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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This piece was originally written for Democracy Docket members. Since then it has gone viral, so we put it on the website. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...
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My open letter to David Ellison
You argued that the American people have misjudged you — that they are wrong about what is in your heart and mind. I want to be clear: I don't care what you think or feel. What I care about is your ac...
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Music Box Magazine @musicboxonline.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
You may or may not be aware of just *how much* surveillance is out there. You also may or may not be aware of *how much* it is misused. Once again, John Oliver lays it all out quite well. 📺
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Police Surveillance Technology: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/08/2026
@suricrowe.bsky.social: "It's crazy that we've been brainwashed to think that universal healthcare is a bad thing."
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Skot Armstrong @skot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“That was my one big Hollywood hit, but, in a way, it hurt my picture career. After that, I was typecast as a lion, and there just weren't many parts for lions.” -Bert Lahr #BOTD
Bert Lahr costume test for The Cowardly Lion, 1939
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Roadrunner33 @roadrunner33.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It was disgusting 🤢 to watch a TV panel show with Scott Jennings saying Karoline Leavitt was the greatest Press Secretary in last 30 years AND nobody on the TV pundit panel pushed back on that She was the most prolific disingenuous liar doing that job in American history Not to pushback? WTH!!
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Pod Save America @podsaveamerica.crooked.com · 13/08/2026
No caffeine while the war is going on!
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I'm going to KEEP talking about how Senator Rick Scott, the RICHEST man in all of Congress, DEFRAUDED Medicare & is trying to CUT Social Security. Will you join me?🤚
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/08/2026
NEW: Judge Sullivan spent the final 30 minutes of the Phang v Blanche Epstein files hearing telling a story of the one time he had to hold DOJ lawyers in contempt. He says he's done it before, and he'd rather not do it again, but he will if he needs to. "It's not a threat, it's a promise."
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LesnielBC 🇨🇦🇩🇰 @lesnielbc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Any team purchased by ANYONE named “Kushner” should be immediately boycotted for life. Fuck that family. Bye bye #Lakers
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Image of the D.C. reflecting pool full of green algae.
"Have they tried using Ivermectin?"
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Politico @politico.com · 13/08/2026
Pete Buttigieg’s efforts to help Dems regain power are taking on a new focus: state legislatures. He is backing a crop of mostly long-shot, down-ballot Dems in Indiana – the first move in what his team says will be a number of state-by-state endorsements. 🔗 politi.co/4wUBZ0v
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Roger ZenAF 🖕🐸🖕 @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Pro tip: If you have a baseball bat it's nearly impossible for someone to get close enough to touch you with shock gloves.. 🤷‍♂️
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The GOP is that syndicate.
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E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I suspect the ICE shock gloves won't last long because like six out of ten of the guys who wear them are gonna forget they're on and reach down to scratch their balls.
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nina splendorr 🌻🏳️‍⚧️ @splendorr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
it rocks living in a country where all the leaders are truly malicious, no one has any dignity or support, and media has turned a significant portion of the population into frothing zealots of ignorance
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fraugenau.bsky.social @fraugenau.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The president of the United States is a rapist.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 13/08/2026
This reporting should chill every American to the bone. The Trump Administration owes the public answers – Americans do not support extrajudicial attacks in our name. We need transparency and accountability for these strikes, NOW.
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Covert CIA program said to be behind mysterious attacks on Galápagos boats
A surveillance plane flew from El Salvador toward the fishing boats before drones attacked, flight data shows.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/08/2026
Mamdani: "If a New Yorker looks at what ICE is doing and wants to see more of it, they should vote for Bruce Blakeman, who has created his own militia in Nassau County. If they look at what ICE is doing and they are shocked by the inhumanity and cruelty, they should vote for Gov. Kathy Hochul."
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Hey Marco Rubio: Stop spreading propaganda. Cuba is NOT a national security threat to the United States. You have no business being Secretary of State or holding any elected or appointed office.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
President Zelenskyy met with participants of the "Will to Live" games: service members, veterans, and people with disabilities who are using sports to recover from injuries and return to an active life.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Lincoln Project: The GOP tells you that the guy who falls asleep daily on live tv and hid in a catering cart after an Iranian assassination threat is making USA look more powerful on the world stage. All while raising prices on everything and weakening our economy. Wake up, this isn't winning.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/08/2026
BREAKING: Judge Sullivan says he needs PROOF the handwritten FBI notes in the Epstein files are actually duplicative of the typed reports and can be withheld. The court is asking for the handwritten notes.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 13/08/2026
The Trump administration has expended significant resources trying to meddle in elections ahead of the midterms, but so far virtually every scheme has been blocked by courts, failed in Congress, or simply fizzled out. bit.ly/3SaBeBt
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jbro52.bsky.social @jbro52.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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L.Garcia (@lucygarcia662237)
The GOP is cool with a “president” who tried to steal a free and fair election that he lost. The GOP is cool with a “president” instigating a violent attack on our Congress. The GOP is cool with a ...
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jbro52.bsky.social @jbro52.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Spiteful AIPAC Spends $30 Million On Loud Bird Perched Outside Abdul El-Sayed’s Window — theonion.com/spiteful-aip...
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Spiteful AIPAC Spends $30 Million On Loud Bird Perched Outside Abdul El-Sayed’s Window
ANN ARBOR, MI—In an effort to irritate the recent winner of Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary at all hours of the night, a spiteful American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) reportedly spent...
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jbro52.bsky.social @jbro52.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Tearful Mark Zuckerberg Smothers Metaverse Avatar With Digital Pillow — theonion.com/tearful-mark...
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Tearful Mark Zuckerberg Smothers Metaverse Avatar With Digital Pillow
PALO ALTO, CA—Telling himself he had “no other choice” but to end the simulated character’s life himself before his company effectively pulled the plug on the virtual world, a tearful Mark Zuckerberg ...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 12/08/2026
President Donald Trump was sued by two media organizations over Trump Media's plan to sell faster access to his posts on Truth Social.
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Trump Sued Over Plan to Sell Faster Access to Truth Social Posts
President Donald Trump was sued by two media organizations over Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.’s plan to sell faster access to his posts on Truth Social.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Dr. El-Sayed puts it plainly: “ICE has nothing to do with immigration.” I agree completely.
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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
As if we needed more proof that the US is just a Russian state.
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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The President of the United States is a liar.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Receipts just pinned exactly how much it’s costing for the president to gild everything in sight with the enthusiasm of an Austin Powers villain.
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True Jaw-Dropping Cost of Trump’s White House Desecration Exposed
Receipts just pinned exactly how much it’s costing for the president to gild everything in sight with the enthusiasm of an Austin Powers villain.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Watching all these men try to shoot their shot with AOC is reminding me of that poll where a large percentage of men thought they could beat Serena Williams at tennis.
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Lakers fans fume over Ivanka-kin takeover: 'Entire country is being strip mined' www.rawstory.com/joshua-kushn...
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Lakers fans fume over Ivanka-kin takeover: 'Entire country is being strip mined'
Los Angeles Lakers fans are in open revolt after reports that the storied franchise is being sold to venture capitalist Josh Kushner — brother of President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner — an...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Pillow guy lost his primary and Klobuchar won by a million? Please, tell me more about the power of a Trump endorsement
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/08/2026
Prediction markets are not predictive and should not be covered as news

