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“The appeasement of fascism led to everything” said a holocaust survivor. History is repeating itself before our eyes. I am a GA voter from a war veteran family. Message to anyone voting Republican: you’ve been conned. Lied to for decades.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 2h
Why is this not a huge headline everywhere?
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lightthepower.bsky.social @lightthepower.bsky.social · 2h
The US President just said that having one of the largest cities in our country destroyed by IRAN would be a “small price to pay.” The man is an absolute idiot - always has been. A crook, perv & buffoon. Never forgive any Republican pol for supporting him. Vote tbem all out. #GA @ajc.com
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lightthepower.bsky.social @lightthepower.bsky.social · 2h
Truly, the American press is failing us. Trump/Vance Admin outright murderous. Every Republican pol told their constituents to vote for a lifelong crook, but buffoon & perv over a former 1st lady & highly accomplished US SOS (Clinton)…it’s been all downhill from there. @ajc.com #GA
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PacifistCell @peacefulbrevard.bsky.social · 15h
This is SO COOL! And it's free. Popular Information is releasing PaidForBy.info, a web app that gives you unprecedented insight into who is really sending you mail — and who is paying for it. All you have to do is take a photo of the front and the back of the political mailer and upload it.
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Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13h
“Democracy has been hailed as, like, the holy grail for the last couple hundred years, but democracies are inefficient,” said the crypto billionaire. “If you get a benevolent dictator, it’s actually extremely efficient." Hmm, where have I heard this before? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
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Inside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict (Gift Article)
Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.
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J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'
J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/10/2026
Unchecked AI threatens our humanity. Those developing the tech admit they still don't fully understand the speed or depth of the calamities we might face. Strong safeguards and sensible guardrails aren't a threat to that progress — they're essential.
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March Us Toward the Summit, Not the Chasm
By Governor JB Pritzker
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Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In 2020, Ken Paxton stole Texas for Trump by blocking 2.5 million mail-in ballots in Harris County [Houston]. And he can do it again. The attack on mail-in ballots and drop boxes, unseen by the media, will determine the midterms nationwide. gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/how-paxton...
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How Paxton Will Steal Texas
The Senate candidate stole it for Trump, he can do it again.
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Rangeeni @rangeeni.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026
“The Bannons and Millers and Hegseths; the grifter Cabinet members and empty GOP suits on Capitol Hill, pledging fealty to a lifelong sexual predator and protecting him from the Epstein files and his own past - to keep their own crimes and endless corruption hidden.”
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edtrosper @edtrosper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good article. Take some time and read it.
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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Two months ago Trump gave a primetime address claiming China attacked US elections. Yesterday, he flew their flag on top of the Oval Office. If like me, you worked on a TV show w Trump when he rented an entire floor of Trump Tower to China’s largest bank, you won’t be surprised.
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Ain’t Complicit 🇺🇸 @charlene411.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There's ALWAYS a tweet
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
"The FBI in 2025 under President Trump shut down an inquiry into allegations that a political adviser to Senator Susan Collins had participated in a scheme to funnel illegal campaign contributions from a defense contractor seeking lucrative federal contracts"
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins (Gift Article)
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Damian Corbet 🍉 @damiancorbet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“If Vance manages to succeed Trump, Thiel - his benefactor, mentor, and maker - will become the most powerful man in the world.” ~ @gilduran.com
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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Cannonball Adderall @echoloop.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hunter Biden can’t keep getting away with this
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
FFS. UATX—founded by Bari Weiss & Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale—-announced plans for an unaccredited new law school at an event featuring Judge James Ho who opposes campaign finance restrictions, tried to ban mifepristone, & ruled in 2023 that domestic abusers retain gun ownership rights. 1/
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Trump Judge Judges
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In his first opinion, one of the president's new appointees argued rich people have a constitutional right to buy elections.
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 20/09/2026
russian elections in a nutshell. Vote “right” or go into the night.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump just overhauled and implemented the “public charge” rule, which dates back to 1882. Professor Kelly Lytle Hernández says it is a “tool of eugenicists and white nationalists across time who have tried to filter who is allowed to enter the country.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FEf...
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Stephen Miller is reportedly OBSESSED with this 19th century immigration rule. Trump implemented it.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 20/09/2026
Everyday. Everyday one of these planes turns around, and we rarely ever figure out why. ICE doesn’t think it owes taxpayers or even the people onboard an explanation.
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lightthepower.bsky.social @lightthepower.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Republicans champion school voucher programs which have been proven time k time again to transfer wealth from the poor & working class to the wealthy. Vote out every Republican.
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James Talarico CALLS OUT plan to funnel taxpayer dollars to billionaires
YouTube video by James Talarico
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Netanyahu is a war criminal and his government has committed genocide in Gaza. Why the hell is Trump trying to send him $2.8 billion worth of bombs?
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Cato Institute @cato.org · 18/09/2026
Instead of trying market solutions or traditional tools, Washington went straight to buying equity in private firms, on authority that does not expressly permit it. That is unlimited government power, says Cato's Scott Lincicome. Watch the the Cato Weekly Podcast here: ow.ly/hzeA50ZOPGX
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
First, Trump takes “steps to chip away at American Bar Association's power to accredit law schools” Now, the “university” founded by Bari Weiss & Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale is building the “future of legal education, w/ support from the Federalist Society” but without ABA accreditation. 1/
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University of Austin plans to sidestep American Bar Association with new law school
The University of Austin plans to launch a new law school in 2028 without the support of the American Bar Association, the national accreditor of law programs.
