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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
On the 91st anniversary of Social Security, these words from FDR are just as important today:
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Perv
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 12/08/2026
So i guess the GOP is cool with ICE using electric shock gloves? That feels a bit…. Hmmm…. Communist?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Gas prices are up 24.6% from a year ago and still significantly higher than they were before the Iran War. Meanwhile, the world's 8 biggest oil companies have made a $93B profit windfall in just the last three months. Big Oil is raking it in as the world burns — and we're paying for it.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"The journalists aboard AF1 had no idea they were being used as decoys amid an assassination threat. If something happened to them, Trump's response would be as unfeeling as his response to the deaths of service members in his pointless Iran war— which is why this threat existed in the first place."
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Trump Used a Plane Full of His Friends As Bait
The president hid inside a catering cart to escape a credible threat. That plane, packed with his allies, was allowed to take off anyway.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The myth of the “great businessman” continues to be proven false over many decades. He’s a great con man who inherited great wealth and connections.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 11/08/2026
BREAKING: A federal court blocked the United States Postal Service from implementing President Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This should be getting FAR more attention. An American oil company with ties to Trump’s orbit is moving forward with plans to drill for oil in Greenland. Some drilling-related equipment has already been brought ashore even though Greenland says the necessary approvals have NOT been granted.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The corruption is endless and staggering, with new examples every day. I continue to post all of it, day after day, and hope at some point enough voters care about it to make a difference against Republicans who refuse to do any oversight.
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NPR @npr.org · 11/08/2026
A new report contradicts public statements from the White House, suggesting an Iranian assassination threat against President Trump forced him to leave Air Force One and change to a military aircraft last month as he was leaving a NATO summit.
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A new report contradicts public statements from the White House on Air Force One
A new report contradicts public statements from the White House, suggesting an Iranian assassination threat against President Trump forced him to leave Air Force One and change to a military aircraft last month as he was leaving a NATO summit.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 11/08/2026
President Donald Trump's administration said it plans to overhaul Head Start, tossing out many of the regulations that are the hallmark of the early education program for the nation's poorest children. www.mississippifreepress.org/trump-admini...
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Trump Administration Moves Forward With Head Start Overhaul, Proposes Cutting Regulations
President Donald Trump's administration said Thursday it plans to overhaul Head Start, including proposing cutting several regulations.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Trump administration has pulled federal funding for the Arctic Report Card, an annual scientific assessment that has tracked the rapidly changing Arctic for the past two decades.
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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 12/08/2026
Todd Blanche’s first official act as Attorney General was to create a new legal shield for Donald Trump. It gives Trump and his allies cover to dodge subpoenas with a dubious new interpretation of executive privilege. youtube.com/shorts/IuCpv...
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Blanche DOJ creates a dubious new immunity shield for Trump
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/08/2026
JUST IN: Amy Klobuchar will win the Democratic primary for Minnesota Governor, per projections.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A win for voting rights! A federal judge in Massachusetts has expanded her earlier ruling against key parts of Trump’s executive order targeting mail voting, blocking enforcement of the order for the 2026 midterms. The judge again emphasized a basic constitutional point that the president does not
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NPR @npr.org · 12/08/2026
Since last year, the Trump administration has awarded billions of dollars in construction contracts for a new border wall, which will slice through some of Arizona's most cherished sites.
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Trump's border wall extension is slated to slice through some of Arizona's most cherished sites
Since last year, the Trump administration has awarded billions of dollars in construction contracts for its so-called Smart Wall, and work has been ongoing for months in various parts of Arizona.
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karpete.bsky.social @karpete.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
This post is going to be long but it’s important. One of the least-discussed developments in the Trump administration is the creation of the National Design Studio (NDS). On the surface, it was presented as a project to modernize government websites and improve the user experience.
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Carole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Best argument ever.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Trump and Republicans radically raised health insurance premium costs -- doubling them on average -- and so 5 million Americans who used to have health insurance now can't afford it. More than half the people who have this kind of health insurance live in GOP districts: www.npr.org/2026/06/26/n...
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5 million have dropped ACA insurance after Trump and the GOP let prices skyrocket
Enrollment in Affordable Care Act insurance fell much more sharply in the first months of 2026 than it has in years past. Trump officials blame fraud. Health policy experts blame costs.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Remember scientists aren’t giving up. After the Trump administration redirected Climate.gov and dismissed many of the federal employees who maintained it, former staff members launched a new independent website called Climate.us to help keep trusted climate information available to the public.
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 28/06/2026
The bicentennial made such a tremendous impact on American *pop* culture--I remember the Barney Miller episode about it!--there were tricorner hats everywhere, hit songs, a movie, and the logo and local parades all year long. This year it feels as empty as the mall.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/03/2026
Chris Murphy: "This is nonsensical. This is what happens when you put real estate developers and talk show hosts in charge of American national security."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Penn Station got its name from the Pennsylvania Railroad, not the state of Pennsylvania.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 16/02/2026
“Trump’s Private Company Files Trademark for ‘President Donald J. Trump International Airport’” by @joshgerben.bsky.social
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Trump’s Private Company Files Trademark for ‘President Donald J. Trump International Airport’
Trump’s IP company filed trademark applications for airport names bearing his name, raising unprecedented questions about private brand control over public airports.
