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Ernest "Dead" Penfold @penfoldsfiv.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026
the media when the centrist loses by 1% vs the media when the leftist loses by (less than) 1%
bluesky post by Politico saying "Progressives didn't get the big election night they wanted" referring to Abdul el-Sayed defeating Haley Stevens in the MI Senate primary and linking to their story with that headline.bluesky post by Politico with the text "The far left hits a wall" referring to David Crowley defeating Francesca Hong in the WI Governor Primary and linking to their story with that headline
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/07/2026
Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%.  In January, we made these corporations change their apps — and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets.  This is only the beginning.
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Idle Acres @mountainmusings.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Since the wealthy have bought our representatives as a way to keep their taxes low, whenever we get new people to represent us they need to start taxing the wealthy 100X whatever they currently pay & many should be taxed 1000X their current rates They stole from society using our own representatives
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I feel like I’ve heard this before.
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WIRED @wired.com · 11/07/2026
Data centers are driving up the company’s use of electricity—and carbon pollution. www.wired.com/story/micros...
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Microsoft Reports a Massive 25 Percent Jump in Emissions
Data centers are driving up the company’s use of electricity—and carbon pollution.
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Cartoon by @adamzyglis.bsky.social
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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
God bless America
Radar showing storms in Washington DC
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TRG @q4nwspunk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Ever the relentless liars….
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Nefarious Means @nefariousmeans.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Never did I think I would see a cure for sickle cell in my lifetime. A friend of mine in fifth grade died from this disease. My parents kept me home from the funeral because they thought I was too young to handle it. Modern science is a miracle. www.wafb.com/2026/06/23/n...
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New Orleans man becomes first in Louisiana functionally cured of sickle cell disease
Daniel Cressy, 23, underwent gene therapy at Manning Family Children’s Hospital.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/06/2026
NEWS: In a stunning upset, Mamdani-backed Darializa Avila Chevalier will defeat five-term incumbent Adriano Espaillat in the NY-13 congressional primary. With victories by Lander, Valdez, and now Avila Chevalier, Mamdani went 3-for-3 with his endorsements in New York City's Democratic primaries.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Michigan - DEM Senate Polling: El-Sayed: 42% Steven: 33% McMorrow: 6% Mitchell Research / June 13, 2026
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When we win, the first bill I’m filing is a comprehensive anti-corruption package: Overturn Citizens United Ban corporate PACs and super PACs Ban members of Congress from trading stocks Once we defeat the most corrupt politician in America, we can defeat this entire corrupt system.
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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is an international fugitive. He is charged with the war crimes of starvation as a method of warfare and of intentionally directing an attack against the civilian population; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 08/06/2026
I thought people were kidding, turns out Elon really did axe the screwworm containment program back in March 25. fucking imbecile www.agri-pulse.com/articles/226...
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Bird flu, screwworm monitoring among foreign aid programs killed by Trump
Among the more than 5,300 grants and programs killed as a result of the Trump administration’s USAID cuts are a slate of U.S.-funded programs at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, including eff...
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 08/06/2026
New World Screwworm has farmers on edge and blaming Biden doesn’t get us anywhere (nor is it true, not that that matters to these people). What would help the situation is hiring back the 2,000+ workers in the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service who were unjustly fired.
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The American Duck 🇺🇲🦆 @theamericanduck.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The cruel hypocrisy of the Republican party is that they believe in their core that government agencies are worthless, inefficient, wasteful, and corrupt... So they elect politicians who ENSURE they are right.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
A future Dem president must steal a page from DOGE's book and imemediately seize physical control over the Treasury payments system and GSA (controls keys to the doors of federal facilities) because there's going to be Disagreements about whether Dems are allowed to run things even after they win
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
To be clear as day, this is, of course, absolutely intentional. It has happened with every Republican president of my lifetime (with the notable exception of HW Bush). It's what the GOP does. www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-...
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U.S. Debt Tops 100% of GDP
Federal debt exceeding the size of the economy is a potent symbol of the gathering fiscal stresses on the U.S.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Wow, the feed is alive tonight. People are asking: is it hard to amend the Constitution. Yes. What has typically happened is constitutional amendments come in flurries like the snow. You tend to build the muscle by amending state constitutions first.
