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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Change will be hard. Many corporate Dems and centrists will wet their beds and cry. They will do everything to keep their feathered nest. It's time to clean house and make life uncomfortable for them. It's the only way for us to have a chance. www.axios.com/2026/03/08/d...

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Ken Martin's dysfunctional DNC alarms Democrats

Donors, operatives and some DNC members are questioning his leadership, fundraising ability and handling of the party's 2024 election "autopsy."

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946. In 2007, the US president was born in 1946. In 2017, the US president was born in 1946. And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

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Mythic 🦊 @mythicalredfox.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads:

The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.

And our governments are very much the same...

- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 28/02/2026

🚨 IMPORTANT: Hours before Pres. Trump announced “major combat operations” to achieve regime change in Iran, Oman’s foreign min. — the chief mediator in U.S.-Iran nuclear talks — told CBS a breakthrough deal could be reached “tomorrow” & warned that military action would derail it. Read the full...

🚨 IMPORTANT: Hours before President Trump announced “major combat operations” to achieve regime change in Iran, Oman’s foreign minister — the chief mediator in U.S.-Iran nuclear talks — told CBS a breakthrough deal could be reached “tomorrow” and warned that military action would derail it.

Read the full breakdown of Trump’s claims vs. what Oman’s FM told

🔹 “Imminent Threat”
Trump framed strikes as necessary to eliminate an “imminent” threat.
FM Badr Al Busaidi said “a peace deal is within our reach” and that negotiators have made “substantial progress.” He said broad political terms could be agreed “tomorrow,” with technical implementation of a deal completed within 90 days.

🔹 Imminent Nuclear Threat vs. No Active Enrichment
Trump suggested Iran is rebuilding toward a bomb.
Al Busaidi said Iran is not enriching uranium right now and that the IAEA has confirmed no active enrichment beyond a limited research reactor.

🔹 Breakthrough on Stockpiles
Trump insisted Iran can “never have a nuclear weapon” and justified force on that basis.
Al Busaidi said negotiators have already secured agreement on:
• Zero stockpiling
• Down-blending existing enriched material

Al Busaidi said negotiators have already secured agreement on:
• Zero stockpiling
• Down-blending existing enriched material
• Converting stockpiles into irreversible fuel
• Full IAEA verification
He called this a “completely new” achievement beyond the Obama-era deal.

🔹 Inspections Access
Trump portrayed Iran as opaque and dangerous.
Al Busaidi said a deal would guarantee full IAEA access and even suggested Iran is newly open to eventual U.S. inspector access — something never allowed before.

🔹 Missiles
Trump vowed to destroy Iran’s missile industry.
Al Busaidi said the current mandate is nuclear-only, and Iran said missile and regional security issues can be addressed through separate dialogue.

🔹 Timing & Urgency
Trump acted as if no time remained.
Al Busaidi said technical talks are scheduled in Vienna and another negotiation round within a week. He repeatedly asked for “just a bit more time.”

Timing & Urgency
Trump acted as if no time remained.
Al Busaidi said technical talks are scheduled in Vienna and another negotiation round within a week. He repeatedly asked for “just a bit more time.”

🔹 Strikes Will Complicate, Not Solve
When asked about potential U.S. or Israeli strikes, Al Busaidi warned military action would “only complicate resolving this problem” and delay peace.

🔴 KEY: Trump justified military action as necessary to stop Iran’s nuclear ambitions immediately. Oman’s mediator said negotiators had already secured key nuclear concessions and were 24 hours from inking a deal — and that war risks destroying that possibility.

Full speech ⤵️

Face The Nation

@FaceTheNation
WATCH: After meeting with Vice President JD Vance, Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi – a key mediator in the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks – tells
@margbrennan
"the peace deal is within our reach.” He also said, “I don't think any alternative to diplomacy is going to solve this problem.”

See the full interview.

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Chris Oliver @ollyollyo.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

This is the absolute worst case outcome for the US and the world. Trump should be immediately impeached for not getting congressional approval. Schumer and Jeffries should resign for slow walking congressional action. What a tragedy. NO WAR IN IRAN.

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Chris Oliver @ollyollyo.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

No war with Iran! Could congress be any more inept? This is absolute insanity. The right wing genocidal government of israel has more say in the future of our country than the citizens of the united states.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I do think there’s a certain type of Democrat that realizes it’s possible we are dealing with a perfect storm where almost any Democrat will win, and are terrified we might nominate radical candidates who will actually engage in needed change instead of status quo corporate centrist bullshit.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

"Roberts has been embedding white-dominant authoritarianism into the country’s source code for two decades. It’s impossible to imagine today’s crisis without the Roberts court having first undermined the foundations of our democracy." @pemalevy.bsky.social + @ariberman.bsky.social

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This is all John Roberts’ fault

Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Echoing the cowardly white moderates who inspired MLK to write Letter from Birmingham Jail, 60 Minnesota CEOs made no mention of ICE, Alex Pretti or Renee Good in a bloodless plea for MN's problems to disappear Craven corporations will pay a price My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

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What gutless corporations don’t get about ICE | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, a Fetterman shows moral leadership on Minnesota.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵

Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.

