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Orval Osborne @orvaloriginal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

TIL the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which promised British support for a “national home” for Jews in Palestine, also stated that “nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Is Zionism’s Moral Crisis About Roads Not Taken—or Original Sin?

Where Benjamin Moser replaces one story of Jewish exceptionalism with another, Omer Bartov shows what’s lost when polemic takes the place of history.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🔥 @Hamilton4Kansas ends his senate debate against @RogerMarshallMD (who has poor people arrested for not affording bills after pregnancies) with a ‘WIZARD OF OZ’ analogy that sums up Republicans in Washington perfectly

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In the 25 years since 9/11, the United States has spent $8 trillion+ on wars that have taken millions of lives in the name of fighting "terror." Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education?

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Orval Osborne @orvaloriginal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

North Carolina Republican-dominated Board of Elections shut down Sunday voting in a number of counties, especially in Black areas, where “Souls to the Polls” is a popular ritual. They also removed polling places from HBCU campuses. It is racism disguised as partisanship. www.wunc.org/politics/202...

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NC elections board rejects Sunday voting in some counties

The State Board of Elections is meeting Thursday to settle partisan disputes over early voting. Election boards in 20 of North Carolina's 100 counties couldn't reach an agreement over early voting sch...

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Orval Osborne @orvaloriginal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social interesting interview with Ross Douthat. RD: liberals are saying Trump is so corrupt and such a rotten person. And so what if we counterpose a kind of beautiful politics of human dignity against him? 1/n

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Orval Osborne @orvaloriginal.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The company should pay for the damage it caused.

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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

So who are the real “welfare queens?”

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

The number of Amazon workers relying on food stamps and Medicaid nearly TRIPLED between 2020 and 2025.
Jeff Bezos is worth $257 billion and has a $500 million yacht.

He can afford to pay his workers a living wage.

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Congresswoman Valerie Foushee @foushee.house.gov · 24/07/2026

People who drive far above the speed limit put every single person around them at risk. People should be able to walk, bike, or cross the street without fearing that a reckless driver could change their lives forever.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Foreclosures increased 21% in the first half of this year. Student loan defaults are at a record high. Total household debt is also at a record high of $18.8 trillion. Meanwhile, corporate profits are the highest they’ve ever been. “New Golden Age” for whom?

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Orval Osborne @orvaloriginal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The Congress needs to copy this Colorado state law requiring manufacturers to take responsibility for the products they sell.

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Orval Osborne @orvaloriginal.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

My “favorite” Trump grift is the Qatari gift of an “Air Force One” which cost taxpayers a ton, and somehow he is keeping it?

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The sitting president of the United States had to pay $5 million to a woman he raped and defamed, and not one person in his entire cult of a party is calling for his resignation. Not one.

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SassySenora701 @sassysenior70.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The speaker has 2 legislative days to schedule a vote

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Fortune @fortune.com · 28/06/2026

Sens. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., recently touted their plan to raise more revenue by removing the cap on income that's subject to Social Security taxes. They cited estimates it would generate about $3 trillion for the program over 10 years. bit.ly/3SB8TEb

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Social Security is headed for a day of reckoning, and Congress is running out of time to save boomers. Lawmakers are proposing some hard choices | Fortune

"Why should a middle-class nurse pay a larger share of her paycheck than a wealthy corporate lawyer?"

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Durbin and Klobuchar are both gone after January. Dems need to lean on our reps. One simple demand, no one gets appointed who can't figure out who won the 2020 election. Those people need remedial education, not important government jobs.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

This is absolutely perfect. 👌

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/06/2026

Massie: "I think it's ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we're yelling 'election fraud'? I mean, we won all the damn elections."

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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

What can we do — 📌 Show up to city council, planning, and zoning meetings. 📌 Read meeting agendas before the vote, not after. 📌 File public records requests if something about a “routine” item feels off. 📌 Ask questions about water use, noise limits, and who pays if utility costs rise.

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Everything about the current American administration is Crooked and Weird…..

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Orval Osborne @orvaloriginal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Wildly pro-Israel bias at @nytimes.com "Israel’s freedom of action to retaliate in Lebanon for Hezbollah attacks.” Israel has occupied southern Lebanon, obliterated many villages, destroyed bridges, and during a “ceasefire” is killing a dozen Lebanese daily! Somehow Israel's isn’t offensive war.

