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Melissa Stewart @lissajostewart.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This is actually the secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The US midterms are not about choosing a politician this year; they’re about choosing between people who want to serve the public and a criminal GOP that wants to continue to rob it blind & destroy what’s left of the United States for its external and billionaire backers.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2026

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

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Rowdy Rebel @rowdyrebel.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Spot on.

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thecountryfirst.bsky.social @thecountryfirst.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

"For self governance to survive, the only thing we need is to agree is on the rules of the road." @adamkinzinger.substack.com We can disagree on policy, but the moment we stop agreeing on the rules, we stop being a democracy. Protect democracy at www.country1st.com @principlesfirst.bsky.social

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The glibness. The indifference. The carelessness. The utter lack of planning for a war against a country of 90M. The sickness of a man who acts on whim that will kill thousands not hundreds. The horror of a regime that enables this sickness. The broken body politic that votes in such malignancy.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/02/2026

Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Blumenthal: ICE and CBP are out of control. The practices of this agency have to be completely overhauled. It’s like a corporation in bankruptcy—either dissolved or reorganized. They’re morally bankrupt, legally bankrupt, and politically bankrupt.

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public." www.propublica.org/article/chic...

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The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building

The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

“If a newspaper’s publisher makes a bunch of decisions that lose money, and then the owner keeps the publisher while firing the staff who puts out the paper—none of this is really about the money, is it?” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

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The Washington Post Dies in Daylight

Civic vandalism and the mutilation of a great paper.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

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I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
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Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.)

But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.

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jxxmxx.bsky.social @jxxmxx.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

If vultures rule, all we will see is a carcass picked clean: "Capitalism, as practiced here in the U.S., especially in the past 50 years—vulture capitalism, Darwinian capitalism—is what has destroyed our democracy. American capitalism killed American democracy. Repeat it over and over in your head."

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 16/01/2026

Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Trump is selling pardons every week to people who pay $1-2 million to his PAC and is approaching 2,000 corrupt and disgusting pardons less than a year into his term, but yeah “no one is above the law.”

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/01/2026

"This is the Republican party’s attempt to tyrannize the American people and transform our carefully balanced, rights-honoring republic into a thugocracy." @monacharen.bsky.social on ICE: lnk.thebulwark.com/3LMG1pq

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ICE Is a Law-Breaking ‘Law Enforcement’ Agency

A Trump-appointed judge took the agency to task for its flagrant contempt.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

It’s becoming increasingly hard to tell the difference between ICE operating in Minnesota and the FSB operating in Russia. It all makes much more sense when you think about it. Here is the FSB in Russia:

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Happy National Hamburger Day @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Congrats Donald Trump, you just created 1 million Jerome Powells

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

This is an image of a federal agent shooting chemical munitions at a crowd at point blank range in Minneapolis on the day Renee Good was executed Whatever your feelings on law enforcement, understand they don't apply here whatsoever because ICE categorically *has nothing to do with law enforcement*

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Exactly this: “disruption”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

There is a new story daily about a criminal who donated $1 million to a Trump PAC for a pardon or a new business deal with a foreign govt/entity & Trump where that foreigner receives a huge benefit from the US govt. Corruption daily and Republicans turn a blind eye to all of it.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Shapiro: J.D. Vance is profoundly and pathetically a weak human being, and he does whatever he thinks his boss wants him to do. What we need right now is not idiotic gaslighting from the sitting VP He should be ashamed of himself—and he’s not. I think that speaks to the weakness of his character.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

ICE agents killing people in the streets. The naked extortion of a sovereign state. The National Guard unleashed in American cities. The Justice Department weaponized to prosecute political opponents. The tyranny is on full display — and it's waking America up.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Almost 20 years ago, I warned we were heading toward a world where states invade each other at will, and that America had an obligation to restore the higher bar for going to war. Not gonna say I told ya so, but...well, okay, I will. There's a reason I chose these quotes to open the book.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

"But Wiles conceded that attacking targets on Venezuela’s mainland would force Trump to get congressional approval. 'If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress.'" - WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Nov 2, 2025 interview www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

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Trump’s Inner Circle, On the Record (Part 2 of 2)

Susie Wiles discusses the Epstein files, Pete Hegseth’s war tactics, and “retribution” against Letitia James.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

If you watch the deposition of Jack Smith, you'll conclude as a matter of necessity that Donald Trump should be in a federal prison right now rather than the White House. He's only living outside a cage due to dumb luck. And all of us are paying the price.

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Jack Smith Deposition

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/12/2025

"Trump will live forever, but only as a cautionary tale, one we tell successive generations to demonstrate that sustaining a democracy against the corrupt and the malevolent requires vigilance and determination." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

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Why every vestige of Trump must be torn down

He's trying to create a physical legacy. The moment he's out of power, it has to be smashed to bits.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

This message hits hard.

Graphic with a blue background and large white text reading “DEAR AMERICAN FRIENDS.” Below is a screenshot of a post explaining that Canada does not have CBS, that a “60 Minutes” episode aired normally in Canada, and stating that Canadian networks are not subject to U.S. government interference. The post ends with “We’re not under a dictatorship. You are.”

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post published stories about Trump writing 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

The President of the United States is very seriously mentally ill, and elected Republicans are so afraid of him that they won’t do or say anything about it.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

President Trump doubled down on vilifying slain director Rob Reiner as deranged and damaging, shrugging off backlash from his own party without remorse. This ego-fueled tyrant poisons civility like acid etching away at shared humanity. #Trump

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Mark Kelly: “Jobs are down. Wages are flat. Costs are up & this President is asleep — Like literally, he’s falling asleep on the job. It’s hurting the American people — He’s doing nothing to try to help people with the cost of groceries, rent, & healthcare”

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Leslie McBride @lesliemcbride.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Thank you HCR. 🙂❤️

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

This account on Twitter has 1.3 million followers. All of these generic MAGA accounts are operated by Russians or people in SE Asia being paid to post. American democracy has been captured by Russia.

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Bookmark this for the investigations to come: the Trump team’s boat bombings trace back to at least 2018. That’s when White House officials asked me & others about whether they could do something like this. We said it was illegal then. Now they’ve done it anyway.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 30/11/2025

The house and senate have both expressed interest in investigating the strike on survivors of the first boat strike. Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions. This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

This is exactly what you do With presidents who coup

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