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@laurie307.bsky.social
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 13h
Great explainer here from @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social about the devastating harms of Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine and NATO allies and appeasement of Russia. It’s not America First. It’s Trump first. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/o...
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Opinion | Russia Was Losing. Enter President Trump. (Gift Article)
The commander in chief is Putin’s ace in the hole.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h
The vote marked the second time the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) denied students at the nation’s largest historically Black university, with over 15,000 students, a midterms voting site. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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North Carolina early voting begins, with students targeted by suppression schemes
Ultimately, voters described the roadblocks as a feature, not a bug, of the state’s electoral system — one that’s littered with so much confusion that some may decide to stay home and not vote at all.
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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"Under a fascist regime that wants to gut education & suppress information, libraries highlight the importance of giving everyone access to learning & knowledge. They provide a model for an antifascist future" - @prisonculture.bsky.social substack.com/inbox/post/2... This whole piece is so good!!
substack.com
Antifascism Means Well-Funded Public Libraries
Mayor Mamdani’s Unfulfilled Promise
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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Another loss for Trump's in his war on the First Amendment & a Free Press 🎨 by @billbramhall.bsky.social
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It is true in Maryland that if you want to record a telephone conversation you need to get the other party's permission. But, quite obviously, reporters can record public forums and public officials appearing at them 🙄
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Ukrainian soldiers in combat have access to Starlink satellite internet restricted
Outage of terminals managed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX comes as Russia launches ballistic missiles at Ukraine without any advance warning from US
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
If reports of an end to intelligence sharing and Starlink access limits are confirmed, then the Trump admin has started helping Russia’s war effort. This a more harmful act against Ukraine than all the silly Witkoff/Kushner plans/trips put together. The US is trying to force Ukraine to surrender.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Paxton needs to sic ChatGPT on whoever's bugging him. Or actually it's pretty obvious he's leaking these himself.
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I wrote about shoving authoritarians back in the holes they crawled out of, and not throwing anyone under the bus.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
The clampdown continues
Don't imagine brutality has to make a comeback. It never really goes away.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
ICYMI — @ossoff.bsky.social after @RepMikeCollins pathetically attempted to dodge the Q: “The question was about the war in Iran… Congress is full of congressmen’s sons like Mike Collins perfectly happy to send other people's children to die in war.”
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Scott Littlehale @slittlehale.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The corruption hits just keep coming
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 13/10/2026
It’s been two decades and I don’t think we can say users are being duped anymore.
theregister.com
Facebook founder called trusting users dumb f*cks
Peace Prize for Mr Zuckerberg?
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#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Every woman should #VoteBlue Why should women’s rights vary by state while men’s rights doesn’t? Enough is enough #Blues #Democracy #Womensrights
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Wyoming Democratic Party @wyodems.org · 09/10/2026
It's not just the debate — over and over again, Harriet Hageman just hasn't shown up for the people of Wyoming. But James Byrd will. Don't miss this chance to hear real Wyoming questions and get some real Wyoming answers!
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
For decades, Republicans in Washington have told us that tax cuts would trickle down to workers. Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us. Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work. It was a hoax.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
WSJ reports that Ken Paxton celebrated NYE 2025 in Dubai with two U.S. fugitives; they’d been indicted on healthcare fraud and failed to return to the country. One had donated tens of thousands to Paxton. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race
Trump backed the scandal-plagued Paxton in one of the riskiest bets of the midterms
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Chicken WingDings 🇵🇸 @ebridget.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Ms Rachel from the top ropes
From Ms Rachel's account on Threads, she writes, "CORECIVIC, a company that makes hundreds of millions locking up KIDS in immigration detention
has a PAC that's sending campaign checks to Senator Susan Collins of Maine.
Susan Collins chairs the Senate committee that writes ICE's budget.
ICE is CoreCivic's customer.
The company gets paid out of a budget she controls, and it pays into her campaign."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is especially galling given how cavalier this administration has been about deploying the troops and how callous they've been about their well-being while they're there. Sailors are trying to commit suicide on the USS Abraham Lincoln as the Millers soak up benefits meant for the military.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The targeting of one data center is proving a really useful natural experiment showing which sites and ideologies are an echo chamber of Russian propaganda
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 11/10/2026
Before being was sworn into office in 2025, Trump said he could "understand [Putin's] feelings," and made clear he would devote his presidency to delivering Ukraine to his ally in Moscow. That's one promise Trump has made good on.
open.substack.com
Putin needs Trump's help more than ever
And Trump is signaling that he'll deliver.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Russian bot traffic has dropped to nearly 0 after Ukraine struck a Yandex data center in Vladimir, Russia
• Source Network: AS13238 YANDEX – Yandex LLC (Russian Federation)
• Traffic Breakdown: Prior to the drop, bot traffic accounted for roughly 99.6% of requests compared to 0.4% human traffic.
• Event Cause: The sudden plunge to zero on October 11, 2026, corresponds to a reported military/drone attack on Yandex's data center facility in Vladimir, Russia—marking the third reported attack on Yandex data infrastructure since October 8.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
📌Win or lose, if Willie Nelson endorses you, you are the better man.
