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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." -FDR, 1937

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Early voting is already underway in some states. From now until Nov 3, 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.
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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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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Blanche wants @katiephang.bsky.social Epstein suit tossed as a "generalized grievance" Too many Americans want the files, so nobody gets them? Katie's job is to share things with the public, that's the opposite of a generalized grievance Release the files!
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Katie Phang: "Todd Blanche wants to continue to hide the Epstein files from the American people. He wants to allow the e
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mimi1016.bsky.social @mimi1016.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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mimi1016.bsky.social @mimi1016.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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October 4, 2026
On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicar...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No shit🤔💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Rs could have taken back tariff authority, cut off war funding, reined in ICE to, refused to confirm unfit Cabinet secretaries and a weak Federal Reserve chairman. And, most of all, they could have rejected the Big, Ugly bill. They didnt and now dread Trump coming to their district/state. KARMA
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Please, Mr. President, Campaign For My Republican Opponent!
🚨 29 Days to the Midterms 🚨
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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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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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mimi1016.bsky.social @mimi1016.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
October 2, 2026
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October 2, 2026
Trump held a campaign rally tonight in Mobile, Alabama, the city where, as Shawn McCreesh of the New York Times recalled, his MAGA rallies really took off in August 2015, when more than 30,000 people ...
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mimi1016.bsky.social @mimi1016.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
THE RULE OF LAW heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 29, 2026
The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
Jensen Huang: "We all need to hope it's an engineering problem. If it's not an engineering problem, it's not solvable."
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mimi1016.bsky.social @mimi1016.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Murphy: "On April 30 -- a Thursday -- Reynolds makes an $8m donation. On Saturday, they have lunch w/POTUS & tell him they want a change in rules for flavored vapes. The president calls FDA commissioner & HHS sec, & on Tuesday new guidance is issued paving way to the sale of flavored vapes ... "
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
About damn time
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This isn’t just about NIH grants. It’s about whose health gets studied—and whose gets ignored. Defund research on women and minority communities. Weaken the safety net. Politicize which science gets funded. Different policies. Same consequence: the people who already have the least lose the most.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
He's got it: x.com/ChrisMurphyC...
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Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) on X
A normal federal government would have stopped the Paramount merger. It's illegal on its face. It shouldn't have been left to AGs. But this settlement puts us on the path to state run media and mass scale price gouging. It's corporate bullying prevailing over the law.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 21/09/2026
So much more interesting than approval/disapproval.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 20/09/2026
Trump’s lies about election fraud are going to continue. The way we respond matters. “Are we going to allow ourselves to live in a system in which hundreds of thousands of lawful voters are disenfranchised?” Marc Elias asks. Help us fight back: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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mimi1016.bsky.social @mimi1016.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just imagine how many people we could feed, house, and give healthcare to with this money? That’s the kind of America I want to live in Cost of Iran War Estimated at $43.6 Billion www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...
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Cost of Iran War Estimated at $43.6 Billion
For the first time, the Pentagon reported costs incurred by each armed service. The figures are almost certainly on the low side, congressional officials said.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/09/2026
With just under one month to go until the next No Kings, there are already more than 1,000 events on the map. That means October 17 will be the largest early vote activation in American history. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Panic produces stupid policy, such as: "Once a federal Artificial Intelligence Commission exists, it should require companies to obtain a federal license, a grant of permission like those allowing broadcasters and phone companies to use the public airwaves." No. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o...
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Opinion | Humanity Has Avoided Apocalypse Before. Let’s Do It Again. (Gift Article)
It is up to all of us, through our government, to shape what A.I. becomes.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING: Trump's handpicked Board is trying to let him demolish the Kennedy Center, blatantly violating the court order, again We asked the Judge to make it clear: this American institution can't be demolished on Trump's say-so @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG fight on w/ Rep.Beatty👇 -TN
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING: We have updated the Court with the latest developments in Trump's apparent moves to demolish the Kennedy Center  The EXISTING INJUNCTION prevents demolition The Court has ordered the government to say what the hell it is doing by 10 AM @repbeatty.bsky.social, DDA & WLG will fight this!
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mimi1016.bsky.social @mimi1016.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
America is crumbling under this administration and the DO NOTHING REPUBLICANS heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 16, 2026
Yesterday U.S.
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mimi1016.bsky.social @mimi1016.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Is there anything this administration isn’t going to destroy? The do nothing Republicans own it all! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...
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Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
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mimi1016.bsky.social @mimi1016.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Enough with all these rich men who think they can rape children and not be held accountable!! ENOUGH House Holds Leon Black in Contempt Over Epstein Subpoenas www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/u...
