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jayshakespeare.bsky.social @jayshakespeare.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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The New NYT Poll Is Devastating News for Republicans
Trump's coalition is cracking, the Iran War is a drag, and Democrats hold a double-digit midterm lead.
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Ashok Dadhwal @ashokdadhwal196.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
In just months, Zohran Mamdani has shown what politics looks like when leaders actually try governing for ordinary people instead of donors and cable news panels. Affordable housing, childcare, transit, workers’ dignity and immigrant protection are not “radical” ideas.
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Here’s a list of things Zohran Mamdani has done in just four months | First Dog on the Moon
Note to politicians: you can just do stuff regular people actually need and want and it’s OK
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The Week Ahead… open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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The Week Ahead
May 17, 2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/05/2026
NEW: An Oklahoma family was forced to abandon their home after it filled with slick, black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite ample evidence of oil and gas pollution, state regulators say they cannot help.
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Oily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Oklahoma Regulators Say They Can’t Help.
The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act li...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Hawaii just enacted a law that effectively neuters Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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jayshakespeare.bsky.social @jayshakespeare.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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A Tale of Thucydides
China shouldn’t worry — Trump is too weak and unfocused to be a threat
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Patrick Lovell The Producer @patricklovellpresentsthecleannewdeal.com · 18/05/2026
Any President that sues his own government, while in office, should immediately be impeached
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Rep. Janelle Bynum @bynum.house.gov · 17/05/2026
An attack on Black America is an attack on all of America. Remember: if they come for us, they’ll come for you next. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/u...
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The Fight for Voting Rights Returns to Selma
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Yesterday, a new generation of civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights. As states across the country try to make it harder for citizens to be heard, we need to learn the lessons of those who came before us and refuse to take our democracy for granted.
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Thousands attend protests in Selma and Montgomery for voting rights | Alabama Reflector
Speakers at the All Roads Lead to the South events urge people to mobilize to oppose redistricting efforts by Legislatures in the south.
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SassySenora701 @sassysenior70.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Supreme Racism. A political cartoon by Bob Whitmore about the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Selma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0
Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.
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jayshakespeare.bsky.social @jayshakespeare.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
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Selma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0
Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.
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Angeliki T. 💎 in NYC @ellinidata.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Chinese newspaper cartoon (Today... 😂 )
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Just like his perfect phone call. He'd make it again. He got away with it before.
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jayshakespeare.bsky.social @jayshakespeare.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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Sherrilyn Ifill (@sherrilyn)
LISTEN: Black people are giving it to these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. Activist Gary Chambers speaks truth to power again in...
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Staci D. Kramer @sdkstl.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
"To the folks at CBS, in the words of the great Ed Murrow, good night and good luck, motherf* kers."
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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Karen Sulprizio @smartlady123.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This plan is absolute madness. Building a data center that is SIXTY SQUARE MILES in mountain west drought land which on paper will raise the temperature of the entire area by 5-12 DEGREES F is mental Unless the reality show is to create an American Aral Sea www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan
Facility would require more power than entire state uses and suck up vast amount of water in drought-stricken area
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
As someone pointed out to me offline, this is a really funny typo in Alito’s mifepristone dissent: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Sure he was, dude. What a pathetic loser.
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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 15/05/2026
Rubio: “I think China's preference is probably to have Taiwan willingly voluntarily join them.” This is almost certainly the Trump administration laying the groundwork to abandon Taiwan, just like they did with Ukraine. Authoritarians around the world will celebrate.
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jayshakespeare.bsky.social @jayshakespeare.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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You can't gerrymander a bad approval rating
Trump's net approval is historically weak for this point in a presidency — and his approval on handling prices and the economy is even worse than Joe Biden's low
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14/05/2026
The Supreme Court just preserved mifepristone access for now. The American people shouldn’t constantly be worried that one ruling could strip away access to medication that was medically proven safe decades ago. I’ve been and will always fight for your reproductive freedom.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Since Callais came down, Democracy Docket has published 81 pieces of redistricting content: 74 news stories 4 analysis pieces 3 op-eds I challenge you to find another news outlet with more detailed coverage. Support independent and pro-democracy media. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Muriel Vieux - The Poet @murielvieux.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This is your mind on books.
