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KJ Knocks Twice

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NT. Trying to listen and learn all I can from autistic adults. Just one person trying to fight this lawless, greedy and fascist administration. Citizens have a duty to fight tyranny as they can.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h
The midterms aren't a month away. They're already happening RIGHT NOW. Early voting has begun in many states across the country, including in California. Check your voter registration and make a plan to vote. [@indivisible.org]
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
🚨 NEWS: A 28-year-old researcher at a Russian anti-plague institute has died following a suspected lab accident in Siberia. Nearly 200 people are reportedly under observation and hospitals have been quarantined amid concerns over possible pneumonic plague.
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Russian Lab Worker Dies After Suspected Plague Accident as Quarantines Expand
A 28-year-old worker at a Russian anti-plague institute has died following a suspected laboratory accident in Siberia, with nearly 200 people under observation and conflicting accounts emerging from R...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Allison Gill has obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Epstein documents containing Donald Trump’s name for supervisory review. The DOJ is still refusing to release the actual videos. 👉 www.youtube.com/live/dYiQOhP...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wild — and somehow even more wild than most of us thought at the time!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
L - Tom Emmer in 2024 on the House subpoenaing Hunter Biden. R - Tom Emmer today on why the House shouldn’t investigate Don Jr: He’s a private citizen.
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Horrible stuff here. Really important. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children
Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Yep. If El-Sayed frames his appeal this way, it's harder for JD Vance to pretend to be outraged about it.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
More details in Popular Information:
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The hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.org
The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Make no mistake—this is Mike Rogers' position on data centers. He's got up to $2.6 million invested in companies cashing in on the data center boom, all while Michiganders watch their utility bills soar.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#WheresMitch
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The ability of billionaires to influence our politics has destroyed our democracy. So much for one person one vote. They are buying elections. We need a constitutional amendment to rid ourselves of the poison of Buckley v Valeo and Citizens United. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Meet the Megadonors Who Have Poured $1.2 Billion Into the Midterms (Gift Article)
The leaderboard of the top 20 donors is dominated by the tech industry and ultrawealthy Republicans.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump: “You don’t pay the tariffs.”

Also Trump: “I’m suspending tariffs on beef so you can have cheaper prices.”

