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@raycaruso.bsky.social
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Lover of all things Wes Anderson and the Coen Brothers. Fair Rent Commission. BOD CT Partnership for Children and Families. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 9h
We need more of this
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This keeps happening.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Trump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country.
Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump’s verified @realDonaldTrump account displaying a signed document titled “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.” The document outlines voluntary AI safety and oversight commitments for companies developing frontier artificial intelligence models. On the right side are signatures and company labels for leaders including Sundar Pichai of Google, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Elon Musk of xAI, and Jensen Huang of Nvidia. Near the center-right, Donald J. Trump’s large signature appears above the printed title identifying him as president. The title contains a noticeable typo: instead of “President of the United States,” it reads, “President of the Unites States,” misspelling “United” as “Unites.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
These people are utterly shameless
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every one of these people view their positions in the government as an opportunity to cash in on multiple grifts while traveling the world and having a great time at our expense.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
can't make it up -- the Trump administration is literally rolling a red carpet out right now for President Xi
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
But he’s really just doing it all for you because he loves you, Mr. & Ms. MAGA.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If I could sum up why I’m not a Republican in one quote…
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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Whistleblower claims DHS agents told to obtain state voter records by hook or crook. "'...when officers have raised questions about the legality of this initiative, they’ve reportedly been told to proceed anyway and promised that they won’t be held... personally liable.’" abcnews.com/Politics/dhs...
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DHS agents allegedly directed to 'misrepresent' themselves to access state voter rolls, whistleblower claims
A whistleblower claims DHS has directed agents to "misrepresent" themselves and "violate state laws" in a voter probe, Democratic lawmakers say.
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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 18/09/2026
US officials say overreliance on Palantir's Maven AI system was among the factors that contributed to a February missile strike in Iran that killed 123 children (Bloomberg) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
Trump: "We spent more than $2 billion in FEMA funding. You're waiting for some additional funding. I'm gonna get that to you. Now if Michael loses, I'm not sending it." Crowd: *groans*
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God @thegodshow.com · 17/09/2026
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Her arrest brought down an entire police department. The Trinidad Police Department was forced to shut down following a state investigation into the wrongful arrest of a local journalist who complained about the brown water coming out of her town's taps. Status Coup's Phillip Hawkins breaks it down.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/09/2026
New in PN: Alito & Thomas keep pedal to the metal "The only place where election fraud is real is in the right-wing media ecosystem where they marinate. And b/c they are so steeped in online misinfo & conservative grievance, they're willing to sacrifice every principle of law they ever espoused."
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Alito and Thomas keep the pedal to the metal
Their mail voting dissent is legal hackery. But it makes sense politically.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 16/09/2026
Since returning to the White House, Donald Trump has made more stock trades than every Member of Congress COMBINED. Trump’s unprecedented corruption — as millions of Americans struggle to afford basic needs — is one of the many reasons why we are going to crush the regime electorally in 49 days.
Bloomberg headline: “Trump Has Made More Trades Than All of Congress Combined”
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Sean Hoyer @seanhoyer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
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I was a warehouse wage slave
My brief, backbreaking, rage-inducing, low-paying, dildo-packing time inside the online-shipping machine.
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raycaruso.bsky.social @raycaruso.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I’m sure Mitch McConnell must have a Go Fund Me to help offset all those medical bills he’s wracked up for the last 3 months.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Elect Democrats in November so we can get some REAL investigations launched!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES Trump’s emergency request to impose new mail-in ballot restrictions ahead of the midterms. The restrictions remain blocked. Justice Kavanaugh joined the denial, while Justices Alito and Thomas dissented.
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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 14/09/2026
Robert Kraft, owner of Gillette Stadium, rallied stadium owners across the country to force Ed Sheeran to drop Macklemore from his tour because he said "Free Palestine". Kraft's company, Kraft Group LLC, has donated $3 million to AIPAC's United Democracy Project super PAC.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026
Look at this photo we found from Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding. Can you spot the Russian oligarch close to Putin who bankrolled the event? 🧵
A group photo shows about 35 people, including Donald Trump Jr.; his wife, Bettina Anderson; Ivanka Trump; Jared Kushner; Tiffany Trump; and Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev.

Little Pipe Cay/Lux Hospitality Bahamas; Laura Gordon Photography via Instagram; Laura Gordon Photography
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/09/2026
"It’s safe to say that in the entire known history of diplomacy, there has never been a more clownish team of envoys than Witkoff and Kushner." And their diplomatic efforts will likely be as successful as their previous ones. New from Cathy Young:
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The Two Stooges Take Another Crack at Ukraine
Russia’s imaginary victories meet Trump’s imaginary diplomacy.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026
NEW: Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin Umar Kremlev footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars of wedding expenses at Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish wedding, including renting out a private island and paying for the fireworks show.
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
And yesterday Trump demanded that Ukraine stop bombing Russian refineries.
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Hartford Courant @hartfordcourant.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Andrew Darrow remembers the call to help look for survivors after the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001. “It was surreal,” said the Easton resident who served as a firefighter for 43 years, mainly in the …
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2,977 people died on 9/11. There were thousands more victims, including in Connecticut
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/09/2026
Seems like a good time to re-up this post. It is a list of 26 Dems at the statewide/national level that have made anti-trans statements or voted anti-trans policies. I do not advocate for abstaining from all of the ones on this list, but if the worst offenders who call us “biological men,” I do.