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Your reminder that fairy tales are full of stepmothers because women once routinely died in childbirth, from postpartum sepsis, or from other infectious diseases and left behind housefuls of motherless children. Stable nuclear families are made possible by vaccines, antibiotics, and safe abortions.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Since taking office, Ken Paxton has become a multi-millionaire while our pay has stagnated. He owns 11 homes while most Texans can’t afford one. He trades favors with rich donors while blocking overtime pay for workers. Paxton doesn’t serve us — he serves himself.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Just once, I would like one of these congresspeople to say “If you’re not willing to acknowledge reality about this, then I have no reason to trust you about anything else. I will vote no. I yield the rest of my time.”

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Gas prices are $6 a gallon and going up because Trump is bored and doesn’t want to do the work to end the war. That’s the actual truth.

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TheMorrigan/Mongo 🥩 👁️ 💭 LIVE2D MODEL DEBUT @mongolikebeef.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This comic shouldn’t be constantly relevant

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

What utter contemptible bullshit. We don't need to and never should "calibrate" our stance on fundamental human rights--like those pertaining to a woman's bodily autonomy. It is not only wrong, it's terrible politics given the broad support for a woman's right to choose in key groups.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We've all grown numb to Trump accusing an entire political party of committing felonies with negative proof, but that doesn't mean the Speaker of the House gets a free pass. Every media question he gets from now to November should demand he put up or shut up. Humoring this bullshit is dangerous.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

No op-eds in major newspapers that he has major cognitive health issues. No cable news panels exploring whether he has major cognitive health issues. No political reporters in legacy media talking about his cognitive health. They're all too scared to question the naked emperor.

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Barack Obama has attacked his party for its unwillingness to challenge institutional obstructions to enacting their agenda. It’s a fair criticism, but the 2009–10 retreat on a public option in Obamacare might be Exhibit A of this tendency.

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Obama Blasts Dems for Their Most Obama-Like Traits

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Orval Osborne @orvaloriginal.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Why California takes so long to determine election results: the ballots that take the most time to count are those filed by voters who registered on election day and those where a signature doesn’t match what’s on file. State law provides a weeks-long window for those questions to be addressed.

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Orval Osborne @orvaloriginal.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This is one of the most important issues of our age. Will workers be exploited brutally? "Amazon is really the one at the wheel. In his California lawsuit, he’s alleging that Amazon controlled him and his business so utterly that even he should have been classified as an Amazon employee."

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Orval Osborne @orvaloriginal.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Kids over billionaires. We must tax corporations and the wealthy so that we can adequately fund education, which means paying teachers much more than we do now.

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Orval Osborne @orvaloriginal.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The time has come for a full ban on all arms to Israel by the United States. Israel must withdraw to its legal, 1967 borders, and cease warring on all its neighbors. It should even pay reparations to Palestine to rebuild Gaza.

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Orval Osborne @orvaloriginal.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Why did Senator Burr (R-NC) vote to impeach Trump in 2021? Because Trump endangered VP Pence who had the nuclear football at the time of the MAGA attack on Congress. Burr was Intelligence Committee Chair for years, and took it seriously. He disagreed w Dem Party reasons. www.wunc.org/show/due-sou...

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Former U.S. Senator Richard Burr on his political career, politics now, and his new focus on K-12 education strategy

Burr spent 28 years in Congress — serving first in the U.S. House, before ascending to the upper chamber. Once there, he chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee.

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Orval Osborne @orvaloriginal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

TIL Israel is not allowing any anesthetic drugs into Gaza, so doctors are forced to operate on children without anesthesia.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Ken Paxton just gave an Epstein-style deal to a pedophile. Paxton released Adam Hoffman — an admitted child rapist — back on our streets after Paxton’s rich lawyer friend got involved. The Epstein Class has no place in Texas. Ken Paxton has no place in the US Senate.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

New York City is the media capital of the country. Delaney Hall is nine miles from Manhattan. There is zero reason to not have wall to wall coverage of the hunger strike, the horrific conditions and ICE violence. The indie journalists need strength in numbers, and not just during business hours.

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Brett Shaw @brettshaw.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Corruption in plain sight. It will take a decade to fix this debacle. #TrumpCorruption

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/05/2026

Ossoff: "It makes a difference who represents us. When you sent me and Sen. Warnock to the Senate, we capped the cost of insulin at $35. And when Donald Trump and his allies took power again, they threw hundreds of thousands of Georgians off their health insurance. The contrast could not be clearer"

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