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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
Look at the shabby state and increasingly authoritarian trajectory of the country and ask yourself if we can endure 2 more years of a lawless Trump administration wreaking havoc with no check from Congress, then vote accordingly. This is not the time for a protest vote or purity politics.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump: I could say the stupidest things and you'd clap
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Saying he'd be cool with Iran nuking my home city is pretty bad but not quite as bad as when Hillary said some trump supporters were deplorable so I can see why the media turned the latter into a major scandal and not the former
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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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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The Alternate Histoween 🎃 @althistorian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day. Today we celebrate the life of a man who saved billions by not believing a computer. May we all learn this valuable lesson.
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atlonglast... @lupesmom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So good! You don't know what people are going through. Read this and learn to check yourself.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Facebook really doesn't want you to see the new documentary exposing Elon Musk Neither do TikTok or Google or the eX social media site. Since they won't accept paid advertising, let's do some free advertising. Go see Musk in theaters October 9 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You'd think the President is out of his mind, and not in the fun "says inappropriate things at dinner" way but in the "grievance driven murderous rampage" way, would be treated like a bigger immediate crisis. And I'm sure he says inappropriate things at dinner too.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Don’t believe the lies. Trump is *not* selling $2.8 billion of bombs for Israel’s genocide. It’s worse. Trump is *giving away* $2.8 billion of bombs for Israel’s genocide. American taxpayers are paying for those bombs.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15/09/2026
WARREN: You and Kennedy are keeping these pharma deals secret. The companies say they are immaterial. You still want the American people to believe they are a great deal? KLOMP: Billions of dollars have been saved in out-of-pocket transactions— WARREN: Then show me the receipts.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
CASTEN: Trump said 'we're taking in billions and billions from Venezuela.' Who is the 'we'? That suggests flows to US persons BESSENT: Again, this is one of the largest assets ever to go on the US balance sheets CASTEN: You can't testify whether or not they're flowing to US persons? BESSENT: No
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
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Adam Conover @adamconover.net · 12/09/2026
Can the media please stop platforming these losers?
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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.”
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“US Envoys” is just incredible normalization of “the president’s son-in-law & private business cronies.” Other, more serious choices remain readily available.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts. But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy. In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states. This is why unions are vital.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Kroger, which wants to buy yet ANOTHER grocery chain: -Ranks among the largest companies with employees dependent on Medicaid & SNAP -Paid its CEO $14M last year, 417x its median worker's pay of just $34,552 -Spent $12.3B on stock buybacks since 2019 This is what corporate greed looks like.
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nice to have a citation for the stuff we all sort of assume to be true but question if it's just our own biases making it look that way
Screenshot from the article in the quoted post, saying "Piff and his colleagues found that upper-class drivers were more likely to cut other cars off at junctions and ignore pedestrians at crossings. Wealthier people also appeared more willing to lie at work. In one experiment, volunteers were left alone with a jar of sweets ostensibly meant for children. When the researchers returned, upper-class people had snaffled nearly twice as many candies as lower-class people.

“The general pattern seems to be that with wealth and rising power, you become less engaged with the needs of others and less burdened by the needs of social relationships,” Piff said. “Taking candy from children might be the least of our worries but it’s emblematic of the tendency to prioritise one’s own needs over those of others.”
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Here are the 33 Democrats who voted with Republicans to block federal funding to American colleges if they engage in boycotts against Israel — a foreign country that's committed genocide and killed Americans using American tax dollars:



Auchincloss (MA)	Frankel, Lois (FL)	Mannion (NY)	Scholten (MI)	Titus (NV)
Castor (FL)	Gillen (NY)	Moskowitz (FL)	Schrier (WA)	Torres (NY)
Cisneros (CA)	Golden (ME)	Norcross (NJ)	Sherman (CA)	Vargas (CA)
Costa (CA)	Gonzalez, V. (TX)	Panetta (CA)	Soto (FL)	Vindman (VA)
Courtney (CT)	Landsman (OH)	Perez (WA)	Stevens (MI)	Wasserman Schultz (FL)
Cuellar (TX)	Latimer (NY)	Riley (NY)	Suozzi (NY)	
Davis (NC)	Lee (NV)	Schneider (IL)	Thanedar (MI)
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
So many of the supposed divides in the Democratic caucus simply boil down to "this one will fight for all of us, this one will not" and for the past two years Team Fight is sweeping the board.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
If only billionaires used their outsized political influence to negate the need for luxury bunkers rather than for tax cuts to pay for their luxury bunkers.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Fuck you Google. We will all remember your capitulation to a mad king
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Fun fact — and reminder: For all their focus on “officer safety” and arguments about aggressive tactics being necessary, no ICE officer has ever been killed in the line of duty. It is more deadly in the US to be an elementary school student than an ICE officer.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
For reference: When I had my background check it was held up because I had a speeding ticket from when I went home sophomore year in college that I forgot to put on my SF-86. I got grilled about why I didn’t disclose it (they eventually believed it was mistake). The FBI as we knew it is gone.
