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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Raising the Flag Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com
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henricodems.bsky.social @henricodems.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
He stupidly chose this war He doesn't know how to end it He wants you to pay for it He doesn't care if it hurts abcnews.com/Politics/tru...
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Trump says 'I don't think about Americans' financial situation' in Iran negotiations
President Donald Trump said Americans' financial situation was "not even a little bit" of a motivating factor for him reaching a deal to end the war in Iran.
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
US House Republicans are targeting deep-blue Fairfax County, one of the safest jurisdictions (if not THE safest) of its size in America. Because of COURSE they are! bluevirginia.us/2026/05/tues...
"Fairfax County, Virginia: The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Policies"

"WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement will hold a hearing on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The hearing, "Fairfax County, Virginia: The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Policies," will examine how state and local policies that prioritize illegal aliens over U.S. citizens and prohibit cooperation with federal immigration authorities hurt public safety and have devastating consequences.

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Honorable Stephen Descano, Commonwealth's Attorney, Office of the Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney
Honorable Stacey Kincaid, Sheriff, Fairfax County, Virginia
Cheryl Minter, mother of Stephanie Minter
Jason Miyares, former Virginia Attorney General
Sean Kennedy, Member, Fairfax County Criminal Justice Advisory Board; President, Virginians for Safe Communities"
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
"Outrageous and appalling comments. Yesterday, @JenKiggans endorsed comments that Hakeem Jeffries should get his 'cotton-picking hands off of Virginia.' This vile, bigoted language is beneath an elected official..." - Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA07) bluevirginia.us/2026/05/vide...
"Outrageous and appalling comments. Yesterday, @JenKiggans endorsed comments that Hakeem Jeffries should get his “cotton-picking hands off of Virginia.” This vile, bigoted language is beneath an elected official. Virginia’s Second District deserves better. Let's elect @ElaineLuria this November." - Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA07)
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henricodems.bsky.social @henricodems.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Rob Wittman's Virginia: 62,100 good federal jobs GONE ☠️Poisoning Virginia's economy☠️ 💯 HIS FAULT. HE DOESN'T CARE. VOTE. HIM. OUT. @wittmanwatch.bsky.social @bluevirginia.bsky.social @vademocrats.bsky.social
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Wittman Watch @wittmanwatch.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Donald Trump let inside thoughts come out today, and we all know it's true. And we also know that Rob Wittman agrees with everything Donald Trump thinks because he's letting the insane, destructive, ruinous Trump Economy happen. #VA01 can't afford Rob Wittman. #NoWittman
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bingley567 @bingley567.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
True, but just TRY to get something like this past the GOP.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Not a good look. FDA is no longer an agency that makes evidence based decisions for the good of human health. Makary was pressured by anti-abortion groups to review Mifespristone & vaping executives to approve their nicotine laced vape products. No one leaves unscathed. 🧪 apnews.com/article/fda-...
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Trump FDA chief is leaving after angering pharma CEOs, vaping lobbyists and anti-abortion groups
Marty Makary is resigning as President Donald Trump's Food and Drug Administration head. The surgeon and health researcher's tenure had drawn complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/05/2026
brutal meme via the official Democratic Party X account
Trump: "I don't think about Americans' financial situation"
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Republican National Committee announced Tuesday that it is deploying staff — including “poll watchers” and “election observers” — to at least 17 states in what it calls a nationwide “election integrity” operation ahead of the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Republicans launch election monitoring operation in 17 states ahead of midterms
The RNC has not named the 17 states, but the RNC chair described the deployment as part of a broader strategy to maintain Republican control of Congress after 2026.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 12/05/2026
Political cartoon. A map titled "New, Supreme Court-Approved Redistricting Maps" is depicted with white crayons scattered all around. Blue districts are marked with a white X.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Judge Xinis is done. Thanks! If you find these helpful, please consider contributing to support @lawfaremedia.org at the link below. Sorry for the confusing procedural posture today. (I had traffic & GPS problems this morning; couldn't prepare as much as I wanted.) /55 givebutter.com/journalism/
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump won’t rule out deploying troops or federal agents to the polls during the upcoming midterm elections, he said in comments to journalists Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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‘Anything necessary’: Trump won’t rule out sending troops to polls
Trump has previously said he would like the federal government to “take over” the midterm elections.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
In the same press gaggle, Trump said he doubled the size of his ballroom and he doesn’t care about Americans’ financial situations. I am begging the media — act like Obama or Biden did this shit and cover it the way you would have then.
