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A 🔵 in a 🔴 state. Want a better life for my kids. Looking forward to the next American reconstruction period. My mantra is, “We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” MLK

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On the same day Trump announces that top tech firms have signed an accord to "self-police" their own AI development, we learned that OpenAI employees and security researchers were reportedly ignored when they brought safety concerns to the company's top executives. See the problem here?
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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models
Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.
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NPR @npr.org · 8h
The census is used to determine how much say your state has in Congress and the Electoral College. President Trump failed to alter it during his first term, but he's trying again ahead of 2030. trib.al/m96Iu6U
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COMIC: How the census gives your state power (and what Trump wants to change)
The census is used to determine how much say your state has in Congress and the Electoral College. President Trump failed to alter it during his first term, but he's trying again ahead of 2030.
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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 13h
You wonder why the birth rate is down?
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 16h
Not “mind-boggling.” Trump has made our once-beloved country an unwelcoming place and an unsafe place for foreign visitors.
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KM @kimkcm.bsky.social · 18h
Katie Britt’s complacent and then shocked expressions do not absolve her of any of this. She’s complicit, absolutely knows this is wrong, and will go down with the rest of the enablers on the wrong side of history.
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KM @kimkcm.bsky.social · 19h
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'NO FATTIES!': Pete Hegseth gives profane and TROUBLING speech announcing he's GUTTING U.S. military
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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester @bluntrochester.senate.gov · 22h
Finally, a member of this adminsitration that tells the truth.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 21h
While criticizing poor management, an internal watchdog found no evidence of illegal behavior or administrative misconduct in the Fed's $2.5 billion headquarters overhaul, despite Trump's claims targeting Jay Powell. @colbylsmith.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/b...
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Fed’s Watchdog Finds No Misconduct or Illegal Activity in Costly Renovations
A new report by the Federal Reserve’s independent inspector general concluded that a nearly $2.5 billion construction project was poorly managed but made no referrals to the U.S. attorney general.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 23h
The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
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Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 23h
We elected the absolute worst of us who surrounded himself with absolute clowns. Like this punk.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Trump Organization filed for trademark protection of "Trump TV" so that the government would have to PAY him to use the channel he just created… Miraculously, Trump has found yet another way to steal even more money from the American people. Trump. Is. A. Charlatan. And. A. Fraud. 😎✨
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 30/09/2026
Proud of the CDCers who fought to get this vital info out! 30% of our workforce is gone. Heartbroken by the loss of brilliant scientists, institutional knowledge, & frankly my friends, colleagues, & mentors. An understaffed CDC harms the public & leaves the US vulnerable. Rebuilding will take years
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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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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
September 29, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 29, 2026
The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s Pentagon is preparing to cut 20% of senior military posts as his top envoys discuss sanctions relief, energy deals, and economic cooperation with Putin’s team. The timing is raising serious questions.
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Trump's Hegseth Plans 20% Cut to Senior Military Posts as Putin Envoy Courts U.S.
As the Pentagon prepares to downgrade or eliminate senior billets by January 1, 2027, Trump officials are discussing Russian energy and economic cooperation while Moscow's war on Ukraine continues.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s difficult to overstate how dangerous such a declaration would be for American democracy. It would mean a president is attempting to sidestep the Constitution, which empowers states to run elections, in order to prevent his party from losing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Could Trump take over voting by declaring a ‘national emergency’?
Advocates agree such an attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional but still worry that such an emergency order could suppress voting nonetheless.
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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Trump administration is using federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to pay for a series of controversial television ads that promote Trump weeks before the midterm election, according to government records and lawmakers from both parties. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Trump using Homeland Security funds to pay for TV ads before midterms
The Trump administration is using Homeland Security money to air pro-Trump ads on TV before the midterms, according to documents and lawmakers.
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KM @kimkcm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If this is true, I agree.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A new Democratic Congress needs to investigate this hateful man.
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KM @kimkcm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hmmm. Seems like the dirtbag in this scenario is the Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt asking the questions. Maybe do your homework before you go live on camera. Checking your work is not rocket science. This is called grasping for straws. youtube.com/shorts/Kqzqb...
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Sen. Schmitt appears to mix up sports teams in attempt to link Smith to Willis
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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Costco uses $184 million in tariff refunds to lower member prices Chief executive Ron Vachris said some of the fourth-quarter proceeds were returned through price cuts in the second half of the period www.financial-world.org/news/news/fi...
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Costco uses $184 million in tariff refunds to lower member prices
Costco directs most tariff recoveries toward everyday goods
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 29/09/2026
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to continue deporting migrants to countries other than their own for now. Tuesday's order temporarily lifts an appeals court decision that said migrants should get a chance to object before being sent to so-called third countries.
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Lorenzo Salgado, jr. @oznezol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026
NEW: A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WSJ Exclusive: The Trump admin used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance those controversial pro-Trump ads that started airing on TV. The taxpayer money used to fund the ads came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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Dr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I don’t own individual stocks, and I won’t own them as governor. The only thing I am invested in is lowering costs for Ohioans. Vivek Ramaswamy has over $5 million invested in the data center industry and millions more in many other industries that Ohio’s governor would be in charge of regulating.
