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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A very strange political tactic trying to make villains of pediatricians— a group generally respected by most everyone and depended upon and still very trusted by most parents. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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norb12.bsky.social @norb12.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Medicaid cuts leave Geisinger finances shaken
Medicaid cuts leave Geisinger finances shaken
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Troy Jackson responds: “This is corruption of the highest order. Susan Collins delivered millions in taxpayer dollars for a corrupt donor bankrolling her campaign, & then Donald Trump helped her cover it up. No wonder she voted with him 96% of the time & has rubberstamped his agenda to hurt Maine.”
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Johnny 🫧 Cowlick @jefferycowlick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The fraud is coming from the right. Just like the corruption. And the cheating. And the violence. And the lying.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a sweeping package of election laws Saturday, including a measure making it a felony to seize ballots, election records or voting technology before an election is certified. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California enacts new election safeguards against potential Trump interference in midterms
It’s the latest move by the Golden State to prevent law enforcement or federal officials from disrupting the counting of votes ahead of the midterms.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
American Moron
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The worst human being to ever occupy the office. Just reprehensible scum.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A minor detail is missing from the headline.
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The Economist @economist.com · 06/09/2026
Donald Trump, who sees himself as an alpha male to his core, was never likely to limp quietly from office. Now that his dominance is threatened, the world will find him more disruptive than ever
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As his presidency flounders, Donald Trump is more dangerous than ever
Forget lame ducks. America’s president will defend his dominance like an ageing silverback gorilla
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 02/09/2026
Dutch central bank moves gold bars out of New York over ‘geopolitical unrest’ ft.trib.al/dpjubIo
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Dutch central bank moves gold bars out of New York over ‘geopolitical unrest’
DNB prefers London over the US city, pointing to better ‘tradeability’ of bullion
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Trump is brilliant if his purpose is to squander America's influence. But if his aim is to contain Iran's nuclear program, his war of choice provides a master class in incompetence. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | The Iran war is a master class in squandering a superpower’s credibility
Trump treats promises like bluffs. Allies are responding by building alternatives.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
A person who can say this without believing it is a psychopath. A person who can say this and believe it is psychotic. Either way, he’s beyond unfit for any office of public trust.
Trump: After we finish defeating Iran, I will be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
While struggling with the Reflecting Pool, Trump now takes his talents to aircraft carrier engineering.
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Artemus Knab 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @artemusknab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Damn.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The corruption is staggering in scale and scope, it doesn’t stop, and Republicans in Congress refuse to do any oversight because, as Mike Johnson admitted this week, they serve as a protection racket to cover up the crimes of the regime.
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The Economist @economist.com · 02/07/2026
We calculate the rising price of Americans’ summer staples
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How much will a 4th of July cookout cost this year?
We calculate the rising price of Americans’ summer staples
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Today the Supreme Court ruled in favor of our clients, Vet Voice Foundation and the Mississippi Alliance for Retired Americans, affirming a simple principle: a lawful ballot cast on time should be counted. elias.law/press-releas...
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Elias Law Group Statement on Supreme Court Victory  - Elias Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Elias Law Group Litigation Chair Elisabeth Frost released the following statement in response to today’s Supreme Court victory in Watson v.
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to show up in full combat gear on a hot summer day to the pool he filled with algae because he gave a paint job to one of his cigar puffing cronies. you are ordered to stop tourists from touching the green water. good luck soldier
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I guess this wasn't news last year because Haberman & Swan needed to make money publishing books instead of doing their jobs.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
At this point, Trump has been played by pretty much every country in the Middle East, from Israel and Saudi to the UAE and Qatar, and now by Iran itself. He’s like a Baby Huey in a world of grownups. He makes Jimmy Carter look like a canny master of geopolitical maneuvering.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/06/2026
ICYMI: After receiving a request from Peter Navarro, the Pentagon rushed to approve a deal to lend $620 million to a company linked to Donald Trump Jr. Now, lawmakers are demanding answers from the White House.
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Lawmakers Demand Answers After the White House Initiated a $620M Loan to a Firm Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
In a letter, a group of Democratic Congress members wrote that ProPublica’s reporting on the deal “reveals a staggering level of corruption and influence.”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
CENTCOM said the pilots shot down were rescued at 7:33 PM ET within 2 hours after they were shot down. Trump boarded the helicopter from Bedminster to go to the Knicks game at 6:57 PM ET. So he was on his way to the game after they were shot down and before they were rescued.
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Mark Zandi @markzandi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Financial pressure is mounting quickly, particularly on mid and low-income households. With the saving rate about as low as it ever goes, unless the war ends soon and energy prices come down, they will have little choice but to rein in their spending, weighing further on the already sagging economy.
