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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h
Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Abstinence makes the church grow fondlers.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15/09/2026
Here’s what’s happened to food safety under Trump and RFK Jr.
TRUMP AND RFK JR.’S FOOD SAFETY DISASTER

2024
Project 2025 calls for rolling back food regulations, including baby formula rules
2025
Food and Drug Administration workforce cut by about 20%
CDC loses 25% of its workforce, including staff from a key food-safety program
USDA eliminates two food-safety advisory committees
FDA suspends critical food-safety lab quality checks after staffing cuts
Foreign food safety inspections fall nearly 30%
2026
12,000+ sick, 500+ hospitalizations and 2 deaths from contaminated lettuce
160+ foods recalled so far, including baby formula
37.2 MILLION pounds of food recalled in the first half of 2026 – up 2,432% from last year
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. Big Tech buys off Congress. No action on AI safety. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
BREAKING: Our banned interview with Kimmel generated 6 million views on YouTube.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 09/09/2026
NEW: Bloomberg's editorial board said the Trump White House is "courting a banking crisis." They describe how Trump's regulators are “reducing supervision and encouraging the kind of leverage that can make failures, contagion and bailouts more likely."
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/08/2026
We could've made this montage of liars an hour long but you get the point
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Ken Paxton was indicted for scamming his own friends. He convinced them to invest hundreds of thousands in a company while secretly pocketing a commission. Paxton sold out his own friends for a quick buck. What makes you think he won't sell you out in the Senate?
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
VP Vance has cast the deciding vote in the Senate to cut Medicaid, take away food assistance, blow up the deficit, and add tax breaks for the wealthiest. This bill is unpopular because it is wrong. Congress votes this week, but it’s our voices - and our votes - that will have the final say.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 30/06/2025
Republicans, before you vote to close 1 of 4 nursing homes, can you update us on where those people will go? Maybe call a few seniors in your state and go over plans for where they go next? Or call the son whose dad has dementia and tell him how he can be a full-time caregiver?
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Jesus wouldn't have cut $930 billion from Medicaid just to give billionaires more tax breaks.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
We were just suspended without warning from threads and Instagram. We have no idea why. If any of y’all are on those apps and want to let them know to fix that we would be appreciative.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
So are we just teaching our kids they have to obey anyone with a mask and an unmarked car and an oddly-fitting vest and zip ties now and go with them? Is this where we’re at?
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 23/05/2025
NOBODY WANTS APPLE BUILDING IPHONES HERE YOU IGNORANT FAT TODDLER. Good God you exhausting sloppy goon
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/05/2025
Did you know that $100M in food aid is rotting in warehouses that could feed the entire population of Gaza for a month and half, but a 28-year-old at DOGE is holding it hostage? www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...
reuters.com
Exclusive: US aid cuts leave food for millions mouldering in storage
The food stocks have been stuck inside four U.S. government warehouses since the Trump administration's decision in January to cut global aid programs.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Stop calling kidnapping and trafficking people to countries they’ve never been to “deporting.” It’s criminal behavior by a country with no conscience. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
US ‘illegally deported’ Vietnamese and Burmese migrants to South Sudan
Immigrant rights advocates say White House violated court order and ask judge to order nearly a dozen people’s return
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The man who wanted to ban all Muslims from entering the United States because of terrorism is meeting this week with the former head of Al Qaeda in Syria.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
1/2 Just-dismissed Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, has a PhD from U Chicago, is in numerous scholarly societies, has wide acclaim. She is also first African-American to lead LoC. The dismissal note did not say "Dear Dr. Hayden" or "Dear Madame Librarian" or even "Dear Carla."
Email dismissing the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, that begins "Carla..."
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 11/05/2025
Today on Mother’s Day, let’s remember every mother deserves a livable wage, affordable child care, paid family leave, and the ability to retire with dignity. America must become a nation which treats all mothers and their kids with the respect and dignity they deserve.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 11/05/2025
Article I, Section 9, Clause 8: “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Trump & his family & partners have already collected more than $320 MILLION in meme coin trading fees. And now people are throwing more money into the scam for an exclusive dinner with the President. This is arguably the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the White House.
