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Books, bicycles, chocolate, climate change, and the Oxford comma. Fond of functioning democratic systems and breathable air.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 7h
And still. Love love love this
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 10h
Hungary removes anti-LGBTQ provisions from 'child protection' law, batting back Orban legacy
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Hungary removes anti-LGBTQ provisions from 'child protection' law, batting back Orban legacy
The vote was praised by rights groups, who add that 'there is still a lot to do' on LGBTQ rights.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
Ossoff: "We will repeal the tariffs, which will reduce grocery prices. We will end this disastrous war which has driven diesel to $6. And we will repeal the healthcare cuts that have doubled premiums for more than a million Georgians. Those are things we can and need to do immediately."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
Ossoff: "I want to remind folks across Georgia that while you pay more for everything as a result of Donald Trump's incompetence, the president and his family are enriching themselves to the tune of billions of dollars ... we urgently need to restore checks and balances"
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 5h
Traffic violence is one of the best examples of how the United States loves to try and solve systemic problems through a focus on individual responsibility
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 5h
C'mon, Keith. *How* did Norway turn its oil reserves into "extraordinary national wealth"? *Public ownership of oil companies *78 per cent profit tax on oil companies *25 per cent sales tax economy-wide so the oil revenues could be saved These are not serious people. #abpoli
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 5h
Please remember to vote! Your voice matters. 🌊
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2h
WOW. Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, among others, "chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an impeccable record of public service. ... The attacks against Ms. Comans were based entirely on false information" and many officials "knew [they] were untrue."
In conducting this hearing, the Court is not called upon to resolve factual disputes between
the parties. The facts set forth in this Memorandum Opinion and Order were proposed by the
Plaintiff, unobjected to by the Government, and then deemed admitted by the Court. Dkts. 74, 75,
77.2 These facts establish that high-ranking government officials, including then Secretary of DHS
Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, engaged in a coordinated public relations campaign to impugn the
personal and professional integrity of Ms. Comans. For reasons unfathomable to this Court,
officials chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an
impeccable record of public service. In short, Ms. Comans was professionally targeted and
personally attacked by government officials for no legitimate reason. The attacks against Ms.
Comans were based entirely on false information, and many government officials knew the
accusations were untrue at the time they were made. With no regard for the truth and with no
consideration for the personal and professional effect on Ms. Comans, government officials
exploited their access to mass media outlets to broadcast false information. These false
statements reached hundreds of millions of people. The purpose of this Order is, to the best of
this Court’s ability, to correct the public record and establish as a matter of law that the
statements made by these officials about Ms. Comans were objectively and demonstrably false.
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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 9h
I’ve got a piece in the @nytimes.com this morning about why Supreme Court reform has to be at the top of any agenda for democratic repair www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/o...
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Opinion | Democrats Need a Plan for Supreme Court Reform. Here’s a Start. (Gift Article)
Why Democrats must prioritize court reform.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 9h
One very easy fix here: if you worked for DOGE, you are immediately barred from working on any federal contracts, www.acquisition.gov/far/subpart-....
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Subpart 9.4 - Debarment, Suspension, and Ineligibility | Acquisition.GOV
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ridingbikes.bsky.social @ridingbikes.bsky.social · 5h
Make it so ~
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
🗳️ Don’t wait until Election Day to discover a problem with your voter registration. Check your status, verify your name and address, and confirm your polling location. A few minutes of preparation today can prevent unnecessary surprises at the ballot box.
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ridingbikes.bsky.social @ridingbikes.bsky.social · 16h
The Four Seasons Landscaping of 2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
trickle down economics trickle down economic trickle down economi trickle down econom trickle down econo trickle down econ trickle down eco trickle down ec trickle down e trickle down trickle dow trickle do trickle d trickle trickl trick
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/10/2026
Republicans aren’t going to fix it. They already control the House, the Senate and the White House. We’ve got to vote for change. #RepublicanAffordabilityCrisis
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is a form of retaliation against someone for speaking out. He knew he would be punished, buy that punishment does not include unnecessarily strict confinement (which is barred by military law). www.military.com/air-force-ma...
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Air Force Maj. Jason Watson is in Solitary 24 Hours Daily After Publicly Calling For Trump’s Impeachment
Maj. Jason Watson has been jailed since August after publicly opining on the president and his administration, drawing a big legal battle.
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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 23h
I keep this notebook with me as a needed reminder:
Photo showing the cover of a small notebook. The cover says: "Despair is a tool of our enemies -- Audre Lord."
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Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.com · 12/10/2026
*taps sign again*
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Yes, absolutely. For example, if in the next few weeks, Trump sends ICE officers to polls, you know what you do? You go anyway, you throw them a middle finger, and you walk into the ballot box and don't let them intimidate you. What you don't do is despair and stay home.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 23h
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 20h
The Detroit Free Press allowed readers to submit their verdict on who won the debate between Dr. Abdul El Sayed and Mike Rogers— but the only two people who said Rogers won decided to include anti Arab slurs in their letters in addition to abject lies. So the DFP refused to publish them.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 19h
More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife on.wsj.com/4yKLe4d
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More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18h
I love that this might be the thing that tanks Paxton, and not the biblical divorce or letting a child rapist out early.
