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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h
Left out of the whole “paying more for gas is worth it” bs from Republicans is the fact that Trump said Iran was going to surrender unconditionally a few days after he started the war and that gas prices would not be affected.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Fox News' propagandists are overwhelmingly focused on the Michigan and Texas Senate races, to the near-exclusion of all the other battlegrounds. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/how...
mediamatters.org
How Fox News stars are covering the 2026 Senate midterm elections
Fox News evening hosts Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, and Sean Hannity have overwhelmingly focused their discussions of key U.S. Senate races on attacking Democratic and independent candidates rather ...
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Did they put Eric Schmitt in charge of ad buys?
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It’s true…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
So now Kevin Hassett will go on TV again and smile while telling us how the terrible inflation numbers are actually great news for everyone and how we are really winning even though we keep having to pay more for everything because of stupid tariffs and an even dumber war.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
If you can’t laugh every day, you’re short changing your health. If you’re not laughing each day at the expense of a Trump team member, you’re not getting anywhere close to the full benefit.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 12/10/2026
Working people are working harder than ever, yet our paychecks are stuck and CEOs are bringing home record pay and bonuses. This election season, let’s elect candidates who will help make this economy work for all of us, not just the billionaire bosses. Betterinaunion.org
U.S. workers get a record-low share of the output we make. "American workers are getting the smallest slice of the pie on record." - NBC News, 9/7/26 | AFL-CIO
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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We've betrayed Ukraine & its people. Contact Congress. Tell them to override drumpf/vance stupidity & demand they implement Graham's Russia sanctions. Putin is the problem. Stand up for democracy. For humanity. Putin must go. #SlavaUkraini #Voices4Victory #usDemocracy #dv1
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Russian bot activity online is reportedly plummeting ahead of the midterms after President Zelenskyy hit Russian data centers with drone strikes. fox56.com/news/local/a...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelensky on bombing the Russian data centers: “It’s pretty clear where the bots were coming from.”
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 12/10/2026
🎥 NEW: Trump last week took his 2022 lawsuit against Marc Elias and Hilary Clinton, who he accused of racketeering, to the Supreme Court. For years, Trump has attacked Marc for being a bulwark against his baseless election fraud claims — but Marc has never backed down and he won't start now👇
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ALERT: Trump Takes His Hatred of Me to the Supreme Court
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
BREAKING: Trump administration cut down more than 500 trees on Saturday at the East Potomac Golf Course after giving less than a full-day notice, with more tree-cutting planned, so plaintiffs challenging the effort went to court seeking a TRO tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
EMERGENCY MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER OR, ALTERNATIVELY, FOR A 14-DAY STAY UNDER SECTION 705 OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT
Plaintiffs hereby move the Court to enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, for a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705.
Despite the Court's admonitions not to "get to a point where someone is telling me, from
the government, that it's too late, too many things have happened and now we are, like, moving
Case 1:26-cv-00477-ACR
Document 76
Filed 10/11/26
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forward and we can't, you know, stop the trains," Status Conf. Tr. ("Apr. 13 Tr.") at 18:15-19:10,
Apr. 13, 2026, Defendants have begun irreversible damage to East Potomac Golf Course. At
4:55 p.m. on Friday preceding the holiday weekend, Defendants announced their intent to
begin-barely 12 hours later—a massive operation to clear 529 trees at East Potomac Golf
Course. Decl. of Dr. Kevin Griess, Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks,
National Park Service 920, ECF 74-1. Although they initially represented that their work would proceed in stages, Defendants in fact took down 529 trees on Saturday alone and have confirmed
to Plaintiffs that they intend to take down hundreds more.
Defendants' surprise tree-razing operation constitutes classic National Environmental
Policy Act segmentation: undertaking elements of a larger project piecemeal and insisting that they are independent and therefore need not be evaluated in a single NEPA review of the entire
project. Defendants cannot circumvent their NEPA obligations in this manner. Delaware
Riverkeeper Network v. F.E.R.C., 753 F.3d 1304, 1313 (D.C. Cir. 2014).Therefore, and for the reasons explained in the Memorandum accompanying this Motion
and supporting exhibits, the Court should enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705, enjoining Defendants from any further tree felling at East Potomac Park. In addition, the
Court should order Defendants to provide the Court and Plaintiffs no less than three business days' written advance notice before any irreparable modification to any permanent forms or
features of East Potomac Park.
If the Court believes a hearing would be appropriate, Plaintiffs request a hearing on this
motion at the Court's first availability. At the parties' meet and confer on Sunday afternoon, Defendants represented that the tree-clearing operation would continue this week until
completed. Defendants indicated during the meet and confer that rain foreclosed any work on
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Sunday, and that the possibility of doing work on Monday depended on weather and the course's
condition. Depending on Defendants' plans, then, it is possible that no work will occur on
Monday.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Life on Twitter has, shockingly, become more pleasant over the past 24 hours after this attack on Russia data centers. Hmmm....
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“Three Yandex data centers were reportedly struck by drones — took more than 80 services offline and sent HTTP-request traffic from Yandex networks to 0.4% of recent peak levels…” No wonder Elon’s so mad 😕 www.gadgetreview.com/ukraine-stri...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
How long until they cave and put money in his pocket? Or at least hold a black tie dinner in his honor?
