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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h
Former managing director at BGC Group/British banker-turned-whistleblower Simon Andriesz, the man who told the FBI about Lutnick/BGC’s “financial irregularities,” fraudulent 9/11 charity, and revealed Howard Lutnick’s secret business partnership with Epstein in Adfin, has been found dead.
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Whistleblower who outed Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies
The former British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide
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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 5h
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 9h
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h
Endless corruption.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12h
ONE MONTH FROM TODAY:
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baychessie.bsky.social @baychessie.bsky.social · 6h
Yes, 🇺🇸👊💥💥💥 @emilyvote.bsky.social @demwomencaucus.bsky.social
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lauralee47.bsky.social @lauralee47.bsky.social · 2h
Per WP, Trump announces plan to send $90 payments to millions of seniors. “The money would be drawn from about $2 billion set aside to improve Medicare’s insurance programs, which has not been used since the initiative’s inception in 2008.” Why isn’t the money just used to improve Medicare?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 6h
Disability advocates warn these changes could push more people into institutions by making the support they need at home harder to get. This affects children, adults, and elderly parents. Nobody should have to give up their freedom to get the care they need.
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 6h
A judge stripped community-integration protections from a federal disability rights regulation at the Trump administration’s request. Disabled Americans fought for decades for the right to live in their own homes and communities.
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lauralee47.bsky.social @lauralee47.bsky.social · 6h
Perhaps this ties into the reason Musk is in Washington again. Paper ballots can be confirmed. Voting by machines can be manipulated. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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Trump Urges Republicans to Vote By Mail After Criticizing Practice (Gift Article)
It was the latest mixed messaging from President Trump, who regularly votes by mail, but has made baseless claims that the practice is “inherently corrupt.”
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AMPTsuper @amptsuper.bsky.social · 15h
@lastweektonight.com -- John Oliver -- This voucher business really needs your special treatment. Start a private school with taxpayer dollars and earn $7000 per kid in Arkansas. Cost $45 to start (saying that they weren't teachers)...🙈 @propublica.org
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Ruben Garcia @gorubenruben.bsky.social · 15h
Vote November 3rd Public Servants Not Kings #USDemocracy
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lauralee47.bsky.social @lauralee47.bsky.social · 14h
Congress, do your damn job! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you Care at all Vote Blue! 😊💙🌊
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He’s going to use nukes before it’s all over. People need to wake up
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Christian4Michigan @christian4michigan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This election race summed up in one photo... photo credit: Cathy Burr. The top complaint I hear about my opponent, Tim Walberg, is that he is simply not there. I promise that as your representative for Michigan's 5th District, I will show up. Join us at votevukasovich.com.
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 02/10/2026
Right: is it just me, or does the word ‘Constitution’ _not_ begin with ‘D’?
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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fantastic move suing Miller!
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Very Weird!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026
Weeks after Russell Vought told Congress that Bilt had fixed its problems without the need of CFPB enforcement, nearly 1,900 Bilt customers received mistaken debt collection notices saying they owed hundreds or even thousands of dollars on their cards.
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The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.
Rather than investigate a buzzy fintech startup for throwing users’ accounts into chaos, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trusted that the company was “back on track.” Custo...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: NY Governor, Kathy Hochul, has named NY Attorney General, Letitia James, as the Special Prosecutor to investigate the Cornell rape case. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
nytimes.com
Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her.
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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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Republicans keep saying Congress doesn’t need to regulate AI because Big Tech can regulate itself. This is just another form of deregulation under Trump, where financial gains go to the top while the risks and losses trickle down to the rest of us.
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Who Wins in Trump’s Deregulation Spree?
Protecting us from financial predators. Keeping our air and water clean. Making sure our food won’t make us sick.Regulat
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
High-quality child care is one of the best tools we have to make life more affordable for families. In the richest nation in the world, we should invest in child care like public infrastructure. That’s why I’m leading the charge on delivering child care for Americans.
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lauralee47.bsky.social @lauralee47.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Amazing & rather ironic. For those who are committed to the “Dark Enlightenment,” A.I. may be used to create the wealthy & powerful dominant class. Or, we can “use laws & the tax systems to ensure that A.I. will work to the benefit of all of society’s citizens.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
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Opinion | What Would John Maynard Keynes Say About A.I.? The Keynes Bot Told Us. (Gift Article)
Nearly a century ago, Keynes predicted that technology would liberate us from work. To imagine what he would think of artificial intelligence today, a Princeton economist used A.I.
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lauralee47.bsky.social @lauralee47.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“But when Meta files its taxes, it tells the Internal Revenue Service a different story. It claims that its A.I. data centers are a giant experiment that could fail, according to four people with knowledge of the company’s operations.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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lauralee47.bsky.social @lauralee47.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“I like the idea that we could bring back an America where it’s embarrassing for wealthy people to say, ‘Even though I could afford this, and it will improve public services in our state, I’d rather fight it,’” Mr. Jennings said. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Washington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed. (Gift Article)
Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 26/09/2026
When Joe Biden took office, America’s allies were willing to treat the first Trump term as an aberration. That ship has sailed. The world is no longer waiting for us to come to our senses, and the trust we squandered may take a generation to rebuild if anyone still believes we are capable of it.
