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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 22h
For once, Ken Paxton is being honest: if it weren't for our broken campaign finance system, he'd have no shot. #UnrigWashington candidate @jamestalarico.bsky.social is running to reform our system and fight for Texans. Ken Paxton can't say the same. #TXSEN
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Webanalyst @webanalyst.bsky.social · 23h
My take from the Smith hearings: To be a GOP senator today, you have to be a lying piece-of-shit, who puts loyalty to party & our lying piece-of-shit president, above their oaths to the Constitution & their obligations to tell the truth & do what rights to the American people! Repost if U agree
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19h
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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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 21h
Impeachment Calls Grow as Dems Say Up to $20 Million in Taxpayer Funds Were Used for 'Illegal' Pro-Trump Ads www.commondreams.org/news/donald-...
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Impeachment Calls Grow as Dems Say Up to $20 Million in Taxpayer Funds Were Used for 'Illegal' Pro-Trump Ads | Common Dreams
Democrats in Congress demand answers and accountability for Trump's misuse of taxpayer dollars for "illegal" ads.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
amazing -- Karl Rove lists Paxton's scandals: "The corrupt business guy gives him a fake Uber account and the records of that are now in his impeachment proceedings, so we know how often he went to have sex with Laura Olsen. I mean, can you make this shit up?"
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a dangerous decision for voters, the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to overhaul a federal immigration database into a vast, centralized and deeply flawed database of personal information to initiate registration purges. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court revives DHS use of flawed immigration database for voter purges
The decision lets the administration move forward with a key provision of President Trump’s first anti-voting executive order.
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Observation Group X @ultrareport.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Johnny Reb 2.0 must be sorted by the US military complete with tribunal.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jon Husted has now voted 14 times to continue the Iran war. That’s 14 votes causing record high gas and grocery prices, and Ohioans are paying the price.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: MS NOW and CNN journalists have just been denied access to covering Xi Jinping's arrival back at the White House for tonight's state dinner.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/09/2026
NEW: Republican congressional candidate Brandon Herrera called single motherhood “irresponsibility,” laughed as a podcast host mocked single moms seeking assistance, and then argued against government safety nets.
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“It’s Irresponsibility”— Brandon Herrera Attacked Single Moms
Herrera made the remark before arguing against government safety nets.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026
I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
Thousands of detained immigrants with “Final Orders of Removal” have had their records hidden or deleted from ICE’s tracking system, leaving families and lawyers unable to locate them.
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ICE wiped thousands of people from its database. Families are paying the price.
Lawyers and loved ones are scrambling to find people suddenly culled from DHS rolls.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The FBI anti-corruption squad was circling Susan Collins — Until Trump got in the way #Salon
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The FBI anti-corruption squad was circling Susan Collins — Until Trump got in the way - Salon.com
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
Ashley Hinson voted repeatedly against efforts to end U.S. hostilities with Iran while taking more than $217,000 from oil and gas interests, including $38,500 since the war began. Meanwhile, Iowa gas prices have surged 60% since the start of the war as major oil companies report soaring profits.
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Ashley Hinson Got Big Money From Oil Companies After Repeatedly Voting For the Iran War
The price of gas for her Iowa constituents has risen by 60% since the start of the war, while oil companies are making record profits
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ProPublica got the literal check Collins was bribed with.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Very well done, AP. 🏆
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE hit a 14yr old kid point blank with chemical weapons: rumble.com/v7fs4om-ice-...
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ICE hit a 14yr old kid point blank with chemical weapons.
ICE shot a man in the back North Austin Texas. Protesters gathered then ICE hit a 14yr old kid point blank with chemical weapons.
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
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Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE abducted a WBB player while she was traveling with her Kentucky State team in early August at Louisville airport. She has been imprisoned for 1.5 months and denied care for a serious ACL injury. It is the responsibility of universities and the NCAA to protect their players. They have failed.
Aminata Seck, 26, a student-athlete at Kentucky State University, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport while traveling with her school's basketball team Aug. 7, said Sadiqa Reynolds, a lawyer helping coordinate Seck's case.

Seck's team was headed to New York for a tournament, and she was taken into custody after going through airport security, said Reynolds, former president and CEO of the Louisville Urban League.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Halloween Reminder 🎃
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
WSJ editorial board FOIAs emails showing Sen. Katie Britt’s office privately seeking Trump tariff exemptions for Alabama — while she’s publicly praising the tariffs. www.wsj.com/opinion/kati...
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Opinion | One Senator’s Plea for Tariff Breaks
How protectionism works in practice: Public support, but seeking exemptions in private.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/09/2026
40,000 one-ton bombs. $2.8 BILLION. Biden paused these weapons over concerns about mass civilian casualties in Gaza. Trump is moving forward with the sale. A decision with potentially deadly consequences, and it deserves full attention.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
No shit, 100% agree here.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/09/2026
“The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor” Clearly, the president has a very deep understanding of the average American community.
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Donald Trump, prolific poster of AI slop, wants you to let data centers "reign"
The president is still screaming into the void.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Mystery solved: the Freedom Fuel Network was able to charge so little for gas because it stiffed its supplier and refused to pay for it
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Trump lauded low prices at Freedom Fuel. A supplier says some gas wasn’t paid for.
