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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 23h
VICTORY: a unanimous 11th Circuit just REFUSED to stay sanctions on Trump & Co. over his $1.8B slush fund He sued his own govt & his own DOJ agreed to the payout. The court wasn't buying it! @democracydefendersaction.org & partners are proud to rep the 35 frm fed judges who blew the whistle 👇 -TN
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is an incredibly important point. Every time I've warned of fascism or dictatorship, people have laughed and said that full-blown dictatorship has obviously not arrived. But that's often not how it arrives, fully garbed. It arrives thru steady erosion of norms that you barely notice are gone.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar: “For a US senator to have false information and imply, based on a confusion about the name of a team … and imply that you were in another city, that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia, and then call you a dirtbag, is something that deserves an apology.”
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Political Cartoonists are the best. deAdder rocks it every time he sits down and draws his next masterpiece.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26/09/2026
When I came into office, there had been 24 credit downgrades and 20 years of unbalanced budgets. I’m proud to say that under my administration, we’ve achieved eight consecutive balanced budgets and 12 consecutive credit rating upgrades.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Media ban, flying furries: GOP's midterm messaging is a mess. And I absolutely love it: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
usatoday.com
Media ban, flying furries: GOP's midterm messaging is a mess | Opinion
The Republican Party's midterm messaging is a mess, as candidates focus on everything except what voters care about – and they're taking notice.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/09/2026
"Some day people will look at online gambling the way we look at Big Tobacco today: an industry that dishonestly profiteered on addiction and human misery."
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Our Politicians Suck. But Our Voters Do, Too.
And the political system we’ve built brings out the worst in both.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Eight--EIGHT--sailors on the USS Lincoln tried to commit suicide by jumping overboard among other methods: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
nytimes.com
8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy Says
The aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea.
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Mark Tolman (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 🖖 @mtolman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is true, that's what makes it both funny and sad.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
50 percent tariffs for our beloved neighbor and historic ally, Canada. A red carpet and a military flyover for Communist China’s leader. Donald Trump is a sick man and a danger to America.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING Federal Judge Timothy Kelly — a Trump appointee — has ordered the Trump administration to immediately restore CNN, MS NOW, and Politico’s access to the White House.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/09/2026
Yeah, what psychopath would want his name on a building associated with an assassinated President
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jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This enrages me. The utter contempt for American taxpayers is on full display here. We pay taxes to provide essential services, protect national security and help our fellow Americans when they are in need. We do NOT want to use part of our paychecks to build Trump's vanity projects.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As we suspected:
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jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hunter is on to something here. Let's make this a bipartisan event.
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jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Flagrant criminality. I'm horrified by this and pray my fellow Americans are as well and will speak loudly and vote against this.
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Paxton took donations from Chinese investors who help facilitate the buying up of Texas land, the very thing he has accused Talarico of doing www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
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Exclusive: Ken Paxton donations tied to Chinese real estate investment firm
Paxton's campaign has taken in $40,000 from donors who work for companies that facilitate the foreign investments in Texas real estate, according to records.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Navatek’s CEO, Martin Kao, sent an initial $150,000 to the Collins super PAC using the shell company. Two months later, he told Navatek executives that Collins committed to getting the company $32 million in naval contracts, according to an internal company email reviewed by ProPublica."
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026
The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
Jailors were forbidden to move prisoners from one prison to another or out of the country to evade the writ. In case of disobedience jailers would be punished with severe fines which had to be paid to the prisoner.[5][6]
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22/09/2026
If we can help people before they become ill, that's better for hospital systems, public health, budgets, and, most importantly, living a healthier life. If you’ve struggled with type 2 diabetes or being overweight, I hope this can be the push you need to talk to your doctor.
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jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wow! Is there a herd of pigs flying in from the east? I'd have said that was just as likely.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump's panicking about the widespread revulsion against his Arch, and is trying to cloak it in national security to jam it through or go around the normal approval process. It's even more important to stop it now, as a test case of not letting him use "national security" to justify illegal acts.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/09/2026
One year after Operation Midway Blitz, I feel pride and gratitude for how Chicagoans and Illinoisans pushed back. For how we spoke up when it was easier to be quiet, opened doors, blew whistles, took videos, and showed up for one another. Thank you to all for your heroism.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ossoff: Did you see this business about Don Jr.‘s wedding in the Bahamas? Where he received, apparently, a cash gift from a Russian oligarch connected to the Kremlin? This man, Kremlev, was apparently in China with Putin two days before he flew to the Bahamas for Don Jr.’s wedding…
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2026
It’s time to rein in the AI industry before it’s too late.
politico.com
Pritzker presses Congress on AI
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 18/09/2026
AI is moving faster than anyone can understand or control. We must act now.
