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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9m

Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.

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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’

Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 13m

all these bankrupt trucker companies should form a convoy to Washington DC to protest Joe Biden

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Daniel Herriges @dpherriges.bsky.social · 52m

One of the most aggravating things about contemporary life is talking to a robot trying to get the robot to let you talk to a damn human. I just want to schedule my kids' vaccine appointments!

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 51m

"If there was ever a kid America’s immigration system was for, it was Pierre Damas Bel. America, to him, wasn’t just a safe haven from his broken homeland of Haiti. It was a place where he seemed destined to flourish."

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A Death. A Funeral. And the Trump Rally Down the Block.

On the day Springfield held a funeral for Pierre Damas Bel, the president held a rally 25 miles away. We went to both.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 40m

We simply cannot keep doing. We've been doing it since Iran-Contra, & really since 1865. It's the signal feature of American politics. It has to end, or democracy will. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social · 36m

Rampant, unchecked corruption. All at the taxpayers' expense.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 29m

Vote Republican if you want fewer jobs and more shit in your lettuce. 🫡🫡🫡

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Jane Goodall Institute of Canada @janegoodallcan.bsky.social · 1h

This past weekend, more than 830 people across Canada took part in the Jane Goodall Hike for Hope – to honour the legend herself and to support the work that her Institute does. We know how hard all of you worked to raise funds – and we're happy to share that you have raised nearly $96,000.

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social · 1h

While claiming to fight fraud, the Trump administration is pardoning fraudsters who donated to his campaign. Watch @repyassansari.bsky.social break down Trump's pay-to-play corruption racket.

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 2h

<4 days> after Hegseth said Musk, Luckey and Gingrich (zero combined military experience) would run "Project Meridian" the defense department handed Anduril (Luckey) $2 billion in defense contracts. Blatant corrupt cronyism. I hate it here.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 2h

Another big story about Sleazy Susan. Can't be trusted! Thank you for your attention to this matter

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MKSutherland @mktsutherland.bsky.social · 23m

Kind of sounds like us here in the United States…

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MKSutherland @mktsutherland.bsky.social · 23m

Just wait until I tell you the one about the present President….

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

“.. the continuing divergence between corporate profits as a percentage of GDP versus compensation.” - Sarmaya Partners substack.com/@sarmayakar?...

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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 1h

The $5k election bribes, taxpayer-funded campaign ads, and Medicare “rebates” are all forms of election interference, btw. The efforts to abuse the power of federal government to tilt the election in his favor are underway. Refuse the offer.

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MKSutherland @mktsutherland.bsky.social · 24m

No wonder people are unhappy and pessimistic….

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 1h

Wages are at all-time lows, and profits at historic highs, as a percent of GDP. The backlash against A.I. is a backlash against unchecked inequality. My @nytopinion.nytimes.com Chart:

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Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 4h

excellent work, obituary department

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 3h

Minnesota’s economy is among the strongest in the nation. There’s never been a better time to move here. www.newsweek.com/new-york-lea...

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Map shows which state economies are growing and shrinking ahead of midterms

The Bureau of Economic Analysis said that 44 states saw their economies grow in the second quarter of 2026.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 3h

Today is the first day of the Supreme Court's term. My yearly print preview of all the things the Republicans will take away from us this time, is now avaialble on Al Gore's Internet in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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The People vs. the Supreme Court

This term the Supreme Court has plans to trampleeven more of our rights. But we, the people, are not powerlessin the face of their power grab.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 3h

Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social is the real deal. Iowans, make sure your friends vote!

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MKSutherland @mktsutherland.bsky.social · 3h

From a bears perspective- why not? I think I smell something good in there let’s go find out!

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3h

Spot the difference

Side-by-side comparison of three social media posts announcing the death of former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert at age 84. On the left, Fox News posts, “BREAKING: Dennis Hastert, longest-serving Republican House speaker, dead at 84,” above a photo of Hastert raising his hand at a microphone. In the center, CBS News posts, “Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died,” above a photo of Hastert walking through the U.S. Capitol. On the right, MeidasTouch posts, “Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, has died at 84. Hastert admitted in federal court to sexually abusing boys he coached as a high school wrestling coach. A federal judge called him a ‘serial child molester.’ He was a registered sex offender.” The MeidasTouch post includes an image of Hastert speaking from the House floor with a C-SPAN chyron identifying him as Speaker of the House.

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 7h

Because of federal rules, children covered by Medicaid won't be able to access vaccines that are no longer recommended by the federal government, even as children with private insurance will.

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RFK Jr’s Relentless Anti-Vax Push Will Disproportionately Hurt Children on Medicaid

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has already demonstrated his Department of Health and...

