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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Shit! 😳 Let’s make this nationwide.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million so far to defeat Prop 40. By spending their fortunes trying to stop California from taxing billionaires, they're making the argument for a billionaire wealth tax more clearly and articulately than anyone else possibly could.
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Stephen Robinson @playtyperguy.com · 09/10/2026
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Friday Meme: DAAAAAAAMN Reaction
ALT: Friday Meme: DAAAAAAAMN Reaction
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Not that anyone needs a reminder but this man has the nuclear codes. Far too many people will just shrug this off or find some way to justify it. But Trump is unwell, incoherent, and a danger to us all.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
VICTORY! A Georgia judge Wednesday dismissed a Republican lawsuit seeking to restrict where Gwinnett County voters can return mail ballots, ruling the law allows the county to accept ballots at designated early voting sites. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Georgia court rejects RNC bid to restrict mail ballot return access in state’s second-largest county
The ruling preserves an additional way for voters in Georgia’s second-most populous county to cast their ballots ahead of the November election.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨 IOWA SENATE SHOCKER: Josh Turek is within striking distance of flipping a seat Democrats haven’t won since 2008. Trump carried Iowa by 13 points in 2024. But anger over the economy & the Iran war has transformed the race. A Turek win would help Dems take back the Senate. Let’s finish this. #Vote
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Trump administration broke federal law by withholding more than $78 million Congress had approved for healthcare research, according to a Government Accountability Office report. The watchdog found that HHS violated the Impoundment Control Act by withholding
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Joe719 @joegee65.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There’s a possible plague outbreak in Russia, cuts to Medicaid and Medicare are set to kick in in a few weeks;gas is over $4.25 a gal…and we still are in an illegal war. And the FELON is still talking about crowd sizes…just like he was after his 1st Inauguration. When does it end?
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Sue Carr @scarr54.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This plague may be our next Covid and there’s no one minding the store.
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Paul Alan Levy @paulalanlevy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One of my longtime grievances about media stories about decisions, and about allegations and denials in the course of litigation, fail to link to the underlying documents. Especially when in federal court, where CourtListener.com makes access easy. Harder here, where cases are in NY State court
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Create alerts, search for and browse the latest case law, PACER documents, judges, and oral arguments. Updated automatically with the latest court documents. An initiative of Free Law Project.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ed Martin says that Tina Peters met with Trump in the Oval Office today to discuss election integrity and “the plans” for the upcoming midterms elections.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
If Joe Biden got one word out of place, Jake Tapper would write a book about it. If you’re tired of the double standard- try independent media. It’s free. It’s award-winning. It has swearing. substack.com/@muellershew...
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Headlines for October 6, 2026
The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited
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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The GOP promised us Mamdani would usher in sharia law. Instead, we got line dancing in Bryant Park and free opera tickets. Pretty cool.
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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Donald Trump is the least popular Republican since Herbert Hoover. Think about that. There are too many polls to go over, but Gallup having party ID at 50% for Democrats is bonkers. While low propensity voters breaking for Democrats isn’t surprising given this economy, it is a very big deal!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“The backlash against A.I. is a backlash against unchecked inequality”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🔥 @anandwrites.bsky.social on Bill Maher: “Cities are unfairly labeled. A large % of (LGBTQ youth) homeless who end up in cities were failed in other parts of 🇺🇸 . Many families choose a verse in a Book over their child… cities are holding a lot of people you failed to love & take care of.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
WATCH — Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social on Fox: “Obama had contained the Iranian nuclear threat. Trump came in and tore the JCPOA agreement up… and started a war people in the state of Michigan are now paying for.” (Piker: “and never wanted”)
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
