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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 9h
We're losing our health care here in Maine so Susan Collins can give billionaires like Elon Musk more tax cuts. I support Medicare for All so people across the state have health care.
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 10h
He’s resigning? politicalwire.com/2026/10/06/tru…
politicalwire.com
Trump Hints at ‘Big Surprises’ Right Before Midterms
"Does President Donald Trump have some tricks up his sleeve?" Mediaite asks.
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If Trump bleats in a room full of people and there is no press to cover him, does he make a sound?
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Since he knows everything, let’s send him to solve the outbreak in Russia. www.axios.com/2026/10/05/tru…
axios.com
Trump: U.S. willing to help Russia with potential pneumonic plague outbreak
"We'll help them as much as we can," Trump told reporters Monday.
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Now he’s just fucking with us. The question is whether SCOTUS is going to uphold the 1st Amendment or not. He is past the point of no return. politicalwire.com/2026/10/05/whi…
politicalwire.com
White House Blocks Politico From Air Force One
"The White House is refusing to allow Politico on Air Force One on Monday, which means the news organization cannot fulfill its press corps pool responsibilities," CNN reports.
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nothing he says is true, accurate or newsworthy. By not covering him, you take away his oxygen.
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
That horse has already left the barn. politicalwire.com/2026/10/05/rep…
politicalwire.com
Republican Says He Won’t Be a ‘Rubber Stamp’
"Rep. Juan Ciscomani — an incumbent Republican running in a swing district in Arizona — is out with a new campaign video in which he says he won’t be a 'rubber stamp' in Washington while also touting…
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No techcrunch.com/2026/10/04/can…
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Can ‘super intelligence’ and a non-binding safety pact solve AI’s image problem? | TechCrunch
On Equity, we discussed the Trump administration's attempts to rebrand AI.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Absentee ballot voters in Montana won’t have to comply with an onerous birthdate verification requirement after a state court blocked the measure Friday night, ruling that it violates the state constitution. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Montana court blocks onerous mail voting law that caused thousands of rejected absentee ballots last year
The mail voting measure led to nearly 3,000 mail ballots getting rejected in the Nov. 2025 election, in a state where 80% of voters vote absentee.
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So are we politicalwire.com/2026/10/02/tru…
politicalwire.com
Trump Says He’s ‘Getting Good’ at Impeachment
"President Donald Trump brushed off the prospect of Democrats regaining control of Congress in the midterms, remarking that he has become so accustomed to impeachment that he’s 'getting good' at it,"…
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nothing to see here, move along…. www.wired.com/story/ice-has-…
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How embarrassing
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
He has an ISLAND? It must pay pretty well to be a Justice of the Supreme Court. Or are they gifts from billionaire friends?
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Imagine Azzi next year and more help coming in the draft.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dying of Whiteness. www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
economist.com
In MAGA-land people are dying faster than they are being born
Our analysis suggests Trump country is only growing because of migration
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Too bad. So sad. So sad. www.rawstory.com/john-roberts-m…
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Chief Justice John Roberts shunned by his neighbors as backlash over Trump rulings grows
Chief Justice John Roberts has spent more than 20 summers at his home on a small island off the coast of Maine, but now many of his neighbors there have backed away from him or even demonstrate against him.The New York Times interviewed more than two dozen residents over the summer about Hupper Isl…
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is stupid, but if Trump tried to rename AI to gin up AI company registrations in Solvenia to profit off the migration (which is one hypothesis out there), it's not as stupid as it looks.
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wipeout by The Ventures
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#Winning
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yeah, that is going to fix the problem when millions of people lose their insurance because Trump cancelled their ACA benefits. politicalwire.com/2026/09/30/tru…
politicalwire.com
Trump Mails $500 Check to 950,000 on Obamacare
"President Trump is putting a half-billion dollars in the mail — and making sure Americans know who to thank for it," the New York Post reports.
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Clearly a winning message for the hispanic vote.
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A gay man broke the encryption of the German Enigma machine. A woman with a false leg was our most dangerous and effective spy. Women built almost all the planes and boats that saved the world. Navaho code talkers were a key communication channel for the allies. Remember that, you #loser.
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
He ran two casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey into the ground so what do think would happen? politicalwire.com/2026/09/30/tru…
politicalwire.com
Trump Ran the Kennedy Center Into the Ground
"In the 19 months since President Trump took over the Kennedy Center, the institution has borrowed everything its bank would lend it, dipped into money donors had given on condition it never be…
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Supreme Court endorses extreme cruelty toward helpless immigrants. The 6 Republican justices must think the Dred Scott decision is their precedent. Win the midterms and unpack the court.
