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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 2h
In the end, Tillis gives naivete a bad name. But he also provides a window into what has happened to the GOP, which has surrendered their morals, rationalized Trump’s increasingly erratic and bizarre behavior, and abandoned the rule of law. charliesykes.substack.com/p/thom-tilli...
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Thom Tillis Lacks the Courage of His Remarkably Weak Convictions
Today is the 10th anniversary of the October 7, 2016 release of the Access Hollywood tapes (about which more below).
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h
🚨LEAKED AUDIO: Mike Collins insists gas prices are “coming down fast.” Then he says they’ll drop “on November 5th” — after Election Day. Why? In his own words: “It’s politics. It’s political.” Collins is too gutless to put the blame where it belongs — on Trump’s failed policies.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2h
Hey, here's a random thought: maybe all of us who are Democrats and progressives should pause attacks on each other for the next three weeks and focus on beating Republicans. I promise our arguments will be so much more interesting in January after a blue tsunami.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1h
As always with Rs, the sense is not so much that they deny the physical phenomenon of climate change as the presence or absence of the phenomenon simply never enters their thinking. They interact with it *purely* as a partisan matter, something libs care about. No awareness of a world beyond.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 17h
I don't know how it will play in Maine, but Troy Jackson seems to be winning this debate
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 19h
Troy Jackson: Eight years ago today, Maine women begged Susan Collins not to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. She did it anyway. He helped overturn Roe v. Wade. And today, she says she has no regrets. Would you trust her to pick the next Supreme Court justice?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h
(Politico) - ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday .. @politico.com $DIS www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 18h
Abolish ICE.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 18h
Power means nothing if you won't use it when the people of Maine need it. Maine deserves better. Maine deserves change. We have the chance to build a government that serves the people, not the ultra-wealthy. Let’s go win this thing.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16h
Troy Jackson clearly won tonight’s first Maine Senate debate, repeatedly putting Susan Collins on the defensive over Trump, Kavanaugh and her record in Washington. Collins leaned heavily on seniority and what she’s delivered for Maine — but Jackson landed the sharper punches by far.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16h
Makes it real clear what they mean by "liberty."
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Alito calls same-sex marriage a 'decisive' turn 'against religious liberty' in new book
A new book by Justice Samuel Alito presents his view of the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the country with a focus on religious freedom.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h
Trump’s Latino coalition is cracking. New Equis poll: his approval among Latinos is just 31%, with 63% disapproving. On the cost of living, his net approval has plunged to -57. Even worse, 42% of Latinos who voted for Trump in 2024 are disappointed or regret it. Broken promises have consequences.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h
Susan Collins and Troy Jackson traded shots over ICE, Iran, abortion and health care during their first debate in Maine's Senate race. Jackson went on the offensive, accusing Collins of undermining abortion rights by confirming Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and failing to stand up to Trump.
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Susan Collins and Troy Jackson clash over abortion, ICE and other issues in first debate
President Donald Trump loomed large over the debate as Jackson, a Democrat, sought to portray his Republican rival as too closely aligned with the White House. Collins disputed that and touted her sen...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
Here's a nearly 10-minute supercut of Troy Jackson taking it to Susan Collins during their debate tonight, including Jackson telling her "you can't eat road salt" and "Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13h
Nothing to see here...just the President of the United States inviting the country he illegally declared war on to "take out" 2 major American cities. If that's not treason, what is? 🤬 Law enforcement won't hold him accountable, but we WILL! The beginning of the end is on November 3rd. #VOTE-BLUE 🌊
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h
🚨BREAKING: ICE collected tens of millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding election data into a system used to locate people for deportation as part of an effort to find voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal
It's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6h
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 5h
the most entitled fascist collaborators in town
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h
Republicans are retreating — even in deep-red territory. They’re pulling money from Michael Whatley in North Carolina, scrambling to defend Roger Marshall in Kansas, and canceling $1.1M in GOP ads in NE-2 as Democrat Denise Powell surges. Democrats are on offense. Now we have to finish the job. 🌊
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
"Gov. Greg Abbott is blaming a scheduling conflict and says he's not gonna be attending the rally in San Antonio today where the president is going to be. He's not taking time for the president."
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h
“Pennsylvania has reported five measles-associated deaths, the most in the U.S. in more than three decades …. The statewide outbreak is now on track to become the largest the country has seen since the 1990s.”
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h
Putin is ruthless and will stop at nothing
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h
🚨BREAKING: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote, according to new records analyzed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE  probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 4h
Senate Banking just launched the Trumpflation Tracker. The affordability crisis is not a “hoax” like Donald Trump says. See for yourself how much more you’re paying because of Trump’s failed economic agenda
Trumpflation Tracker. Cumulative inflation since Dec. 2024: 5.2%, approximately $3,388 more for the average household. Real wage growth since start of Iran War: -0.7%. Wages aren’t keeping up with Trump’s inflation. 30-year mortgage rate up from 5.99% before the war to 7.6%, or $4,330 more per year for a typical household. Household debt, Q1 ’25 to Q2 ’26: +$56B. Families going into more debt just to get by. Total cost to American borrowers of Trump’s broken promise to cap credit card interest rates: $94.9B. Share of each extra dollar of income going to household debt: 52¢. Take-home income up $109/month since 2022; debt payments up $57. Cost of Living Basket Since Dec. 2024: Electricity +12.7%, approximately $222 more for the average household. Rent +5.1%, approximately $256 more. Gasoline +43.7%, approximately $758 more. Groceries +3.7%, approximately $211 more. Child Care +7.6%, approximately $852 more. Health Care +14.6%, approximately $929 more for average family coverage.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3h
Given the president’s prolific social media usage, time spent on the golf course, and focus on vanity projects, one could forgive the 11th Circuit panel if they don’t take the claim he doesn’t have time seriously. Read more about Trump’s new delay game here: joycevance.substack.com/p/pat-robert...
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Pat Robertson Tried It While Campaigning. Will Trump Fare Any Better?
But he shouldn’t.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 3h
I don't understand why the Cornell rapist would flee to Dubai when he could've stayed in the US and become a Republican politican, pastor, SCOTUS justice or maybe even president.
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Brian Poindexter For Congress @poindexterforcongress.com · 3h
“Total depravity.” The people who know Max Miller best say he is unfit to serve. Here are the words of his ex-father in law, Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno, about how Miller treats his own daughter.
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 9h
Susan Collins is showing just how out of touch she is. “I spent a whole year without health insurance…in ‘94” That was 3 decades ago, Susan, when insurance was $1500 annually… Thanks to Susan’s vote that helped pass Trump’s murderous budget bill, premiums are $1500 a month now for some folks.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h
Susan Collins, one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the midterms, faced a humiliating reality check last night during her debate against Democratic challenger Troy Jackson. In the first of four televised debates, Collins struggled to defend her efforts to rein in Trump’s disastrous policies.
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“We Can’t Eat Road Salt”: Susan Collins Crashes and Burns in Debate
The incumbent Maine senator gave a dumpster-fire performance.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Some say they haven't signed up for Democracy Docket because they don't want spam or endless solicitations. Democracy Docket doesn't sell its list. It doesn't solicit products or services. It sends you the news/information you sign-up for. Try it and see! demdock.com/4w6emld
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Why Peter -- such snark!
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Send in the Texts.”
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“There are always people who profit from war or government policies. The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy. And that is what is happening here...” www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN
At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Absentee ballot voters in Montana won’t have to comply with an onerous birthdate verification requirement after a state court blocked the measure Friday night, ruling that it violates the state constitution. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Montana court blocks onerous mail voting law that caused thousands of rejected absentee ballots last year
The mail voting measure led to nearly 3,000 mail ballots getting rejected in the Nov. 2025 election, in a state where 80% of voters vote absentee.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ha! Yes, I wholeheartedly agree. And let’s hope Trump brings JD Vance and Stephen Miller with him! 🤣🤣
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bjkeefe @bjkeefe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Heh. Just posted this in reply to his latest Twitter-whimper: Full NYT gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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How about this report of your corruption?

