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Jefferson Smith @jeffersonsmith.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Donald Trump now goes down in history as one of the very few presidents who has lost a war.

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Jefferson Smith @jeffersonsmith.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

As Jimmy Kimmel said (first?): “THE TRUMP-EPSTEIN SCANDAL” Ain’t just about Epstein, folks,

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Jefferson Smith @jeffersonsmith.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A lot of modern billionaires are like Batman…except they aren’t good athletes, don’t care about saving Gotham, and think the only thing they owe the world is growing the value Wayne Enterprises.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/05/2026

Trump's Fox News interview with his daughter in law is taking place in front of a giant portrait of himself. Kim Jong Un would blush.

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Jefferson Smith @jeffersonsmith.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

@billsimmons.bsky.social Robert Horry wasn’t a role player. He could play every role. He should shoot, defend 3 or 4 positions, rebound, finish, play in transition. That’s not a role, unless the role is “do most everything on a basketball court.” And in that case, the term doesn’t mean anything.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

LANDMAN is ripe for this because it routinely has Billy Bob Thornton go off on wholly-untrue pro-oil rants. His most famous one is about wind turbines not offsetting any carbon over their 20-year life cycle. In reality, they're fully offset within an average of 5.3 months.

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How Oil Propaganda Sneaks Into TV Shows | Climate Town

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Jefferson Smith @jeffersonsmith.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

“Mr. Fantastic” is the only suitable nickname.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 06/05/2026

While the Make America Healthy Again movement has largely forged its identity around food, vaccines and pesticides, a new poll highlights how affordability is a chief concern this year for Americans across the political spectrum.

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Health care costs outrank food, vaccine concerns for MAHA voters, poll shows

A poll from KFF found that the affordability of health care is more important than the movement’s causes championed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/05/2026

NEW: Texas lawmakers rejected over five dozen bills that could have protected residents from last summer’s deadly floods. “We need to resist this narrative that this disaster was unpreventable,” an environmental studies director said.

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Texas Lawmakers Repeatedly Failed to Pass Legislation That Could Have Protected Residents From Deadly Floods

Dozens of bills were rejected over nearly 60 years, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found. The most consequential measures could have saved lives by prohibiting youth camps and new construction in areas at high risk for flooding.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/05/2026

NEW: Investigators found that leaders of a prison gang in Puerto Rico were selling inmates drugs in exchange for voting for Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón, a longtime Republican. After Trump’s election, prosecutors were told not to pursue charges.

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Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.

Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were "full steam ahead" looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s...

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🍂k a r e n🍂 @andthenisleep.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

The supreme court betrayed Black voters, they betrayed America, and they betrayed our democracy.” - Barack Obama

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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 31/01/2026

pizzagate and qanon were not onto something, they were orchestrated by pedophiles to make accusing people of pedophilia make you look insane so that they could continue doing pedophile shit. fucking christ

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

So… a bribe? Trump got $500 Million and U.A.E. got “tightly guarded” A.I. chips. How is this not a bribe, exactly? www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Jefferson Smith @jeffersonsmith.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The modern Republican Party cannot be trusted. Their media, donors, politicians, or strategists. They can’t be trusted to select fit leaders or to hold their people accountable. Don’t limit your aperture of critique to Trump. He didn’t start all of this. And he didn’t elect himself.

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Derek DelGaudio @derekdel.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Stephen Colbert announced that his last show airs May 21st. What a coincidence, that's National Cancel Paramount+ Day.

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Kara Fagan 🇨🇦 Liberal @fagankara.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e... General Shirreff said Trump had “destroyed the international order” in the first year of his second term. “He is also on the way to destroying the one alliance that has guaranteed transatlantic security for 77 years,”

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Trump is a bigger threat to Nato than Putin, says alliance’s former commander

The American leader imperilled the future of the alliance with repeated threats to seize Greenland and attacks on European allies. General Richard Shirreff tells Maira Butt that the US President has t...

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Jefferson Smith @jeffersonsmith.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

How good a job is this administration doing in basic governing? Such as air travel and such?

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.” Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.

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Jefferson Smith @jeffersonsmith.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

OpenAI exec James Dyett calling out the cowardice

There is far more outrage from tech leaders over a wealth tax than masked ICE agents terrorizing communities and executing civilians in the streets.

Tells you what you need to know about the values of our industry.

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Jefferson Smith @jeffersonsmith.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Until yesterday, the strongest argument for a broad reading of the second amendment was to defend against a tyrannical government.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

“You got signed judicial warrant to gain access to the scene and we’re still denied access by federal agents?” “Yes, that’s accurate.” We are so cooked 🇺🇸

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Becca Esche @beccasaintpaul.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I cried in the car yesterday and apologized to my partner for pushing for us to move here. He stopped me and said "This is happening here because of the same reasons we wanted to move here. This is the place we should be."

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

TW ⚠️ The stabilized version is brutal.

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c 1. continuing, not 1 off. 2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it 3. literally at hand of federal government, which is 4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 24/01/2026

Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...

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Jefferson Smith @jeffersonsmith.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The Republican government has lied about the Minnesota ICE murder. #InvestigateICE

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

We cannot go on like this for three more years.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I genuinely think boycotting the World Cup is some of the strongest leverage the Europeans have.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Too many good bits to share by screenshot. Go read @brianphillips.bsky.social's piece yourself.

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Jefferson Smith @jeffersonsmith.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

It’s Russia. This whole thing — pretty much the whole damn thing for 10+ years — has been to destroy the Western Alliance. It’s Russia.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 18/01/2026

The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally. Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 18/01/2026

Wait. The CDC closed its FOIA office?!?

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 18/01/2026

The most impactful voting rights case in 2026 is undoubtedly Louisiana v. Callais, which will determine the future of the Voting Rights Act. Legal scholar Quinn Yeargain unpacks what’s at stake here—and in other major cases poised to shape democracy.

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Seven Legal Questions That Will Shape Democracy in 2026

Courts are set to decide a host of cases that will determine the fate of the VRA, confront the latest restrictions on direct democracy, and affect ballot access and redistricting.

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Jefferson Smith @jeffersonsmith.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Start at the grassroots. We need to rebuild a commitment to democracy, one relationship and community at a time. And not just in urban centers.

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Jefferson Smith @jeffersonsmith.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Let’s be clear: the masks are not merely (or primarily) to hide & shield agents from their actions *as* ICE agents, but to hide activities *prior* to joining ICE. A reported list would paint a picture of various Proud Boys, Groypers, NJP, GDL, and groups with “Front” and “Knights” in the name.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/01/2026

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Despite electoral wins in 2025, “to have any hope of fixing the root problems that plague our democracy and our economy, Democrats need a majority that lasts, like the New Deal coalition,” the veteran Democratic strategist David Plouffe writes.

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Opinion | Democrats Will Lose in 2028 Unless They Change Course Now

Despite the successes of 2025, the party still needs a radical shake up.

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WIRED @wired.com · 15/01/2026

As the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public that may no longer believe in its ideals. www.wired.com/story/wikipe...

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Wikipedia’s Existential Threats Feel Greater Than Ever

As the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public that may no longer believe in its ideals.

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