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Twitter/X political refugee, psychiatrist, Kirtan student, yoga teacher. Always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor never the tormented. —Elie Wiesel

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
October 7, 2026
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October 7, 2026
On October 7, 2016, in the run-up to the 2016 election, the Washington Post broke the story of the so-called Access Hollywood tape, a video from 2005 in which Donald Trump told television host Billy B...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Thom Tillis: “I may be a bit of an odd duck here. But talking about weaponization, 8647 is probably not a reasonable case. One day maybe we can find someone accountable for this building being surrounded by thugs on January 6th.”
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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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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: One thing I learned was only talk in the courtroom, but if you adhere to that, people can unfairly malign your team.
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Alaskans Dismayed, but Not Moved, by Peltola’s Treatment of Her Staff www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Alaskans Dismayed, but Not Moved, by Peltola’s Treatment of Her Staff
Voters interviewed in Anchorage and Fairbanks on Thursday said news that Mary Peltola, the Democratic nominee for Senate, had used offensive slurs would not change their vote.
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
STOP HEIDI OVERTON'S DANGEROUS NOMINATION TO LEAD THE FDA. Physicians and medical professionals are calling on the Senate to reject the nomination of Dr. Heidi Overton to serve as Commissioner of the FDA.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/09/2026
🚨NEWS: Vivek Ramaswamy states he would vote to "significantly constrain and attach work requirements to most of the welfare state," explicitly highlighting Social Security and Medicaid.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit seeking to compel Vermont to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and our clients. DOJ is now 0-24. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/vermon...
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🚨 United States of America v. Hanzas
Learn more here.
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I took action with Gallant for Congress (CD-NY-01). Will you join me? Use this link to sign up: www.mobilize.us/gallantforco...
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Show Off A Chris Gallant Lawn Sign · Gallant for Congress
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Joyce Vance: The only way Trump wins is if we stop showing up for our democracy open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Immigration: How Have We Become This Country?
A recording from Joyce Vance's live video
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
And one day
like a miracle 
he’ll be gone
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Hi there! I wanted to share a cause that really moved me. A group is walking from Provincetown to Plymouth to raise awareness about the mistreatment of migrants at Plymouth Correctional Facility, where human rights violations have been reported for years.
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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As Platner Faces Controversy in Maine, Mills Notes, ‘I Am Still on the Ballot’
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Platner’s Texts With Women Concerned Campaign as Senate Race Took Off www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/u...
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Platner’s Texts With Women Concerned Campaign as Senate Race Took Off
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Zoe Washburne Rebel Scum @zoewashburne.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
To be clear, this guy thinks 9/11 was an inside job!
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 09/05/2026
Péter Magyar officially became Hungary’s prime minister after 140 MPs backed his nomination and 54 opposed it. In his first speech, he urged President Tamás Sulyok to resign and announced a review of Hungary’s constitutional system. #Hungary
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
For years, Hungary's Viktor Orban gerrymandered his opposition out of power. But in the end, all the dirty tricks in the world couldn't save him from sinking approval ratings and massive voter turnout. There's a lesson here for us.
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Since Congress Let Obamacare Subsidies Expire, Millions Are Dropping Coverage www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
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Since Congress Let Obamacare Subsidies Expire, Millions Are Dropping Coverage
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Our current economy is rigged. It just is. A new report shows that 88 of the largest companies in America, including: Amazon Citigroup Haliburton Kohl's Palantir PayPal PG&E Southwest Airlines Tesla United Airlines Disney paid ZERO corporate income tax last year.
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
How the Voting Rights Act Bolstered Black Representation in the House www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How the Voting Rights Act Bolstered Black Representation in the House (Gift Article)
The passage of the landmark law in 1965 helped increase Black representation, especially in the South, according to a Times analysis.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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███ACTED @vicjager.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
New Hungarian PM brutally confronts a news channel that banned him for years.
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hopeful66 @hopeful66.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Maine Senate Poll from Emerson College  conducted March 21 to 23 Platner +27 Poll from Emerson College conducted March 28 to 30 Platner +7 Mills surging
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I mean there it is.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️ It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.
