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jrowe101.bsky.social @jrowe101.bsky.social · 6h

ELECTRIC!!!!!! Es bueno! Es bueno! Es bueno!!!

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Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“.. Democratic Midterm Sweep Odds vs. U.S. Diesel Prices” @bloomberg.com

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 08/10/2026

Crooked Susan Collins took thousands of dollars from a medical company before giving them a $4.5 million contract. This is now her 3rd alleged pay-to-play story in the last 2 weeks. bit.ly/47LYauM

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NEW: Collins Took Campaign Cash From Pharma Executive's Family in Potential Straw Donor Scheme - Maine Democratic Party

Zeteo: Collins <3 Contractor Cash

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“.. The role of a president is to protect the country, not to actively threaten it and encourage attacks on American lives,” she said in a social media statement. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/w...

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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026

JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026

"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Trump’s tomato tariffs could be coming for your free chips and salsa. A 17% tariff on Mexican tomatoes has sent tomato prices soaring. Restaurants say the added costs are getting harder to absorb, and some are considering charging for salsa instead of putting it on the table for free.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

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

When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron

Trump speaking at UN — MS NOW chyron reads: Trump touts being a peacemaker while asking if he should annihilate Iran

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 21/09/2026

Not leaving.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We started a trade war with these people because the president, who has some sort of degenerative brain disease with visible bruises on his hand's injection site that the press doesn't talk about, was bored.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Tough chart from Bilello.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New Quinnipiac poll finds Dems +11 on House generic ballot, Trump approval down to 33 percent, at record low on the economy, and down in the 20s on Iran and Canada:

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Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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jrowe101.bsky.social @jrowe101.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Banning Canadian goods, lol. Ya’ll, I think we may have lost the plot.

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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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alex jegtnes @jegtnes.com · 04/09/2026

getting ratioed by chess dot com on the website that you bought for fourty billion dollars and have spent every waking hour since trying to tweak it to make people love you. masterful gambit

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/09/2026

“We could do tremendous good for ourselves by just not trading with countries” — Trump’s bonkers view of trade is that you become wealthy by not engaging in commerce

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/09/2026

Trump says 18 Americans dying fighting Iran is “small potatoes”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Fetterman text to aide: “Why do I have to keep having to meet with [Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia]?” Aide: “Because they are worried about vaccines and Medicaid cuts.” Fetterman: “Well I’m not.” @wsj.com #PAsen www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 04/09/2026

‘This company simply cannot be trusted. Their software is becoming ever more dangerous; their internal security practices leave a lot to be desired; they aren’t being straight with the public; and their proxies are preparing us to swallow the damage...’ garymarcus.substack.com/p/pause-open...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Past 72 hours. 🇺🇸 @cnbc.com @bloomberg.com www.cnbc.com/2026/09/04/w...

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jrowe101.bsky.social @jrowe101.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I love this guy. Absolute gem of a human.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

1. Rick Steves has spent $2 million of his own money to rescue a single-screen theater in Edmonds, WA. This is part of a multi-million-dollar effort he has made to invest in community properties in order to preserve local institutions and keep them serving the communities they were built for.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Navy families evacuated from Bahrain face "uncharted territory" amid bureaucratic confusion: One active-duty Navy spouse said the family fell into a gap in the military’s evacuation policies and has paid nearly $40,000 out of pocket. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...

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Navy families evacuated from Bahrain face ‘uncharted territory’ amid bureaucratic confusion

The evacuation has left families in limbo and forced military officials to improvise solutions for support programs.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

You can’t talk about debt without talking about how we got into a bad predicament, and there’s only one correct answer: tax cuts enacted this century

U.S. debt is on track to reach historic levels
Debt held by the public as a percentage of the gross domestic product, 1792-2055
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Source: Authors' calculations using data from the Congressional Budget Office, the Joint Committee on Taxation, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Federal Reserve, the Yale Budget Lab, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. A full list of sources is available here.
Chart: Center for American Progress

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

“.. It only takes one threat from a storm, and things could get pretty ugly,” Kloza added. “There’s potential for what we would call stupid numbers — five, six and seven dollars a gallon.” @financialtimes.com ⛽️ www.ft.com/content/8a5c...

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Don Nelson died today, and while his life was full of accomplishments (basketball and otherwise), if you go out at 86 with a photo like this in your recent past, you probably did it right

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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Had an incredible interaction with a guy over the weekend who went to see The Odyssey and told me he was pissed that Elliott Page played Achilles, a character Elliott Page did not play that was not in the movie

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

“.. it’s one thing for Trump to have a personal fascination with one of the world’s most expensive metals. It’s another for the president to flaunt it at a time when many Americans are struggling to pay rent ..” @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Uefa says they have reason to believe that Trump, Joshua Kushner and Infantino hatched a corrupt scheme involving the privatization of Fifa, and they are suing for damages and the ouster of Infantino. They have issued an anti-spoliation letter today demanding preservation of documents..

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Tomorrow’s news today: A source tells Axios that talks with Iran are progressing! Friday: in a Fox interview Trump says he will end Iranian civilization Saturday: a source tells Axios talks with Iran are progressing! Sunday: in a Fox interview Trump says he will end Iran civilization Saturday

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The Trump admin is reportedly planning to cut a program that has kept drug prices lower for millions of seniors

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Trump Administration To End Program Keeping Drug Prices Lower For Millions Of Seniors: WSJ

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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We can verify the daily physical status of a specific Seattle raccoon but apparently we're completely unable to determine whether a United States Senator is alive or dead.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph.

A graph showing how the edsel and Cybertruck both performed based on their sales target and actual year one and year two sales. The edsel was expected to sell 200k units in its first year. It sold slightly over 50k, and less than 50k the next year

The Cybertruck had a sales.target of 250k in its first year. They sold around 40k, the next year they sold about half as many.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Reasons for tariffs: 1. Trade deficit 2. Fentanyl 3. Wildfire smoke 4. Bad lettuce

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