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Formerly: Raul Toblerone Sharing the sentiment of the movie Don’t Look Up: “We really did have everything, didn't we? If you think about it….." Ukraine is showing us the way on how to deal with fascists. photo above of bioluminescence Venice Beach 2024

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 12h
Remarkable lack of dot-connecting to attacks on Trust & Safety over the last 3 years, executed by some of the same people. Then, they worked to reframe the research community as woke censors. Here they're trying to reframe it as woke cranks...and censors. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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They told the world AI was dangerous. Now Trump’s allies are coming for them.
The Trump administration and its allies are embracing some ideas championed by AI safety advocates, while also working to marginalize the movement in Washington.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"A growing mountain of evidence points to American interference in both the Brazilian election & the Alberta referendum. It looks like they are injecting themselves into the Quebec election, as well. We need to send the Americans a clear message that we will NOT be manipulated" x.com/gilmcgowan/s...
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 11h
There it is
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 14h
Trump ran $10M+ in TV ads promoting himself, paid for w/ your tax dollars Facing backlash, he now says his super PAC will cover it Small problem: presidents can't direct super PAC spending either I'll get into it w/ @ms.now at 11AM ET👇 -TN
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Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads
The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.
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Official Toonie Tuesday @toonietuesday.bsky.social · 10h
LIBERTY by Air, Land and Sea #ToonieTuesday UPDATE $3,032 raised - $8,000 needed These drones help rescuers operate in flooded zones, forested areas, and destroyed urban blocks - giving them the advantage of sight when terrain ...🧵⤵️ 🔗 givebutter.com/liberty-omega (Toonie in comment)
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 14h
This is not dementia. It's treason. Betraying his oath of office to protect his citizens. Making us sacrificial lambs for a war he started. This fucking piece of shit stood on a stage and said millions of Americans dying is a “small price to pay.” And the crowd CHEERED. It's inconceivable.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🇵🇸A message for Christians all over the world from a Palestinian priest in one of the oldest Christian towns in the world, Taybeh:
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🐋 The humpback whale — 40 tons launching its entire body out of the ocean. Pure majestic power at the golden hour ✨️💛🧡💛✨️
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Many idiots will blame Ukraine for not surrendering this winter, as Russia’s war crimes cause widespread civilian casualties. Ukraine has never had any option other than fighting or surrendering, and Ukraine will never surrender. Russia is solely at fault for everything
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As Russian aggression escalates, European countries must treat internal pro-Kremlin actors as active security threats. Allowing fifth columns to operate freely inside our borders invites catastrophe. When Russia makes its moves, these traitors will side with Moscow
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Russia’s fifth column is actively helping Russia wage war on us. We sadly allow it to continue
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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Got another anti-trans campaign ad just now and man just fucking leave the trans folks alone already. Fuck’s sake.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Since taking office, Ken Paxton has spent $1.9 million in taxpayer funds on luxury travel, including to: — China — Israel — India — Italy — Malta — Taiwan — Albania — Greece — Palm Beach — South Africa — Dominican Republic — 25 trips to California — The 2024 Kentucky Derby
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JoAnna Mendoza @joannamendoza.com · 03/10/2026
THANK YOU to the tens of thousands of people who chipped in to help us flip #AZ06. It’s because of people like you showing up for our movement is why we’re going to win. With almost one month to go until Election Day, we’re not slowing down!
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ONE MONTH FROM TODAY:
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are a lot of Trump officials who need to be impeached, but Russell Vought -- the quarterback of all the Project 2025 fuckery and a central player in the administration's overreach -- really needs to be at the top of the list.
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Natalie Wyatt-Brown @nataliewb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is so true. I figured this out in Constitutional Law after reading several Scalia opinions where the outcome always happened to align with his political beliefs.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...
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We Have No Supreme Court
The philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It is 2006, and Karl Rove is mocking people for calling Republicans "Nazis" It is 2026, and Karl Rove is encouraging people to call Republicans "Nazis"
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Hey, fellas, before you write that white hot take about how rape is such a tricky thing and, I mean, who can really say what happened and, you know, maybe we should not be too judgmental, I'd like to remind you that instead you can simply shut the fuck up.
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 03/10/2026
It’s offensive that Trump is doing such blatant corruption right in the open. Congress has the Constitutional responsibility of oversight and it’s a disgrace Republicans gave that up the last 2 years so that Trump feels above the law
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Want Dinner With the President? Buy His Meme Coin.
The $Trump meme coin is offering buyers a new "exclusive" opportunity to meet the president.
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Newsom's allies are saying they oppose the billionaire tax because it will hurt "farmers and ranchers." Talk about gaslighting. Of the 250 California billionaires, how many are farmers/ranchers? abcnews.com/Politics/top...
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Top Democrats battle over California's proposed billionaire tax
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna will rally in support of an initiative that would place a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of billionaires in the state.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
With this monopolized media empire comes not just size but unprecedented power. The power to throw workers under the bus. The power to price-gouge because consumers have few alternatives. The power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told.
