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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h
Good thing Republicans passed the Lindsey O. Graham Russia Sanctions Act. Very effective. Very powerful.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The midterms are being flooded with dark money & Trump is doing everything he can to suppress the vote. But remember — WE THE PEOPLE outnumber Trump and his billionaire backers. Keep phoning. Keep canvassing. Keep getting out the vote for candidates on the side of working people. It is essential.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026
Pennsylvania reported Wednesday that a fifth person who had measles has died as rising infections in the state continue to push up the country’s record-breaking count of cases.
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Pennsylvania reports 5th measles-associated death as outbreak continues
Cases in the state, home to the country’s largest ongoing measles outbreak, have climbed to 943 across 39 counties.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 28/09/2026
Trump government ads draw scrutiny weeks before midterm elections reut.rs/4yfOtk0
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Trump government ads draw scrutiny weeks before midterm elections
Taxpayer-funded television ads featuring President Donald Trump, including spots celebrating a "golden age of America" and one accompanied by a chorus singing "love me" on repeat, are drawing bipartisan criticism and ​legal questions five weeks before midterm elections.
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CNN @cnn.com · 29/09/2026
President Donald Trump has personally driven the controversial, tax-payer funded video ads promoting himself and his administration's policies, including helping select the imagery and videos used, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. cnn.it/4rBSfl7
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I was told by a guy on Truth Social who wears orange makeup that leaking to the press was treason and people should be prosecuted for it.
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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I will never get over how incredibly stupid this is. Do they not know what risk pools are? Do they not know what insurance is???
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Something is happening. Thanks to Donald Trump, something very big is indeed happening.👇
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
8 months ago.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
WSJ: Alabama Sen. Katie Britt publicly praised Trump’s tariffs while privately seeking exemptions for manufacturers in her own state. www.wsj.com/opinion/kati...
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Opinion | One Senator’s Plea for Tariff Breaks
How protectionism works in practice: Public support, but seeking exemptions in private.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Perfectly put.👇
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CNN @cnn.com · 13/09/2026
A 40-year-old woman who lived in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, has died from measles complications, the county coroner confirmed. It’s the third measles-associated death in a fast-growing outbreak that’s sparked a political clash between state and federal officials. cnn.it/3Vc0I2m
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump spends his days padding his pockets, obsessing over plans to build monuments to himself, sleeping in meetings, and occasionally sending out fake announcements about illegal rebates. No wonder gas is heading to $5 a gallon.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Trump administration will keep lying anyway.👇
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/09/2026
An infant from the Amish community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, has died of measles, the first child death confirmed by the county coroner in this outbreak.
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Infant died of measles in Pennsylvania, coroner confirms
The Lancaster County coroner said he did not know if this death is one of the two disputed by federal health officials.
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Kim Lyons @kimly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
brutal www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
One morning in June, three paralyzed military veterans in wheelchairs from rural Pennsylvania arrived at the office of Sen. John Fetterman for a long-awaited meeting to discuss legislation that would improve their care.
Fetterman's staff greeted them with bad news:
The Pennsylvania Democrat had to cancel. He'd told his staff he may have eaten something bad and wasn't feeling well, according to people familiar with the matter.
Less than an hour after his staffers met with the veterans in his place, Fetterman walked into his office, showing no signs of illness. He had an appointment he didn't want to miss, he told staff: an interview on Fox News to discuss Israel and the war in Iran.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/09/2026
With midterm elections looming, the Republican-led House was scheduled to work for three more weeks before November. On Thursday, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) cut that back to one, canceling planned votes in September.
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GOP-led House scraps two weeks of work ahead of midterms
The move gives candidates more time to sell themselves to voters. It means little, if any, legislation is likely to pass Congress before November.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hegseth is systematically destroying and dismantling the greatest military force in the world. Another great day for Putin and Xi.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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James Santelli @santelli.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I'm re-posting my Pitt Volleyball match story because I was reminded that the Post-Gazette and the Trib had zero coverage of the team this weekend, which is a darn shame!
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is so fucking wrong. He does not have the legal authority to build the ballroom. But here’s the Supreme Court once again allowing the president of the United States to be a lawless dictator.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The news media instead told us that "it's not clear what Elon Musk's politics are" right before he became the #1 Republican donor in history then told us "Elon Musk is leaving politics" right before he was going to become the #1 Republican donor for a second consecutive cycle.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Cuban: I've given money to end Citizens United. I know my next dollar isn't going to change my life. But it can sure change a lot of other people's lives, and that's the way I try to live
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Terrible. "By the time the U.S. began attacking Iran, Central Command, which said it needed a minimum of nine of its 16 [civilian protection] staffers to function, was left with one person...A U.S. airstrike hit a school, killing more than 100 children." www.propublica.org/article/hegs...
