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Katie Jacob

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Bonbon maker, writer and progressive.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
From Gallup: 51% say the Democratic Party would do a better job of keeping the country prosperous, compared with 37% who choose the Republican Party. The Democratic Party's 14-point margin is its largest on this measure since 2007, when it led by 20 points.
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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The state has been trying to work in good faith with CMS but the likely purpose of withholding federal #Medicaid funding from MN was always to financially squeeze a politically disfavored state. 54.3% of all federal $ going to MN comes from Medicaid.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 14/10/2026
Musk unilaterally shut off a defensive capability just as Russia attacked power plants with winter approaching I don't know why anyone trusted him before, but certainly nobody can afford an Elon Musk dependency after this
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This is disgusting, but not unexpected. The Trump administration is putting their thumb on the scales for Putin, despite the fact that it’s Russia violating the energy ceasefire. 
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
HHoly Shit: Clarence Thomas just said "I always thought it was twenty four seven sports, but two four seven sports, fine." THOMAS CLERKS: SINCE YOU'RE READING THIS IN REAL TIME, HAVE HIM TELL CONGRESS TO UPDATE THIS LAW!!!
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I'm going to listen to these here SCOTUS arguments on video privacy because I *deeply* want the plaintiff suing Paramount to win. He's probably *not* going to win, of course... but I don't *know* that yet.
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🚨 THIS WEEKEND we'll be in Maine with #UnrigWashington candidate @troyjackson207.bsky.social and @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social. #MESEN Join us for this anti-corruption town hall focused on ways to root out corruption and put power back in the hands of the people. RSVP here ⬇️
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Town Hall with Troy Jackson, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and Tiffany Muller (End Citizens United) · Jackson for Maine
Join U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson in Kennebunk for a town hall as part of his Solidarity Forever Tour across Maine. Troy is a fifth-generation logger who has spent his life fighting for working...
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 14/10/2026
This 7-term congressman - chairman of the House Freedom Caucus! - thinks he can tell a reporter at a press conference it’s illegal to record him. They’re all really mean, but so many of them are also so incredibly stupid.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Gotta admire the way they slipped 'occasionally' into that deck hed
Trump's new spokeswoman is a 'devoted fan' who lived in Beijing and speaks Chinese White House press secretary worked at a leading Chinese law firm and learned enough of the language to occasionally surprise people 'L) 3-MIN READ

