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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
In other words, the US doesn't need Russian diesel. Indeed, the US never needed Russian diesel.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The government says it can't afford human needs programs like SNAP or Medicare. But they found $11 MILLION taxpayer dollars for Trump's propaganda TV ads. Your money was wasted on a clear Hatch Act violation - and you’re never getting your money back.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Presidents use blind trusts so nobody has to wonder if the guy setting economic policy is trading on it Trump skipped that part —- Thousands of stock trades, nearly $2B in his pocket later Nothing like it in American history More on @cnn.com 👇 -TN
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 07/10/2026
10/7 Maine Senator Susan Collins touts the removal of road salt from the Canadian tariff list as proof of her influence, leading her opponent Troy Jackson to respond: “You can’t eat road salt” #maine #MEpolitics
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
JD Vance is sizing up a $9 million Virginia estate while preaching to the rest of us that housing is more affordable than ever. No one believes him.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 07/10/2026
Phone Chomsavanh was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and lived in the US for four decades. He'd never been to Laos, but that was the "home" country he thought he'd be deported to when ICE grabbed him at his place in Florida in June 2025. That is not what happened. prospect.org/2026/10/07/t...
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Third-Country National Stuck in Airport for Days After Release From African Prison - The American Prospect
Finally out of the prison Trump expelled him to, Phone Chomsavanh’s fight for freedom hit one more snag.
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jjpgh.bsky.social @jjpgh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Such a helpful explanation of the powers of the president, Congress and the courts and where our power fits in!
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AFT @aft.org · 07/10/2026
Asked if the rising costs hurt their ability to save for retirement, every generation—from baby boomers to Gen Z—says they’re pinching pennies and delaying longer-term savings. Who is looking out for the hard-working people and their hard earned savings? www.newsweek.com/americans-re...
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Americans' retirement plans take a hit as cost of living bites
Just 58 percent of retirement savers said they were on track or ahead of schedule in 2026, down from 68 percent a year earlier.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 06/10/2026
This propaganda should have never been paid for with taxpayer dollars.   Every single dollar stolen must be repaid to the American people. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump reverses course, says he won’t use taxpayer money for campaign-style ads
The president said he would use private funds to pay for ads promoting himself and his policies.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The G7's new 100M barrel release? This is PR , not an energy policy. The real issue is the Strait of Hormuz. youtu.be/Cc21Z2WeWdU
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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
On the other hand, Mike Rogers opposes bans on pesticides, opposes stricter food safety labels, and opposes regulatory oversight of Big Ag and pesticides in general.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Iowa Farmers Union just endorsed Democrats in all five federal races. Then cattlemen in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas said the raids would raise the price of beef. Farm country was not supposed to do that.
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Trump Pardoned Abramoff’s Partner. We Found His Money In Eight Republican Senate Campaigns.
Also: a congressman on his way out files 26 impeachment charges against Trump, a carpenter beats ICE in Manhattan, and farm country picks a side.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One reason the far right authoritarian party is s obsessed with voter fraud is because so many of its elected officials do not legally reside where they say they do
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 18/09/2026
Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act.
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Trump administration allows inadvertent killing of endangered species
Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A top campaign staffer for Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) once used a photo of SS soldiers as his Facebook profile photo and recently added to a public playlist of songs celebrating Rhodesia, a defunct White-minority-ruled nation often venerated by white supremacists … www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 31/08/2026
A fuel supplier says $4M in gas vanished from its reserves, unpaid. Some allegedly ended up at "Freedom Fuel" stations Trump pitched as cheap gas amid his Iran conflict spiking oil prices. Sound familiar? I fought against Trump's lies when he turned them against our democracy. (Link in reply)
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Mike Johnson really has them working hard for you, America.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Vote for Amy Acton. Don’t let billionaires buy your election.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
No one asked for your military occupation.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Blerim Skoro risked his life undercover for U.S. intelligence, infiltrating al-Qaeda-linked networks. ICE arrested him outside a NJ immigration office while he was renewing paperwork. This is Trump’s cruelty machine. Know your rights: PAXIS.app Help keep it free: GoFundMe.com/PAXIS
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/08/2026
Trump humiliates Lindsey Graham even in death: "I got higher votes than him"
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Then its subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, donated $1 m to MAGA Inc., Trump’s allied super PAC, followed by another $413,000 later that month. The timing is hard to ignore. One contract was announced, then came the $1 million donation. A second contract was announced, then came another $413,000.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
GEO Group recently landed two new ICE contracts to house immigrants awaiting deportation, deals the company says could bring in about $165 million a year.
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The Vote Is The Antidote @emilyvote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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The Vote Is The Antidote @emilyvote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If you don't know if you were vaccinated against measles as a child, get the shot now -- and vaccinate your kids! Measles is vastly more contagious than COVID, and more likely to hospitalize you. If someone with measles walked through the room 2 hours before you did, you can catch it.
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1 measles case confirmed at UPMC Children’s Hospital
A person has been diagnosed with measles at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, the hospital system confirmed Thursday. It’s the first confirmed case of the highly contagious disease i...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
They don’t need a vote to gut an agency. They just need nobody watching. Be somebody watching: tinyurl.com/mrx8cvv7
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service
Contact Congress today!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/08/2026
Trump is hiding out at his golf course posting pirate memes while our sailors on the Abraham Lincoln are eating mystery mush and running out of basic supplies. Meanwhile he's telling the Supreme Court his golden ballroom is a shield against Iranian missiles. Full breakdown:
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Saturday Updates: We Will NOT Back Down, Donald!! – 8/15/26
Your Saturday news updates are here
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/08/2026
🚨 FOR THOSE WHO MISSED IT Listen to our exclusive reporting of the dire conditions aboard the USS Lincoln. This is the story the Trump regime does not want people to hear. Make sure to share it. Rotten Meat, No Milk: Soldier’s Family Tells All to Meidas About USS Abraham Lincoln 👇
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Rotten Meat, No Milk: Soldier’s Family Tells All to Meidas About USS Abraham Lincoln (Ft. Aaron Parnas)
Podcast Episode · The MeidasTouch Podcast · August 13 · 22m
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
CHATTANOOGA TFP calls out @MarshaBlackburn for her Epstein cover-up hypocrisy: “In the report, Blackburn is accused of ignoring efforts by Senate Democrats to subpoena banks despite her public calls for transparency in the Epstein case…”
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Senator accuses Blackburn of declining to support subpoenas over Epstein financials | Chattanooga Times Free Press
A new report by Senate Democrats claims that Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., refused to help subpoena financial records related to Jeffrey Epstein.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Oh look— Snopes fact-checked Scott Jennings, confirms he used “heavily edited… missing key context” footage to (defame) Hasan and say he wanted to bring back lynching Black people: www.snopes.com/news/2026/08... Hasan is looking into legal action. (@CNN @abbydphillip continue to have Jennings on)
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Do make sure everyone you know is aware of this.
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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
'I HIT ROCK BOTTOM DAILY': Trump economy & cuts leave some Americans unable to afford toilet paper www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcdK...
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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: With Air Force One switch, Trump fails his self-imposed Hollywood Hero Test youtu.be/uWvuBIXWXNg?...
MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell with white text over his shoulder:

