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J.D. Vance made a fool of himself trying to define socialism. Luckily, a growing majority of Americans aren't falling for his pathetic red-baiting scare tactics.

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Cait Conley @caitfornewyork.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Mike Lawler opposes a data center moratorium, has voted for $80 billion in tax breaks for data centers AND voted to make it easier to build them, and has allowed five data centers to open in Rockland County on his watch (with three more on the way).

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

CNN is granted access inside an immigration court hearing where dozens of children facing deportation, some as young as three years old, appealed to stay in the United States. Many of them facing the judge without an attorney representing them.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

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John H Richardson @jhr54.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hey Gary - by interesting farm, you mean "The Farm?" Your dad in the Agency?

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Cait Conley @caitfornewyork.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

BREAKING NEWS: Mike Lawler upholds his 100% voting record with Donald Trump! Last night, Mike Lawler rubberstamped Donald Trump’s reckless war with Iran for a sixth time. He cast his vote in the wake of 18 American service member deaths, and as costs soar at home

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Samuel Alito flew flags used by insurrectionists. Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the Jan 6 plot. Both ruled in favor of Trump's mail-in ballot sabotage. I don't think I'll ever get over this.

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Holly 🇺🇸🦅 @msdesignerlady.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's been reported the U.S. is paying other governments to accept immigrants, it can't "legally" deport. The U.S. detention centers are privatized for profit business. ICE is a deportation trade for human trafficking and no-one is talking about this. Vote accordingly. #AbolishICE #SheShed

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Walmart is making headlines for receiving a $2.9 billion tariff refund. But there aren’t any headlines about Walmart’s biggest secret…

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21/08/2026

BIg Beautiful Bill

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John H Richardson @jhr54.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Absolutely right on every point! Thank you Bernie!

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

North Korea is, in short, arguably the worst regime on the planet. South Korea is, by contrast, one of the happiest stories in history. Obviously it’s not utopia, because no nation is. But it is a functioning democracy, which beat back a former

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John H Richardson @jhr54.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Good recent book on this topic:

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John H Richardson @jhr54.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Love Joseph Roth. “What I Saw” is one of my favorite books of journalism, up there with “Down and Out In Paris and London” and “The Executioner’s Song.”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Corporate owners of ICE detention centers report another revenue surge: CoreCivic and GEO Group "The growth in these companies’ bottom lines is happening as deaths of detainees reach record levels and amid persistent reports of inadequate medical care." www.scrippsnews.com/investigatio...

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Corporate owners of ICE detention centers report another revenue surge

The two main companies with government contracts to operate ICE detention centers are seeing significant revenue growth they expect will last all year.

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John H Richardson @jhr54.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Finally, a rational explanation for Trump's tariff's - bribery! "The tariffs ... strengthened the administration politically by allowing it to grant special favors to donors and close allies."

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Opinion | Trump Is Trapped in a Maelstrom of His Own Making (Gift Article)

The president’s zero-sum mind-set is turning us all into losers.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10/08/2026

If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

America has experienced oligarchy thrice in its brief history. The first was under the slaveholding founders The second, the robber barons, a century later. A third American oligarchy emerged around 1980 — and has only gotten more powerful.

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The Enshittification of Everything (Part 2)

And how to disempower the oligarchy

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Tariff Transfer Scam Walmart, the company that pays its workers so poorly that many rely on federal welfare programs, just received a $10.2 billion tariff refund cheque for Pedolf's illegal tariffs, which YOU the American consumer paid & which pushed up inflation

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

In a country with a president who is such a destructive sore loser, politicians who are both helpful and gracious in defeat is a greatly appreciated novelty.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Bernie's Correct, We Need Some Form Of Universal Healthcare, Free, Like Every Other, High Income,Wealthy Nation.......

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John H Richardson @jhr54.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Josh Marshall's idea that lots of what Trump does is "self-soothing" is so right. In this case, "Canada is becoming the abused wife that Trump is lashing out at because things are going so badly at work." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...