An NBC News/Telemundo poll finds Latino voters prefer Democratic control of Congress 59%–35% — a 24-point advantage, double the margin the same poll found in 2024. A CBS News/YouGov poll finds Hispanic likely voters favor Democratic House candidates 60%–39%.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WATCH: “Did you go to public schools? Did you drive here on roads?” 🔥 @abdulelsayed.bsky.social expertly handles Fox propagandist martha maccallum’s fearmongering about socialism (From @acyn.bsky.social )
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“.. San Diego is not collateral damage,” San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria posted. “We are not expendable. And we are never a ‘small price to pay.’ Keep our city out of your reckless war talk.” @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A lot of what’s happening doesn’t seem to be spreading anymore by mainstream media. A tree that stood for an estimated 150–250 years was destroyed today to make way for Trump’s border wall.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/10/2026
Trump has been coming for American higher education since January 20th, 2025. It's time to fight back as a unified front. Join us on October 7th, 7pm ET to increase the public pressure on higher education leadership and defend academic freedom: tinyurl.com/yckchhy3 #Science #University #HigherEd
The graphic displays the Statue of Liberty, various science fighters, and symbols of resistance emerging from a laptop screen, and the red Stand Up for Science logo. The graphic reads: "Defend Academic Freedom: Fight back against the Trump administration's efforts to bend the will of our higher ed leadership to his authoritarian control. Virtual Rally, October 7th, 7PM ET. Register at: tinyurl.com/yckchhy3"
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Coleen Murphy @ctmurphy1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Great article from @benecal.bsky.social "Kennedy is consistently, relentlessly dishonest."
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
RFK Jr. thinks that getting measles is no big deal, and points to the low death rate to support this asinine opinion. Besides the fact that these deaths are preventable, he ignores hospitalizations and immune amnesia, which can erase immunity to other pathogens that people have already built up.
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Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
From 11/9/26: Just got a “Dear Colleague” email from the NSF. Read it and the linked information therein. I am especially dismayed by the plan for “Golden Ticket” funding for research that would not survive panel review. That means funding projects that support their atavism & corruption. Sigh.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
RFK Jr. shut down the Integrated Research Facility in Frederick, MD last year and then decided to move it. Does anyone know if operations have resumed, as promised? They do a lot of really important work on high-risk pathogens.
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Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick
IRF-Frederick serves as a responsive and collaborative resource that facilitates multidisciplinary research to understand, treat, prevent, and eradicate diseases caused by novel, emerging, and highly ...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pennsylvania has now reported: -At least 1004 measles cases -198 hospitalizations -Five deaths Only four of the cases had been vaccinated. Sure, we’ve got some numbers here, but the damage from RFK Jr.’s malicious treachery is actually incalculable.
wbaltv.com
Pennsylvania measles cases reach more than 1,000. Track outbreaks in your state
Measles cases have surged in 2026, and Pennsylvania reported more than a thousand cases as of Monday.
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Amesh Adalja @ameshaa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“his biggest surprise was how many severe cases he was seeing in previously healthy individuals, and how many involved non-respiratory symptoms. Some patients had vomiting and diarrhea and were found to have.. hepatitis…encephalitis” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is worse than the numbers suggest
What doctors on the front lines are seeing should serve as a warning to other states.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
Gov. Shapiro: RFK is playing games with people’s lives here in Pennsylvania.” He won’t even acknowledge the deaths here in Pennsylvania. He actually accused me of fabricating it and making it up, even when the families of those loved ones who have perished have expressed their sadness and grief.
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm increasingly of the view that we'll need to see mass deaths (millions) before the brainwashed are willing to accept vaccines work and any slight risk they pose is far better than the alternative. We've become decadent and spoiled. Vaccine "hesitancy" is a luxury afforded by decades of vaccines.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
Gov. Josh Shapiro: "Measles was eliminated back in the year 2000. And now, 26 years later, we’re dealing with it coming roaring back. Pennsylvania has now eclipsed 1,000 cases across 39 counties, with five deaths." Shapiro says amid the outbreak, vaccinations have now doubled.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026
I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically.
The Trump administration says none of this is happening. 

