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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Walmart is making headlines for receiving a $2.9 billion tariff refund. But there aren’t any headlines about Walmart’s biggest secret…
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
trump/republicans decide to let health insurance premiums skyrocket in alabama -- 95,000 people in the state lose coverage: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/alab...
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Alabama Obamacare enrollment drops 23% after tax credits expire
Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollment in Alabama dropped by 95,000 — about 23% — after enhanced premium tax credits expired, leaving many uninsured or paying for private insurance.
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
One option: Jared Kushner knows the Dems are going to take the House and wanted to negotiate. Then leaked the story to make Jeffries look bad. Be maximally cynical about any stories appearing in press that create division.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 23/08/2026
"Against Canada, Trump is fighting a trade war that very few Americans support, under leadership that most Americans reject, to achieve results that virtually all Americans would dismiss as pointless if not crazy" Read David Frum: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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How to Lose a Trade War
Trump’s bullying of Canada is failing.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/08/2026
Parents already had difficult decisions to make about their kids’ use of smartphones and social media. On top of that, the onslaught of generative-AI tools over the past few years has sparked fresh concerns about how children engage with technology, and now there are even more decisions to make.
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A Child-Development Expert on How to Raise Kids With AI
We spoke with author Dana Suskind about her new book and how to manage children’s use of AI technology.
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 23/08/2026
8/23 Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson blasts Senator Susan Collins for not using her appropriations power to stop ICE from buying 'shock gloves' with the de-escalation funding she gave them #maine #MEpolitics
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
According to ERA5 global sea surface temperatures have set a new all time record. This is likely the warmest sea surface temperatures have been in at least the last 125,000 years. What’s more concerning is this will likely rise further in the coming months.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/08/2026
Nearly 40,000 bottles of Clear Eyes Maximum Itchy Eye Relief eye drops are being recalled across the U.S. over concerns related to potential contamination, federal safety regulators said.
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Nearly 40,000 Eye Drop Bottles Are Recalled Over Potential Contamination
Federal safety regulators said the maker of Clear Eyes Maximum Itchy Eye Relief voluntarily recalled the drops because of a “lack of assurance of sterility.”
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
At "Rally for Democracy" protest in Mount Kisco New York, Aug 22 2026:
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Yes, but they are also crackpots.
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 23/06/2025
Let me tell you how the Senate Republicans are making even deeper cuts to Medicaid than the House did.   Here are 3 things you should know as we fight to save Medicaid.
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Psaki's Apprentice @sleepycongressman.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Straight out of North Korea
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southern spring @southernspring.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Yay Pope Leo! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Guess Who is Holding a Mass on Someone's Birthday?
Some interesting news came over the wire today that will thrill Catholics living in Chicago (and quite possibly�all over this country).� The newly appointed leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo ...
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The TACO memes….🔥🔥🔥💀💀💀🔥🔥🔥 A thread for your viewing pleasure. I will post a separate one for a restaurant chain. Please feel free to add your favorites in the comments!!
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justiceseer.bsky.social @justiceseer.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
NOT mine..I *borrowed* them, cos they're #hilarious!😂
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/05/2025
"Tonight we ask all who believe in democracy the best of our American experience, to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring." - Bruce Springsteen 👏
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I cannot fucking believe we have to say this but no Democrat should be voting for a free pass for the crypto industry while Donald Trump is collecting literally billions in crypto bribes
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
This is a blatant, deeply alarming attempt to shut down lawful oversight of the Trump administration's wildly illegal conduct, and part of an escalating authoritarian crackdown on political dissent. We stand with Rep. McIver against this baseless persecution.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 03/05/2025
June 14 is Trump’s birthday and his military parade in DC — but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. Join our nationwide day of defiance to show that organized people power is stronger than Trump’s authoritarian aspirations: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
(next to an image of Trump wearing a crown that has been crossed out) NO KINGS
MASS PROTEST
JUNE 14, 2025
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/05/2025
Breaking News: Stocks fell, the dollar slipped and bond yields jumped at the open of trading, a combination that suggests sentiment is souring on the U.S. economy.
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Markets Rattled on Concerns About U.S. Debt
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
After-tax income under the Trump/GOP budget: -People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000 -People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700 -People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000 This is what class warfare looks like.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
"Steward said those checkpoints come as she has received a 'mountain of hate emails' lately from Canadians who are angry not only at the Trump administration, but also the American people..." www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Additional checkpoints pop up at two WA U.S.-Canada border crossings
At least two extra security checkpoints have popped up at border crossings in Blaine. That led to a long delay for one traveler.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
The Trump tariffs are "stackable," and so average tariff rates are higher than you're seeing in most media reports. Lemme 'splain.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
America is like a sleeping giant whose passion for democracy and social justice is fearless, once awakened. The giant doesn’t awaken easily, but a nightmare can do it. Some thoughts... robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-tho...
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Sunday thought
Awakening the sleeping giant
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
WISCONSIN: The chair of the elections commission, a lawyer, breaks down what actually happened using the actual complaint. Arresting judges like this is a wild fast-forwarding of our plunge into authoritarianism.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
I'm not a lawyer and I'm very tired, so excuse me if this is a stupid question: But if the principles of birthright citizenship *were* ever dismantled ... what's the theory for how citizenship would be determined?
