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JEDCA @jedca.bsky.social · 48m
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 1h
Florida's state government has been under continuous Republican control since 1999, spanning roughly 27 years.
Social media post:
[image of Byron Donalds speaking at a podium]
"We're going to lower insurance premiums 20% in the state of
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 1h
Dan Sullivan's votes for tariffs didn't help Alaska, but they sure helped his brother's chemical company, where he owns up to $5 million in stock. This is the exact kind of corruption that Alaskans are sick and tired of.
americanjournalnews.com
Sullivan backs policies that enrich his family’s business
Sullivan owns up to $5 million in RPM International stock.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1h
Kind of like the Trump capitulation in miniature. Even people who find them abhorrent still end up toeing the line.
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 7h
You'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn.
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Ames Grawert @amescg.bsky.social · 7h
Made even worse by OMB’s attempt to give White House political staff a veto over grant decisions — which is stalled for now, but could go into effect shortly after the election: bsky.app/profile/bren...
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 7h
Trump to sign an executive order renaming failure as success, defeat as victory, war as peace, poverty as prosperity and tyranny as democracy. (Probably.)
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 8h
The petty-ass bullshit this administration inflicts on people just trying to live their livea is truly something to behold
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 16h
My list has always been Hegseth, Miller and Vought. All three are have encouraged “high crimes and Misdemeanors” that go to the balance of separation of powers.
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For the first time in more than a decade, Democrats have a shot at winning a trifecta and making real change. Voting rights. Fair maps. Union rights. All three are on the ballot this year.
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 7h
Corruption exposed: Let me break down why the Supreme Court got it wrong in McDonnell v. U.S. and how we can fix it.
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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 7h
It's a day ending in "-day," and that means presidential lawbreaking and corruption are in the news. So, your regular reminder that the Supreme Court made a big mistake giving presidents sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution.
brennancenter.org
Supreme Court’s Radical Immunity Ruling Shields Lawbreaking Presidents and Undermines Democracy
The Court’s opinion in Trump v. United States is a dangerous attack on the rule of law.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 8h
The NYT dropped 5 major Senate polls this morning — and they tell you exactly why the GOP is freaking out about the Senate. Alaska: Peltola up 50/43 Texas: Talarico up 51/45 Ohio: Brown up 49/46 Kansas: a 45/45 tie Iowa: Hinson up 48/47.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 7h
This is some serious unethical bullsh*t from USA Today. Wow. Read this entire 🧵about how this expert's comments ended up in that grotesque opinion column (you know the one) & other articles without her knowledge/permission.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 12h
Hitler would have murdered every Jewish person in Germany, every queer person, every person on the left. Tucker doesn't care because he wants to murder all those people as well.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 11h
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
nytimes.com
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 22h
You can read Jamal’s work here. It was the honor of my life to have been his editor at the Washington Post. Rest in peace, Jamal. And I’m sorry the Washington Post opinions page ended up betraying what we both stood for. www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-...
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Read Jamal Khashoggi’s columns for The Washington Post
Jamal Khashoggi, a veteran Saudi journalist who Turkish officials say was killed in Istanbul after walking into the consulate of Saudi Arabia, had been writing a column for The Post since last year.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h
Every time Trump is asked about people struggling to pay rent, buy a home, afford groceries, health care and gas and he responds claiming this is the greatest economy ever and people on Wall Street are making tons of money speculating on AI, Republicans go down another point in the polls.
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Joel Wertheimer @wertwhile.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I have been seeing a lot of people not trusting the polls in the Midwest, which is totally fair given recent history. But if all you knew were Trump's national net approval, there would be absolutely nothing weird about any of the polling in any race right now. wertwhile.substack.com/p/on-polling...
wertwhile.substack.com
On Polling Error: Zoom Out
Donald Trump is in his second term overseeing high gas prices and well above target inflation, a foreign war nobody likes, and was elected despite his deep unpopularity to begin with.
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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 10h
Transactional bundling "intentionally collapses conflict resolution, economic bargains, and arrangements that benefit Trump cronies into grandiose megadeals that are hard or impossible to scrutinize." What makes it possible is the de-institutionalization of U.S. foreign policy. See:
foreignaffairs.com
The Age of Kleptocracy
Geopolitical power, private gain.
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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 10h
In 1951, Black civil rights leaders asked the United Nations to recognize US racist violence as genocide. The UN’s rejection of their petition 75 years ago exposed the institution’s racial bias & a pattern of political abandonment that still echoes today. kansascitydefender.com/world/sevent...
kansascitydefender.com
Seventy-Five Years Ago, Civil Rights Leaders Appealed to the UN for Help in Fighting a Black Genocide in the US. They Were Ignored. Gaza is the Inevitable Result – The Kansas City Defender
In 1951, Black civil rights leaders asked the United Nations to recognize racial violence in America as genocide. The UN’s rejection of their petition 75 years ago exposed the institution’s racial bia...
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Tom Choad @tomablogger.bsky.social · 18h
I've been very angry about the GOP's angry Daddies who used to run everything having disappeared. ALL of them who railed against big government overreach, big deficit spending, the usual paranoid BS...? Guys? Now that Trump is doing it all in extremes? They're mum. Finally, THIS is a good sign.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 11h
FDR v. Stephen Miller
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WIRED @wired.com · 9h
Fed up with paying to stream music you’ll never actually own? Give the little silver disc a spin. Here’s how to start a CD collection or get more out of one you already have. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
wired.com
How to Collect CDs
Fed up with paying to stream music you’ll never actually own? Give the little silver disc a spin. Here’s how to start a CD collection or get more out of one you already have.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 9h
"The doctrine that the strong dominate the weak is the doctrine of our enemies."
