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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I assume Orban conceded because the opposition's victory is too staggeringly large to deny. It's important for us to remember that, were he in Orban's position, Trump would never concede, no matter how large the margin.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/04/2026
BREAKING: Hungary just saw a stunning political shakeup. Opposition leader Péter Magyar says Prime Minister Viktor Orbán personally called to congratulate him on his victory, marking the imminent end to Orbán’s long grip on power.
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Axios @axios.com · 12/04/2026
BREAKING: Orbán defeated in Hungary after 16 years in power
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Earthquake in Hungary: Orbán defeated after 16 years in power
It's a stunning rebuke to one of the Western world's most entrenched populist leaders.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today. One for the history books www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
For over 8 million Americans, Trump wants to collect: "Medical and pharmaceutical claims, diagnoses, treatments, visit length, provider information, doctor’s notes or after-visit summaries..." All "with identifying information, such as names and birth dates" kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Fmr Trump spokesman: "Let's be consistent." BTC: "I am being consistent-- that's the problem. I watched Trump on the campaign trail disparage all these other politicians who engaged in wars in the Middle East. And yet here we are. We have dead Americans, rising oil prices, and a war with no plan."
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
People who’ve never served are often the quickest to start dropping bombs without a plan for what’s next. The American people have seen this play out before and they’re tired of it. Trump is sending our servicemembers into harm’s way without a clear explanation or an end goal.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Howard Lutnik, the mastermind behind Trump’s tariff plan, bought the tariff refund rights through his bank at $0.25 on the dollar last year. Actively betting on his own policy to not work. Lutnik and his bank now stand to make billions.
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Howard Lutnick, US Commerce Secretary and architect of Trump's tariff plans, stepped down from Cantor Fitzgerald (now run by his sons) before taking office. Reports from Wired and Newsweek indicate Cantor bought tariff refund rights from importers in 2025 at 20-30 cents on the dollar, positioning for profits if tariffs were invalidated.

Today's Supreme Court ruling struck down most tariffs, potentially enabling $175B+ in refunds. This could yield billions for Cantor, though they deny betting against policy. A Senate probe examines conflicts.
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
While Russia wages a genocidal war, Don Jr.’s longtime associate and business partner has cut an energy deal with a Russian company to develop natural gas in Alaska. My latest…
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While Russia Continues its Genocidal War Against Ukraine, Trump’s Inner Circle Cuts Deals With the Kremlin
While Russia wages a genocidal war against Ukraine—bombing residential neighborhoods, killing civilians, and deliberately destroying energy infrastructure to freeze Ukrainians into submission—Trump’s ...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 20/02/2026
The Department of Justice was reportedly caught deleting evidence that sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell was in possession of three interviews that could possibly be used as blackmail over President Donald Trump and were not released to the general public.
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DOJ busted deleting evidence of Ghislaine Maxwell holding 'blackmail' over Trump
The Department of Justice was reportedly caught deleting evidence that sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell was in possession of three interviews that could possibly be used as blackmail over President Donald Trump and were not released to the general public.On Friday, investigative reporter Roger Solle...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I’m begging you, with tears in my eyes. Please stop using AI to write your tweets. We see the AI cadence. It’s not fooling anyone. Say it with me: AI is for research, not for becoming your entire personality.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Holy shit. A lot of people have suggested this, but I don’t think Lieu would make the allegation unless he had seen some evidence.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/02/2026
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 12/02/2026
The Kremlin crafted an economic package designed to deepen its relations with the US as part of a potential agreement to end its war on Ukraine: Here's your European Evening Briefing
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Putin Pitches Trump Dollar Goodies in Bargain Over Ukraine
Get caught up.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/02/2026
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
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PillarsOfSalt @pillarsofsalt.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
A federal court cleared way for us @democracydefendersfund.org to depose Elon Musk over the unconstitutional shutdown of USAID Our case now moves into discovery As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ facts👇 - TN
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Elon Musk Will Be Deposed Over What He Did With DOGE
The former DOGE head will have to answer for what happened at USAID.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I'm so glad that Tulsi is in charge of hundreds of thousands of ballots. I'm sure they are safe
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Renegade Kangaroo @renegadekangaroo.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The world feels like its on fire, but things like this is why im thankful to be born in this day and age with science advancing like it has been. These are heroes www.unilad.com/news/health/...
