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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday said he opposes Medicare for All and abolishing ICE. Polls show 90% of Democrats support Medicare for all--yes 90%! Polls show 77% of Dems support Abolishing ICE. Hakeem is telling us he doesn't care what we think. We need leaders who listen to the base over big donors!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Yeah, but I also remember when the Republican Party, under Ronald Reagan, completely ignored the AIDS crisis to better pander to bigots like Jerry Falwell. So no applause.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🚨 $10M recovered from Medicaid fraud never reached the kids it was meant for. It was criminally funneled through Casey DeSantis's foundation to orgs that used $8.5M to fight abortion rights & Marijuana legalization. Why didn't FL AG/Senate candidate Ashley Moody prosecute?
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The $10 Million That Never Reached the Children It Was Meant For
How a Medicaid overbilling settlement ended up funding a political campaign — and why a sitting U.S. Senator has still not called for the record to be opened
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The entire GOP are spineless traitors to America!
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Coko @coko.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
tRump wants to spent on pet projects (not all inclusive): $900 MILLION for ballroom and bunker $100 MILLION for his arch $58 MILLION to rehabilitate and activate fountains, another $3 MILLION for reflecting pool... For a total of $1 BILLION $61 MILLION Wants to spend for #WeThePeople Total of $0.00
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Forbes @forbes.com · 17/08/2026
Police in Schaumburg, outside of Chicago, are reportedly sharing license plate reader data with more than 400 agencies.
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'Have I Been Flocked' Researcher Says Over 400 Illinois Agencies Have Surveillance Network Access
Police in Schaumburg, outside of Chicago, are reportedly sharing license plate reader data with more than 400 agencies.
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Seagirl @seagirl50.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A VOTE FOR ANY REPUBLICAN IS A VOTE TO CONTINUE A SHIT-SHOW OF A WAR, COSTING MULTIPLE $BILLIONS OF TAXPAYER MONEY AND FOR HEGSETH TO CONTINUE DESTROYING THE MILITARY, MAKING AMERICA LESS SAFE VOTE 💙🇺🇸VOTE 💙🇺🇸VOTE💙🇺🇸 DEMOCRATS
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📚⚾️ Leslie in CA ✌🏼🦋 @bayareafan19.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Those arrested need to start filing some big lawsuits. ground.news/article/what...
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Lawyers in Reflecting Pool case say Justice Department knew case was flawed
The Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case against a former Olympian charged with intentionally damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was flawed, and that he bore...
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Before tonight ends Trump last night He posted this STOLEN VALOR More than disrespect It is sickening Cadet Bone Spurs Never Served A slap in the face to EVERY SOLDIER, VETERAN, AND THEIR FAMILIES This is truly horrible
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#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Everyday we should ask release the #EpsteinFiles. Stop protecting #Pedos #Blues
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LLLwry @lglly.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Back in 2015 in the Trump Hillary Debates She told Us he lived in an Alternate Narcissistic Reality of his Own
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Hillary Clinton Says 'I Told You'
ALT: Hillary Clinton Says 'I Told You'
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Drootinator @drootinator.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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padresmellon.bsky.social @padresmellon.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
@theweekendmsnow.bsky.social stunned to hear Jackie blurt out the Lords name in vain this morning.
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Whatever noise fills the news between now & November,one thing stays true: your vote still counts exactly the same as it always has. Paper trail, audit,certification—the system is built to protect it. All that’s left is to show up. That's on us. #LoserTrumpsElectionLies #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Protect Freedom to Vote & Democracy
ALT: Protect Freedom to Vote & Democracy
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Saw The Odyssey last night and realized there’s another reason the right’s rage furbys are foaming at their mouths over the film. It is deeply antiwar, making an argument that builds incident by incident. Nolan’s sin: making explicit the vicious destructiveness of “heroic” ambition and violence.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Under oath, Trump's Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Congress: "No decisions were made on politics." Weeks later, his own department's lawyers admitted the opposite in a court filing. $7.6 billion. 16 states. All blue. 👇 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/the-trump-...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/07/2026
It’s gone from bad to worse. The DNC is being driven into a ditch, and no one is going to donate until they get their messaging act together.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/07/2026
Meta wanted a rebate to build its A.I. data center in Richland Parish, an impoverished farming community in Louisiana’s northeast corner. The company worked with state officials on the $50 billion project with no opposition — in part because locals didn’t know about the deal until it was done.
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How Meta Got Everything It Wanted in a Secret Louisiana Data Center Deal
A Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six square miles.
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Marcus SOBER 5 YEARS @papacitogordo.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Who thinks Trump should be arrested again once and for all, and prosecuted for all his crimes?
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JJ @jjfroggy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
substack.com/@harryblebow.... Trump “could” be charged with rape of children too🤨‼️
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Meidas EPLURIBUSUNUM (@harryblebowitz387977)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
ICYMI — Fox Guest Sid Rosenberg advocates for “total annihilation” of Iran and boots on the ground if necessary Unhinged stuff piped into the brains of millions of angry older white people Fox is poison
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This meme is actually based on a real scientific finding. Researchers studying howler monkeys found that males with larger vocal organs producing deeper, more powerful calls tended to have smaller testes, while species with larger testes tended to have less-developed vocal organs. So, there ya go.
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Mariah 🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋 @mariahbrown.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED.......
