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Timothy Snyder: One thing that I do worry about... is that the way we fought the Iran war was obviously out of date. We haven’t learned how to fight a modern war. With Hegseth and Trump… and their just fantastic vision of testosterone plus battleships, I just don’t think we’re going to get there.

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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 23h

Cartoonist: Rob Rogers

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20h

Trump embezzled funds appropriated to pay for the funerals of policemen and used it to pay for political ads for himself that he ran on Rupert Murdoch TV. youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...

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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm not naive enough to actually believe this will happen, but Democrats could be preparing, right now, lists of impeachment charges against (at a bare minimum) Hegseth, Kennedy, Mullin, Patel, Blanche, & Trump, as well as Bondi, Bovino, & Noem (still worth doing!) that rely purely on public facts,

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tim Snyder is correct: If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money and tackle our corrupt system. There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026

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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The President of the United States is a liar.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Trump’s insider trading is, on its own, the worst corruption scandal in US history, with $$$ dwarfing Teapot Dome. So are Trump’s bribes-for-pardons. So is the Qatar bribe plane. So is all the Saudi money he (and Kushner) have pocketed. And the ballroom. And more. Each alone would be the worst.

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Dave Whamond @davewhamond.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Uh, okay.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

ICE arrests of people with no convictions or pending charges more than doubled. Arrests of people with charges or convictions rose under 20%. DHS says it targets the worst of the worst. The data prove the opposite is true.

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ICE’s Summer Enforcement Surge Driven by People with No Criminal History

The latest data from Deportation Data Project shows that ICE has never arrested so many people — and never so many people without any criminal history.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.

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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The President of the United States is a liar.

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026

The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades

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

There was a moment when the US was taken over by enemies and criminals, the incompetent, the corrupt, and the malevolent. They control our government now and will use every means at their disposal, legal and illegal, to try to stop the rest of us from restoring law, order, and decency to US society.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Even if a federal prosecutor was watching the Atlanta Hawks and not the Iowa Hawkeyes, I still think crime should be treated as illegal, and coup attempts should be treated as bad.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Even as profits soar, corporate tax payments are down 25% this year thanks to Trump and Republicans’ big, ugly bill. One of the main beneficiaries? Big Tech — which is using the tax breaks to help fuel its AI boom as it spends a fortune on the midterm elections. Remember this...

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Markets are the great aggregator of preferences, but they don't tell us whether that aggregate is fair or whether society should accept that outcome. We need democracy for that. youtu.be/OAGV50CDgno

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The free market wouldn't object to a few oligarchs hoarding all the AI profits while everyone else is scraping by. Markets don't do morality. That's up to us. youtu.be/OAGV50CDgno

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026

Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all

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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 26/09/2026

Trump’s summit with Xi left too many questions unanswered. This is one of them.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In broad terms, reform ideas in the US break down into anti-party (or party weakening) and pro-party (i.e. multi-party). Anti-party reforms have superficial appeal but frankly don't work. Pro-party reforms aim to produce more coherent and more legible choices on the ballot, which is what does work.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As Office of Management & Budget Director, Russell Vought continues to knowingly & willfully break the law. Yesterday, he again attempted a pocket rescission of almost $1B, alerting Congress of plan not to use appropriated funds with too little time for them to act. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...

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Trump Proposes $810 Million in Education and Health Cuts, Defying Congress

The attempted clawback represents the second time in as many years that the White House has sought to cancel funding approved by lawmakers.

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

I swear, the Supreme Court as a body is not on the side of democracy.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Greatest trick AI leaders have pulled is convincing many people—especially influential people in govt, media, and business—that their software is intelligent, independent, yet never culpable. Humans build it, humans deploy it, but no one bears responsibility for the things that happen when they do.

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Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Define irony....

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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The President of the United States is a liar.

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Stevenof1 @stevenof1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just a Reminder...

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The random civilian who illegally stole everyone's data & dismantled large chunks of the federal government, in an end run around Article I of the Constitution, should be jailed for life & not have large govt contracts, the ability to contribute to political campaigns, or stakes in large media orgs.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Computer crimes are already illegal. I do not think “we knowingly deployed software we can’t control” is a legitimate defense against break those laws.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

ICE shot Wilber Perez in the back. Now, Wilber can’t move the left side of his body. How does paralyzing a DoorDash driver make anyone more safe?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In 9 months, Zohran Mamdani has: -Secured millions in worker restitution from DoorDash and UberEats -Launched the first stage of his universal childcare program -Cracked down on bad landlords -Balanced NYC's budget without cutting major social services This is what leadership looks like.

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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Good news: a federal judge just paused Wilber's deportation. The government shouldn’t be allowed to shoot you from an unmarked vehicle and then cover it up by deporting you. Keep speaking out, it's working.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It’s amazing how many Republican senators and senate nominees in close races are suddenly against the Iran War this week after backing it 100% for 7 months. Is there an election coming up soon?

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

should be day 2 stories if Maine/national media pick up on fact Collins' lobbyist husband, Tom Daffron, worked closely - for years - with Scott Reed, a key player in the corruption scandal @andrewperez.bsky.social & @martinpengelly.bsky.social wrote about that in June zeteo.com/p/susan-coll...

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Susan Collins’s Husband Worked for the Lobbyist Running Her Super PAC

The Maine senator's husband apparently consulted last year for the lobbyist leading Pine Tree Results PAC, documents show.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026

Ashley Hinson voted repeatedly against efforts to end U.S. hostilities with Iran while taking more than $217,000 from oil and gas interests, including $38,500 since the war began. Meanwhile, Iowa gas prices have surged 60% since the start of the war as major oil companies report soaring profits.

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Ashley Hinson Got Big Money From Oil Companies After Repeatedly Voting For the Iran War

The price of gas for her Iowa constituents has risen by 60% since the start of the war, while oil companies are making record profits

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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The President of the United States is a liar.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.

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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins

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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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Miami Herald speaks of "overcrowding and abuse," which is certainly the case. But this is not some mistake, it is by design. This is what concentration camps are like, after all, it is their purpose to horrify and torment. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

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Extreme overcrowding and abuse plague Florida ICE facilities, whistleblowers say

Whistleblower photos show people sleeping on floor and portable toilets overflowing with human waste at Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Miramar

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Dennis Goris | Cartoons @dennisgoris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If a tyrant rants in the woods and nobody hears him, does he make a sound?

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“Today at 12:30, Wilber called his wife to tell her that he had been shot,” Lincoln-Goldfinch said in an earlier interview late Sunday. “And he was yelling in agony, and the call cut off. That was all she knew.”

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