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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Once again, I gotta say: you cannot treat anything you’re feeding into an AI as anonymous. There are enormous ethics implications for, e.g. referees who are clearly uploading others’ unpublished papers without consent, let alone health care professionals or law enforcement
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Dawna and RealMonkeyCat @dawna9.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
History will continue to honor, remember & respect President John F. Kennedy. History will treat the hateful PedoFelon as a abhorrent Presidential aberration. #Pinks #Voices4Victory
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 19/07/2025
loser stuff thread www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...
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E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad:
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m honestly disgusted and don’t even know what to say. This has got to stop.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 24/09/2026
A group of Democrats have sent a letter demanding answers from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on the Trump administration’s reported plans to construct at least a dozen data centers on public lands owned by the federal government.
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Democrats Demand Answers on Trump Plan to Build Data Centers on Public Lands
California Rep. Jared Huffman has accused Trump of “selling out America’s public lands to the richest corporations.”…
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One of my Nat Geo pieces from 2019 Even more relevant today "Crop yields and animal growth rates are already falling. Nutrition levels are also expected to decline with continued CO2 emissions..." www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
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World food instability looms if no action to reduce carbon emissions, IPCC report says
The impacts of climate change on land will raise food prices and risk widespread food instability, says the IPCC's latest report. But there are solutions.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Note the name on the check?? It's a shell company to bypass bans on government contractor contributions to politicians.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is Maeve. She may be the sweetest, most good natured, most trusting dog I have ever met. She was abandoned in DC last week, and since I’m not able to adopt a dog now, I had to turn her over to the Brandywine Animal Shelter. I want to make sure this absolute delight of a dog finds a good home.
An adorable female Rottweiler named Maeve
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨Rachel Maddow: “The Trump administration [is] building a big new Trump prison camp for kids in Alexandria, Louisiana. They’ve already in Alexandria got the country’s largest hub for deportation flights. Now they want to add a huge new Trump prison camp for children..."
Rachel Maddow reported on the facility last month: “The Trump administration [is] building a big new Trump prison camp for kids in Alexandria, Louisiana. They’ve already in Alexandria got the country’s largest hub for deportation flights. Now they want to add a huge new Trump prison camp for children and families adjacent to that site.” And, “Louisiana’s interchurch conference is trying to get the local airport authority to cancel its contracts with ICE to reject the construction of this big new Trump children’s prison camp.”
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ottermommers.bsky.social @ottermommers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Encouraging thread!
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 20/09/2026
📣📣 Protect vaccines: Make a public comment DEADLINE: Sun Sept 20 📝 www.regulations.gov/document/HHS... Lots of anti-vaxxers have already commented 😨 - now it’s up to all of us to add some common-sense points. Confused about what’s going on? Let’s dive in (🧵)
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 20/09/2026
FWIW, here's how my U.S. Senate fundraising project is going so far...all totals are as of yesterday. I'm gonna encourage folks to shift their attention to the 2nd tier races (yellow): Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska & South Carolina. secure.actblue.com/donate/senat...
State	Candidate	Raised
Ohio	Sherrod Brown	$21,400.24 
Alaska	Mary Peltola	$20,279.59 
Georgia	Jon Ossoff	$19,736.59 
Texas	James Talarico	$18,715.15 
North Carolina	Roy Cooper	$17,296.04 
Iowa	Josh Turek	$16,978.55 
New Hampshire	Chris Pappas	$14,353.83 
Nebraska	Dan Osborn	$13,543.06 
Michigan	Abdul El-Sayed	$13,141.83 
Maine	Troy Jackson	$13,136.74 
Mississippi	Scott Colom	$10,679.95 
South Carolina	Annie Andrews	$8,134.52 
Florida	Angie Nixon	$6,923.07 
Arkansas	Hallie Shoffner	$6,270.88 
Kansas	Adam Hamilton	$6,225.13 
Montana	Alani Bankhead	$5,380.56 
Kentucky	Charles Booker	$4,296.57 
Minnesota	Peggy Flanagan	$3,729.13 
Alabama	Everett Wess	$3,661.52 
Louisiana	Jamie Davis	$3,604.11 
Tennessee	Marquita Bradshaw	$3,427.07 
Oklahoma	Jasmine Thomas	$3,343.84 
Wyoming	James Byrd	$3,286.99 
West Virginia	Rachel Fetty Anderson	$3,274.13 
South Dakota	Brian Bengs	$1,631.52 
Other/Not on ballot this cycle		$20,141.00 
		
	Total	$262,591.61
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The judge asked the govt if the Kennedy Center is going bankrupt. You should've seen them backpedal Why so fast? If it's broke, a court puts someone else in charge & they lose control of it @cnn.com👇 -TN
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
1/ I used to ask the same question: What is wrong with Democrats? Why can’t they message more effectively? Then I followed the money, institutions and messages. What I found was bigger than bad messaging. It was a vast, permanent information system. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
1/ Imagine being pulled over because a secret federal team examined your finances, tracked your travels & decided you looked suspicious. Not because it knew you committed a crime. Because your patterns made you worth searching. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Ashley Holden 🩷 M.Ed. @mrsholden2019.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So #MitchMcConnell just gets to be dead & no one cares anymore? He just keeps collecting a paycheck, taking unlimited time off & everyone shrugs? I'm a teacher fighting stage 4 #cancer & if I was even 10 minutes late to work, I'd hear about it. If I disappeared, didn't call in, I'd be unemployed.
