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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Trump administration broke federal law by withholding more than $78 million Congress had approved for healthcare research, according to a Government Accountability Office report. The watchdog found that HHS violated the Impoundment Control Act by withholding
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So funny. Facts do not matter to these people. They’re just gonna lie their way through it in their alternate universe
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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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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A huge thank you to CNN, MS NOW, Politico, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images, and AFP for standing together in defense of a free press.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 22/09/2026
They kicked people off healthcare to pay for the war. bit.ly/4AjGDr0
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Vance-led task force set to remove 750K ObamaCare enrollees, citing fraud
The Trump administration is removing close to 760,000 people from Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage due to allegedly fraudulent enrollment, Vice President Vance announced Tuesday.  The cancel…
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/09/2026
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "I want the entire Democratic Party to understand that they are competing with the narrative dominance of Donald Trump and the right-wing infotainment media ecosystem…They need to be out there all the time messaging."
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
NOAA just announced that this summer was the hottest on record in the United States.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Ossoff: "The draft-dodging commander in chief builds a monument to himself while plunging us deeper into a war he doesn't know how to end or win"
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Vanity Fair @vanityfair.com · 12/09/2026
The American way of dressing has been trending on European runways, including Celine and Dior. US designers and companies have apparently taken notice—and at New York Fashion Week, they’re taking the prep look back vanityfair.visitlink.me/8qaJMd
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Finding the New American Look at New York Fashion Week
At New York Fashion Week, Ralph Lauren, Tory Burch, Calvin Klein Collection, and more try to mediate between American tradition and the new look of its youth.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Inflation eating up worker pay. Household debt and student loan defaults at a record high. 8 million people have lost healthcare the past year. Thousands have been sickened by disease outbreaks and contaminated food. Trump says, "Pretend I'm on the ballot" ahead of the midterms. Please do.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The truth finally comes out. The contractor behind the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation says the peeling and blistering of the pool’s new blue liner was caused by mistakes made during the repair itself.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge concludes that DHS leaders arbitrarily decided to cut FEMA staff by 50% even though it damaged the agency's ability to fulfill its mission — and leaders hid their comms about it on auto-delete Signal chains. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/09/2026
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "Neutrality always faults to the benefit of the authoritarian. This is why the mainstream media inadvertently ends up in a trap of normalizing what's happening. We need independent media that doesn't feel bound by those things and can just tell the truth."
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Our tax dollars are funding efforts to defy a court order and prevent voters from casting ballots in the November election. 
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 05/08/2026
It’s been 166 days since SCOTUS struck down Trump’s illegal tariff taxes & big corporations are getting their refunds. $2.2 BILLION for Apple, $600 MILLION for Amazon, $300 million for Nike.   When are American families going to see the $1,700 they're owed? Return the money, NOW.
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Corporate America got billions of dollars in tariff refunds. Where’s your cut? | CNN Business
Apple got an estimated $2.2 billion tariff refund last quarter. Amazon got $600 million. Nike got $300 million. But American consumers who paid higher prices as President Donald Trump’s tariffs filter...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 03/08/2026
To be clear: Senate Republicans are caving on a deal that gives Donald Trump and his family immunity from tax audits potentially worth $100 million.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
President Trump used a primetime address to make false claims, threaten news outlets, and release documents that misleadingly suggest Colorado's public voter rolls were "compromised" by China.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The documents Trump cited don't even make his case - and actually refute much of it. But that didn'tg matter. No foreign regime, no spies, no saboteurs have yet matched the damage that America’s own president just did tonight to faith in U.S. elections. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump Just Did More Damage to Elections Than China
His speech was a mashup of charges that aren’t supported by the documents he released.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Elon Musk spent $290M to elect Trump in 2024 — and has spent $85M+ so far this cycle to keep Republicans in power. Now, Trump's DOT is gutting safety rules to clear the way for Musk's driverless Tesla Cybercab. We must get Big Money out of politics.
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Trump quietly clears the road for Musk’s Cybercab
“It’d be wonderful for the United States to have a national set of rules for autonomous driving”
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Among the documents released by the White House tonight is this claim that Colorado's voter registration rolls were "compromised" by China. Colorado's voter registration rolls are public records. You can order a copy here: www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/electio...
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Morgan @larubia22.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
28 years of cyclosporiasis testing Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. All are back because of this science denying administration.
