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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23/09/2026
I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 18/09/2026
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So cool that whenever someone asks the president, "did you eat the Lindbergh baby" he's like, "no but I'd be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later"
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 03/09/2026
The Trump administration has repeatedly sought Americans’ private data. Now CPSC wants names, addresses, birthdates, diagnoses, and other sensitive information from emergency room patients. CPSC must immediately halt this sweeping and invasive data collection.
Democrats urge consumer product agency halt public health modernization project
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Slotkin Asks Hegseth to Confirm He Won’t Send Troops to Polls talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
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Slotkin Asks Hegseth to Confirm He Won’t Send Troops to Polls
‘Laying the Breadcrumbs’ Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) sent a letter to Defense...
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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
It’s #InternationalCatDay, and the ratings are in! 🐱 Come and celebrate with some of the undomesticated cats that have clawed their way into our hearts… 🐾
“Rating our favourite wild cats for International Cat Day* *in a totally biased and unscientific way” over a front view of a Pallas’s cat, an incredibly fluffy grey cat with green eyes, flat low-set ears and a stocky build.
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Maj @lif3asmaj.blacksky.app · 02/08/2026
This is deadass every republican campaign ad here in the south. I'm not even REMOTELY JOKING.
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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Short-sighted, stupid cuts to the UKRI budget include shutting down Jodrell Bank, the icon of British astronomy. (Many other cuts too, including 20% to our brand new @vrubinobs.bsky.social). Interesting politically to shut down a major facility in...um..Manchester 🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands
Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
If President Trump were to ask for my advice on Iran - not that I would expect him to listen - here is what I'd say:
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Ossoff's Office @ossoff.senate.gov · 20/07/2026
Sen. Ossoff slams HHS Secretary RFK Jr. after he terminated the CDC's required surveillance of the parasite causing cyclosporiasis: "Your foolish and self-indulgent demolition of critical public health programs puts Americans at risk. The Trump Administration is actively undermining food safety."
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mjspieglan.bsky.social @mjspieglan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Obviously. Just look at all that shit on the walls.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
BREAKING NYT: The Trump admin just issued subpoenas to several journalists for The New York Times, after the outlet reported on security concerns involving Trump's Qatari-gifted Air Force One. The subpoenas seek to force the reporters to testify before a federal grand jury on Wednesday.
nytimes.com
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The US literally did build this plane, it was built by union workers at Boeing. What Trump really means here is that that the US WOULDN'T build a plane like this because that sort of shit is reserved for petrodictatorships
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 11/07/2026
$1 billion of your taxpayer money went toward retrofitting a luxury jet Donald Trump received from Qatar— And it's still not even safe for him to fly home in. The American people paid seven figures for a flying national security risk. What a waste.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/06/2026
Masterclass 🔥 The Trump administration in 60 seconds. The only thing missing is the literal dumpster fire.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026
Michelle Obama: "No one has the right to sit in judgment of who is American enough. And that's why, folks, we simply don't have the luxury or time to be cynical or complacent."
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Only one of these is an actual police mugshot.
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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Welp there’s no unseeing this
Colorful play gym for infants featuring foxes and bunnies, two criss-crossing archs stand over a square matUFC cage being built on the White House launch, criss-crossing arches strongly resembling the baby play gym
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The guiding forces in today’s GOP are nihilism, narcissism, and sadism.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Trump plans to steal $1.7B from taxpayers to pay off the terrorists he already freed from prison. abcnews.com/US/trump-poi...
abcnews.com
Trump poised to drop IRS suit, launch $1.7B 'weaponization' fund for allies: Sources
President Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion IRS suit in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund for victims of governmental "weaponization," sources say.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
If we play our cards right, soon we’ll be able to send handguns through the postal service but not birth control or ballots
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mjspieglan.bsky.social @mjspieglan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Check out the real-time updates on President Trump's corrupt earnings, gifts, and crypto gains. www.americanprogress.org/feature/trum...
americanprogress.org
Trump’s Take: Tracking the cash and gifts made from selling the presidency.
Tracking the cash and gifts made from selling the presidency.
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
tremendous jumps in average gas prices, these are the top 10 states seeing average prices surge the most, all of them over 30c/gal higher from a week ago
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/04/2026
The housing crisis is echoing across the nation. Our BUILD plan is one of the most comprehensive to tackle it — making it easier, faster, and more effective to build homes here.
chicagotribune.com
Gov. JB Pritzker’s ambitious housing plan for Illinois: More four-flats, looser rules
A cornerstone initiative from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker would loosen zoning restrictions for multiunit buildings, drawing excitement from housing advocates but concerns from local officials.
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YIMBY Action @yimbyaction.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
A new YouGov survey from @abundanthousingil.bsky.social shows overwhelming support for more housing: -84% say housing costs are a problem -82% want action Thank you to our AHIL members! Let's turn this growing support into more homes nationwide. Read more: suntimes.pulse.ly/cuswyxcwge
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Abundant Housing Illinois @abundanthousingil.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Please quote us with a ✅ when you’re done. 🥺
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OWNAGE 🕹🏴‍☠️🌊 @0wned.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
👇🎯 Some of us were, but no one was listening & the rest didn't want to hear it. Unprecedented lawless authoritarianism & violations of the Constitution, on a level so staggering in scope & scale that we still haven't even begun to admit it as a country.
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 27/03/2026
He says he wants to bring meritocracy back to our military. He says he has our warfighters' backs. But here he is, the most unqualified SecDef in history, denying troops a promotion that their fellow warfighters decided they've earned. Hegseth is a disgrace to our heroes.
New York Times: Hegseth Strikes Two Black and Two Female Officers From Promotion List
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Just a year ago, we heard reducing the deficit was so important Elon Musk had to fire as many scientists, forest rangers and Black women on the government’s payroll that he could find. Now? 🤷🏾‍♂️
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mjspieglan.bsky.social @mjspieglan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
"I would not want to bias the outcome by doing my job." 🤣🤣🤣
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
US Postmaster General David Steiner says the USPS could be out of money to pay employees by October 2026. Yes, you read that correctly - One month before the midterm elections when mail-in ballots are sent and returned. Steiner was personally backed by Trump and replaced DeJoy in May 2025.
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Anne Laurie @annelaurie.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
President TREMENDOUS CONTENT!, our Very Serious Media's hero...
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Alistair Barrie @alistairbarrie.com · 06/03/2026
Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
He lies through his teeth. He changes his mind continuously. He acts on whim. He’s driven by vengeance, hate and money. He wants more power for no good but only to feed his insatiable broken ego that never gets enough. Woe to everything you may love. Giving up or giving in are not options.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/02/2026
Hillary Clinton: "It then got quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and Pizzagate"
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mjspieglan.bsky.social @mjspieglan.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Perfect comic timing.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
As FBI agents equipped with a signed warrant prepared to document blood spatter and bullet holes in Renee Good’s SUV, they were ordered to stop by officials in Washington worried that an investigation would contradict Trump’s version of events. @londonoe.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
nytimes.com
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26/01/2026
Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution. If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Truly insane
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
This giant ICE Army they are building this year is also likely to be at polling places during the midterms in heavily Democratic precincts with the excuse being that they are looking for “illegals trying to vote.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/01/2026
RAND PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war? RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the U.S. say that America’s “moral role in confronting evil around the world” is in question for the first time in decades. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
nytimes.com
Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy
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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
🚨”If everyone who came before me had just complied and complied and complied, then I probably would have entered this theater, any theater, through a colored section. Every good thing you have in your life is a product of someone else’s struggle.” ~ Josh Johnson Message: Do Not Comply
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
thezebra.org
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
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