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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🚨BREAKING: ICE collected tens of millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding election data into a system used to locate people for deportation as part of an effort to find voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal

It's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 04/10/2026

The norms we miss aren’t gone, they’re waiting for us at the ballot box.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.

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LisaRad @lisarad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm pretty sure we will find out the day after voting closes for the mid-terms

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LisaRad @lisarad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That was my first thought. Separating early to try to avoid embarassment

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Not “mind-boggling.” Trump has made our once-beloved country an unwelcoming place and an unsafe place for foreign visitors.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026

Xavier Becerra put the Steve Hilton contradiction right on the debate stage: enforce Trump’s federal immigration laws, but ignore California’s own protections? Then he dropped the hammer: “You seem to welcome immigrants who look like you, but deport immigrants who look like me.”

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“No government is ever innocent enough or wise enough or just enough to lay claim to so absolute a power as the death penalty.” -Sister Helen Prejean …yes, abolish. 𖧷

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LisaRad @lisarad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I hope that face means she finally realized the whole Big Lie is really a big lie

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

EASILY the most gob smacking thing — and fail — I’ve witnessed in more than two decades of covering Congressional hearings youtu.be/akMKzlfoEac?...

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GOP Hearing with Jack Smith Goes OFF THE RAILS

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Ben Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true.

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LisaRad @lisarad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Is it too much to hope that this face is because she just realized the whole Big Lie is a big lie?

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Most Americans are pro-immigrant,” Talarico says. “Throughout US history, immigrants have always made us richer and stronger.” Trump's barbarities have opened the way to a new consensus. Talarico is giving voice to it in moral language that Dems can learn from. 5/5 newrepublic.com/article/2160...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Talarico has an immigration plan that in its broad strokes is very humane and pro-immigrant. He says our border should be like a "front porch" with a "lock" and a "welcome mat." Both of those are important. The "welcome mat" in his plan deserves more attention. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2160...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...

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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault

Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think the Senate Judiciary Hearing today, where they tried…in vain…to smear Jack Smith, was better than anything else that could have taken place to boost voter turnout for democracy. I think it reminded a lot of people just how much they hate these swindlers…and why.

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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 30/09/2026

The only person who needed “rehabilitation” in today's hearing was my colleague who didn’t know the difference between the Hawks and the Hawkeyes. Don't try to distract the American people from rising costs and people losing their health care, especially if you don't have your facts straight.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith made it crystal clear that his investigation was sound and lawful, that the president had committed crimes and that the GOP attacks on him were the actual weaponization of our justice system. He showed courage and moral clarity and continues to be one of the heroes of this moment.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day.

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LisaRad @lisarad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Allow me to point out that Schmitt is up for re-election in 2028

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LisaRad @lisarad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yeah, I think his chances of being VP just evaporated. Trying to fabricate a convenient conspiracy theory did not go well for him this morning

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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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LisaRad @lisarad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I would like to point out that Sen Schmitt is up for re-election in 2028

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Unbelievable. Apparently at the same time Trump is withholding a $14 billion arms package to Taiwan approved by Congress, he offered to sell arms to Xi Jinping, despite the fact that China is aiding Iran and Russia. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...

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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says (Gift Article)

President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.

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LisaRad @lisarad.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"I know you think you don't want that." ugh

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026

🚨 TEXAS PEEPS, CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION. A DPS screwup left voter registration applications sitting unprocessed for months. The deadline to register is October 5. Don’t find out at the ballot box that you’re not registered. CHECK IT NOW. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

lol holy shit I wouldn't talk about literally anything else if I was the guy running against him. —"What do you think about trans kids in sp-" —"Did you hear my opponent had his patient, who was 8 months pregnant, arrested in front of her son because she didn't pay a $50 medical bill?"

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LisaRad @lisarad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“Five minutes, tops” because I’m pretty sure they can’t tell time

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

they really think we are all idiots

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LisaRad @lisarad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We will be paying for this the rest of our lives, and I don't mean money

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LisaRad @lisarad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

He does not realize Xi is laughing at him, not with him

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LisaRad @lisarad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

😡😡😡 We are less safe under this administration

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, this argument should be chilling. Trying to limit freedom of the press under the guise of national security is what tinpot dictators do. That’s not how a functioning democracy works.

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🚨A technical error at the Texas Department of Public Safety has created a major backlog of voter registration applications, with some incomplete records dating back to 2025. If you recently registered to vote in Texas, now is a good time to double-check that your information is actually on file.

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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here are some good reasons why we vote early!

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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LisaRad @lisarad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I don't think this is the guy she wants to be with when it is time to choose a child's name

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