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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20h
You really can’t make this shit up.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17h
Today in life under…competitive authoritarianism You don’t have to believe me. You can simply read the experts who, quite literally, invented the concept:
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Capital B Gary @capitalbgary.bsky.social · 19h
The 91,000-square-foot YMCA facility opened Monday in Tolleston. Capital B toured the campus to see what Gary residents are getting. bit.ly/4dOV6BD
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Gary’s New $50 Million YMCA Opens in Tolleston - Capital B Gary
The 91,000-square-foot facility opened Monday in Tolleston. Capital B toured the campus to see what Gary residents are getting.
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 18h
“The State Department’s Office of Remigration, a small unit carved out of its refugee bureau, has pledged at least $410 million in taxpayer money to secure deals with 31 countries, mostly in Africa and Latin America, that agree to accept third-country deportees.” [Linda Chavez, @theunpopulist.net]
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The Supreme Court Just Consigned Migrants to Cruelty Far Beyond Their Crimes
Letting the administration deport them for now to nasty third-country dictatorships should shock our conscience
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Wendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 17h
"They are unambiguously illegal—and that’s part of the point. Again and again, this administration has broken the law not just to accomplish some immediate goal, but as an assertion of power, a dominance display, to say to everyone: *Donald Trump does whatever he wants, and nobody can stop him.*"
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 19h
⁨Arizona was hit hardest by SNAP cuts. A 52% reduction in recipients - that's 400,000 people, including hungry children, who have been kicked off assistance. Juan Ciscomani voted for this in the BBB and expects Arizonans to forgive him?⁩
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 18h
Lucan Way and I have been writing about competitive authoritarianism for more than 25 years. We never thought we'd write this piece. www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/com...
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Competitive Authoritarianism in America | Journal of Democracy
The United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism. The slide has been modest and remains reversible—but it is real. Even after Donald Trump, American democracy will remain fragile.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope everyone reads this, thinks about it and then shares it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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A few hundred noncitizen votes are a national scandal. But when states reject hundreds of thousands of ballots from eligible voters, it’s business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23h
Reuters: FAMILY OF RENEE GOOD SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER FATAL MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTING BY IMMIGRATION AGENT
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 22h
Trump’s tax cuts – and botched tariffs – will add $1.2 trillion to federal deficits over the next 5 years. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 17h
Investors now demand extra pay to hold long-term U.S. debt. Inflation, the debt, and uncertainty about the Fed and Treasury response are making the situation worse. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17h
BREAKING: a federal court in Seattle just slapped down Trump for illegally firing the U.S. Attorney there! We @democracydefendersfund.org & were proud with Ashurst Perkins to file a brief for dozens of BIPARTISAN former US attorneys advocating this outcome storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Brief of Former United States Attorneys as Amici Curiae – #23, Att. #2 in Rogoff v. Trump (W.D. Wash., 2:26-cv-02566) – CourtListener.com
MOTION for Leave to File Brief as Amci Curiae, filed by Amicus Former United States as Amici Curiae. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order, # 2 Brief of Former United States Attorneys as Amici Curiae) Noti...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h
i suppose i’m not surprised that it is difficult to make people care about something that is low visibility — the vast majority of people have no idea who piker is — and low salience. i think we’re also going to find, for similar reasons, that the anti-trans messaging isn’t working either.
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RockLion🌎☮💙 @jduke77.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Is Josh Hawley nervous about being dethroned as "Missouri's Most Incompetent Senator"?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20h
We're constantly told that Donald Trump is playing three dimensional chess when, instead, he's just trying to play demential go-fish.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h
Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 22h
BREAKING: Davey Hearn reflecting pool prosecution dismissed WITH PREJUDICE That means the case cannot be brought again  Huge victory for Davey, for us at @democracydefendersfund.org & our legal team colleagues Washington Litigation Group and Steptoe--& for rule of law More to follow!
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PNWCassieCat 🇺🇦🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @cassandrashuman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is important.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WARNING: The Ellison family is about to own CBS News AND CNN. A judge just cleared the deal. Closing: days away. When one family controls what tens of millions watch, democracy loses a watchdog. Independent media isn't a luxury. It's your last line of defense.
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Laurel Davila @laureldavilacpa.bsky.social · 18h
Sen. Patty Murray calls Trump’s $810 million pocket rescission “theft from the American people, plain and simple.” He canceled housing counseling and health research money he already signed into law, while families drown in costs. Who exactly does that help? #PayToPlayPresident
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18h
OMG you have GOT to be kidding me
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Former Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Dies of Sepsis After Botched Black-Market Penis Enlargement Injections" - headline five years from now
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 23h
Here's my latest at Public Notice:
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 19h
Bigshot Washington reporters really want to make the Rahm Emanuel presidential campaign a thing. It ain’t gonna work. paulwaldman.substack.com/p/stop-tryin...
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Stop Trying to Make Rahm Emanuel Happen
Elite political reporters are eager to boost his presidential bid. But there has seldom been a candidate more poorly suited to a historical moment.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We need AI regulation yesterday. The incentive driving the doom scenario is simply greed. I don't take PAC money from OpenAI, or any AI corporation, or any corporation for that matter.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 21h
No bad trade deals. End dumb tariffs. Stop the wars. Invest here. Build things in Michigan. Watch our latest ad:
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h
Of course the primary reason why CNN and MS NOW are running the illegal taxpayer-funded Trump campaign ads is because they are afraid of the Trump Admin coming after them if they refuse. The path of least resistance is compliance caused by fear and intimidation.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h
It's when a president illegally confiscates money appropriated by Congress for a specific purpose because he decides, after the appropriation becomes law, that he doesn't like it. The fact that the Republican Congress ignores that is another reason they should be voted out. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22h
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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Torturously Okay @torturouslyokay.bsky.social · 22h
Natalie turning up with no previous indication she was there made me literally guffaw
Natalie Harp, without introduction, interjects some details into Trump’s Time Magazine interview
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Susanne democratic socialist @momoftwo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is why independent journalists like Aaron Rupar and Public Notice are so vital. Subscribe.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026
i think cox should spend less time weeping about polarization and more time working to convince his co-partisans not to abandon pluralism and liberal democracy
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Three million highly sensitive records, out in the open for nine months.
Pete Hegseth drunk and drenchedKash Patel drunk
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
“What a crock of sh*t!” Katie Phang torches Todd Blanche after he declares, “There’s not a prosecutor in this country that should ever, ever violate a court order,” pointing to the Trump DOJ’s documented noncompliance with court orders in her OWN Epstein files lawsuit.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
MAGA says they only want judges born in the US. Fine. Start with Trump’s BFF, Aileen Cannon, who was born in Cali, Colombia. Let’s see how long that rule lasts.
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1kr5ur43m.bsky.social @1kr5ur43m.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Ossoff on Mike Collins: "This is a congressman who called for executing immigrants by throwing them out of helicopter. He is a fanatic and Trump puppet."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23h
“It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.” — Dolly Parton
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL? The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?” Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: MS NOW EXCLUSIVE. Republican Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway. GOP Judiciary staff told Schmitt the texts — obtained from the Trump DOJ — were "unvetted." Schmitt still used them.
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Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.
As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 23h
The pay to play is off the charts
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23h
America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 21h
“This was a miscarriage of justice, and what happened to Mr. Hearn is an outrage that should shock every American. This administration chose to pursue an unjust prosecution against Mr. Hearn."
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Judge bars U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro from charging ex-Olympian in Reflecting Pool case
The judge dismissed the case against David Hearn with prejudice, citing “exceptional circumstances” that included President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Pirro’s office.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes.
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