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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 29m
Susan Collins chairs the committee that writes ICE's budget. ICE's two biggest jailers both send her campaign checks. She's one of nine. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill...
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raventerp1.bsky.social @raventerp1.bsky.social · 8h
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Why Trump's authoritarian language about 'vermin' matters
The former president called his political opponents "vermin" and said immigration is "poisoning the blood" of the U.S., echoing language used by Adolf Hitler, raising questions about authoritarianism.
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raventerp1.bsky.social @raventerp1.bsky.social · 16h
LOL. The Bernie "revolution" helped to elect NAZIS. Same thing happened in Germany. Then Adolf sent them to Dachau. www.newstatesman.com/world/europe...
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How the left enabled fascism
Ernst Thälmann, leader of Germany’s radical left in the last years of the Weimar Republic, thought the centre left was a greater danger than the right. We should remember his miscalculation.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Epstein on tape advising former Israeli PM Barak to approach Palantir founder Peter Thiel. And there you have it 😲🤬🤬🤬
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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 9h
US Congressional Dems Accuse Trump of Trying to Interfere in Brazil’s Elections truthout.org/articles/us-...
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US Congressional Dems Accuse Trump of Trying to Interfere in Brazil’s Elections
In a letter, they demanded that Washington commit to recognizing the certified election results.
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pigznzen.bsky.social @pigznzen.bsky.social · 10h
Heritage foundation needs some attention
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h
The American Bar Association laid out the receipts. Big donors get appointments. Big money flows in, investigations disappear, pardons follow, regulations loosen and foreign governments get favorable treatment. The article calls it an “unprecedented pay-to-play culture.” #PayToPlayPresident
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lisamatye.bsky.social @lisamatye.bsky.social · 10h
444.hu/2026/10/01/e...
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Egy plébános arról prédikált, hogy akik a Tiszára szavaztak, ellenségek és elpusztítják az országot, Magyar Péter felszólította a katolikus egyházat a nyilvános elhatárolódásra
Osztie Zoltán szokott Orbán Viktorért misézni, híres még a buzizásairól is, és általában a Fidesz buzgó támogatója. A miniszterelnök szerint „mind az egyházi, mind a világi életben meg kell húzni a ha...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20h
Turnabout is fair play... grab 'em by the paycheck.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 17h
Trump says he's "not a big drinker of water" and then proceeds to pour a glass of water on the ground
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
John Yoo on Christa Pike, who survived a botched execution: "Why not use the firing squad? So I think what's gonna have to happen is Tennessee is gonna have to go back and try again."
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19h
Decades later, Trump has DOJ reviewing whether the Watergate prosecutor’s office committed misconduct. The irony writes itself: Trump, impeached over conduct tied to an investigation, now has investigators scrutinized by his DOJ. Sounds like parody, it’s not. Gift link. 👇 www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h
Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 01/10/2026
Estonia bans transit of Russian, Belarusian grain through its territory reut.rs/3TjvVQS
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Estonia bans transit of Russian, Belarusian grain through its territory
Estonia ‌has banned the transit of Russian and Belarusian grain ​through its territory, ​Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna ⁠said on Thursday.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 01/10/2026
Social media harms democracy by spreading rumors, survey shows reut.rs/4hXMZVO
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Social media harms democracy by spreading rumors, survey shows
A growing number of people think social media manipulates and divides people and harms democracy, Pew Research Center said ​on Thursday, echoing rising concern and tighter scrutiny across ‌the world.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 01/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE: US waives rights conditions for $320 million in military aid to Egypt, letter shows reut.rs/4hD4KZa
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EXCLUSIVE: US waives rights conditions for $320 million in military aid to Egypt, letter shows
The US State Department has waived human rights conditions for ​more than $300 million of military aid to Egypt in light of Cairo's "helpful role" since the launch of the US ‌war with Iran, according to a letter to US lawmakers obtained by Reuters.
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 21h
Hegseth puts the future of warfare in the hands of major Maga donors Installing tech billionaires Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to Pentago defense board raises conflict of interest concerns ...
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Hegseth puts the future of warfare in the hands of major Maga donors
Installing tech billionaires Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to Pentago defense board raises conflict of interest concerns
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 21h
Even crypto bros are bailing on Trump
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Even crypto bros are bailing on Trump
Trump appears to be losing the crypto bros, who were some of his strongest soldiers.
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 22h
A federal appeals court ruled that President Trump’s name can’t be carved into the U.S. Institute of Peace building, for now. thehill.com/regulation/c...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Renee Good’s family sues the U.S. government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis.
