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Phil Hoose

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Retired liberal living in way too red Indiana.

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Phil Hoose @philhoose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Nation Shocked That Darline Graham Not Stupidest Senator on Judiciary Committee
No one, perhaps, was more surprised at her not being the dumbest senator on display than Graham herself, who called the hearings “a big win for yours truly.”
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Phil Hoose @philhoose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Are you smarter than the White House’s new AI chatbot? Let’s find out.
Also: Jack Smith is definitely smarter than every Republican
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Phil Hoose @philhoose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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A Billionaire Paid Epstein $158 Million. These Republicans Kept His Checks.
Also: an Alabama builder wins round one against ICE, California adds a buffer, and a judge refuses to let Rubio put 43,000 visa applicants back on hold.
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Phil Hoose @philhoose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Stepping in Schmitt
It’s Wednesday. There are 34 days until the midterm elections. Even Paxton hates Trump, the senator from Missouri makes an ass of himself and Trump tells Big Tech to run wild.
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Phil Hoose @philhoose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Eric Schmitt and The Troll Kingdom
How the MAGA Hate Machine Works
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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The President of the United States is a liar.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pathetic…..
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Truthout @truthout.org · 30/09/2026
Fetterman joined nearly every Republican senator in voting against a resolution that would have required the Trump administration to produce an unclassified report on Israeli abuses in the illegally occupied West Bank, including the imprisonment and killing of Palestinian Americans.
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Fetterman Joins GOP to Block Effort to Expose Israeli Abuses in West Bank
The measure would’ve required the State Department to issue a report on Israeli human rights practices in the West Bank.
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meet Capitol Hill’s new poster-boy for RANK INCOMPETENCE: ERIC SCHMITT tried to carry out a big gotcha moment against Jack Smith predicated on rank incompetence Dude, for starters… the NBA Atlanta Hawks and the University of Iowa Lady Hawks Basketball teams are not the same.
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every time Melania pops up to talk about protecting children, it’s nice to know Republicans/Maga collectively pretend her history with Jeffrey Epstein just never happened. Mortifying.
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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 30/09/2026
"this was elder care masquerading as world-saving 'policy,' stringing together some of Tr*mp’s favorite activities—proximity to power, document signings, arbitrary renamings— for an entire day" @emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/i...
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In the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" - emptywheel
Once you realize Trump's morally binding AI code doesn't even spell "United States" properly, the whole sham looks even more ominous.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Phil Hoose @philhoose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Trump's Vance Problem JUST GOT WORSE
Endless Urgency is about building independent media that follows the power, connects the dots, and says what needs to be said—without waiting for permission.
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Phil Hoose @philhoose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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September 29, 2026
The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.
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Phil Hoose @philhoose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Watch Trump's new chatbot debunk his lies
Hours after its launch, America.gov's chatbot was censored.
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Phil Hoose @philhoose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Eric Schmitt Confuses Ass with Hole in the Ground
A wild attempt at a “gotcha” moment resulted in the ass/hole-in-ground mix-up.
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Phil Hoose @philhoose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What the fuck is this ‘let them eat cake’ bullshit from the White House? open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...
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What the fuck is this ‘let them eat cake’ bullshit from the White House?
What thimble-brain thought this was a good idea?
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fascist tell you to be afraid of immigrants because they want you to ignore the real danger: white men. And GTFO with #NotAllMen. I'll block your willfully ignorant ass.
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 28/09/2026
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress.
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Trump administration revokes $810M approved by Congress for refugee aid and more
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration cannot leverage grants meant to help prevent terrorist attacks to force states and local governments to adopt a slate of new anti-voting measures, a federal judge ruled Monday in a major win for voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Judge strikes down Trump’s bid to cut states’ anti-terror funds unless they impose new voting restrictions
The judge ruled that FEMA had no “authority to extract unfunded reforms from states in exchange for grants.”
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The White House press bans aren’t about ethics in journalism. They're about what Trump wants from the press: servile propaganda that parrots only what he and his allies say about his administration.
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Trump’s press grievances are based in their refusal to do propaganda
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There's never an ask for Russia. Ukraine are going after the refineries to bring their economy and war economy to a halt so that they stop killing Ukranians and leave Ukraine.