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I kinda wish this headline was on the front page like really big and under it was just “that’s sort of the whole story but that’s some crazy sht right? Can you believe that’s the president of the United States?”
Headline in New York Times reading TRUMP ORDERS LAKE ONTARIO TO BE NAMED LAKE AMERICA
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 29/08/2026
Last year, the U.S. Department of Education rescinded millions of dollars meant to support magnet schools in Chicago Public Schools, saying the district had violated federal law with its policies supporting Black and transgender students. After a lawsuit and settlement, CPS will get the money back.
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CPS wins back millions in federal funding after Trump administration settles lawsuit
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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/08/2026
perfect synopsis of modern Republicanism
Darline Graham: I tripped up on one question last night, regarding Taiwan. I don't speak politician. I was just honest. Of course, Taiwan is our friend. But I think people in South Carolina are more worried about boys in girls sports.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
100% #BookSky
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/08/2026
Sickening that corporate media has been directed by their billionaire handlers to ask every Democrat about the DSA platform in an effort to divide the party, instead of the GOP platform of kidnapping, starvation, murder, and death.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of N Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with S Korea.” This man is failing to defend the United States. This man is a traitor. This man should be removed.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The president is making US policy friendlier to North Korea and Russia than Canada and Oman. Are you kidding me?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Their best defense against the growing challenge from the left would be simply to meet the moment and act more aggressively against Trump. If they just did that, half the energy behind DSA challenges would dissipate and they'd be safe. But no, they'd rather punch left in a panic.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The federal budget deficit for July was $432 billion. That's not the total for the first 7 months. That is JUST THE MONTH OF JULY. That's the largest monthly deficit in US history. It is even larger than during the height of the pandemic when US government spending was keeping the economy alfoat.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage. Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word. A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Don't let the heat turn deadly for farm workers. Donations will help us keep doing everything we can to save lives. act.seiu.org/a/heat2026?m... If you prefer, you can donate by PayPal at paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate #WeFeedYou #CALOR
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Don’t let the heat turn deadly for farm workers
Don't let the heat turn deadly for farm workers. Donations will help us keep doing everything we can to save lives. #Calor #WeFeedYou
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Getting all my political talking points from the comments of the pro wrestling subreddit from now on.
There have been more school shootings in the 2026-2027 school year (which started last week) than there are transgender athletes competing. This is a nothing issue pushed by nothing people while the rich continue to rob us blind.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Some anti-Trump Republicans still can’t believe how thoroughly Republicans have capitulated to Trump. Some pro-rule of law lawyers can’t believe that former colleagues are ok with lawlessness. Some former military can’t believe former colleagues are going along with Hegseth. It’s time to believe.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
CapitalOne closed 300 of Trump’s accounts on suspicions of money laundering, so the Trump family just decided to start their own bank. Problem solved!
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/08/2026
We should all be worried about "dynamic pricing." That's when companies change their prices in real time. If it's hot out, the cost of ice cream could go up. If it's cold, tea bags could go up. It's a way for giant companies to squeeze you even more.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is, bar none, the stupidest fuckung thing I’ve ever heard. And the idea that there’s nobody in the chain of command - civilian or military - with enough courage to say so is a disgrace.
wapo.st
Navy weighs major warship redesign to match Trump’s preferences
The president wants the new fleet of aircraft carriers to more resemble those from World War II. Such a change could cost billions.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Abolishing ICE is now the official position of the Democratic Party
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Absolutely true, but also note that when Republicans attack Democratic voters the news media don't find it worthy of discussion, while when a Democrat says something even mildly disrespectful about Republican voters they make it into a Major Scandal. See: "basket of deplorables"
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.
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Yale School of Public Health @yalesph.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
According to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health, a single-payer universal health care system could: ➡️ Cover every American ➡️ Save more than 100,000 lives a year ➡️ Cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace 1/
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Maggie Wauklyn @simplykumquat.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
From public defense: 1. Most people who do crimes do so to get unmet needs met, and if we as a society helped even a little bit to Get Needs Met in general there'd be WAY less crimes, 2. Almost everyone who does crimes would benefit from mental health support, mh care, mh education etc, see above
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