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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h
The wrong outcome in Brazil's presidential election would imperil the Amazon, along with all of Brazil’s biomes, its traditional peoples, and the stability of the global climate.
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Flávio Bolsonaro’s advance in Brazil’s election is grim news for the climate.
Like Donald Trump, he favors maximizing profits for extractive industries, environment be damned.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4h
It isn't crazy to wonder what sort of things the spectacle of a public execution is meant to desensitize us to. In fact, it's necessary to wonder that.
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Hegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff Film
Neo-fascism as spectacles of violence.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 4h
This is a betrayal. "Zelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian diesel. President says deal essential to lower US fuel prices but move set to create fresh crisis with Ukraine and Nato allies" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Zelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian diesel
President says deal essential to lower US fuel prices but move set to create fresh crisis with Ukraine and Nato allies
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 7h
ZELENSKYY: At this very moment, when we are talking about peace, America gives Russia the opportunity to export diesel — that's millions, billions. It all goes toward the war against people, against Ukraine, against all of us.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h
Central casting.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 5h
TECH INFLUENCE WATCH (@molly.wiki) 👀 $526.6 million from tracked cryptocurrency and AI industry companies & individuals 🤨 $352.1 million "on hand"—held by crypto- & AI-focused committees. 🫠PAC spending: $179.8 million spent directly on federal elections this cycle influence.citationneeded.news
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Tech Influence Watch
Tracking cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence industry influence on 2026 elections in the United States.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 4h
"These three figures aren’t additive — they show the same money at three different stages, as it flows from donors to PACs to elections." Worth visiting this website regularly to remember what's really happening here.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
This official Department of Defense account is posting nods to the death cult QAnon
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
These are desperate, desperate moves from a demented old loser who has to resort to begging the remnant of his cult to start a riot so he can create some sham pretext to intimidate voters. Power doesn’t panic. And Trump is in full-on panic.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 9h
Keeping Trump off the air is Fox's in kind donation to Republicans:
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Fox News Tries to Save Trump From Himself
And are Republicans even trying?
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 14h
Need a wellness check on Mike Johnson.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h
🚨BREAKING: Federal court BLOCKS Dept. of Justice policy of collecting unredacted voter rolls, checking them against federal citizenship databases, and urging states to remove voters flagged as ineligible. www.democracydocket.com/cases/doj-na...
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🚨 Common Cause v. U.S. Department of Justice
Learn more.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h
NEW: The Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Donald Trump has turned its Civil Rights Division’s mission on its head, a federal judge said in a decision blocking the administration from demanding states’ unredacted voter rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Judge rebukes Trump administration for perverting mission of DOJ’s ‘crown jewel’
Read more here.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 19h
1/ What if denying your medical treatment became a business opportunity? Medicare is testing AI-assisted reviews where private contractors share in the savings. Think about that incentive. Then ask who's protecting the patient. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h
Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7h
The National Association of Evangelicals has now aligned itself fully with the statement of Archbishop Coakley for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, condemning Hegseth's plans for a live-streamed execution at Ft Hood. religionnews.com/2026/10/09/h...
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Catholic, evangelical leaders condemn public execution plan of Fort Hood gunman
(RNS) — ‘The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people,’ Archbishop Paul S. Coakle...
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 7h
DOJ’s latest bellyflop in its voter file quest is the biggest yet electionlawblog.org/2026/dojs-la...
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DOJ’s latest bellyflop in its voter file quest is the biggest yet #ELB
Justin here. About a year ago, I said that I thought somebody at DOJ involved with collecting state voter files might have committed federal crimes.  That view got substantially more backup today. A f...
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Sylvester @6digit.bsky.social · 10h
"The Constitution applies to everyone." "Equal justice under the law." "No one is above the law, and everyone deserves due process." "Follow the Constitution, not political favoritism." "Justice should be based on facts, evidence, and due process."
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 7h
Judge strikes down Trump administration’s voter roll campaign, delivering a damaging blow to the effort to obtain unredacted voter rolls & pressure states to remove voters it deems ineligible. Judge found the department exceeded its authority & violated federal law. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Federal judge shuts down Trump DOJ’s nationwide voter roll crusade, even in states that cooperated
The ruling also reaches voter rolls that states voluntarily turned over. By vacating the policy itself, the court barred DOJ from continuing to use those already-obtained files as part of the nationwi...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 11h
JUST UNSEALED: A judge ruled this week that the first Trump admin's "Remain in Mexico" policy illegally subjected thousands of people – many with meritorious asylum claims — to horrifically dangerous and violent conditions and deprived them of access to attorneys. cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/legal-doc...
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 7h
Vice President JD Vance was among a bipartisan group of politicians expressing concern and doubt over a Pentagon plan to livestream the execution of the former Army officer who killed fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas.
stripes.com
Vance questions whether Pentagon will livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter
JD Vance was among a bipartisan group of politicians expressing concern and doubt over a Pentagon plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan.
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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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🫶🏻Layla🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“AGAIN”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7h
Big money has long dominated American politics, with wealthy donors, corporations, and special interests dumping tons of cash into presidential and congressional elections. But this year, the quid pro quo of campaign money for preferential government treatment is more brazen than ever before.
motherjones.com
The midterm spending bonanza is threatening democracy like never before.
