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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇
Collage of 12 Republican posts on X opposing Russian oil purchases, 2022–2026. Senate GOP, 7/28/26: "Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." Senate GOP, 7/14/26: backing Graham's bill to hold "major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable." House GOP, 3/8/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil. Biden is fueling Putin's war on Ukraine." Rep. Garret Graves, 3/8/22: calling on the administration "to ban Russian oil." House GOP, 3/7/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/4/22: "Stop buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/3/22: "sanction the oil and gas industry in Russia." House GOP, 3/2/22: "Instead of buying Russian oil..." Rep. Steve Scalise, 3/1/22: "stop financing Putin's war with Russian oil." Marco Rubio: "Stop importing Russian oil... That's the plan." Rubio, 3/9/22, on Russian oil imports. Peter Navarro, 6/24/23: India "buying up bargain-basement Russian oil."
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 23h
“Parental rights”
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 23h
The EU should sanction the USA for buying Russian oil. And specifically target Trump and his family members. No banking in Europe. Property forfeitures, etc.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Developer Josh Abbottoy, who aims to build a “far-right ‘aligned’ [Christian] community” in a tiny TN town has now proposed building a drone factory there. (Abbottoy is tied to New Founding—backed by Thiel ally Marc Andreessen—& to American Reformer where Thiel ally Chris Buskirk is a director.) 1/
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Proposed drone manufacturing facility sparks intense backlash in tiny Tennessee town
For almost two years, some residents in Jackson County have been resisting what they view as a far-right takeover of their community.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
WTF. Even I am just seeing this now.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Fuck this shit. Vote early. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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DHS shoots New York man with five-year-old in car
Federal agents surrounded and fired into the man's vehicle, reportedly with a young child inside.
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: ICE vehicle RAMS through NYC protesters attempting to block it from leaving after ICE agents SHOT a man in NYC—the man’s young son was in the back seat. WE’RE LIVE ON SCENE ⬇️
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🚨NYPD ARREST protesters who are rallying against ICE in NYC. This is taking place outside the hospital where a man is being guarded by ICE agents after being SHOT by them in his car
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
An ICE officer shot and wounded a man today around 4:00 in Manhattan. Exact details are still coming in. I'm not seeing any further information other than that the man is at a hospital now.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 08/10/2026
ICE arrested more than twice as many children this year through July as it did in the same period last year. Thus far in Donald Trump’s second term, ICE has arrested more than 8,500 children. 🧵
A bar chart showing ICE arrests of children reaching a new high of 1,177 in July 2026.

Source: The Marshall Project analysis of Deportation Data Project data
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
moments after saying he didn't expect anything in exchange for pardoning Cueller, Trump admits "I guess I expected maybe he wouldn't run or maybe he'd run as a Republican"
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/10/2026
Recently unearthed records show that, in one set of trials carried out by the US Army, the electric shock gloves caused “overwhelmingly immediate” pain to soldiers in a mock forced cell extraction scenario, who then reported that “just seeing the glove” frightened them into obedience.
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Study: Shock gloves traumatized Army volunteers
After tests, military personnel said "just seeing the glove" that ICE plans to adopt scared them into obedience.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs. Here’s what we found. (Published Nov. 2024)
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How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Add Karen Smith to my list of badasses whose mouthy approach I respect. Actions usually speak louder than words. This is a hero, Y'all. Well done, Ma'am. You're gonna kick ass in your new position. ✊📖
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
FYI, Russ Vought is the MAIN AUTHOR of Project 2025, which Trump shamelessly lied about and said he has never heard of during the campaign, and then proceeded to install Vought as OMB director and enact most of it...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026
As budget director, Russell Vought has often ignored Congress by … not signing the checks. At other times, he’s been able to take money Congress intended for one thing and use it for something else by justifying it as a “national emergency.” Listen to our latest episode:
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Podcast: Who’s the Shadow President?
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The covert of “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead, a novel about a ‘reform school’ that brutalized and killed Black children in Florida, based on a real and terrible place.