"DHS is NOT arresting U.S. citizens by mistake." "There are no 'indiscriminate' stops." Allegations of "racial profiling are disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE." "The pattern is NOT of law enforcement using force." "ICE does not zip tie or restrain children." 

But that is precisely what is happening, and at a far larger scale than previously reported.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We didn’t learn anything from Covid. People are already confidently calling the plague a nothingburger. Sure, we have cipro and doxycycline. The obvious concern here is that this strain was modified to be antibiotic resistant or spread more easily. We simply don’t know yet.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
⚠️ Some voices I respect are voicing serious concerns about the “plague” in Russia. There are apparently indications it might be an engineered pathogen. (I hadn’t been worried before, other than in a joking way.)
Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha
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Kevin co-chairs our scientific advisory board
Kevin is at @MIT and one of the smartest people in the world on issues of engineered pathogens
Kevin's tweets are worth your time

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Russia's five-hospital quarantine, FSB involvement, and reported hazmat use in response to the death of a single researcher at a weapons-lineage Irkutsk lab are inconsistent with a lab-acquire...

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Russia's five-hospital quarantine, FSB involvement, and reported hazmat use in response to the death of a single researcher at a weapons-lineage Irkutsk lab are inconsistent with a lab-acquired plague infection, which would have been treated with prophylactic antibiotics.
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Russian authorities have surely sequenced the Irkutsk pathogen, but refuse to identify it.
Physical lockdown indicates it cannot be controlled with
prophylactic antibiotics, implying engineered pan-resistance or that it isn't plague at all.

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None of this means the Irkutsk pathogen will cause a pandemic.
But the response clearly indicates that Russia believes an epidemic is possible - and that the responsible agent is likely a pandemic weapon or otherwise embarrassing for the government.
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Kevin Esvelt @ @kesvelt •2h
Vaccines will be ineffective against competently designed pandemic weapons. Russia may not be competent yet, but future Al will democratize competence.
We should stockpile pandemic-proof PPE and install germicidal far-UV and glycol misters in public spaces.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A simple, factual, and effective message.
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Gregg Levine @greggjlevine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Trump admin vetoed the UN resolution on pandemic cooperation just over a week ago.
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Trump offers to help Russia combat pneumonic plague after worker's death
Trump offered to help Russia combat pneumonic plague after the death of a lab worker in Siberia.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/10/2026
Ohio, a state that Trump has won three times, has become a battleground for the same reasons that the GOP is predicting a bleak forecast in this year’s midterms: skyrocketing gas prices, bipartisan disdain for data centers, high costs for food and utilities, and Trump’s unpopular war with Iran.
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Trump’s appearance in Ohio underscores all the reasons the GOP is unpopular
Will the president's steadfast support of data centers cost Ohio Republicans a victory?
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William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We're almost numb at this point, but Trump attacks democracy and its institutions daily and we shouldn't let it slide for a second
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just talked with a lifelong Republican in the Delta Sky Club at LaGuardia who was heading home to Dallas. He told me he’s voting for James Talarico in November. His words about Ken Paxton: “He’s corrupt as all fuck.” And he said he’s “ashamed” Paxton is the GOP nominee.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Allen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
18% of Texas Latinos who backed Trump no longer do. #Immigration cruelty has a political cost. #GOP called mass deportation a winning issue. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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GOP walks tightrope on immigration ahead of midterms
Republicans are struggling with how to thread the needle on immigration ahead of what is expected to be a bruising midterm season in which many voters have soured on the Trump administration’s aggr…
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Judy P Chang @jchangnyc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Free version www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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How Trump’s Deportation Policies Have Rocked a South Florida House Race (Gift Article)
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Older Cuban men who had lived in the U.S. for decades have been deported to Mexico, where they have struggled to get by. Some Cubans have been deported to Africa.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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How Trump’s Deportation Policies Have Rocked a South Florida House Race (Gift Article)
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 03/10/2026
President Donald Trump's promise of about $100 checks for certain seniors drew backlash from some of his own supporters on Truth Social, where several called the amount insulting.
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Furious MAGA fans rebel against Trump over his new 'bribe': 'Won't even fill my tank'
President Donald Trump's promise of about $100 checks for certain seniors drew backlash from some of his own supporters on Truth Social, where several called the amount insulting.On Friday night, Trump announced that his administration would "immediately" start sending "Checks" of "nearly $100" to m...
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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My column from Monday. I can’t say that Tommy Tuberville’s strange obsessions and inability to stay on script will cost him the election. But they threaten to erode his financial and organizational advantages, and promise to cause GOP legislators headaches should he be elected governor.
alabamareflector.com
Commentary: Alabama Republicans may have a Tommy Tuberville problem | Alabama Reflector
The Republican gubernatorial nominee can't seem to stick to a script. And if it doesn't cost him the election, it could make GOP legislators' lives difficult next year.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A chart covering the latest Kushner/Witkoff grift.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026
NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 03/10/2026
Shameful. USPS' closure of the Allston office was also "temporary" and now they want to close it permanently. We can't let USPS continue to degrade services and leave folks in Fields Corner and across the #MA7 without this vital resource. They must keep this branch open.
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USPS says Fields Corner branch will 'temporarily' close Oct. 26 - Dorchester Reporter
The Fields Corner Post Office will close effective Mon., Oct. 26, according to a notice issued by USPS on Wednesday.
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