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Kris Savage

@krissavage.bsky.social
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Thinker. Mover. Gratitude dweller. Cat person. Making small differences, daily. SWMO

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We aren’t getting $5000 checks, but even if we did, it’s not enough to make up for how much we’ve lost.
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Nancy Ann ❌👑 👍🏻🐸 @nancyannn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Does everyone get it now? He’s a dictator. You are not safe.
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Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove @kamlager-dove.house.gov · 07/10/2026
This is exactly why I introduced articles of impeachment against Russell Vought.   Vought has repeatedly and willfully broken the law to serve Trump—and he’s just getting started.
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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Not-fun fact: Trump decimated the DHS office that protects the U.S. from bio threats, like Russia's plague incident. Hundreds of staff from the "Office of Countering WMD" have been pushed out, fired, or reassigned in Trump 2.0. He's playing roulette with our lives.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump Rages, Rages Against the Dying of the Light talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
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Trump Rages, Rages Against the Dying of the Light
Donald Trump’s manic building and naming spree has been a core feature...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump ends his mumbly, low energy speech and then YMCA starts blaring as he waits for applause that never really comes
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice tapped criminal prosecutors and an FBI official to watch voters in Arizona’s primary elections earlier this year in a major break from past norms, according to records reviewed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ dispatched criminal prosecutors, FBI agent to monitor Arizona’s primary, documents reveal
The deployments mark a major break from past departmental norms.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 06/10/2026
Q: "Why did you change your mind on the taxpayer-funded ads and will you reimburse the government for the millions of dollars already spent?" Trump: "Well, the ads were really good. They were promotion for the country."
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The Cook Political Report @cookpolitical.com · 06/10/2026
Today, The Cook Political Report is moving three Senate races, all towards Democrats. • Kansas from Lean R -> Toss Up • North Carolina from Lean D -> Likely D • New Hampshire from Toss Up -> Lean D Read @jessicataylor.bsky.social's full analysis:
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A Senate Majority is Squarely in Democrats’ Sights as Kansas Moves to Toss Up; Two Other Races Shift Left
Four weeks out from Election Day, the Senate map is shifting further in Democrats’ favor — and with it, their odds of winning back the majority.While Republicans continue to have a financial edge in a...
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
YMCA starts randomly playing in the middle of Trump's speech
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The federal government ran up a $2 trillion deficit in 2026 reason.com/2026/10/05/t... via Fiper.net / Reason.com
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The federal government ran up a $2 trillion deficit in 2026
Congress hasn’t balanced the budget in 25 years.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How is it not news when the president nods off in public meetings and press conferences dozens of times? If you follow independent media, you see it and know about it. But why hasn’t CBS, NBC or ABC showed a montage of it on their evening news? They simply refuse to ever show it.
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FBI’s last-minute plot to hide Trump-Epstein videos claimed in lawsuit www.alternet.org/jeffrey-epst...
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FBI's last-minute plot to hide Trump-Epstein videos claimed in lawsuit
Legal analyst Allison Gill slams late-night DOJ filing as an attempt to stall past the midterm elections.
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 02/10/2026
This is #NY17 and its immediate surroundings. It is the ONLY toss-up seat in this area...and it needs help. EVERY district it borders in NY, CT and NJ is Safe 🔵. So I'm asking... If you (or anyone you know) lives in-or-near this area (or even NYC) PLEASE come out to volunteer for Cait Conley.
Map of New York's 17th District and its surrounding areas where Democrats are trying to elect Cait Conley @caitfornewyork.bsky.social and defeat Mike Lawler.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
America needs a new political party. Not now. AFTER the midterms. We need a “radically centrist, common sense, let’s get shit done” party. I wrote this piece 5yrs ago. I think it still holds up. Tell me what you think.👇 socialcontractwithjoewalsh.substack.com/p/america-ne...
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America Needs A New Political Party
AFTER The Midterms
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lawyers are on the front lines of the fight to protect our democracy. Right now, @wetheaction.bsky.social is recruiting lawyers who are willing to volunteer their time to defend voting rights. Join them: wetheaction.us/guide
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/10/2026
Q: "A lot of headlines say oil is flowing through Hormuz again. Did that translate to lower gas prices?" Kevin Hassett: "We've got the Iranian economy on the ropes, and the oil has started to flow through…It should be, like, really almost immediate that we start to see it at the gas pumps."
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Delusional.
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Setting the Scene for a National Security Emergency? Peter Navarro Tells Bill O’Reilly Trump Admin Is ‘Worried’ About China Interfering in Midterms www.mediaite.com/politics/pet...
