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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 23m
The Binky Tour
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The woman's mother "...apologized for the stabbing and said she had struggled to get mental health treatment for her daughter." 
theguardian.com
Woman charged with murder after stabbing seven-year-old girl in Chicago
Shavdon Gayden killed Eddimar Hernandez-Chacon in broad daylight while walking with her older sister
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
But, having come to power as part of a Coalition with the left and center, he then signed leftist priorities like gay marriage and LGBTQ rights into law, because he's not a fascist. A coalition of left and center is essential.
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don't think history bears this out. Peter Magyar in Hungary is only the most recent example. He was a conservative who ran against Orban's corruption, not a progressive who promised a radically different version of what people thought they would get with Orban. 1/2
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"This is our 1933...Christians who have backed Trump and the MAGA movement a second time know and bear responsibility for what they are now endorsing.”
theguardian.com
When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now
Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is the way. People hate being lied to. Every Democratic candidate needs to remind voters that the GOP is lying to them.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Tarrant County voters filed an emergency lawsuit Friday accusing Republican county officials of intentionally making it harder for Black and Hispanic residents to vote by eliminating dozens of Election Day polling places. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Tarrant County voters sue to block GOP polling site cuts targeting minority voters
The lawsuit comes a month after the GOP-controlled Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved the cuts in a 3-2 vote despite intense opposition from residents and the court’s two Democratic commissio...
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
unfortunately, the dumbing down of American political discourse has made it necessary to lie in order to be elected
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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@mainedems.bsky.social Elon Musk is trying to buy Susan Collins a sixth Senate term. Pass it on vote.org #GOTV4Democrats
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Raging Grannies SF Bay Area @raginggrannies.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#palantir #protest #paloalto Tuesday Sept 29 from 5:30pm 100 Hamilton Ave. #stopice
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions.
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Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration. This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress's Constitutional power of the purse.
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress's appropriations powers.
OMB is an agency of the executive branch. It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 18/09/2026
Your life saving clinical trail could be TERMINATED by the Trump administration. We scraped through the data and found that 50% of all clinical trials are at risk of being cancelled. It's time to talk about it and what you can do to stop this. 🧵 🧪
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
or Elon's bankrolling so they can afford it
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
attn @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social 👀
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
i pledge my sword to the politician who just says: let’s leave trans people alone, i don’t know or care what a hasan piker is, and i condemn the genocide in gaza. stop hiring consultants that make you say weird stuff that nobody likes.
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
well, that should reduce congestion at DC airports
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I just participated in the FUNNEST phonebank for Jon Ossoff with @indivisibleeb.bsky.social and the hosts of the @fatedmates.net podcast! Great hosts, bingo, giveaways and inspiring success stories. Sign up to PB with them any Saturday a.m. for Ossoff, Talarico, El-Sayed or Pearson below. 🌊💪🌊
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FATED STATES — Fated Mates: Romance Books for Novel People
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
she has to wear skirts so Trump can grab her by the pussy - what do you think the $45k bonus was for?
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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ben chambers 🏴 @benjaminchambers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
again we hanged a guy at nuremburg for doing exactly this, for publishing depictions of jews in the same grotesque, inflammatory, malicious, and morbidly cartoonish way as these regime memelords routinely depict immigrants in their official posts
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Lynda Carter @lyndacarter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our music and our memories are being wiped out. AMERICA built this city. Not a president. Join us!
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
As #Dreamforce continues in SF, please join me in urging #Salesforce to sign the Democracy Pledge and end its contract with #ICE! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/sale...
actionnetwork.org
Salesforce Sign the Democracy Pledge and End ICE Contract!
We’re calling on Salesforce and Marc Benioff to use their influence to defend democracy and immigrant communities and to live up to their image as a values driven company. As Salesforce hosts one of ...
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The only way any of us survive is if the people surrounding Trump admit to themselves that he's mad and 25th amendment him. He's behaving like Hitler in 1943, completely delusional and everyone close to him can see it. Will GOP act before he dooms thousands more US soldiers and civilians to die? 
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Don't give AI any data you wouldn't want to see in The New York Times 👀
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“We are ‘carrying’ almost every country in the World, and that cannot go on any longer." - Trump Actually other countries are carrying the US thanks to its incredible level of government debt www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
smh.com.au
Fed defies Trump, raises US interest rates for first time in three years
The move was widely expected amid persistently high inflation driven by the Iran war and rising oil prices – but the decision risks enraging the US president, who has demanded rates be lowered.