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Renee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis
Renee Good’s family has sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials, alleging wrongful death and other violations of federal law in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration officer during a federal crackdown in Minnesota.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: A D.C. judge permanently dismisses a case charging an ex-Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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DC judge permanently dismisses case charging ex-Olympian with vandalizing Reflecting Pool
A judge in Washington has agreed to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ now 0-26 after judge rejects demand for Georgia voter rolls
The judge said the Civil Rights Act does not authorize DOJ's demands for the Peach State’s unredacted voter roll.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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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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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Now is the moment for us to reach down and pick up the power we have as citizens and rebuke these abuses so decisively that no president will try anything like this again for centuries.
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For people unfamiliar with this list of schools Hegseth claims are essential to America's defense, Liberty and Hillsdale are small religious colleges. Hillsdale is the pet project of the DeVos/Prince families, and its whole admin helped Trump with his fake elector scheme, organizing MI electors. 1/
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: "Enter a new core of cadets. To meet this critical need we are partnering with a new crop of premier higher ed institutions, including LSU, Liberty University, Tuskegee University, Mississippi State University, and Hillsdale College."
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
His mom was detained by ICE. Two months later, he died by suicide www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Trump administration has used secretive agreements to deport over 23,000 immigrants to third countries where have no ties and may face persecution. Increasingly, immigrants are being dropped into conflict zones, attacked, or sent back to the countries they fled. @aclu.org
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Trump Has Deported Thousands in Third Country Removals
Through a growing number of deportation agreements, the Trump administration is sending detained individuals to countries where they have no ties.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We urge the international community and all relevant international organizations to increase pressure on Moscow and demand that the Russian occupiers immediately end the siege of Oleshky. Every day counts in saving people who are starving and dying there.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🇺🇦❗️Sybiha: Russia is preparing to stage dozens of videos in occupied Oleshky, forcing local residents to say on camera that they are happy, well-fed, and grateful to occupiers. Russian cynicism knows no limits. First, they occupy a town, cut off civilians' escape routes, and block humanitarian aid.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🇺🇦 Zelensky: Today, on the eve of Pokrova – the Day of Defenders of Ukraine, it is an honor for me to be here today, to recognize you with state awards and to thank, of course, all of you for your defense, for protecting our state, for holding the front firmly and conducting our active operations.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🇺🇦🇺🇸 Pentagon held back $400 million in aid to Ukraine until the last minute, says US senator "The fact that they're finally doing it, as if on the last possible day, tells you everything you need to know about this relationship," said Senator Coons.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🥴 Russia has reached an agreement with five countries to exchange data on extremism-related offenses, including "rehabilitation of Nazism." Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
A record hot summer collided unhappily with rising energy costs for households across the US that struggled to the point where many were disconnected from their electricity supply, even as dangerous heat baked their communities.
A bar chart that shows utility shutoffs going up more than 28% in 2 years across 10 states, rising to above 150,000 in July 2026.

Data comes from California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Iowa, New York, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
BASH: Trump is using taxpayer funds for White House campaign ads. Do you think that's an appropriate use of tax money? RICKETTS: Well I haven't seen the ad. I can't speak to it
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You just know Schmitt had prebooked this show along with probably Ingraham and Hannity to launch his media tour after his big gotcha moment on Jack Smith that was going to propel him to be Vance's running mate. Instead, it's the Clown Show Power Hour. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The Trump regime's new AI assistant confirmed Donald is a convicted felon, Biden won the 2020 election, and Trump is in the Epstein files before it stopped answering political questions.
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Fella Historian🌻 @thisuserisdumb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Senator Schmitt needs to rewatch Sesame Street. He seemed to have missed this lesson: 🎶One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn't belong, Can you tell which thing is not like the others By the time I finish my song?🎶
#NAFOmemes

The meme is a picture of Bert holding a sign with 3 Iowa Hawkeyes logos and 1 Atlanta Hawks logo. He is pointing at the Atlanta Hawks logo.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
wow -- Darline Graham cuts off Jack Smith just as Smith start explaining how her brother Lindsey in fact denounced Trump's lies about the 2020 election on the Senate floor
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Fella Historian🌻 @thisuserisdumb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Senator Schmitt should have watched more Sesame Street when he was a kid
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt is on The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) -- and believe it or not, hosts are pretending he owned Smith with his embarrassingly botched gotcha "You caught him in this NBA game too in Atlanta" "Yeah," Schmitt says There's no mention that Schmitt had all his facts wrong
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says
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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hopefully you’re watching Jack Smith testify on the judiciary committee. It’s on now.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
actual questions from John Kennedy to Jack Smith: "Do you believe in the Tooth Fairy? How about the Easter bunny?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
scenes from an extremely weird cult of personality history
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Trump: "You got me for nothing. I don't take my salary." (Trump has made billions in crypto schemes while president)
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