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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 20h

Anyone who does polls can you add a question like "Would you send Donald Trump to Iran in chains if it cuts gas prices in half"

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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A federal judge ordered the Interior Department to temporarily stop cutting down trees at the East Potomac Golf Course and explain why it cut down hundreds over the weekend. www.washingtonsun.com/metro/judge-o…

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Judge Says the Government Lost ‘Its Credibility’ By Cutting Down East Potomac Trees

A federal judge said the Interior Department cannot cut down trees until at least Tuesday.

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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is clearly not acceptable

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 10/10/2026

The machine did not "go rogue." The machine belongs to and is the responsibility of the people who own it. Hold those people accountable for their goddamn machine.

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026

Tom Emmer refers to Somali-Americans as "enemy combatants" and says they should be "rounded up and put in jail"

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Too many polls adopt a conservative framework that ask voters *when* the government should ban abortion, instead of *if* they should. When asked the latter, as voters were here, Americans’ answer is clear

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Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“Education should be about exploration,” the letter reads. “We want to go to school to connect with people, discover things, and learn....We can’t now, because of the rigidity of the new lesson plans and rules makes it almost impossible to explore new ideas...”

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Hundreds of Fort Worth ISD students sign petition against scripted lessons

A student-written petition has been signed by more than 900 Fort Worth ISD students as of Tuesday morning.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Very saddened to say I won’t be able to headline Tim Pool’s student event in Chicago this week. I unfortunately have other plans.

Hi Katherine,
Timcast Media is partnering with the Chicago Thinker to host a student event in Chicago on October 9 at 4:00 PM.
The event will feature a one-on-one conversation with Tim Pool followed by a live student Q&A. To create a dynamic and balanced dialogue, we are specifically seeking a featured guest to represent a left-leaning perspective.
Timcast Media will fully cover and arrange all travel and accommodations.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Sincerely,
[REDACTED]

Hi Lisa,
Sorry, I'll be too busy slamming my hand in a car door that day to talk with Tim. Hope you understand.
Kat

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026

If Democrats think winning back congress this year and the presidency in 2028 is enough, they are sorely mistaken. We'll be right back where we're at in 2032 with an even more fascist and white supremacist Republican party. It's not enough to win power.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Abdul El-Sayed will pay a bigotry penalty at the ballot box, reducing his support by at least 3 or 4 points. It's not because he's too lefty, or Hasan freaking Piker. It's because some people just won't vote for a Muslim. In a Dem wave year, he'll probably still win. But it's going to be close.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The video shows the agents literally just leaving the guy in the street and driving off.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I wrote about Trump’s Wednesday night speech in Dallas. My main takeaway: this is a man who doesn’t want his followers or the country to outlive him. www.liberalcurrents.com/donald-trump...

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Donald Trump Wants to Bury America With Him

His speech at the GOP's midterm convention came off like a Jim Jones sermon.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

We’ve seen this before. The fact that it’s happening at a moment where Trump is deeply unpopular is a way for the new right to slowly build up support for whatever comes next. Just like how Depp v Heard arrived just before Trump began campaigning for office again, conservatives seized on it and won.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Donald Trump has gotten a lot done, all of it bad, with less than 50% of voters.

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.

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☠°。Die Siebenschläfern *.ﾟ☠ @sababausa.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

so whoever leaked this to the Times wants us to know Kushner sees Jeffries as a mark…

The meeting came as nearly all polls revealed Republicans to be at a disadvantage in the midterms, and showed how members of Mr. Trump's inner circle were digesting what a Democratic majority next year could look like.
Should that happen, Mr. Jeffries would be under intense pressure from progressives to use his power as a check on Mr. Trump, including through aggressive oversight.
Mr. Kushner is frequently consulted by a number of Mr. Trump's advisers, and he has told people that if anything bipartisan is to get done with Congress, Mr. Jeffries is the most serious person among Democratic leaders. Ms. Wiles, he has said, is the most serious mside the West Wing.

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The bird says, "Prosecute ICE" @imadifferentbird.northsky.social · 23/08/2026

What good does it do us to go Blue with people like Hakeem Jeffries collaborating with the fascists? Do you think the same guy meeting with Jared Kushner to "find common ground" is going to lead Democrats in a fight against Trump?

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

America, spend some time watching Mark Carney dealing with Trump’s offensive and illegal trade war. It will remind you what a leader should be and make you deeply embarrassed at the face we currently show the world.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22/08/2026

A man in Spokane attacked a trans man with a hatchet. The man smashed his windows and tore down pride flags in the front before attacking Alexander Wolfe. He said he did it to "save the kids." Wolfe was had to get 3 staples in his skull as a result. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

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'I just fought for my life on my front lawn': Transgender man attacked with hatchet at South Hill home

A 25-year-old Spokane man is facing a felony assault charge after police say he damaged a transgender man’s South Hill home and then attacked him with a hatchet, fracturing his skull.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 15/08/2026

No I don’t think that’s the takeaway here actually @nytimes.com

Push alert:

DEATH OF JASON ARDAY
The University of Cambridge faces hard questions on race and hiring after plagiarism allegations and the death of a
Black academic.

