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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...
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We Have No Supreme Court
The philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.
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The appellants mount two main attacks on the district
court’s speech-related sanction. First, they argue that the court
lacked a sufficient basis to find that the lawsuit and the settlement
were collusive and that Messrs. Brito and Epstein acted in bad faith.
Second, they contend that the sanction is a broad and impermissible gag order which constitutes a prior restraint and violates the
First Amendment. We conclude that the appellants have not made
a strong showing that they will succeed on either of these grounds.The appellants did not submit or offer any evidence to explain their litigation conduct or demonstrate that the lawsuit and the settlement were not collusive. Given the record before us, the
appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court
committed clear error in its collusion and bad faith findings
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Phil Szostak @philszostak.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“Tony [Gilroy] finally turned to me, and he said, ‘Hey, you just got to stop pitching plot. Plot is bullshit. Plot is what happens when you get the behavior right. Pitch me a line of dialogue, pitch me atmosphere, pitch me something visual. Stop pitching stuff that happens.’” 1/2
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/09/2026
i am finishing up the book REGIME CHANGE and the only real takeaway from it should be that the president is legitimately delusional and that the entire White House is structured to feed and defer to his delusions
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I wish our government would go after pedophiles like they go after brown men headed to work at 7 am. I wish they would close billionaire tax loopholes like they close our public schools. I wish they would fund healthcare like they fund forever wars in the Middle East.
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David Nir @davidnir.com · 31/08/2026
For some reason, this is recirculating today. 0 for 3 so far. Meanwhile, the midterm convention is airing opposite the NFL season opener, and Mike Johnson reportedly may send the House into an early recess.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
PabloReports: What do you make of Trump saying Americans who oppose data centers are backwards and poor? AOC: I mean, how about we put one in Mar-a-Lago? I love that. Let’s put a data center at Mar-a-Lago, and we’ll see how backwards and poor he is in response to that.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.
Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 31/08/2026
I can't pretend I don't enjoy that spectacle. He's always kicked his most loyal dogs the hardest.
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Paul W. @nerdpaulnyc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Honestly this was obvious from the moment he chose to not end the Iran war at the first ceasefire
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Trump has shifted his main talking point on the midterms to: We are going to lose but it won’t be my fault it will be the fault of all the other Republicans.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I don't agree with that. Because there is zero chance of whipping the votes, building the consensus if it's not public. I explain in this piece. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/clybu...
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Clyburn: Let’s Add Four
Rep. James Clyburn (D) of South Carolina said today on Meet the...
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
a fun and telling thing to track will be whether twitch streamer hasan piker or sitting united states congressman max miller receives more mainstream news media coverage between now and the election www.the-downballot.com/p/morning-di...
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Morning Digest: Thought Max Miller would become a GOP pariah? Nope.
Republicans in competitive races are still backing the congressman—and keeping his contributions
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 27/08/2026
Exclusive: Experts and former officials say accounts are running dry, and funding a war with no clear endgame is the main challenge
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Trump’s war on Iran is rapidly draining US navy budget, documents and interviews reveal
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
On Facebook a lot of my friends are engaged in a debate over whether Ossoff is "selling out" (their words) Israel and I'm just like, folks, the other guy hires literal Nazis. What are we doing here?
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Paul W. @nerdpaulnyc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Carney has said as much out loud, there is not mystery here. Compliance gains you nothing, the only answer is to coordinate pain gains the US and hope midterms brings a congress willing to defend their prerogatives and US hegemony interests.
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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
One thing I'm noticing is that when Charlie Kirk died, nobody actually had any stories about him doing anything nice for anyone
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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/08/2026
dolly parton taught millions of children to read dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine if there was a right side of something she was on it
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It was nice to see that the COE & what it did was finally accurately described, which is the first time in ProPublica's or anyone else's reporting. There are some parts that could be better explained, but overall this is the best reporting on CHMR I've seen so far. 1/
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Terrible. "By the time the U.S. began attacking Iran, Central Command, which said it needed a minimum of nine of its 16 [civilian protection] staffers to function, was left with one person...A U.S. airstrike hit a school, killing more than 100 children." www.propublica.org/article/hegs...
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Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.
The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part...
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The Cook Political Report @cookpolitical.com · 20/08/2026
🚨 Cook Political Report is shifting 4 key statewide race ratings: #TXSEN: Lean R → Toss Up
 #IASEN: Lean R → Toss Up #TXGOV: Solid R → Likely R #IAGOV: Toss Up → Lean D Read our latest: www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/gov...
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Texas and Iowa Senate Races Move to Toss Up; Races for Governor Also Move in Democrats’ Direction
The battle for the Senate is about to intensify ahead of the traditional Labor Day starting gun. Republicans still retain a structural advantage given the partisan challenges of the map, and Democrats still need almost every key race to break their way. But as we recently wrote, in a wave election akin to 2006, even states that President Donald Trump won by double digits could move within Democrats’ reach.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I kindly ask that we collectively stop grading the literal president of the United States and the man who effectively is the GOP on a curve
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
See how this headline sane-washes that insane Truth Social Post?
