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fran #DemForce @newpage-fd.bsky.social · 1h
Going for it
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 10h
Abdul El-Sayed, "I'd rather have an economy that makes 1,000 millionaires than one billionaire."
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theresaapodaca.bsky.social @theresaapodaca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Migrant Caravans usually show up in late September/early October and peak around 3days before Election Day. They go into a dormant state from the 2nd week in November until the following election cycle. You can set your watch to the whole process.
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wjk198355.bsky.social @wjk198355.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Republicans are getting so desperate they're breaking out the old "caravans of immigrants are coming" screed.
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raventerp1.bsky.social @raventerp1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Poor GOP racists are just terrified of changing demographics.
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Joelelan @typomaker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Also, if caravans at the border is a threat, isn’t Trump the one responsible?
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 01/10/2026
The Trump administration's scare tactics ahead of the midterms have hit a usual refrain: "migrant caravan." In reality, it's about 600 people (mostly families) who are 1,000 miles from the border. Just when gas prices keep climbing, Trump world is looking for a distraction. This is their attempt.
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gijspgas.bsky.social @gijspgas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Early voting for the midterm elections begins: Data shows high voter enthusiasm among Democrats. www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/p...
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Early voting data shows emerging signs of a Democratic advantage in the midterms | CNN Politics
Election Day is still a month away, but more than 550,000 Americans have already voted across 29 states. There are signs emerging of the advantage Democrats have in motivating their voters – a trend t...
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fran #DemForce @newpage-fd.bsky.social · 1h
projects sited in tracts of rural land across the country will be newly eligible for a set of specific CORPORATE TAX BENEFITS under a program expanded by the bill...⁉️⁉️ www.wired.com/story/rural-...
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Rural Data Centers Are in for a Big Federal Tax Break
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act,  data center projects in rural areas could be eligible for major tax benefits starting next year. Some hyperscalers do not seem eager to take the free cash.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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fran #DemForce @newpage-fd.bsky.social · 10h
All good things come to those who wait....while Ukraine is being destroyed & Russian people suffer....Jared, Steve, djt, Putin reap the spoils
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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 22h
School music programs are getting absolutely bodied by tariffs, per @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...
The effective tariff rate on instruments in June was about 13 percent, said Cullen Hendrix, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. That was down from a peak of nearly 24 percent last September but more than twice as high as before Mr. Trump’s second term.
Band and orchestral instruments have been hit the hardest, he said. In the second quarter of this year, imports of instruments were down nearly 20 percent from the same period in 2024. Imports of orchestral string instruments, including violins, violas and cellos, dropped 50 percent. Brass instruments fell 43 percent.

“It’s hitting the horns, it’s hitting the strings, it’s hitting the percussion,” Mr. Hendrix said. “All of those things combined are kind of sapping the available pool of tools that we can provide these children to begin their journey.”
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 17h
Brilliant. (This treads on a serious issue that can unite all Texans behind @jamestalarico.bsky.social!)
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fran #DemForce @newpage-fd.bsky.social · 10h
They never LISTEN ... to themselves
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fran #DemForce @newpage-fd.bsky.social · 11h
"Spending $43.6 billion on a war started for the sake of Trump’s ego while Michiganders can’t afford the basics is a travesty,” said Lawrence. “The American people deserve real security: housing and healthcare they can count on, not endless wars.” distillsocial.substack.com/p/tired-of-e...
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Tired of endless war? Looking to support Michiganders?
William Lawrence shares top 10 better ways to spend the $43.6 billion sent to Trump’s reckless war in Iran with Distill Social
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Distill Social @distillsocial.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Doug Lloyd wants to be Michigan’s Attorney General. His reproductive healthcare record deserves a giant spotlight. Last night, Lloyd raised money with David Kallman, the attorney who fought to let county prosecutors enforce Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban, a law with no exception for rape or incest.
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democracy4u.bsky.social @democracy4u.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
While Putin's missiles fell on Ukraine, Washington quietly pulled $52 million from NATO allies on Russia's doorstep. No speech. No vote. Just a letter to Congress. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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THE COMMITTEE FOR A RESPONSIBLE OSAGE NATION GOVERNMENT @cfarong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Is Cuba next? And the intervention in Venezuela was no incident: see this interesting map of the long and frequent history of US interventionism in Latin American countries.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 02/10/2026
A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Trump administration over its rollback of fuel efficiency standards, which it called a "giveaway" to the oil and auto industries.
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Trump Administration Sued Over 'Callous Giveaway to Big Oil and Big Auto'
One environmental advocate involved in the lawsuit said the Trump administration's rollback of fuel efficiency standards "will mean wasted gas, more air pollution, and higher costs for Americans who are already struggling with high fuel prices."
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mags69.bsky.social @mags69.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Five Questions with Iowa’s Democratic Senate Candidate, Josh Turek
Two recent polls show him in the lead
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sounds like every wife beater you’ve ever heard of. And by the way, MAGA! Didn’t we (tragically) give you another chance back in November of ‘24?!
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A Dandelion @onedandelion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A win! A D.C. Superior Court judge has permanently barred Jeanine Pirro’s office from prosecuting a former Olympic canoeist over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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DC judge permanently dismisses case charging ex-Olympian with vandalizing Reflecting Pool
A judge in Washington has agreed to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Sukie 💙🇺🇸🇺🇦🌊 @froggybottompond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
''I'd like to go ahead and solve it. The Atlanta Hawks.''