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Charles Booker @booker4ky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICYMI: From local headlines to national coverage, I spent September sharing my vision for Kentucky. Catch up on the coverage as we head into the final stretch.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Only $90 short of raising $500 today
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The Great Pumpkinsquatch - Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
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John @johnlk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What? This is somehow shocking even when nothing is shocking anymore.
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 02/10/2026
The Kremlin wants the world to forget who started the war. On 24 February 2022, Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launching the largest conflict on the European continent since the Second World War. The war was not ‘forced upon’ Russia. Russia chose to start it.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/10/2026
Opting out of all the ways that the major tech companies can infiltrate our lives is difficult, but not impossible. Let us know where you’re starting from today, and take the month to seek more privacy from the tools you use. www.eff.org/pages/welco...
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Welcome to Opt Out October. Let’s Take Control of Our Data and Our
Big tech companies are hell-bent on taking away our agency and forcing us to use their surveillance-based services, apps, and devices. It’s hard to fight against, and it often feels much easier to
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Truthout @truthout.org · 02/10/2026
Half of the population of Doral, Florida is from Venezuela, yet the city voluntarily signed an agreement with ICE. Now that the mayor and other politicians are receiving backlash for signing the agreement, they are trying to falsely claim the state of Florida obligated the city to sign on.
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Florida City That Willingly Signed Deal With ICE Finds Itself in Crisis
Half the population of Doral, Florida, is from Venezuela. Why haven’t its leaders rescinded their deal with ICE?
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asturianfarmer.bsky.social @asturianfarmer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
YOU don't decide what to fund or not fund. Congress does. Your only job is to disperse the money and monitor those dispersements.
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 02/10/2026
This is #NY17 and its immediate surroundings. It is the ONLY toss-up seat in this area...and it needs help. EVERY district it borders in NY, CT and NJ is Safe 🔵. So I'm asking... If you (or anyone you know) lives in-or-near this area (or even NYC) PLEASE come out to volunteer for Cait Conley.
Map of New York's 17th District and its surrounding areas where Democrats are trying to elect Cait Conley @caitfornewyork.bsky.social and defeat Mike Lawler.
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 02/10/2026
If every Dem fighter in #NY17 - or within 15 miles of its borders - came out to knock on doors just once, we'd win. You can find endless volunteer opportunities below. PLEASE help us defeat Mike Lawler, elect @caitfornewyork.bsky.social, and flip the House blue. www.mobilize.us/caitfornewyo...
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Volunteer Opportunities, Events, and Petitions Near Me · Cait Conley For New York on Mobilize
Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with Cait Conley For New York.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
These bigots like to talk about assimilation because it sounds like they're scoring people on their behavior rather than their genes. But when people are behaving exactly like their ideal of all-American sports-lovin' too-big-pastel-shirt wearin' bros, it still doesn't count.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: judge dismisses case against reflecting pool defendant Davey Hearn WITH PREJUDICE- meaning the DoJ can’t ever bring charges against him in this matter. www.ms.now/deadline-whi...
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Judge permanently dismisses David Hearn Reflecting Pool indictment
The Trump Justice Department sought a temporary dismissal. Hearn wanted his charges tossed for good.
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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fuck them for trying
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
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ravenalessia.bsky.social @ravenalessia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Angie Dixon must be doing something right if the VP Vance is using her to distract from the incompetence, mendacity and corruption of the Trump-Vance administration. A framework every Democratic candidate and the party should use through the midterms. It isn’t just Trump it’s also Vance.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026
Unelected Republicans in Georgia are asking Todd Blanche to declare their voting machines illegal. DOJ has no authority to interfere with state-run elections, but I doubt that will stop them from trying. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
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5nark Twain @5narktwain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#california #becerra #DV1 #ProudBlue California ballots start arriving soon, make sure you vote Becerra and blue and drop it off your nearest ballot drop box www.sos.ca.gov/elections/wh...
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Public anger comes for John Roberts The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.” Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him. (Gift Article)
After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jack Smith is an American hero 👇
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
5 million people, including an estimated 1 million children, have lost access to food because of Trump. Instead of a ballroom, an arch, or a war, we could be making sure people don’t go hungry. 

This President’s priorities are shameful.
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Changes to SNAP benefits begin Oct. 1 for millions of Americans: What to know
Major changes are coming on Oct. 1 for the tens of millions of Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for food assistance.
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Niall Machin @niallmachin1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Used up all its missiles and now getting rid of its generals. Really are rolling out the red carpet for #Putin great work Agent #Krasnov
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What you see in the scene is the shadow of the shell. As for the real shell, it came from the left to kill an unarmed Palestinian young man and his mother, as he was carrying her displacement items for her, and they were on their way to a new tent. Zionist criminality has reached an unprecedented
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