Trump: "I am their banker."
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
An important reminder: In Wisconsin, unlike many states, election officials are barred from starting to process mail before Election Day. Why? The GOP has refused to change the law to allow this, despite election officials long asking. (And then Republicans use that to baselessly suggest fraud.)
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
RBADVISERS: “.. Yet another inflation impulse. The US basically has NO STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE (SPR) anymore.”
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
He handed a president immunity, then never had to answer a single question about it. There's one person who can make him. It's your member of Congress ⬇️ actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Contact Congress today!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026
SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I believe you can see this guy slowly realizing where Schiff was going.
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Hands Off NYC @handsoffnyc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🚨New York City🚨 Join us for a citywide call on August 19th 6-7pm ET where we'll discuss the increase in ICE activity across NYC, threats to the upcoming midterms, other attacks by the Trump regime, and, most importantly, what we can do about fighting back against it all. RSVP at tr.ee/masscall.
MASS CALL
FOR ALL OF NEW YORK CITY

NYC is seeing an increase in ICE across the city. At the same time, threats to the midterm elections are ramping up. In this call, we'll share the game plan to fight back against it all with concrete ways you can get involved to help.

August 19 6 - 7pm

RSVP at tr.ee/masscall (link in bio)
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
According to the state, more than 300,000 Pennsylvanians could lose their coverage because of the changes to Medicaid. www.wesanews.org/health-scien...
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A Penn State rural health expert on the impact of coming Medicaid changes
As states and people who get their health coverage from Medicaid get ready to meet new requirements that take effect Jan. 1, 2027, a Penn State expert on rural health said the new rules will impact he...
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 05/08/2026
@catgyoung.bsky.social #medsky www.ovid.com/jnls/pidj/ab...
One of the largest US studies ever conducted on the MMR vaccine and autism has just been published, analyzing more than 2.5 million children.  Researchers found no association between receiving the first MMR vaccine before age 2 and childhood autism.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 05/08/2026
Let's be clear, Trump is in Las Vegas to champion his billionaire friends he gave the biggest tax break in history to... not the working families who are struggling in the economy have wrecked. The average Nevada family now pays $2,900 more on necessities since Trump took office.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/07/2026
Roughly 25 MILLION Americans have Medicare Part D plans and will learn their 2027 rates this fall. www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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Exclusive | Trump Administration to End Medicare Drug Plan Subsidy
Program that held down premiums won’t be renewed for 2027, resulting in higher costs for some seniors.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/07/2026
🚨 NEWS: The Trump administration plans to END a Medicare subsidy program that has helped keep prescription drug plan premiums down for seniors, according to the Wall Street Journal. The program will expire after 2026, potentially leaving millions of seniors facing HIGHER Part D premiums in 2027. 1/
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