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John Travolta Confused Meme
ALT: John Travolta Confused Meme
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I give you Republicans' biggest donor
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Burns.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
welcome to this thread of my favorite 9/11 onion articles
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The Puppies Of 9/11: Becoming Full-Grown Dogs In The Shadow Of Terror
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#Florida Your household expenses are up. Your wages haven't moved. You deserve an economy where hard work actually pays off. Angie Nixon's “Working Families Guarantee” funds relief by taxing billionaires & cutting wasteful military spending-putting money back with the people who earned it. #Pinks
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 10/09/2026
BREAKING: Florida Senate poll has Nixon in dead heat with MAGA Moody 🔵 Nixon 47% 🔴 Moody (Inc) 47% Change R #B - LV - 9/9 1. To all the haters who said Angie’s “not electable,” you can still do right and support Angie. 2. Donate and let’s goooooo! secure.actblue.com/donate/frien...
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 10/09/2026
I’m starting a new substack. My focus will be, as always, on K12 education, but I'll also explore how the education system interacts with our economic system and our earth system. Please help me spread the word. It will always be free. matthewakraft.substack.com/p/introducin...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/09/2026
Just gonna share this again.
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ottermommers.bsky.social @ottermommers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Absolutely amazing story, can't believe I'd never heard of him until today. So worth the read!
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Hal @adaptable.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Screenshots of some of the documents found in looted ICE vehicles from one of the livestreams before it got turned "private" on YouTube (after the other one already was). Share widely and make sure the genie can't go back in the bottle.
ICE document entitled "Operational Info"Page 2 of ICE document left by Meal Team 6Judges processing the people who get snatched in the ICE raids.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is a tremendous loss for Trump’s gerrymandering efforts-and a great win for democracy After the Missouri legislature implemented this corrupt map, citizens fought to get a referendum on the ballot. They got *305,000* signatures Then they went to court-and won The MAGA map will not be used
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Herb Walker @receptor67.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Trump's Forest Service is planning on clear-cutting 1,000 year-old trees in the Tongas National Forest. This is one of the last few stands of ancient trees in all of North America. The agency is taking comments. We can do something here.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Amazing.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/09/2026
NEW: The federal prosecutor who charged ICE agent Christian Castro for lying about shooting Sosa-Celia has now been FIRED. He objected to the DoJ stopping him from charging a civil rights violation. And now he’s fired. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-min...
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Federal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources say
A federal prosecutor in Minnesota who was investigating an ICE officer for possible civil rights crimes has been fired, four sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🚨Breaking: In a shocking turn of events the Missouri Supreme Court has blocked a new US House map backed by Trump from being used in the Midterm election and has ordered a state wide vote on whether to uphold or reject the new map! This is a big loss for team Trump. : apnews.com/article/redi...
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Missouri court blocks Trump-backed US House map and orders it to be put to a vote
The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked a new U.S. House map backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is a travesty. Not only are we running concentration camps, the companies running them are making even more money by selling non-contaminated food at outrageously high prices
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Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
After a Mexican immigrant living in Maryland cooperated with law enforcement officials in their investigation of a drug cartel, a judge ruled he should not be deported, finding that he risked likely torture or death. Yet, last month, he was. www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
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A Maryland man helped the feds crack down on a drug cartel. Marco Rubio still wanted him deported.
An immigrant living in Maryland cooperated with law enforcement officials in their investigation of a drug cartel. Then, an immigration judge ruled he should not be deported to Mexico, finding that he...
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U.S. Representative Al Green @algreen.house.gov · 03/09/2026
Congressman Al Green will speak on the floor of the House around the 11:00 a.m. ET hour on the topic of why voting for impeachment has become a matter of life and death. Watch live on @CSPAN at www.cspan.org.
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Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Fortunately, as @chrisgeidner.bsky.social points out, a DOJ press release claiming to exonerate its lawyers is not the last word. On June 5, Judge Mary McElroy referred the DOJ lawyers for discipline -- not to state bar authorities, but the Rhode Island federal district court itself.
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Democrats Abroad Belgium @demsabroadbe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This won't help most absentee voters, but if you're an American voting from abroad, you can bypass these shenanigans by requesting to receive your ballot by email. Do so at VoteFromAbroad.org TODAY (ballots go out to us soon!)
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Request Absentee Ballots for US Citizens | VoteFromAbroad.org
Helping US Citizens Request Their Absentee Ballot to Vote from Outside the US | VoteFromAbroad.org
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neuroparis.bsky.social @neuroparis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Check your voter registration status Now It's crucial You are important because you can make the difference Please help organize and get out the VOTE in November
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
YES TO THIS:
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 31/08/2026
🚨New working paper alert!🚨 Private tutoring chains like Kumon and Sylvan have grown rapidly. Who uses them? Do they improve kids' skills? BU econ PhD student Samuel Nitkin and I provide answers in: "Kumon Up: Private Tutoring Centers and Student Achievement" www.nber.org/papers/w35671 1/?
Private tutoring chains like Kumon and Sylvan have expanded rapidly in recent decades.
Combining data on business locations, household spending, and district test scores, we study who
uses these centers and how they affect academic skills. Nearly half of tutoring users are from the top
income decile, with Asian and White households five and two times as likely to purchase tutoring as
Black and Hispanic households. A staggered differences-in-differences design shows the opening
of a district's first chain center raises district-wide math and reading scores by 0.02-0.03 standard
deviations, at a much lower cost than public spending typically producing similar gains. Math
effects are largest for White and Asian students, so that center entry widens racial achievement
gaps, though less so in more racially integrated districts. These private investments help their
users, deepen educational inequality, and shape outcomes by which state accountability systems
and families judge schools.
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ottermommers.bsky.social @ottermommers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Excellent thread about tech in education. Thanks for posting!
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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
📺 OMG—who made this?! Noah Wyle has a message for all you—vaccine skeptics… Share with a friend who needs to hear it.
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