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John Harris @drjohnaeharris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It would be wild if Lindsey Graham’s prophecy about Republicans picking Trump and getting crushed came true in his sister’s senate bid in South Carolina
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 06/10/2026
Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen criticized Trump’s treatment of US allies, and backed the idea of retaliation for protectionist moves
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Yellen Says Trump ‘Appalling’ on US Allies, Backs Retaliation
Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen criticized President Donald Trump’s treatment of US allies, and backed the idea of retaliation for protectionist moves.
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JourneyDude in Scotland @scottishinsider.org · 06/10/2026
History is repeating itself ... pray for the USA
A side-by-side comparison image featuring Pete Hegseth speaking at a U.S. Department of War event in 2026 on the left, and Adolf Hitler speaking at a Nuremberg rally in 1935 on the right, highlighting similar outstretched arm gestures and podium setups.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
bbc.com
Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 06/10/2026
NEW: Olympic canoeist who went through "nightmare" Reflecting Pool case is pushing two government watchdogs to probe "incompetence and wrongdoing."
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Former Olympic canoeist asks government watchdogs to probe ‘nightmare’ Reflecting Pool case
The Trump administration’s “sprint” to charge Olympic canoeist David “Davey” Hearn, his attorneys wrote, “mirrored the rushed renovation itself.”
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 05/10/2026
Trump's own pollster and campaign chief have reportedly hit the "come, sweet meteor of death" phase. Rick Wilson says the bottom is falling out for Republicans. Read more here: bit.ly/3VtptHC
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Rick Wilson exposes the Trump allies desperate for it all to end
As President Donald Trump appears to be surrounding himself more and more with comforting people, conservative commentator Rick Wilson revealed that some key figures are desperate to get out, describi...
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ohio, today is the last day to register to vote for November’s election. Register online or drop off your voter registration form at your county board of elections office TODAY by 9PM. For more information, head to iwillvote.com/OH.
iwillvote.com
I Will Vote
Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“They gang raped a woman but we can’t expel them as they have promising futures.” This is exactly why a rapist became president.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks Reagan 😕 The Republican agenda for the past 45 years in one chart 👇🏽
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AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 01/10/2026
Good morning ppl! Just a reminder that October started the enactments of the Big Shitty Bill. Today, SNAP benefits are cut across the nation. Next is the reduction in Medicare/ Medicaid benefits. I guess the October surprise is poverty…
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Eric Cartman: From This Moment On, I Am Poor
Alt: Eric Cartman: From This Moment On, I Am Poor
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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This seems like a good time to mention that Smokey Bear is the mascot of the US Forest Service, not the National Parks.
Alt National Park Service: Our response to the State Department using Smokey last night. 

[They attach a picture of a protest sign. It has Smokey Bear's face and says "Only you can prevent fascist liars"]
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
NEWS: The Senate GOP just blocked our resolution to stop Trump from further sabotaging the Affordable Care Act. Trump and Republicans own every closed hospital, every person without insurance and every skyrocketing premium that follows.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.
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JourneyDude in Scotland @scottishinsider.org · 29/09/2026
Dunino Parish Church #scotland #beautiful #moody #urbanphotography
A stone parish church with a bellcote on its gabled roof stands surrounded by a green, grassy churchyard filled with gravestones under a dramatic, cloudy sky.
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New poll has Dems +16 in a generic Congressional ballot. This COULD be a bloodbath
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Eleventh Circuit denies Trump and lawyers’ request to stay the sanctions order in Trump v. IRS pending Trump and lawyers’ appeal of the sanctions order. Notably, the panel is unanimous and included a Trump appointee (Newsom). Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-irs-...
Before JORDAN, ROSENBAUM, and NEWSOM, Circuit Judges.
BY THE COURT:
The appellants, some of whom were the plaintiffs below, move for an order staying aspects of the district court's post-judg-ment sanctions order pending appeal. After review of the record and the parties' briefing, we deny the motion.!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’re all counting on them following through after the midterms.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
actual questions from John Kennedy to Jack Smith: "Do you believe in the Tooth Fairy? How about the Easter bunny?"
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Like everything else Trump “fixes,” the reflecting pool (along with the war in Iran, gas prices, beef prices, and mortgage rates) is in exponentially worse shape than when he started.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Agree With Abdul El-Sayed 💯%....
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Men, stop telling women you denounce sexual assault and start telling your male friends.
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I spend my days fighting for voters in court. Most of what happens there never makes the news. That's why I started Democracy Docket. Sign up now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mike Johnson says opposition to data centers is a Chinese conspiracy. Huh? Meanwhile, 61% of Americans oppose building a new data center in their own area.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My Building a Healthier America Policy Agenda. 🌱🧑‍🌾🍏💧
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I was a nurse in an assisted living center for about a year, three decades ago. I've seen 90-year-old men piss with more force than Donald's eyelids can muster when he's falling asleep in the Oval Office.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think I'm getting the hang of this.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It is often weakened by attacks on the institutions in the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January of 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I guess the point is that Roger Marshall wants to keep this story in the news cycle as long as possible. Nice work.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Persuasion isn't about saying "I told you so" - it's about bringing people together to make things better.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution from the President or others."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."
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