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Peter Navarro Reveals Trump 'Worried' About Chinese Meddling
Trump trade advisor Peter Navarro revealed the president is concerned about China meddling in the 2026 midterm elections during an interview with Bill O'Reilly.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is for the folks that punch in for long days and long nights, who pour their heart into their work, whose load never gets lighter, and folks who work 80 hours a week like I did. There's power in who we are and we can't afford to waste it. It's time that your hard work pays off.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 02/10/2026
An intact explosive device that struck the wing of a Ukrainian aircraft at Germany’s Leipzig Airport has given investigators their clearest look yet at what European officials believe is a wider Russian campaign of attacks. 🔗 vist.ly/5ksm2
Antonov cargo plane at airport with drone flying above.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump goes for his perfect trifecta in this one; a barefaced lie, a large dollop of racism, and a big dose of insanity--all in one short quote.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That expression you have while witnessing spectacular incompetence.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026
If this is how they define the GOP—if any disagreement with Trump means you’re against the party—then perhaps you should take them at their word. And on November 3, you can tell every nominee of the Trump party what you think of them.
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Jack Smith and the Republican Smear Squad
If holding Trump accountable makes you an enemy of the GOP, the party has told you everything you need to know.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 30/09/2026
“What, after all, will we do when A.I. frees us from doing our jobs and thinking our thoughts and, ultimately, leading our lives?” Becca Rothfeld writes. “Use more A.I. so that we can use our newfound free time to—use more A.I.?” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/uR-X7f
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The Humanism Driving the Anti-A.I. Movement
At the Pro-Human Assembly in Washington, D.C., attendees talked less about jobs and policy, and more about their philosophy of life.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
I don’t like where this is headed. Hegseth thinks war is a fucking game.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: A free press is important. But partisan activism that intentionally smears the historic mission is fundamentally anti-American. It's sick. It's treason.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: "Project Meridian will be co-led by three of our nation's best minds: Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich"
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 30/09/2026
There’s No Such Thing as Moral AI
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There’s No Such Thing as Moral AI
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: "The ideological clowns are out. The patriotic cowboys are in, with testosterone testing on top."
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
AG Todd Blanche won't say DOJ can't declare an election fraudulent on the president's say-so Here's what I will say: this election will be free & fair, & @democracydefendersaction.org & our partners will make sure of it More on @cnnipr.bsky.social at 3:40pm ET👇 -TN
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Free & Fair Elections | Democracy Defenders Action
Democracy depends on free and fair elections. Across the country, efforts to undermine voting rights, silence voters, reject lawful results, and spread election disinformation threaten public trust an...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 30/09/2026
An incredible performance and a moving tribute to how football can bring every American together, no matter who you root for. Mariachi Herencia de México did Illinois proud. Bear down!
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
when your country's new accord on “super intelligence” misspells the country's name
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth announces "Fortress America," which will study "survivability"
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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How is this real. How.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I thought at first that this had to be a parody, but it's Hegseth, so I guess not.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: "If the world's supply lines break -- and in a real war, they are gonna break -- America keeps fighting anyway. We're hardening every installation on American soil."
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jesse Watters said that AOC killed the Amazon HQ in Queens, NY. She was only in office for a little over a month when it died. A State Senator Michael Gianaris, along with Queens residents, were the driving force to kill the deal. I've included a 2019 clip from Bloomberg.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Brain death of a salesman.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sure folks on Bluesky know this but most normies out there have no idea just how deep their conservative neighbors are into their alternate reality. They do not live here on earth with us at all.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 28/09/2026
🔺 BREAKING: Counterterrorism police said the men were all from London and aged between 23 and 25
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RAF Fairford: Five men held over ‘bomb plot’ are British nationals
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
After our visit to Springfield Friday, I repeat what I wrote that. morning: We’re honored to help bring more attention to the outrages our government is perpetrating in our name. We’re honored so many of you are part of this effort. One more thing: ABOLISH ICE. www.thebulwark.com/p/why-were-g...
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Why We’re Going to Springfield
There’s honor in this fight.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/09/2026
The United States is deporting parents without their children, leaving babies behind in America, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social reports. She spoke with the parents who don’t know if they’ll see their kids again, and the caretakers left to watch the children:
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/09/2026
Just in: The five men arrested near RAF Fairford over a suspected terrorist plot were all UK nationals in their twenties living in London, Counter Terrorism Policing said on Monday. ft.trib.al/ysSl5Ys
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Libby Whittemore @libbage55.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue Yeah…good times
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Kris Savage @krissavage.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A very clear recap of a very confusing time… newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/denny-hosk...
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Denny Hoskins’ terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month
Contempt, lawsuits and three trips to the U.S. Supreme Court ended with Missouri right back where it started.
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