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@melos-29.bsky.social
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Brass musician, drum corps mom, resisting patriotic American.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Sorry about your dead kid. Hey, you want to see my fancy party room? Look at that gold! Lotta gold. I got a new helicopter, too! Do you feel better now about sacrificing your child on my altar? Worth it, right? Look at that gold."
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 06/10/2026
📮 Your mail ballot could be postmarked too late to count, even if you mailed it on time. New USPS cost-cutting changes put tens of thousands of mail voters at risk of having their mail ballots rejected. Make a plan and check to see if your zip code is affected: demdock.com/4rMi8Ps
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.
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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 than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 06/10/2026
TODAY: Early voting for Ohio’s 2026 midterms begins. What’s on your ballot? 🗳️ Multiple election-denying candidates 🗳️ A constitutional amendment that would make it harder to repeal the state’s voter ID law Here’s what Ohioans need to know: demdock.com/4yA2qcT
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ohio, today is the last day to register to vote for November’s election. Register online or drop off your voter registration form at your county board of elections office TODAY by 9PM. For more information, head to iwillvote.com/OH.
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I Will Vote
Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.
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Lynn @lynnf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
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Screenshot from the Trump Administration’s new AI Chatbot:

Can the president rename
Artificial Intelligence?

No. Official sources do not show that a president can rename the term "artificial intelligence" itself.
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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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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
Don't be fooled. This bill won’t force Big Tech companies to do anything. It's a political stunt to cover Republicans who have been the biggest data center cheerleaders. We need a bill with real teeth to hold these companies accountable.
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Brian Poindexter For Congress @poindexterforcongress.com · 28/09/2026
What I'm hearing shaking hands at gas stations: We can't afford Max Miller's votes for the war anymore.
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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ALL THAT SAID: you should be checking your voter registration weekly right now.
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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 24/09/2026
On November 3rd, we can get ourselves a new Senate.
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
With the official start of fall, it's time to officially get your fall vaccines. 🍂 Our experts put together a 2026-27 Fall Vax Guide so you know exactly what vaccines you need and when.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
“The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier this year that it was moving about $12 million from its Office of Minority Health to help cover the ballooning cost of security for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Jon Husted doesn't give a damn about working people, and no amount of dark money can convince Ohioans otherwise. We're going to win, billionaires are going to lose.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Since Trump claims that it was “the military” that requested to use the arch to store sniper ammo & drones, these are the times when a Democratic majority could bring Gen. Dan Caine before Congress to find out from him if that is true & why. As usual, Republicans will do nothing.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Exxon is now expecting a 2.5 - 3C rise by 2050 But says f*ck you - we are just going to keep right on sucking up as much gas and oil as we can Because even though we know what's coming, we really don't give a sh*t www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Exxon raises 2050 global emissions forecast, sees slower coal decline
The world is at risk of falling behind in efforts to reduce carbon emissions by 2050, ExxonMobil said in its annual energy outlook published on Thursday, as ​the burning of coal could decline at a slo...
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I graduated med school in 2014. I was taught-and saw-how hard melanoma was to treat, like a death sentence Since then, new treatments have made it possible for people w/ the most advanced melanoma, like Jimmy Carter, to live to 100! We are killing ourselves by letting them destroy American science
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17/09/2026
Donald Trump did that — and he could stop it if he wanted to.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 15/09/2026
FAMILIES HAVE HAD TO SPEND $4,200+ MORE UNDER TRUMP www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm…
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Updated State-by-State and District-Level Cost Data: Families Have Had to Spend $4,200+ More Under President Trump
As of August 2026, the average household in the United States has had to pay an additional $4,200+ for goods and services due to rising costs under President Trump.
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
They don’t want you to VOTE. That should really make you WANT to vote. CHECK YOUR VOTE STATUS HERE!: midterms.voteamerica.org/vote/verify/... youtube.com/shorts/nw-qB...
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They Don’t Want You To Vote
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
With 50 days until the midterms, I urge you all to: 1) Help get out the vote. 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference. 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism. We are the only ones who can end this nightmare. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
his name being on things is important to him, clearly, but he struggles with associating it with anything to do with soft power like arts/culture. This isn't just because artists overwhelmingly dislike him (though that of course factors in) but because he's utterly incapable of philanthropic work
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Gas → up 95¢ since September 2025 Groceries → up 3.3% since January 2025 Corporate profits → record highs Your paycheck → up just 3.1%, the slowest since 2021. This economy works for billionaires, not working families.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/09/2026
mackenzie scott really seems like the only billionaire to figure out that you can be a literal hero to millions with a relative pittance
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Texas is delaying its typical September 1 release of maternal mortality data until December 1, conveniently timed to be after the midterm election. Recent reports have shown a sharp rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths after the abortion ban went into effect. www.austinchronicle.com/news/texas-p...