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Speaker Johnson frames reconciliation as debt reduction. It cuts taxes for the wealthy and slashes healthcare for everyone else. That's not debt reduction. That's redistribution. #FundHealthcareNotWars
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Good News!!! Elon Musk could face criminal charges in Wisconsin after a bipartisan elections panel determined that he likely violated state law by handing out $1 million checks to voters during the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/07/2026
If the head of US intelligence isn't able to say who won the election in 2020, then maybe he shouldn't be head of US intelligence.
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 15/07/2026
The DC Reflecting Pool is sitting empty after it was drained a second time for repairs.
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Trump gives an update on Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
The DC Reflecting Pool is sitting empty after it was drained a second time for repairs.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Embarrassing. Embarrassing for him. Embarrassing for the legal profession. Embarrassing for the Justice Department. Embarrassing for his former law partners (who have been embarrassed more than they deserve lately). Embarrassing for his family. And embarrassing for the country.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/07/2026
Yingst: "Do you anticipate that the strikes we've seen this week against Iran will expand?" Trump: "I'll save the energy targets for last, but ultimately we'll hit energy targets…Next week comes the power plants. Next week comes the bridges."
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 09/07/2026
Democrats cannot let people forget that it was the Republicans who cut their healthcare. Millions are struggling or without insurance, and as Rick says on MSNOW, the GOP is to blame.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Microsoft: $101 BILLION in profits. $12.5 BILLION in tax breaks. $176 BILLION in stock buybacks. 4,800 workers fired this week. 9,000 workers fired last year. Please don't tell me trickle-down economics works. It never did. Nothing trickles down.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I don't know, man, I think if Joe Biden had kept confusing Zelenskyy with Putin and Iran with Japan, the media might have made a pretty big deal about it?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”
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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The same Republicans who were hysterical when asked to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID19 have no problem wearing masks to spread their White Nationalist Christian hatred.
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Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The last paragraph of @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu piece on what patriotism means ahead of our 250th Independence Day. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Trump's reversals on Iran are so extreme, the outcomes so ludicrous, that if it were a TV show, no sensible screenwriter would attempt to sell any of this as a coherent story. But it's a lot more dangerous than fiction. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Trump’s Shameless Iran Reversals
America’s foreign policy is about one man and little else.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
TRUMP IN MARCH: "We're now totally independent of the Middle East. We don't need their oil." TRUMP IN JUNE: "We would run out of reserves in about 4 weeks... there'll be a time when you wouldn't be able to get it." (From @meidastouch.com )
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 17/06/2026
Back in February, I asked a Trump nominee about this EXACT possibility & he dodged my questions. Just as I said back then, this whole process is corrupt to its core. Trump's admin is effectively trying to boost his own family's tainted crypto company. Unprecedented corruption.
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Trump’s Family Crypto Firm Is Expected to Get Federal Banking Privileges
Trump-appointed bank regulators’ crypto-friendly approach is likely to extend to World Liberty Financial, despite ethics concerns.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
There’s something so reassuring about Trump confirming for all the world to see how deeply insecure and pathetic he is that he needed a sheet put up to hide his name being torn off the Kennedy Center, that he illegally installed merely to serve his ego and boost his narcissistic grandiose false self
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
2 LOCAL ENGINEERS refute the D.C. Blox rep’s claims: “Waterless cooling does not mean more environmentally-friendly… they are going to continually burn fossil fuels and pollute our communities… not just the one @nashvillezoo, the one at @fiskuniversity too.”
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 10/06/2026
Makes sense when you realize inflation is a wealth transfer from the poor to the rich.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The U.S. just had its worst year for international tourism since the pandemic and it wasn’t even close. While the rest of the world broke records in 2025, America was the only country out of 184 to see a drop in foreign visitor spending.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The Trump administration has taken over full control of what appears on National Park Service websites. For decades, park staff managed their own sites, working closely with local communities and tribal nations to tell the stories of the places they know best. That’s over now.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Shoebills are unfortunately not doing too well in the wild. It has been estimated that there are only between 3,300 - 5,300 adult shoebills left in the world according to IUCN. This is due to wars, habitat loss, poaching and capture for the illegal pet trade. TT: birdkeeperkirsty_
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Apple is closing its first unionized store in the country. Reminder that Apple spent $700B+ on stock buybacks over the past decade. CEO Tim Cook raked in over $74M in compensation in 2025 — 650 times the median Apple employee's pay. The greed of union-busters knows no end.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
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