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

US Navy sailors are in worse living conditions than Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Phineas X Kirkpatrick @phiniaskirkpatrick.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Why is Hunter Biden on a media blitz? Because he’s a professional parasite.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

this shit is unacceptable. it would be tolerated for no other ethnicity or religious background. imagine a Muslim Democrat refusing to campaign with or endorse a Zionist Jew?

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 08/08/2026

The Democratic Party needs to get comfortable with a certain kind of ruthlessness.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/07/2026

1. In the aftermath of forcing the Ohio Progressive Caucus to delete criticism of Amy Acton for calling trans girls "boys," progressives were promised a meeting with Acton. Now, we have learned she didn't show up, and kicked trans people out of the meeting. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Dem. Ohio Gov Candidate Amy Acton Scheduled a Meeting With LGBTQ+ Advocates, Didn't Show Up, And Kicked Out Trans People Who Did

The meeting was supposed to be Acton's way of making up for calling trans girls "boys."

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citizenstephen.bsky.social @citizenstephen.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The @democrats.org need to manage the upcoming primary process better. 5% floor for debate candidates. Moderators who want the Democrats to win. Let the media run the debates in the general. www.liberalcurrents.com/its-time-to-...

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Let's Rethink the Primary Process for 2028

Primary season is closer than you think—can Democrats avoid their most damaging mistakes of 2020?

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

you need candidates who want to run to fight, but you also need them to not think the universe owes them because they are a very special boy

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 05/07/2026

Elon Musk, the literal richest man on the planet–the world’s first TRILLIONAIRE–is paying the SAME amount in Social Security taxes as an electrician who makes $185,000 a year. That's outrageous. We need to scrap the cap so the richest people in the world pay their fair share.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 01/07/2026

Why are the Trump administration's 250th celebrations so feeble? Because it's hard to celebrate the ideals of the Declaration of Independence if you don't believe in them www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Blood and Soil Aren’t What Binds America Together

If you don’t believe in the ideals of the Declaration of Independence, celebrating it is difficult.

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Todd Stein @toddstein.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The thing is, Mamdani's position is the only correct position for anyone who truly believes in the universality of human rights, not to mention the best framework for a durable peace. And people keep asking him like he's some sort of freak for holding it. And he keeps answering. Good for him.

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WIRED @wired.com · 28/06/2026

As the billionaire class gets richer, the growing online community is offering tips on how to survive with very little. www.wired.com/story/the-al...

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The ‘Almost Homeless’ Subreddit Is a Stark Glimpse at Soaring Wealth Inequality

As the billionaire class gets richer, the growing online community is offering tips on how to survive with very little.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Today, I introduced legislation to require that the minimum wage be a living wage. $25 an hour is what’s required for a full time worker to pay their bills, and we shouldn’t accept that full time work leaves people living in poverty.

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

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Vivian @suchnerve

"If you want a living wage, get
a better job" is a fascinating
way to spin "I acknowledge
that your current job needs to
be done, but I think
whomever does that job
deserves to be in poverty."

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/06/2026

An aerial view shows crews dismantling the UFC fighting venue on the South Lawn of the White House. The grass on the Ellipse has been completely destroyed following the UFC viewing party. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz

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Phineas X Kirkpatrick @phiniaskirkpatrick.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

“If you think this is a bad deal, what is your alternative?” Whatever else we would get if we gave the Iranians Vance, Rubio, Hegseth, and Trump.

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Opinion | JD Vance on the Morality of the Trump Administration

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

not polite to call some people stupid, but it is genuinely a party of stupid people

The Washington Post tweets: "Social Security’s trust fund is now due to run low on money beginning in 2032.

The government acknowledged that the Trump administration’s immigration policies and tax cuts are expected to contribute to the insolvency."

There is then a link to the story.

Someone on Twitter replies: "Explain to me like I’m an idiot how deporting people contributes to my nest egg evaporating?"

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Ms. Rachel: As the American Academy of Pediatrics says, there is no safe amount of time for a child to be in detention. The Dilley immigration detention center must be shut down. We need to end the cruel policies of family detention and family separation.

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Phineas X Kirkpatrick @phiniaskirkpatrick.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Running the government like his own business, which is to say, not paying for services rendered.

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Opera Company Sues to Collect $17 Million From the Kennedy Center

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I wish we lived in the world where this is true, but we don't. You cannot respond to an orchestrated partisan attack on the very nature of our democracy with bipartisanship and status quoist legalism. This Supreme Court has made itself an opponent to democracy, it should be treated as such

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

"At Rededicate 250, there were a couple token Catholics and one Jew among otherwise evangelical-led speaker list, but no Mormons were invited. "Many speakers are anti-Mormon, including Robert Jeffress, who has repeatedly called the Latter Day Saints a 'cult.'" www.salon.com/2026/06/10/p...

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