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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
Mike Johnson threatens us with a good time: "If this group took over, they would turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body. They'd spend every day investigating the president, the first family, the cabinet, donors to the party, leaders of business ... "
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/10/2026
This morning, the federal government turned the full force of the Department of Homeland Security against a sitting member of Congress for the offense of disagreeing with the White House.

The path to citizenship should not be weaponized against anyone, including Rep. Ilhan Omar, a naturalized American who swore an oath to this country — the same one that I took.

The promise of citizenship should not be contingent on someone agreeing with the federal government.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.”
Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa stands indoors wearing a burgundy blazer and dark top, with campaign signage bearing her name and the outline of Texas visible behind her.Official letter dated September 29, 2026, from Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office requesting inspection of unredacted communications between Abbott’s office and Elon Musk and his companies. Hinojosa seeks records previously released with redactions for information deemed “embarrassing” or “intimate,” citing her legislative authority under the Texas Public Information Act.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
this gaffe should follow Eric Schmitt around for the rest of his political life (Jack Smith was actually in Maryland at a HAWKEYES game, not in Atlanta colluding with Fani Willis as Schmitt alleged) (Win McNamee/Getty)
photo of Schmitt's team holding up a poster board that made false claims about Jack Smith's whereabouts in February 2024
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With regard to the overt and jaw-dropping use of public money to manufacture and broadcast Trump politicals ads, I'm just spitballing here, but maybe, perhaps, if the U.S. Supreme Court didn't give the president blanket immunity from prosecution for crimes he wouldn't feel so comfortable criming.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm in love.
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2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
alert the press: it is not normal for the president to be unable to stay conscious during televised events in the Oval Office
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A minor detail is missing from the headline.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/09/2026
Revlimid has its origin in a pill that cost patients $7.50 each. Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture. (Published May 2025)
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The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Is it a big deal that the U.S. president is telling insane lies that he personally rushed to the site of 9/11 and heroically acted like a first responder himself? Sorta seems like it should be! Maybe?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is what Trump did on 9/11.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Any news outlet that spent even one segment or one article on "Joe Biden is old" in 2024 should be going wall-to-wall with stories about the dementia-ravaged 80-year-old who keeps posting AI garbage and telling insanely obvious lies about himself. And yet
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
They just got back from 5 more weeks off, after multiple other very long vacations. They never work.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/08/2026
Natalie Harp is traveling with the president yet again today (Win McNamee/Getty)
pic of Harp getting off Marine One behind Trump
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/08/2026
Costco runs it's own rigorous food inspection program. And they didn't bend the knee on DEI. Plus, they dropped Callaway Golf after their horrific ad depicting violence against women. And they are refusing to carry trump meat. So that's where I'll be shopping.
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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton
article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Indianaarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Kentuckyarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Missouriiarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Washington
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 22/08/2026
I’m still trying to process how the president of the United States somehow talks tougher about Canada than North Korea.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“A 1-year-old baby appeared in immigration court without legal representation in Arizona and received an instruction: File an asylum application before the next hearing or face deportation.”
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Judge to Baby: File an Asylum Application
The 1-year-old is one of the migrant children who advocates say appeared in immigration court without legal representation.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
As soon as there‘s a Democrat in the White House again, John Roberts will discover all kinds of new limitations on their presidential powers, but for now, President Make-a-Wish gets whatever his little heart desires
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Among other reforms, it cannot stand that the President can sue everyone all the time but never face any lawsuits or criminal charges himself because he’s president. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic (Gift Article)
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The peasants aren't allowed to know where their foreign beef comes from.
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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
No one had to think super hard about how to make a washing machine useful. A telephone. A vacuum cleaner. So why do our bosses have to constantly challenge us to find something, anything, for which AI might be helpful If your customers don’t find your product useful, that’s a you-problem
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
When your government says it’s planning to open multiple prisons that will house up to 3,000 children, it’s time to demand a new government. There is no context in which this is legitimate or acceptable.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If you can’t agree to: -Not trade stocks while in office -Not become a lobbyist after leaving office Then you have no business in public office.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The kids these days will hardly believe this, but a mere decade ago, we had a presidential election in which effectively the only issue on the table was the security of communications at the highest level of government.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The incredible reaction to Jon Ossoff saying just one word about our emperor's new clothes -- "Natalie" -- shows what Democrats can do if they just speak the truth about what all of us can see with our own eyes
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/08/2026
Oh nothing. Just @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social the leader of our party in the house spreading right wing talking points. We need new leadership yesterday.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My name is not raising your gas prices. My name is not the reason we’re in an illegal war. My name is not the reason you can’t afford your healthcare. My name is not the reason that you can’t afford your rent or your insurance.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/08/2026
ICE can’t be reformed. What voters are we courting by being weak on this issue? Do we have some massive Dem donor that owns concentration camps or something?
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The Jetsons lied to us
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A bunch of cops cheering at a political rally — in uniform — as the president and AG endorse a candidate and attack their political opponents is not normal. And it is not okay.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14/08/2026
This is crazy. Alex is from Brazil, why would they deport him to Guyana? He’s a longtime West Hollywood resident who has been following his immigration requirements. He wasn’t hiding. He wasn’t on the run. He showed up for his required ICE check-in. And that’s where they detained him.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/08/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The Texas Supreme Court won’t block GOP-led Galveston County from changing voting maps after voters already cast primary ballots and as the November election approaches.
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Texas Supreme Court refuses to stop GOP-led county from changing voting maps between primary and November election
The county has openly acknowledged the partisan motivation behind the change. In its response to the Texas Supreme Court, Galveston County argued that commissioners could have several reasons to…
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you have enough money that you can blow $100,000,000 on avoiding taxes, you have enough money to pay $100,000,000 *on* taxes that will help your fellow citizens, you self-centered prick.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
STUNNING: Trump left the White House press corps in Turkey as a decoy to be attacked by Iran—and instead flew out on a secret plane: wapo.st/4i1OByh
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Contradicting public statements, Trump took secret flight from Turkey amid Iranian threat
The White House said the president was aboard Air Force One as he left a NATO summit. Instead, his departure included an elaborate ruse that concealed his travel.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Surrounded by women, lawmakers, and advocate champions, Gov. Maura Healey signed landmark legislation ensuring full abortion access in MA. Women have the fundamental right to choose for their own bodies. Healthcare is a human right, period!
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eddietg51-42.bsky.social @eddietg51-42.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are trans athletes in youth sports.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
BREAKING: Court orders Todd Blanche to appear in court next week to provide missing docs supporting key redactions of alleged victims, to explain why handwritten FBI interview notes of an alleged victim of Donald Trump remain withheld, & to provide a date when he’ll give the missing redaction log.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 05/08/2026
On a private call, Todd Blanche said his goal was to make the "Dobbs decision permanent in every single state." This isn’t just a confirmation vote anymore—it’s a roll-call vote on which Senators endorse BANNING abortion in ALL 50 states. I’m voting NO.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
What a surprise, the alleged abuser was jacking himself up on testosterone.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/08/2026
Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/08/2026
Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Seth Moulton was given the chance to make several private equity investments that were not available to everyday investors with defense tech companies he helps oversee on the House Armed Services Committee. They are now worth millions of dollars. Bob Kuttner reports: prospect.org/2026/08/03/s...
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Seth Moulton’s Sweetheart Deals - The American Prospect
In Rep. Moulton’s upcoming Senate primary challenge, questions about his lucrative investments in defense tech companies may prove more important than incumbent Ed Markey’s age.
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