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The Daily Montanan @dailymontanan.com · 29/09/2026
Today's U.S. Senate hearing in which we learn an important lesson: The difference between the Hawks and the Hawkeyes. dailymontanan.com/2026/09/29/r...
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GOP senator bungles accusation against former special counsel Jack Smith in heated hearing • Daily Montanan
Former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday defended before a U.S. Senate panel his past investigations of President Donald Trump’s possession of classified documents and alleged role in attempts to…
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KM @kimkcm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is a perfect advertisement for why Montanans should vote for I-194 on November 3. Let’s get dark money (and dark people) out of politics.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wait. Which country is he talking about?
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This 👇 👇 👇
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"I immediately thought of Viktor Orban as soon as I saw this last ad because they were the same type of thing he did before finally losing his last election earlier this year. He spent 235 million euros of Hungarian taxpayer money on propaganda campaign material." open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...
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Donald Trump’s latest impeachable offense
Just before noon today, the President of the United States was standing just inches away from the trophy at the Medinah Country Club outside Chicago, wearing an extra-large suit that bulged along his ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
Kennedy: "I don't think any public official, including Trump or Noem or John Kennedy, should spend public money on private ads for themselves ... I may end up with a sombrero on my head, but I also think we ought to have a rule that no politician can have a building named after him when he's alive"
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our tax dollars are being spent to indulge the fantasies and to soothe the fragile ego of a narcissistic sociopath who is falling deeper and deeper into psychosis.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These people have no idea what’s happening in America right now. And, they don’t care. White House Deputy Chief of Staff post last night ⬇️
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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𝔸𝕞𝕪 𝔹. 💚🌱 #voteforyourlife! #protectdemocracy 🗳️💙🌊 @beachandtreesplz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Texans /all- check your voter registration! Dont let them suppress your voice!!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump’s approval rating drops to 37% in WSJ poll, lowest of any president heading into midterm elections in Journal polls dating to 1990.
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Trump Is Predicting Midterms Success but Republicans Are Starting to Panic
The president’s approval rating drops to 37% in a WSJ poll, the lowest of any president heading into a midterm election in Journal polls dating to 1990.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Interviews with more than 30 current and former employees reveal the agency is now tightly controlled by Mr. Kennedy and his associates, and its scientists are finding it increasingly difficult to do their jobs effectively. (Some spoke on the condition of anonymity because of a fear of retaliation.)
The changes have hindered the C.D.C.’s ability to respond to outbreaks as measles spreads at home and Ebola abroad, and to issue timely guidance on vaccinations as cooling temperatures kick off the respiratory season, according to current and former employees. State and local health departments, which rely on the C.D.C. for resources and technical advice, have been stymied by delays. Entire divisions have been shuttered, including teams that worked on smoking, sexual violence, child abuse and falls among older adults.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump's comments always age so well.
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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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This was the 28th time #SCOTUS has granted emergency relief to the Trump administration since 1/20/25. That matches the total number of grants during the entirety of the first Trump administration. And both of those totals dwarf the *four* grants of relief (two each) during the Bush & Obama admins.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NEW: Senate probes Trump’s taxpayer-funded, self-congratulatory TV ad A diesel price crisis in the final weeks of the midterm campaign Eleven point edge for Democrats in new Emerson poll On the ground in Ohio for today’s DAY AHEAD: macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/day-ahead-...
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Democrats Abroad @demsabroad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Texas is ready for change and your vote from abroad can make it happen! 🤠🗳️🌍 Request Your Overseas Ballot by Email Today! Go to VoteFromAbroad.org right now to fill out your Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) to receive your blank ballot by email. 💬 Spread the word to fellow Texans abroad! #TX
A red, yellow and blue graphic with the shape of the State of Texas in yellow at the center. The text says "TEXAS.
TALARICO, Senate
HINOJOSA, Governor."
There is a checkmark in a circle beside each name. The DA logo is at the bottom.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
David Ellison is considering recruiting Elon Musk to invest in Paramount-Warner Bros. once the merger goes through. Hello? We’ve already seen how Elon turned Twitter into a cesspool of right-wing, outright racist content. Billionaires controlling our media is bad for everyone but the billionaires.
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David Ellison Mulls Tapping Elon Musk for Paramount Investment While Closing in on Warner Bros. Takeover: Report
David Ellison, seeking fresh capital for a merged Paramount-Warner Bros., is considering reaching out to tech mogul Elon
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KM @kimkcm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Montanans! Please vote for I-194. “Can the States Stop the Corporate Domination of Our Politics?” prospect.org/2026/09/22/o...
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Can the States Stop the Corporate Domination of Our Politics? - The American Prospect
States giveth corporations the right to exist, so the states can taketh away their political spending power—or at least, Hawaii and Montana are trying.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If we had actual journalists in this country, this would have been reported as a story.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
MS NOW: A new letter from the acting secretary of the U.S. Navy has revealed troubling details about conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln — including that there were eight reported suicide attempts from service members of the carrier strike group tied to the USS Lincoln.
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Navy discloses 8 suicide attempts tied to USS Lincoln’s strike group
In a letter, the acting secretary of the Navy disclosed new details about the conditions onboard during the ship’s record deployment in the Iran war, insisting the “Lincoln’s crew is resilient.”
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