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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 9h
Drop your ballot off at a secure ballot drop off box. There should be several throughout your community. Contact your local Election Department for more information!!
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📖 “Auschwitz Bauleitung. Designing a Death Camp” by Dr. Piotr Cywiński The album shows the camp functioning in over 130 large color scans of architectural sketches of Auschwitz. Book: books.auschwitz.org/en_US/p/Piotr-M…
A cover of the book "Auschwitz Bauleitung. Designing a Death Camp" by Piotr M. A. Cywiński. The cover is the blend of aerial photograph of the Auschwitz camp with a fragment of the blueprint of the Birkenau camp.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
This is the most heartbreaking stories I’ve heard in a long time. ICE detained 2-year-old Orlin Hernandez Reyes’ mother. She begged to be reunited with him before deportation. ICE refused. What happened next is horrific. No matter how you feel about immigration, normal people don’t like cruelty.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
"He's gonna fix it. Believe in him ... all the abortion, it's evil ... I want to see 2 people -- Trump & Jesus...we do not want Muslims taking over...I have horrible thoughts. I don't think they should be here. This isn't their country...they need to pack up & go back where they came from."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says
The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You really can’t make this shit up.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
25th Amendment? We can’t even get network news to air it or even mention it. It’s a massive national media coverup to hide the fact the we have an addled president.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL? The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?” Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior)
From THEY KNEW, published in 2022:
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think we all saw that coming
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Susan Collins has had five years to give back Leon Black's money. She's had ten months to give back his wife's. Here's what her office did when we called. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-billiona...
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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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Rep. Rich McCormick blames OBAMA for high gas prices in the year of our lord 2026
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Teri King @volleygirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Adam Kidan went to federal prison with Jack Abramoff and was ordered to repay $21.7 million. Trump pardoned him in July. His money turned up in eight Republican Senate campaigns. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-pard...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 30/09/2026
The Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump's administration continue deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal. to.pbs.org/4yj4UvV
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Supreme Court lets Trump continue deporting people to 3rd countries while justices consider policy
Under a series of often-secret agreements, the Trump administration has deported some 25,000 people to more than two dozen countries, including Liberia and Guyana.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Republican members of the Georgia State Election Board (SEB) adopted a resolution Monday seeking the Trump administration to intervene in a vague crusade against the state’s voting system just weeks before the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Georgia election board asks for Trump admin to help go after state’s voting machines
“I think this is federal overreach," the board's lone Democrat warned.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump's new student loans rule sets new standards for federal student loan eligibility: namely, by denying loans to students pursuing degrees that lead to careers that “don’t make enough money,” with programs for art, music and social work being “hit the hardest.” www.rawstory.com/trump-educat...
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'I'm speechless, my God!' Dismay as Trump admin rolls out 'worthy' student rule
The Trump administration issued updated guidance on the rollout of a new rule that could shape the future of higher education in the United States — leaving critics dismayed about the potential ramifi...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
IMPORTANT: There are 15 states that require in-person registration 28–30 days before an election, meaning this maybe your last week to register. Check your registration at Vote.gov.
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Register to vote in your state | Vote.gov
Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Every Woman knows a Woman Who's Been Raped, But no Man Ever Knows a Rapist.
What happens when a man confesses to rape and thinks he's telling you a sex story?
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026
🚨NEW: Trump’s DOJ responded to the DNC’s lawsuit seeking records on potential ballot seizures — but produced none. The filing still leaves unanswered whether the administration has considered such plans for the midterms.
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Trump DOJ responds to DNC lawsuit, offers no records on ballot seizure plans
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) 13-page answer did not deny whether the Trump administration has considered such plans, identify whether responsive records exist or offer a timeline for producing…
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Susan Collins has been lying to us for almost 30 years.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Still wondering why people are fed up with the system?
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 28/09/2026
Susan Collins pledged to serve just TWO terms. Now she’s running for a SIXTH. Trust matters. Promises matter. Troy Jackson is fighting for working families, lower drug costs & protecting Social Security. After 30 years, Maine deserves more than “concerned.” #MainePolitics #TroyJackson #SheShed
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Carole King duets with her younger self at BST Hyde Park in 2016. #tapestrivr #bsthydepark #caroleking #naturalwoman
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026
ICE IS ABOUT TO MAKE YOUR GROCERY BILL EVEN WORSE Cattle groups in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas say ICE raids are creating a “massive chilling effect” on legal, documented workers, disrupting meatpacking and delaying the processing of thousands of cattle. They’re reporting millions in losses.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
2/ This came straight from the top of the Trump administration, not some rogue office deep in an agency. Vice President JD Vance stood at a White House podium and announced the number himself, flanked by the officials who run Medicare and Medicaid nationwide. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump officials cut 760,000 enrollees from ACA, claiming fraud
Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force concluded that the people were wrongly signed up for the government health care program.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1/ 760,000 people lost ACA health coverage this week. Not because they broke a rule. Because an algorithm flagged them for not using their insurance enough. Cancel now, sort it out later, that is the new Republican plan for your health care. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Beginning October 1, some of the cuts to SNAP and Medicaid mandated by “the One Big Beautiful Bill Act” take effect. The cuts will bring new eligibility requirements and hardship for tens of millions of low-income Americans and people with disabilities that depend on the programs.
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SNAP and Medicaid Will Change Dramatically in October: What to Know
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1. Vought tells Trump to cut NIH budget by 40% Congress rejects it 2. Vought moves to give political appointees power over grants Congress delays it 3. Vought writes EO to create NIH board that gives him veto power. It is blocked. Now, this. IMPEACH VOUGHT 🧪 www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Trump cancels $1B in federal spending in latest challenge to Congress
Many lawmakers, including some top Republicans, say the "pocket rescission" tactic is illegal.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“National Park Service Deputy Director Frank Lands visited Grand Teton National Park this week and looked at three potential locations for a baseball park within the park’s boundaries” WTF 🤬 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Truth 👇
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 27/09/2026
On this day in 1958, after violent resistance to integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, white residents voted to close local public schools rather than comply with federal desegregation orders.
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Sep. 27, 1958 | White Little Rock Voters Choose to Close Public Schools Rather Than Integrate
Learn more about our history of racial injustice
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So much of what we are confronting today is best understood by the actions undertaken by white communities in response to integration orders. White supremacy is a form of democratic nihilism. Every institution, norm, and value of democracy will be sacrificed for it. calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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Sep. 27, 1958 | White Little Rock Voters Choose to Close Public Schools Rather Than Integrate
Learn more about our history of racial injustice
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Lady Di @ladydi2020.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is where we are at. The U.S. was the only one to oppose… 😡 #Pinks
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Remembering WILL SAMPSON — born 93yrs ago today.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
27 September 1921 | A Pole, Jerzy Bogusz, was born in Nowy Sącz. He was deported to Auschwitz from Tarnów on 14 June 1940 in the first transport of Poles to the camp. No. 61 In 1942 he was released from the camp. He survived the war. He passed away in 2016.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 27/09/2026
This Supreme Court’s rulings come down to one question: Does Trump want this? “The Supreme Court could just close up shop and put out a sign that says, ‘The government always wins,’ and save us all the time,” Marc Elias says. Help us fight back: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
This is an entirely new phenomenon because before the vaccine, most women who survived measles were immune because they had it when they were young. But now, idiots who refuse to get vaccinated are giving birth to babies with measles. Two babies have died. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Another fight over who controls the nation’s purse strings. The White House announced that it plans to cancel $810 million in spending already approved by Congress, using a rarely used maneuver known as a “pocket rescission.”
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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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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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