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R Towle

@rtowle.bsky.social
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Pet peeve: complaints that Dems have bad messaging/do nothing by accounts who follow no elected officials or experts in their fields.

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nanzhounoodles.bsky.social @nanzhounoodles.bsky.social · 23h
YOU hate Nader for throwing the 2000 election. I hate Nader for ushering in the era of Consumer as a primary political identity, touting the tort system as an alternative to normal democratic deliberation, and making things generally work worse in the USA.
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Adele M. Stan @addiestan.bsky.social · 21h
Can we get a cheer for the quick-thinking videographer who caught Britt's reaction?
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Judy Lee @judylee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump couldn't demonstrate more tone-deafness now if he appeared in blackface. He'd have his arguments for it: Freedom of speech! Cancel culture! MAGA 'gets' it and approves! But ostentatious consumption is offensive in its own right.
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Nied [5'7"] @nied.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Biden literally did the mythical One Phone Call that would stop Israel in it's tracks, &... it didn't stop Israel in it's tracks.
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A thing that was very clear at the time is that while it’s true that the United States has a lot of leverage, Israel is a sovereign nation with its own politics, and Netanyahu was, in addition to leading a coalition of aspiring genocidaires, literally going to go prison if the war stopped
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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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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is antisemitism. This isn’t leftism. This isn’t anti-Zionism. This isn’t progressive activism. This is just blatant antisemitism.
Guy Christensen being antisemitic
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In the Senate's pre-election swan song, they spent a day asking Jack Smith about the techniques of his probe of the Trump election subversion criminal case Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) blasts the GOP for spending precious time on something that doesn't meet the moment
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215 Pounds on the Moon, in 1/6 Gravity, Maybe. @215poundsonthemoon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Watch on C-Span. Senator Klobuchar trounces Schmidt about 10 minutes later. It was all a lie. Schmidt was so angry that his face and extremities all turned red and he was shaking. LOL
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."
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Pamela Parkington 🐝 @bigdogmomthree.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026
There’s no scientific basis to many of the public health concerns some critics have with solar development, an expert told ProPublica. “People try to come up with a rationale to justify their dislike of things they dislike for other reasons.” (Published April)
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Unfounded Health Concerns Are Powering a Solar Backlash
Across the U.S., critics are pressuring public officials to stop or stall new solar projects, often citing unfounded health concerns.
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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Jack Smith investigated his efforts to illegally overturn those results. Finally, Mr. Smith will have the opportunity to testify tomorrow before the Senate Judiciary Committee about what he found.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
just say “groomer school,” this is taking forever
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Senate Democrats @dscc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: Sabato’s crystal ball shifts the Iowa Senate race in favor of Josh Turek.
Ashley Hisnon vs. Josh Turek: Lean R → Toss Up. Sabato’s Crystal Ball: Toss Up.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
Let the history books show that STUDENT reporters brought national attention to unchecked abuse. I hope that their cups and opportunities forever overfloweth.This is courage.
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District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'
Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.
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💥LazarTagWolf💥 @lazartagwolf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Shit. This.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
REMINDER: Democrats have legislation to END Trump's war with Iran. Republicans keep blocking it.
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The Iran war will have a chilling effect on your wallet this winter
Sky-high airfare, rising gas prices and soaring home heating costs are all squeezing consumers heading into the holiday season.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & partners are back in court to stop Trump from stripping citizenship from babies born here 3 months after losing at SCOTUS, he's trying to rewrite the 14th Amend. from the Oval Office SCOTUS settled this in June--NO do-overs bc he didn't like the answer! -TN
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Vibecession Forever @ghazelleberner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Because the anti-Biden people have so staked their entire identities on him being the most pro-Israel person alive, who anyone would be better than, they've decided to respond to this on here and on Twitter by pretending it simply never happened.
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Paulette Feeney ❌️👑 @pauletteparis1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jack Smith is
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Moira Rose: You're Very, Very Cool
ALT: Moira Rose: You're Very, Very Cool
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 28/09/2026
⚡️Russia beginning 'additional mobilization' of troops, North Korean recruitment, Zelensky warns. North Korea is also preparing to deploy another 10,000 troops against Ukraine, in addition to the more than 8,000 military personnel currently stationed in Russia, Zelensky said.
