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Newly announced! Hillary Clinton will be the guest moderator at the New York City stop (the first stop) on Rachel's upcoming book tour! Also, Nicolle Wallace will moderate the Boston date! Links, tickets and details are at www.ms.now/department-o...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14h

This is a really good piece by @natashakorecki.bsky.social at NBC News: "Many Latinos were better versed in the details of Salgado Araujo’s shooting death than in the names and backgrounds of those running for some of the highest-profile offices in their state..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

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How the shooting death of a Houston father is igniting Latino politics in Texas

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed on his way to work by ICE agents, who said he used his vehicle as a weapon. An outraged community is demanding justice — and change.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13h

🚨BREAKING: The NAACP sued the Trump administration, seeking records about its plan to deploy roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places during the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms

DOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14h

Job creation numbers: "The blue columns point to Biden’s presidency, while the red columns point to Trump’s..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

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Mark O'Connell @oconnellmark.bsky.social · 13h

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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 14h

"Even some longtime friends who would not dream of joining the kayakers said they have been drawing back socially because of their distress over his decisions, notably the court’s 2024 decision granting the president broad immunity from prosecution."

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ItemGoddess @itemgoddess.bsky.social · 14h

Was thinking the same thing as I watched his smarmy appearance this past weekend.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14h

"Driver-volunteers go to homes to drop off diapers, baby formula, toilet paper, groceries... "Drivers switch routes and cars, write addresses on paper, and carry a water bottle so they can drop the paper in water and obscure the addresses if stopped... kansasreflector.com/2026/10/02/t...

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Trump's immigration sweeps leave southwest Kansas communities looking for way forward • Kansas Reflector

DODGE CITY — Southwest Kansas communities reeling from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — which included random stops to check status — are looking for ways to recover as fear continues ...

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 18h

Over a dozen states have important voter registration deadlines today. Check your registration and make a plan to vote at IWillVote.com. Then ask friends and neighbors to do the same.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15h

“We’re not going to just put our hands up and say, ‘Oh well, we tried.' When it opens, it’ll be even more important to pressure to close it. At that point, people are being harmed. We’re just going to keep making a stink of it. "We'll never go away until it’s closed." www.nola.com/gambit/news/...

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‘Shrouded in secrecy’: Louisiana's new ICE facility raises more questions than answers

Under the Trump administration's deportation blitz, ICE's new 'staging center' in Alexandria, Louisiana is run by the operators of Lasalle Corrections, a private, for-profit company with a history of ...

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A historic 96-mile protest march is underway, as faith leaders make the multi-day journey from the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in the Mojave Desert, to the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fUo...

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Faith leaders make HISTORIC 96-mile pilgrimage to protest ‘EXTREME CONDITIONS’ in ICE detention

YouTube video by MS NOW

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Love it 👇

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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

January 16: the UAE’s spy chief hands $500 million to the Trump family crypto venture. May: his government gets cleared to buy our most sensitive AI chips. I’ve read that timeline four times now and it still makes my stomach turn. #momsky#sheshed

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Heartbreak in Springfield, Ohio. Please read this important reporting. It all begins with big lies and it ends with ethnic cleansing and deaths for which we must not only mourn but feel ashamed. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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A Reckoning in Springfield

A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Some were there because even though they had not known the young man personally, they 'are dedicated to standing in solidarity with his family and all of the other Haitian families who have come to Springfield seeking a place of safety,' the pastor said..." www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

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At Haitian student’s funeral, a community confronts painful immigration reality

The emotional ceremony held in English and Haitian Creole was attended by his parents and two younger brothers, local community advocates and elected officials including Springfield Mayor Rob Rue, Sta...

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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Corrupt taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Trump defends the Cornell rapists saying he “feels bad” for them and they won't get a “fair shake”

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

President Donald Trump took a break this weekend from his nonstop, baseless accusations about mail voting fraud to remind his own supporters to cast their mail ballots in this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Trump backtracks and begs Republicans to vote by mail as Democrats’ odds of taking Congress improve

Trump’s latest demand that Republicans vote – even by mail – comes as polls show Democrats’ odds of taking both the House and Senate are improving.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Jack Smith at last night’s Power to the People concert, wearing a Springsteen/No Kings shirt.

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Victoria @wolfiemouse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

As he goes to sit down. I want the poster! ... I am here!

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026

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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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...

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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics

Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.

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Kelly Hines @kellyhines.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I thought Schlichter was a new nickname for the Sec of War, a combo of shit, lick, and hitler.

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HappyCamper22 @happycamper22.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

But for heaven's sake, don't call them Nazi's

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

trump's pentagon: www.wired.com/story/a-pent...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026

Historian Tim Snyder compares what Trump is doing in Latin America to Soviet tactics in Eastern Europe after WWII: rig elections, apply threats, install the leadership you want. His description of Trump’s approach: “smash and grab.”

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026

Trump keeps saying that a 1929-style Great Depression is likely during the second half of his term. Quite the midterm message.

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Trump is in full panic mode as we head into midterm. Like with 2020 election, he will soon prepare to focus on how to overturn the results after the GOP loses. Forget the Democratic leaders-WE, THE PEOPLE must plan to stop this from national strikes to boycotts and more!

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026

Tim Snyder: The Republicans are trying to run this midterm on the issue of communism, whereas Trump’s idols are all communists. Whether it’s North Korea, whether it’s China, whether it’s Russia... Full interview: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026

Tim Snyder unloads on Trump and his inner circle: They are all greedy cowards. If he encounters Europeans or Ukrainians especially who actually believe in democracy, the rule of law, who care about their country… this is detestable to him.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026

Tim Snyder on Trump's fixation with Putin: If you believe in countries, the United States is a much more powerful country than Russia. But if you just believe that it’s gangster on gangster, well then sure, Putin is a much better gangster than Trump.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026

Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump. We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us.

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Blue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Role models among us!!

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Author E.K. Vanberg ❌👑 @ekvanberg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

To vote is to rise up and fight. To be complacent is to let things get worse.

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Keith A. Eddins @eugeneinoregon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

At what point do we all say ‘norms no longer exist and don’t work, so we must replace them with laws’? An Outrage in 2019. No Problem in 2026. Trump Has Moved the Ethical Line. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...

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How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits (Gift Article)

The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/10/2026

NEW: This week we reported how USPS has slowed down mail pickup/delivery times, boosting risks that ballots could reach election offices too late to be counted. USPS also shrunk the period for "extraordinary measures" to ensure timely election mail delivery from 15 days before election day to 10.

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This week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s citizenship lists could be in effect for the midterm

We’re waiting for a federal court to rule on a third prong of Trump’s voter suppression scheme — one you might not have heard much about.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We’re training volunteers across the US to defeat Trump’s next coup attempt before, during, and after the election!! Join us: Linktr.ee/NoKingsFall ❌👑

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Purple IS Best @purpleisbest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Vote for Rob Sand! He actually lives in Iowa and cares about regular folks’ lives. Sand will move Iowa forward!!

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