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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I don't find the Schmitt Senate fiasco remotely funny. It's just McCarthyism but more incompetent. It's appalling, & a constitutional order that can't end this level of unserious lying & extremist nonsense isn't worth saving. We need massive institutional reform to make sure it never happens again.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump had $400 million in his PAC and he STILL decided that he needed to steal taxpayer money to pay for campaign ads for the midterms.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This seems like a pretty big deal: donors made illegal contributions to Susan Collins and then were awarded lucrative contracts after her office intervened with the Navy. An FBI investigation was dropped under Trump. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
To skirt campaign finance laws and conceal the source of the funds, Navatek planned to funnel the donation through a shell company. The CEO wanted assurance that Collins would know where
the money came from. Reed confirmed that she would, the executive said - and that Navatek would get its government contracts.
After the Corner Bakery meeting, Navatek's CEO, Martin Kao, sent an initial $150,000 to the Collins super PAC using the shell company. Two months later, he told Navatek executives that Collins committed to getting the company $32 million in naval contracts, according to an internal company email reviewed by ProPublica.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
👇🏽 #AbolishICE
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We will vote to rebuke him so decisively no president will dare such abuses again for centuries.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Gina Hinojosa: "The fight of 2026 is to decide is this going to be a Texas and America that is by and for the people, or is this the billionaires' world and we just live here. That's the fight."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
Enten: "Trump is breaking records. Yesterday the Marquette Law School poll came out -- Trump's worst net approval rating on inflation. Minus 61! That's the worst Trump has ever polled on inflation, & not only that, it's the worst any president EVER has polled on inflation. Worse than Jimmy Carter!"
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is APPALLING. The Trump administration is detaining multiple random Somali immigrants with no criminal record at Guantanamo Bay, seemingly because the White House ordered ICE specifically to detain Somalis at Gitmo as part of its effort to punish an ethnic group Trump has attacked.
According to Mohamed, guards at Guantanamo have said they are being held there because that's what officials in Washington, DC, want. "There's no other nation, only Somali people in Guantanamo Bay, in the prison," he told me. "And when we ask them why we are here, they tell us... Washington...ordered to keep Somali people in the Guantanamo Bay."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026
only send your strongest, buffest, most handsome men to watch mr hegseth
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andykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Stop calling this a DC makeover. This is an illegal desecration of our capital and a huge waste of American families’ money. DC is sacred ground, and we shouldn’t minimize the real damage being done.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/09/2026
The rise in rulings on the “shadow docket” has been driven, at least in part, by Trump’s losses in lower courts. “The patterns show a court going out of its way to enable Trump,” one scholar said. “That’s the real blow to the court’s credibility.” (Published July)
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A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification
ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Every other headline now is "Huge liar who's financially motivated to lie says"
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Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wow... “If I’m paying for your wedding, at some point, you’re going to owe me something,” said Frank Montoya Jr., a retired career FBI official who held senior counterintelligence roles.
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Seriously if any president ever did this besides him he would be gone in 5 seconds. Yet it won't be above the fold every day for the next month and it won't be the leading story on cable news every day until the midterms even though it should be.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Kimmel plays Talarico a montage of Trump dragging Paxton for being ugly. Talarico responds, "I'm James Talarico and I approve that message."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/09/2026
This mofo hesitates way too damn long. You can imagine what his plans are.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/09/2026
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "We have a generational opportunity to take MAGA and bury it in the ash heap of history where it belongs, but it's going to require Democrats figuring out how to go on offense."
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It's official. Trump is a lunatic.
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Andrew M. | Founder & Advisor 🇬🇷 🇺🇸 @andrewmfounder.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A reminder as people hit the road for Labor Day weekend.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/09/2026
"Shapiro and other state officials maintained the facts were on their side. And now it looks like they were right. If anybody is twisting facts to fit his narrative, it appears to be Kennedy." The latest edition of The Breakdown from @citizencohn.bsky.social:
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RFK Jr.’s Sickening Measles Victory Lap
While Pennsylvania struggles to contain an outbreak, the anti-vax health secretary keeps trying to score political points.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Me crossing beef off my shopping list …
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Ron Filipkowski: The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026. So far. The scams, schemes and grifts have been endless, as the Trump Family seems to spend most of their time and energy finding new ways to profit off the presidency. Here is my Top 75.