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Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.
The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Just 10 billionaires have already poured nearly $670 MILLION into this year's midterms. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. If you're wondering what the real threat to "election integrity" is, it's Big Money.
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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
What do these corporations all have in common? -SpaceX -Palantir -RTX -Northrop Grumman -Microsoft -Nvidia They are all corporations whose stock Trump just purchased — and who do business with the Trump administration. We must not become numb to this blatant corruption.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14/08/2026
Flock, the country’s most prominent seller of automated license-plate readers, said it will require stricter oversight after a Post investigation found dozens of officers had misused its cameras to spy on their exes and romantic interests.
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Flock unveils changes after Post report on police misuse of its network
The license-plate-reader firm said it will require stricter oversight after a Washington Post investigation found dozens of officers had misused its cameras to spy on their exes and romantic interests...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING. Joe Rogan has just discovered that Trump might be corrupt.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Ron Desantis attacks Elon Musk.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13/08/2026
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other top Senate Democrats are requesting an audit of spending on the White House East Wing and ballroom. The Post reported on Wednesday that the administration is planning to spend at least $927 million on various projects.
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Senate Democrats request audit of Trump’s ballroom project
The senators’ letter says the administration’s handling of the project raises “concerns about transparency, accountability, and stewardship of this national landmark.”
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
MAGA, MAGA.👇
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Why would Trump remove federal reporting requirements this week mandated in a law authored by Marco Rubio in 2020 to identify domestic and international sex traffickers, money launderers and terrorists, and will Rubio comment on it?
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Some of Doge's $110bn saving reports are wrong or lack evidence, US watchdog finds
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Some of Doge's $110bn saving reports are wrong or lack evidence, US watchdog finds
A review of the body formerly charged with reducing government spending has found several issues with its calculations.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Just 3 weeks ago, JD Vance tried to use the Marine Two helicopter to send his 9-year-old son to a golf lesson. The helicopter costs between $16K-$25K per hour to operate and is paid for by American taxpayers. He has also used it for multiple recent “house hunting” trips in the DC suburbs.
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Vance’s security detail ‘fed up’ with hastily arranged personal and family travel requests
Secret Service sources said the Vance family asks included getting their young son to a golf lesson on a military helicopter.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 02/08/2026
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe reut.rs/4halBnD
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Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe
The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
67 boat strikes 221 people killed EXCLUSIVE: Operation Southern Spear has not reduced the volume, availability, purity or price of cocaine arriving in the U.S., according to an internal DEA assessment and a closed-door Pentagon briefing for senators, and has made enforcement more difficult
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67 boat strikes. 221 dead. The cocaine hasn’t slowed, officials report.
The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea. Pentagon and DEA analysts have concluded otherwise.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The guy who called Biden “Sleepy Joe” falls asleep in private meetings, public meetings, and public events multiple times every day. Every single day. He fell asleep at a funeral today. And the media, who harped all over Biden’s age, doesn’t even talk about Sleepy Donald.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Donald Trump has earned more money in his first and second year, in his second term as president, than in the previous 60 years of his life, per Bloomberg.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
He was impeached for being corrupt. His own office of lawyers resigned en masse because they thought he was a criminal. He was under federal indictment until Trump dropped the case. Did he think he could run for Senate and just…. Not have to talk about that stuff?
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
4.5 Benghazis BY CHOICE
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Update from Ukraine.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/07/2026
Financial disclosures show that Susan Collins was taking checks from some of the men named in Epstein Files.
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More Donations from Epstein Contacts to Susan Collins Uncovered
Collins took money from men on the Epstein list before voting against releasing the files
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NPR @npr.org · 16/07/2026
Higher oil prices since the Iran war began mean many oil companies have brought in excess profits. Some U.S. lawmakers want to tax those windfall profits and give the money to lower-income Americans.
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Oil companies are making billions. In the U.S., calls to tax their windfall are growing
Higher oil prices since the Iran war began mean many oil companies have brought in excess profits. Some U.S. lawmakers want to tax those windfall profits and give the money to lower-income Americans.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
RFK Jr's CDC reportedly scaled back foodborne disease tracking last year, removing cyclospora from mandatory reporting. The CDC also lost roughly 3,000 employees since 2025. Now? A cyclosporiasis outbreak has sickened thousands across 34 states. "Make America Healthy Again."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/07/2026
Trump: "The flags are at hask mask"
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