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lauralee47.bsky.social @lauralee47.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump continues to increase automobile pollution and add to global warming as he continues to set back the environmental strides made by the Biden administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/c...
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Trump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules (Gift Article)
New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.
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lauralee47.bsky.social @lauralee47.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Even if one of these four candidates in Arizona, Nevada, Georgia or Michigan wins this year, and a call to “find” some votes comes again in 2028, their records suggest they would acquiesce.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
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Opinion | The Four Midterm Races That Matter Most (Gift Article)
Four swing states will soon elect the official who will run the 2028 presidential election. The candidates are alarming.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Impeach him immediately! “The unspoken rule of the modern Presidency: you don't trade individual stocks while in office. Clinton followed it. GW Bush followed it. Obama followed it. Biden followed it. Trump tore it up. 24,000+ trades and counting.”
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026
Republicans never should’ve voted to confirm Pete Hegseth. They own this… 📌 Iran war mismanagement & misleading public claims 📌 Iranian girls’ school strike, 120+ children killed 📌 8 suicide attempts aboard USS Lincoln 📌 Fired senior military leaders without cause
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/09/2026
Sarah Matthews revisits Trump's 2011 rant about giving China a state dinner—and compares it to today.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
Texas House Republican Jeff Leach: “Paxton needs to get on a debate stage with James Talarico and the people of Texas deserve that conversation"
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge (Trump-appointed Stephanie Gallagher) has held the Trump administration in contempt for deporting a man to El Salvador in violation of three court orders. She's ordering the government to return him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Instead of respecting the law, those in power invoke it when it serves their interests and disregard it when it restrains them, treating even justice itself as though it were a commodity to be bought and sold.” — Pope Leo XIV
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Maine Republican Paul LePage **then**: “The enemy right now, the overwhelming majority of people coming in, are people of color, or people of Hispanic origin.” www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/u... Paul LePage *now*: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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Paul LePage, a Trump Ally, Says a Family Member Is Being Deported
The former Maine governor, a Republican running for Congress, said the Trump administration is seeking to wrongly deport his son’s father-in-law, who has a work permit.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 25/09/2026
The Missouri Supreme Court recently dealt with an election case in a way to protect citizens’ rights; in another election case this month, two U.S. Supreme Court justices just showed exactly what not to do: bit.ly/4AmlD2U
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Are Your Hands Clean?
Certain Supreme Court justices might take a lesson from the Missouri Supreme Court in handling dishonest litigants
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Once upon a time, it was to hard to envision having common cause with George Conway. Now he's helping to spread the word about "HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for Democracy." Great chat, George. substack.com/home/post/p-... For more info: HowRussiaWon.com
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Live with George Conway: David Corn on his new book, "How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America"
A recording from George Conway's live video
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨Check your voter registration, especially if you’re in TEXAS! Do not lose hope—Push back. Voting is our right and our voice!
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Governing" in the United States has devolved into the President doing stuff and then the country holding its breath to see how the Supreme Court reacts.
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Desi Doyen/Green News Report @greennewsreport.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Norm, you know that GOP states routinely violate the 90-day window. Please avoid giving people a false sense of security and encourage voters to be proactive in protecting their voting rights www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...,
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Supreme Court Helps Virginia Illegally Purge Voters
Officials in Virginia and Alabama have blatantly violated federal law in recent weeks in a quest to bolster lies about who votes in American elections.
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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“The federal government has chosen to close its eyes to that way of understanding discrimination,” says @catherinelhamon.bsky.social, executive director of the Edley Center on Law and Democracy, to @apnews.com: bit.ly/4rsXaVu
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Trump administration moves to limit fixes for systemic racism in schools
The Trump administration has shifted the approach to civil rights enforcement in American schools. Previously, both Republican and Democratic administrations addressed systemic racism, recognizing tha...
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SirGeekALot @sirgeekalot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Your tax dollars--wasted on stroking his ego. "A White House official confirmed the ad, which reads "Paid for by the U.S. Government" at the end, was produced by the administration and funded with federal dollars." Meanwhile, we still have ZERO PROSECUTIONS for the PEDOPHILES in the #EpsteinFiles.
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Trump uses public funds for 'Love me' ad that promotes himself
The White House is using public funds for a TV ad that promotes President Trump and his record, calling it a "public service announcement."
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lauralee47.bsky.social @lauralee47.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
U.S. Intercedes for Elon Musk’s X Over European Fine www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/t...
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U.S. Intercedes for Elon Musk’s X Over European Fine (Gift Article)
Federal officials asked to intervene in a case that accused the social media platform of allowing deceptive behavior on its site and resulted in a $140 million penalty.
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lauralee47.bsky.social @lauralee47.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The move brushes aside the National Park Service’s acknowledgment that the 250-foot-tall monument would obstruct symbolic views between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery and “adversely affect” more than 40 historic sites. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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Federal Council Terminates Review of Arch’s Effects on Historic Sites
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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.jezebel.com/ken-paxton-c... Debate an empty chair if you have to, James. Do it repeatedly. Let Texans watch as Paxton slinks away….
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Ken Paxton Is an Absolute Coward, and James Talarico Should Make Sure People Know It
Ken Paxton already agreed to and then promptly fled from multiple debates. Talarico should debate an empty chair if he has to.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?
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