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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 8h
Mike Rogers wants to put a data center in your backyard because he's getting rich off of them.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h
“.. We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 9h
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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WIRED @wired.com · 11h
The attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, was not conducted mainly by extremists or fringe militia groups. It was, according to the data, the work of normal Americans.
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The Real Threat to the Midterms Is Regular Americans Thinking Violence Is the Answer
Robert A. Pape, a leading authority on political violence, wants Americans to understand that the threat is coming not from the fringes, but from the mainstream.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 14h
The renewed political smear campaign against Jack Smith comes as GOP faces massive losses in midterms. It is a distraction and a lie. Smith did his job as a prosecutor — investigated the facts, found evidence of crimes that could be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, and filed charges.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Watching Hegseth, I think of Eco's 'Ur-Fascism': "Since war and heroism are difficult, the Ur-Fascist transfers his will to power to sexual matters. This is the origin of machismo (which implies both disdain for women and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits)." www.nybooks.com/articles/199...
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Ur-Fascism | Umberto Eco
I think it is possible to outline a list of features that are typical of what I would like to call Ur-Fascism, or Eternal Fascism. These features cannot be organized into a system; many of them contra...
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General Strike @ivanasstaircam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
JD Vance and Eric Schmitt should definitely run together. Two un charismatic weirdos who don’t know shit about sports, the economy, or running anything. Conservatives will love them.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way…
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
David Crowley saw tough times growing up. Then, when he was elected to a position of responsibility, he delivered so that fewer people would go through what he did. That's one reason I trust David to lead Wisconsin.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The bill failed to clear the 60-vote threshold to end debate in the Senate, 53-47. Every Democratic and independent senator voted against the measure. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP voter ID bill falls short in Senate
The floor stunt attempted to give Republicans facing tough reelection fights something to campaign on as voters sour on the GOP’s willingness to acquiesce to Trump on artificial intelligence, the war ...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope everyone reads this, thinks about it and then shares it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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A few hundred noncitizen votes are a national scandal. But when states reject hundreds of thousands of ballots from eligible voters, it’s business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in a new lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says
Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you didn't already hate Meta, Mark Zuckerburg, and data centers, Meta is using the latter to cheat on their taxes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 30/09/2026
don't threaten me with a good time mikey
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Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell.com · 30/09/2026
You know the Packers offensive line situation is bad when Brian Gutekunst is signing players over 30
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Fox News agrees to host a debate between me and Ken Paxton — because the people of Texas deserve it. They're just waiting on Paxton to agree. Ball's in your court, Ken.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have one house.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you’re in line to play OL for the Green Bay Packers STAY IN LINE
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hahahahahahahaha this ad is awesome
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Go For It Ladies.......
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Exactly.
State Rep. Angie Nixon: Folks. If we’re going to be a big tent, then damnit we need to be a big tent. We need all hands on deck right now. Trump isn’t going to willingly leave in 2028. We need to send more folks to DC with the political will and courage to stand up to his bullying.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Everything is bigger in Texas, including assholes and the sheer number of rubes willing to shitkick their way into a voting booth and pull a lever for them. Can't fence them in.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sen. Roger Marshall says he didn't have the pregnant patient arrested over a $50 late bill. THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS AND DEFAMATORY!!! He had her arrested for not showing up to court when he sued her for being late for $50.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ignore the polls. Just assume EVERY battleground race is super close, assume they’re all a dead heat. Because that’s the truth. So why look at the polls? You already know what the deal is. All these battleground races are super, super close. Period. From here on out, ignore the polls. Vote.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
(AXIOS) - Iowa is on the verge of a farm crisis that threatens to wreck the agricultural heart of the state .. @axios.com #IAsen www.axios.com/2026/09/29/i...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: Donald Trump preyed on party loyalty and fear. One of the reasons he [failed] is bc Republicans stood up. I personally find it hard to understand how our investigation could be viewed as partisan when our strongest witnesses were Republicans. [Names Rusty Bowers and Mike Pence.]
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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If AOC goes to a Bills tailgate and jumps through a table, the Dems shouldn't even bother holding a primary in 2028.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"“Imagine losing a third of a city’s firefighters and then wondering why downtown is burning...” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Generic ballot: June 28: D + 5.6%. July 28: D + 5.8%. Aug 28: D + 6.2%. Sep 28: D + 7.6%. Moving in one direction, and accelerating. There could be a brief bear market rally around now, but the primary trend should reassert itself and carry through Nov. 3. fiftyplusone.news/polls/generi...
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FiftyPlusOne - Generic Ballot Polls and Average for 2026
A comprehensive list of polls and polling averages for elections and politician approval.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wait. Which country is he talking about?
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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
US Rep AOC: “The culture of rape, sexual assault, and pedophilia is protected in elite institutions across the United States and including Cornell University” #OpDeathEaters
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Keep the data centers away from our Great Lakes.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
please let Ken keep talking
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
50,000 South Dakotans have health care coverage because voters expanded Medicaid in 2022. The initiative passed with 56% of the vote. So this year the GOP has put 2 measures on ballot: —one to roll back Medicaid expansion —another to require future initiatives like this get 60 percent.
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"Disrespectful for Voters": The Dakotas Weigh Raising the Bar for Direct Democracy - Bolts
Frustrated that voters are bypassing the legislatures they control, the GOP is pushing two ballot measures this fall in North Dakota and South Dakota to require a supermajority to amend the state cons...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone.
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Lady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An actual cartoon from Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ken Paxton keeps dodging debates. So I called his cell to invite him to a debate on Fox News. He didn’t pick up.
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Senator Tammy Baldwin @baldwin.senate.gov · 24/09/2026
Wisconsinites shouldn’t have to pay for another streaming service owned by a tech billionaire just to watch our Packers play.
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Karmic chickens come home to roost
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Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yeah, I'm gonna keep my eyes on the November #election at this point.
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