MAGA is so fucking stupid.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/08/2026
Welker: "Trump pardoned everyone who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, including 172 people who pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers. How is that consistent with your pledge to always protect law enforcement?" Blanche: "There is nothing inconsistent." Welker: "Police were beaten with bats."
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 14/08/2026
The Trump administration has expended significant resources trying to meddle in elections ahead of the midterms, but so far virtually every scheme has been blocked by courts, failed in Congress, or simply fizzled out. bit.ly/3SaBeBt
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The Trump Administration Is Losing Its Fight to Take Over Elections
The president’s strategy has faced defeat at every turn so far.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Most of the corruption perpetrated by the Trump admin would not be possible without the complicit enabling of the Republican majorities in the House and Senate. The only way to put any check and balance on this out of control regime is to vote them out in November.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The point of a tariff is to make firms build factories at home. But if it's on Monday, off Tuesday, back on Wednesday, no one pours concrete. Chaotic tariffs give you all of the cost and almost none of the benefit.⁣ ⁣ newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
In Texas, a Border Patrol agent was just indicted by a local grand jury for aggravated assault for running down a migrant with his car on January 31, 2025. Video from a homeowner showed the agent driving straight into a man who was calmly walking on the side of the road. myrgv.com/local-news/2...
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Court has found what we knew all along. Blanche’s “settlement” with Trump providing tax immunity was illegal self-dealing. Trump barred from using it and lawyers sanctioned. Great to see a court call out the corruption. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read the Judge’s Ruling on Trump’s IRS Lawsuit
A federal judge said in a scathing ruling that President Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was an improper exercise in self-dealing.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 10/07/2026
Once again, ICE shot and killed someone in broad daylight. This time, a loving father and husband, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. This latest tragedy is a reminder of why we’ve been fighting for real reforms of DHS and an end to this administration’s cruel and dangerous immigration agenda.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 08/07/2026
The recent Supreme Court term reiterated what we already know — it’s time for term limits for the justices. bit.ly/4p7CUYx
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Why the Roberts Court Makes Easy Cases So Hard
If Earl Warren could pull off a 9–0 vote in Brown v. Board of Education, why can’t John Roberts?
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
As Trump announced his whimsy war in Iran, I was reading about another imperial campaign, long ago, against an Iranian people. I found a perspective on the wars of today, & a sense of why, beyond his obvious incompetence in military matters, Trump had to lose his. snyder.substack.com/p/of-stoicis...
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Of Stoicism and Stupor
The Wars of Marcus Aurelius and Donald Trump
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
BREAKING: Judge Patrick Schiltz has quashed several DOJ grand jury subpoenas aimed Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, saying they were part of a retaliatory effort over their refusal to aid Trumpa dmin immigration enforcement efforts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/06/2026
Really interesting how the same people who said you can't blame all white people for slavery suddenly want to blame any particular crime on every immigrant. "Individualism for me, collective guilt for thee."
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 10/06/2026
If Trump cares so much about "honest voting," why did his DOJ cancel election integrity training sessions for prosecutors and FBI agents and delete a guide on prosecuting election offenses five months before the midterms?
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The Justice Department Hasn’t Taken Its Usual Steps to Protect the 2026 Election
The DOJ appears to be quietly scrapping its typical “command center” that would monitor Election Day emergencies.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
what is happening in Los Angeles County's ballot processing facility could not be more transparent.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 08/06/2026
"We are facing an unprecedented series of conflicts of interest: President Trump and his family have built a sprawling crypto business that has added more than a billion dollars to the family’s fortune since Trump took office."
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The Senate Must Strengthen and Pass the Clarity Act
We are facing an unprecedented series of conflicts of interest in the White House.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/06/2026
Respect and support from the U.S. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Can’t be repeated enough…
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
BREAKING: Following DOJ's defense earlier this week of its attorneys' actions in the Rhode Island Hospital subpoena case — www.justice.gov/opa/pr/state... — Judge Mary McElroy has referred the DOJ lawyers involved for disciplinary proceedings. Background: www.lawdork.com/i/198583977/...
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TEXT ORDER. Because of the representations made to this Court by the respondents' attorneys, as well as the findings of the Court in its order of May 14, 2026, this matter is referred for further proceedings under R.I. Dist. Ct. Local Rule 210(b). So Ordered by District Judge Mary S. McElroy on 6/5/2026. (Potter, Carrie) (Entered: 06/05/2026)
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 04/06/2026
Eliminate Citizens United, probably the single most harmful supreme court ruling in the history of the United States. Tax the living sh!t out of it at the state level. 100% tax on elections spending not donated directly to the candidates campaign under standard campaign contribution rules.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Giving billionaires and corporations the green light to buy our elections. Making it easier for polluters to destroy the planet. Stripping millions of reproductive freedom. Granting presidents immunity. Gutting the protections of the Voting Rights Act. The shame of the John Roberts court.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This is truly one of the worst things the court has done — both in terms of legitimacy and in terms of the law — since I have been covering the court.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This is what happens when your prize loyalty over competence.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This is so utterly insane I’m at a loss. But it makes sense if you want to turn the entire US intelligence apparatus into a tool for domestic persecution and domination. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Names Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 01/06/2026
Ossoff: "This is what small men like Donald Trump and JD Vance and Stephen Miller will never understand. That our national greatness flows not through our blood or our genes, but through our ideas. Americans are not a race, we're a people united not by ethnicity, but by our shared convictions."
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
the president is raiding the treasury to put your tax dollars into this mans personal checking account as a reward for what hes doing in this picture
A picture of a man inside the Capitol rotunda on January 6 2021. He is wearing full camo tactical gear, masked, carrying zip ties and climbing over a bannister in the gallery
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This is THEFT. There is no other word for it. They are stealing almost $1.8 BILLION dollars to pay Trump‘s allies, despite knowing that these people are not legally entitled to any money and be laughed out of court if they filed a lawsuit for money damages.
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 18/05/2026
Trump Drops $10B IRS Lawsuit To Avoid Scrutiny of Corrupt Settlement Deal
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Trump Drops $10B IRS Lawsuit To Avoid Scrutiny of Corrupt Settlement Deal
BREAKING … In a new filing this morning, President Trump attempted an...
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Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I do not understand what Congressional Republicans think is going to happen when Trump is, by death or defeat, gone. By allowing such extreme abuses of power and destruction of democratic norms for so long, responsibility lies squarely with them - as does the President’s disapproval numbers.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I've been doing campaign finance research since 1997 With the midterms approaching, I’m sharing the research methods I’ve developed over nearly 30 years I'm hosting a webinar that will teach you exactly how to follow the money It's open to anyone with a paid subscription to Popular Information.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/05/2026
Wow. This NYC pop up is 🔥 The Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room is open as a public installation displaying all 3.5 million pages of the released and partially redacted Epstein files, printed and bound into 3,437 volumes. This shouldn’t just stay in NYC. Take it on the road.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
“While the working class is standing at the pump doing financial triage, they are eating cake while building a billion-dollar ballroom and painting buildings that do not require painting and throwing seven-month television-ready family caravans on the public tab.” open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
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The Secretary of Hot-Tub-Sexportation Took a Seven-Month Taxpayer-Funded Road Trip
And He Wants You to Clap for That Shit
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leaned on an erroneous claim that Black voter turnout now tops white voter turnout, in his Callais v. Louisiana ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act, reports The Guardian. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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SCOTUS used faulty racial voter turnout data to shred Voting Rights Act in recent ruling
The ruling that upended the Voting Rights Act was based in part on a false data analysis about Black and white voter turnout.
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Steve Schmidt @thewarningses.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The fight between the expansion and restriction of liberty has always raged in America. The side that has embraced freedom is the one that has always won in the end, despite setbacks, hardships and great injustice at the hands of the causes rooted in the malignancy of the spirit of the Confederacy.
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Is there any new medical research or safety reason to justify restricting access to Mifepristone (medication abortion) via mail? None whatsoever. Continued exporting of our culture wars to our healthcare at home and abroad is the only reason @whitehouse-47.bsky.social
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
DOJ is paying out millions of dollars in taxpayer money to Trump’s pardoned henchmen who were convicted of crimes by juries or after guilty pleas, while indicting the former FBI director for posting a picture of seashells.
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