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Cait @caitesq.bsky.social · 3h
It turns out that cross-examination is hard, and a lot of it comes down to preparation and knowing your record
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1h
Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding. In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls. Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection. (Published May)
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 1h
It's even worse than what I surmised, which is Schmitt got Hawks and Hawkeyes confused. It's that the only basketball league they thought to check was the NBA. They didn't even think about college basketball. Does Schmitt's entire team not do March Madness or something?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1h
Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h
“It wasn’t a mistake”🤔 “Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?” 🤔 @ericschmittmo pathetically attempts to play it off and act like he didn’t publicly humiliate himself in front of the nation today 🤡
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Mary Wasmuth @maryawasmuth.bsky.social · 10h
In June, it made it to Baptist News Global. baptistnews.com/article/what...
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What you’re not seeing: Tens of thousands of children separated from parents
Tens of thousands of children have been cut off from parents in the Trump administration’s aggressive detention and deportation campaign
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h
Oz: Russell Brand was backstage hugging the Secretary of Agriculture Brand: She initiated that contact. Oz: Ha!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h
A man charged with rape and sexual assault casually joking about consent at an official event with Trump White House officials.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 9h
Could be 60. Trump wants "data to rein" because that means the oligarch Nerd Reich side rule. Democrats could get right on this; they know they'll have to, just for the environment, but they're either afraid of the tech fascist donors. Or are deluded enough to think the PayPal Mafia is persuadable.
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Data Centers Isuse Hurts Trump—If Democrats Pounce
AI. Crypto. Trump. All three are the same con with different wigs.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 9h
NEW: Republicans launched a program for Wisconsin election observers to identify discrepancies with voting machines in the swing state. The new program appears to mark an escalation from typical poll watching activities and could lead to longer wait times for voters this fall.
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GOP trained Wisconsin election observers to target voting machines in pivotal swing state
The new RNC program appears to mark an escalation from typical poll watching activities.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 9h
I'd love to see you in Rochester at our rally in support of Rep. Chris Pappas, Stefany Shaheen, and Cinde Warmington. Together, we can elect strong leaders and build a better future for New Hampshire. I hope you'll join us!
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New Hampshire Rally with Pete Buttigieg, Chris Pappas, Stefany Shaheen, and Cinde Warmington · Win the Era
Join Pete Buttigieg in New Hampshire for a rally with Chris Pappas, Stefany Shaheen, and Cinde Warmington to lay out the stakes for this election and get out the vote for Democrats up and down the bal...
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 9h
I know this sounds alarmist. But people aren't nearly alarmist enough about how our healthcare system will convulse next year. Up to ten million have lost their insurance. And the trillion in cuts haven't even begun. And people are already being institutionalized against their will.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 9h
Ballots are out! If yours came in the mail, fill it out and send it back early. It has to arrive by 7pm on November 3. No ballot yet? Request one by October 22 or vote early October 24 to 31. #AngieForFlorida
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 9h
#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal).
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 8h
Conservative majority temporarily lifts lower-court decision as liberal justices dissent from ruling
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US supreme court allows Trump officials to resume deportations to third countries
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 8h
Why the press needs to ask Susan Collins a LOT of questions substack.com/note/m-ba0e9...
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Alex + Andrew Weissmann LIVE!
A recording from Andrew Weissmann and Alex Wagner's live video
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h
NEWS: GOP candidate Brandon Herrera defended massive CEO salaries, mocked renters as “bums,” joked about people who don’t “tip their landlords,” then compared being called a “renter” with a hard R to a racial slur.
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Brandon Herrera Defended High CEO Salaries, Joined Mocking of Renters
GOP candidate: "Did you really call me 'renter' with a hard 'r? It's 'renta' to you."
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 8h
I'd never seen the full clip of Trump explaining how they were shocked that Iran started attacking US allies and shut off oil flow when he started a war with Iran. It starts with him bragging that he doesn't have to consult anyone to know things. March 16th
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 8h
Republicans could lean on congressional procedure to defy the will of voters. But if they try that, the Senate has a clear way to fight back
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How Senate Democrats can stop Trump from stealing the midterms | David Walbert
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 8h
This is well executed
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h
The internet is erupting in mockery after Eric Schmitt’s spectacular Jack Smith faceplant. Now people are openly speculating: Did his team plant the glowing 2028 story AND coordinate with MAGA influencers in advance, expecting a victory lap that blew up in their faces?
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Eric Schmitt Gets Mercilessly Mocked Over ‘Planted’ Story After Jack Smith Faceplant
A glowing 2028 scoop dropped just before Schmitt’s disastrous “gotcha,” while right-wing influencers appeared ready to celebrate. After it blew up, the internet noticed.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 8h
Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez is the SECOND DoorDash driver shot by ICE, and the silence from DoorDash is deafening. Delete DoorDash until they speak up against ICE violence and push for Wilber’s release. Learn how to delete it so it counts at deletedoordash.com.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 7h
During the 29 September US Senate judiciary committee hearing, the Republican senator Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith, the former special counsel, of attending an Atlanta Hawks basketball game in Atlanta.
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Republican senator appears to mix up basketball teams during heated attack
YouTube video by Guardian News
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7h
Americans have made it clear: They do NOT want ICE at the polls. A new Numbers/Verasight survey found 59% of voters oppose ICE at polling places. Subscribe to our free newsletters to be the first to know what's happening in the fight for free and fair elections: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Carolleisa @carolleisa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sometimes it’s Amazon. Sometimes it’s Google. Sometimes it’s a company you’ve never heard of. They want your land, your water, your power grid, your tax base. #Datacenters are a supercharged corporate attack on the public good. www.theframelab.org/mps-data-cen...
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Data Centers Isuse Hurts Trump—If Democrats Pounce
AI. Crypto. Trump. All three are the same con with different wigs.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h
🚌 NEWSWEEK: “Soaring diesel prices are putting mounting pressure on school districts and school buscontractors responsible for transporting millions of students across the country each day.” #TrumpTax #Trumpflation www.newsweek.com/school-bus-r...
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 7h
They have one move: criminalize their victims
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h
Ken Paxton desperately tried to defend his handling of a child predator case by claiming the defendant “served 60 days.” Then came the Community Note...
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Ken Paxton Defends Handling of Child Predator Case
Community Note: “Paxton's office initially recommended 1 day in jail.”
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 7h
Strategy includes increased security funding for synagogues, and focus on folding Jewish history into public school education
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Mamdani releases plan to combat antisemitism and hate crimes in New York City
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7h
NEW: A growing MAGA chorus has been pushing for Trump to declare a national emergency so he can seize control over elections from states. Voting rights advocates say doing so would be blatantly unconstitutional — but worry that such an order could suppress voting nonetheless.
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Could Trump take over voting by declaring a ‘national emergency’?
Advocates agree such an attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional but still worry that such an emergency order could suppress voting nonetheless.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h
Trump continues to steal your money to pay for political ads while media companies continue to be co-conspirators to a crime by accepting the stolen funds.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h
Media companies who accept taxpayer money for Trump’s illegal campaign ads should be investigated and prosecuted if appropriate. Media executives accepting this money should be subpoenaed to appear before a Democratic Congress to explain why they are complicit in a crime.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
At this moment Elon Musk alone is worth $893,449,882,001
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h
Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner think the way to negotiate with these barbarians is to offer them business deals.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 18h
🏛️ The Supreme Court’s fall term has officially kicked off. The Court will decide which cases it will hear over the coming months. This time around, some of them could impact U.S. democracy. Here are the voting rights and elections cases we’ll be looking out for:
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Supreme Court could take up these critical election cases as new term begins
The decisions made at Monday's "long conference" could have a huge impact on American democracy.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 18h
“You don’t have to stretch to paint this picture: OpenAI models are attacking websites and taking anything they can out of them because that is the business model of the company.”
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Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man? - The American Prospect
OpenAI’s models aren’t “going rogue” from their creators as much as they are mimicking them.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h
Why won’t network evening news broadcasts show their audience video of Trump dozing off during press events in the Oval Office in the middle of the day while people are talking, as he’s done dozens and dozen of times? Is that not newsworthy? Is it impolite? Will you lose access?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h
I guess the point is that Roger Marshall wants to keep this story in the news cycle as long as possible. Nice work.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 17h
Kids are being institutionalized. A health care death spiral may be next. I spoke to Shouldn't Need to be a Lawyer's @matthewcort.land about how to make people care about the GOP's savage attacks on our ability to survive.
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Kids are being institutionalized. A health care death spiral may be next. | LOLGOP Studios
Shouldn't Need to be a Lawyer's Matthew Cortland on making people care about the GOP's savage attacks on our ability to survive. I wanted th
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One of the biggest stories of 2027 will be the savagery of the GOP's Medicaid cuts. But the most indefensible cruelty has already begun, with disabled kids being ripped from their homes and sent to asylums, @matthewcort.land told me.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17h
Jamie Raskin calls out the shitty ads as a crime (this was cited by CNN and other stories). This is the kind of Xitter post that I beg of @raskin.house.gov or other MoCs to cross-post over here -- not least bc more people over here are likely to magnify it.
Rep. Jamie Raskin