Make SCMP preferred on Google

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MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Okay, Katie Zacharia's claim to have passed the bar in China appears to be collapsing very fast. The South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (paywall) just published this. www.scmp.com/news/us/poli...
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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The Andy Harris debate audience openly laughed and booed when he tried to blame high gas prices on Democrats. tinyurl.com/4k6yra29
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Katie Jacob @katiejacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Trump Broke His Word To A Federal Judge. Wait Until You Hear What She Called It.
Also: what Ilhan Omar told the agents at her door, the Nobel winner Trump swears nobody’s heard of, and the county suing over his arch.
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Katie Jacob @katiejacob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What losers!
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Hey MAGA, remember Trump campaigning in 2024 on no more forever wars, lowering the cost of living, pushing gas prices below $2/gal, and setting 2% interest rates? We do; and WE VOTE! November is coming.
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Katie Jacob @katiejacob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I'm attending Stand Up America's event, “Call swing state voters to help flip the House!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/standupameri...
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Call swing state voters to help flip the House! · Stand Up America
Stand Up America and MoveOn are teaming up to call voters in key swing districts to help flip the House! Americans are working harder and paying more for nearly everything. Trump and Congressional Re...
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 06/10/2026
First on @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters
The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.
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Katie Jacob @katiejacob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service
Contact Congress today!
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
UPDATE: Chief Justice Roberts puts administration's trans prison policies emergency appeal on a fairly slow burn. Gives trans advocates until a week from Thursday, 4 P.M., to respond.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Environmentalists decry move that relaxes requirements on automakers to control pollution from gas-powered cars
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Trump administration to slash clean car rules aimed at cutting climate emissions
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Katie Jacob @katiejacob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump is so vile. It has to take a lot of effort just to come up with this stuff.
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Katie Jacob @katiejacob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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F**king Mondays: Americans Hate Trump, The GOP’s Demographic Problem, and Surrendering to Iran
Trump’s approval rating is collapsing, and so is his party’s base.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A Guardian investigation reveals farmland was confiscated from Indian villagers in Andhra Pradesh for a $15B Google hyperscale AI data center, sparking local outcry over broken job pledges & water depletion. tinyurl.com/tutdrztt #DataCenters #AI #ClimateJustice #India #Farmers #Farmland
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Broken promises, confiscated land: the hyperscale AI datacentre being built in a tiny Indian village
Locals say Google’s $15bn project in Andhra Pradesh has resulted in smallholdings being taken back off them by the government
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The Economist @economist.com · 27/09/2026
Young women in the Indian Himalayas walk for miles every day in search of water. Climate change, and the legacy of British colonial rule, are making their lives harder
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The six-hour trek for a bucket of water
As mountain springs dry up, girls in northern India are spending so long fetching water they have little time to study
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cybercrime is being pushed to all-time highs by new AI tools, making this a dangerous moment for data exposure. Unfortunately, the Trump administration has a poor track record of keeping our sensitive personal information safe.
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Personal Information at Risk | Revolving Door Project
The Trump administration’s regular flouting of privacy laws and data security protocols to support various authoritarian goals is jeopardizing Americans’ sensitive personal information. The United Sta...
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 25/09/2026
"If mounting threats and baseless impeachments influence who is willing to serve as a judge, how judges make decisions or whether their families can live safely, we risk allowing intimidation to infect the judicial process," a former federal judge writes in @thehill.com.
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Attacks and threats against federal judges have spiked, and it threatens our democracy
If those in power continue attacking judges with violent words and images without consequence, we risk losing the founders’ design of judicial independence.
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Katie Jacob @katiejacob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Big week over here: One year of Democracy Americana, one year as a full-time independent writer. I hope I’ll be able to convince enough people to become free subscribers or, better yet, paid members so that I can keep going. Here is my pitch to everyone who is interested:
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Onward. Forward. With your help.
Happy birthday to Democracy Americana! One year ago, I started this experiment. To keep it going, I need your support.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I didn’t think bothsidesing election mistrust was possible, but this excrement of a Q&A goes there and beyond. Really stunning cluelessness in the Qs and the As alike. Shameful of @nytopinion.nytimes.com to publish it. And brave of @jamellebouie.net to effectively skewer his bosses.
Many Americans are losing faith in elections. Proposed solutions
 from across the political spectrum to restore faith in the process —
 early voting, mail-in ballot restrictions and voter ID laws — seem
 to have the opposite effect.
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Katie Jacob @katiejacob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings: Vote Early: Telling the Story of Election Protection” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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No Kings: Vote Early: Telling the Story of Election Protection · No Kings
When the next generation asks “What did you do when they tried to take away our right to vote?” You will be able to share how you protected our elections. Join us for a training on how to talk about ...
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Katie Jacob @katiejacob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Here Are The Epstein Files Implicating Trump - Please Share Them Everywhere
Content warning - this is graphic
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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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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Witkoff is even more inept than we thought. A good examination of the role of the White House front man for US efforts to end the war in Ukraine from the @KyivIndependent kyivindependent.com/exclusive-uk...
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Exclusive: Ukraine, Russia are done with Steve Witkoff. Trump sees no problem
Kyiv and Moscow are growing increasingly frustrated with the U.S.-mediated peace process — and with Washington's Envoy Steve Witkoff, people familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent. Witkof...
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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 19/09/2026
I did not have “psychosexual obsessions of a mediocre news personality destroy the U.S. military” on my “Exit from Hegemony” bingo card.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
AI Force to be populated by people from the AI industry who are stealing our wealth, water and resources. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump to form ‘AI Force,’ name AI czar but rejects calls for constraints
A growing chorus of lawmakers and industry leaders have called for moving more slowly on the technology.
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Katie Jacob @katiejacob.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway👇 Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway
Contact Congress today!
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
10,900 letters just made the Yosemite deal toxic. When constituent mail crosses 10k, junior staffers stop archiving it and senior aides start warning members about re-election blowback. Push it past 11,000 before lunch: 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway
Contact Congress today!
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Newsom Takes On Social Media Companies, Kentucky Says No To Data Centers, A Judge Blocks Mail-Ballot Rule, and Lawyers Say Trump Staff Payments Broke Federal Law
A dozen documents nobody expected anyone to read. Turns out we’re winning.
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Katie Jacob @katiejacob.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Newsom Takes On Social Media Companies, Kentucky Says No To Data Centers, A Judge Blocks Mail-Ballot Rule, and Lawyers Say Trump Staff Payments Broke Federal Law
A dozen documents nobody expected anyone to read. Turns out we’re winning.
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Katie Jacob @katiejacob.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Tell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forests 👇 Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forests
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Ted Lieu @tedlieu.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I changed my name. If you support what I’m doing, please donate here to help us flip the House: lieuforcongress.com
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Katie Jacob @katiejacob.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Tell Congress: Stop AI oligarchs from building machines humans cannot control👇 Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/ab47...
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Tell Congress: Stop AI oligarchs from building machines humans cannot control
Contact Congress today!
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you work at an oil major, I urge you to think hard about what the next decade will feel like. Do you want to greenlight another decades-long extraction project without reckoning with its full climate cost? Or use this moment to demand a different path?
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Treating this as an unstoppable race, and accepting the "endgame" of runaway warming, is a reckless gamble that should never be decided in a boardroom alone. Betting on future carbon removal to fix today's emissions requires far more confidence than the evidence supports.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A common response is "if they know this, why keep drilling?" At BP, many have not internalized the stakes personally. At ExxonMobil, the stakes are well understood, but they're locked in a race for market share, believing if they don't extract it, a competitor will.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The people running these companies believe that climate change could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a fringe worry. Publicly, many executives soften their language to sound reasonable, but privately, the fear is real. No other industry poses this level of danger to civilization.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We've been warning about this, and it couldn't happen at a worse time. With inflation and prices up, Trump is causing millions of Americans student loan payment to skyrocket. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Student loan payments will soar if borrowers don’t act soon, but glitches abound
The Education Department will put millions of people in the most expensive repayment plan if they don’t exit Save, but the process has had snags.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Commerce quietly deleted its own rules against political interference in federal statistics.⁣ ⁣ Now Census and BEA data can legally be delayed, reworded, or manipulated.⁣ ⁣ newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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The Rules Changed. The Numbers Didn’t.
And I’ll tell you the day that stops being true.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Shame on the GOP for letting this slide. They let attendees at their midterm convention call for Democrats to be shot and they are silent about it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Calls for Democrats to be shot go unchallenged at Republican convention
Crowd member repeatedly said some Democrats ‘should be shot’ during Ted Cruz’s speech, without senator responding
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