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Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms • The Austin Chronicle
Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Credit to PBS News. This is by far one of the most accurate descriptions of what trump did. None of the sanewashing we saw with so much of the news coverage.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Socialist Roger Marshall demands more government welfare for his voters after Trump and the Republican Party wrecked their businesses.
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Snopes @snopes.com · 10/09/2026
VoteSafe.org — not to be confused with the nonpartisan Vote.org — is funded by Elon Musk's America PAC. According to the website's privacy policy, it may collect and share users' personal information. www.snopes.com/fact-check/v...
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scwiba @scwiba.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This man won his primary by 30 points.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In my decades of public service, I have rarely been as angry as I was the day the damning inspector general’s report was released about the EPA's response to the World Trade Center collapse. Read my new piece on the lessons of 9/11 at @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/09/2026
🗳️ More than 50% of 18-year-olds could be registered to vote by the midterms, according to a new analysis by the Civics Center. Are you registered? Check your status here: demdock.com/4gRtE8P
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Again, I am just a man standing in front of the Democratic Party, begging them to make a bigger deal of this deeply unlikeable racist billionaire asshole who is constantly pushing things everyone loathes.
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Tennessee State Representative Justin Pearson is a prominent progressive American activist and politician. He is a candidate for U.S. Congress. He tells the story of the historic labor strike in 1968 that would be Dr. Martin Luther King's final campaign. #WeAreAmerica250
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Dana Tiger is an award-winning, internationally acclaimed artist known for her watercolors and acrylic paintings depicting the strength and determination of Native American women. She celebrates the legacy of her father, Jerome Tiger, a celebrated and influential Muscogee/Seminole artist. #WeAreAme
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Kahlil Greene, the “Gen-Z Historian,” is a Peabody Award winner, two-time Emmy nominee, and author of “History Can’t Hide” on Substack. He recounts the history of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District, a prosperous African American community known as “Black Wall Street.” #WeAreAmeric
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is likely why Republicans keep hawking data centers when they're deeply unpopular with actual voters. The money demands they do.
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Let's be clear about what DOGE actually accomplished: ✓ Cut cancer research ✓ Gutted veteran programs ✓ Axed aid to farmers ✓ Weaponized Social Security ✓ Slashed humanitarian aid ✓ Made Elon Musk $8 million a day That's cruelty disguised as “efficiency."
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 31/08/2026
Donald Trump canceled a program that let you file your taxes directly with the IRS for free. Why? I have a theory.
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 30/08/2026
Doonesbury on the DC occupation
Doomsbury comic featuring a reporter interviewing a member of the National Guard at the reflecting pool in DC
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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 28/08/2026
It's that time of year again when you need to be checking, checking & rechecking your voter registration. Once yours is shown to be good, share the link on your other socials. It doesn't take long to get the word out to your friends. We have to go into November locked all the way in.
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Check Your Voter Registration Status - Vote.org
It takes less than 30 seconds to check your registration status with our free 50-state tool. And if you're not registered, we'll help you take care of that too. Fast, free, secure, non-partisan.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
People are falling for the DSA vs Establishment trap again. Didn’t we learn our lesson in 2016 and 2024? It’s the establishment’s job to build a coalition that can win EVERYWHERE. In some places, that means ultra-progressive. In others, it means establishment. The tent is big enough for all of us.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
seriously why isn’t “every republican president destroys the economy” the most ubiquitous phrase in american politics?!?!
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 27/08/2026
🗳️🚨 Want to help protect democracy ahead of the midterms? jenrice.bsky.social outlines exactly what YOU can do👇
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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Got some time on Saturday? Help @standupforscience.net get out the vote for Brian Poindexter for OH 7th District. SUFS phone bank party Saturday, 8/29, 1-3pm ET. He's a working class, pro-science, pro-union advocate for working families. events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for...
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Phone Banking for Brian Poindexter, OH-7
As you may know, Stand Up for Science has endorsed Brian Poindexter for Congress in Ohio’s 7th District. He's exactly who we need in Washington: a working class, pro-science, pro-union advocate for wo...
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT
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