, from the triumph of its passage in 1965 to its evisceration by the Supreme Court in 2013.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Trying to think of some other policy areas where we should expect similar moves. *ever-more-brutal immigration enforcement *crackdown on nonprofit status of left groups *more press bans and FCC actions against news outlets *another round of tariffs *bogus charges in "grand conspiracy" case

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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...

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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms

Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What does a man, who has nothing to lose and doesn’t care about his own party, do….not good.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Trump, You don't get to pick your press corps based on who flatters you Letting Fox in while shutting out CNN, MS NOW & Politico is textbook viewpoint discrimination & the First Amendment forbids it Constitution 101 w/ @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social -TN

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

NEW AD: Are you a data center company looking to take over rural Texas? Are you a crime-loving millionaire looking to throw the FBI off your scent? Are you a child predator looking to get out of jail after just 1 day? Call 844-WHOS-KEN to hear what Ken Paxton can do for you!

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I totally get why UK reporters can’t be this direct given the libel laws there. But, the Man City situation should be described as “the ruling family of an absolute monarchy cheated to buy Premier League titles.” The club’s fans, the vast majority of staff and players did nothing wrong.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is how it’s done.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

...we have yet to learn the lessons of these failures. Demagogues still try to harness the hatreds triggered by the attacks to serve their narrow and misguided political purposes. Islamophobia in the US is as bad as ever. The Taliban is back in charge in Afghanistan.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

...it strengthened our enemies, it played right into the hands of the terrorists. We did not eradicate terrorism. We weakened ourselves at home. We strengthened our enemies. Republican policymakers failed. Democratic policymakers failed. The military failed. Our leaders failed. And frankly...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Strong endorse. Will say it again: the pundit class's choice (and it was a choice) to overread 2024 as a seismic cultural shift was a catastrophe for this country, emboldening Trump to go full fascist and encouraging institutional surrender in the face of it. This lives on amid his total collapse.

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Adrian Egli @adrian7745.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

@debbiedingell.house.gov said it best.💯 “This election is about what’s going to happen when we elect Abdul to the United States Senate. So don’t any reporter ask me again about Hasan Piker; it’s not what November is about.”

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

9/11 could have been a moment for the country to pause and consider how the costs of maintaining a global empire meant supporting regimes like the House of Saud. Instead, it became the moment in which the empire began to turn inward--which eventually grew into the fascism we're experiencing today.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Biden checks his watch at a ceremony and Fox does nonstop segments on it for weeks. But Trump falls asleep repeatedly at the 9/11 ceremony and they won’t even show it. But national broadcast news networks won’t show it either because that would be impolite.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Here's a gift link to my 9/11 essay in the NYT. Civil libertarians long warned that before giving government new powers, we should consider how an administration with authoritarian ambition might abuse them. We were told that America was too exceptional to elect such a person. Well here we are.

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Opinion | Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened. (Gift Article)

The civil libertarians’ warnings have come true.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 11/09/2026

Pretending the days after Sept. 11, 2001 were some kind of gauzy Hallmark special when we came together as a country is nauseating and ahistorical. The country went completely insane and has not recovered

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I hope folks realize this Bab al-Mandab situation will be much worse than the Strait of Hormuz if it’s not sorted out quickly. And it doesn’t currently look like it will be sorted out quickly.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026

Donald Trump and Joe Biden at 9/11 ceremonies today. Trump in DC. Biden in NYC. (REUTERS)

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We mourn the victims, their families, and the pain and destruction those terrorists caused. We honor the brave first responders who answered the call that day. Never forget.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today on 9/11, we remember and honor the lives that were taken from us in a terrible act of terrorism. Nothing can justify the murder of innocent civilians. Nothing. 1/

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

One of the biggest legacies of 9/11 was the rapid growth of mass surveillance. Whether it's the PATRIOT Act, Palantir, or Flock cameras, Americans don't want more erosions of our civil liberties in the name of "security."

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today, we remember that dark day years ago, when evil men in the name of a global anti-human ideology carried out despicable terrorist acts that overthrew the democratically elected government of President Salvador Allende in Chile.

This historical photograph captures the bombing of the Palacio de La Moneda, the presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, on September 11, 1973.

Young democracy defenders rounded up by fascists

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

SCOTUS needs an amicus brief on this as they consider whether to transfer control of our elections into his hands 🙄

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026

as is always the case when he's sitting and not talking, Trump had a hard time staying awake during the 9/11 ceremony (Finn Gomez/Getty)

pic of Trump sitting, slightly hunched over, with his eyes closed

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

What does it take to hold a free and fair election? In the first podcast of the New Haven Democracy Project, a series of conversations about protecting our elections, Yale Law professor Robert Post discusses why elections are the backbone of a democracy. youtu.be/n4ItYWLGpq0?...

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What's a Democracy For? — Robert Post on Elections, Law, and the Constitution

YouTube video by New Haven Democracy Project

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Yes. Worth adding that JD Vance again lied about what El-Sayed has said about Sharia (to paint him as a scary Muslim) while doing a fake outrage dance about being labeled as racist (which El-Sayed hasn't even done).

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A reminder that evangelical doctrine, up to and including the wildly popular Left Behind book series where the Democratic president essentially does exactly this, has for decades insisted this is how the antichrist will reveal himself.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

To every reporter who stands there as Trump shouts down one of your (almost always female) colleagues with insults and bullying behavior without standing up for them -- you know the rest of us can see and hear you, right?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Trump's attacks on our civil liberties didn't come out of nowhere. The groundwork for his Orwellian surveillance state was laid by the post-9/11 PATRIOT Act. Only one Senator at the time had the foresight to see what it would unleash.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 11/09/2026

“To leave no loopholes Hitler exacted from all officers and men of the armed forces an oath of allegiance—not to Germany, not to the constitution, which he had violated by not calling for the election of Hindenburg’s successor, but to himself.” -Shirer, Rise & Fall of the Thrid Reich, p. 375

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

President Trump led his Republican Party in a mock pledge during their political convention in Dallas, telling them to ‘cheat like hell’ and vote whether they're ‘registered or not’ in November's midterm elections reut.rs/4xi9Q2M

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Five big takeaways from Trump's midterm convention

President Donald Trump and his Republican Party wrapped up an unusual convention.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Reuters was the only major press service to accurately report the substance of Trump's pledge

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Third Way politics get you a third place finish.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/2026

Let us remember the extraordinary compassion, resilience and bravery that carried our city through its darkest day. Today, New York remembers. We will Never Forget.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/2026

25 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers. As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

NEW-Melissa, Kate, & my contribution to an edited collection for the Constitution's 250th: Is the Unitary Executive Democratic or Autocratic Governance? We expand on how unitarians celebrate design features that political scientists associate with autocracy papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We need at some point to talk about American Evangelicalism as a heretical movement. We should not indulge the delusion of a bunch or nuts who cherry-pick the Bible to rationalize otherwise indefensible 21st century bigotries that they are representatives of a global faith.

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

And just like that, the missing part of the skyline was back. if only for a moment. 2977 drones rose over Manhattan, creating a ghost image of the twin towers in honor of every life lost ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It’s annoying to have to point this out: 18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...

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