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US supreme court allows Trump officials to resume deportations to third countries
Conservative majority temporarily lifts lower-court decision as liberal justices dissent from ruling
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sure— he will just sign an executive order and call it a day. www.newser.com/story/397297/t…
newser.com
Trump: AI Will Have 'Tremendous Self-Policing'
He announces accord after White House meeting with tech execs
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#Loser politicalwire.com/2026/09/29/tru…
politicalwire.com
Trump Ends Court Fight Against $5 Million Verdict
"Donald Trump has agreed to stop fighting in court the disbursement of E Jean Carroll’s $5m verdict in her 2023 sexual abuse and defamation civil trial against him, a procedural development as these…
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What a stupid, futile, and self-indulgent waste of time! politicalwire.com/2026/09/29/tru…
politicalwire.com
Trump Signs Order Renaming AI to ‘Super Intelligence’
"President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday renaming artificial intelligence to 'super intelligence' in an effort to rebrand the technology amid calls to rein in its development,"…
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Loser www.rawstory.com/trump-caves-e-…
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Trump quietly caves on $5.6M payout as E. Jean Carroll case ends: 'A first'
President Donald Trump dropped his final challenge to the $5.6 million payout to writer E. Jean Carroll, ending the case she won against him in 2023.Trump agreed to dismiss his appeal "with prejudice," meaning he can never bring it again, according to a Sept. 25 order from the U.S. Court of Appeals…
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Who are the other 13%? I wanna sell them a bridge. politicalwire.com/2026/09/27/o...
politicalwire.com
Only 13% of Voters Buy Trump’s Promise of $5,000 Checks
G. Elliot Morris: "Voters aren’t confused about the motive, either. 62% say Trump made the promise mainly to win votes in November, and only 13% think he genuinely intends to send the money."
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The 4th estate is no more. They have abdicated their duty to report the facts and capitulated to the Dotard. politicalwire.com/2026/09/26/tv-…
politicalwire.com
TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage
"The major networks are set to resume their collective television coverage of President Trump on Sunday, even though the White House blocked CNN from participating in the TV pool over the weekend,"…
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not enough, apparently. www.rawstory.com/tim-burchett-2…
rawstory.com
MAGA lawmaker enrages with ‘let them eat cake’ moment: ‘How tone deaf can you be?’
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) was fiercely condemned Saturday after boasting about the “ride” he was provided by President Donald Trump to the Tennessee-Texas football game, with several critics labeling Burchett’s message as “tone deaf.”“My ride to the game,” Burchett wrote Saturday in a social media p…
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Once again, the Supreme Court prioritizes imaginary harms done to Trump by not allowing him to indulge in his conspiracy theories, as opposed to the very real harm done to citizens who may lose the ability to vote in this case.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: Democrats sued to stop the Trump administration from deploying armed agents to polling sites for the midterms. "[B]ecause no voter can know in advance whether agents will be waiting" at their site, even the threat of armed agents at the polls could chill voting this fall, they argued.
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Democrats sue Trump admin to keep armed agents from polls during midterms
Democrats filed a lawsuit late Wednesday asking a federal court to prevent the Trump administration from deploying armed federal agents to voting sites during the midterm elections.
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
YOU voted more than 97% of the time with the convicted felon in the White House. www.rawstory.com/susan-collins-…
rawstory.com
Susan Collins flips out when confronted with bribery allegations: 'He's a convicted liar!'