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Mark Zandi @markzandi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
This is a big economic blow, but deficit-financed tax cuts have cushioned it. Until now. As of May 16th, the bigger tax refunds Americans have received this year no longer cover the higher costs of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel caused by the war.
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Mark Zandi @markzandi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
$100 billion. That’s our estimate of the cost of the Iran War to American households. That’s nearly $750 per household. This includes the additional U.S. military costs and the higher energy and other prices resulting from the war.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
“The call came from the White House: We have to get this done,” the person said.  About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Donald Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company. @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
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The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
For nearly a decade, the Pentagon was warned—by its own contractors, analysts, and intelligence agencies—that anyone with a credit card could buy a map of where American troops sleep, work, and store nuclear weapons. Now the bill has come due in a war zone. My latest at @wired.com
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The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years. Now They Are
The US military has long known that cheap fixes could stop location data from exposing its troops. It adopted almost none—and now says adversaries are using the data to target soldiers during a war.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Here’s your regular reminder that Republicans in Congress are okay with this
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Mark Zandi @markzandi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
And of all of this, with the benefit of massive deficit-financed tax cuts, which are now fading fast. The Iran war needs to end, and the Strait of Hormuz needs to be reopened soon, or recession will become more likely than not.
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Mark Zandi @markzandi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
And then, of course, there is the surge in inflation, which is closing in on 4%, double the Federal Reserve’s target.
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Mark Zandi @markzandi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Then there was the decline in real disposable income and another sharp decline in the personal saving rate, which has only been briefly lower in the housing bubble twenty years ago. Consumers are running out of financial resources to maintain their spending, which stalled out last month.
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Mark Zandi @markzandi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Then there is the durable goods report, which showed a decline in core capital goods in April. The decline comes after some strong readings, but it's still not great. New home sales were also weaker than expected, as higher mortgage rates overwhelmed homebuilders’ incentives.
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Mark Zandi @markzandi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The economy isn’t just soft, it’s struggling. That's the clear message in the flood of economic data released today. Ordered from least to most worrisome: First-quarter real GDP was revised down to just 1.6% and this includes the bounce back from the government shutdown at the end of last year.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 19/05/2026
Here’s the uncomfortable truth: Air power alone doesn’t win wars. Symbolic strikes don’t create strategy. And if you engage in war, you either commit to an achievable outcome or you shouldn’t start it in the first place. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Neither Winning Nor Leaving
The United States is stuck in the most dangerous place possible: a war with Iran we won’t end and won’t fully fight.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
AUTO LOAN DELINQUENCIES HIT 32-YEAR HIGH AS BORROWERS STRUGGLE WITH RECORD PAYMENTS
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
“A real hit on Jesus” is one of the funniest sentences I’ve ever heard.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 14/05/2026
A 4th grader wrote Congresswoman Virginia Foxx about EVs for a school assignment. She sent back propaganda accusations and a lecture on the national debt. I served with Foxx for 10 years. This is what MAGA does to people, and to character.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
It’s just as Kamala Harris predicted, the orange felon has destroyed the economy and has gone to war with Iran.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
US JOB DATA IS FLASHING RECESSION WARNING SIGNS. AMERICA HAS LOST 1.37 MILLION JOBS SO FAR THIS YEAR, WITH JOB LOSSES FOR 4 STRAIGHT MONTHS. SUCH A LONG STREAK OF FALLING EMPLOYMENT IS RARE OUTSIDE A RECESSION.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 09/05/2026
Your Saturday FYI: Russia is getting its ass handed to it, by Ukraine. Ukraine has “the cards.” Slava Ukrainii
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
“I keep thinking about what Pope Leo XIV said. ‘But woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.’ That is what occurred at Doral.” open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...
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MAGA Religious Leaders Dedicate and Bless 22-Foot Golden Trump Statue at Doral
A 22-foot, gold-leafed Trump effigy at Doral, blessed by Pastor Mark Burns and a circle of evangelical and Jewish clergy. The Catholic Church has a name for what just happened — and a duty to stop it.
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Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Bloomberg: “The world has burned through oilinventories at a record speed as the Iran war throttles flows from the Persian Gulf… The rapidly shrinking stockpiles mean that the risk of even more extreme price spikes and shortages is getting ever-closer…” #economy #oil #markets #middleeastwar
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
To slightly adapt Orwell: The Supreme Court told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was its final, most essential command.
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norb12.bsky.social @norb12.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
James Talarico: We are living in an era of corruption. I don’t just mean illegal activity. I mean corruption in the deeper sense — the rotting of something from the inside. This is, at its root, a spiritual crisis. And it will require a spiritual solution.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Democrats really should sue CBS for big bucks, as @brianbeutler.bsky.social proposed here. open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
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Time For The DNC To Sue CBS News For $20 Billion
A free idea for Ken Martin.
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