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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h
What do all these corporations have in common? Nvidia Apple Google Lockheed Martin Microsoft Palantir They all donated at least $10 million to Trump’s vanity ballroom — and they all stand to benefit from his policies. Is this Trump’s most corrupt grift yet?
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 8h
Trump wants to avoid these assessments because everyone knows what an honest study would say: this arch is a costly boondoggle that would increase traffic and decrease air safety for the local community.
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 8h
Opposition to Trump's vanity arch is growing. I applaud Arlington County’s legal challenge, which rightly confronts the Administration’s illegal attempts to bypass legally required processes to assess the project’s impacts on the local community.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 6h
School shootings happen this often because Republican politicians think gun worship is good for their careers.
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4 killed, including 3 children, in shooting at Oregon elementary school, source says. Shooter is also dead | CNN
Three children and one adult were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, according to preliminary information from a law enforcement source.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15h
It’s time to hold the bankers who financed Jeffrey Epstein accountable.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h
The goal of sane people must be to defund Elon Musk and get him as far away from politics as possible. robertreich.substack.com/p/defund-m…
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11h
Change often starts from the ground up, and there are hundreds of state and local candidates this year who will stand up for their communities and fight for progress. These races will help shape our future, and it’s never been more important to get involved: DLCC.org/TargetRaces
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DLCC Target Races
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 11h
Unlike the raid on John Bolton, the targeting of Omar has elicited zero condemnation from NYT, WSJ, and Washington Post.
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Trump Is Targeting Ilhan Omar. Where’s the Elite Media Outrage?
Unlike the raid on John Bolton, which was roundly condemned by corporate media, NYT, Washington Post, and WSJ are silent on Trump’s overstep with Omar.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h
We don’t allow corporations to come up with new nuclear weapons or biological pathogens. If a product is potentially dangerous, it should be regulated and corporations should be held accountable for wrongdoing. Why would AI be any different?
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OpenAI sued by 8 states over ChatGPT safety concerns
OpenAI is facing mounting scrutiny over its safety and security practices, including around how the company is working t
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h
A Massachusetts woman pays $500 a month to get her electricity from a privately owned utility. Her neighbor, less than 2,000 feet away, pays just $130 a month because he’s served by a publicly owned utility. How are privately owned utilities getting away with this price gouging? Watch.
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The Secret Behind High Electricity Bills
Private utility companies like PG&E, Duke, and Exelon control electricity for nearly 70% of Americans — and they're usin
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 9h
NO KINGS in the USA! ❌ 👑
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h
Kroger just announced the largest layoffs in its history, with plans to cut 3,000 employees as it ramps up use of AI. Reminder that Kroger has spent $12.3B on stock buybacks since 2019 and paid its CEO $14M last year — 417x its median worker's pay. AI is turbo-charging corporate greed.
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Kroger plans largest layoffs in its nearly 150-year history
The company's CEO said it was committed to "simplifying" operations and "deploying more resources where they matter most
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Instead of allowing harrassment of Rep. Omar, impeach Todd Blanche
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 14/10/2026
This weekend, millions of us will send a clear message: Hands Off Our #$%&ing Votes. Find your closest protest at bit.ly/nokingsjustvotes.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
this is bananas: abcnews.com/Politics/rep...
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Rep. Andy Harris threatens journalist with potential criminal charges for recording him
Rep. Andy Harris attempted to invoke Maryland's two-party consent laws to object over the presence of a journalist at a news conference on Tuesday.
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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Grindr is training its AI on your photos, your age, and your taps by default, without asking. This video shows where the app buried the off switch. The stakes are high on an app like Grindr. Numerous countries criminalize same-sex relations, so being outed through your data can be dangerous.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Big winner from Elon's stunts today:
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11th Hour with Ali Velshi @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Nobel laureate Maria Ressa talks to Ali Velshi about the clear parallels between the Philippines under Rodrigo Duterte and America under Donald Trump today. “I joke that we went from hell to purgatory. And I worry America is just going to hell.”
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This is such a stupid, shameless lie for *many* reasons . . . But does this dishonest idiot think parents would watch their child get on a school bus on Monday and not even think to question their whereabouts until they showed up again on Thursday? What a fool.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
wow -- Hegseth's talk at a conference is disrupted four separate times in succession by anti-Iran war protesters
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 21h
If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 19h
The current crisis is not proof that Biden was wrong. It’s proof that Biden was right. Bidenomics was working but then Trump screwed up by ending it. www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/t...
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Trump Blames Biden for High Prices Hours After News of Rising Inflation
Despite voters’ affordability concerns, Trump tells crowd at Arizona rally the economy is hot and high oil costs are making the country “more money” than ever.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h
Pigs and thugs.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 17h
You have got to be fucking kidding me. www.wfaa.com/article/news...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
October 17 is a nationwide NO KINGS day of action ahead of the midterms. There are rallies taking place all over the country to promote early voting and make sure every eligible voter has a plan, knows their options, and is ready to make their voice count. Find an event: www.nokings.org
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16h
This is about Ilhan Omar. But it's also about control, intimidation, & authoritarianism. The message is: we can do this to a member of Congress; no foreign-born American is safe. The administration is using fear as a tactic to discourage people from voicing opposition.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Good.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Pete Hegseth was interrupted multiple times today by anti-war demonstrators during an Army conference. “We fucking hate you, you’re a fucking war criminal!" www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
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Hegseth's Remarks At Army Event Repeatedly Disrupted By Protesters: 'F**king War Criminal'
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Melissa Ingle @m1ngle.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This man is so good at this! What an amazing answer. A reporter asks how El-Sayed can campaign with Barack Obama when he has criticized him in the past. El-Sayed’s answer - that you can love someone and still criticize them - is spot on.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Netflix is laying off 1,000 workers — its largest layoff ever. In 2025, Netflix had a net income of $11 billion (up 26%). Its CEO was paid $53M (255x more than the median employee). And it just raised prices for the second time in just over a year. Corporate greed in a nutshell.
