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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 10h
Trump says he brought in “$21 trillion” of investment vs. “less than $1 trillion” under Biden. Actual business investment: $14.5 trillion under Biden, $6.7 trillion so far under Trump. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The renewed political smear campaign against Jack Smith comes as GOP faces massive losses in midterms. It is a distraction and a lie. Smith did his job as a prosecutor — investigated the facts, found evidence of crimes that could be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, and filed charges.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026
Trump's DOJ wants to deploy 1,000 election monitors for the midterms. But are they all trained personnel? “The same people that you saw on the streets in Minneapolis are the people who I am worried they are going to say are now the monitors from the DOJ,” Marc Elias says.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Our supporters called America .gov “Selective Intelligence.” We agree. They’re rushing to change its answers to match what Trump wants to hear.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Local newspapers are dying, and I don’t think we’re prepared for a world without them…” tulsaflyer.org/2026/09/29/c...
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Battle in McCurtain County at the center of new Peacock documentary
McCurtain County Sheriff’s officials wanted a family-run newspaper dead — literally. A new Peacock documentary explores the years-long battle and what it means for press freedoms.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hmmmm… what does this mean?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I feel optimistic about the midterm elections, just over five weeks away. But my stomach aches when I think of what’s at stake. Call me nauseously optimistic. How do you feel? robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-t…
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Resistance Rangers @resistancerangers.altgov.info · 25/09/2026
🚨 SECTION 106 RED ALERT: URGENT ACTION REQUESTED We need your voices right now! Trump and key Senators are considering a deal this week on "permitting reform" that could severely weaken Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 22/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The RNC is suing New Jersey’s secretary of state and election officials in five counties after not gaining access to state voter roll records. It marks the latest GOP attempt to relitigate voter fraud lies. demdock.com/4rvw0O2
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RNC sues New Jersey for voter records again after earlier case was tossed
The new complaint also appears designed to confront the defect that doomed the RNC's previous lawsuit.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 22/09/2026
A notorious Chinese hacking group carried out cyberattacks against European maritime organizations at a “sustained tempo” throughout 2025, the EU’s cyber agency said today.
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Chinese hackers targeted shipping in at least seven EU countries, cyber agency reports
The China-based Mustang Panda group represents a “significant threat” to EU organizations, the ENISA said.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe told Democracy Docket that it hasn’t received an invitation from the Trump administration to observe the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Exclusive: These international observers have monitored US elections for decades. This time, the Trump admin didn’t invite them
It’s the latest ominous sign that the U.S. is backsliding on democracy — and adds to concerns that the administration wants to undermine the vote.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Redacted Reading Room brings the Epstein Files to cities across the country. In Dallas, Katie Phang walked the space with Epstein survivors, Dani Bensky & Liz Stein. 3,437 volumes & 3.5 million pages of investigative leads that haven't been followed by the DOJ & FBI. youtu.be/czHgHNGxO3o?...
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Epstein Survivors REACT As DAMNING Trump-Epstein Details EMERGE!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026
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Trump Made 29,000 Securities Trades, More Than All of Congress
Donald Trump made nearly 29,000 securities trades in 17 months — more than every member of Congress combined. The stock-purchasing ban he’s pushing would leave him exempt
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 15/09/2026
Quite a recent pattern: - GOP candidate in Fla. marched alongside neo-Nazis - Husted fires aide over Nazi photo - Collins fires aide over swastika images - State Dept hires speechwriter whom DeSantis fired over video with Nazi imagery - Trump rewards Paul Ingrassia, who said he has a “Nazi streak”
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Republican state legislative candidate marched alongside neo-Nazis, adding to pattern
As a rule, state House candidates’ backgrounds tend not to generate national headlines, but once in a while, there are important exceptions.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: Today, I'm introducing a bill to BAN corporate takeovers of your doctor's office. Doctors should be able to care for their patients without greedy private equity investors getting in the way. Let's get this done.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Kimmel plays Talarico a montage of Trump dragging Paxton for being ugly. Talarico responds, "I'm James Talarico and I approve that message."
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is the interview Trump’s FCC doesn’t want you to see. We’re not just going up against the most corrupt politician in Texas. We’re going up against this entire corrupt system.
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Anthropic saw people using Claude AI to possibly build biological weapons.Trump and his minions in Congress are willfully failing to regulate: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
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Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons (Gift Article)
In a new report, the A.I. start-up added that it could not determine if the research was legitimate or nefarious, leading the company to shut down the work.
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NPR @npr.org · 10/09/2026
It’s the second time this year a late-night interview with the Texas U.S. Senate candidate has been moved online (via KERA).
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Jimmy Kimmel’s interview with James Talarico won’t air on ABC, will go to YouTube instead
It’s the second time this year a late-night interview with the Texas U.S. Senate candidate has been moved online.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In my decades of public service, I have rarely been as angry as I was the day the damning inspector general’s report was released about the EPA's response to the World Trade Center collapse. Read my new piece on the lessons of 9/11 at @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
FLASH: US Supreme Court again blocks Missouri GOP attempt to gerrymander Redistricting risks backfiring on GOP youtu.be/boaFE89qpOs?...
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🚨 Trump gets election news he FEARED!
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done. Baloney. Economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social debunks their lies. Watch.
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How Would a Wealth Tax Work? (ft. Gabriel Zucman)
Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem pushed open doors not just for herself, but for literally millions of women behind her.