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Trump Is an Angry, Violent Man … And Canada Is His Battered Wife

Donald Trump has announced that he will impose in 30 days a...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. Thanks. demdock.com/4w6emld

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John H Richardson @jhr54.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Hell of a decision from the Hawaii Supreme Court: "The Roberts Court sees only white ... The Court calls the Constitution colorblind while engineering the dilution of Black votes, the unraveling of hard-fought civil rights remedies, and the erasure of Black history ..."

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I visited the small town of Marfa, TX. A local mariachi band greeted us with a song they wrote for our campaign! Our Frontera Tour has been full of special moments — but this was a highlight. 🎶

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I have a piece in the NYT today arguing that the law should permit victims of ICE abuse to sue not just individual officers, but supervisors and policymakers like Stephen Miller and Gregory Bovino. A Democratic president and Congress could do this in 2029. And they could make it retroactive.

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Opinion | ICE Is Out of Control. Here’s What to Do About It.

Congress must push back against our inhumane immigration tactics.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/07/2026

OSSOFF: Are you aware that Gabbard was present at the Fulton County raid? CLAYTON: ... O: What is going on here? C: ... ... O: Are you aware that members of this committee are probing Gabbard's potential misconduct? CLAYTON: .... Uh uh .... COTTON: Senator Ossoff your time is expired!

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John H Richardson @jhr54.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This is what you say to your kid when they get a C on a test, not to masked thugs who murdered a man in front of his three-year old.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Scarborough to Spineless Speaker Johnson: “I’m not gonna mock you, Mike, I’m just gonna call you a liar. Because that’s what you are. You know EXACTLY what happened in Maine.” #AbolishICE

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Joan Sebastian Guerrero Ruben Ray Martinez Alex Pretti Renee Good Dozens of other innocent lives. These deaths aren’t mistakes. They’re the result of choices. Policy choices. Funding choices. Choices to not hold this Administration accountable. It’s time to SHUT. IT. DOWN!

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

@ejeancarroll.bsky.social: "I don't understand how people can be afraid of a fat elderly man who wears apricot makeup, his hair done up like Tippi Hedren in The Birds and sits in a court room and moans and groans and complains”

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John H Richardson @jhr54.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I wrote at least five long climate pieces for Esquire (including one on Hansen) and a recent book - Luigi: The Making and the Meaning - that centers on climate. Check it out. Wish they had more impact.

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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Fossil fuel giants knew the catastrophic reality of climate change since the 70s, but chose to fund massive denial campaigns instead. They must be held financially accountable. They need to be charged for retrofitting our infrastructure to survive the crisis they actively created. @lbc.co.uk #LBC

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BBC Two - Big Oil v the World

2022 is set to be a year of unprecedented climate chaos - but how did we get here?

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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Scientists who worked for the biggest oil company in the world, Exxon, reveal the warnings they sounded in the 1970s and early 1980s about how fossil fuels would cause climate change – with potentially catastrophic effects. #LBC

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Big Oil v the World episode 1

Dailymotion video by 8huy8

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John H Richardson @jhr54.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

@monicapotts.bsky.social Loved your piece on AIs stealing your work. They stole mine too. Weird how AI theft doesn't seem to matter. If someone broke into my house and stole my hardcover books and laptop, how would that be different?

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE. His three sons called him “El mundo entero” — the whole world. They watched as their whole world died in a video posted on Facebook. Lorenzo was our neighbor and fellow Texan. He deserves justice.

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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

“There’s a petulance, a vindictiveness that is endemic in DHS people, reminiscent of the anti-communist paranoia of the McCarthy era. It’s no different,” said Rosenberg, former senior executive service leader USCIS who spent more than 26 years in federal service www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Six-hour polygraphs, forced reassignments: inside homeland security’s campaign of fear

The ruthless gutting and reforming of the Department of Homeland Security has traumatized both workers and the most vulnerable immigrants

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John H Richardson @jhr54.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Interesting that you choose to attack the messenger. Whose side are you really on?

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