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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 4h
Don't forget to vote for the people who protect the vote...
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Don't forget to vote for the people who protect the vote...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 4h
👀 Would you feel free to vote with an FBI agent watching? Newly obtained documents show the DOJ tested that theory in Arizona’s primary, raising concerns that aggressive surveillance will be used to restrict ballot access or intimidate voters nationwide.
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DOJ dispatched criminal prosecutors, FBI agent to monitor Arizona’s primary, documents reveal
The deployments mark a major break from past departmental norms.
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HCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social · 9h
Letters from an American October 5, 2026 Full letter available here: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p… @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Sunday night, on October 4, U.S. Southern Command posted that it had struck another small boat in the Caribbean, killing another four people it called “narco-terrorists.” This brings the number of strikes to more than 70, and the number of people killed in the strikes that began a year ago to more than 230 people.  The administration’s justification for the strikes has not been made public. It has claimed—without evidence—that the men on the boats were trafficking drugs, but such a charge would normally be handled by the legal system.The Office of Legal Counsel in the Department of Justice produced an opinion providing legal cover for the strikes, and some of the members of Congress who have seen it are alarmed. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) saw the memo in November and said: “If that opinion were to be adopted, it would not constrain any use of force anywhere in the world...it is broad enough to authorize just about anything.”   On September 21 a report from the United Nations concluded that the extrajudicial killings broke international law and may be crimes against humanity.On October 1, John Hudson of the Washington Post reported that the Trump administration has taken $52 million Congress appropriated for countries impacted by Russia’s war on Ukraine and rerouted it to right-wing governments in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.  While the administration is billing its intervention in Latin America as a battle against drugs, the comparison to Venezuela, where Trump has claimed control over the country’s oil fields and says he has taken billions of dollars out, although there is no public acknowledgement of where that money has gone, is instructive.On Sunday, Jan Crawford of CBS News published an interview with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, in which Alito said one of his first thoughts after he learned that a draft of his Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision had been leaked was that “this would endanger” the people on the court.  Alito went on to say that he does not anticipate that the court will overturn the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision recognizing the right to same-sex marriage. That case is different from Roe v. Wade, he said, because people have come to rely on Obergefell as they organize their lives.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 9h
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 9h
First, Trump steals money from taxpayers to fund his propaganda. Then, he illegally coordinates with a Super PAC to keep the propaganda going. And to top it all off, he won’t reimburse taxpayers for the money he stole. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Trump won’t reimburse government for controversial ads
The White House clarified Tuesday that President Trump will not pay back the federal government for money already spent on controversial political TV ads after he said he would start paying for the…
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 9h
Letitia James AND Sally Yates??? AMAZING.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h
Thanks to Trump and the Republicans, healthcare premiums jumped after enhanced ACA subsidies expired and Medicaid eligibility checks resumed. Even more painful program changes will be phased in later. Rural hospitals are cutting services. Americans are feeling it now. #RepublicanHealthcareCrisis
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h
Utah has already combed its voter rolls for any noncitizens registered to vote and found it to be a non-issue, but that’s not what the Trump administration and congressional Republicans want to hear, the state’s Republican elections chief said. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Utah’s GOP election head purged noncitizens from voter rolls, but the Trump team didn’t want to hear how few she found
Utah has already combed its voter rolls for any noncitizens registered to vote and found it to be a non-issue, but that’s not what the Trump administration and congressional Republicans want to hear, ...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h
Ken Paxton, caught on video admitting he’s lost control of his own campaign: “I’ve never been in a race where I felt less control… it’s all coming… from DC.” Texas deserves a senator who answers to Texans — not Washington operatives pulling the strings.
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 10h
Galloway has hoarded $100-200M, and he is a Flock supporter, falsely claiming surveillance reduces crime. Do you know what actually reduces crime? Taxing the rich and ending poverty. That is the number one way to reduce crime in America. Not spending millions of our tax$$ on a Surveillance State.
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When you think he can't get any worse: he loves Flock
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10h
Good news from the Badlands! Today, October 6, Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation, a Lakota nonprofit based on the Pine Ridge Reservation, plans to return 50 bison to nearly 40,000 acres in the Stronghold area of Badlands National Park.
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Lakota nonprofit returning bison to 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park to restore native prairie
Thunder Valley CDC will release 50 bison across 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park on Oct. 6, restoring native prairie ecology and Lakota stewardship.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 10h
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h
FUN FACT: The Bible doesn't say *anything* about abortion. Ever. Well, except for the time God provides a handy recipe for a magic potion to induce an involuntary one. Numbers 5:11-31
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h
NEW EPISODE: Less than 30 days before the midterms, Trump told a reporter that anyone looking for mail voting fraud should "start off by taking a look at California." I explain the real reason Trump is targeting the state and how we fight back. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVTC...
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ALERT: Trump is Setting a Trap for California's Vote Count
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 10h
Very worthwhile to follow @zacheverson.com if you're trying to stay up to speed on the Trumps' crypto machinations.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h
I'm having quite the day in right wing media.😂
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCKK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUU
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Donald hasn't had an original—or good—idea in his entire, rather too lengthy life. The Ku Klux Klan was using Trump's "America First" back in the 1920s.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
His con may well be at the end of its road, but he is the most successful conman in American history.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
NEW: During a rally just now, Trump invited Iran to “take out Los Angeles and San Diego,” saying it would be a “small price to pay.”