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
This is why it’s so frustrating that RFK’s food dye distraction is getting so much coverage. Salmonella is much worse for you! www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
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USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
It’s as though these people think the only human right is cosmetic surgery. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for cosmetic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer
President Donald Trump has issued a full pardon for loyalist Michele Fiore, who paid for her plastic surgery with funds that were meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
"Mr. Trump started his term with the second-lowest approval rating for a president in modern history. The only recent president to have started in a worse position was Mr. Trump the first time he took office..." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/u...
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Trump’s Approval Rating Has Been Falling Steadily, Polling Average Shows
President Trump’s approval rating has sunk to about 45 percent, down from 52 percent one week after he took office.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
After citing Trump's tariffs as an excuse for mass layoffs, automaker Stellantis is rewarding shareholders with a $2.26B payout. Big corporations will use any cover they can — like inflation or tariffs — to pad profits and line their pockets at workers expense. Know the truth.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Breaking Reuters:   The Trump admin moved a Venezuelan man who had worked in construction in Philadelphia to Texas for possible deportation *after* a federal judge had issued an order blocking his removal from Pennsylvania or the U.S., according to court records. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Exclusive: Trump administration moved Venezuelan to Texas for possible deportation despite judge's order
President Donald Trump's administration moved a Venezuelan man who had worked in construction in Philadelphia to Texas for possible deportation after a federal judge had issued an order blocking his removal from Pennsylvania or the United States, according to court records.
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Props to her for standing up and speaking the truth!! Chuck Grassley called out at a town hall: "  Stop the use of the word entitlement because it's insulting to all of us." 🔥🔥🔥 #HandsOffMySocialSecurity
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
We have a message for Elon Musk and Donald Trump: Hands Off My Medicaid Hands Off My Medicare Call your rep and senators today. Remind them!!! #HandsOffMySocialSecurity
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
"'What I’ve seen with Hegseth – never in my life have I ever seen this,' the former senior official said of the regular presence of the secretary’s wife..." www.cnn.com/2025/04/23/p...
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Prominent role of Pete Hegseth’s wife at Pentagon draws scrutiny | CNN Politics
News over the weekend that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s wife Jennifer was included in a second group chat where he shared sensitive military operations details has focused attention on the promine...
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
"When Social Security provides benefits for babies whose parents have passed away, that's not "waste." That's called humanity." 🔥🔥🔥 Remind the GOP of their humanity! Call and share your stories with them. Make it personal as it IS personal for so many of us. #HandsOffMySocialSecurity
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
FOR THOSE IN THE BACK: We EARNED our benefits, and Social Security ought to be there for us when it's time to collect! We paid into this. The money is ours. #HandsOffMySocialSecurity
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Trump and Republicans are gearing up to eliminate Head Start programs, which provide vital childcare to nearly 1 million kids. SNAP, which helps feed nearly 14 million children, is also on the chopping block. And they wonder why more people aren’t having children. Hello?
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
NEW: WIRED has obtained a service agreement between DOGE and the Department of Labor. The agreement calls for the DOL to pay DOGE up to $1.3 million for work done by four DOGE operatives. That's around $217,000 per person as annualized salaries. www.wired.com/story/depart...
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US DOGE Service Agreement With Department of Labor Shows $1.3 Million Fee—and Details Its Mission
The unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service and the Department of Labor provides significant insight into DOGE's work with federal agencies.
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WIRED @wired.com · 09/04/2025
“The reports of untrained people rummaging around databases changing code, scraping data—who knows what they’re doing?—were pretty alarming,” the Congressional aide said.
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Elon Musk's DOGE Is Getting Audited
The General Accountability Office's audit examines DOGE’s handling of data at a number of federal agencies, according to sources and records reviewed by WIRED.
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WIRED @wired.com · 09/04/2025
Last month, we spoke to two federal auditors with years of experience who say that DOGE’s actions are the furthest thing from what an actual audit looks like. Here’s that story: www.wired.com/story/federa...
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‘It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE
WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
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WIRED @wired.com · 09/04/2025
Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know with @alanayzola.com. Full guide: www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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WIRED @wired.com · 09/04/2025
SCOOP: DOGE is getting audited.
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Elon Musk's DOGE Is Getting Audited
The General Accountability Office's audit examines DOGE’s handling of data at a number of federal agencies, according to sources and records reviewed by WIRED.
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
BREAKING: Under the GOP's SAVE Act, Tribal IDs would NO LONGER be accepted as valid identification to register to vote. This is a direct attack on voting rights of Native American communities. Please pass on to your Native friends. Encourage them to call their elected officials #HandsOffHerVote
Two Native American people standing back to back. The verbiage says

SAVE ACT NO.
TRIBAL COMMUNITIES DISENFRANCHISED
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
They're going to pretend that this was all "The Art of the Deal" and not a tail-between-the-legs last-minute reversal after it was clear that Trump single-handedly set the global economy on fire. But we all know what was being said just yesterday.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
lol. The Dow is down 5,000 points over the last six weeks and we have nothing to show for it, save for a lot of pissed off allies and broken trust. The Art of The Deal!
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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
1) Do something autocratic 2) Wait to see how people react 3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on 4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it 5) Illegally consolidate more power 6) Repeat
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 09/04/2025
I wonder why Lesotho would think that making a deal with Starlink might ease tariffs…
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