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Chris Oliver @ollyollyo.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

He really decided to start another war. Stupidity upon stupidity upon stupidity. Capitalists again show that they are in full plunder mode. Shame

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Nothing encapsulates Dems powerlessness or inability to operate beyond conventional tactics when they send out fundraising emails like AI powered bots in response to crisis. This predictable soulless email from DNC is a perfect ie of preoccupation w/ tactics w/o any coherent strategy.

Murshed,

Another day, another unconstitutional war from Trump, who thinks the Constitution is a suggestion.

Congress has war powers — but Republican cowards are hiding under their desks while Trump orders an unauthorized attack against Venezuela.

Trump promised peace, but has delivered chaos.

The most important thing we can do right now is work to elect more Democrats who will check this administration’s power and prevent more disaster. You can use this link to help.

November can’t come soon enough.

Ken

Ken Martin
Chair
Democratic National Committee

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Whatever happens now, we absolutely cannot allow Trump's refusal to seek Congressional authorization for what appears to be a large scale military attack on another country vanish from the media discussion, which already appears to be happening.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It is the root of our dysfunction.

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Chris Oliver @ollyollyo.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

It’s time for the anti-oligarch party. No dark money, no billionaire influence. Platform: tax the rich and use the revenue for universal healthcare. Wholesale campaign finance reform. Reverse Citizens United day 1 of the supermajority. The largest voting block in the United States is NONVOTERS!

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

I Want You to Understand Chicago
Politics Chicago
2025-11-08

I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.

Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again.

An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next.

Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st.

Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone. Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care. The system is broken.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 14/10/2025

⚡️Drop Site Daily | October 14, 2025 Israel kills five Palestinians in Gaza and announces it will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite ceasefire agreement www.dropsitenews.com/p/drop-site-...

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Israel kills five Palestinians in Gaza and announces it will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite ceasefire agreement

Drop Site Daily: October 14, 2025

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 05/10/2025

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok. They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post. They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets. “Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 29/06/2025

Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.

A bar graph. On the left side is a bar showing that Republicans are cutting $930 billion from Medicaid. On the right side is a bar showing that Republicans are giving $910 billion in tax breaks to corporations under their budget bill, paid for by gutting Medicaid.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/06/2025

Over 10 million Americans would lose their healthcare under Trump’s Tax Scam — and that doesn’t include the millions more who would lose their coverage because of GOP cuts to the Affordable Care Act. Call your GOP senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal... Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...

Protect Our Care on Bluesky: “BREAKING: New CBO score reveals GOP Senate bill slashes $930 BILLION from Medicaid - the largest cut in history.

That means 10M+ could lose coverage.

Earlier GOP plan: $700B
New plan: $930B

This is a full-scale attack on America's most vulnerable. #KillTheBill”

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/06/2025

Today, the people beat dirty money

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Iran did not have a nuclear weapon. Iran did not have a nuclear weapon. Iran did not have a nuclear weapon. Iran did not have a nuclear weapon. Iran did not have a nuclear weapon. Iran did not have a nuclear weapon. Iran did not have a nuclear weapon. Iran did not have a nuclear weapon.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 17/06/2025

Iran: Weeks away from having nuclear weapons since 1995

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

New poll result: “Do you think the US military should get involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran?” Yes — 16% No — 60%

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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

All of us urgently have to say no to war, have to make clear that the vast majority of America rejects war with Iran, and have to reject the underlying logic of endless violence. www.jphilll.com/p/no-more-en...

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No more endless war, no more endless violence

Halting the imperial boomerang, fascism, and the military-industrial complex

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Chris Oliver @ollyollyo.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

NO WAR WITH IRAN! HAVE WE LEARNED NOTHING FROM THE LAST 20 YEARS?!?

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Here is the grad speech that NYU is now withholding the student's diploma for: "As I search my heart today in addressing you all…the only thing that is appropriate to say in this time and to a group this large is a recognition of the atrocities currently happening in Palestine."

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Kelli Best-Oliver @kbestoliver.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

If you feel like you need to “do something” to fight fascism, investing in girls and gender-expansive youth empowerment can go a long way.

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Chris Oliver @ollyollyo.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The world should be outraged but few even acknowledge that this is happening. I will never forgive the united states oligarchy for funding and enabling this genocide with my tax dollars.

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