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ridingbikes.bsky.social @ridingbikes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
They are so mad that she got caught!
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Friends, I'm turning 40 tomorrow. I can't celebrate now because I'm too damn busy with the election. I'll celebrate afterward. So, to help me celebrate now, please--oh, please--check your voter registration. It takes a few moments. It's easy. Do it for me: midterms.voteamerica.org/vote/verify/...
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AnneC @annecw.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
David Brooks is in the Epstein files, which apparently is not a disqualification for career advancement in his circles. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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New York Times columnist David Brooks appears in latest Epstein photos
Brooks, who dismissed Epstein scandal as ‘stupid story’, wrote column expressing lack of interest in developments
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
An important bit of immigration law which is relevant here; there is already a waiver process — Section 212(k) of the INA — by which immigrants who obtain status through fraud that they didn't know about can avoid consequences like losing a green card. So this is *even weaker* than it already seems.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 12/10/2026
This is outrageous, despotic shit and everyone who played a role in it should lose their place in polite society. Show us the warrant. Who asked for it? What did they claim? Have there been grand jury proceedings? Who was in charge? And what judge, if any, signed off on the search warrant?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/10/2026
POLITICAL RETRIBUTION Federal agents raided Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s DC home this morning. A sitting member of Congress who has repeatedly been targeted by Trump, now facing a federal investigation over immigration paperwork her father completed when she was a child. A CHILD.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 11/10/2026
Thousands of women in the skilled trades took over downtown Houston yesterday! Women from across the U.S. and Canada came together to celebrate their strength, their skills, and the doors they’re opening for the next generation. #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/10/2026
It’s genuinely sad to watch. The President is so weak and incapable of negotiating a real deal that he just posts fake ones on social media and hopes people believe him, until every party involved puts out a statement calling him a liar. We’ve never seen weakness like this in the Oval Office.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“'The recent decisions to shutter nearly complete offshore wind projects and to pay Total Energies hundreds of millions of dollars to renounce wind leases are an assault on logic and the American taxpayer,' he wrote...” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’
John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists
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ridingbikes.bsky.social @ridingbikes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It is time for Mr. Brooks to sit down and be quiet. He has obviously slept through the last several decades.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"The 2.25m barrels of diesel Putin offered Trump will have zero net impact on the world price of diesel. But accepting them will collapse the US-led sanctions regime on Russia—and align Trump with Putin against Ukraine's attacks on Russian energy production..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin
The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Hegseth broke the news about live streaming an execution to a MAGA propagandist who has 14/88 tweets and once hired Atomwaffen members (who were at Charlottesville and friendly with the Tree of Life shooter) to help him harass the family and neighbors of a Jewish murder victim.
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ridingbikes.bsky.social @ridingbikes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
What wonderful paintings!
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
for as long as i've been alive, republicans have ran the same playbook: a few weeks before voting begins, they roll out completely fabricated smear campaigns. these things are always coordinated, so the talking points take over the news. the party is never electorally punished for their dishonesty.
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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
When the Auschwitz Memorial has to fact check the new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia for being a nut.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Can someone ask CBS News why Ted Koppel said that "Bannon's technically correct; they didn't have standing" in the 60+ cases Trump and his allies lost in 2020. This is verifiably false and is a GOP talking point. Many/most of the cases Trump lost were on the merits. Do they not fact check at CBS?
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#Maine You have a chance to trade up this election. A truly decent, working class guy, or Corrupt Collins-that’s your choice. If you want better, you have to vote for people that will work for you, not for Trump, or for wealthy donors. Choose integrity. Choose Troy Jackson. #ProudBlue #Pinks
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia, Keisha Lance Bottoms: My opponent is making money off of the broken health care system. He has a staffing company that lures staff away from hospitals. It has sent many hospitals into bankruptcy. #momsky#sheshed
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Perfect 👇
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Talarico nonsense being spread by GOP influencers is a typical republican “scandal” - lots of BREAKING!! And 🚨 but no actual substance. If anyone from the Paxton campaign coordinated with influencers to spread these lies, people should go to prison, and Talarico should sue the fuck out of them.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Republican Party is chock full of Nazis. The government has Nazis in senior administration positions. The Republican Party’s largest donor is a neo-Nazi. David Brooks might not want to admit it, but that’s why it’s long past time for him to shut up.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Where’s James Talarico?” they screamed when he took 12 days off the campaign trail due to the flu. Yet they remained silent when Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) was absent for four months and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) missed more than three months.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Talarico: I've heard credible reports that Ken Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice. People are concerned. He has asked for proof of life from me. I'm asking for proof of spine from him.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Military-base housing is “reserved for military who have earned those quarters from fighting in wars and defending our country... They should not be used for people in the White House. It’s an abuse.” www.vanityfair.com/story/stephe...
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MAGA’s Petit Trianon? Katie and Stephen Miller’s House on a Military Base
From her house on a military base, Katie Miller treats Washington’s most powerful to cakes, farm animals, and sake-squirting hibachi chefs. "I can’t fucking stand her,” says one ally. But "Stephen Mil...
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
An eagle fishing in a lake in western Massachusetts this morning.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
🔥 😳 👍 👏
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