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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 12/05/2026
A true man of the people.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
It really is appalling.
Screenshot of a tweet by Jamesetta Williams criticizing media double standards, arguing journalists pushed Biden out for being too old while ignoring Trump's behavior. She is quoting a Headquarters (@HQNews) tweet claiming Trump appeared to fall asleep at his desk during a mid-morning White House event, with an embedded photo from the Oval Office.
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NYBob 💙 @nybob.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I know I’m gonna hear some shit but, I speak for all Americans👇
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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Virginia's Data Center Alley Reveals Big Tech's Vision for America | Common Dreams
​Their behavior reveals an air of entitlement to turn any community they choose into another noisy, polluting data center hub, extracting massive resources and tax breaks in the process.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/05/2026
I cannot emphasize this enough: everything we are seeing right now with voting rights, and especially the racist gerrymandering we’re seeing in the South, makes complete sense if you remember it was all in Project 2025. This was part of the plan. It’s white supremacy and too many ignored it.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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CDC’s Full-Time Cruise Ship Inspectors Were Laid Off One Year Ago amid Record Outbreaks: Report
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) experienced significant layoffs almost exactly one year ago despite record outbreaks at the time. A CDC spokesperson te...
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Rebel with a Cause @rebelwithacause2.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I'm returning to my turnout thread on Georgia, as we enter the final week of early voting. As of now: —480K had voted. —54.4% voted on a Dem ballot; 44.0% on a GOP ballot. —33.5% are Black. —46.9% are from the 10 biggest blue counties. (Reminder of why to care: boltsmag.org/georgia-supr...)
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The South didn't even wait for the ink to dry before gutting Black representation. If you need more proof that systemic racism is alive and voting rights are in danger, you’re choosing to stay blind.
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Saturday (5/9) News: Four Republican Justices “erased the votes of 1,604,276 Virginians”; “Three million people voted. A court of four cannot erase that.”; Dems Were Winning the Redistricting War, Then Right-Wing Activist Judges (e.g., John Roberts et al) Stepped In bluevirginia.us/2026/05/satu...
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Saturday (5/9) News: Four Republican Justices "erased the votes of 1,604,276 Virginians"; "Three million people voted. A court of four cannot erase that." - Blue Virginia
by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, May 9. Also, check out the video of Jamelle Bouie – who, in addition to writing for...
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Huge story in Virginia yesterday with the FBI raid on Louise Lucas, and the front page of the Richmond Times-Dispatch this morning leads with high school sports, something about Ukrop...and nothing about Lucas. bluevirginia.us/2026/05/thur...
Screenshot of this morning's Richmond Times-Dispatch front page: high school baseball rankings, all-metro gymnast, "Ukrop's through the years," all-metro swim/dive team, etc.
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For the People @sadworld.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Epstein had the sweetheart deal Come and go as he pleased He was permitted to go to work So why would he kill himself? Yeah he wouldn't
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/05/2026
LOSS: Black voters asked the Supreme Court to recall its expedited order that cleared the way for Louisiana’s rushed redistricting effort during its primary elections. Yesterday, the Court rejected their request. Here’s why:
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Loss: Supreme Court denies request to delay Callais order
SCOTUS unbothered by allegation of procedural mistake.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
"The bottles bear the imprint of the Kentucky distillery Woodford Reserve, and are engraved with the words 'KASH PATEL FBI DIRECTOR,' as well as a rendering of an FBI shield. Surrounding the shield is a band of text … featuring his favored spelling of his first name: KA$H."
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Because of course it did under this leadership. Ignorance and conspiracies will cost lives.
Screenshot of a New York Times breaking news tweet reporting that the FDA has blocked publication of research that found widely used Covid-19 and shingles vaccines were safe. Includes a photo of a masked man receiving a vaccine, with a caption partially reading "F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid a..."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Michigan Democrats on Tuesday won a special election for a state Senate seat in another party over-performance. With an estimated 93% of the votes in, Democratic firefighter Chedrick Greene led his GOP opponent by 19 points. Kamala Harris carried the state in 2024 by less than 1 point.
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Democrat Chedrick Greene’s win in Michigan state Senate election gives the party another over-performance
By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Michigan Democrats on Tuesday won a special election for a state Senate seat in another party over-performance after the district was almost evenly divided in the last p...
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
2024: Lol, calm down, stop being hysterical. Trump isn't canceling elections. They're run at the state level anyway! 2026 [person at the state level, in Louisiana, after a Supreme Court decision]:
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are we still voting??
The party primary election isn't actually "canceled," right??? What's going on? Can I still go vote??