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just when you think it cant get any worse...
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
.@haiyun-jiang.bsky.social has captured a lot in this photo; we are all Mark Carney. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/u... #TrumpIsNotWell
nytimes.com
Trump Wanted Canada as the 51st State. He Ended Up Pushing It Toward the European Union. (Gift Article)
The invitation by the E.U. for Canada to become an “associate member” is a sign of Mr. Trump’s brand of diplomacy, which often involves threatening America’s closest friends.
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Kathryn Womble @kswomble.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
He violently raped her in that incident. He was mad that the scalp reduction procedure, conducted by a surgeon recommended by Ivana, didn't turn out like he'd expected (or was more painful than his wimpy ass could handle, I don't remember which).
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Ossoff: "We are witnessing people drunk with power who are utterly reckless, utterly corrupt, and obviously believe that they live with impunity. They believe they're untouchable. They believe they're invincible. Let's prove them wrong."
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
(1/5) If you normally vote by mail, don’t wait for your ballot to get mailed to you. A lot of people think the issue is what will happen after you get your ballot, but a very big issue is not getting it mailed to you in time at all.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 13/09/2026
Early voting is a crucial tool for stopping election sabotage. Join your local No Kings event on October 17 to promote unprecedented early voting in the midterms: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
thank you!
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
One of his starter wives, I think it was Ivana, described him assaulting her and pulling her hair out in a rage. I've never doubted it.
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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 13/09/2026
Help I can’t stop watching this
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I'm reading Inside the Third Reich, and the similarities between Hitler and Trump are uncanny. A megalomaniacal disregard for expertise is just one of many examples.
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
HANDS OFF OUR VOTE! Trump is trying to sabotage the midterms and we can't let him succeed. We have tremendous power to protect our elections in 2026. Use this link to join us. share.indvs.org/s/e3LoHqqa
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We are democracy's strongest line of defense.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
1. Elon Musk is spending millions pushing Americans to VoteSafe, which bills itself as a voter registration site but is actually a digital surveillance machine.
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Brilliant!
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
For the past two years I've been tracking every bill proposed in state legislatures across the country to figure out what Republican plans for the future are. The answer, based on these 1,182 bills, is that they want to repeal the 20th Century heartlandsignal.com/2026/09/09/b...
heartlandsignal.com
Proof from the states: the right wing attempt to repeal the 20th century – Heartland Signal
Republicans are in Dallas this week making the case that the other side is the extreme one. We read the legislation they introduced in all 50 states and built a searchable record of what we found: 1,1...
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
that was my initial hit, too. The question is, is such an obvious piece of self promotion even news?
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Tell MO Gov Kehoe & AG Hanaway to follow the damn law! Their own state Supreme Court has blocked their attempt to steal Dem @cleaver.house.gov's seat. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u... #GOPchaos
nytimes.com
Dueling Court Rulings Leave Missouri’s Congressional Races in Chaos
After losing in two courts and winning in another, Missouri officials said they planned to forge ahead with using a congressional map that was redrawn to benefit Republicans.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/09/2026
to place the sexual and reproductive exploitation of black women at the center of your understanding of american slavery is to see that the system was forced birth and this, in turn, should lead to a more expansive vision of what the 13th amendment actually guarantees.
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Hitler was a megalomaniac, too.
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"This, despite the fact that Hitler had plainly explained in "Mein Kampf" and countless speeches before 1933 what he wanted to do once in power: to abolish the democratic system of Weimar Germany...and to "remove" the Jews from Germany."
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I mean at the personal psychological level. Hitler was an architect-manque who was obsessed with building monuments, had no friends & no sense of humor...
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm reading Inside the Third Reich and the similarities between Trump & Hitler are uncanny.
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Peter the Saint @railrider-56.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
It's really good! This CA girl is rooting for you 💙🌊🌊🌊
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 22/08/2026
The fact is that Trump added more debt than Biden, and Republican presidents have added more debt than Democrats. By lots.
huffpost.com
JD Vance Says $40 Trillion U.S. 'Debt Bomb' Is Biden’s Fault, And Critics Are Tired Of The Blame Game
“Blaming Biden for everything that Trump does is getting really tired,” one X user wrote.
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Sparky @jesseroth.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
as dictated to Natalie Harp, apparently
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