Mansfield Oil Company of Gainesville claimed in a federal lawsuit this month that it was never paid for more than a million gallons of fuel from a terminal in Pennsylvania between late May and early J...
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
David Crowley has gained solid experience as Milwaukee County Executive. Now he's ready for the Governor's office. His platform centers on reducing the cost of housing, childcare and healthcare and opposing "free ride" tax breaks for tech data centers. Elect David Crowley Governor of Wisconsin
Graphic supporting David Crowley for Governor of Wisconsin.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A GOP-sponsored, billionaire-backed bill in Congress, H.R. 6213 — the Heat Workforce Standards Act — would prohibit the U.S. Department of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing OSHA’s proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention standard. Get the facts: bit.ly/3U9JVwA
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Mike Rogers holds millions of dollars of stock in AI-related companies. He’d let them build a new data center in your backyard tomorrow if the price is right. Now he’s backtracking because he thinks he can trick us into believing otherwise.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/08/2026
The algorithm is bombarding us with Darlene Graham clips, but what folks need to do is immediately after watching one of those listen to Annie Andrews. Here’s one. Night and day: Unserious vs intelligent and thoughtful.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Finally some heat.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬🚨 Hundreds of US military veterans have been detained, deported or had family members who have been! Tell your friends about this #ICELawlessness! Talk about the USS Abraham Lincoln where soldiers are attempting to jump overboard because of the appalling treatment by Trump. 🧵
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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Puerto Rico is not getting enough attention! They’re suffering right now… #Pinks #USDemocracy
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
When political labels stop landing with the next generation... 😅
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
When it comes to Trump’s money laundering, this is just the tip of the iceberg. The Trump Soho laundered Russian mob money. Trump Panama laundered drug cartel money. Trump Azerbaijan laundered Iranian Revolutionary Guard money. Florida real estate was used to launder Russian oligarch money.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Appalling cruelty — and all to fund more tax cuts for the rich.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
So many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.
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Jett Black @jett-black.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Hello, daddy, hello, mom! >> It's your MAGA bomb! Tell me more LIES about Make Americans Healthy Again. Trump administration to end Medicare Part D subsidy program in 2027 The prescription drug benefit is used by millions of U.S. seniors. #republicanscuthealthcare abcnews.com/Health/trump...
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Trump administration to end Medicare Part D subsidy program in 2027
The prescription drug benefit is used by millions of seniors.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is a massive scandal. Not "should be," but "is."
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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The DHS general counsel is putting targets on the backs of district judges who do not rule in favor of the Trump administration. 👉 www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
Senior Trump Official Using Government Account To Smear Sitting Federal Judges

This “puts a bullseye” on judges already facing a spike in violent threats, warned U.S. District Judge Esther Salas, whose son was killed by a disgruntled litigant.
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 28/07/2026
Stephen Miller said just the other day that all asylum claims are "fake." A couple deported from the U.S. to Guatemala were gagged, bound, and shot dead. Their 14-month old found crying next to their mother's body. People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.
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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🚨BREAKING EPISODE: Trump's DOJ has filed an emergency appeal asking the Supreme Court to let his mail voting executive order take effect before the midterms — a move that could let the administration decide who gets a mail ballot and who doesn't. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBI7...
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BREAKING: Trump's DOJ asks Supreme Court to Let Him Block Your Mail Ballot
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 25/07/2026
The Red Scare, but Dumber. In an interview with @onthemedia.bsky.social, I expose the chilling strategy behind Trump’s fake “communist” talking points. Thanks to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for boosting my analysis! www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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The Red Scare, but Dumber | On the Media | WNYC Studios
This week, the State Department published a report accusing Cuba of being the “capital of 21st-century communism,” and of plotting an anti-American revolution. On this week’s On the M...
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Protect Borrowers @protectborrowers.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Trump’s OBBBA just made unprecedented cuts to the federal student loan system. @protectborrowers.bsky.social, @aft.org, NAACP, and a broad coalition just launched “One Big Bill”—a borrower story gathering campaign to document the financial harm of OBBBA on families with student debt.
Screenshot of press release linked in comments, "‘One Big Bill’ Story Gathering Campaign Launches to Document the Financial Harm of OBBBA on Working Families With Student Loan Debt"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/07/2026
Oh look. Texas also made voter registration errors. They were caught and fixed, all without needing the SAVE act or a national voter roll database. CRAZY. www.kxxv.com/news/local-n...
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Election errors found in Texas voter database ahead of November election
A campaign worker found errors in Texas's voter database. Here's what it means for McLennan County voters ahead of the November election.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/07/2026
Jake Tapper reports that Greg Bovino on a call with the office of the US Attorney in Minnesota during Metro Surge made an antisemitic remark about the Trump-friendly US Attorney in Minnesota
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This story is crazy. It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists. www.notus.org/national/ame...
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Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest
America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
ICE grabbed a 17yo Target worker at his job, despite him saying he’s a US citizen. After confirming he was, they dumped him in a Walmart lot 8 min away. Bystanders found him sobbing, bleeding: “They slammed me on the ground.” Welcome to america the land of the free.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Minnesotans stood up to ICE. Angie Craig unleashed them. Watch our new ad here:
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