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The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026
So far.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/09/2026
NEWS: New York City just recorded the safest summer in its history. From June through August, NYC saw its fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders on record. Major crime fell 6.2% year-to-date, murders plunged 24.1%, and the subway had zero murders, shootings, or rapes in August.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
In the midst of an awful lot of ever-so-sophisticated equivocating and oh-so-thoughtful-chin-stroking and too-clever-by-half-over-thinking, I just want to say, simply and unequivocally and for the record: The Resistance Libs Were Right.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Woof. @wedemandjustice.bsky.social with a fire statement: "Justices who take luxury gifts from billionaires just made another giveaway to the oligarchy and the corporations buying a president."
STATEMENT FROM DEMAND JUSTICE PRESIDENT JOSH ORTON ON SUPREME COURT ALLOWING TRUMP TO MOVE FORWARD WITH $400M BALLROOM

"The Supreme Court just rubber-stamped a monument to corruption: a $400 million ballroom bankrolled by Lockheed, Palantir, Amazon, and other corporations with billions in federal contracts riding on Trump's goodwill. Justices who take luxury gifts from billionaires just made another giveaway to the oligarchy and the corporations buying a president.

“The Supreme Court's legitimacy crisis just got worse, and it won't end until we expand the Court and get a majority dedicated to honesty, fairness, and justice for all."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Natalie Harp found this video on the internet, showed it to Trump, and Trump told her to post it on social media. And that is what US taxpayers - you - are paying her $150,000 a year to do with your hard-earned money. This is the Republican Party.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Talarico: This issue of healthcare is so personal to me. When I was a perfectly healthy 28-year-old running for the Texas House, I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. I brought Democrats and Republicans together to take on Big Pharma, and we capped insulin copays in Texas at $25 per prescription.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I think the general consensus of people around the world is that Americans can get fooled by a con man once, but to return him to power a 2nd time after having seen his corruption, incompetence, ignorance, & buffoonery, the problem isn’t just Trump it’s the American people.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/08/2026
More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban. Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.” (Published July 2025)
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A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Abolish ICE. Fire them all. Prosecute their crimes.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is huge.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/08/2026
Can someone please show this to Trump? It might finally finish him.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Shapiro: When he sits behind the desk in the Oval Office, making $2.2 billion off his corruption for him and his kids, it costs you money. When he sits behind that desk, he’s not thinking about how to put money in your pocket. He’s thinking about how to put money in his own pocket.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
And these are the folks who are all about “meritocracy”
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Ken Paxton stole someone’s $1,000 pen. He’ll steal your tax dollars. He’ll steal your healthcare. He’ll even steal your pen. I'll be a Senator who puts money in your pocket — and I’ll never put your pen in mine.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen. Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I'll never steal your pen.
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
we're at the "they're arming unaccountable masked men with electric torture gloves" stage of fascism
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14/08/2026
THIS is the part of James Talarico’s campaign I really like. He’s going into deep-red Texas, talking directly to people about the shit they’re actually dealing with: housing, utility bills, cost of living, corruption. And then he LISTENS.
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Talarico: He Won’t Steal Your Pen I knew if we unleashed the talent on D comms it would create wonders and this is wonderful.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Ken Paxton's own party impeached him for bribery and corruption. Paxton is the only Texas official to be impeached by his own party in nearly 50 years.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Criminals are running law enforcement. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u...
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Blanche Is Confirmed as Attorney General After Overcoming G.O.P. Concerns
Todd Blanche, who has served as acting attorney general since April, eked out Senate approval, despite growing unease about his willingness to rein in President Trump.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/08/2026
Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/08/2026
So Tillis and Cornyn thought the 1.8. Billion dollar slush fun was so bad, that they will be willing to confirm the guy who came up with it. Huh
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I'm just glad Article I isn't alive to see this
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/07/2026
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
1. American taxpayers are spending $2 BILLION every year providing Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands of employees of Amazon and Walmart, a new analysis by Popular Information reveals.
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