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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The FL legislature is budgeting $5.5M of taxpayer monies to change the name of Palm Beach International Airport to "President Donald J. Trump International Airport," according to @jasongarcia.bsky.social at Seeking Rents. Your tax money at work, folks. 👉 jasongarcia.substack.com/p/buried-in-...
Screen capture of the Local Funding Initiative Request for the renaming of Palm Beach International Airport to President Donald J. Trump International Airport.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 13/01/2026
Omg
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Miller has Fascist Hissy #3 today after another court ruling. This one from a judge appointed by radical left marxist Donald J Trump.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Trump has sought emergency intervention by the Supreme Court 28 times in the first eight months of his new term, more than Bush, Obama and Biden did combined over 20 years. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Trump’s Flood of Emergency Appeals Is Straining the Judicial System
The administration has turned to the Supreme Court at a record pace, and the justices have issued orders that lower courts have struggled to interpret.
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Dan Rather @thedanrather.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
There’s a very good reason polls show Republicans are being blamed for the shutdown.
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The Shutdown That Really Means Pay Up
First poll shows Americans blame Republicans
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Which judges have ruled against the Trump admin? Reagan appointed judges . Clinton appointed judges. Bush appointed judges. Obama appointed judges. Biden appointed judges. Trump appointed judges.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
“The cost of flying and lodging the military leaders will be in the millions. “The event has also raised security concerns about having the top leadership in one place, and if the government shuts down, it could leave key personnel stranded from their units” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Trump to attend gathering of top generals, upending last-minute plans
President Trump will attend the unusual gathering of hundreds of generals summoned to Virginia on short notice by Pete Hegseth, adding new security concerns.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Republicans would rather shut down the government than help millions of Americans afford health care. This article tells some of their stories, and is a good reminder of what’s at stake.
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These people have found their health care at the center of a shutdown showdown
Small business owners, self-employed people and early retirees are among the 24 million Americans who could lose the tax credit
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 27/09/2025
If you’re worried about losing your health care, apparently Trump has a message for you:
Politico: Democrats are demanding Republicans negotiate a bipartisan stopgap spending measure. Among their asks is for the GOP to extend certain Affordable Care Act subsidies, which were expanded by Congress in 2021 and are due to sunset at the end of the year.

President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed Democrats for making “unserious and ridiculous” demands, foreshadowing what is likely to be the go-to talking point should neither side blink ahead of the Tuesday night deadline.

“He read all the shit they’re asking for, and he said, ‘on second thought, go fuck yourself,’” the White House official said.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
As of 2pm today - less than 6 hours after receiving formal notice that the President had federalized Oregon’s National Guard in Portland - we filed a lawsuit. The president has overstepped his authority. #portland #nationalguard #orpol
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
One way to put it
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
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DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
So Trump gets DOJ to drop an obvious bribery case against Tom Homan, then fires the US Attorney who found insufficient evidence to prosecute Letitia James, then threatens to fire Pam Bondi and replace her with dunce Lindsey Halligan unless she immediately indicts his enemies.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
The warfighters in DC got the trash picked up, now time to mulch.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
DOGE wasn’t a cost-cutting venture. It was a data mining operation for private interests. Trump opened the gates to the castle from inside for invaders with bad and greedy intent to plunder and exploit.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Republican Rep. Barry Moore was heckled so badly at his Alabama town hall that he literally left out the back door in the middle of the event. Moore didn't offer concluding remarks or even bid good night to the rowdy crowd as they chanted "Shame!" during his exit. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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GOP Rep. Barry Moore exits through back door after he is heckled at Alabama town hall
Moore didn't offer concluding remarks or bid good night to the rowdy crowd as they chanted "Shame!" during his exit.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 30/08/2025
“The state of Texas is only 40 percent white, but white voters control over 73 percent of the state’s congressional seats,” Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, said.
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New Texas Election Map Is Racially Biased, Lawsuit Says
Voting-rights advocates are suing, saying Texas Republicans' new congressional maps weaken the electoral influence of Black voters.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
“.. The Oval Office photos don’t resolve those questions. They raise them. And until the press decides to treat Trump’s health the way it treated Biden’s, makeup and memos will remain the White House’s first—and last—line of defense.” @passantino.bsky.social www.status.news/p/trump-heal...
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Dan Rather @thedanrather.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
The acting head of the CDC is a tech bro with no medical training who embraced Covid conspiracy theories. Talk about malpractice.
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A Dangerous Liaison
Trump and RFK Jr. play politics with public health and safety
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/08/2025
"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power." New from @markhertling.bsky.social:
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Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military
If there’s no difference between upholding the Constitution and attacking it, then there’s no honor in service.
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