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jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is insanity.
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Senator John Hickenlooper @hickenlooper.senate.gov · 18/09/2026
At a time when Trump’s economy is already unaffordable, the dream of home ownership is only getting further out of reach. We have to end the administration’s harmful tariffs and unwanted war with Iran and start bringing down costs for working families. www.wsj.com/economy/hous...
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The Stagnant Housing Market Is About to Face a 7% Mortgage
The housing market is approaching the highest mortgage rate since January 2025, likely spooking home buyers and home builders even more.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ron White: Eight of Ken Paxton’s assistants turned him into the FBI for fraud... They sued and won $6 million. Guess who paid that $6 million? You and me paid the $6 million for his bribery. His own party impeached him. He’s a criminal.
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jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is a beautiful but heartbreaking video. This is what it looks like for us to hold our fellow Americans in our hearts and stand with them through hardship.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17/09/2026
There’s a lot going on right now, and Susan Collins is hoping voters won’t notice that she was the deciding vote in confirming another anti-abortion Trump judge to a lifetime appointment.
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Susan Collins Casts Major Anti-Abortion Vote 6 Weeks Out From Election
The Maine senator voted in favor of a Donald Trump judicial nominee who served on the board of an anti-abortion pregnancy center.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I actually feel like the world would be a way better place if everyone with Pope levels of power had at least one person in their life who was totally unimpressed by it. imagine if Elon Musk had a brother who made him come over and fix the printer. imagine if the royals had even one normie friend
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/09/2026
"'I mean, some of these CEOs are bankrolling efforts to try to stop states from regulating them,' Sen. Chris Murphy told me. 'So it would be naïve not to doubt their sincerity.'"
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AI CEOs Would Very Much Like Congress to Save the World
Guardrails might save humanity. They could also entrench the companies already on top.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/09/2026
Rep. Himes: “Can you think of any other administration since FDR that has taken equity stakes, government ownership in 39 companies?” Bessent: “Since FDR, we are in the fight of our life…” Rep. Himes: “I’m a free market guy…I can think of no administration...quite as communist as the Trump admin.”
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
House Democratic leadership has a press conference scheduled later today. A suggestion: Cancel it. The Democrats are doing well. Their candidates are running good campaigns. Let them have the spotlight. We don't need a leadership press conference. Don't be a distraction. Silence can be golden.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 15/09/2026
This would end careers BT.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today would’ve been my father’s 95th birthday. In search of a better life, he came to America with only $2.43 and a Korean-English dictionary. He had no friends or family here. Like many immigrants, he dreamt of the promise of what this country could offer. Each day I work to honor his memory.
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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It’s weird Trump didn’t attend his son’s Big Russian wedding. It’s weird his son didn’t have his wedding at one of the many wedding venues (golf clubs) his dad owns. It’s weird all his son’s most intimate, generous friends happen to be crooked oligarchs! It’s all so hard to put together!
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jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We should be calling out the CEOs by name for this. They are putting their own employees at risk and essentially forcing taxpayers to subsidize their businesses. It's shameful....especially when the company founder is buying multimillion-dollar yachts and living large.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 15/09/2026
There’s obviously a lot going on right now, but a Russian oligarch bankrolling the wedding of the president’s son is the kind of story that should dominate headlines in any functioning political culture.
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jwatsonco.bsky.social @jwatsonco.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is one of the best comedy scenes ever.
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
When my son was 5 he had a sartorial flair To go to arts delicatessen he wore a midnight blue cape, top hat &monocle As we were leaving an older gent stopped him saying “young man, i like your style” Meant the world to our son that man was Bob Mackie RIP
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Truly disgusting.
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Senator John Hickenlooper @hickenlooper.senate.gov · 14/09/2026
THE BIPARTISAN SENATE SCIENCE AND INNOVATION CAUCUS.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The problem is that Kushner isn’t an elected or properly appointed official “on the other side of the aisle”. He is a private businessman conducting private diplomacy on behalf of the President and his family, with corrupt conflicts of interest guiding his every action.
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A capable president would move swiftly to secure and reassure the American people, rush inspectors into frontier labs, fortify the nation against bioterrorism, demand legislation from Congress, and lead the world toward an AI treaty. But President Trump is compromised.
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