@RepRaskin
This may be felony criminal theft and conversion of government property for political campaign purposes. 18 U.S.C. § 1641. It is a Hatch Act violation for any government employees who worked on it or used government resources to make it. It is blatantly unethical under numerous federal ethics provisions proscribing the use of government resources for political campaigns.
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The White House is currently airing this video as an ad during commercial breaks on Fox News. 

It looks and sounds like a political spot and includes a disclaimer stating that it is paid for by the U.S. government.

The soundtrack: as images of Trump flash across the screen,

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today in Politics, Bulletin 469. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 469. 9/28/26
… Before we get into today’s Bulletin, first a programming note.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 18h
Russia has one enormous strategic advantage of which it is taking advantage. It can daily attack civilian targets--hospitals, universities, markets--knowing that while Ukraine can do the same, the Ukrainians are too humane to do so.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 17h
this is the rape culture btw. the one women have been warning you about, and were told we were hysterical and over-sensitive and couldn't take a joke, and that rape allegations ruin men's lives, and now we live in a meritocracy where the only "merit" is who has hurt the most women
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16h
Update: The Texas Tribune identified Gregory Feathers as the ICE agent who fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston.
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16h
NEW: A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.
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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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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 16h
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17h
Rep. Mike Collins, the Trump-endorsed GOP candidate for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat, said he was “fine” with the idea of federal troops at voting sites. In reality, deploying armed federal agents to polling places isn’t “fine” — it’s illegal: demdock.com/4ykNqzg
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 16h
Anyone notice how Pete Hegseth spent the first few weeks of the Iran bombing campaign in front of the cameras telling us how awesome it was going and now we haven’t seen him for months?
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