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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 3h
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 4h
Mike Rogers has the audacity to lie to you about his plan like he didn't vote 4 times to stop you from getting cheaper medication from Canada, take $1M from Big Pharma, and vote 19 times to keep prescription drug prices higher. GTFOH.
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Nick Kodama @nickkodama.bsky.social · 3h
hey is the strait open yet
Six hundred of our finest warriors joined SECWAR
 for morning PT at the Pentagon ahead of his HISTORIC State of the Force address.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 5h
U.S. Senate voted 47–51 on Sept. 29, 2026, to block a Democratic-led resolution from Senator Chris Van Hollen that would have required a State Dept report on human rights & violence in the West Bank. Voted Against/To Block the Resolution: Nearly all Republican senators voted no (to block it)…
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Republicans sink measure to spotlight Israeli violence in the West Bank
The overwhelming Democratic support for the resolution highlights the party’s increasing frustration with Israel’s government.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 4h
If you’re not from Missouri, you may not know that Eric Schmitt got his start in MAGA politics by suing public schools for mask mandates while their teachers died during a pandemic. The really strange thing? He never sued his own kids’ school for their mask mandate. He’s a piece of Schitt.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22h
BREAKING: Fox News agrees to host a debate between me and Ken Paxton — because the people of Texas deserve it. They're just waiting on Paxton to agree. Ball's in your court, Ken.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4h
These ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h
Nomen est omen. "Kremlëv" means "of or pertaining to the Kremlin." And it's not really his name. And that explains what his whole relationship with Trump Jr is really about. It's not that complicated. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h
* FRANCE'S MACRON: IF THE BRITISH PM WANTS BRITAIN TO RETURN TO THE EU THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT NEWS AND A GOOD DECISION @reuters.com
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h
An entire massive industry that has the potential to cause tremendous damage and destruction by their own admission completely unregulated because they have Trump and the Republican Party in their pocket. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h
36 minutes before the hearing started.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h
The RNC Chair’s brilliant midterm “Trumpapalooza” convention idea featuring a president with an approval rating in the 30s dragging the party’s candidates down like an anchor.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h
NEW: California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But that’s not what happened.
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 5h
Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails reut.rs/3VaLvPk
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Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails
Cuban housewife Yuamilka Hechavarria was asleep last Tuesday when water rushed into the cistern of the crumbling tenement where she lives in old Havana.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5h
Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 5h
Burundi to take third-country deportees from US reut.rs/4rFrRag
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Burundi to take third-country deportees from US
Burundi has agreed to join a clutch of other African nations in receiving migrants from other ​countries deported from the US under President Donald ‌Trump's hardline immigration policy.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h
"White House staff fully appreciate the warning of economists and industry experts that an export ban will actually be counterproductive. This is all about simply doing something during an election cycle so as to appear to be on top of the problem that we created." www.ft.com/content/562f...
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White House holds crunch talks on diesel export ban as midterms near
Trump at centre of lobbying fight between Big Oil and top Republicans warning of voter anger at high fuel prices
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5h
In court filing, man accused of setting Jan 6 Capitol Hill pipe bombs asks court to suppress his "confession" Defense says agents conducted a "methodical dismantling of a man whose autism spectrum disorder left him unable to withstand the psychologically coercive tactics deployed against him"
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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 5h
My own (probably naive) take is that the immigration views/attacks as envisioned by Trump and far-right diehards have very little resonance beyond the right-wing base. That they are now a layer of our atmosphere reflects the disproportionate power those folks have in politics and media.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 6h
The most notable thing of the last so hours and the Schmitt-Hawkeye screw up of epic proportions, is how Trumpites are primed to pump out any narrative handed to them without thought or reflection. It’s Putinesque.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h
GATES: “.. I almost can’t believe you’re asking that.” @ezraklein.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h
“.. Mr. Paxton responds: ‘So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good.’” @nytimes.com #TXsen www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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HCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social · 15h
Today's Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/us8wrm_...
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Politics Chat, September 29, 2026
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h
I hope Michiganders elect Abdul El-Sayed to the Senate. He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States. robertreich.substack.com/p/senator-…
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Senator Abdul El-Sayed
He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 14h
I have one house.
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Kate @katekav.bsky.social · 14h
@hcrichardson.bsky.social Today’s afternoon rush hour standout in Lexington MA over Route 128. Lots of eyes - lots of honks - the occasional emphatic FU’s. 🙄 For No Kings/Vote Early weekend - we’re expanding to another local bridge. You can too 🗽
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 15h
Now that the first phase of @hcrichardson.bsky.social's wonderful "250 to 250" project has wrapped, I'll share all the videos (one per day) for which I wrote scripts. Some were recorded nearly word for word; others underwent much-needed editing for clarity & brevity. Tonight: the CCC.
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Civilian Conservation Corps, Narrated by Harrison Ford
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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arcticfox87.bsky.social @arcticfox87.bsky.social · 16h
'The Icebergs' Is One of Frederic Edwin Church's Most Spectacular Paintings. For Decades, No One Knew Where It Was share.google/J6rBs2dCuD8P... @malcolmnance.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social The Arctic is Magnificent
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'The Icebergs' Is One of Frederic Edwin Church's Most Spectacular Paintings. For Decades, No One Knew Where It Was
In the 1970s, the administrator of a boys' home in England wound up finding the missing 19th-century piece and bringing it back into the spotlight
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 12h
One of the things to come from GamerGate was the gamification of torturing real, live women...hounding them out of their homes, making them look over their shoulders for years. It was treated as a joke, nbd, the work of a few bad apples--as all terrorism against women is--& that failure leads here.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 13h
Okay. I’m out of jokes. John Kennedy talking about throwing up in his mouth made me throw up in mine. Eric Schmitt is a moron. Katie Britt is the Stepford wife we never asked for, and the GOP should stop wasting everyone’s time with performative bullshit when people are scared and suffering.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 11h
In many red states, it's simply a question of whether you can get Trump's endorsement. So we wind up with idiots like Eric Schmitt, Tuberville and Darline Graham, if she wins I mean, Georgia Republicans nominated Herschel Walker because Trump told them to, for G-d's sake. And he almost beat Ossoff
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h
Great ad.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 11h
September 29, 2026
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September 29, 2026
The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.