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House Holds Leon Black in Contempt Over Epstein Subpoenas
The billionaire investor had refused to appear for a deposition and turn over documents to a key panel investigating Jeffrey Epstein.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
LIVE: I will be live starting at 9:30 discussing tonights blockbuster Supreme Court ruling, what it means and what comes next. Join me LIVE.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfi8genxbaM
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Hands Trump Stunning Defeat on Mail Voting
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: SCOTUS Rejects Trump’s Mail-in Voting Requirements before the Midterms www.contrariannews.org/p/breaking-s...
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BREAKING: SCOTUS Rejects Trump’s Mail-in Voting Requirements before the Midterms
Norm and Jen recap the USPS mail-in-ballot win at the Supreme Court
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Senate polling update, per Nate Silver: ALASKA 🔵 +1.1% FLORIDA 🔴 +5.4% GEORGIA 🔵 +9.0% IOWA 🔵 +1.2% KANSAS 🔴 +3.6% MAINE 🔵 +4.0% MICHIGAN 🔵 +2.9% MINNESOTA 🔵 +4.8% NORTH CAROLINA 🔵 +8.7% NEBRASKA 🟡 +2.3% NEW HAMPSHIRE 🔵 +6.3% OHIO 🔵 +4.0% TEXAS 🔵 +2.4% Generic Ballot: 🔵 +8.0%
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mimi1016.bsky.social @mimi1016.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@schumer.senate.gov NO TO CRYPTO
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mimi1016.bsky.social @mimi1016.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social NO TO CRYPTO
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
We dead. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/o...
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Opinion | This Is Really Bad (Gift Article)
We can no longer pretend that A.I. is safe.
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Rob Reiner Fan @rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Damn they're sensitive about Epstein. 👀
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mimi1016.bsky.social @mimi1016.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This Is Really Bad www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/o...
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Opinion | This Is Really Bad
We can no longer pretend that A.I. is safe.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
BREAKING: 20+ Republican leaders just endorsed James Talarico over Ken Paxton.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026
Hillary Clinton: "I love Israel, and I hate Netanyahu's government and his policies. I love America, and I hate Trump's government and policies ... if the Israelis want to vote for that again, then I think the United States has to take a very tough position."
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mimi1016.bsky.social @mimi1016.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thanks SCOTUS! Elon Musk has reportedly committed at least $10 million to the Republican election.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you’re confused by what’s been happening in Missouri’s gerrymandering debacle, I untangled it in summary form so you can get up to speed: joycevance.substack.com/p/insanity-i...
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Insanity in Missouri
It’s utter insanity in Missouri, or as NBC’s Lawrence Hurley put it on Twitter this morning, the “Show Cause State.”
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 10/09/2026
Posting this for when he inevitably tells you it was bigger than Woodstock.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/09/2026
🎯 Kavanaugh rejected the appeal outright, without referring it to the full Court.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/09/2026
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "This has to be a shameful thing where people won't admit that they'd ever voted or been for Trump. The way you make that happen is you make sure Trump leaves office historically unpopular—below 30%, in the 20s—so that everybody says that was a huge mistake."
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mimi1016.bsky.social @mimi1016.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Do they really believe that all the scientists, who have dedicated their life to science, conspired? Inside the D.O.J.’s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/h...
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Inside the D.O.J.’s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists
As Dr. Anthony Fauci has faced public scrutiny from congressional Republicans, the D.O.J. has pursued a quieter and more expansive effort against a wider circle of researchers.
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mimi1016.bsky.social @mimi1016.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Who can believe numbers coming out of this government? www.ms.now/news/us-jobs...
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August jobs report: U.S. hirings rose by a surprising 162,000
The figure overcame a dismal July report; the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%, the Labor Department reported Friday
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Jill Sargent Russell, PhD @jsargentr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hegseth is clearly in neck deep shit with the budgets. All of the unprogrammed activity...sweet baby cheeses, it must be stunningly bad. Just setting fire to dollars everywhere - Middle East, Venezuela, Maritime Murder Spree, the Occupation of DC, the LA campaign...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a right-wing bid to force an anti-voting measure onto Michigan's November ballot. The ruling likely kills the proposal — a win for voters and voting rights.
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Supreme Court denies right-wing group’s bid to force Michigan proof-of-citizenship measure on November ballot
The denial, issued by Justice Brett Brett Kavanaugh, likely means the measure is dead.
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mimi1016.bsky.social @mimi1016.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one." — Spock’s ultimate expression of sacrifice
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