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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A video of Alabama Republican Senator Katie Britt looking visibly stunned during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing circulated on social media after her colleague, GOP Senator Eric Schmitt, stumbled badly in his questioning of former special counsel Jack Smith.

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Katie Britt’s reaction says it all as Jack Smith gotcha moment goes up in flames - AOL

The exchange unravelled after Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt mistook a Caitlin Clark college basketball game in Maryland for an NBA game in Atlanta

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026

I haven't seen a single story explain that the lawsuit filed by Tierra Walker's family is part of a broader legal argument that women and pregnant people have a right to life. There are at least four state cases like this. Subscribe to @autonomynews.co for context you're not getting anywhere else

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Historian Jen @historianjenfl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Andy Beshear has an entire chapter in his new book about backing the LGBTQ community and it's worth a read. He talks about how the anti-trans ads were tested in KY during his election and how vetoing anti-trans legislation didn't hurt his reelection campaign.

However the anti-trans ads had less to do with Kentucky and more to do with the fact that we were in an election. Terry Schilling, the head of the APP, decided to test the ads in our election to determine whether or not the issue could win votes for the Republican Party. Earlier in the summer of 2019, Scholling had partnered with a behavioral science firm to try to find a wedge issue that resonated with suburban voters. That's right. The anti-trans ads did not come out of some firmly held conviction but was a purely political stance. Their research landed on trans athletes, specifically trans women, competing in women's sports. They tested their theory in the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial general election. Although I won, APP considered their test successful, because their research showed the ads delivered thirteen thousand votes for Trump Lite, which made the race tighter than anticipated.

You might hask how, in this political climate, I was reelected after vetoing the anti-trans bill. Because people respect authentic faith. The day I vetoed it, I explained my why. I said I believe all children are children of God and that I don't want people picking on these kids. I then countered their anti-trans ads with commercials talking about good jobs, healthcare, roads and bridges, public education, and

public safety. The result? The biggest win of my career. So don't tell me the Democratic Party should stop fighting for the rights of all people. Just explain your authentic why, and then get back to focusing on issues that touch all our lives on a daily basis.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/08/2026

yep, i will note that the fugitive slave act was used to try to kidnap free blacks and sell them into slavery

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Every adult woman that I have been deeply familiar with has had a moment with a man when she knows that he would hit her if be could get away with it. Some even know what he looks like when he does it. You never forger what it looks and feel like. That Miller video has it all.

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Opinionated Terran @opinionated-terran.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Quick Tip: "Don't speak ill of the dead" means dont demean, or spread lies, or speak malicious untruth about dead people, who cant defend themselves Accurately describing someone's life and legacy is not "speaking ill" It's the truth - which is self justifying in that it is the truth!

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The More You Know - Iconic Star Animation

ALT: The More You Know - Iconic Star Animation

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

CDC stopped monitoring parasite now causing explosive diarrhea across the country

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CDC Stopped Monitoring Parasite Now Causing Explosive Diarrhea Across The Country

MAHA.

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Kirsten Grady @mrskgrady.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

So, let's talk about Lindsey Graham's now open senate seat. South Carolina has elected only 2 men to this U.S. Senate seat since 1954. Over 70 years. Let that sink in for a minute. Before... Disneyland (1955) The Interstate Highway System (1956) The Beatles (1960) Barbie (1959) ZIP codes (1963)

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.

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Undead in Chicago (municipal boundary) @mosermostly.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We should invent a kind of canceling where the guy goes away

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Rachel Hallie @dazedrachel.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I think the Platner thing hit me so hard bc it was one of the most protracted, widespread acts of misogynist gaslighting from my own side that I've seen. We were presented with an obvious violent scumbag who was constantly lying (badly, might I add) and told we were crazy for not loving him

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The argument, always, is not over whether rape happens. Everyone knows that it happens all the time. The argument is over whether rape is morally serious. A lot of people do not think that it is, and they would be more honest if they said so.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/07/2026

The sequence of events following Trump's reflecting pool debacle follows a pattern characteristic of many of the president’s projects and policies. While the steps may occur in different orders, they end in roughly the same place: failure, with regular people paying the price.

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The Reflecting Pool mess is right out of Trump's destructive playbook

Like other failed beautification projects, the president's ego trip will cost taxpayers millions.

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 05/07/2026

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Mamdani just showed up at Penn Station, wristbands in hand, helping World Cup fans find their trains like it was nothing. Panama vs England, MetLife bound, and the mayor was just out there in the crowd. No big deal. Very big deal.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

A lot of discourse since Tuesday hinges on idea that some politicians are owed a seat, it’s their turn & it’s problematic to not back them. & that’s so odd to me — because not only you have to wait for 88-year olds to deign to retire, but then there’s someone else waiting who’s owed & you can’t run?

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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 24/06/2026

🧵 4 years ago, SCOTUS overturned nearly 50 years of established constitutional protection for bodily autonomy. The Dobbs decision opened the floodgates to draconian abortion bans across the country. Today, abortion is banned in 13 states and severely restricted in many more. (1/3)

Graphic showing where abortion remains legal and protected, where it's been effectively banned, and which states have expanded access.

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Such an important reminder of the HIV prevention toolkit—it’s a wide range. There’s understandable excitement about lenacapavir (I coauthored a piece on LENA with Shingai Machingaidze for @bmj.com here: www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...), as it’s up to 100% effective, but the toolbox has many options

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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Since he's returned to office Trump has attacked the Smithsonian as "out of control" where everything discussed "is how horrible our country is, how bad slavery was." Lonnie Bunch has been the person who has put himself between Trump and the Smithsonian. This is the story of his work to protect it.

