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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 6h

Democratic Underground cartoon

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 6h

Nat. Guard stopped Davey Hearn at the Reflecting Pool & told him he wasn't free to leave No rights read, no phone call, no charges explained until that night ... For touching peeling paint! @democracydefendersfund.org, Steptoe & WLG want the IGs to ask why👇 -TN

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Inspectors general should probe Reflecting Pool case, ex-Olympian’s attorneys say

Attorneys for David Hearn say they want inspectors general to investigate alleged misconduct by the Departments of Interior and Justice in the handling of the since-dismissed case.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 6h

"The federal government is lying to you." "The government has said that ICE does not zip tie or handcuff children." "They’ve denied engaging in racial profiling" "They’ve said the government is not wrongly arresting U.S. citizens." *We found the truth* projects.propublica.org/american-cit....

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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 27m

Agreed: wealth is power, and concentrated wealth corrodes democracy. The correction is small but matters. Taxing the rich was never about funding the government. It's about power and the gap. Dollars were never the scarce thing. #ChangeTheNarrative

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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 27m

Reich is right that wealth is power. But 'not just an economic issue' concedes too much. It was never an economic issue. Washington can't run out of dollars. Taxing the rich was always about power and the gap, not the funding. #ChangeTheNarrative

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 8h

"You know I used to be a really big proponent of working hard, but after I saw these brown people at a football game..."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic”

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 1h

the tech industry is about to invent books

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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2h

Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12h

Is it woke to be horrified by what happened at Cornell--and by the "boys will be boys" excuse-making of so many then and now? If so, perhaps we should all be a little more woke?

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 10h

NEW AD: Introducing SCANDUEL! The only betting app where you can parlay Ken Paxton’s scandals — and get paid! Here’s a tip: Always bet that he did the thing. 💰

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 5h

For the first time, we’re partnering with labor unions to speed up and modernize hiring for city jobs. It should be easy, fast, and fair to find a good-paying job serving the city we call home — and after 100 years, we’re due for an update.

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Mamdani Enlists Unions in Push to Overhaul NYC Hiring

A new mayoral task force will study the dysfunctional 143-year-old civil service system and propose changes in Albany.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6h

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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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h

Wrongly indicted, charges dropped, and now we learn prosecutors allegedly knew the Reflecting Pool renovation was failing and they charged David Hearn anyway. I hope he sues their asses off.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h

If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money. They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America. There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h

Yes, Pete Hegseth is so incompetent that our troops go without necessary medical care, but at least they are called "warriors" now while they go untreated. So it all evens out . . .

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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them

Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 5h

It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...

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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.

The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 7h

There it is

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Judge Stadtmueller, a Reagan appointee in Wisconsin, orders the release of an ICE detainee in part because of the "systemic rigging of bond hearings against detainees." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Funkybat - Kevin W. @funkybat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

To anybody in Michigan who still seems hesitant to vote for El-Sayed, I would ask them simply to listen to him speak at length with any interviewer, friendly or hostile. Listen to his ideas, his answers, & think about whether what he’s saying makes more sense than what his opponents are saying.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It is my honor and privilege to announce that President @barackobama.bsky.social is joining us on the trail in Detroit on Saturday, October 24. Get. Ready.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Jack Smith gets more love and admiration in a single night out to a concert than Donald has struggled to get in eight painful decades of rejection.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...

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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics

Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

AI is being used to... -Facilitate online scams -Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials -Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing -Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future. They're already here.

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Teeklin @teeklin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This only matters if, after you win the election, you properly punish ALL the fascists and burn the system that allowed them to exist to the fucking ground and salt the ashes. We already took out the fascists by voting in 2020. But we didn't have the courage to do what was needed, so here we are.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Levin: People then said, “Do you think you can take out a fascist just by voting, just by organizing? You think that’s how this works?” Yes, that’s how this works. If they can do it in Hungary, we can do it here.

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davidej2025.bsky.social @davidej2025.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One of the greatest presidents has returned to help defeat the most corrupt person in US history.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

At a time in history when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, democracy, and decency, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction — fawning over the most dangerous authoritarian America has ever witnessed. Do not forget this.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/10/2026

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Israel has never entirely been off alert,” Yonatan Touval writes from Tel Aviv. “A state of emergency declared in May 1948 remains. There is something absurd about a national emergency old enough to have grandchildren.”

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Opinion | Israelis Are Exhausted. There Is a Way Out.

In a nation on perpetual alert, many hope that the elections will bring some relief.

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hear-ye--hear-ye.bsky.social @hear-ye--hear-ye.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Billionaires profit off of healthcare Billionaires control all our media Once a candidate starts talking about Free healthcare The media targets that candidate that will cost them profits. Do you see this played out in the media? Attack profits, the rich attack back www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePg...

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Healthcare Is Broken—And It’s Not Getting Better

YouTube video by UNFTR Media

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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is the move. 'Tax dollars' imagines a vault we filled. 'Public money' names the truth: our government creates it and spends it in our name. The words we use shape what we think is possible. #ChangeTheNarrative

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

$100 to the first reporter who asks Eric Schmitt what he plans to do next now that his political ambitions are over

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I will never forgive or forget a single Republican Senator who voted yes on RFK Jr.’s confirmation as HHS Secretary. But as you know I hold especial contempt for Bill Cassidy (R, Invertebrate) for greasing the skids for RFK Jr. and for the destruction of U.S. public health.

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Everything Pedolf Shitler says is bullshit. He couldn’t tell the truth to save his worthless, shitty life.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tim Snyder is correct: If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money and tackle our corrupt system. There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You can’t drive to John Roberts’ Maine retreat, but they can’t stop protesting kayakers. Holding signs: “Roberts Benched the Constitution,” a local columnist is urging residents to openly shun him, writing, “May you never feel welcome here again.” Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

ONE MONTH FROM TODAY:

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Mike Brock 🇺🇸 @brockm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Seriously, though. The GOP falling into the trap of trying to use Hasan Piker as the mascot of the Dems as their ace strategy this cycle just demonstrates how terminally online they all are. Nobody gives a fuck.

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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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