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Russia beginning 'additional mobilization' of troops, North Korean recruitment, Zelensky warns
The president said that Russia is looking to "increase the involvement of foreigners" in its armed forces. North Korea is preparing to deploy another 10,000 troops against Ukraine, in addition to the ...
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#VoteBlue #Arizona Early voting Oct 7-30 is how we show up for each other — our ranchers, teachers, neighbors. Voting gives rural AZ leverage over those rigging the system. arizona.vote has your county's hours, locations, IDs. Make a plan. Our communities count. #OneV1 #Pinks #ProudBlue
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Register to Vote & Find Arizona Election Resources | Arizona.Vote
Register, vote, and track your ballot in Arizona. Find election resources, polling locations, and answers to your voting questions.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) announced on Friday that 890 measles cases have been confirmed across 39 counties in Pennsylvania so far in 2026. www.pa.gov/agencies/hea...
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Aleks, no X @aleksnotx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Everything illegal or cruel they try to do but is being stopped or slowed down is an “emergency” to them. And the fact that SCOTUS indulges them is insane.
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Courtney McClain @mcclainforsc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Are you registered?! If you’re in South Carolina this is the LAST week to register to vote for the upcoming election. EVERY vote matters. EVERY vote will decide this election. Register to vote today at SCVOTES.GOV or visit your local voter registration office.
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 28/09/2026
Thank you to everyone who came out to our first listening session yesterday in south Seattle! When I ran for mayor last year, I said I would not stop being a community organizer once in office and I meant it.
People seated around tables in a gymnasium participating in a community meeting. Several individuals are talking, writing notes, or listening. Additional tables with attendees fill the background. Text overlay includes the Seattle Times logo and a headline reading: ‘Seattle police chief search: Residents say they want someone local,’ with a byline from a Seattle Times reporter.Graphic with a block of text describing a community member speaking at a listening session in a noisy gym at Van Asselt Community Center in South Seattle. The text recounts the person’s experience with gun violence and involvement in a nonprofit. The City of Seattle logo is at the bottom.Graphic containing text about the first of three listening sessions held by the mayor’s office for the police chief search. The text outlines when and where the upcoming sessions will take place. The City of Seattle logo appears at the bottom.
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Lauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In case you missed it, @electdemocrats.bsky.social announced another round of Red to Blue candidates! These candidates are fighting for their districts and we know they'll deliver BIG DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES this November. Join us on our journey to flip the House: underwood.link/925R2BUpdate
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/09/2026
NEW: Dems vow to hit Israel with sanctions when they flip the House. thehill.com/homenews/hou...
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Dems vow to confront Israel on violence against Palestinians: ‘Out of control’
If they flip the House, Democrats say they’re ready to confront Israel on human rights. The issue has long challenged the party, pitting staunch Israel defenders against more liberal lawmakers crit…
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Federal law bans using appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda. Trump signed the bill that still says it. If he wants “Love Me” on Fox and Newsmax six weeks out, he can write a campaign check. But the crook does not get to loot your government tax dollars because the polls are ugly...
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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
the “best part of MAGA” is the mix of racism, rampant corruption, and thuggery the “best part of Bernie” is endorsing Fetterman, Nina Turner, and having supporters like Briana Gray (he has legislative successes to speak of)
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 27/09/2026
NEW: This week SCOTUS greenlit a flawed database for the Trump administration to purge voters from the rolls. While some claim the impacts will be minimal, it’s a good bet some red states will work with Trump to purge as aggressively as they can get away with.
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This week at Democracy Docket: The Supreme Court boosted Trump’s voter suppression. Legacy media shrugged
The U.S. Supreme Court Friday greenlit a flawed Trump administration database for purging voters from the rolls. And plenty of major news outlets were eager to downplay the decision's importance.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 27/09/2026
🇵🇼 US military plans in Palau stir fears over war and wildlife Dotted with turquoise lagoons and home to rare dugongs, or sea cows, the Pacific archipelago of Palau is facing the threat of US military expansion.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY!!! Join the MAGA Resistance & make your voices heard. Accountability. Is. Coming.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And @katelynburns.com put a fine point on it, pointing out how taking on data centers aggressively, especially Musk's especially filthy ones. This could help them defang the trans-hate gambit Elon used in 2024 and 2026, which he uses to undo democracy and make Democrats scared to show solidarity.