New on "Stress Test": This cycle's shameless spree is bigger and more brazen than ever. Voters might finally be fed up.
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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 13h
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 7h
ALA stands with library workers, readers, and communities working to keep books available. Our work helps ensure everyone can seek information and make their own reading choices. Your gift makes that work possible. Helps us protect the freedom to read at ala.org/protect. #BannedBooksWeek
Colorful art of various monsters and creatures reading books. Art by Hyesu Lee, copyright ALA. Text reads: "HELP US PROTECT THE FREEDOM TO READ." ALA.ORG/PROTECT. American Library Association logo
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 7h
BREAKING NEWS: Federal judge just shut down Trumps voter roll witch hunt even in states that cooperated. #sheshed#momsky
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 11h
This is apparently happening in multiple areas in the capital. The DC board of elections has been made aware of it and have been in touch with the National Guard to address it. It’s no accident.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h
It's always All In the Family: "In the United Arab Emirates, one of the major investors is led by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He is a powerful member of the Abu Dhabi royal family whose business ventures have also invested in Mr. Kushner’s private equity fund and in World Liberty Financial,
nytimes.com
In Trump’s Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Funds Are the Biggest Owners
A majority of ownership in a proposed multibillion-dollar deal would go to a group of Middle Eastern investors, including some with business ties to U.S. negotiators.
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Bill Leibenguth @bill-leibenguth.bsky.social · 7h
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
Yikes — abc news has fallen… “outright deleted” a story about the Trump boys getting billions in government contracts 🤔👇🏽
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Kathleen Kitchen @kkitche.bsky.social · 9h
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Russia Ukraine War Latest News: US Envoy Jared Kushner and Russia’s Kirill Demetriev Hold Discussions Regarding Reopening of Nord Stream Pipeline Amid Escalating Ukraine Conflict
Recently, top officials from the US and Russia including Jared Kushner and  Kirill Demetriev held high level talks regarding how to resume operations on the Nord Stream pipelines. Notably, they suffer...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h
And here we are, with Trump and Putin colluding to tamper with another American election again.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h
1) Putin doesn't have diesel to spare. 2) Diesel is cover for lifting sanctions. 3) Putin's statement sounds like he's offering an Iran escape hatch, which I've been predicting. 4) Half of the MASSIVE bribes Putin is offering now don't exist. 5) But he does mention security coop -- Kash.
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ProFootballTalk @profootballtalk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The NFL argues to the U.S. Supreme Court that prediction markets should be regulated by the states as gambling.
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NFL argues to Supreme Court that prediction markets are gambling
The fight over whether prediction markets involving sports are gambling has landed, as it inevitably would, in the U.S.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Devastating 💔 Abolish ice www.instagram.com/reel/DePkMcN...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
JD Vance blatantly lies: "We've made a lot of progress. Inflation is way lower today than it was when we took office." (Inflation has gone up!)
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 18h
All these years later.... I'm STILL a member of The Resistance.
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1kr5ur43m.bsky.social @1kr5ur43m.bsky.social · 12h
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h
Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 8h
Regardless of the legality of posting armed national guard members at drop boxes, whether the boxes were open yet, or whether drop boxes qualify as polling sites under the law; the optics are what matter. Lawful or not, it’s overt, intentional voter suppression.
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 16h
"I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize." ~ Steven Wright @rob-rogers.bsky.social
Rob Rogers
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MJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 9h
THIS!!! 👇👇👇👇 "7.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Panama, sparking tsunami threat in region" l.smartnews.com/p-8Ew71RPW/K...
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7.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Panama, sparking tsunami threat in region (ABC News)
A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled Panama on Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The U.S. Tsunami Warning System has issued potential tsu...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18h
I love this so much❤️ 122 new dads met their babies for the very first time yesterday when the USS Abraham Lincoln finally returned to San Diego. Families waited almost a year for this moment.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 19h
Something to think about and question the sanity of the lawmakers who allowed this to happen. Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 10h
I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.
APA Women’s Leadership Institute event flyer with “keynote speaker” crossed out with a red X
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 10h
Blue Cross Blue Shield is being sued as a monopoly after the state found it's been in a conspiracy to restrict access to healthcare. Corporations should not have this much power. We need money out of politics, money in our pockets, and Medicare for All.
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Michigan attorney general sues Blue Cross, alleging illegal monopoly
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sued Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in "arguably the most consequential antitrust case" of its kind.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 12h
More than half of Canadians are avoiding buying American goods, poll finds Canadian shoppers are pressuring grocery stores to respond, with nearly nine in 10 wanting clear labels on domestic products www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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More than half of Canadians are avoiding buying American goods, poll finds
Canadian shoppers are pressuring grocery stores to respond, with nearly nine in 10 wanting clear labels on domestic products
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h
This is as treasonous as it gets
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h
Trump’s deal to buy Russian diesel from Putin just weeks before the midterms funnels money directly into Russia’s war machine. Trump is now facing calls for Congress to block the deal and impeach him. Meanwhile, energy analysts say it’s unlikely to even make a dent in fuel prices.
meidasnews.com
Trump Announces Russian Diesel Deal Ahead of Midterms
Trump campaigned against foreign oil.
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