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Kansas has 4 former, living GOP governors. Two have now endorsed Adam Hamilton, the Dem, for Senate. Mike Hayden just penned this oped in the Kansas City Star this morning; Adam Graves had done the same last month.

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Joan Walsh @joanwalsh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm so sick of this hand-wringing.

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Joan Walsh @joanwalsh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ooooh, very nice picture of AOC with Chuck Schumer. We'll see...

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/10/2026

New York's economy grew by 4% in Q2 — more than any other state. Want to get your business off the ground? Hire only the best? There's one place to do it: New York. www.newsweek.com/new-york-lea...

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Map shows which state economies are growing and shrinking ahead of midterms

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Dirtbag Left Milk Hotel @stambrah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

POTUS: Donnie new ballroom. Practical Donnie entertainment room TIME: I'd like to talk about the rampant corruption and criminality. POTUS: Good ballroom good Donnie give beautiful Donnie deserve pedophile TIME: We have a limited amount of time. POTUS: jealousy interviewer

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026

Hegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors."

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Joan Walsh @joanwalsh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hello, I've been out all morning. Please tell me no one but Trump and his minions are calling the scourge of AI "superintelligence." That's worse than Lake America in my opinion.

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Elizabeth @underthesea62.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

SI- Selective Intelligence In other words it tells you what we want it to tell you

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 30/09/2026

"They're pulled from their homes," literally the first sentence www.liberalcurrents.com/mass-deporta...

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Mass Deportation: If You Do It

What you'll do.

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Wonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New Stupidest Republican Senator Just Dropped, Y’all. Meet Eric Schmitt. by @evanhurst.substack.com follow him plz! www.wonkette.com/p/new-stupid...

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New Stupidest Republican Senator Just Dropped, Y’all. Meet Eric Schmitt.

Tommy Tuberville, relinquish your crown!

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

These ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I've obtained new data showing that in 3 House districts in South Texas, big majorities of Latinos are swinging hard against Trump on immigration. This is where the "multiracial working-class realignment" behind Trump restrictionism was said to be happening. 3/ newrepublic.com/article/2160...

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Joan Walsh @joanwalsh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I want to believe Talarico is right about this. In addition to the moral arguments, our economy is going to suck in whole new ways if this cruelty continues.

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One of the biggest AI companies is paying to "present" Politico's flagship newsletter as it touts "AI's big day in Washington." Good stuff.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Could be 60. Trump wants "data to rein" because that means the oligarch Nerd Reich side rule. Democrats could get right on this; they know they'll have to, just for the environment, but they're either afraid of the tech fascist donors. Or are deluded enough to think the PayPal Mafia is persuadable.

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Data Centers Isuse Hurts Trump—If Democrats Pounce

AI. Crypto. Trump. All three are the same con with different wigs.

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Blue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What a great phrase: "While fear may be contagious, courage is as well." So perfect for a man like Mr. Smith dealing with the duplicitous Trump. Also a role model for organizations in Law Firms and universities. Quite a hero for us.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 29/09/2026

In my weekly newsletter, I recreated that terrific testosterone chart from @goodauth.bsky.social and tested some other possible correlates to Trump support. link.ctinsider.com/view/6650ab5...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: Donald Trump preyed on party loyalty and fear. One of the reasons he [failed] is bc Republicans stood up. I personally find it hard to understand how our investigation could be viewed as partisan when our strongest witnesses were Republicans. [Names Rusty Bowers and Mike Pence.]

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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The corruption coming out of the White House is bananas. It's time we ban members of Congress and the president from trading stocks.

A CNBC headline reads, "Trump discloses more than 1,100 July trades, including up to $25 million each in sales of Microsoft, Amazon"

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Joan Walsh @joanwalsh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I love AOC but she should know this. At 18, I didn’t give myself $350 a semester tuition at UW Madison. And we also weren’t old enough to vote for Prop 13 in CA etc. Should Boomers have fought harder to get back what the Greediest Generation took from kids? Absolutely.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Conor claims the problem is that he didn't know about this particular case in which Rufo was a racist liar, but the issue is in fact that Rufo has shown over and over that he is a racist liar, and has even said explicitly that he is a racist liar.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 28/09/2026

Hold your tongues, folks, don't laugh: ranchers only do this when they're in extreme distress. Or extremely livid (laudatory). At Republicans.