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WIRED @wired.com · 06/05/2025
NEW: Tulsi Gabbard, now the US director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts including a personal Gmail account and Dropbox over a period of years, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal.
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Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years
Tulsi Gabbard, now the US director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts including a personal Gmail account and Dropbox over a period of years, ...
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 05/05/2025
BREAKING: For the second time in two weeks, clergy and faith leaders have been arrested while praying in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, part of a larger protest against the GOP-led budget.
Police arrest clergy in U.S. Capitol rotunda. Police arrest clergy in U.S. Capitol rotunda. Police arrest clergy in U.S. Capitol rotunda. Police arrest clergy in U.S. Capitol rotunda.
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NPR @npr.org · 02/05/2025
Rural communities are scrambling after the Trump administration canceled billions in disaster grants. Many were counting on the funds for infrastructure fixes meant to withstand future disasters.
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Rural communities were promised millions in disaster funds. Trump is ending it
Rural communities are scrambling after the Trump administration canceled billions in disaster grants. Many were counting on the funds for infrastructure fixes meant to withstand future disasters.
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Governor Josh Stein @ncgovernor.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Eliminating Head Start funding could close as many as 500 child care programs across the state, especially hurting rural NC. That’s why Lt. Gov. Hunt, Superintendent Green, and I urged the NC congressional delegation to oppose any proposals to eliminate Head Start. It’s unacceptable.
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Stein, Hunt, and Green urge Congress to maintain funding for Head Start
If federal Head Start funding were to be cut, as many as 500 child care programs that operate these programs in North Carolina could close.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
“Sketches of deals” “Sub-deals” “Concepts of a plan”
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
It’s like MAGA can’t decide what to hate more - the US Constitution or the New Testament.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/04/2025
"China's foreign ministry urged Washington on Friday to stop "misleading the public" on bilateral tariff negotiations: "The United States and China are not engaged in consultations or talks on the tariff issue" www.reuters.com/world/beijin...
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Beijing accuses Washington of 'misleading the public' about trade talks
China said it wasn't familiar with reports on Beijing planning to exempt tariffs on some U.S. imports.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Ironic on the day where he's expected to announce action against ActBlue bc it doesn't do enough to prevent foreign donations.
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Y’all, I think I found that welfare state the right wingers keep crying about
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
NEW: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month. He did so at the behest of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization that espouses “Lost Cause” ideology, which whitewashes the role of slavery in the Civil War. 🧵
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Mississippi Governor Declares April Confederate Heritage Month
Gov. Tate Reeves declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, keeping alive a 32-year-old tradition that began in 1993.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this. The Secretary is unfit to lead.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Days after a delegation of House Republicans were in that slave labor camp for a photo op.
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Paula Poundstone @paulapoundstone.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
If it were true that we can't control what El Salvador does in terms of prisoners, it all the more reason we have no business sending anyone there.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
What we all just witnessed had all the earmarks of a criminal conspiracy to deprive Abrego-Garcia of his constitutional rights, as well as an impeachable offense. The fraud scheme was a phony agreement engineered by the US to have Bukele say he lacks power to return Abrego Garcia and he won't do it.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 14/04/2025
In defiance of the Supreme Court & without any evidence, the White House claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a “terrorist,” who was “sent to the right place.” This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent. He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
8/ This is a watershed moment, as Trump thumbs his nose at a Supreme Court ruling, gaslighting the public by pretending his won 9-0 when he lost 9-0. If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Since the Trump admin continues to claim Mr. Abrego Garcia is a gang member, I thought I'd take the time to put together a timeline, based on all the documents filed in court, which lays out all the "evidence" the government has ever offered. As you'll find out, there's very little "there" there!
TIMELINE
ABREGO GARCIA GANG ALLEGATIONS - SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION. 