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Scientists successfully achieve 'permanent disappearance of pancreatic cancer' in new study for cure
The team searching for a pancreatic cancer cure included the ‘renowned Dr Mariano Barbacid,' a legend in the cancer research field
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🦋 C.G., PhD 🐸 (🪖"Prima" AKA "Battle" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
✊🏾 🇺🇲 ✊🏾 🇺🇦 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
This is what fascism looks like. Use the word. www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/immigra…
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Immigration officers claim sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 21/01/2026
Russia’s latest attack disrupted heating for 5,600 residential buildings in Kyiv, including our Ukraine reporter @nikamelkozerova.bsky.social's. Here is her guide on how to survive in a city that Moscow is attempting to freeze. 🔗 #[politi.co/49y1kEu
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
See how this blatant corruption works? 👀
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
⬇️ They are absolutely being trained to do this, and then to claim that they are being threatened and therefore justified in using deadly force. This is almost certainly coming down from Stephen Miller
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
As a result of the Russian attack on the night of January 9, 40 objects were damaged in Kyiv, including 20 residential buildings. Almost all districts in the Kyiv region were under enemy attack, Minister of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko, reported 📹 anetdybach/Tiktok
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured. Trump then pardoned the attackers. He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.
Front pages from January 6. Image: Walter Olson
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
This is fucking nuts. North Korea would be embarrassed by this propaganda H/T @atrupar.com
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 06/01/2026
1️⃣ Let’s be clear: Texas launched a political purge of educators. After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the state encouraged districts to scour teachers’ private social media, triggering 350+ investigations, suspensions, & firings. This was intimidation. It was the state punishing thought.
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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
5 years since January 6 and Republican leadership still refuses to honor the law enforcement officers with a legally required plaque in the Capitol.    Here’s a replica outside our office.
Replica of legally required plaque to honor the January 6 law enforcement officers outside Rep. Ted Lieu’s office
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Rep. Lloyd Doggett @doggett.house.gov · 06/01/2026
In an attempted rewrite of history comparable to those which occurred often in the Soviet Union, Trump rewrites what happened on J6. The violence he inspired, resulting in the death of 5 police officers and about 140 injured officers bravely defending our Capitol, was, he says, the fault of Pelosi.
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NPR @npr.org · 06/01/2026
NPR built a visual archive of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, showing exactly what happened through the lenses of the people who were there. In "Chapter 2: Stop the Steal," we look at how false claims of a stolen election mobilized Trump supporters.
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Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
SHARE WIDELY!!!!!https://open.substack.com/pub/muellershewrote/p/watch-the-60-minutes-cecot-segment?r=1088tr&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
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WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/12/2025
this is illegal
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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
You’re missing the part where they inevitably enact national ID & universal biometric identification. The very things conservatives once claimed would be unacceptable tyranny or even the mark of the Beast, but which they will blindly accept as legitimate because Trump, their god and king, says so.
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Politic Pony @politicpony.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
BREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/11/2025
A reminder that Trump's "peace plan" for Ukraine came from Russia going back to 2016. From the Mueller Report:
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Chasten Glezman Buttigieg @chastenbuttigieg.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Parents, if you have time to read anything today (and the capacity to feel rage), then these new allegations against two of the largest social media companies, and their apparent disregard of you and your kids’ relationships and mental health, should be it.
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7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 20/11/2025
Just so we’re ALL clear: the President of the United States made death threats toward sitting Democratic members of Congress. But they’re always claiming Democrats are the dangerous ones, right? (1/2)
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution. Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 20/11/2025
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution. In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Pay attention to how Mike Johnson is trying to shift the narrative today - he’s saying some Epstein files can’t be released because they’re intelligence products and would harm national security.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 17/11/2025
The $28 billion hemp industry faces extinction. Here's why.
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$28 Billion Hemp Industry Faces Extinction With Government Re-Opening
The cannabis world's thriving sector has enjoyed federal legalization since the 2018 Farm Bill. Now, because of an amendment in the bill to reopen the government, it might go up in smoke.
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Politic Pony @politicpony.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work." The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting. And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
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