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Alan Fisher

@redsox09.bsky.social
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He’s Embarrassing, that’s how bad it is. DM’s by invite I’m a Lib Dem, Born in Mass, lived in Cali since 1983. Ret Navy, Boston Sports Fan, Husband and Granddad. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 #ukraine #bluecrew @halsparks.com @stephaniemiller.bsky.social @proleftpodcast.bsky.social

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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 29/09/2026
"The reality is that the U.S. has pretty much checked out [on climate action]." - Europe Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra
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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 1h
The Cornell 7 has us asking: Why do men keep letting this happen?
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1h
Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h
On today’s Uncovered, Schmitt’s conspiracy theory goes down in flames, Fox’s propaganda machine, Trump’s AI & China Summits, Huckabee Sanders gets attacked by MAGA, Taxpayer funded ads, Scavino’s party video, Russell Brand with Oz, & lots more! www.youtube.com/live/qd1_my4...
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LIVE: MAGA Just Got UNCOVERED…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h
An ambitious narcissist megalomaniacal right-wing Christian nationalist fanatic with a drinking problem and a history of erratic and reckless behavior who hates rules of engagement in charge of the most powerful military in the history of the world. What could go wrong? bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 1h
DHS reportedly dedicated $20 million in taxpayer funds to Trump ads repurposing footage from his 2024 presidential campaign. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Looks like Trump stole $20M in taxpayer funds for illegal ads
And Senate Democrats are demanding accountability.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit to compel Georgia to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-26. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
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🚨 United States of America v. Raffensperger
Learn more.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1h
😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ now 0-26 after judge rejects demand for Georgia voter rolls
The judge said the Civil Rights Act does not authorize DOJ's demands for the Peach State’s unredacted voter roll.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 1h
Anatomy of a screw-up The Eric Schmitt incident …. Just filed ===> youtu.be/PrzsEZERfvU?...
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Trump PANICS After Republican Gets HUMILIATED on Capitol Hill
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 3h
Temu Patton sucks ass.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is a great interview, including @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social's back story, which I didn't know before. It's long, but set aside time for it.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In the Senate's pre-election swan song, they spent a day asking Jack Smith about the techniques of his probe of the Trump election subversion criminal case Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) blasts the GOP for spending precious time on something that doesn't meet the moment
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Alan Fisher @redsox09.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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MAGA Senator ENDS CAREER in STUNNING F**K UP
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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It'll be hacked in 5...4...3...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thank you to everyone who came out to Yosemite Facelift this year and helped clean up our parks! YCA had a great turnout. 💚
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1. Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, has made “protecting women’s sports” a centerpiece of his election campaign. So I reviewed years of Feely’s podcast appearances to see what he actually thinks about female athletes. 🧵
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Radio Free America @radiofreeameri.ca · 28/09/2026
We’re all counting on them following through after the midterms.
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We’re all counting on them following through after the midterms.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Karpivka settlement in Donetsk region is back under Ukrainian control. It was liberated within Operation Vivaldi by border guards from the "Sribna Triika" unit of the "Pomsta" Brigade, together with the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade. Glory!
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 28/09/2026
The Great Lakes hold more than 80% of North America’s surface fresh water. We have to protect it — it’s hugely important for the future of Illinois’ economy as well as for the people of our state.
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I would like to announce that I have finally listened to "Choosin' Texas" by Ella Langley for the first time and I can affirm that is, in fact, a country music song. Can I rejoin the culture now?
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Hal Sparks @halsparks.com · 26/09/2026
Thank You Brother! ♥️
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hey Hey Hey everybody wish a big happy birthday to @halsparks.com !!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Apparently, racist Republicans have been so successful with their "voucher" gimmick to move children from mixed-race public schools to white Christian for-profit schools that they can now turn their attention back to the resegregation of public schools. Glory!
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/09/2026
"In theory, the idea of adding a written test or wargaming exercise to the promotion process for senior officers isn’t preposterous." Unfortunately, this isn't theoretical. @markhertling.bsky.social on Hegseth's new top officer test:
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The Pentagon Has a New Test for Top Officers. It’s Not Clear Why.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s rationale was less than convincing.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/09/2026
Neither industry folks nor Republican lawmakers like Trump's diesel ban gimmick. It's hard to get all of those people aligned against an idea from Donald Trump. ICYMI @cheetah.bsky.social:
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Republicans Are Running Out of Gas on Trump’s Iran War
Here’s what they’re saying about the latest White House proposal.
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Alan Fisher @redsox09.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@docmurphydog.bsky.social 😃👍😎👏🇺🇸❤️💙
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A legal defeat is looming for Trump's White House media ban But the political downside could linger for awhile..... I spoke with MSNOW's "The Weeknight"
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
With Centrist Democrats, Who Needs the Oligarchy and MAGA? California Democrats bent the knee to the Ellisons, Democratic leadership continues to take money from AI and Crypto, and corporate Democrats punch left and move to the right. What can go wrong? thelefthook.substack.com/p/with-centr...