2011-2019: Entry and Early Life: Kilmar Abrego Garcia flees El Salvador to the US at age 16, after M-18 gang members extort his family and threaten to kill him and rape his sisters if they didn’t keep paying. He moves in with his US citizen brother in Maryland and lives there without trouble for years.

March 28, 2019: PGPD Arrest. Kilmar is arrested for loitering outside Home Depot while looking for day labor. A Prince Georges County PD detective grills him about whether he’s a gang member. He denies any involvement. Four hours later, he is transferred to ICE custody, without PGPD charging him for any offense.

April 2019: ICE Allegations: At a bond hearing, ICE claims Kilmar is part of MS-13. They submit one piece of evidence: a “Gang Field Interview Sheet” (GFIS) filled out by the PGPD detective that claims Kilmar is part of MS-13. The GFIS says (1) he was wearing Chicago Bulls gear, and (2) a “confidential informant” allegedly claimed that Kilmar was a ranking member of the “Westerns” clique, which is in Long Island, a place he has never lived in.Summer 2019: Investigation: Kilmar’s lawyers reach out to PGPD to investigate these claims. They find out that (1) the police did not even file an incident report about his arrest, and (2) the detective that filled out the GFIS has been suspended for an unknown reason.

August 2019: IJ Decision: At his final bond hearing, ICE declines to offer any evidence of gang membership other than what’s in the GFIS. The IJ denies bond, finding that the GFIS is sufficient proof of membership at this time, despite noting its obvious flaws. Kilmar appeals this decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals.

October 2019: Withholding Win: The immigration judge rules that Kilmar is ineligible for asylum because he filed the application too late. But the judge does grant “withholding of removal,” finding that it was “more likely than not” that he would be subject to persecution if deported to El Salvador. A removal order is issued, but with a restriction that the one country he cannot be deported to is El Salvador.December 2019: BIA Decision: Kilmar appeals the bond decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals. The appeals board declines to find “clear error” in the immigration judge’s decision to rely on the GFIS document. However, he is released anyway because he had won withholding of removal.

2019-2025: Normal Life: Kilmar lives a normal life in Maryland with his U.S. citizen wife, their biological son, and his two stepchildren. With his work permit, he gets a job as a sheet metal worker, joins a union, and raises his family in a DC suburb. He doesn’t get into any trouble with the law.

March 2025: Sent to CECOT: On March 12, 2025, ICE comes to Kilmar’s home and arrests him in front of his children. Three days later he’s transferred to Texas, where, thanks to an “administrative error,” he is put on a plane to El Salvador and sent to CECOT
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
THEY WON'T PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE BUT THEY'LL BREAK TAXPAYER PRIVACY LAWS TO DEPORT THOSE WHO DO FUCKERS thirty six times thirty six times the Torah commands us to care for, protect, love, deal justly with, treat "as a citizen" the non-citizen/stranger in our midst. can't even theocracy right
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IRS and DHS sign data-sharing deal to help ICE find undocumented immigrants for deportation | CNN Politics
The Department of Homeland Security and the Internal Revenue Service finalized an agreement Monday to provide sensitive taxpayer data to federal immigration authorities as part of President Donald Tru...
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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 13/04/2025
Musk originally said his DOGE would save at least $2 trillion, then $2TN, then $1TN, now he says $150 billion and NYT reports that is even overstated. And that doesn’t include expected loss of tax revenue from IRS cuts. What a joke!
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration. So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives. So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Live shot of MAGA as they praise Trump while he destroys the economy
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 10/04/2025
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks. We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
This isn't The Art of the Deal. It's insider trading with a bad comb-over. Step 1: Tank the Market, Scare the Non-Millionaires Step 2: Let the Aristocrats Feast Step 3: Flip, but say ‘Winning’ Step 4: Pretend None of This Ever Happened & Get Your Media Dregs To Do The Same Rinse, Enrich, Repeat.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
What some people aren’t factoring into their analysis is the reality that companies were buying tons of inventory to beat the tariffs. That’s cash taken from being able to invest or hire. In fact the probably cut costs and jobs as a result. #econsky
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment. Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling. We must overturn Citizens United. Every day, it corrupts our politics and erodes our democracy.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This is perfect. Absolutely perfect.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Congress could end the tariffs tomorrow but most members of Congress value their relationship with Trump more than the American economy
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