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Stubborn Idealist

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Musician, Historian, Author, Educator, Artist, & Stubborn Idealist THE CONSTITUTION MUST BE PRESERVED PROTECTED DEFENDED

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3h
This is an example of why Donald Trump is just a simple-minded bought-and-paid-for stooge for tech when he talks about AI being self-regulating.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 2h
Part of me secretly hopes that members of the 11th Circuit were cool to have arguments for releasing Volume II of Jack Smith's report in January, but watching Schmitt's colossal fuck up made them move the arguments up to Nov 2.
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JACK SMITH ALL-AMERICAN HERO
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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The proposed rule is from OMB, the office run by Russell Vought -- who has a history of opposing government efforts to expand access to voting.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We don't even need to pretend to be confused about why disabled Americans—along with trans people, immigrants, Black women, poor brown/Black people who got USAID help—are suffering the brunt of the Trump regime's attacks.
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s not like eugenics. It is eugenics.
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It’s not like eugenics. It is eugenics. | LOLGOP Studios
Plus the clips from Next Comes What Episode 72, with why they matter. How did a guy whose entire career in Republican politics was born out
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
When the massive Pentagon and its immense Defense Industrial Base are incapable of predicting this (even with Ukraine’s Patriot demand signal), something is very badly wrong. This is a system failure. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"To say that we're gob smacked is an understatement" Cultural Landscape Foundation blisters Team Trump for shutting down public comment on Trump Monumental Arch Group says Trump Admin has deemed 1000's of public concerns about Arch to be "meaningless, unimportant & of no value whatsoever"
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Michael ❌👑 Indivisible COLO @michaelindivisible.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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uppaalaska.bsky.social 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇦🇺🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @uppaalaska.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You paid for it. You didn't order it. You can't return it. Three White House TV ads, a month before the midterms, starring one man: Trump. “Paid for by the US Government" means paid for by YOU. PSA or campaign ad? You decide.
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meabell @meabell58.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The US government is an international criminal human trafficking ring
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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The eloquence. The way he can reflect on situations without letting his own ego get in the way. The simple honesty and authenticity he so naturally carries in his whole being. Yeah, I miss him too. 💙 #Obama #Women #PressFreedom
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump is raging at news orgs for refusing to cover his reception of Xi after he banned three from the White House. The real lesson here: When institutions join together to resist his abuses of power it actually works, sending him into a helpless fury. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2158...
newrepublic.com
Trump’s Angry Tirade Over Failing Press Ban Reveals His Achilles’ Heel
Trump is furious that news organizations are fighting back against his vile efforts to punish their colleagues—because collective resistance to his authoritarianism actually works.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions.
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Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration. This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress's Constitutional power of the purse.
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress's appropriations powers.
OMB is an agency of the executive branch. It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Seriously. That’s no cartoon.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
1868: Let's allow these people to save face so we can move one and get back to work fixing the country. 1974: Let's allow Nixon to save face so we can move on and heal the country. 2021: Let's not convict Trump so we can move on and get back to work fixing and healing the country. 2026: …
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
About damn time
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mikeeoj.bsky.social @mikeeoj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"...WaPo investigation.. the Office of Remigration's...the agency is effectively paying out huge sums of taxpayer money to some really nasty governments in exchange for their acceptance of third-country deportees who, for various reasons, cannot be returned to their country of origin." Vote.
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
SUPER DUPER MEGA FUN FACT: Harvey Weinstein will die in prison.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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🇺🇸Blue Dot in Red Missouri🇺🇸Antifa🇺🇸REPEAL CITIZENS UNITED!🇺🇸 @mshoemaker3.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I don’t want peaceful politics after the 2026 midterms,nor after the 2028 presidential election! I expect the political criminals to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,and our constitutional laws to be strengthened for the future generations!
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Things that would be different under a President Harris: Russia defeated. Putin overthrown in a coup Wind and solar projects surpass fossil fuel Strait of Hormuz open Full interceptor missile stockpile AI threat addressed No secret police/concentration camps Bibi held to account What else?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and he’s used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government. Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president. (Published Oct. 2025)
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What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...