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Penny Weaver @pennyweaver.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
TRUTH
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump continues to lie and blame Zelenskyy for global oil prices, for which Trump himself is 100% responsible. He also continues to demand unconstitutional elections in Ukraine amid the ongoing war and several massacres carried out by Russia across Ukraine over the past week.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11/10/2026
“Musk declined to be interviewed, so Gibney created an AI image to “speak” words from Musk’s actual statements and interviews.” This is my first time seeing this mentioned.
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Land Snark @land-snark.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Joanne nails it. There is no "both sides," any more.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It's already illegal. Congress banned it near-unanimously in 2022. That law allows the ban to be lifted only if Russia withdraws from Ukraine. He's simply breaking the law that's already on the books.
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 10/10/2026
Just what taxpayers want their money going toward! www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
dailykos.com
There are far more Trump propaganda ads than we thought
One ad is reportedly titled “God Made Trump”—that’s a normal thing for a taxpayer-financed ad, right?
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Jeff Young @youngmindposts.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We need to make this the largest #VoteEarly turnout ever. We need to make this the largest mid-term voter turnout ever. We need to make this the largest #NoKings turnout ever. #NoKingsVoteEarly is one week from today, Saturday Oct 17. Find a #NoKings rally near you here! www.nokings.org
nokings.org
No Kings
For more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're abo...
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 09/10/2026
If you praise the Confederacy, everyone knows what you're doing. If you praise Rhodesia, though, you still get that little frisson of naughtiness, the little tingle of rebelliousness that can power you through the drudgery of your eight-hour shift at your dad's car dealership.
motherjones.com
How a defunct white supremacist state became a cult favorite on the Right
From battleground candidates to Elon Musk, Republicans can't stop posting wistfully about Rhodesia.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
WASH POST: “Emboldened by Netanyahu’s government, Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have been carrying out a campaign of violence and intimidation unmatched in recent memory…” Reminder: 🇺🇸 taxpayers make this possible. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1...
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026
Here is my pitch for anyone who has worries about rail: I think that building out rail is a necessary (but not sufficient) step in transforming American cities from totally car dependent to slightly walkable, in a way that no other form of transit is.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026
New in PN: Trump’s collapse with indy voters, explained by @gregsargent.bsky.social "I don’t understand why there aren’t more news analyses pointing this out. This is the center of the electorate completely turning on Trump. Indys are critical in midterms. So this is very significant to November.”
publicnotice.co
Trump’s collapse with indy voters, explained by Greg Sargent
“This is the center of the electorate completely turning on Trump.”
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News for 38 Year Olds @newsfor38yearolds.com · 10/10/2026
Paxton's 1,000 trips with security detail cost Texas millions of dollars Daily Kos www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/10/10…
dailykos.com
Paxton's 1,000 trips with security detail cost Texas millions of dollars
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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The kindest way to describe Musk is that he's an off-putting white supremecist. Much harsher descriptions are warranted. He's now the single-biggest funder for many races. Democrats should talk about that!
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026
"Our president is helping rich donors offload overvalued stocks onto children, who are forced to hold the stocks for five years whether they want to or not." And this is about one of his *good* ideas. The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social:
lnk.thebulwark.com
Trump Accounts Were a GOOD Idea. He Just Made It an Icky One.
What started as a bipartisan savings concept now comes with stocks you can’t reject, a five-year lockup, and some very happy billionaires.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🔥 @jumaane.bsky.social : “They’re going to try to make the gentleman they shot the worst human you’ve ever heard of… a father picking up his child was shot by a rogue agency controlled by Trump. That’s what occurred. He represents evil. He is doing the Devil’s work.” #AbolishICE
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
See this ICE agent? He’s a holding a *military assault rifle.* And according to a witness, that‘s the agent who shot a man **while the man was in his car with his 5-year-old kid.** Also, I’m no expert, but i’m pretty sure it’s bananas to hold your phone in one hand & your ASSAULT RIFLE in another
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/10/2026
“A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in the victim’s car when ICE agents shot at it.” theintercept.com/2026/10/08/i...
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ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says
A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in the victim’s car when ICE agents shot at it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“They’re kids! They’re kids!” Monstrous. Abolish ICE.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.
wapo.st
Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICE shot someone else, this time in New York. For context, ICE is an out-of-control US paramilitary wing tasked with kidnapping people to keep corporate prisons filled so politicians can launder billions in profits back to themselves, while trafficking people across the planet.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What a comically out of touch response. Maine, please vote this idiot out.
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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICE just shot a man in Manhattan, "as many as seven times".
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 09/10/2026
DOGE cuts reduced Black women's federal employment by an estimated 25%. The financial and emotional damage continues more than a year later. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
dailykos.com
Depression, anxiety plague Black women a year after being fired by DOGE
DOGE cuts dismantled a job pipeline for D.C.’s Black community and gutted the wellbeing of the women who hold up it up.
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Scoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 08/10/2026
Now that Politico has confirmed that there was a diplomatic cable to US embassies instructing them to pressure sponsor countries, I’m very curious if they were coordinating with Shellenberger to put pressure on researchers.
politico.com
EU, Canada and Lithuania pull out of disinformation conference after US pressure
The Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They are burying restrictions or demands on what can or can’t be funded at the Smithsonian in footnotes to apportionments. And some of those footnotes are VERY precise…
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