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Kira Dault @kiradault.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

A reminder offered for no reason whatsoever. Rham Emanuel became mayor of Chicago, closed a whole bunch of public schools, and sent his kids to the most elite private school in the city. You know, in case anyone wonders what he might do to “fix” education.

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

New from me in the @nydailynews.com: Dismiss politicians as "influencers" at your own peril -- @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's 3K/preK enrollment push shows how good communication is fundamental to good governance. www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/06/h...

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

They blew up an elementary school Tom www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

“Must support the Green New Deal (or whatever policy)” is a litmus test but so is “must reject the Green New Deal (or whatever policy)” and I just wish the people calling for no litmus tests would be less hypocritical about it.

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Thrilled to see @jamestalarico.bsky.social win in Texas -- I expect he'll be one of many @runforsomething.net alum we'll be calling Senator this time next year. Genuine authentic community-rooted leaders who know how to meet the moment can win anywhere & everywhere. Let's goooooo!

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Kira Dault @kiradault.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

If corporations want to actually support their LGBTQ customers, they could put some lobbying dollars to pressure lawmakers to stop being fascists. Lyft spent $940,000 last year.

Screen shot of Open Secrets site. Shows Lyft Inc Lobbying Industry spent $940,000 on “Misc Transport” lobbying.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I refuse to root for Ken Paxton to pull this out because even though I think he’s more beatable I’m old enough to remember thinking that about Trump in 2016.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/11/2025

Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

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Aunt Jules @japulver.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

BREAKING: We go now live to the U.S. Senate where Democrats have decided to believe Republicans will honor their promise to vote for an #ACA extension in December.

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a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag

ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 10/11/2025

Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/11/2025

Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

New: Sens. King, Shaheen, Hassan led negotiations on a deal that will have enough Democratic support to pass in the Senate, I'm told.

This is the package:

- CR thru Jan 30
- A vote on a ACA bill by a December, on a DEM bill
- Minibus WHICH INCLUDES reversal of shutdown RIFs and back pay and protections against them happening in the future
PLUS SNAP is funded through the fiscal year 26

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

This shit is why people don’t trust the Democratic Party.

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Laurel Powell @laurelpowell.net · 10/11/2025

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

AND make sure you check in w/ local press @thetriibe.com @blockclubchi.bsky.social @wbez.org @chicago.suntimes.com @chicagotribune.com etc It's always best to seek out local reporters/outlets on any big story, but especially now, when ICE has changed tactics almost certainly to evade scrutiny.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

You want to help Chicago[land]? REPOST REPOST REPOST REPOST REPOST They're doing quick hits, in the burbs, bc they figured out that the big raids in LA drew a lot of attention. BE A MEGAPHONE start with: @unraveledpress.com @djbyrnes1.bsky.social @mulchy.bsky.social @mskellymhayes.bsky.social

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported. Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad. We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.

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Kira Dault @kiradault.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

There should be a size grouping for boys who are 13-14 and going through the “growing-by-stretching” phase of development. Child size pants are too short. Men’s size pants are too big in the waist.

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Kira Dault @kiradault.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Is it possible to find a physician for adolescents who do not use BMI as a metric? Is that a thing? My kid gets so anxious around going to the dr for fear they're gonna bring up BMI, and they always do.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 02/08/2025

A Texas voter recounts her attempts to cast a ballot under a strict new law: “To this day, I’m still not sure [my vote] was counted.” bit.ly/3HeIMgV

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One American’s Struggle to Vote in Texas

Voting in the state suddenly became costly and arduous after Senate Bill 1 became law.

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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 23/07/2025

Can't believe I had to issue a request like this, but apparently news outlets are printing completely fabricated quotes now

To Whom It May Concern,

I became aware of your recent article “Trump posts fake video of Obama in jail, declares ‘treason’ and ‘crime of the century’ in AI-driven blitz” which contains a completely fabricated quote from me. The article attributes the following to me regarding Donald Trump’s AI video depicting Obama’s arrest:

“This deepfake is political disinformation at its worst,” said Nina Jankowicz, disinformation analyst and former executive director of the US Disinformation Governance Board. “It erodes public trust, damages reputations, and poses serious threats to democratic stability.”

I did not say this. In fact, I have not issued any comment related to this Trump AI video to your outlet or the public. The manufactured quote is incorrect and irrelevant, and it negatively impacts my professional reputation.

Please remove the false quotation and append a correction to the article, stating that a prior version of this article included a quote falsely attributed to Nina Jankowicz.

