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Al Franken @alfranken.bsky.social · 10h
This is cruelty. Undocumented immigrants are spending months in detention facilities awaiting resolution of deportation cases. Before Trump 2, they could get a bond hearing to show they aren’t a danger or flight risk. (1/2) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Supreme Court to scrutinize ICE’s mandatory detention policy for immigrants
The case, one of the first the court has accepted since its summer recess ended, promises to be among the most consequential of the term that begins next week.
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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 9h
Anyone who reads Time's recent interview with Trump would clearly conclude that the biggest story on Earth, this day and every day, is that the President of the United States is seriously unwell and allowed to continue in office - unfit, untethered, and unchecked. Unbelievable.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h
I suspect that Pete Hegseth is too ignorant to know that it was communists (the USSR) who were essential to the Allies defeating Nazi Germany in WWII. Indeed, they got to Berlin before the United States. And had far greater casualties.
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 11h
“Hegseth’s speech proved, yet again, that he is manifestly unfit for his job.” www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Pete Hegseth, Idea Guy
His State of the Force address was a partisan disgrace—with a few good ideas buried in it.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot by ICE 10 days ago. The bullet is still lodged in his back. He’s been forced to sleep on the floor and hasn’t been given medication, according to his attorney. Now DHS is claiming he assaulted an agent. Can we trust anything DHS says given its track record?
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 19h
Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
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God @thegodshow.com · 19h
Ken Paxton called Trump a "drag" on his poll numbers in this leaked audio recording.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17h
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. —George Orwell, "1984"
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15h
I went to the floor yesterday to ask the Senate to pass a simple bill - no ICE arrests at school bus stops. Let’s end this evil practice of purposely traumatizing kids. Republicans blocked the bill. And for insane reasons. Watch.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 15h
Trump told cities: switch to paper ballots and run every voter through a citizenship check, or lose your terrorism money. A federal judge asked one question: what does any of this have to do with terrorism? www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-sen...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
"He is not here to help. He’s distant, angry, a figure of nothing but venom & vengeance. He walks toward the viewer like a serial killer stalking his prey, his face a mask of contempt & barely-contained rage. His visage in this ad is glowering, almost a parody of a dictator trying to inspire terror"
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Scenes from a personality cult
Trump’s taxpayer-funded agitprop is clearly illegal — and that’s the point.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An ambitious narcissist megalomaniacal right-wing Christian nationalist fanatic with a drinking problem and a history of erratic and reckless behavior who hates rules of engagement in charge of the most powerful military in the history of the world. What could go wrong? bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A 2-year-old with a heart condition has been stuck in Guatemala for eight months because Trump banned visas from 75 countries. Rubio's lawyers asked a judge for more time. Her answer, in writing: you made this mess. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-billiona...
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 29/09/2026
There's no mystery about how the difficult work of building a liberal/progressive majority can be accomplished. It was done once before, by assembling a broad coalition comprised of cohorts of Americans who disagreed about many, many things, but came together to remake the nation for the better.
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Will Democrats offer Americans a New New Deal?
A new social pact will be needed in the wake of Trump’s trail of ruin.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Today on House Hunters, Ken Paxton is shopping for a new house. Will he buy the three-story luxury lodge in Oklahoma? The condos at a wellness resort in Utah? The ocean-view property in Hawaii? (Spoiler alert: He won’t take one — he’ll take 15.)
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 29/09/2026
You heard the guy - if you love what's been going on the past 2 years, vote for a Republican in November.
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ken Paxton is correct. He only RECOMMENDED that the man only serve one day. The judge thought that was crazy and gave him sixty, against Paxton's wishes. ONLY sixty. Keep weaving that rope to hang yourself with, Ken.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No amount of spin will save Ken Paxton from offering a child rapist one day in jail. The judge forced it to 60, and the guy still walked out in 29. He's unfit to serve in the Senate.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I have never underestimated Trump’s lying, or his ability to spew bullshit. But he has in fact lost substantial control of his mind. And his ability to distinguish truth from lies—which was never really strong or important to him—is, at this point, de minimis.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've never liked ICE. Even back when they used to call themselves the Klan.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Yes, there are rats fleeing the sinking ship, but Trump’s poisonous influence will still require a major cleanup operation if & when the Democrats regain control in Congress…The only way we truly overcome this dark chapter is by refusing to forgive & forget.” www.americaamerica.news/p/rats-are-f...