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HCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social · 10h
September 29, 2026 The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the US today. Testifying under oath was Jack Smith, who as special counsel for the US DOJ, investigated Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election…
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September 29, 2026
The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 17h
Have you checked out Vaughn’s phenomenal, evolving Pitchables page, full of places where you can submit your public scholarship? That & much more in today’s blog post for our website’s 1-year anniversary! 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Marlene Green @marlenegreen.bsky.social · 19h
@hcrichardson.bsky.social & @pkrugman.bsky.social talk about oil, gas, diesel and how Americans are viewed around the globe... Listen, Share widely and Be sure to Vote Early.... youtu.be/1_-Hj8MNd4k?...
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Donald's Diesel Disaster | Lunch Money with Paul Krugman and Heather Cox
YouTube video by Paul Krugman
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar eviscerates Schmitt: "For a U.S. Senator to have false information and imply based on a confusion … and imply you're in another city that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia and then call you a dirt bag is something that deserves an apology."
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HCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social · 23h
Letters from an American September 28, 2026 Full letter available here: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p… @hcrichardson.bsky.social
It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.  After attacking the press on Saturday morning, at 9:18 he posted a video with foreboding music that sped up as the video played, showing a glowering Trump walking down a hall toward the camera while his voice intoned: “This is the final battle. With you at my side, we will demolish the deep state. We will expel the warmongers from our government. We will drive out the globalists, we will cast out the communists, Marxists, and fascists. We will throw off the sick political class that hates our country. We will rout the fake news media, and we will liberate America from these villains once and for all.”The administration clearly set out to provoke a backlash when it played what appeared to be the same ad later in the day during NFL games, Fox News Sunday, Saturday Night Live, and several college football games with the addition of the words: “Paid for by the U.S. Government.”  While the White House maintained the ad was a “public service announcement,” Richard Painter, who served as a White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush, said using public funds for “government-sponsored propaganda” could be “an impeachable offense.”On Friday the administration announced it is refusing to spend about a billion dollars Congress appropriated for programs that help the American people—a refusal the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) says is illegal—and on Saturday, Trump used taxpayer money for his own vanity ads.  That misuse of public money comes on top of the administration announcement last week that it was removing about 760,000 people from Affordable Care Act health coverage rolls, claiming they were fraudulently enrolled in the program and that cutting them and dishonest brokers would save $2.2 billion.On Saturday, Patrick Thomas and Lindsay Wise of the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump’s tariffs that undermined the sales of agricultural products, his imports of foreign beef, and the rising costs of diesel, gas, and fertilizer have eroded his support in the agricultural areas that used to be the backbone of his support.  On Sunday, Samuel Benson and Eric Bazail-Eimil of Politico reported that Republicans in battleground states—Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Texas, and even Florida—are on defense as their voters turn against the ICE agents conducting raids in the states.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23h
The senator who mistook the Atlanta Hawks for the Iowa Hawkeyes and tried to accuse Jack Smith of perjury? He could be the most dangerous man in the US Senate. What to know about Eric Schmitt:
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Is this the most dangerous man in the US Senate?
Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri is pushing a tribalistic ideology suggesting only descendants of white Christian pioneers are true Americans.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Texas, do you have a plan to vote? Just six days remain to update your registration or register to vote in this election. Make a plan to vote & share this graphic with two friends to help us build the movement we need to take back Texas.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
DOJ has charged Wilber Garcés with felony assaulting, resisting, or impeding a federal officer, based on the allegation he struck an ICE officer with his sideview mirror when driving off after the initial traffic stop. He was then chased for 8 minutes, rammed, and then shot.
Image 1: the agent is standing in front of the driver’s side mirror, with the mirror at waist height.Image 2: the agent now has has hands on the car as it starts to move. The mirror appears to be very slightly in contact with his waist.Image 3: the agent has pulled his hips back and the mirror is no longer touching the agent.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So it turns out that when Eric Schmitt thought Jack Smith snuck off for a secret meeting to conspire with Fani Willis he was actually in Maryland watching Caitlin Clark play basketball.
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Morning Joe @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@markwarner.bsky.social, D-Va., vice chair of the Select Committee on Intelligence, tells Morning Joe the war in Iran is “a disaster on every front.” He highlights rising prices, a radical regime ruling over Iran and no end to the conflict in sight.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
a nice moment outside the White House today between Natalie and Donald #GrowlAtNatalie (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
Trump scowls and points at something on the ground while the lovely Ms Harp smiles at him like she always does ❤️
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fox and the Trump administration are using the narrative of a new migrant “caravan” to drive attention back to border security, a rare issue where Trump and his party retain an advantage in the polls, but one whose salience has fallen. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
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Fox News is running its midterms migrant caravan playbook again
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pete Hegseth prepares for general purge of all women, Blacks and Hispanics from the general officer ranks of the military service branches. thehill.com/policy/defen...
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Hegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaul
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, two Penta…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
this gaffe should follow Eric Schmitt around for the rest of his political life (Jack Smith was actually in Maryland at a HAWKEYES game, not in Atlanta colluding with Fani Willis as Schmitt alleged) (Win McNamee/Getty)
photo of Schmitt's team holding up a poster board that made false claims about Jack Smith's whereabouts in February 2024
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