Kalshi Politics

@KalshiPolitics
TODAY: WISCONSIN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR NOMINEE ODDS:

🟦 Francesca Hong: 95%
🟦 David Crowley: 5%
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@Above96th @above96th.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I was fortunate to spot this Great Blue Heron fishing along the banks of Central Park's Harlem Meer this morning. A gorgeous bird in a gorgeous setting! 😎😎😎 #Heron #CentralPark #birdsseenin2026
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 12/08/2026
Unwell, the media company founded by Alex Cooper, has receives an investment from Hollywood super agent Patrick Whitesell that values the firm at $500 million
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‘Call Her Daddy’ Host Alex Cooper Raises Money at $500 Million Valuation
Unwell, the media company founded by popular podcast host Alex Cooper, has received an investment from Hollywood super agent Patrick Whitesell that values the firm at $500 million, according to people familiar with the deal.
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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I wonder what America would be like today, if only white people were being rounded up by a paramilitary force under orders from a brown President?
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New Zealand uses mussel farms to naturally cleanse seawater, improving ocean health without any chemicals. Original post
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Unregulated power and insatiable greed come in tailored suits ... via Truth Against Hate
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
After he’s dead, we’re gonna find out that the man who ruined our country was never actually elected, aren’t we? (Actual confirmation.)
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Curb Your Malthusiasm @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“Woke 1 went too far!” The phrase “stay woke” comes from the movement against police murder of black people 12 years ago and in that time not a single police department was actually defunded nor abolished so idk what the fuck anyone is talking about
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/08/2026
JUST IN: Amy Klobuchar will win the Democratic primary for Minnesota Governor, per projections.
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CaroleOntheGo🇨🇦 @caroleonthego4u.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The President of the United States!
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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 12/08/2026
Forty days into her unprecedented quest, and despite high seas and contrary currents, Catherine Breed had stroked 314 miles, with just under 600 to go.
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Swimming the length of California, Catherine Breed nears the Golden Gate
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Black Film Alerts 🎥 @blackfilmalerts.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
First look at Angela Bassett’s return as Marie Laveau in ‘American Horror Story’ Season 13.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/08/2026
Was this the moment that changed the course of Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor?
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Funny how no one asked russia to halt strikes on Ukrainian civilians.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 12/08/2026
Forty-nine of 50 states do not provide lifetime appointments for their state supreme court justices. No one should hold power for life. We're urging state legislatures to call on Congress to pass Supreme Court term limits. bit.ly/3Tdzl7e
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Model State Resolution Urging 18-Year Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices
State lawmakers should call on Congress to enact Supreme Court term limits.
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