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
the thing dem pols need to internalize is this guy and his entire family will vote republican for the rest of their lives, regardless of the republican party literally ending their livelihood
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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Oh, now I understand why Republicans hate solar and wind power! It’s because they can’t manipulate the stock market by going into a war over it.👍💸💵🔥💥
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We should be learning from other countries...
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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Libra on Fire 🔥 ⚖️ @libraonfire.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
. It real funny how Congress keeps failing by the exact number of votes needed to not do a single damned thing. .
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This is a well-documented pattern in medical research and reflects systemic gender bias in pain assessment and treatment.👇
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/04/2026
more seriously congrats to the hungarian people for kicking that asshole out
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Xaviera ANTIFA Barganski @lavenia.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This guy says what I've been trying to say, only he's better at laying it out. I know Hegseth profited *right before* things went sideways.
I can't alt text all of this, but it's about insider trading running rampant in the WH and friends and family
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I agree 100%!!
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Elliott Christ @elliosenor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Marjorie Taylor Greene figured it out?! Marjorie Taylor Greene?!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Why do we live in such a childish, stupid country? A country that wastes its money on useless billion dollar aircraft carriers, when it could be spending those tax dollars to actually help its citizens like sane countries.
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clyde bruckman's skeleton's final repost @ultralaser.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
at some point we're going to need to hold fox news accountable for directing gop policy for the last 25 years
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MO-KAN HASH @mokanhash.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Maybe the Iranians will hack the Epstein files and post them unreacted ?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Three countries stood alone as 123 nations voted to formally label the transatlantic slave trade the “gravest crime against humanity” the U.S., Israel, and Argentina all voted no on the Ghana-led UN reparations resolution.
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AxisPHX @lazosferns.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I approve this message.
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Hey does anyone remember how we had like a decade of near zero interest rates? Thank god the USA spent that time investing in infrastructure! What a calamity if we had just squandered the last best chance of our lives
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
As a point of comparison, the US spent $21 billion in FY 2022 to feed billions of breakfasts and lunches to kids in schools across our whole country for an entire year under the universal school meals program that was later discontinued.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Johnson: I think what we are learning from the Epstein files was a well-coordinated act of treason. If you think about how they use blackmail to get policymakers to act outside of the best interests of this nation and our Constitution, that’s treason.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
To any Democrat who ever said about any issue, "Maybe if we agree with Republicans just this far, they'll stop there," remember that you were wrong, it was obvious at the time, and you really should never believe that again about any issue, ever.
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
We could never do that in America! We are a nation of by-your-bootstraps capitalists! * Actually we did, enormous hypocrite Ayn Rand sold her play to the WPA's Federal Theatre Project, which then paid her a generous royalty for each performance.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend. They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A while back I read that whenever there's a controversial vote in congress, a handful of Democrats vote to support the GOP. Democrats who aren't up for an election in a while. Different Democrats. Thus giving the impression that it is a minority, rather than the whole party. Is that accurate?
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
BREAKING: TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record." "Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/01/2026
i think powell's response here is a demonstration of the folly of the idea that democratic accountability requires presidential control. what if the president is not acting in the public interest? you want independent agencies to be able to push back and pursue their *congressional mandate*
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Swalwell: You better believe that accountability is coming. Immunity is going to be stripped. And to Kristi Noem, Tom “Cashbag” Homan, Greg Bovino—your asses are going to be in these witness chairs.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Today is one of those days where I’m struck anew by how *bad* the internet has gotten. It’s almost unusable. Clouds, apps, advertising — nothing is where it should be and it’s nigh impossible sometimes to do basic tasks online.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Perhaps now people will stop wishcasting about the US military refusing illegal orders. That's not a thing that happens. The 100% compliance rate with using civilian boats for target practice was a bit of a tell.
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Mark Brown @markoneinfour.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
AI is often sold as 'do something you already know how to do more efficiently' but is often bought as 'do something you don't know how to do with no idea if you are doing it efficiently at all'
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WIRED @wired.com · 14/12/2025
With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea.
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How the Next Big Thing in Carbon Removal Sank Without a Trace
With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea.
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