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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 11h
Daily Kos cartoon
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ricktaugher.bsky.social @ricktaugher.bsky.social · 4h
Floor is about 25%, close to George W. Bush's lowest. But Trump will be in high 20's before end of 2027.
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Whoever wins the governorships in the battleground states will certify the 2028 presidential election. There are election deniers running, in Wisconsin and elsewhere. We've got to beat them. My new NYT op-ed:
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Opinion | Want to Avoid Another Jan. 6? Defeat These Republicans. (Gift Article)
The 2028 election is on the ballot right now.
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 09/10/2026
Grocery store prices in rural Alaska right now. Most goods here come by barge or plane, so life here has always cost more. But this? This is as bad as it's ever been. This is what the price-hiking war in Iran is costing Alaskans. Dan Sullivan has now voted for it 14 times.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A must-read new newsletter from the Civil Defense Institute. Tracking and investigating threats to a free society, including extremist organizations, conspiracy campaigns, foreign influence, & more. Headed by my friend and colleague, the formidable Tom Joscelyn. newsletter.civildefenseinstitute.org
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Civil Defense | Substack
Investigating threats to a free society. Click to read Civil Defense, a Substack publication.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
When Jon Husted voted against the release of the Epstein files, he chose to protect predators and enablers instead of fighting for survivors like Annie Farmer, Sharlene Rochard, and Wendy Pesante. I’m honored to be joined by these women in our fight to hold pedophiles and their enablers accountable.
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Cartoonist: Clay Bennett
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ricktaugher.bsky.social @ricktaugher.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Stuart Stevens suggests a state AG start a law suit against her and Cleta Mitchell now. Dems should do it now!
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Days after Trump's rally in Alabama, there's a tough front page in the local paper
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stuartpstevens.bsky.social @stuartpstevens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It’s time for an aggressive state AG to bring RICO case against Cleta Mitchell and her co-conspirators for conspiracy to attack lawful elections.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Data centers have come to serve as a stand-in for a host of issues — affordability, the outsized power of high-tech companies, soaring energy issues, Trump’s utter cluelessness, Republicans’ inability to cross their cult leader and the looming divide between the rich and everyone else.
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Data Center Backlash Is MAGA’s Comeuppance
🚨 27 Days to the Midterms 🚨
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Me and 1,200 of my friends in St. Clair County. This movement will win on November 3rd.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.
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ricktaugher.bsky.social @ricktaugher.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The soft bigotry of low expectations --- which is now an epidemic.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Trump and I are not the only ones who reached the conclusion South Carolina is in play. And with a wave of the sort we’re seeing, why shouldn’t it be? Trump won NE in 2024 by a wider margin than SC. He was in NE last night trying to save that GOP incumbent." www.thebulwark.com/p/grandpa-tr...
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Grandpa Trump Is Getting Desperate
And it’s starting to show.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ezra Klein: “What is, to you, the ‘rage economy’?” James Talarico: “The billionaires own the algorithms and the news networks. They have created for-profit platforms that divide us on an hourly basis — by party, by race, by gender, by religion. They elevate the most extreme voices."
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW AD: Introducing SCANDUEL! The only betting app where you can parlay Ken Paxton’s scandals — and get paid! Here’s a tip: Always bet that he did the thing. 💰
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A simple, factual, and effective message.
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ricktaugher.bsky.social @ricktaugher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You have OCD on this, and believe in elves, too.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
RFK Jr. thinks that getting measles is no big deal, and points to the low death rate to support this asinine opinion. Besides the fact that these deaths are preventable, he ignores hospitalizations and immune amnesia, which can erase immunity to other pathogens that people have already built up.
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Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years
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ricktaugher.bsky.social @ricktaugher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I argued on Tim's podcast that Annie Andrews had a real chance to win the SC senate race. The pod went public around 3:30 pm. As if to confirm my suggestion, at 5:23 pm Trump posted a vitriolic and truly bigoted attack on Dr. Andrews. Panic in the WH? youtu.be/T1HN3je1GPM?...
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Trump's GOP is Getting Shocking Numbers in Red States (w/ Bill Kristol) | Bulwark Daily
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Your electric bill is up as much as 30%. PG&E's CEO took home $63.6 MILLION. Duke's CEO took home $51.2 MILLION. And both companies paid NEGATIVE federal tax rates. That's not a coincidence. That's a rigged system. Tax the rich.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW AD: Are you a data center company looking to take over rural Texas? Are you a crime-loving millionaire looking to throw the FBI off your scent? Are you a child predator looking to get out of jail after just 1 day? Call 844-WHOS-KEN to hear what Ken Paxton can do for you!
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm not running to bow to a corporation. I'm not running to raise your utility rates or help them do it. I'm not running so that your premium goes up and everybody looks the other way. I'm running to fight for you.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Folks have insulted:  My Southern drawl.  My loc’d hair.  My clothes.  My shoes.  My intelligence.  I’ve been called a ghetto Black b!t€h. Now @JDVance says I don’t belong and should leave the very country my ancestors helped build. This is a lot y’all. It is. #AngieForFlorida
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ricktaugher.bsky.social @ricktaugher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I've seen the first 2 episodes, and it is very well done. The acting is superb.
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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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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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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Spent 2+ weeks in Dallas in August. In district that went for Trump in 2016, 20, 24. Absolute heart of Cornyn territory this year. Saw *hundreds* of Talarico signs. Exactly one for Paxton. Yards signs are not votes. But was interesting. Cornyn would have coasted in.
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Canuckstan 🇨🇦 @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#via Canadian cartoonist Dave Whamond #CanadaSky #USpol
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New reporting reveals three more instances where Ken Paxton offered plea deals to people accused of sexual assault or trafficking.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Straight up: As a woman in football, this sucks to listen to. This week in particular.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Eh I think it’s a pretty accurate mirror for how much of society thinks about violence and SA against women
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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 · 01/10/2026
“.. 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 · 01/10/2026
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 · 01/10/2026
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 · 01/10/2026
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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ricktaugher.bsky.social @ricktaugher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
High 20s in some by Nov. 1st.
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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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