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Rats Are Fleeing the Sinking Ship
But they have waited too long and are still too few in number to change the outcome of a likely Democratic tsunami
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
New in PN: Trump loves Xi because he wants to be him "Trump throws tantrums and damaging trade wars at utterly imaginary sleights from close allies like Canada. Yet he falls to his orange belly to abase himself before a country that is directly endangering US troops. What is he thinking?"
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Trump loves Xi because he wants to be him
Kowtowing to tyrants makes him think he’s strong.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When that orange asshole finally leaves the WH, and he WILL be leaving, the American people need to sue him and the rest of his criminal syndicate of a so-called family, for every fucking dime they stole from us. Every. Fucking. Dime.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
"Trump has an instinctive admiration for authoritarian leaders, a quasi-mystical belief in his own judgement of character, and a bone-deep commitment to never listening to a briefing. The result is diplomacy by dictatorial whim."
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Trump loves Xi because he wants to be him
Kowtowing to tyrants makes him think he’s strong.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026
You noticed it too, right? “National security” has become Trump’s magic words for doing whatever the hell he wants, then daring the courts to stop him. Jacob Soboroff nails it 👀
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"National Security", the age-old cry of the oppressor.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The objective of Republicans has always been trolling liberals, not achieving any helpful goals. The simpleton Ronald Reagan is a good example. He blathered on about how much he was in favor of smaller government. Well, guess what? The federal government was *larger* when he left office.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
At least 79 kids have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s immigration crackdown. In most cases, they were going about their days when officers shot chemical munitions near their homes and schools and into their cars. (Published May)
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Kids Are Being Harmed by Tear Gas, Pepper Spray Under Trump. There Could Be Long-Term Consequences.
In several cities, judges have chastised federal immigration officers, saying they used excessive force. One former DHS leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister: "In 2015, we had a deal, we remained committed to that deal, it was the US that withdrew with zero justification"
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 26/09/2026
Putin claims that the rights of Russian speakers in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are being violated. We’ve heard that about Ukraine before the invasion. And no, nobody is violated.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wait until these dummies find out the percentage of people who buy life insurance and never use it during their entire lifetimes!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
“Judges simply don’t believe the representations that are being made by United States attorneys, assistant United States attorneys and the like,” a former federal judge said. “I don’t think...in the history of jurisprudence in the United States, we’ve ever seen anything close to this.” (Pub. July)
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Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct
ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
180 days later, and the war is still going. Imagine still believing anything this buffoon says
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“But in the end, we all die anyway. So it doesn’t matter.” —Trump according to Tucker Carlson This appalling nihilism was expressed by a man with the ultimate power to end the lives of millions of people—a man who never belonged anywhere near our White House. www.americaamerica.news/p/what-quali...
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What Qualities Do You Value in A Leader?
A Saturday Prompt
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“The temper tantrums will not stop. Nor will his violations of our Constitution.” www.americaamerica.news/p/this-cant-...
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This Can’t Go On for Two More Years
Swooning over China’s repressive communist dictator and belligerently acting out at the United Nations. Yes, it’s a psychiatric emergency.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump was welcoming the Chinese press into the Oval Office—the “friendliest press corp,” Trump said about reporters whose press freedoms rank 178th in the world, just above North Korea—while continuing to deny American news outlets access all morning. www.americaamerica.news/p/this-cant-...
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This Can’t Go On for Two More Years
Swooning over China’s repressive communist dictator and belligerently acting out at the United Nations. Yes, it’s a psychiatric emergency.
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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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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
314 Wendy's. 15 states. One bankruptcy filing. Meritage, a top Wendy's franchisee, just filed Chapter 11, blaming record beef prices and shrinking profits. Lesson: when costs rise and you can't raise prices, you don't have a business. You have a countdown. Thank Donald Trump.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fox News hosts spend their day telling their audience that Democrats are communists and communists are evil people, then in the evening they all got dressed up to attend a state dinner honoring a communist.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026
The DOJ dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in the first six months of Trump’s second term. (Published March)
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Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration
Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi...
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The president of the United States went to the United Nations and threatened genocide against a member state in front of the world. Our country’s name is attached to that threat. Iranian children have to live under it. This is where we’re at. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/one-tiny-han…
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