May 5, 2026
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
NEW: In wake of Supreme Court voting rights act ruling, Rep. Johnny Olszewski (D-MD) introduces new term limits legislation for Supreme Court Justices 18-year terms to ensure "regular and predictable turnover"
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/05/2026
NEW: Voters and a pro-voting group sued to block the Florida GOP’s newly enacted congressional gerrymander, arguing it violates a state ban on partisan gerrymandering. The lawsuit cites testimony from the map-drawer who admitted to lawmakers during the special session that he used partisan data.
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‘One of the most extreme gerrymanders in American history’: Voters sue to block Florida’s new map
Florida Republicans raced to enact the map with minimal public input and despite sharp criticism from Democrats — as well as unease within their own party.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of Equal Ground Education Fund and Florida voters, my law firm has sued to block Florida's new illegal and unconstitutional congressional map. www.democracydocket.com/cases/florid...
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🚨 Equal Ground Education Fund et al v. Byrd et al
Learn more here.
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dmark @dmark.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
What ever happened to all those Legislators who voted to force the release of the Epstein Files? Why aren’t they on the TV machine and the internets every day demanding the release?
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henricodems.bsky.social @henricodems.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The canary in the coal mine: Spirit dies because jet fuel doubled. RIC loses You pay more thanks to Trump & MAGA Rob @wittmanwatch.bsky.social @bluevirginia.bsky.social @804thepeople.bsky.social @rva-indivisible.bsky.social @neighbors4change.bsky.social
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
“Hillbilly Vanilli.”😆
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Starting a 🧵 on Georgia early voting, as we build toward the major 5/19 elections that'll decide 2 supreme court seats (boltsmag.org/georgia-supr...). On morning of May 2nd —201K have voted. —54% picked up Dem ballot; 45% the GOP ballot. —34.7% are Black. —45.6% are in 10 biggest blue counties.
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Rollie 🤬 @architecturenerd.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Not a good look: All 6 conservative justices attended Trump’s white-tie state dinner
That the court’s conservatives showed up to the dinner — despite insisting on their independence — has some court watchers concerned.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
If it's too dangerous for Trump to appear anywhere but his beloved Epstein Ballroom, then taxpayers should stop funding the weekend golf trips, pro sports outings, and other public events he still attends. Consistency, people.
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
All the major school districts in North Carolina are closed for May Day. Teachers organized and got school boards to close!
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Brooke Lee @wickedinnuendo.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Please understand, these are the actual supreme court elections in Georgia! They lump them in with the primaries! Please vote.
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
It's really hard to disagree with @walshfreedom.bsky.social that Democrats need to stop being "wusses" as Republicans wage all-out war on our democracy, the climate, voting rights, civil rights, civil liberties, you name it... bluevirginia.us/2026/04/thur...
https://socialcontractwithjoewalsh.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-wuss-party?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2971944&post_id=195935957&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=f5hl&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

"There’s just something so fucking timid and afraid about the party. Afraid to say what they believe. Afraid to offend anybody’s feelings. Afraid to stick their neck out on a position, if they think most Democrats don’t agree with that position. Afraid to fight. Afraid to get dirty. Afraid to say who and what they are. Afraid to show what they’re all about. Afraid to (oh no!) reveal any flaws in the party. Afraid to have people look inside the party. Afraid to breathe.

It’s like so many Democrats, and the Democratic Party itself, act like they are afraid to walk, afraid to talk, afraid to breathe without a bunch of pollsters, consultants, advisers, and strategists telling them how to walk and talk and breathe."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Today's horrible 6 to 3 Supreme Court decision that greatly weakens the Voting Rights Act just reminds us why Supreme Court reform is desperately needed!!
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Forbes @forbes.com · 29/04/2026
The central bank chair said he had “no choice” but to remain at the Federal Reserve as it faces a “series of legal attacks.”
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Jerome Powell Vows ‘Low Profile’ While Staying On Fed Board After Chair Term Expires
The central bank chair said he had “no choice” but to remain at the Federal Reserve as it faces a “series of legal attacks.”
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Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton @ltgovstratton.illinois.gov · 29/04/2026
Today’s SCOTUS ruling is a betrayal of our basic democratic values as a country—turning back the clock on hard-won civil rights victories. This isn’t just about Louisiana; this will have nationwide impacts on Congressional districting and voter representation for generations.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The "reactionary colorblindess" of the right-wing justices has reached its logical conclusion in finding that it is racist NOT to let Louisiana—and any other state for that matter—discriminate on the basis of race in voting. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
What we can expect in the aftermath of this ruling is for more Republican-controlled states to implement discriminatory maps and call them partisan so they can pass legal muster. In practical terms, this will likely mean fewer nonwhite representatives in Congress. Diminishing the power of minority voters may also allow the Republican Party to continue on its path from reactionary color-blindness to more overt racism, safe in the assumption that it will not have to answer to constituents who oppose such racism because they are its targets. There is little risk in attacking people who lack the power to remove you from office.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
“It was a day that highlighted how far the Roberts court has gone to advance the chief justice’s long-term animosity toward the Voting Rights Act, paired with yet another request from the Trump administration to expand executive power.” My report on Wednesday at SCOTUS:
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SCOTUS guts what remained of the Voting Rights Act before taking on TPS termination case
It was Alito's decision, but Roberts has sought Wednesday's VRA result for more than 40 years. In the arguments over temporary protected status, however, DOJ might have overstepped.
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Politico @politico.com · 29/04/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court significantly narrowed a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, further eroding the impact of the landmark civil rights-era law.
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Supreme Court limits Voting Rights Act
In a 6-3 ruling, the justices narrowed how a key provision of the Voting Rights Act can be enforced.
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