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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 4h

As Transportation Secretary, I could always count on a Congressional Republican to take credit for an infrastructure win that they had voted against. That's the type of behavior that makes people cynical about politics - but it doesn't have to be that way.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 4h

The Voting Rights Act made the democratic process available to millions of Americans. An American Problem, by Michael G. Miller and @kevintmorris.bsky.social, Princeton University Press, explores the law’s history and the ongoing fight to protect voting rights. #[bit.ly/4y6W1ot

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An American Problem: How the Country Built — and the Supreme Court Broke — the Voting Rights Act

Michael G. Miller and Kevin T. Morris chronicle the rise and fall of the Voting Rights Act, from the triumph of its passage in 1965 to its evisceration by the Supreme Court in 2013.

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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 5h

I think, if Democrats ever get back into power, they have to make anti-monopoly a core policy focus (ideally, as part of a larger anti-corruption focus). This will be a very hard sell considering Ellison’s Saudi sponsorship, but a foreign-backed media monopoly is simply incompatible with democracy.

finance.yahoo.com

Paramount Skydance Secures $24 Billion From Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi Funds for Warner Bros. Deal

Paramount Skydance, led by David Ellison, has received commitments of close to $24 billion to back its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery from three Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, Variety has ...

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Djinn & Tonic @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 6h

LFG LFG LFG LFG LFG

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John Hausman @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 19h

Vladeck the impaler?

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Julie Hotard Ph.D., writer, effects of disinfo on social systems @upine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

2 post thread on this. bsky.app/profile/upin...

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Ben Shultz @benmshultz.net · 05/10/2026

Michael Shellenberger appears to be preparing another piece falsely claiming that a conference of researchers studying disinformation is tantamount to a shadowy cabal of censorship. Spoiler alert: conferences, in fact, are the definition of free speech. My response to his questions is below.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 7h

“The strategy spun out of Project 2025. Dubbed the Donroe Doctrine, a ludicrous name designed to echo the 19th Century Monroe Doctrine, the aim was for total US control of the Western Hemisphere which Trump and his backers see as America’s sphere of influence.”

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Trump In South America

The Far Right shift is almost complete

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Aya @melangell.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Iranian-American professor Shirin Saeidi was unanimously recommended for reinstatement by faculty at the University of Arkansas after review. The administration overrode them anyway, citing fear of losing funding under antisemitism laws. Because she criticized Israel. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

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University of Arkansas to fire professor dismissed over criticism of Israel - Arkansas Times

UA System President Jay Silveria is moving forward with terminating Shirin Saeidi, former director of UA Fayetteville’s Middle East studies center, ignoring the unanimous recommendation of a faculty c...

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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 5h

Shirin Saeidi, a tenured professor of political science at the University of Arkansas, was removed as the director of the school’s King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies over social media posts . . . Note: University management should know the difference between antisemitism and Zionism.

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Antisemitism Law Helped Get a Professor Fired for Free Speech, Lawsuit Says

A lawsuit says Arkansas professor Shirin Saeidi got fired after a harassment campaign by hardline anti-Iran and pro-Israel figures cited her Gaza tweets.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 23h

A Cayman Islands source gave Blum incriminating intel on 20 ultrarich Americans defrauding the US Treasury. He took it to the IRS in Miami, where a special agent looked over the documents and told him to get lost. Blum had expected gratitude. “This whole thing is a career killer,” the agent said.

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Oligarchs are robbing America blind, and the IRS is powerless to stop them

The Wealth Defense Industry and its politicians have seen to that.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.

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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades

The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.

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Ms B Moran @msbmoran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

He chopped down the weeping willows at the Kennedy Center. He chopped down a 20O yr old oak on WH grounds for his illegal ballroom. No consequences. So 🤷‍♀️

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

MEMPHIS: “PUNCHES THROWN… CHAOS…” Wild scenes as the city council DELAYS a vote on a data centers moratorium🤔— leading to chants of “BOUGHT AND SOLD!” and “SELL OUTS!” More: www.actionnews5.com/2026/10/06/d...

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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Democratic Underground cartoon

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

Rob Sand: "I don't think you're going to be the biggest advocate for public school students…when you were running advertisements saying that Marxists have hijacked the curriculum in Iowa. Zach, I'm pretty sure that's just more evidence that you don't spend enough time in Iowa."

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 17h

👀⚖️ #fbi

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h

Thank you for coming forward. We need more voices from inside the uniform standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us to reject this extremism, protect our democratic norms, and demand accountability.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yes, Pete Hegseth is so incompetent that our troops go without necessary medical care, but at least they are called "warriors" now while they go untreated. So it all evens out . . .

apnews.com

Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them

Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 19h

A list of 250-year-old things that Trump has destroyed in 2026 1. The Grandmother Tree 2. The United States of America

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.

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'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common Dreams

Republicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21h

congratualtions to every news outlet that wrote a "trump actually to pay for ads himself, says Trump" headline. Don't print lies in the newspaper

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20h

Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The NY Fed examines how tariffs affected inflation and finds that, without them, goods prices would have declined as of last February. libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/10/how-...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Precisely. And we shouldn’t be confirming AGs who have no demonstrated commitment to the work for which the Dept was created. Bondi is a catastrophe. But we’ve been burying the lede with AGs since John Mitchell.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 22h

However good you think this is going to be, it’s better. Steve just has Alito dead to rights.