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A Blue View @ablueview.bsky.social · 3h

Trump's Next Commercial: "We've Always Been at War With Eastasia" #ABlueView 🧵 #GeorgeOrwell 1/2

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3h

I just finished a two hour meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Let me tell you about it.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3h

What the actual fuck, CBS?

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WHO @who.int · 4h

Did you know? Postpartum haemorrhage, excessive bleeding after childbirth, is the leading cause of maternal death worldwide, claiming nearly 43,000 lives each year. A woman can go from stable to critical in minutes, but science now shows how to detect and stop the bleeding in time. 🔗 bit.ly/4rReMcs

Everybody deserves a safe birth.

Image shows the photograph of a woman with her baby, along with the tagline 'Together for health. Stand with Science.'

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sattch.bsky.social @sattch.bsky.social · 6h

ICE... are... the... bad guys. This is a great article, with a lot of information. Something we're just not seeing in the American corporate press.

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 3h

If you haven’t already registered to vote, today is your last chance! You can still register to vote until 11:59 PM tonight so if you haven't already done so, get on it y'all! Visit AngieNixon.com/vote to learn more about registering to vote! Let’s win this, Florida! #AngieForFlorida

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If you’re in the New York subway and a street musician is playing your song and your wife is there, you have to dance with her. I did.

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MKSutherland @mktsutherland.bsky.social · 3h

I didn’t know you taught at Dartmouth, previously… I would like to take the class that the article described

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 23h

The Boston Globe did a feature on NWC shortly after I arrived and we started teaching woke DEI stuff

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And on it went, with Hegseth spinning one bad idea after another, and managing to insult any number of Americans in the process. A bad idea hamster www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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Pete Hegseth, Idea Guy

His State of the Force address was a partisan disgrace—with a few good ideas buried in it.

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MKSutherland @mktsutherland.bsky.social · 4h

Well this needs to change @democrats-judiciary.house.gov @democrats.senate.gov we need to use the power we gain, when we win! “From 1975 to 1990, Congress overrode an avg of 12 decisions per term then an avg of 2.8 from 2001 to 2012. it has fallen nearly to zero” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/m...

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Congress Is Supposed to Be More Powerful Than the Supreme Court. Why Isn’t It? (Gift Article)

Trump and his allies in the Capitol have revealed a problem that has been developing for decades.

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Indivisible Twin Cities @indivistwincities.bsky.social · 4h

Why we door knock, and what do llamas have to do with it? It's all in this week's ITC newsletter. prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/T...

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MKSutherland @mktsutherland.bsky.social · 4h

lol , for a minute I thought you were posting about yourself and I was asking myself… what did I miss?

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MKSutherland @mktsutherland.bsky.social · 4h

It’s either interested in pay at this point, I guess I assumed that he is very wealthy…

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h

They buried Pierre Damas Bel on Saturday. That night, Donald Trump came to town to take a victory lap on the policies that killed him. Today's Morning Shots from @eggerdc.bsky.social and @jimswift.bsky.social:

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A Death. A Funeral. And the Trump Rally Down the Block.

On the day Springfield held a funeral for Pierre Damas Bel, the president held a rally 25 miles away. We went to both.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 5h

GEORGIANS—check your registration, & if you’re not registered, register TODAY. LAST DAY

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 5h

I wrote about what Democrats should do with power if they do well in November "The people have made it clear they want fighters, so next year will be a time for fighting."

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What Democrats should do with power

Democrats need to get ready to play hardball.

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 5h

Ken Paxton wants to represent Texas, but his own campaign just leaked that it's being run out of Washington, D.C. Even his staff is turning on him. More than any Republican in years, this guy deserves to lose.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 5h

Sometimes Washington is debating one economy while Americans are living in another.⁣ ⁣ We keep hearing about manufacturing and AI, but almost all recent job growth has been in healthcare youtu.be/XttGlE71UJs

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 5h

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u... I'd be interested to see follow-up reporting on the manta-ray-skin table. As I understand it, this is not really a thing anymore. Stingray-skin shagreen leather is common. There's a finish of cowhide leather that's *called* manta-ray. But actual manta skin is illegal.

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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left (Gift Article)

The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 5h

Land-grant colleges and the New Deal helped Americans move from farms to new jobs in the city. Workers hit by the China shock got far less help. A.I. is next. Government has to make sure it lifts all boats. My @nytopinion.nytimes.com op-ed: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/o...

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Opinion | Six Charts That Show Just How Much We Need A.I.

All the worry about artificial intelligence should not obscure this key point: If we don’t develop it, we’ll be a lot worse off.

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MKSutherland @mktsutherland.bsky.social · 4h

I keep hoping that he gets chosen as the new press secretary…

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