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Antonio Bruno @antoniobruno.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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VA denies limiting veterans’ mental health care; Vets, VA psychologists say it’s happening
Veterans and psychologists say Veterans Affairs has quietly enforced internal policy changes that limit veterans’ access to mental health care.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/02/2026
Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Pardon Industry Offers Rich Offenders a Path to Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/u...
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Pardon Industry Offers Rich Offenders a Path to Trump
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
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FBI Met Four Times With Woman Who Said Trump Assaulted Her When She Was 13
A woman who accused Donald Trump of sexually abusing her when she was 13 was interviewed by FBI agents four times in 2019, according to the newly released Epstein files. The interviews were conducted ...
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Hillary sat for a closed-door House deposition on Epstein and says she had no knowledge of his crimes and doesn’t recall meeting him. But she also made it clear: if Congress is serious, Trump who is all over the files should have to testify too. #USDemocracy #Pinks www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
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Hillary Clinton in deposition says she never met Epstein, slams Republican efforts to combat sex trafficking | CBC News
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton repeated her denial of ever meeting the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, this time in a deposition to Congress, and questioned the House committee's co...
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Susan @naurielsjh.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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Ebony Noor! I love garden season! ✊🏿 @darlingebony.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
When someone says it has "absolutely nothing to do with race", you better believe it has everything to do with race. Crockett was their darling when she was fighting Trump Admin in hearings. But for a Black woman to want more power? Well, NOW she's not "electable". "Identity politics" argument.
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Join me in supporting Jasmine Crockett (D) for TX Senate via ⁦‪@actblue‬⁩ secure.actblue.com/donate/jft-em?… 2/22/26, 11:53 AM
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts
Independent experts appointed by human rights council speak of ‘grave’ nature regarding scale of atrocities against women and girls
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
MSC 2026 | Clinton Speech Munich I think that the Trump administration's position toward 🇺🇦is disgraceful! I think the effort to force 🇺🇦into a surrender deal with Putin is shameful! I think the effort that Putin/Trump are making to profit off the misery & death of the 🇺🇦people is a historic error...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/02/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Americans should not accept vague excuses for protecting the identities of Mr. Epstein’s associates,” the editorial board writes. “A two-tiered justice system that coddles the powerful and revictimizes the vulnerable is a violation of American values.”
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Opinion | Bondi’s Incompetence Is the Latest Insult for Epstein’s Victims
The attorney general’s behavior reveals a deeper rot in the American justice system.
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
181,000 jobs were added in all of 2025. Suddenly 180,000 jobs were added in one month In August 2025, Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer following weak jobs data, claiming the agency's jobs reports were "rigged". So the #’s can be rigged? 🧐
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
"Pfiffe für JD Vance" means boos for JD Vance. Lead story in Der Spiegel. Germans invented Schadenfreude.
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Neil Aquino @neilaquino.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
People booing JD Vance at the opening ceremonies in Italy is the first gold medal of the Olympics.
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Disney Prime Video + ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈʸ @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Winter Olympic Games (Series, 1924 - )
JD Vance is booed at the opening ceremonies

A B and the Olympic rings are below to spell BOOOOO
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Thank you, #Italy for soundly booing our disgraceful Vice-President. #Olympics #Opening Ceremony
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.
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Mahlers5th @mahlers5th.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Democrats have a constitutional power they aren’t using to fight back: state resolutions www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Democrats have a constitutional power they aren’t using to fight back: state resolutions | Sidney Blumenthal
State resolutions are under-utilized right now and could be a significant mobilizing factor for the Democratic party
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Do you get it now?
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Even the NRA is not having it. Bill Essayli is the makebelieve US Attorney for LA, who was already DQed by a judge.

NRA
@NRA
This sentiment from the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California is dangerous and wrong.

Responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens.
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F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli

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If you approach law enforcement with a gun, there is a high likelihood they will be legally justified in shooting you.

Don’t do it! x.com/dhsgov/status/…
Readers added context
The U.S. Constitution (particularly the 2nd, 4th, and 14th amendments) prohibit officers from shooting citizens merely for possessing a weapon that is not an “imminent threat”. This was reaffirmed in Graham v Connor, which says force must be reasonable.
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