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mike Rogers has the audacity to lie to you about his plan like he didn't vote 4 times to stop you from getting cheaper medication from Canada, take $1M from Big Pharma, and vote 19 times to keep prescription drug prices higher. GTFOH.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is clear that Democrats are set to sweep control of Congress in free and fair elections. It is also clear that Trump and the GOP are working to make sure the elections are not free and fair. I founded Democracy Docket to help you stay informed to fight back. demdock.com/4w6emld
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The Hill @thehill.com · 29/09/2026
President Trump’s new government-funded ads pledging to “cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists” are getting strong pushback from Senate Republicans who are warning the president not to use taxpayer money to promote himself in such a brazenly political way.
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GOP senators push back on Trump’s taxpayer-funded ad
President Trump’s new government-funded ads pledging to “cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists” are getting strong pushback from Senate Republicans who are warning the president not …
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fran #DemForce @newpage-fd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 28/09/2026
Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near michiganadvance.com/2026/09/28/r...
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Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near • Michigan Advance
Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm e...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 29/09/2026
‘Dumbfounds us all’: Congress struggles with policies rippling from AI development michiganadvance.com/2026/09/28/r...
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‘Dumbfounds us all’: Congress struggles with policies rippling from AI development • Michigan Advance
The challenges and dire threats surrounding the unchecked growth of artificial intelligence appear unlikely to move Congress or President Donald Trump to act as the U.S. Senate enters its last week be...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 29/09/2026
Citizens Research Council outlines impacts of Mop Up Michigan initiative michiganadvance.com/2026/09/29/c... From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
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Citizens Research Council outlines impacts of Mop Up Michigan initiative • Michigan Advance
As absentee ballots make their way to voters, Michigan residents this election season are faced with another question beyond just candidates running for various offices.
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fran #DemForce @newpage-fd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What an embarrassing waste of time and tax $$
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fran #DemForce @newpage-fd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There were no ties between Durán Guerrero, Arenas-Silva and Coronilla Durán, but within those 24 hours, the 3 men became connected as casualties: 24 hours. 3 states. 3 people dead. Countless lives changed in seconds. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Three deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surge
These men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in Trump’s anti-immigration campaign
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is what the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool looks like today after a $17M deliberate fuck up and the orange felon won’t stop until he destroys everything. Makes me sick to my stomach every day.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Mamdani in response to Kimmel asking him to send Trump a selfie of the two of them: "I love you, but I love housing more"
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fran #DemForce @newpage-fd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Boasberg is now in a sense carrying the load for American society and history. The administration has been intent from its first minutes in office on the Orwellian project of whitewashing history and erasing Trump’s perfidy newrepublic.substack.com/p/this-is-a-...
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This Is a Crucial Week in the Fight Against Trump’s Assault on the Law
Remember when the DOJ defied the judge who ordered those El Salvador–bound planes to turn around? Well, this week brings a new and important chapter in that story.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Pope can’t resist his pizza.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump White House official app is fraught with trackers. The White House app covertly collects excessive user data and shares it with third-party trackers while sidestepping federal security rules. For example, the app includes scripts to monitor a user's location several times per minute.
washingtonsun.com
White House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With Trackers
The White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Loved being at @waynelawschool.bsky.social in Detroit on Friday for the Wayne Law Review Symposium to Examine Oligarchy, Power, and the Rule of Law Knowledge is power & the more we learn, the better prepared we are for the battle!
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A federal judge just warned Todd Blanche he could be held in contempt for hiding Epstein files. The Attorney General. Contempt. Congress can make him hand them over. Tell them to: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Demand AG Blanche release ALL of the Epstein files now
Contact Congress today!
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WIRED @wired.com · 28/09/2026
With the threat of political violence at unprecedented levels, state and federal GOP candidates are openly sharing racist, pro-militia, anti-vaccine, sexist, antisemitic, and secessionist views.
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These Extremists Are Running for Election in November
With the threat of political violence at unprecedented levels, state and federal GOP candidates are openly sharing racist, pro-militia, anti-vaccine, sexist, antisemitic, and secessionist views.
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has assigned personnel to use "advanced intelligence and cyber capabilities to identify, disrupt, and neutralize foreign interference" in the upcoming elections, Axios has learned. Who checks if Hegseth is planning to meddle in elections www.axios.com/2026/09/28/h...
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Exclusive: Hegseth directs Defense Dept. to fight foreigners who "meddle" in U.S. elections
Hegseth's order doesn't direct military personnel to the polls, but Trump hasn't ruled that out.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The 4-year-olds don’t know where they are and what’s going on" “I have no one. I have nothing.” This is beyond grotesque. Shame, Shame, Shame on Trump and everyone involved in this horror.
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Peter Principle @peterprinciple.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Don't worry, Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon's cyber warriors are going to "protect" the election. www.axios.com/2026/09/28/h...
axios.com
Exclusive: Hegseth directs Defense Dept. to fight foreigners who "meddle" in U.S. elections
Hegseth's order doesn't direct military personnel to the polls, but Trump hasn't ruled that out.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 28/09/2026
Just in case it wasn’t clear, when they say the U.S. Government’s paying for this, that’s YOUR taxpayer dollars they’re using. I’ll say this as many times as I need to: it is ILLEGAL to use American taxpayer dollars from the government to pay for candidates’ or parties’ political ads.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today, the Trump administration finalized a rule to roll back Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for new cars and light trucks. In response, @thiggins.bsky.social, senior vice president for Energy and Environment at CAP, issued the following statement: ampr.gs/4d63NYa
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STATEMENT: Americans Will Pay a Steep Price for the Trump Administration’s Rollback of Fuel Economy Standards
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