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Stubborn Idealist @ms-d.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
FINALLY !!! THIS guy is the real EVIL PUPPET MASTER
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hell of a story from @propublica.org
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The point being, I think we're going to see him increasingly just doing his own show, and Fox will probably just start airing it. And he'll be ok with others not, if it means he never gets asked a real question again. as @mtsw.bsky.social called it, this is about protecting his projections.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
These allegations are a bombshell: the FBI informant claims Collins was in a pay-to-play scheme where donors to her Super-PAC were rewarded with government contracts. Trump stopped the investigation when he came into his office second term. As Collins would say, "concerning"
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 22/09/2026
Trump's third-country removal scheme may be suspended, but the cruelty of ICE flights continues. This is yesterday, Monday, Sept. 21. --72+ flights, nearly every adult onboard shackled --12 removal flights --A removal flight headed to Myanmar
An ADSBx map of the lower continental US plus Mexico and Central America down to Nicaragua. There are dozens of flight lines across the map, mostly converging on Alexandria, Louisiana.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Russia is attacking NATO. Yes, it is "hybrid", or "small", or "by accident", and so on. But its attacks! And NATO is just sitting there. Doing absolutly nothing. Like a boiling frog. 12 years of appeasement brought us this mess. One should expect the people in charge to learn this by now...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'll be beyond disappointed if other outlets don't, at the very minimum, join them in this suit.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Alright, let’s all get on the same page about Vought/NIH/Trump. THEY👏WILL👏STOP👏AT👏NOTHING👏 The goal is to destroy the STEM ecosystem, universities, and democracy as we have known it. PERIOD. The only way to win is to impeach them all…which means we need Congress. HERE’S HOW WE WIN 🧵
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It is horrifying to watch the daily psychiatric emergency that is Donald Trump and the relative silence that follows. The media must confront this ongoing reality and we the people must demand his removal. www.americaamerica.news/p/america-we...
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We Are Facing a Psychiatric Emergency
The media needs to step up. Donald Trump needs to be removed from office.
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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The First Amendment would like a word.
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Suzanne Winland @suzannewinland.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Another MUST READ from @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social noelcasler.substack.com/p/in-a-senti...
When he ran for president in 2016, they chose to focus on Hillary Clinton’s email history over delving deeply into a stimulant-addicted, lifelong sexual predator who was barely literate and lied about every facet of his business and personal life.
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Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Again, he thinks it makes it harder for the courts to block it b/c "national security" and "executive power"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/09/2026
Maybe don't talk about fleece for awhile.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
How about you?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Reminder that Elon's DOGE recommended firing government workers at the... -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. See what DOGE was really all about?
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Surveying the AI ‘moment,’ Nathalie Maréchal says "the kooks are now in power, and they are using that power to dismantle the institutions designed to keep the rest of us safe, healthy, and free."
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What Policymakers and the Public Need to Know About the Cult of AI
Nathalie Maréchal asks, why are we betting the economy and the future of democracy on cult-like beliefs?
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We have a criminal and pathological liar as president, with a Republican majority that does nothing to stop his destruction of the country. Together, they've made just about everything worse. This country is much sicker, poorer, weaker and less secure than just 2 years ago.
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Hip Model K @kozy17.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The US services stole it, and Trump thinks it’s his money. And Bessent acts clueless. www.rawstory.com/amp/scott-be...
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'Actually insane': Outrage after Scott Bessent's stunning Venezuela money admission
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Like Qatar. Like the UAE. Like KSA. That's why the preferred term is not "tax havens," but "offshore financial centers"--because their purpose is law avoidance in general, not tax avoidance/evasion. My 120-page primer on the dreadful subject, and what to do about it. bookshop.org/p/books/offs...
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Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism
How do the rich keep getting richer, while dodging the long arm of the law? From playboy billionaires avoiding taxes on private islands to Russian oligarchs sailing away from sanctions on their supery...
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I have been summoned by the offshore finance Bat Signal! You say POTUS is squirreling away his illegal spoils from pillaging Venezuela in a Qatar account? Perfect time for an Offshore Fun Fact o' the Day: The biggest users of "tax havens" come from countries that don't impose tax on individuals.
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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
TONIGHT: @garrettepps.bsky.social talks to @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING: We won! And we get discovery into this crazy demolition threat to boot. Kudos to our wonderful client @repbeatty.bsky.social and to my colleagues at DDF and WLG. Formal statement to follow.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Imagine a job where, faced with a difficult decision, you could just stop going to work www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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House to leave early, punting Hegseth impeachment vote until after November elections
House Republican leaders cancelled votes planned for Thursday. Members won’t return to Washington until Nov. 9.
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You think surgeons are going to be marching at your side when you mount a socialist revolution? Surgeons are predominantly right-wing Republicans. And I can assure you these guys are not all supporters of Medicare for All.
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Your Surgeon Is Probably a Republican, Your Psychiatrist Probably a Democrat (Published 2016)
New data show distinct political leanings in many medical specialties. Over all, the field is becoming more Democratic.
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stardust melody @karenparish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Trump administration is preparing what could amount to its biggest gift yet to private equity and venture capital groups...if enacted [it is expected] to turbocharge buyouts and bailouts throughout the whole economy, with the spoils floating up to private investment funds.
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