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 06/10/2026
The NAACP is suing DOJ for records on the 1,000+ election monitors it plans to send to the polls on Nov. 3. One question it wants answered: Does a lawyer who pleaded guilty to hacking election websites work for the department? We broke the story on him back in August. Read it here:
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Exclusive: Trump DOJ appears to have hired lawyer convicted of hacking election sites to check ‘integrity’
Levin’s involvement in election monitoring could offer a hint of the kind of personnel who will staff the operation this fall, when the DOJ has said it will send 1,000 monitors to the polls.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Supreme Court begins its term with public confidence in it at a nadir. And Trump still jerking CNN, Politico, and MS around, excluding Politico from the plane and therefore its role as pool rep today. Looking forward to discussing on @cnn w/ @lauracoates.com on set at 11:40 PM ET.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The hackers weren't brilliant. They were patient. They waited until the people who close doors had been fired by Kash Patel, then they walked in. That's not a hack. That's a business model. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If you don’t have anything nice to say, say it to a Republican lawmaker.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The White House today prohibited Politico from traveling on Air Force One.
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
dyed diesel thread! ok so 1/ Trump just signed an EO letting red dyed diesel run on the road without the 24.4c/gal federal tax, for now. sounds big, but for most diesel users it likely won't change much at the pump. i'll spell out why:
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Of course. The Supreme Court kicked off its new term today by hearing oil companies’ attempt to throw out a lawsuit seeking to make them pay for climate damage they caused. The outcome could determine whether similar lawsuits brought by cities and counties across the country can move forward.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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U.S. sends torture survivor back to Nicaragua, where he is immediately jailed again
Jeffrey Jarquín, a former Nicaraguan political prisoner who said he was tortured for opposing President Daniel Ortega, was jailed at Managua’s Modelo prison immediately after the U.S. deported him, ad...
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HCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Letters from an American October 4, 2026 Full letter available here: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p… @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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 Medicare Part B premiums, which we have already reduced by significant amounts.   “This money will come from the Medicare Improvement Fund, a pointless ‘Slush Fund’ that has only been used by Dumocrats in Congress to pay for the Waste, Fraud, and Abuse for their Special Interest friends, and drive up Healthcare costs.”Congress established the Medicare Improvement Fund in 2008 to enable improvements to the program and periodically adjust payments to healthcare providers.   A Republican congressional aide told Dan Diamond of the Washington Post that lawmakers had been planning to use the fund to help fund several health programs this year, and were taken aback by Trump’s announcement.Trump continued: “Because I delivered on this very important issue for the American People, they can also rest assured the highly popular $5,000 Trump Dividend will be distributed to every U.S. Citizen if, and when, the Republicans win the Midterm Elections!”  The fact that he is openly using taxpayer money to buy votes in the election suggests just how worried Trump is about Democrats winning control of Congress in the upcoming midterms.As Aaron Parnas reported in Meidas News, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, wrote a letter on September 30 to Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI director Kash Patel demanding they immediately release a document they are “illegally” concealing, and any others like it.  Wyden has been doggedly following the money trail connected to sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein, noting that his operations, including human trafficking and sexual abuse, depended on the banks whose officers looked the other way as Epstein’s finances repeatedly indicated he was engaged in criminal activity.
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Had the BEST conversation with Florida Senate Candidate Angie Nixon. I’m telling you, we can flip that seat and actually get a senator who puts the people, not the president first. Let’s go!! AngieNixon.com FULL INTERVIEW HERE--- youtu.be/tM51JFEAPQI
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The United States has moved long-range bombers back to their American home stations after an unspecified new threat, days after the British government arrested a number of individuals in connection with an alleged Iranian plot to target the UK airbase where the planes had been stationed.
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US removes all Air Force bombers from UK base following new threat | CNN Politics
The United States has moved long-range bombers back to their American home stations after an unspecified new threat, according to a US official, days after the British government arrested a number of ...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
While we're at it:
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This video is for Prof. Galloway
YouTube video by Parkrose Resistance
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
October 4, 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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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He is the embodiment of every negative human trait. Every single one.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith is awesome 👇
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Justice Alito is confusing court reform with attacking the court. Many of us simply want the Court to be better. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In 1940, experts predicted London would collapse into mass panic under the bombs. It never happened. What those Londoners knew could change how you face this year. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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HCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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 showed up to hear the television personality turned presidential candidate….
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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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh no the very popular president is going to spread his popularity around and make other Republicans as popular as he is oh no
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Tarrant County voters filed an emergency lawsuit Friday accusing Republican county officials of intentionally making it harder for Black and Hispanic residents to vote by eliminating dozens of Election Day polling places. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Tarrant County voters sue to block GOP polling site cuts targeting minority voters
The lawsuit comes a month after the GOP-controlled Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved the cuts in a 3-2 vote despite intense opposition from residents and the court’s two Democratic commissio...
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HCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A quick Politics Chat check-in with @hcrichardson.bsky.social. We should be back to our regular schedule on Tuesday! www.youtube.com/live/h5okrSc...
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Politics Chat, October 2, 2026
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This 👇
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: A while back, I sued DOGE (FOIA) to get Musk's communications. DOJ argued that Musk wasn't a govt employee anymore, BUT Hegseth just hired him again to work on a Pentagon warfare initiative called Project Meridian. So we noticed Judge Boasberg. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
The name of the investigation into the fraudulent elector scheme was "Arctic Frost." Arctic Frost is a type of orange. Senator Blackburn accuses Smith of mocking Trump's orange complexion. lol
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