Sincerely,

Nina Jankowicz

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18/07/2025

CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons. Watch and share his message.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Colbert has the highest ratings of any late night host. "Financial reasons" my ass. This is political.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 18/07/2025

Interesting thing about Colbert—something that sets him apart from the other late-night comedy hosts over the decades: Paar, Carson, Leno, Letterman, Conan, the Jimmys, et al.—is his willingness to be entirely candid (while remaining winsome) about his thoughts & feelings on morally weighty matters.

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WHAT PUNISHMENTS ARE NOT GIFTS

YouTube video by PHILIP CHIRCOP

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Have talked to local journalists in multiple states over the past day & all have asked "Could this flood happen in our state?" Let me save everyone some time: yes Do you live under the sky? Ok, you can flood Some places have a much higher vulnerability and likelihood, but it can happen anywhere.

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

We know intense rainfall events are increasing in New England and that our mitigation and preparedness efforts are not keeping up. It's one of the reasons I advocate so strongly for greater state and local investment in emergency management. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/08/s...

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As flash floods intensify, current alert systems put lives at risk, including in New England - The Boston Globe

Flash floods are a hallmark of climate change, and they can come on fast, seemingly without warning. The ability of officials to get a warning out can be the difference between life and death.

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

MSNBC (thanks to Marisa) has finally noticed the current head of FEMA appears to be completely absent from the response/recovery efforts. I cannot think of a single other instance where a FEMA director was completely absent -- even Brown was still on TV.

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

If I were a member of the Homeland Security committees, I would be dragging Richardson into Congress to find out why he thinks he should be getting a paycheck for sitting around FEMA HQ while 100+ Americans drown but that's just me!

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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I keep thinking that this bill should have been called the Miller-Vought Destroy American Democracy Bill

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Kira Dault @kiradault.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Hi. We should abolish the filibuster.

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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

there is a comical screwup in the Big Beautiful Bill that would reward states for making improper food benefit payments and punish states that don't. it's a provision that got twisted around in an effort to get Lisa Murkowski's vote. haste makes waste! www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...

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Republicans' Absurd Food Benefit Policy Could Reward States Who Waste Money

A plan to make states share the cost of food benefits got warped by an apparent effort to win over Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska.).

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

It’s amazing that it takes so many public meetings, environmental impact assessments, scientific studies to implement Everglades restoration, but they can just put up a concentration camp in the Everglades overnight.

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Kira Dault @kiradault.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Rep. Steve Cohen shaking it up with a little Jesus talk in the unanimous consent request.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Republicans rushed around the parliamentarian, adopted current policy baseline, rushed the process to create special little carve-outs for their own special interests and kickbacks for states. They subverted the debt limit AND the appropriations process. What's even the point of the filibuster?

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Kira Dault @kiradault.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Don’t know who needs to hear this, but a rotisserie chicken plus a couple bags of salad is a very good way to feed four people without cooking. Then, the next night, you can do the same thing but get a different kind of salad. Totally new meal.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 26/06/2025

One of the clearest examples I've seen of the need for politicians to lead the polls rather than follow them. People's opinions on policy are *highly* malleable in response to different messaging frames.

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Kira Dault @kiradault.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

My hottest take: The biggest challenge of being the mayor of a large city is that large cities subsidize the suburbs, but are not allowed to tax the suburbs. The mayor is therefore always responsible for trying to balance books that are already cooked.

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Kira Dault @kiradault.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Ahem. Thomas Jefferson was *checks notes* 33 years old when he drafted the Declaration of Independence. (Information offered for no particular reason at all.)

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Here's your periodic reminder that political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

It’s hard to overstate how angry rank and file Dems are at the Dem establishment right now. And if I were a self-preservationist incumbent I would take note.

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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 25/06/2025

the future needn't be beholden to demons if we stand tall, link arms, and say "fuck no"

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Run for office. runforwhat.net We've got all the resources you need to get started, no matter what level you're running for.

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Where Can I Run — Run for Something Action Fund

Use this tool to find out when, where and how you can run for office.

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Second Great Bisexual Awakening @suesswassersee.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Periodic reminder that every religion has a shitty fascist right wing. Including atheism. It's not religion, it is humanity's shitty conservative need to find an out-group to hate

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

An act of war weeks in planning but unauthorized by Congress against a country that Trump's own director of intelligence testified under oath was not close to getting a nuclear weapon.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

The authority to wage war rests with Congress. This impeachable action is the reckless behavior of a man granted near-total immunity who feels unleashed to do anything.

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