https://nytimes.com/2026/10/03/us/... [*]

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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of interest.

[*] [Full link is actually https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/us/politics/kushner-witkoff-russia-oil-deal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F1E.zXvR.RPqpSnhZ_kBL&smid=nytcore-android-share
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just talked with a lifelong Republican in the Delta Sky Club at LaGuardia who was heading home to Dallas. He told me he’s voting for James Talarico in November. His words about Ken Paxton: “He’s corrupt as all fuck.” And he said he’s “ashamed” Paxton is the GOP nominee.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
(qutoed in Woodward and Bernstein's “The Final Days,” p. 462)
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“He’s gotta resign. … We have to let our own people and everybody else know why it had to be done—because of what’s on the tape, because he lied.” — White House speechwriter Patrick J. Buchanan to White House chief of staff Alexander M. Haig, August 2, 1974
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
lmaoooooo
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Georgia’s election board asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate a leading nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program, potentially adding yet another probe based on hyper-partisan conspiracy theories to the department’s portfolio. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Georgia’s GOP-controlled election board wants DOJ to investigate nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program
Despite his request for a federal investigation into ERIC, the board's executive director appeared to know very little about the organization during a meeting earlier this week.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Can't believe trump would be bribing voters after Susan Collins assured us that he learned his lesson when she voted to acquit him in the Senate after he was impeached for trying to bribe Ukraine.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yesterday, bikers came to say goodbye to 14-year-old Illia Honcharov, who was killed by a Russian missile strike on his home in Vyshhorod, Kyiv region, on September 30. Illia loved motorcycles. His family asked bikers to join the farewell ceremony. Many answered the call.
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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/10/2026
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Trump’s past 24 hours of desperation:

— posts Sen. Tom Cotton’s cellphone number and tells people to call him over daylight saving time
— again tries to scam voters with fraudulent promises $5,000 checks to every adult citizen if Republicans win the House and Senate
— says if Democrats win it will be “a 1929 disaster” and an economic depression, essentially admitting he believes his term will lead to a Great Depression
— tells a Mobile, Alabama rally to close their eyes and “pretend I’m on the ballot”
— says he’s giving $100 checks to 20 million seniors
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
WTF is happening to this country? We've asked that every single day — and watched a movement of millions rise up refusing to sit it out. So we wrote a book about it. Preorder WTF America?!
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WTF America?!
From the founders of MeidasTouch, the independent news network that helped redefine how millions of people consume news, WTF America?! is an unflinching look...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/10/2026
Katie Phang: "Get the fuck out of here. Are you kidding me? You think it's a good use of taxpayers time and money to be able to do illegal redactions and withholds that are now forcing me to have to go and sue? Are you joking? But this is how Todd Blanche thinks."
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yeah
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Republican members of the Georgia State Election Board (SEB) adopted a resolution Monday seeking the Trump administration to intervene in a vague crusade against the state’s voting system just weeks before the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Georgia election board asks for Trump admin to help go after state’s voting machines
“I think this is federal overreach," the board's lone Democrat warned.
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