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Margaret

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Count me among 19% of white Evangelicals who didn't vote to set US back. History is watching. *I will not follow back if you have zero posts or you’re a guy who only follows women. DMs are an automatic block.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16h
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
John Kennedy before he adopted his Foghorn Leghorn MAGA character.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
This is the most heartbreaking stories I’ve heard in a long time. ICE detained 2-year-old Orlin Hernandez Reyes’ mother. She begged to be reunited with him before deportation. ICE refused. What happened next is horrific. No matter how you feel about immigration, normal people don’t like cruelty.
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cartoonist: Mike Smith
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Correct. Concentration camps.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
“Trust us, bro” is not a safety plan. We’re racing toward superintelligent AI with the brakes ripped out. Trump is pushing industry self-policing while major tech leaders are warning that AI could pose severe risks to humanity. #GuardrailsForAI
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Knowing my Midwestern sports” The deepest cut.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This whole story is insane. If passengers hadn’t intervened, this could have been really bad. Having to worry about rogue pilots as well as hijackers is… not great.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
These people are utterly shameless
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Not content with the $2 billion he made last year and the $400 million in his super PAC, Trump is using your money to run pro-MAGA ads before the midterms. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Trump’s 2024 ‘Final Battle’ Ad Returns, Funded by Public Money (Gift Article)
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Laurie Loves Data @laurelann.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Kimberly Guilfoyle, Trump's ambassador to Greece, told a Greek minister that America caused the pro-West regime in Romania to fall and that they could do the same thing to Greece "We can do this to any country we want. We can do it here too." Sounds like it should be a bigger deal
jfeed.com
US ambassador threatened Greece: "We can topple you" | JFeed
Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece, told ministers America toppled Romania and could do the same there. Energy minister responded: "We are soverei
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Imagine promising to spend $1.3 trillion handing out checks while campaigning against socialism.
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David Veit 🇺🇦🌻 @daves-not-here-man.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"His summits are a national hazard precisely because Trump apparently does not understand that he is representing the United States; instead, he seems to think he’s just having a visit with some of the guys in a very cool club of which he’d very much like to be a member."
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NPR @npr.org · 26/09/2026
President Trump said he was rejecting an Iranian plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian proposal is similar to a memorandum of understanding agreed upon by the U.S. and Iran back in June. n.pr/4ynJVZ8
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Trump calls Iranian plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz not 'acceptable'
President Trump said he was rejecting an Iranian plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian proposal is similar to a memorandum of understanding agreed upon by the U.S. and Iran back in June.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner. How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs?
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
100% of the people saying these things are right
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The White House says it banned Politico for using anonymous sources. One of the examples it cited was their own background briefing in which the White House itself provided the anonymous official. @scottnover.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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The White House banned Politico, citing anonymous sources. It provided the quotes.
In a letter defending its ban of Politico, the White House critiqued a report based on a press call it conducted, where reporters were told not to name the speaker.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
CNN pulled a clip of Michele Tafoya recently saying "I've never said I was embarrassed to be from Minnesota" and then displays an unearthed and deleted tweet of her saying "I am embarrassed to be from Minnesota" 🥴
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Michele Dostert @micheledostert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I promise, if the young actually show up and vote this time, I'll stop scorning the young. Part of the reason the "Bernie was robbed!" nonsense makes me scornful is that Bernie LOST the primaries -overwhelmingly. Because the "youth wave" Never. Showed. Up.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 23/09/2026
Oh for gods sake. First, while it’s true that Florida has the highest ACA enrollment in the country, no, there are not "5 x more people enrolled in Obamacare in Florida than live in the state." Around 19% of the total population is enrolled, which is high but hardly over 100%. 1/5th =/= 5x.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 23/09/2026
Next they are going to strip car insurance from anyone who hasn’t had an accident recently.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
But he’s really just doing it all for you because he loves you, Mr. & Ms. MAGA.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Vance: He’s not banning media outlets

Trump: I am banning media outlets
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Ricky Bobby Talladega Nights
ALT: Ricky Bobby Talladega Nights
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 21/09/2026
"Eggs expensive under Biden" was a story for six months. "Trump made everything expensive on purpose" is apparently just a Trump personality quirk we're all supposed to get used to.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It seems like it should be a much bigger deal that Trump just completely fabricated a “deal” that he supposedly brokered between Putin and Zelenskyy to stop bombing energy infrastructure when both Russia and Ukraine denied it and never stopped bombing.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Lesson learned from building the ballroom: Just say it’s for the military
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Occasional reminder that Congress could pull the plug on Trump’s military misadventure with a funding cutoff.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As an American political historian, I can confirm that this Congress has been "almost unmatched in history" in several categories -- sad abdication of its war powers, craven surrender of the power of the purse, weird refusal to conduct meaningful oversight, and an utter failure to pass actual laws.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This, my friends, is gaslighting. Congress is the top three or four of all time only on abdicating its responsibilities. 
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 19/09/2026
Johnson claiming this because the House has passed a massive volume of hyperpartisan messaging bills designed to die in the Senate, but I say let him. If the GOP wants to run on “the current state of your lives is the result of the hard work of your Republican representatives,” that’s their choice!
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump says he's also looking at banning the Washington Post, calling it a "crummy paper" and "disgusting." Anyway, good job, Jeff Bezos! It obviously was worth losing all those scubsribers and turning your opinion section into MAGA-lite, only for the president to continue to call you "fake news."
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Andys Theory 🦋⚡️💎 @andystheory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’m gonna let history be my guide here and go out on a limb, maybe Trump 🤡stole it? Duh! Never let that greedy fat POS near a checkbook or your wallet 🤬😡🥵
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 18/09/2026
“Parliament had turned over its constitutional authority to Hitler and thereby committed suicide, though its body lingered on in an embalmed state.” Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
He’s got a point!
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And remember, Carter was dealing with inflation that was nine or 10 points higher than what we have right now
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Glad @jamellebouie.net wrote this. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/o...
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Opinion | The G.O.P. Has Gone Off the Deep End
The Republican fringe is becoming the Republican mainstream.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
When the public finally learns the full accounting of the damage done in this war, it’ll probably be too late to hold anyone in the Trump administration accountable. But this is insane. And they’re lying to the American people.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Firefighters battling enormous wildfires in the United States say the federal government is failing them when supercharged blazes have made their jobs exponentially more dangerous. While the US continues to grapple with a critical shortage of federal firefighters . . .
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‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season
US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fire
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 16/09/2026
JD Vance - "Give us another chance. Give us another 2 years." What about this past 2 years would you let them do again to you and your family?
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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Repub Speaker picks up his blankey & sends 435 Congresspeople home while troops are in harms way,AI leaders warn of imminent threats to humanity, costs are out of control and president is so obsessed that he’s taking a wrecking ball to the constitution & anything that doesn’t have his name on it.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This proves that she knows tariffs hurt American businesses and she wants all American businesses to be hurt except the ones in Alabama who can donate money to her.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
a tributary connected to the Hackensack River. Crews have been working to contain and clean up the spill, but the extent of damage to wetlands and wildlife may take time to fully understand. This is exactly why the rapid expansion of massive data centers deserves far more scrutiny!
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Data Center Spills 5,500 Gallons Of Diesel Into North Jersey Creek
The spill happened Friday night at Equinix data center, which is located on Hartz Way and is expanding.
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