By Lily Kepner, Staff Writer
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/09/2026
For more, read our full investigation:
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Me predicting weeks ago that Trump was going to blame Ukraine for diesel prices and that he would publicly demand that Zelenskyy stop bombing Russian refineries, which happened today.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 13/09/2026
you don’t have to have the conversation on their terms and in fact you shouldn’t have the conversation on their terms more democrats should follow this playbook instead of existing in a constant defensive crouch
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 10/09/2026
An Anthropic AI researcher resigned and urged colleagues to rethink their work, warning that Anthropic and OpenAI are irresponsibly pursuing technology that could pose existential risks.
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Anthropic Worker Quits Over AI Firms ‘Gambling With Our Lives’
An artificial intelligence researcher has resigned from Anthropic PBC and called on other staffers to rethink their work, citing his concern that the company and its top competitor OpenAI are acting irresponsibly in their all-out pursuit of a technology that poses existential risks to humanity.
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lightthepower.bsky.social @lightthepower.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Pay attention folks.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Fot the record, there were zero fatal U.S. commercial airline crashes during Pete Buttigieg’s tenure as U.S. Secretary of Transportation from 2021 to 2025…
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Bob Stevenson @bobstevenson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We are inundated with so much scandal, noise, and just stupidity from this administration, that many of its injustices get lost in the chaos. Don't miss this one. The administration appears to be deliberately deporting people to countries they have no connection to.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I talked to @donmoyn.bsky.social about the state of the government for my newsletter "It's sort of like if you had a car and you took out 10 percent of the parts of the car. It's not that the car is going to be 10 percent slower. The car is not going to work."
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The federal government is falling apart
Don Moynihan on what's been broken within the federal government.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The @washingtonpost.com at least hints at how bizarre this is: “torrent of online memes, taunts”. The @nytimes.com fails again, sanewashing it into some sort of actual policy proposal: “Trump floats renaming New Mexico” Neither of them is willing to print the truth: the president is crazy
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We all know Witkoff & Kushner’s goal in Russia was to use US policy to make business deals to benefit themselves and their families, which is what they have done full-time since Jan 2025. They have no interest in what’s best for Ukraine or what’s just. Their greed is insatiable.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Be honest. If any Democratic president did this, what would be happening now
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
And if you think this is wrong and needs to be addressed they call you a communist
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 06/09/2026
Silicon Valley's effort to destroy democracy is the biggest story of our political moment. Beware of those who have nothing to say about it.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is a big deal. @govpritzker.illinois.gov's Republican predecessor put the state's finances in the crapper. Pritzker has invested heavily in the state's people and infrastructure AND restored its fiscal stability. No small feat.
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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Dear American News Media: You constantly ask every single Democrat about some podcast dude. Couldn’t you, occasionally, ask Republicans about their biggest donor, who is a white supremacist?
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
NEW: Nate Hochman was fired from the DeSantis campaign in 2023 after promoting a video with the Sonnenrad, a Nazi symbol embraced by white supremacists. He now works in Rubio's State Department, as deputy director of policy planning and chief speechwriter. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u...
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For Fired DeSantis Campaign Staff Member, a Second Chance at State Dept. (Gift Article)
The hiring of Nate Hochman, who lost his job amid an uproar over a video containing a Nazi symbol, underscores the administration’s willingness to overlook past transgressions.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I’ll never get over Trump’s betrayal of America and our 17 intelligence agencies when he sided with Putin at the 2018 Helsinki summit and Putin’s assertion that he didn’t interfere in the 2020 election.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
7 faith leaders & clergy arrested after blockading the ICE surveillance center in Williston, Vermont.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Impeach Fetterman
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 04/09/2026
Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer oversaw a "toxic, intimidating and humiliating" work environment and engaged in numerous violations of department policy, according to a new report from the department's Office of Inspector General. to.pbs.org/3Ve9uNe
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'Toxic, intimidating and humiliating': Ex-labor secretary oversaw hostile work environment, watchdog finds
A new report from Labor Department’s Office of Inspector General includes allegations that former Secretary Chavez-DeRemer “engaged in an inappropriate relationship” with a member of her security deta...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The House voted to condemn “socialism” earlier this week. Listen, I’ve been in and around politics for over 50 years. I grew up during McCarthyism and the “red Scare” of the 1950s. I’ve seen all of this fear-mongering before. Here’s what’s really going on.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ecuador long wanted the extradition of an exofficial accused of plotting the assassination of a presidential candidate. ICE grabbed him—and initially held back deporting him over a judge's concern he'd be tortured. A source tells us he's now being tortured in Ecuador www.notus.org/courts/ex-ec...
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An Ex-Ecuadorian Official Said He Was in Political Danger. The U.S. Deported Him.
José Serrano Salgado fled to Miami when the South American country swung from left to right politically.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 04/09/2026
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We had <ten> Benghazi investgations
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