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Leah-Bug @leah-bug.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

How does Russia take out 20% of the United States’ most senior military leadership without firing a shot? By turning to the same man who is responsible for the destruction dozens of bases in the Middle East, the depletion of our arsenal, and hiding it all from the American people, Petrov Hegseth.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 23h

Y'all...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump ends his mumbly, low energy speech and then YMCA starts blaring as he waits for applause that never really comes

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Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 20h

“In one, Mr. Vandenberg berated a co-worker during a dispute over a photocopier. … He is currently facing charges of animal neglect, according to El Paso municipal court records, charges often filed when dogs are found unattended for an extended period in a parked vehicle.”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic”

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DaveC3- Manny Rutinel for CO CD 8 @davec3.solidarity.social · 06/10/2026

IMHO a must read, but maybe too much of a detailed explainer of Trump mendacity for some:

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 06/10/2026

New: As Trump's meme coin dangled a gala dinner with the president for its top buyers, the wallet holding the creators' tokens moved ~$70M of $TRUMP to an account where it can be sold. @jeffstein.bsky.social for @washingtonsun.com

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Trump’s Meme Coin Firm Wants You to Buy. Insiders Are Preparing to Sell.

Trump personally made more than $600 million from his meme coin last year.

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Tammy @bluegirly.bsky.social · 20h

The letter asks the Justice Dep inspector general to determine whether her office recalled the witness "to manufacture a damages figure unsupported by the evidence." "Ultimately, the government conceded that it had no proof of any damage at all, thus undermining the basis for any criminal charge,"

rawstory.com

Jeanine Pirro ensnared by grand jury misconduct questions amid Reflecting Pool fallout

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro faces calls for a watchdog probe into whether her office recalled a grand jury witness to "manufacture" a felony charge against an Olympian later cleared.Lawyers for three-...

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Justice Alito knows what he's doing - he'll time his retirement so Trump can install another loyalist on the Supreme Court. Trump sees the Court as a political extension of himself. Democrats must oppose any Trump Supreme Court nominee—whenever the vacancy happens. No more Trump cronies.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 20h

Trump's lapdog Bill Pulte is so worried about being held accountable for his sham accusations of mortgage fraud that he's firing the actual law enforcement personnel who investigate mortgage fraud. Like @cortezmasto.senate.gov said, he must answer for his abuses of power.

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Demand Justice @wedemandjustice.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Morally, politically, logically: there’s not a single reason why Democrats should consider Trump’s next SCOTUS nominee. He’s made abundantly clear that the next nominee will be selected solely based on their loyalty to him. Any Democrat who plays along is complicit. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23h

It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...

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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.

The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.

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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 22h

lol this letter to the editor of the columbus dispatch- opposing amy acton so that "all Ohio business and families will be much safer" -was apparently penned by a pedophile www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

We can't let Amy Acton ruin Ohio again | Letters
Letters to the editor
Oct. 6, 2026, 4:57 a.m. ET
Acton could ruin Ohio again
Re Letter to the editor "Ramaswamy is bad for Ohio's health," Sept. 25: Dr. Lydia Hanson thinks Vivek Ramaswamy would be bad for Ohio kids and families who fear the loss of Ohio Medicaid.
Well, I feel Dr. Amy Acton is extremely dangerous to Ohio.
She had an active role in shutting down Ohio during COVID-19, ruining many small mom-and-pop businesses who couldn't pay out to follow the rules of the pandemic.
Acton convinced the governor to shut down everything.
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She is directly responsible for the fallout along with the federal government. And doctors want this evil in because they know when the next outbreak of whatever, they will easily get her to do the exactly the same thing as with COVID.

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That's the real threat to Ohio and if Acton gets to be the governor, then Ohio will be really in danger of being ruined again. She cannot be the next governor for the good welfare of all Ohio business and families will be much safer without Dr Acton.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22h

According to a new shadow docket filing with SCOTUS, the Alliance Defending Freedom is arguing that parents of cis kids have a "parental right" to forcibly out trans kids and prevent them from playing. It also seeks further Title IX restrictions in blue states. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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ADF Files SCOTUS Shadow-Docket Request Claiming "Parental Right" To Stop Trans Kids From Playing Against Cis Ones

The filing uses Title IX and “parental rights” to target trans children who may compete against their cis ones.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 22h

El Salvador has continued imprisoning deportees sent from the U.S., including many who have not been charged with any crime. They have disappeared into the country’s black hole of a correctional system, where lawyers can’t locate them. | The Atlantic archive.today/3qgEp

Professional illustration includes a backdrop of a map of El Salvador and a black and white photo of hundreds of prisoners and cut outs in blue of silhouettes of men’s faces.

Illustration credit: by Tina Zhou / The Atlantic. Sources: Marvin Recinos / AFP / Getty; Getty for The Atlantic

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Mike Rogers is watching you.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h

There is nothing more Donald Trump than using the opportunity to meet with grieving families as an excuse to talk about himself and all the tacky crap he is building to glorify himself.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 23h

Lafayette Square isn't "a historic protest site." It's a fucking park. And it's packed on nice days. Calling it a protest site is White House framing. They're closing a popular public park to create a presidential palace Saddam Hussein would love.

nytimes.com

Inside Trump's Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site (Gift Article)

The president’s proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations.

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