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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So Jimmy Kimmel had his wife parody Natalie Harp on his show. She played his unhinged assistant. It was as ridiculously funny as you might imagine.😅

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026

NEW: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson blasted the conservative majority for ignoring the harm voters will endure by allowing Trump to use a flawed system for voter purges. "The harm caused by burdening...lawful voters outweighs the nonexistent harm that the government experiences," she wrote.

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Jackson blasts Supreme Court decision reviving Trump voter-purge database

The U.S. Supreme Court’s three liberal justices argued the Court’s conservative majority ignored real harms to voters by reviving the Trump administration’s flawed centralized citizenship database Fri...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026

"The FBI in 2025 under President Trump shut down an inquiry into allegations that a political adviser to Senator Susan Collins had participated in a scheme to funnel illegal campaign contributions from a defense contractor seeking lucrative federal contracts"

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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins (Gift Article)

The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.

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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Indeed! Some of us have been saying this for years, and am happy that others now agree.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is the dumbest thing in the world. The fraud is that people are paying for insurance and they’re… healthy?

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Democrats *cannot* support the Protection College Sports Act. It’s the most anti-labor coming out of this Congress. We cannot cap the mobility of black athletes, but not white coaches. My newsletter is up. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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We Need to Protect College Sports from Ted Cruz

In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent looks at the many ways Ted Cruz’s college-sports bill threatens athletes’ labor rights. Plus: why our mail-in voting nightmare isn’t over.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/09/2026

Organizers are expecting about 1,000 attendees at a Kennedy Center vigil tonight to show support for the center’s artists, workers and the building itself. It will end with the formation of a human chain around the building.

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Vigil at the Kennedy Center expected to draw about 1,000 supporters

The event, scheduled weeks ago by an advocacy organization called Hands Off the Arts, intends to start with a 6:30 p.m. rally.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 17/09/2026

The Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term, according to a tracking tool released Wednesday by a pro-democracy nonprofit and a group of researchers and scientists. to.pbs.org/4xsQwjo

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Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state, analysis shows

Among the grants that were eliminated, frozen or delayed were ones related to maternal health in Michigan, education research in Mississippi and assistance to minority farmers in Iowa, the researchers...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Stock Trades by Presidents While in Office: Bill Clinton: ZERO George W. Bush: ZERO Barack Obama: ZERO Donald Trump (first term): 517 Joe Biden: ZERO Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day. This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I will not be endorsing James Talarico for Senate because he has not proved he can be trusted by Black women. Here’s the text of my speech honoring Chris Brown. by Jasmine Crockett

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026

Crowds took to the streets of Dublin to protest Trump’s visit to Ireland, with demonstrators invoking Trump’s ties to Epstein and his alliance with Netanyahu.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026

Donald Trump and Joe Biden at 9/11 ceremonies today. Trump in DC. Biden in NYC. (REUTERS)

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/09/2026

A new report ranks the world’s large cities on how well they have adapted to face climate risk. Chicago, which has invested heavily in infrastructure meant to mitigate flooding and water pollution, is first on the list.

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Is Your City Prepared for Climate Disaster?

A new report ranks the world’s large cities on how well they have adapted to face climate risk.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.”

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

From Robin Rouby-Progressive Cartoons

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

In honor of Ross Douthat's last day at the NYT, let's remember this particular headline tweak from just last year.

The New York Times OPINION INTERESTING TIMES Did Women Ruin the Workplace? And can conservative feminism fix it? Nov. 6, 2025, 5:02 a.m. ET @ Share full article Hosted by Ross Douthat Produced by Victoria Chamberlin

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The New York Times OPINION INTERESTING TIMES Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace? And if so, can conservative feminism fix it? Nov. 6, 2025 f Share full article A ¢ -11K Hosted by Ross Douthat Produced by Victoria Chamberlin

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Science Magazine @science.org · 08/08/2026

The U.S. Senate has approved a temporary spending bill that blocks the White House Office of Management and Budget from implementing proposed changes in the rules affecting trillions of dollars of federal spending. scim.ag/4gjAh2O

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Senate votes to block rule giving White House more control over research

Language is part of bill to fund government until mid-December

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Cassidy caves. So only GOP senators voting No are Murkowski and Collins. Never send a man to do a woman's job.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Michigan Democrats chose Abdul El-Sayed because he’s a fighter willing to stand up to the tyrant in the Oval Office. Corporate Democrats like Chuck Schumer aren't up to the task because they won’t bite the corporate hands that feed them.

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The Real Meaning of El-Sayed's Victory

It's not what you're hearing

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/08/2026

One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/08/2026

Nearly 500,000 public comments have flooded in since the Trump administration proposed a rule that gives political appointees control over research funding. “The United States will not just fall behind. It will step aside,” one physicist wrote.

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How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery

A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled th...

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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 03/08/2026

Wow. 11 polar icebreakers cost more than our entire global Ebola response in 2014. $7 billion could be saving millions of lives today.

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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The US is in the (greedy) hands of stridently ignorant, unqualified people. The term "Amateur Hour" isn't sufficient for the dangerous level of incompetence that threatens all of us. Not funny. Not amusing. Simply terrifying.

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 30/07/2026

Odyssey this. Odyssey that. We Odyssey ICE abolished.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/07/2026

GM CEO Mary Barra is introducing Trump at his rally. Something to keep in mind if you're in the market for a vehicle anytime soon.

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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This in-depth, exhaustive (also, long - so perhaps exhausting) piece is a MUST READ. It's a horror story we must understand. A mastermind of Project 2025 and champion of federalism by extortion, his tactics resemble those of Stalin and Mao. Seems that's the actual "communist" threat we face.

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Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President

From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

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Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

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Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

You might get sick of hearing this but if he keeps doing it I'm gonna keep saying it: this is an unconstitutional impoundment, violating both Congress' Article I spending authority and the 1974 Impoundment Control act, and immediately impeachable.

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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Love that talented, kindhearted kid!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

President Trump just gave a speech about voter fraud. Someone has been committing voter fraud — and his name is Ken Paxton. He was just caught voting from the wrong address 6 elections in a row. If the President wants to investigate voter fraud, he should start with Ken Paxton.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Russell Vought should be impeached The two-time director of the Office of Management and Budget has been two-timing Congress, making spending cuts that lawmakers rejected.

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Opinion | Russell Vought should be impeached

The two-time director of the Office of Management and Budget has been two-timing Congress, making spending cuts that lawmakers rejected.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

i thought things were getting carried away and then saw this

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