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) was visibly frustrated on a Wall Street Journal podcast interview released on Wednesday, where she was confronted with a bombshell ProPublica story alleging the FBI was looking into corruption in her office as recently as two years ago.The case centers on Martin Kao, the l…
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Did he learn nothing from his first tango with COVID? Apparently not. politicalwire.com/2026/09/23/tru…
politicalwire.com
Trump Delays Covid Shots for Kids
"The Trump administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one U.S. territory, and officials have not indicated when or whether the shots will become available," The Guardian reports."It’s the latest step by top officials to restrict vaccines in America –
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Careful what you vote for because you may get it www.rawstory.com/missouri-voter…
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Red state voters trapped by 'Looney Tunes' court order reviving Trump's power grab: expert
An appeals court's decision to revive a Missouri map backed by President Donald Trump will trap the red state's voters, an ex-prosecutor warned.In a Tuesday episode of the "Talking Feds" podcast, former U.S. Attorney Harry Litman tore into the three-judge 8th Circuit panel for the logic it used to …
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Good politicalwire.com/2026/09/22/tru…
politicalwire.com
Trump Warns He’ll Be ‘Last Republican President’
"President Donald Trump has changed his pitch to wary Republicans who are hesitant to undo a decades-old safeguard in the Senate: if they do nothing, he may be the last Republican president," Fox News reports."Trump has long demanded that Republicans nuke the filibuster, which has blocked key parts…
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
What could possibly go wrong? www.axios.com/2026/09/18/tru…
axios.com
DOJ won't enforce handgun ban for 18- to 20-year-olds
The law remains on the books, but DOJ won't prosecute.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 18/09/2026
I'm just glad Congress isn't alive to see this
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
US District Judge Mary S. McElroy issued a summary judgment ruling on Friday finding that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Donald Trump, has unlawfully terminated the $7 billion Solar for All Program. More: substack.com/@shero/note/...
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Amee Vanderpool (@shero)
US District Judge Mary S. McElroy issued a summary judgment ruling on Friday finding that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under Donald Trump, has unlawfully terminated the $7 billion Sol...
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Cant wait to see what kind of hallucinations you’ll see with this system politicalwire.com/2026/09/18/faa…
politicalwire.com
FAA to Roll Out New AI Tool for Airports
"The Trump administration plans to roll out a new A.I. air traffic control tool designed to predict and prevent flight delays in the Washington region starting Monday, as the opening step of an eventual nationwide deployment," the New York Times reports.
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
No. They were created in his his official capacity as President of the United States so they are the property of the United States Government. politicalwire.com/2026/09/17/are…
politicalwire.com
Are Trump’s Official Papers His Personal Property?
Adam Liptak: "Supreme Court justices work for the government but treat their official papers as private property. As my frequent reporting partner Jodi Kantor wrote this month, that means they can withhold them from the public until long after they have died, or destroy them entirely.""In a brief f…
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Look in the mirror— you could have prevented this by not approving RFKjr www.newser.com/story/396555/c…
newser.com
Cassidy Traces Measles Cases to Trump Administration
GOP senator blames vaccine stances in hearing for nominee
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And, yet, you enabled him to screw up our health system, knowing that he would do it. And all for a reference from Trump. politicalwire.com/2026/09/16/a...
politicalwire.com
Another Bonus Quote of the Day
"It deeply concerns me to see politicians giving medical advice which has zero scientific backing. Scaring mothers into delaying or even altogether skipping their child's vaccine is wrong, and it make...
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What a clown you are! You could have prevented the approval of RFKjr but you didn’t. Shut up and sit down. www.rawstory.com/measles-267786…
rawstory.com
‘Terrible legacy’: GOP senator sounds alarm over growing Trump administration crisis
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) delivered a dire warning Wednesday as the United States battles its worst measles outbreak in 35 years, saying the crisis is “going to be a terrible legacy for this administration.” “Misinformation and misguided policies are leaving children and adults unprotected against d…
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Uhhh… that horse has left the barn www.newser.com/story/396533/7…
newser.com
7 House Republicans Defect to Curb Trump's Iran War Powers
Democratic measure passes with Massie, Mace, Barrett on board
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Shut up and sit back down— you are responsible for this mess politicalwire.com/2026/09/16/cas…
politicalwire.com
Bill Cassidy Is Fed Up with Trump Nominees on Vaccines
"Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) lambasted the Trump administration for stoking vaccine doubts among Americans, after reports Tuesday that two unvaccinated Pennsylvanians had died of measles," the Washington Sun reports.Said Cassidy: "It is irresponsible, it damages our country, and we have four people in…
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“and what i want to know is / how do you like your blue-eyed boy / Mister Death” — ee cummings www.rawstory.com/susan-collins-…
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'Noose around all of our necks': Panicked GOP senators lash out at White House
Republican senators are privately complaining their party isn't advancing legislation that helps ordinary voters ahead of the crucial midterm elections, according to a new report.Endangered incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) told colleagues at a closed-door GOP meeting Tuesday that the Senate shou…
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Marc Abrams @marca56.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
That’s because they will never be sent politicalwire.com/2026/09/15/bes…
politicalwire.com
Bessent Says Trump’s $5K Checks Won’t Add to the Debt
"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wildly insisted on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s proposed $5,000 checks to Americans could be sent out without adding to the national debt," Mediaite reports.
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