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Senator Heidi Campbell @campbell4tn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
With our money. Playing in our faces. 🤷🏼 ✈️
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🧊🛩️ SEATTLE: A young woman, shackled at the ankles, waist & wrists, boards a charter jet (GlobalX N278GX) at Boeing Field on Tuesday afternoon, bound for another ICE prison in Arizona 👀
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's shameful that other countries have to tell the US that Trump should be in prison. The US has become a disgrace under the Criminal Trump Crime Syndicate. www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...
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Love2026 @love2024.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Only this MF would say this. Hate him.🖕🖕🖕
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Deplorable. Both Trump and the entire audience. Even the ones who didn't cheer-because they also didn't walk out What's more, they're so short sighted. Sure, today it's cities they hate, like Los Angeles and San Diego. But tomorrow it could be Omaha He has no loyalty He's proven it over and over
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Moon-Watcher @bobsmyusername.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
10 years ago Trump looked into the cameras and asked Russia to hack Hillary‘s emails and yesterday he called on Iran to attack two major American cities and right now I’m wondering how tf this asshole is still the president
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A Virginia mother was detained by ICE after she was unable to immediately recite her Social Security number during a traffic stop, despite reportedly presenting identification and immigration documents. Her teenage daughter recorded the encounter and said goons became aggressive.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 06/10/2026
In June, Belgium’s diamond industry gifted Trump an 18-karat gold ring encrusted with 321 diamonds and 75 gemstones. A month later, European diamonds got an exemption from Trump’s tariffs. We don’t know where the ring is today. Where did it go? Did Trump keep it for himself?
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Still telling the “vandalism” lie not a single soul believes 🤥
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank you for coming forward. We need more voices from inside the uniform standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us to reject this extremism, protect our democratic norms, and demand accountability.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
incredible this will get little to no coverage
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NoSabo @vcla85.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Chuck will sit there and do absolutely nothing.
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Chuck Schumer at State of the Union
ALT: Chuck Schumer at State of the Union
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm not sure if @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social have issued a statement on this yet, but they should publicly announce that if Russ Vought tries to fuck with the election in any way they will fire him out of a cannon when they take power.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Trump administration’s actions resulted in the destruction of the largest ancient Cottonwood tree on Indigenous territory in Arizona. This tree, known as the “Grandmother Tree,” was 250 years old.
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Hellishchildren @hellishchildren.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Don’t know who needs to hear this, but after his release in 2009, Epstein was supposed to meet with his NYPD parole officer every 90 days for 18 months. He went exactly zero times. No on said anything. #EpsteinFiles
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
An American "president" saying it's acceptable for Iran to annihilate Los Angeles and San Diego But the worst part isn't that Trump has normalized such traitorous, cowardly behavior No-the worst part is the people in the crowd CHEERING And not a single Republican will stand up and say ENOUGH
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
LET'S MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN

REAGAN '80
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Mike Caruso, Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts, and pedophile said he still intends to win his election for Clerk and Comptroller after being arrested in August for molesting a male relative under the age of 5. He’s been endorsed by the GOP. amp.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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Palm Beach GOP endorses candidate accused of child sex abuse
“I maintain my innocence and remain a candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller,” Mike Caruso, facing child sex abuse charges.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
WE MUST NEVER FORGET JANUARY 6, 2021: THE DAY DEMOCRACY ALMOST DIED!
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We murdered four more people in a boat today
U.S. southern Command: On October 4, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists. @DeptofWar
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Blumenthal: Tether is a crypto company that has a stablecoin known as USDT, and it is the major means of Iran avoiding and evading sanctions. What we’ve also exposed is that Cantor Fitzgerald has a major financial tie. Cantor Fitzgerald was owned by Howard Lutnick. It’s still run by his family.
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Marko Silberhand @markosilberhand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
. Oh yes . . . 💠 🧐 💠
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God @thegodshow.com · 05/10/2026
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just when we think it can’t get worse … it does.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
1/ Billionaire Peter Thiel & Trump budget director Russ Vought signed the same nationalist manifesto. Now an Australian former deputy PM is heading to its movement’s Jerusalem conference. @lucyham.bsky.social Hamilton traces the network. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t remember anyone giving Jerome Powell a check for $100 million. Who gave it to Kevin Warsh, days before he was confirmed and why?
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