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jayshakespeare.bsky.social @jayshakespeare.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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A reminder: Very few people support Donald Trump's presidency
Plus, polls show voters are increasingly worried about his mental and physical fitness for office
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 14/05/2026
A 4th grader wrote Congresswoman Virginia Foxx about EVs for a school assignment. She sent back propaganda accusations and a lecture on the national debt. I served with Foxx for 10 years. This is what MAGA does to people, and to character.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
It's not enough to highlight Trump's corruption--like his new $10 billion lawsuit scam to get our tax dollars. We must demand Trump and all involved be prosecuted. And we need Democratic officials to do that in the media. We need to focus on not just outrage but action!
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Today's cartoon by Chris Britt:
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I’m sitting near the Dnipro River. Rescuers are trying to find people under the rubble. Already, five people are dead in Kyiv. A 12-year-old girl is among them. I’m looking at the water. It doesn’t know.
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jayshakespeare.bsky.social @jayshakespeare.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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Trump Tours Chinese Factory that Manufactures his Bibles
Visiting the Trump Bible factory in Shanghai was the main reason for his China trip, he said.
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jayshakespeare.bsky.social @jayshakespeare.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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A Failing, Flailing President Supplicates Xi
Why China has contempt for Donald Trump
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This is who Trump serves and cares about: enriching his BILLIONAIRE FRIENDS www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
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These top U.S. CEOs, worth nearly $1 trillion combined, are accompanying Trump to China
The delegation of business leaders underscores the deep ties many major U.S. companies maintain with China despite years of trade tensions.
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Nick Fish @nickfish.me · 13/05/2026
And here comes @realjaredhuffman.bsky.social from the top rope
Secretary of the Interior Doug Bergum: "When the sun goes down, solar panels produce zero electricity. The whole machine doesn't work." 

Rep. Jared Huffman: "I request to enter into the record this *amazing* new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of. It's a battery."
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Way to go, Australia! 🇦🇺 Trump Tower Australia has been cancelled after the developer said the Trump family brand has become too “toxic.”
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jayshakespeare.bsky.social @jayshakespeare.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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The Trump IRS "Bank Heist"
For years, Trump hid his tax information from the public. Now he could be paid billions by the Internal Revenue Service or have his IRS audits dropped altogether. Does anybody care?
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jayshakespeare.bsky.social @jayshakespeare.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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The Most Important Thing You Should Know About the CEOs Traveling to China with Trump
They all have something in common, and it's not the interest of America
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Greetings from Kyiv. So, the night is over, and we survived it. There is damage in the city, wounded people and one person killed, according to our mayor. I’m thankful to air defense for this morning.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The kids know what time it is. And they’re rigging the maps because they know they can’t stop time. ⏰
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
These stats Kash throws around are as phony as he is.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Another late night in the fight for free and fair elections. To those asking me how they can help, here is my only ask -- subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content. That is all! Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Agreed. The Storm will be the Midterms on November 3rd 2026. #RegisterAndVOTE 🌊
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
President Obama: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.”
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
America's chief Middle East negotiator - Jared Kushner - is almost completely dependent on Middle East government investment in his chief business. It's probably the biggest conflict of interest in American diplomatic history and we should be talking about this way more.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
House Democrats secured the necessary signatures to bypass Speaker Mike Johnson and force a vote on a package of Russia sanctions and billions of dollars in Ukraine aid. This is the eighth time in the last three years that a discharge petition has been used to do an end-run around GOP leadership.
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House Democrats bypass Mike Johnson on Ukraine aid bill with Republican help
This is the eighth time in three years a discharge petition has reached 218 signatures.
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Resist Trump 🤬 🤦🏽‍♂️🇺🇸 💜💙💪🏽 @resist-trumps-rule.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Every once in a while he tells the truth.
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Zohran Mamdani has fully balanced New York City’s $12 billion deficit — an uncomfortable reminder to the political establishment that governments can, in fact, function when taxpayer money isn’t funneled toward lobbyists wealthy benefactors
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks about the fiscal year 2027 budget in New York City on May 12, 2026. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images)
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 13/05/2026
“We’ve got to show up like never before… take control of our government and then we can finally do the work of the people.”
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'Alabama is a purple state if enough people turn out.'
"We’ve got to show up like never before... take control of our government and then we can finally do the work of the people."
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Nearly 50,000 people on the California side of Lake Tahoe are about to lose the bulk of their electricity supply,not because of infrastructure failure or mismanagement, but because Big Tech wants the grid. NV Energy, the Nevada utility that has supplied most of Lake Tahoe’s electricity for decades,
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