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Yet another example of Trump's supporters voting against their best interest wrt health care on all levels, & inflationary policies. MAGA's been conditioned to believe that Dems pose a worse alternative. Trump purposefully exploits low-information voters, who are the most gullible.

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"Households in the United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of federal policy changes since President Trump returned to office," per ABC.

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FFS, how about sending aid to Ukraine? Trump is way too cozy with Putin, and has been since 2015.

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A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.

18 months after this was written, the authors were spot on about Trump, and what was coming in his 2nd term. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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One Word Describes Trump

What a colossal liar.......just like Trump.

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Market expectations of a Democrat "sweep" in the 2026 Midterm elections rise to a record 67%. Last year at this time, the market saw just a 24% chance of a Democrat "sweep." Election Day is 29 days away.

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A thousand Federal Agents at polling places would scare many thousands of U.S. Citizen Hispanic voters from voting. Also, confiscating ballots due to alleged mail-in voter fraud is also being queued up, among other tactics. It will be a miracle if this election is "free and fair".

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New York Times/Siena polls find Dems gaining the governors offices in Alaska, Iowa, Texas, and Ohio. That would give Dems control over election admin in Alaska and Texas. It’s a sign that Dems could also win for secretary of state in Iowa and Ohio in this environment www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...

Chart of Siena poll results in five governor's races, showing each candidate's estimated support with margin-of-error bars. Democrats lead in Iowa (Sand 52%, Lahn 41%), Alaska (Kreiss-Tomkins 52, Wilson 48), Texas (Hinojosa 49, Abbott 46) and Ohio (Acton 49, Ramaswamy 45). The Republican leads in Kansas (Masterson 49, Holscher 44)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026

Waste, and abuse of the public trust and taxpayer money. That will be Kristi Noem's legacy.

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First Lady Natalie Harp returns to the White House late last night after traveling all day with the president #TravelWithNatalie (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty)

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Mark @markwhittier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

An older version: While walking in NYC a young boy asks his father what the difference between a Democrat and Republican is. Father: Well, if you fall down crossing the street, a Democrat will hold out a hand to help you back up, while a Republican will just step over you and keep on going.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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Slander is spoken; libel is written. But this isn't either of those. It's detailed reporting from a respected outlet with damning evidence. And "most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history" is as impressive as "shortest NBA player from Luxembourg"

Speaking on behalf of Lutnick, the White House said: "The BBC's pathetic and desperate attempt to slander Secretary Lutnick will do nothing to change the fact that he has been the most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history."

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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026

A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” 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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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Historically, haven't American corporations mostly squeezed labor any way they can?

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I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.

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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

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Nah, Trump is just assuming that his low-information voters might be dumb enough to believe it. He's crazy like a wacko fox.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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“I am the house.” - Sept 8 “I can’t control the bond market.” - Oct 3 @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“He’s gotta resign. … We have to let our own people and everybody else know why it had to be done—because of what’s on the tape, because he lied.” — White House speechwriter Patrick J. Buchanan to White House chief of staff Alexander M. Haig, August 2, 1974

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Atlantic spoke with more than 40 sources: Weeks before the midterms, Kash Patel is desperate to help Trump's Justice Department deliver numerous indictments on Trump's 2020 election lies just to please Trump. In meetings, Patel has expressed frustration that there have been no new findings.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This one is doing the rounds

A picture of Elon Musk, via the London Economic. The quote says “If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what the heck was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes.“ – Nathalie Robin Justice.

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Is this even remotely legal? It's nothing more than a bribe to get more low-information Republican voters to the polls.

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Trump says his Administration will immediately begin sending $100 "checks" to over 20 million seniors to help pay for their Medicare Part B premiums. This, an illegal bribe?: Trump also says the "$5,000 Trump Dividend" will be distributed to every US Citizen if the Republicans win the midterms.

There are currently 134.8 million households in the US. Just ~1.4 million of these households, or 1%, now control a record 32.5% of US household wealth. Never in US history has there been a wealth divide even remotely close to what we are seeing now.

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mariaevajarrous.bsky.social @mariaevajarrous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thank you for this terrific send-up of Miranda Lambert's musical evolution as a country music artist, and her mentorship of younger singer/songwriters.

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We've paid enough for his illegal involvement in our government. Nobody wants this bastard in there. We have enough of them right now. Call your representatives.☎️

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Mark @markwhittier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Tillis, calling out Trump's b.s. but still willing to polish his shoes.

Mark @markwhittier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"The explosive addition of thermal energy, which was almost 40 times greater than all the energy humanity used that year, comes amid far-reaching changes to the deep water bodies fundamental to life on Earth."

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Mark @markwhittier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Marine heat waves can only get worse, with wide ranging terrible consequences. "Oceans have absorbed about one-third of the carbon dioxide that humanity has spewed and about 90% of the extra heat that greenhouse gas pollution has trapped in the Earth’s system." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use

The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification

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Mark @markwhittier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This was such a widespread conspiracy by Trump, and dozens of his GOP operatives, and the net of investigation was wide. To avoid indictment and conviction, it was imperative for Trump to win the 2024 election, and quash the investigation, into the key players in Jan. 6th Capitol riot.