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The Data Center Guy Wants This Election to be About Trans People
Elon Musk obviously hates trans people, but let's not pretend he has nothing to gain personally from a Republican win this fall
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
chat is this good?
all construction dropping massively.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These hockey players also participated in gang rape, their names and faces should be everywhere as well. THEY ARE STILL WALKING FREE!!!!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/09/2026
Their punishment was to write essays.
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That's a headline for you cmarmitage.substack.com/p/big-balls-...
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Big Balls Now Exposed to Serious Criminal Charges in at Least Six States
Fired at 17 for leaking secrets. Served a cybercrime ring. Named by the Social Security whistleblower. Now the government's model employee.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026
I think it is very important that Big Balls, personally, goes to jail there are a lot of young goons who think they are invincible and it is important to make it clear that they are not
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🧵 ICE spokesperson messaged me in July about its new facility for kids in Alexandria, Louisiana. ICE is sanitizing, calling it a 'staging facility.' Kids prison camp is inside an airport to speed deportations. Intention is to deport kids as quickly as possible, putting them at risk of trafficking.
🧵 ICE spokesperson messaged me in July about its new facility for migrant kids in Alexandria, Louisiana. ICE is sanitizing, calling it a 'staging facility.' The camp is inside an airport to speed deportations. Intention is to deport kids as quickly as possible, putting them at risk of trafficking. ICE: An ICE spokesperson emailed in response to an inquiry from Impactivize, but did not address questions about the nonprofit status of LaSalle Family Foundation. ICE spokesperson wrote: “Allegations ICE has plans to open a detention facility at England Airpark are false. England Airpark is a staging facility for deportations. A staging facility is where illegal aliens await their deportation flight to their destination country or transfer to a detention facility.”
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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.゚✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
very nice excerpt
Going viral has shown me firsthand that we have become quick to vilify people from a brief clip, filling in everything we cannot see with assumptions. You could see that my hands were full. You couldn’t hear my husband offer to help or hear me tell him to eat. You couldn’t know that he was grieving or that I wanted to take care of him that evening. If our viral moment contributes anything to the ongoing cultural conversation about how we judge what we see online, I hope it reminds us to be more comfortable saying, “I don’t know the whole story.”

The benefit of the doubt is more than an expression. It is a life philosophy that asks us to be curious before we are certain, to leave room for an explanation, and to remember that the person on our screen has a life beyond the moment we are watching.

To the people who insulted Ramses, please remember that our children may someday read your words or watch your videos. I don’t want them to search for this memory and find strangers calling their dad a deadbeat. Those are untrue judgments to leave behind about someone you have never met.
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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
28,700 trades for Trump. 19,400 for the whole House. 2,900 for the Senate. Per Bloomberg, one man out-traded all 535 lawmakers, and he's the one who sets tariffs. Somebody's on the other side of every bet he makes, and it's your 401(k). #TrumpsCorruptCongress
#TrumpsCorruptCongress
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
GATES: “.. AI is certainly powerful enough to drive events that, you know, cause a billion deaths. .. There’s never been a weapon as powerful as the combination of people with ill intent using the latest AI tools.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
One part of DHS's statement that NYT's article actually didnt mention was its claim that the Supreme Court has "already vindicated us” My article gets into what the Supreme Court did, & what lower courts are doing about Kavanaugh Stops ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics... bsky.app/profile/nyti...
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Brett Kavanaugh’s Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every Day
The fact that ICE officers do not allow wrongfully detained people to “promptly go free” is a surprise to only one man in America.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here's a graphic that does a better job of conveying the point than my original post: even by the (insane) standards of the first Trump administration, #SCOTUS is receiving—and granting—a truly unprecedented number of applications for emergency relief from the federal government:
A chart that shows the number of emergency applications filed and granted by the Supreme Court during each presidency dating back to George W. Bush, with the data annualized to show the far-higher frequencies since 2017, but especially during the Trump I and Trump II administrations.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: MS NOW and CNN journalists have just been denied access to covering Xi Jinping's arrival back at the White House for tonight's state dinner.
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