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House Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is what Donald Trump is using your tax dollars for instead of making healthcare affordable.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/09/2026
Hundreds of thousands of Texas voters were not properly registered after a major error by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Subscribe to our free Democracy Docket newsletters to stay up to date on the latest voting rights news.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
they claim insurrectioning is protected free speech
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
run this as an ad right now
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New: Nevada GOP congressional candidate David Flippo has failed to file legally required financial disclosures for years. Previously unreported records raise many questions about the nearly $2.5 million he has reported putting into his campaigns. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The mysterious millions powering a Nevada Republican’s bid for Congress
David Flippo, who has reported funneling nearly $2.5 million to his campaigns, has repeatedly failed to file financial disclosure forms since 2023.
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Women can be raped in rooms full of witnesses or behind fraternity doors, report it, name the men, and still watch the institutions with the power to act do nothing. I was drugged and raped for hours on a college campus while people watched. I reported it. /1
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEWS: More than TWO THOUSAND events have been registered so far with No Kings: Vote Early, making it the largest early vote mobilization in history. It's not too late to get your town on the map - submit today: www.nokings.org
Photo of No Kings event map
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Democrats can only disburse legally-collected income.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Corporations spend more than $1.5B a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5B they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions. Kudos to these Autozone workers.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Also no House candidates -- Texas races could decide whether Democrats have a majority and if so, how big it is.
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Phil Hoose @philhoose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Fetterman’t
It’s Monday. There are 36 days until the midterm elections. Paying for Trump’s ads, more U.S. casualties in the Middle East and CNN begs to get back in the White House.
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Phil Hoose @philhoose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Indiana’s Pathetic Todd Young
Red Indiana has two Republican Senators. One is Jim Banks, an ultra-MAGA Christian nationalist slavishly devoted to Trump– an ideologue beyond the reach of law or logic. The other is Todd You…
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Phil Hoose @philhoose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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The Week Ahead
September 27, 2026
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Phil Hoose @philhoose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Indiana's Embarrassing Senator sheilakennedy.net/2026/09/indi...
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Indiana’s Embarrassing Senator
A recurring question with which many of us grapple is: How did we get here? What were the flaws in our systems, in our institutions, in too many of our people that allowed–facilitated!–…
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Phil Hoose @philhoose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Rats Are Fleeing the Sinking Ship
But they have waited too long and are still too few in number to change the outcome of a likely Democratic tsunami
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Phil Hoose @philhoose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Indiana's Pathetic Todd Young sheilakennedy.net/2026/08/indi...
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Indiana’s Pathetic Todd Young
Red Indiana has two Republican Senators. One is Jim Banks, an ultra-MAGA Christian nationalist slavishly devoted to Trump– an ideologue beyond the reach of law or logic. The other is Todd You…
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🚨 Not one Republican lawmaker is speaking out against #ICELawlessness, against the brutality & the depraved conditions they are subjecting our friends & neighbors to, or the torture or even the murders. Your vote matters!
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American Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
DISTURBING REMINDER: Billionaire Rick Jackson wants Georgia women to prove they were raped before they can access abortion care. #GApol
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Brian Poindexter For Congress @poindexterforcongress.com · 27/09/2026
Y'all may have seen Max Miller's ad about me. I'm gonna say it once so I don't have to keep saying it: this is complete bull#@&%. Max Miller can fight the allegations. I'm going to be fighting for you.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026
To flip the Senate, Democrats need to pick up 4 seats. 5 if you count the Fetterman problem. This can’t be emphasized enough: Michigan is a must-protect seat. Lose it, and we’d need to flip another seat just to make up the loss.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026
You noticed it too, right? “National security” has become Trump’s magic words for doing whatever the hell he wants, then daring the courts to stop him. Jacob Soboroff nails it 👀
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ukraine could start using interceptor drones on a large scale within a few months - Head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office Kyrylo Budanov "Prototypes are already being tested in combat conditions and are shooting down Russian drones. The next step is scaling up production."
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Every word he says here is a lie. Every single word.
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Roy Cooper (D-NC) will be the next Senator of North Carolina, here he is out on the campaign trail talking to voters who are talking to voters and they’re mad AF and ready to vote!! Cooper is a great candidate but don’t forget the down ballot candidates and vote for Justice Earls!
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Phil Hoose @philhoose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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rogue nation, moron president
Preznit Fuckwit is why we can’t have nice things
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