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Displayed at CPAC, the Third Term Project is a group pushing for an amendment allowing Trump to run for a third term. Andy Ogles’ (R-TN) proposal is to alter the 22nd Amendment to allow individuals to serve up to three nonconsecutive terms. Imagine the shape he’ll be in by 2028?
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JJ @jjfroggy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
How does the Republican Party destroy everything so quickly? Like EVERYTHING ‼️
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Lilly Singh Reacts with 'HOW?!' on Canada's Got Talent
Alt: Lilly Singh Reacts with 'HOW?!' on Canada's Got Talent
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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Greg Abbott won't debate @ginafortexas.bsky.social. “Absent Abbott is scared to debate me because he’s a weak governor who’s afraid to face his failed record,” said Hinojosa. Gina has the support of Texans. Greg has the support of a handful of elite donors. #SheShed 🧵
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STATEMENT: Hinojosa Calls Out Greg Abbott On Fall Debate Silence | Gina Hinojosa for Texas Governor
Abbott in weakest position of his political career – refuses to debate Austin, TX – Today, Democratic nominee for Governor Gina Hinojosa released the following statement after Greg Abbott let the dead...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/07/2026
THREAD: The boy is called a liar. He’s told not to defend himself. Then the private school owner encourages all of his peers to attack him, one by one. She hits him, repeatedly, with a plastic pipe-like object. How does this school still exist — and receive state funds? 🧵
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Chestbursty @chestrovert.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
my mom showed me Aliens when I was 5yo and the women in that movie (especially Sigourney Weaver) imprinted on my tiny brain that women will fuck your shit up and not stop until one of you dies, which is an important lesson for little boys to learn early
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Bernie's Correct, Again......
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EDC🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇰🇨🇦🇦🇺🇵🇹🇩🇪🇮🇹🇫🇮🇸🇪 @simplyedc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
When #music wasn’t in the cloud.
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eddie0028.bsky.social @eddie0028.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I don't see a problem here.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
'It's horrid': Legal expert warns about right-wing threats from Trump's tech allies #RawStory
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'It's horrid': Legal expert warns about right-wing threats from Trump's tech allies
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
On Tuesday, a New Jersey town pulled $91M out of Citizens Bank over its business with ICE prison contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic. Yesterday, Citizens announced it was ending its relationships with GEO and CoreCivic. Money managers should DIVEST from $GEO $CXW www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...
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This N.J. town just pulled $91M from Citizens Bank over ICE
Two N.J. municipalities have now pulled more than $330 million combined, according to the De-ICE Citizens Bank coalition.
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A federal judge just spent 56 pages taking apart Trump's favorite scheme—then reported his own lawyers to the bar. Her name is Kathleen Williams. Remember it. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-had-...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Just be grateful for Donarrhea's astonishing incompetence.
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🇨🇦 Fuzzy 🇵🇹 @canadianfuzzy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
John Oliver gets his wish of getting slapped on a soap 😆 #GH
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✨𝕊𝕒𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 - Teh-REDACT-all✨📎 @samiamnurnot.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
For what it's worth- Is someone keeping him on life support to run out the clock for a special election so repubs can keep the majority? That's what it looks like to me.
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Ashok Dadhwal @ashokdadhwal196.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Who agrees this needs to go viral? Justice, accountability, and democratic rights should never depend on who is in government. Watch. Share. Let the conversation reach everyone. #FreeDC #Justice
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This man makes me wish I lived in Georgia so I could vote to reelect him to the Senate. I guess I'll just have to wait to vote for Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social when, hopefully, the Dems draft him to run for President! 🇺🇸 #AwesomeOssoff2028
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It's July 2nd...the deadline for Todd Blanche to comply with Judge Sullivan's order in my lawsuit over the Epstein Files. Let's see what his "compliance" looks like today... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction – #15 in PHANG v. BLANCHE (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-01417) – CourtListener.com
ORDER granting 9 Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 6/25/2026. (lcegs1) (Entered: 06/25/2026)
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
AI data centers are draining your water and spiking your power bill—and nobody voted for it. Bernie and AOC have a plan. Tell Congress to pass it. 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Pass the Bernie Sanders - AOC AI Data Center Moratorium Act
Contact Congress today!
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
AOC endorses progressive Democrat in closely watched Michigan race for US Senate seat #TheGuardian
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AOC endorses progressive Democrat in closely watched Michigan race for US Senate seat
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padresmellon.bsky.social @padresmellon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
@moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social just an observation, but Donny seems to be focused on one thing that seems to have gotten under his skin and now he was given a platform to air his grievance.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Just moments ago the President was supposed to sign a bipartisan housing bill here in the capital. Except, in a bizarre chapter, he didn’t and is a no show—because he says he’s mad at the Senate. Here’s what’s happening ⬇️👀
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Rep. Lloyd Doggett @doggett.house.gov · 24/06/2026
4 years since the dreadful Supreme Court Dobbs decision turned back the clock 50 years and eroded reproductive freedom and women’s rights. Texans are dying from pregnancy complications and struggling to access basic health care. Restoring abortion rights must be a top priority in a new Congress.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Stephen Miller's latest screed trounced as 'straight up Nazi rhetoric' #RawStory
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Stephen Miller's latest screed trounced as 'straight up Nazi rhetoric'
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