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Caroline Baxter @convergingriskslab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
There is so much to this that boggles the mind. First, NYT is commenting on a social media post on the President's own platform. Did POTUS actually direct SECDEF to scale back Ulchi Freedom Shield? Do we even know? (1/I dunno, let's see how it goes) www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...
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Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea (Gift Article)
In a social media post, the president scolded South Korea for not helping denuclearize Iran, and also praised North Korea and its leader.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 16/08/2026
Because of global cuts to foreign aid, the Gates Foundation has predicted that 2025 will be the first year this century where child deaths will increase.
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USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying
The U.S. government has repeatedly insisted that no one — and, particularly, no children — have died because of its funding cuts. But the AP has documented the deaths of women and children from Myanmar to Nigeria.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"Scaling back the exercise is, of course, an insane decision, which does nothing but hurt an ally, and tempt an adversary to think—correctly—that American leadership is feckless." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump Will Make South Korea Pay For His Iran Humiliation
His rage is driving him to make irrational policy choices.
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I’m serious, I don’t want to see any “see America is too islamophobic to elect him, Rogers is going to win” shit. Shut up. Have some self respect.
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David Nir @davidnir.com · 13/08/2026
This is an excellent, overlooked point. With David Crowley's win on Tuesday, three different Black Democrats could win governor's races in November. The other two are Keisha Lance Bottoms in GA & Aaron Ford in NV. That would equal the total number of Black people elected governor *ever*.
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Expert: David Crowley’s Primary Win Sets Up Historic Midterms for Black Democrats Across the US – The Root
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
BREAKING: For the first time since it was filled, the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) has fallen below 300 million barrels to 298.7 million, down 6.1 million barrels from a week ago. Declines are likely for a few more weeks before the authorized release is complete.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 10/08/2026
Turns out all those food safety regulations existed for a reason! Who knew?
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is important!
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination...He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers." Thank you @rephaleystevens.bsky.social. haleyformi.com/news/haley-s...
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
They're both a core part of Dem leadership and have 90s era beliefs about what voters want. Jeffries and Schumer are ideologically aligned and when Jeffries was born is irrelevant, but he was getting a master's in Public Policy in 1994. His political coming of age was in the Clinton era.
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Information asymmetry ‘lemon problem’ - unable to tell at a glance *which* goods are high quality, consumers assume they are all relatively low quality and thus only pay for cheap ones
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The president is a convicted felon, and he hasn’t stopped criming.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 01/08/2026
this is extremely good, not because I think Harris is likely to be the nominee again but because this is how expanding the Court becomes table stakes for everyone who wants to run for President
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
by way of idle wishful thinking - would be great if NYT hired a science writer/thinker for the op-ed page to tell us what’s happening and what’s at stake in the sciences, at a time when they are under attack in a way Galileo would recognize, while newspaper science journalism is facing extinction
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I'm a lot more confident The New York Times will exist two years from now than I am that 60 Minutes will.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Ask yourself this: Why did Trump order ICE vehicle stops to resume after they resulted in such horrific shooting deaths? Because the violence and the terror are the point. newrepublic.com/article/2133...
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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I'm going to spend more time highlighting good stuff rather than dunking on things that were *expressly written in order to bait people into dunking on it.* So here, @simonwdc.bsky.social is doing a service by regularly highlighting/elevating obscure Dem candidates.
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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 20/07/2026
On vacation this week but ICYMI, I wrote about what we've recently learned re: how ICE incorporating its 'UAC Safety Verification Initiative' into the scope of the agency's Task Force 287(g) program, and the layered contracts hiding the bounty rewards behind this work.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal.
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Steve Liesman @steveliesman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Pres Trump’s plan to charge for early access to his pronouncements on his truth social company should be illegal. The information he releases is not his personal property. It belongs to the people. He has no right to sell and profit from it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026
My takeaway from that speech is that we are headed down the road of Trump trying to outright rig elections. It probably won't work, but he's going for it.
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WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026
A statement from WIRED leadership.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
As Biden warned about democracy's collapse, TV networks aired reruns
While broadcasters typically air a prime-time address by the president, they determined that this speech was more 'political' than newsworthy for live coverage
September 2, 2022
More than 3 years ago
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Senator Chris Coons @coons.senate.gov · 15/07/2026
RFK Jr. made Cyclospora tracking optional, gutting a CDC program used to detect outbreaks. Now cyclosporiasis has hit 31 states. That's what happens when you dismantle the systems designed to keep us safe. www.npr.org/2026/07/12/n...
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What to know about cyclosporiasis, the intestinal illness hitting the U.S.
A surge of cases of the intestinal illness that causes diarrhea and fatigue has been detected in 34 states. Here's how what to do if you suspect you have it and how to avoid infection.
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