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The Guide To Anti-Trans Democrats In The 2026 Elections, By State
These are the Democrats that LGBTQ+ people may wish to avoid this election cycle.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/09/2026
For likely the first time in modern history, the Supreme Court decided more cases in fast-tracked, secretive proceedings than in open court. These “shadow docket” decisions have let the Trump admin. bypass lower courts on deportations, ICE stops and more — often with little to no explanation.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
NEW: The Reflecting Pool is neither reflecting…. nor a pool.. at this moment It’s …. In disrepair Just filed: youtu.be/lxbcTY4mjME?...
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Trump BLINDSIDED by SHOCKING CONFESSION from Reflecting Pool Contractors!
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Houthis just filmed a warehouse full of US-made armor they took off Saudi-backed forces after Mocha fell. Shot on an iPhone. Such a damaging image! The coalition’s decade-long war in Yemen is ending in captured American equipment & open humiliation.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@thebulwark.com did a supercut of all the prior times Trump said he was going to give Americans a $5000 check or whatever. It is glorious
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026
🚨 JUST IN: Iran-backed Houthis just SEIZED U.S.-made M-ATVs and MRAP armored vehicles after overrunning Mokha port on Yemen’s Red Sea coast
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Q: On the checks, we have $40t in debt. If your economic policies are working, why do you need an incentive for people to turn out to vote? T: I'm doing it as a reward for having to put up w/Biden Q: You also offered tariff refunds-- TRUMP: Not you Q: And that didn't happen T: You're the worst
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/09/2026
Today’s economic news so far: — PPI inflation rises to 5.4% YOY, highest of 2026 — Core PPI rises to 4.6% YOY — 10-year Treasury yield rises to about 4.92% — 30-year Treasury yield rises to about 5.33–5.35% — Brent crude hits about $104–$105​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/09/2026
Sept. 21, 2020: Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Oneil Cruz is involved in a car crash in the Dominican Republic that kills three people. This is how Cruz avoided prosecution — with the help of a local fixer who would go on to become a Red Sox legend’s business partner. THREAD:
Oneil Cruz photographed in his Pittsburgh Pirates uniform. Credit: Icon Sportswire/Getty Images
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
NEW: Nate Hochman was fired from the DeSantis campaign in 2023 after promoting a video with the Sonnenrad, a Nazi symbol embraced by white supremacists. He now works in Rubio's State Department, as deputy director of policy planning and chief speechwriter. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u...
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For Fired DeSantis Campaign Staff Member, a Second Chance at State Dept. (Gift Article)
The hiring of Nate Hochman, who lost his job amid an uproar over a video containing a Nazi symbol, underscores the administration’s willingness to overlook past transgressions.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NEWS: Status is reporting Fox fired Maria Bartiromo after she leaked internal texts to the White House showing the network had told staff to stop amplifying Trump's latest election conspiracy theories.
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The Lever @levernews.com · 01/09/2026
America’s 100 lowest-paying S&P 500 corporations spent $718 BILLION buying back their own stock from 2019 through 2025. They spent $108.6 billion in 2025 alone. Worker pay, meanwhile, failed to keep pace with inflation. (IPS)
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The Lever @levernews.com · 31/08/2026
Walmart spent $8.1 billion buying back its own stock in 2025. That could have funded a $3,851 bonus for every one of its 2.1 million workers. Instead, its CEO made $29.2 million — 958 times median worker pay. (IPS)
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The Lever @levernews.com · 26/08/2026
Trump traded stock in weapons manufacturers RTX and Northrop Grumman as his administration waged war against Iran. His oil and gas holdings have also reportedly surged 39% this year — potentially adding more than $15 million to his wealth.
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Kristy Greenberg @kristygreenberg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“Are you okay?” Those were Alex Pretti’s last words before ICE agents beat him, shot him 10 times, and killed him. The Trump administration’s response? Demonize the victim. Deny wrongdoing. Derail the state investigation. No. We are not okay.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Committee Review Finds Trump Pardons Have Cost Crime Victims $1.7 Billion and Enriched Trump Allies macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Here's a video: bsky.app/profile/404m...
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Barron Trump's net worth increased by $150,000,000 in just one year. Trump was asked how this happened. He replied, "It's none of your business." Remember when the GOP tried to impeach Joe Biden because his son Hunter sold some paintings for $50,000? Republican's reaction to Barron's income: NONE!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/08/2026
Parts of Indiana have been without power for 9–10 days due to storms. Tens of thousands are currently in the dark (peak was over 300,000). Puerto Rico has been rationing water for 13+ days due to severe drought. Trump has not said a word about either crisis. Not a tweet. A “Truth.” Nothing
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ken Paxton just rolled out his big “affordability agenda.” He owns 15 homes across the country worth over $9 million. His government salary? $153,000. How the hell did he pull that off? My guess: bribes or kickbacks. 🤨
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/08/2026
The AAU uses clauses in athletes’ registration forms to quash lawsuits over child sex abuse — arguing in court that children who were victimized by their coaches signed away their right to sue when they registered for an AAU team, records show. with @washingtonpost.com
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A Youth Sports Giant Promised Reforms to Protect Kids From Sexual Abuse. Most Never Happened.
More than a decade after the Amateur Athletic Union promised to implement “historic child protection measures,” it still hasn’t done so, leaving hundreds of thousands of kids at risk. Some AAU athlete...
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