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Highest levels of Islamophobia, a bastion for bipartisan bigots. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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How anti-Muslim rhetoric is influencing the pivotal Michigan Senate race
Attacks aimed at Democrat Abdul El-Sayed have brought back painful memories for some in a contest that has raised questions about the acceptability of Islamophobia in politics.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: At least 550,000 voters registered or updated their registration last week, according to final tallies the nonpartisan nonprofit National Voter Registration Day shared exclusively with Democracy Docket Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Exclusive: Over half a million voters registered in a single day last week
At least 550,000 voters registered or updated their registration last week, according to final tallies the nonpartisan nonprofit National Voter Registration Day shared exclusively with Democracy Docke...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Does Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon know the difference between federal election monitors and observers? As head of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, which oversees the federal elections monitoring program, she definitely should. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Is DOJ laying the groundwork to expand the powers of its 1,000 election monitors?
Assistant AG Dhillon claimed she plans to deploy federal “observers” across the country — an authority she does not have.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 23/09/2026
Can confirm (see 🧵 ). But let me share some optimism. A NIH colleague said today that against all odds, NIH has been…winning. “We made this EO a necessity. We fought hard. We threw sand in all the gears. All the lowdown ways of blocking grants failed to produce the results Vought et al wanted.”
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Jesus would treat Donald Trump like he were a money changer’s table and rush to angrily flip him. Glory!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just a handy grammar tip: The 1960s are not the 1960's or the 60's. They are the 1960s and the '60s.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Ossoff: "Congressman Collins, in a country awash in scandal, brings something unique, which is that he is apparently surrounded at work and at home by Nazi sympathizers and white nationalists ... this man could be elected to serve for 6 years in the Senate if we don't win this race"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices."
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/09/2026
"I can hear Sarah’s head exploding."
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What Dems Should Do With 54 Senate Seats
An eight-point agenda for turning a Senate majority into a mandate for action.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/09/2026
Rep. @jahimes.bsky.social tells @mpolymer1.bsky.social and @michaeldweiss.bsky.social that putting the CIA director into Ukraine talks may improve the negotiating team, but argues Putin has no reason to make a deal until the war threatens his hold on power.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/09/2026
El-Sayed: "Republican policy is directed by one narcissistic fool, Donald Trump. Whatever he says, they've got to go along with. And if they ever push back on what he said, it's in the quietest possible, most cowardly terms."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When confronted by current bad economic data showing things getting worse, Republicans blame Biden. When confronted with polls showing dissatisfaction, they say the polls are wrong. When confronted with election results of voter revolts, they say the elections are rigged.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Think about how these posts play out. Trump’s legion of weirdo cultists create these things. Natalie Harp follows these people. She saw this and thought Trump might want to post it. She printed it out & he told her it was great and she should post it. We pay her $150k to do this.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I really feel like refusing to honor commitments made to Crown Prince Bonesaw will have repercussions that are different, in kind, from refusing to honor commitments to Europe. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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Trump Gets Caught in a Dilemma Over a Saudi Plea for Military Help
The president vacillated but decided on Sunday not to join Saudi Arabia, for now, in joint strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. But he also needs the kingdom’s cooperation in his war against Iran.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The most influential member of the Trump Administration by far - Natalie Harp.
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 21/09/2026
The far right is winning because people are scared for the future. The left has to combat this fear head on by showing that decline is not inevitable. Another world is possible - but only if we can take on the power of capital. Me for @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/opinion/econ...
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Economic hardship doesn't create the far right. But it wins them supporters | Euractiv
It is the fear of loss – not the experience of it – that activates the authoritarian reflex. That sense of decline has become pervasive
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
There will also be 86 "SMO participants" in the Duma - so people who went to Putin's illegal war of aggression, invaded a sovereign country, will now be responsible for Russian legislation.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Unsurprisingly, United Russia party gets the most mandates into the Russian Duma. It now has the constitutional majority, enough to make any amendments and changes to the Russian constitution, for example. Putin has solidified his power even further.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump comes up hard against facts again: Bloomberg analysis shows the Iran war has removed significantly more diesel supply from the market than Russia-Ukraine. Trump caused the global energy crisis all on his own - no wriggling out of that.
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Iran War Drives Bigger Diesel Supply Loss Despite Trump’s Claims
Diesel prices have never been higher. US President Donald Trump contends that’s not because of the war he started nearly seven months ago.
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Hal Sparks @halsparks.com · 19/09/2026
The drooping face is now permanent. He looks like a Dali painting
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats block cryptocurrency regulation bill after demanding more limits on Trump's investments.
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