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The Martin Sheen Podcast @themartinpod.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#ConsiderThis Ralph Waldo Emerson reminds us that a successful life isn’t measured by what we gain, but by the difference we make in the lives of others. #TheMartinSheenPodcast 💙
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Here's what Cato's chart looks like.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
In a communist system, the government owns the means of production. The Cato Institute is tracking how the Trump regime is steadily acquiring shares of private companies, taking ownership of the means of production.
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Government Ownership Dashboard
This tool tracks every deal announced by the US government to acquire an equity stake in a private US company, including the terms of each deal and primary source documents, if any.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The good news: More people are waking up to the dishonesty and incompetence of the Trump regime. The bad news: Dictators become more dangerous when people wake up to their dishonesty and incompetence. My Stop the Presses newsletter assesses the outlook 3 weeks from the midterms.
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Be optimistic about the midterms, but be unsurprised if Trump pulls a coup
It’s a dangerous time when a dictator feels threatened by rising public outrage
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Elon Musk is helping both the Russians and the Republicans. Not a coincidence.
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Sudden Starlink Restrictions Deepen Ukraine’s Vulnerability as Russia Escalates (Gift Article)
A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite program appeared to be curbed without warning.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Excellent piece by @jamellebouie.net
Rank-and-file Democrats — and, I’d wager, a substantial portion of the voting public — do not want compromise and cooperation. They want accountability. And if we hope to confine Trumpism to the ash-heap of history, then accountability is the only choice there is to make.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 14/10/2026
🔴 Unannounced SpaceX speed restrictions on military Starlink terminals are directly hindering Ukraine’s ability to intercept jet-powered Shahed drones. 🔗 united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump and Musk are doing everything they can to try and force Ukraine to surrender to Putin while Musk spends over $300 million to try and buy the midterm elections to maintain total power. The American government under Republicans are on the side of evil. Vote them out.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
What a total scumbag. Another one to vote out. These people are not just awful legislators, they are just terrible human beings. bsky.app/profile/theb...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Pretty clear that Trump/Hegseth are doing everything they can to force Ukraine to surrender to Putin by withholding all US assistance while actively helping fund the Russian war machine to kill as many civilians as possible including kids. What a dark, evil chapter in US history.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
ESPN producer Nicole Noren quits over sports broadcasting's increasingly predatory promotion of gambling: “I’m not going to work for a gambling company and have blood on my hands.”
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Nicole Noren: “I’m not going to have blood on my hands.”
Why Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The sickening violence of Trump’s rally in Youngstown, Ohio isn't an aberration; it’s a microcosm. This is what MAGA is. This is the depravity this movement foments. This is what these people are.... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/trump-supp...
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Trump Supporters Have Failed The Human Test.
Today, an alarming video surfaced of a woman being assaulted at a Trump rally in Youngstown, Ohio, for wearing a shirt that said, “Release The Epstein Files’ while heckling the President as a fascist.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
There's exactly three weeks to go until Election Day. It's never too late to start fighting Trump's fascism. Here are some ideas.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It’s bad enough that Gavin Newsom opposes California’s Prop 40. But he also supports Prop 42, a billionaire-backed poison pill that would cancel out Prop 40 entirely and make it impossible to enact future wealth taxes. It’s clear whose side he’s on. Remember this in 2028.
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Newsom Endorses Ballot Measure That Would Cancel Out Billionaire Tax—and Ban Future Wealth Taxes | Common Dreams
"He’d rather millions of children and families lose their healthcare than ask a couple hundred billionaires to finally p
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
When is a dictator most dangerous? When he sees his political magic wearing off. So be optimistic about the midterms, but take nothing for granted. Vote, vote, vote. Pay for truth-telling media. Support voting rights groups. And get set to resist if Trump tries another coup. My latest newsletter.
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Be optimistic about the midterms, but be unsurprised if Trump pulls a coup
It’s a dangerous time when a dictator feels threatened by rising public outrage
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A is Hitler. B is Trump. Vote against all Republicans.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/10/2026
Seven people detained previously by ICE filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the agency, accusing it of illegally refusing to return their personal documents and belongings months after they were released from custody.
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ICE sued for refusing to return detainees' papers and property
One plaintiff is jobless after his work authorization was taken. The agency also won't return his wedding ring.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Democrats will have their hands full if they take back control of Congress. @timothysnyder.bsky.social argues that there’s one issue they must take on first — or else they’re handing Trump a massive gift.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 13/10/2026
While your time as Ambassador to Greece may be coming to an end, our investigation has not. We have asked you a series of questions, and we look forward to your responses.
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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
They didn't make her resign because she was corrupt, they made her resign because she got caught. They don't actually care about the corruption because they're all doing it too.
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