She wasn’t going to be an astronaut, but she made it possible for Sally Ride to be an astronaut. She wasn’t going to play college sports, but she stood behind the women in Congress who passed Title IX. And she wasn’t on the Supreme Court when Roe v. Wade was decided, but her voice and her activism was behind that advancement for women's rights. 

Gloria was, at heart, an optimist. Her activism was rooted in optimism, and that’s a moral choice she made every day. 

I want her voice to remain in our heads. It’s wonderful to do what you can to further your own future, to get the best education you can, and to pursue your dreams. But it’s even better to bring other people along with you.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is such an important story.👇 Opponents of President Donald Trump’s dangerous executive order restricting mail voting say there’s a simple motivation behind the scheme: Democrats vote by mail more than Republicans. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Democrats use mail voting more than Republicans. That’s why Trump is attacking it
In 2024, 37% of Democrats reported voting by mail compared to 24% of Republicans, according to the MIT Election Data and Science Lab.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 03/09/2026
This is outrageous. Un-American. Straight from an authoritarian playbook. ICE has no business knowing how you voted. It’s time to wake the hell up. Our democracy is under threat.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It doesn’t get any cuter than this, folks. 😍
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Still waiting for evidence that Mitch McConnell is alive.
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NPR @npr.org · 01/09/2026
A whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump's push to restrict mail voting that could "derail" the midterm election if courts allow it to proceed. n.pr/4xvMl7f
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Whistleblower claims USPS plan for Trump's mail voting order could 'derail' midterms
A whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump's push to restrict mail voting that could "derail" the midterm election if courts allow it to proceed.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"The Trump administration is shuttering research projects key to the federal government’s fight against cyclospora, the foodborne parasite sickening thousands of Americans this summer..."
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
SHOUT-OUT to Political Cartoonist extraordinaire & Member of the Order of Canada Michael de Adder, who routinely does a far better job of holding this administration accountable than the corporate media. Thank you for your attention to his brilliant satirical wit! 🙏 (also: 🤣)
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Former Deputy Canadian Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on MSNOW about Trump: "If you can't get along with Canada... is there any country you can get along with?"
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/08/2026
USPS says its new rule to implement Trump’s anti-mail voting EO will “enhance the efficiency of postal operations.” Marc Elias is calling bullshit. “This has nothing to do with efficiency. [USPS is] just doing the bidding of the White House.” Stay in the know: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"[Donald Trump] is the most lawless president in American history. I don't think anyone even comes close. And the attempt to require the U.S. Postal Service to interfere with elections—that he knows he will lose—is itself an impeachable offense."
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Trump is conducting a cover up in real time.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"Agents interviewed her four times and found her credible"
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Sen. Wyden’s inquiry found over $1.4 billion in suspicious Epstein-linked transfers passed through JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America. “My small team of investigators did what Trump's attorney general and Treasury secretary said was impossible.”
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notycoon22.bsky.social @notycoon22.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I'm retired US Forest Service. Ending the roadless rule won't reduce wildfires as the regime claims. Studies have shown it will lead to more fires.
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Stephanie Ruhle @stephruhle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Who Druck is. What he is saying. Why it matters.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I'm looking forward to sitting down tomorrow (August 25) with one of my favorite historians, @hcrichardson.bsky.social, for a live conversation. Join us at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET. It’s free to watch and we’re hoping as many people can join as possible. More details here: bit.ly/46j9ii5
Heather Cox Richardson and Robert Reich live from Substack on August 25th at 10 AM PT.
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is the kind of BS we have to all call out hard. We are being played by the oligarchs and this is how they do it. Disinformation and fake grassroots movements.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Want to understand the mentality behind corporate greed? Just watch The Lorax.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 20/08/2026
A Romanian F-16 fighter jet blew up a sea drone near the Neptun Deep gas platform in the Black Sea this morning, with the country’s president blaming the incident on Russia.
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Romanian jet blasts drone near offshore gas platform, president blames Moscow
“This is hybrid warfare,” European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked The Pentagon Papers exposing the lies told to the public about the disastrous Viet Nam war, forever becoming a hero in history. Now... someone PLEASE leak #TheEPSTEINFiles & end the biggest coverup scandal of all-time! 🙏
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 20/08/2026
Walmart is considered a barometer of consumer spending given its vast customer base.
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Walmart Reports Slowest Sales Growth In 6 Years, Shares Tumble
Walmart Reports Slowest Sales Growth In 6 Years, Shares Tumble
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/08/2026
Apple: ~$2.2 billion Nike: $986 million FedEx: ~$800 million Amazon: $640 million General Motors: $500 million Giant corporations are raking in millions in tariff refunds and getting even richer. But remember: corporations passed tariff costs on to you. Where's YOUR refund?
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
1. Mitch McConnell suffered a fall on June 14 and has not been in the Senate for two months. But he's continued to get paid his salary of 174K/year. Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The USS Abraham Lincoln has been at sea over 260 days, one of the longest carrier deployments in modern history. Sailors are trying to go overboard. The Pentagon has $200B+ for the war, but it can’t fix the toilets. My write-up in the link in the comments.
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