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 28/09/2026

@susanrinkunas.com and I have been working on this story for months. It was supposed to publish later this week, but that's news! Despite Bailey's resignation, it's still very relevant. Read to learn about how the Trump admin could use criminal investigations to attack abortion access:

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Moraa Unredacted @omoraa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Don’t make legends out of them by calling them the Cornell 7. Call them what they are: the Cornell rapists.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.

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Joan Walsh @joanwalsh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yes you voted for diarrhea, you cruel dipshit!

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Joan Walsh @joanwalsh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So f’ing sick. To do this, you would have to know enough about the foster care system to understand the concept of “aging out,“ yet still think these kids were some kind of fraudsters.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There maybe Are enough criminals here if you count people here legally, but the trump administration is not sending itself to CECOT

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If the AI bubble starts deflating, we need to let the market work its magic, not bail out the billionaires and trillionaires deanbaker22.substack.com/p/if-ai-is-c...

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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Critical reporting by @theguardian.com: The SS goes stealth. Their quiet crimes are all around us. Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever

After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So many rape cultures.... Here's another!

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Pope reminds me of a version of Catholicism I knew growing up as a young man attending anti-war and anti-death penalty protests, where I met elderly Catholics who shared their version of faith with me. I learned that Catholicism was about love and mercy for the weak, the condemned, and the poor.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

FWIW, @delauro.house.gov and @hoyer.house.gov did send a letter to Susie Wiles. I'd prefer if they send a criminal referral to the Fraud Task Force. www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

We write to demand that you immediately take this ad off the air and appropriately
reprimand and discipline the Federal employees who knowingly violated Federal law in working
on and paying for this advertisement. In addition, we demand a full account and breakdown of all
Federal funds used to create and air this ad.
As you are aware, this is not the first time this administration has violated antipropaganda law2
. It is unconscionable that repeated violations of appropriations law continue to
occur during this Administration, and those violations underscore the failure of the Office of
Management and Budget to safeguard taxpayer funding and to consistently and faithfully ensure
compliance with the law. No taxpayer funding should be used to air this outrageous propaganda.

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Faith M. Jackson @kissedbythesun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

White tRump Supporter Farmers your prayers have been answered! Lex Libertas & the New York Young Republican Club planted 300 white dead Afrikaner farmer crosses on the lawn in DC over the weekend. Forget about your subsidies, your grants, your bankruptcies,etc, this is more important, right?

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“we are witnessing a rare, very possibly once-in-a-lifetime political liar” Credit to Daniel Dale for this deep dive into Trump’s lies, the topics he lies about most; why MAGA loves the lies & the impact of the press failure to consistently fact check Trump. www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...

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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics

Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor.

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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The pro voter ID ad that just ran during the SF Giants game was financed by Nicole Shanahan, who had an affair with Elon Musk while she was married to Google founder Sergey Brin. She was then RFK Jr.’s VP running mate during his presidential campaign. I hate everything BTW.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026

Q: Did you discuss the war with Iran with President Xi? TRUMP: We did. I think we're gonna do great. (China has reportedly helped Iran kill US troops)

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My dad was a small-town doctor who made late-night house calls on most nights I can remember growing up—and to my personal knowledge forgave (or delayed) payments from people who were on hard times. This story makes me want to move to Kansas and spend next 5+ weeks canvassing.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

SCOTUS sucks, yes it must be expanded and reformed, and also, to quote @tressiemcphd.bsky.social, PANIC is a PSYOP.

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dwight @dwightmunroe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@joanwalsh.bsky.social in The Nation: "Is it too soon to say farewell to Speaker Mike Johnson? [If the Democrats win the House]…there might even be debate over whether he gets the title of GOP minority leader.” Goodbye, Little Mikey. We hardly knew ye. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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A Premature Farewell to the Ignominious Speaker Mike Johnson

If Democrats win the House in the midterms, as expected, Mike Johnson won’t hold the gavel in any meaningful way again.

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Cranky McBoomer @3chordziggy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

You think they'll actually be in session at all? Maybe he just cancels the whole thing until January, shuts down the gov't, etc., to create the biggest mess he can for Ds to clean up.

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