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First the Kennedy Center, Now the Smithsonian

How long can the museum system’s leader, Lonnie Bunch, survive?

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

This #PrideMonth, check out PEN America’s newest reading list, which features nearly 100 stories of LGBTQ+ love: bookshop.org/lists/2026-pride-love-…

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ACLU @aclu.org · 07/06/2026

There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.

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Prism @prismreports.org · 05/06/2026

LGBTQIA+ organizers in several cities cited a political environment that has made supporting Pride events nearly impossible & attending them potentially dangerous, reports @nickfulton.bsky.social. “The rain doesn’t last forever. The storms will pass & we’re going to be here at the end of it.”

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Where Pride won’t be happening this year

Pride events have been canceled in several states as LGBTQIA+ organizers point to a hostile political landscape

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Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

"[W]e can’t be ignorant or ignore the fact that historically, for Native people who have been here for millennia, most of that history of 250 years has been filled with violence and genocide and forced removals and taking our children away and historic trauma.”

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Native American communities reflect on the nation’s 250th anniversary

As Native people continue to face land disputes and the highest poverty rate in the U.S., “Closer Look” assembled a Native American panel to reflect on the country at 250 years and offer perspectives ...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/06/2026

to my mind the most important biographical fact to know about samuel alito is that he was a member of a group that opposed the admission of women and minorities to princeton www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/p...

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From Alito's Past, a Window on Conservatives at Princeton (Published 2005)

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

"Cruz" shared this pic of his full 30 lb bucket from where he's picking cherries in Stockton CA. "I get paid $6/bucket. I do my best to work very fast and not take breaks. I can pick 25 buckets in 7 hours during the peak harvesting season." #WeFeedYou

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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 04/06/2026

We don't need leaders to go after people relying on SNAP benefits. We need leaders who go after the billionaires paying people so little they need SNAP.

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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

It isn’t hyperbolic to say that SCOTUS is at war with the Reconstruction Amendments and multiracial democracy more broadly. We’re a liberal democracy and an apartheid planter society stitched together and it’s clear where the SCOTUS majority’s sympathies lie.

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Danielle Lang @danilang-votes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Yesterday, the Supreme Court, in a shadow docket unsigned decision, greenlit Alabama's plan to gut representation for Black voters, despite a 3-court panel opinion finding the map intentionally discriminates against Black voters & Alabama will have to upend its electoral scheme to implement it.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Ossoff: He’s trying to put his face on the money. He's building a monument to himself . But see, Atlanta, he's doing these things now because no one will honor him when he’s gone… because he's a failed president and a national disgrace.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

How men feared women! she thought, walking among the late-flowering roses. Not as individuals, but women when they talked together, worked together, spoke up for one another - then men saw plots, cabals, constraints, traps being laid.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

And let's be clear for the few here who think Democrats shld "just focus on affordability": these Democrats voted to actively punish trans people. That's not "focusing on affordability." That's going out of your way, bucking your party, to hurt people.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22/05/2026

These 8 Democrats voted to pass a national ban on trans teachers and mention of LGBTQ topics. Rep Henry Cuellar (TX) Rep. Don Davis (NC) Rep. Cleo Fields (LA) Rep. Laura Gillen (NY) Rep. Vicente González (TX) Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH) Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) Rep. Eugene Vindman (VA)

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

One reason I hate death penalty cases is that capital punishment is incredibly stupid and irrational. It's cruel, expensive, and serves no deterrent effect. It's rarely imposed, except against a tiny minority of unlucky defendants—and in those cases, racism almost always plays a role. Just end it.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

In November I broke this story about Andrew Paul Johnson, a pardoned J6er who molested children and used the promise of reparations to bribe his victims silence.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

This is insane. The terms of DOJ's slush fund appear to transfer control of $1.8 billion beyond US government entirely. Unless I'm misreading this, that would circumvent Congress *entirely* and put the money outside of *any* constitutional and/or legal constraints ofany kind. Straight up theft.

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NYC for Abortion Rights @nycforabortion.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

On Fri night, Brooklyn court staff forced a woman to give birth inside the courtroom. Per public defenders, she gave birth in handcuffs, unable to reposition herself, unable to pick up her infant. The men who’d shackled her looked on. The judge lauded the birth of a ‘beautiful baby’ on the record.

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 16/05/2026

These gerrymandered maps only work if we don’t show up. That is what they are counting on. These maps will break under the pressure of turnout.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/05/2026

under the court’s reading of the VRA and the 15th amendment, it is basically constitutionally suspect for a state to have a district that elects a black person to congress. you have to prove it isn’t an illegal majority-minority district.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 12/05/2026

The thing that is the most ridiculous about all of this is that we had a 6-1 gerrymander for my entire adult life until literally 2023 when THIS EXAXT SUPREME COURT TOLD THEM IT WAS BONKERS RACIST so we got 2024 with a slightly less racist map and now they are just, idk, backflipping backwards???

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This is dead on. If the Democrats retake the House and Senate--or even just the House--it could mark the beginning of the end of a 50-year Republican project. If they can't? The GOP will spend the next 2 years destroying all remaining guardrails. Most important midterms of our lives, no question.

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