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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 3h
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 4h
ok heres one democratic senator being clear and unambiguous about this. anyone else want to step up?
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the Kansas Court of Appeals Friday denied Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) latest request to revive a GOP-backed law that would throw out mail-in ballots received after Election Day, even if they were cast on time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP bid to scrap Kansas mail ballot grace period fails again
The ruling means Kansas election officials must continue counting ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within the following three days, including in the upcoming November elections.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Count on it 👇
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
2026 Maine Fall Foliage Tour
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We need more of this
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We've all heard how corrupt Ken Paxton is. But he is also incredibly stupid if he thinks this "well, he served 60 whole days" excuse for releasing Adam Hoffman, who sexually abused a boy over a three-year period starting when he was 8.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 06/09/2026
None of us will ever forget how we felt on election night 22 months ago. For two years, we’ve organized against the chaos, cruelty and corruption of Trump 2.0 while waiting for our opportunity to win back power from the fascists. Now the midterms are almost here and we need to make each day count.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Women should be able to run for and hold public office without fear of being killed.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A competent press corps would be all over him— wtf does that mean? Is the president insane? How do you deploy the military against the bond market? This should be top of the fold, top of every newscast but we are being sanewashed to death
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Whether it's a trade war with Canada or an actual war with Iran, the pattern is the same: Americans are paying the price for the President's choices.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for Minnesota voters, a federal court dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to the state's unredacted voter registration list. The DOJ is now 0-23 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A convicted felon in fact.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/08/2026
Ossoff: "They see the rebuke that is coming and fear the accountability that will follow it. They recognize the president is deeply unpopular. He's reviled. The public is awake to his corruption and self-dealing…The truth will come out. Mark my words. The truth will come out.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
SPOTTED IN NASHVILLE…
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The American Dream has become an American Nightmare. It’s too expensive to buy a home. It’s too expensive to get married and have kids. It’s too expensive to retire comfortably. The top 1% put the American Dream behind a paywall.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 05/08/2026
The fact that the Democratic senators are agreeing to a continuing resolution until Dec 11th with NO compromises for them is absolute political malpractice and head scratching. Why not even try to ban like…. The arch? Anything!
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Wyden released a sweeping Senate report alleging several of the largest banks of having “been willing to turn a blind eye” to Epstein’s financial activity.
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60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Didn’t Air After Sharyn Alfonsi Exit, Dem Senator Claims
Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity
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Forbes @forbes.com · 05/08/2026
The state said it needs the records to investigate allegations of abuse at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.
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New Mexico Sues Blanche, DOJ For ‘Withholding’ Epstein Files
The state said it needs the records to investigate allegations of abuse at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.
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Jane Voter @janevoter2018.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Rent isn’t high by accident, it’s high because 9 landlords colluded with an algorithm called RealPage to fix prices behind your back. Kris Mayes sued every single one of them. This is what a real fighter looks like, and it’s why she deserves your vote, AZ! #BlueWaveIn90Days
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Gonna go out on a limb here and say racist cranks who write for extremist white nationalist websites like VDARE should not, in fact, be confirmed to top roles in the Department of Justice.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is team player shit, beat the bad guys shit. I love it. No fucking around with it, just let's go.
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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Growing up, I ran track and played basketball. Oh, and I played softball — the boys invited me to play with them because there was no girls' team at my school. These cretins can fuck right off.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
They know voters hate this shit. So they wait until Blanche has the votes for Collins to come out against him. So she can claim to be a moderate. So she gets reelected. So she can spend the next two years voting for more Todd Blanches.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
BREAKING: ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers approve ballot measure for voters to clear way for new congressional maps that would boost Democrats.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
So now the next step is to find out what Capital One's months-long anti-money laundering review by professionals with decades of law enforcement experience discovered about Trump's 300+ accounts...
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I Remember, Hope you do….
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/08/2026
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
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BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.
Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Probably would've been nice to know this before the 2024 election, but sure
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Sort of Damocles @sortofdamocles.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
RFK Jr and wife had a soiree at their Hollywood mansion during COVID and required proof of COVID vaccination with RSVP. Watch what they do, not what they say. –Rachel Maddow
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
At the start of the Civil War, there were 4 million people who were enslaved in the US. Families were separated so some members could be sold to plantations in other parts of the country, including children.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Can someone explain how Axios could publish this and not note that DOJ has lost 18 of these cases and not won a single one? 0-18 is smart brevity.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
But today in his cabinet meeting, Trump blamed it on American Democrats. Just as he has blamed things many times that Russia and China have done on Americans. He’s not a patriot, he’s the ultimate traitor.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 31/07/2026
I questioned Anthony Fauci under oath during COVID. I asked questions. He answered them. That's what congressional oversight is supposed to look like. What Republicans did to him this week wasn't oversight. It was a humiliation ritual. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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I Questioned Anthony Fauci during COVID. What Rand Paul Did To Him This Week Was A Disgrace.
In 2020, I wanted answers. This week, Senate Republicans tried to destroy him for a viral clip.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The same is true about the “stolen” election
Ben Rhodes: The strangest thing about the MAGA freakout over Fauci is that Trump was his boss - and ran the government - during the entire period they are so mad about.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: California’s top election official demanded the (DHS explain how it concluded that thousands of noncitizens may be registered to vote in the state, bluntly questioning both the department’s results and how it obtained California voter data. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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‘Serious doubts about the reliability of your data’: California bluntly challenges DHS over sweeping noncitizen voter claims
California has not provided its statewide voter registration list to DHS or any other federal agency. State law prohibits the disclosure of sensitive voter information, including Social Security numbe...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
NEW: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) says six "Trump-affiliated" companies have responded to her inquiries and "distanced themselves" from Trump's sweetheart IRS immunity deal. She has shared copies of responses by Polymarket and Kalshi
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/07/2026
These are Fox polls.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/07/2026
The postponed Blanche confirmation vote is a win in and of itself. A big win. History will remember that we made our voices heard, and that his own party rejected him. That matters!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Another late night preparing for what comes next in the fight for free and fair elections. Thanks to everyone who has supported Democracy Docket this month. If you haven't yet signed up, now would be a great time to do so. demdock.com/4w6emld Thanks. Marc
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS Department of Justice Lawsuit to compel New Jersey to provide the DOJ with access to its statewide voter registration data. Another victory for voters DOJ is now 0-18 in these cases. ELG remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-je...
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🚨 United States of America v. Caldwell
Learn more here.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/07/2026
Kander: Here's why they want to talk about Fauci so badly right now. The Epstein files, and another is they're just not doing very well politically, and this is something that can get their base charged up again. It's sort of like in a marriage that's failing, "Ah, you remember our honeymoon?"
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
In case anyone needs a quote from me about this: "I'm still not tired of winning." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump DOJ loses bid for New Jersey voter rolls, now 0 for 18
The ruling arrived one day after New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) formally rejected a new DOJ request for personal information about people mistakenly registered through a software failure.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/07/2026
GOOD: A unanimous official statement condemning a pardon of Ghislaine Maxwell BETTER: Voting NO on Todd Blanche’s confirmation
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