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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 8h

literally in the next 48 hours! be aware!

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One simple way that you know the United States is not a full democracy & has experienced significant democratic backsliding is that, in actual democracies, it does not matter "which party runs elections" heading into the next one. "Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections"

Przeworski, Democracy and the Market cover

Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Straight-up racist bigotry is the core of the modern Republican party. If it wasn't, people like this ⬇️ would be banished from polite society after speaking such filth. Instead, Rufo is at the intellectual center of the party. We gain nothing from pretending otherwise: this is pure open bigotry.

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Deshaun Watson didn't "face adversity". He sexually abused dozens and dozens of women. He got protected for years. Then he got a record-setting contract. And he never expressed even a tiny scrap of remorse. He's a scum bag.

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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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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I continued working part time for personal/professional reasons after having children, but a big part of why I wasn't working full time was because my wife and I did similar math to what's described in this post.

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think this is a thing folks often forget in the modern era, but the purpose of constitutions is to lay out the social contract by which government functions, it is not a word/logic puzzle box for clever lawyers to do linguistic gymnastics on to get to the right result.

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some progressive leaders put out a "No on Q3" video yesterday that included an absolutely wild claim. They said Q3 would create a new barrier by forcing candidates to "run longer". To frame this as a criticism is profoundly antidemocratic. Let's break down what they are actually saying⬇️

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Trump and the Republican party that enables him have systemically undermined every element of our economy.

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Everything you need to know about Hegseth is summarized by: "Doesn't know he should be embarrassed by bragging about testosterone testing"

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The death penalty is a moral abomination even when the process happens as intended. The additional possibility of situations like tonight - SCOTUS overturning a court-ordered delay w/o explanation, only to torture but leave alive the prisoner - adds to the horror.

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is one of the very few times where I'm ok with Dems not playing hardball. Debt ceiling brinkmanship is stupid and has harmes us all. The GOP should never have started it, and we should abolish the debt ceiling/mint the coin once back in power.

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Waschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

every dollar raised by Annie Andrews or Adam Hamilton or Angie Nixon by EOD today goes into the big master tally of donations they're going to start presenting to donors and strategists as soon as tomorrow in the hopes of proving they are worth taking a risk

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Waschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

if there's a Dem who you want to catch the eye of national funders and you have some loose change rattling around, now is the time to give it to them to boost their Q3 numbers so they can present a stronger case to national funders

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Micah @rincewind.run · 30/09/2026

I wholeheartedly support this I think he should show up and campaign personally with every republican senate candidate, make it really clear that there’s no daylight between them he can start with susan collins

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Pure evil. There's no sugar-coating it. The policy of shipping people to known torture prisons in countries they've never been to is demonic. Not enough bad things can be said about the people who enact such a policy, or those defending it in court.

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is actually something that my history working as a fantasy sports analyst helped with, bizarrely enough. In that job, it was never good enough to just identify an interesting thing. I had to provide the action item. Shockingly few politicians reliably include an action item.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This clip from Katie Nolan on @pablo.show captures the vibe perfectly. It's been decades of stories where the villains and bad faith are obvious, but no one ever faces consequences.

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the cornell case has me thinking about christine blasey ford and how she so bravely testified in 2018 about how future supreme court justice brett kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her. i'm thinking about what i wrote at the time and how nothing has changed:

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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership.

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Towelie @towelieban.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The sports app

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I legitimately don't understand how Maye went from deserving the MVP last season* to playing so consistently poorly this year. I hope he figures it out soon. (*I'll die on that hill btw, I can't believe the voters fell for Stafford's scam "make me MVP" 2-yard TDs)

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The problems here are a societal harm demanding regulation. And the lack of regulation contributes to other problems, too. Ex: These practices (targeting problem gamblers while limiting skilled ones) push market share to "prediction markets", which will be harder to regulate.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is like accusing someone of robbing a bank because they deposited money and never withdrew it

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions.

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Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration. This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress's Constitutional power of the purse.
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.

Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress's appropriations powers.
OMB is an agency of the executive branch. It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

a president planning military operations based entirely on election cycles is actually a giant scandal

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We must always view SCOTUS's actions at the macro level. They recently gave us an obvious (and limited) ruling defending voting rights. That wasn't because they're legit now. It was to buy them political cover for this deranged, lawless, unjustifiable overturning of another voting rights ruling.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026

Jackson: "The harm caused by burdening or disenfranchising even a few lawful voters outweighs the nonexistent harm that the Government experiences when it is prevented from taking an action that it likely lacks the authority to take."

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Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thank you for speaking out, Alex!

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What is the right word for an unlawful "arrest"? When the officer violates laws and training to shackle innocent bystanders without cause? Because that is what ICE is doing. These brownshirt thugs are terrorizing SE Massachusetts right now. www.instagram.com/reel/Ddr9NK8...

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The president is getting "TikTok experimenting with a brand new account" levels of views

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm excited for her next career. Even while she was still playing she was already one of the best basketball analysts - and that was doing it as her side hustle! Congrats on a great playing career.

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

They should! It's in the Mass Dems party platform!

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Montana Senate race is back in The Dialogue lately. So, a few refreshers on why this situation is *not* as clean as Nebraska's, Idaho's, etc. Most importantly: The MT SecState was threatening to require a Dem to be on the November ballot, even if the primary winner withdrew.

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yesterday I spoke with @50501veterans.bsky.social The Smoke Pit. We talked about running for office, the steps involved, the establishment pushback, and some of the structural changes that will help our country in the long run. Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/dYSwl7m... @mass50501.bsky.social

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Primarying the Machine: Alex Rikleen on What It Takes to Run | The Smoke Pit

YouTube video by FiftyFiftyOne Veterans

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Once again, the Trump administration is denying a court order. Open lawlessness. Another impeachable act. This is why Democrats must be explicit now: all those who aide and abet Trump's lawlessness will face prosecution. Make sure these staffers know the risk when they help defy court orders.

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Patrick Daugherty @rotopat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Someone whose wealth is derived from a grandparent born in *1855* is no longer spending $200 million on politics this cycle because they're upset voter suppression isn't happening. Good system

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hanania barely tries to conceal most of his extreme bigotry, and doesn't even bother hiding some parts of it - as this article shows. It's gross how many people and organizations have been willing to participate in his societal rehabilitation.

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hey Andrew, be fair - some police officers are using Flock cameras to stock their ex-boyfriends, too. (Click through for the news story he's QTing, it's infuriating)

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Gentlemen, our 29% approval rating is too high. Let's start take away people's health care."

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Among the many reactions to this story... I'm looking forward to @propublica.org 's followup where they tell us who the other politicians Navatek was working with were.

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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 🧵

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.

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Mass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court records

Joseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect...

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

They never ask "but how will you pay for it" when the "it" is "kidnapping innocent mothers and sending them to torture prisons in a country they've never been to".

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Keira Havens @highcountryrose.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Excited about this one! Posting thanks to @faineg.com's exhortation to share everything there is to know about the weird AI cult: @timnitgebru.blacksky.app's new book gets into the ideology, politics and lies around AI "inevitability" (@bookshop.org ❤️) bookshop.org/p/books/deep...

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Deep Unlearning: The Rise of AI and the Radicalization of a Tech Idealist

Timnit Gebru, one of the fiercest voices in the world speaking truth to power, chronicles her journey as a refugee and Black woman in STEM—delivering an inspiring vision for better, human-centered, eq...

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

So my hope is that a blowout win distracts everyone in New England into thinking this was a good game and helps shake up the vibes... Cuz, off the record, this team had a TON of problems today. And it looked like Maye underthrew roughly half of his attempts, including a lot of the completions.

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