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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026

Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that."

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/09/2026

Nonprofit groups in Nepal that were funded by USAID said they have had to shut down some of their programs since the Trump administration gutted it early last year, making it harder for them to support relief and rescue efforts after the deadly floods in late August.

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Nepal’s Flood Relief Workers Feel the Pain of Trump’s Cuts to U.S.A.I.D.

The agency played an important role in responding to earlier disasters like the 2015 earthquake. But the U.S. and other countries have pulled back, Nepali officials and humanitarian groups say.

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

British editorial cartoonist David Parkins illustrates the bottom line.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I’m pretty sure the point is to disrupt the election and cause chaos so they can cling to power.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

What exactly is going on in that picture?

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I live in remorseful, but I’m not sure they are.

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Democrats @democrats.org · 04/08/2026

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee just voted to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination as Attorney General. Todd Blanche led the Trump administration’s Epstein files cover-up. Instead of holding him accountable, they’re giving him a promotion. Shame on them.

A graphic with text that reads: "Todd Blanche led the Epstein files cover-up. These Republicans just voted to promote him." Below are the names, photos, and states of Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee who voted to advance Blanche's nomination: Chuck Grassley, John Cornyn, Mike Lee, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Thom Tillis, John Kennedy, Marsha Blackburn, Eric Schmitt, Katie Britt, Ashley Moody, and Darline Graham.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Indiana is about to get more stupid.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Or he hopes to stand in front of a cheering crowd and spew lies. One or the other. But who knows ? Seems impossible to predict.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Wow. For the federal government to tell you that you aren’t following rules? You’ve got to be pretty bad.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I bet he thinks the accords have to do with Lincoln.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Thousands of Americans eat salad?

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Our federal government is working so well!!

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 12/07/2026

Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, Atul Gawande says. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...

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The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.

Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.

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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

A new OMB rule would allow the executive branch to cut scientific research funds on behalf of corporate interests and against marginalized people. Please submit public comments before the deadline on Monday July 13. This link gives excellent instructions: www.faseb.org/science-poli...

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Defend Research

We advance health and well-being by promoting research and education in biological and biomedical sciences through collaborative advocacy and service to our societies and their members.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

All his stupid policies should be flouted.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

All the idiots that everyone else dislikes are the ones who love Hegseth.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Exactly. If Fox has British announcers then I will watch but otherwise it’s brutal.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

After all the drama it’s just going to be Yankees vs Dodgers again.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

5 July 1910 | Czech Jewish woman, Stela Ehrlichová, was born. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 January 1943 with her daughter Aviva. They did not survive.

Vintage black and white photograph of two individuals wearing Star of David badges, seated closely together

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/07/2026

Yosemite is even more crowded than usual this year after the Trump administration eliminated a summer reservation system at popular parks. Employees of Yosemite say that the hordes of visitors are demoralizing staff and damaging the park. nyti.ms/4v9VhgD

A crowd of people are crossing a wooden bridge and walking on a pathway winding through a forest with large boulders. A headline reads: "Yosemite Offers Many Wonders. Crushing Crowds Are Now One of Them." Photo by Mike Kai Chen for The New York Times.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Let me interrupt you and tell you that the Cubs will not continue to roll tonight.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Plus the entire thing is tainted by the incompetence, corruption, and meanness of our government.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/07/2026

“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.” (Published Dec. 2025)

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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death

“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2026

Folarin Balogun, who is a US citizen because he was born here, scores a go-ahead goal for the US team in a knockout game. Score one for birthright citizenship.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Birthright citizenship just gave the US a goal. Hooray for the Constitution! #fifa #worldcup

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Good. I was hoping everything could still get stupider.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I love its powdered wig. Very colonial.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Or raise his hands above his head

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/06/2026

“It was the most harebrained operation I’d seen in my 38 years with the U.S. government,” one career diplomat said about the second Trump administration's wholesale slashing of foreign aid. “Who knows how much damage was done.” (Published Dec. 2025)

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Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.

Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 25/06/2026

You know who else has never assimilated? Everyone who keeps flying that fucking Confederate flag.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Every child born in the US should be given a handgun.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

He’s such a 💩 because he knows none of this is true.

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

For the first time in 30 years, child deaths are now rising, in large part due to USAID cuts Lancet modelling shows USAID cuts will cause 14 million deaths including 4.5m children, by 2030. Independent CGDev research backs this up

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I think being factually correct is important.

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jotro72.bsky.social @jotro72.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Because the pitching staff is going to give up at least that many?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026

Mamdani's speech at the Knicks parade was easily the best I've ever heard at an event of that sort. I posted the whole thing on YouTube for your viewing pleasure. Highly recommended.

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Mamdani Remembers Some Knicks Guys during phenomenal parade speech

YouTube video by Aaron Rupar

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The utter failure of this war - and the surrender document Trump just signed - was completely predictable. This war was unwinnable and that's why so many of us opposed it from the start.

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