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 9h
I'm still really pissed about this NYT crap column equating Biden's "tone-deaf" comments to Trump's absurd lies.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 9h
We’re screwed www.esquire.com/news-politic...
esquire.com
A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 9h
‘“The money should be granted as Congress intended, and essentially, they’re ignoring what Congress did,” said Representative Zoe Lofgren.’ The Trump White House is instead redirecting the money designated for basic research towards pet causes like AI
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 9h
Legal Immigrants Lose Medicaid Coverage Under Trump’s Bill www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
nytimes.com
Legal Immigrants Lose Medicaid Coverage Under Trump’s Bill
Many immigrants without green cards will no longer be eligible for the health insurance program for low-income people.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11h
ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM. A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12h
I definitely think it possible Trump would be so shameless as to appoint Aileen Cannon. Which makes the current timing of the hearing on lawsuit to liberate the stolen documents report, November 2, of interest.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9h
The last Trump-Kushner-Witkoff “peace plan” for Russia-Ukraine had more on data center construction opportunities than on security guarantees that could make peace last. This time it’s an oil deal. The whole effort has been trying to sell out Ukraine for personal profit and neo-fascist solidarity.
nytimes.com
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · 9h
The Trump administration is exploring a multibillion-dollar oil deal with Russia that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main US negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
nytimes.com
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 9h
Something big may be happening: Trump's world-historical misrule may be creating the conditions for the emergence of a coalition similar to the one that ousted Viktor Orban earlier this year: Anti-corruption, anti-authoritarian, pro-democracy. I made this case here: newrepublic.com/article/2161...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 9h
Switzerland’s iconic glaciers lost an enormous amount of ice in 2026, a new report shows, signaling an ongoing rapid meltdown driven by climate change that has astonished scientists. About 20 percent of glacial ice in Switzerland has vanished since 2021. wapo.st/4z8ztEI
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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 9h
Neo-royals gona Neo-royal… www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System | International Organization | Cambridge Core
Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System - Volume 79 Issue S1
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 9h
"If that’s how they define the GOP—if any disagreement with Trump means you’re against the party—then perhaps you should take them at their word. On November 3, you can tell every nominee of the Trump party...what you think of them."
lnk.thebulwark.com
Jack Smith and the Republican Smear Squad
If holding Trump accountable makes you an enemy of the GOP, the party has told you everything you need to know.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 9h
Hassett calls Powell a "partisan" Democrat. Powell was initially named Fed Chair by ... Trump.
youtu.be
Powell Can Decide Own Future, NEC's Hassett Says
YouTube video by Bloomberg Television
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 9h
All the apocalyptic AI talk is just a smokescreen for how the AI bubble is about to burst and deflate the economy.
tiktok.com
The job of a good AI critic, journalist and author Cory Doctorow recently told Brooke, is to help pop the bubble as quickly as possible. Not only do six of the top seven stocks in the S&P 500 lose mon...
TikTok video by On the Media
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9h
Putin apologists of the right (eg Tucker Carlson) and left (eg Noam Chomsky) got what they wanted: a U.S. government that treats the war as not Russia’s fault, cuts military support for Ukraine, and pressures Ukraine to give up land in exchange for the Kremlin’s word. It has not resulted in peace.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 22h
Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA faculty
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h
It was the fucking-aroundiest of times, it was the finding-outiest of times ....
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Vought is promising Trump will make big cuts to programs like Social Security and Medicare. There ain't much else to cut, you don't save much money by eliminating imaginary fraud.
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NPR @npr.org · 22h
Florida is updating its science standards with evolution and climate change almost entirely absent from a new proposal.  The state will now seek public input on the revision. (via @cfpublicmedia.bsky.social) n.pr/4iW2Kh4
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Florida’s proposed science standards sideline evolution and climate change
The Florida Department of Education released its first comprehensive rewrite of science learning standards in nearly two decades, with the last one adopted in 2008.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22h
Trump has stopped using the Flying Bribery Palace. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
huffpost.com
Trump Stops Using Luxurious But Defenseless Jet He Solicited From Qatar
The president has for his five most recent trips, including Friday’s, used the real Air Force One built for that purpose. The White House refuses to explain the switch.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 22h
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 22h
The City of Minneapolis appears to have replaced nearly all the stop signs in my neighborhood with brand new signs in the last two weeks.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22h
Trump said "I don't rule anything out" when asked about potentially invoking the Insurrection Act to place troops at polling locations (federal law makes it a crime to put armed troops at the polls). He's going to lose the midterms, he's a desperate man, and all he's got to offer is "we'll see."
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We cannot & do not need to talk across difference with far right authoritarians. We need to defeat them & defend democracy & the rule of law.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Nations crumble, democracy becomes obsolete, a tech-powered elite rules… threaded into the Trump admin, with VP Vance one of their own… When a nation is betrayed by its wealthiest citizens, existential crisis follows… tech fascism has global ambitions…”😕🤷🏼 #NerdReich
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