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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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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The 2020 election has been relentlessly studied by our most experienced experts and by our most craven partisan hacks for 6y now, and every examination has wound up demonstrating the integrity of Biden’s victory in that election and the malignity of Trump’s obsession with undermining it.
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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This made me laugh. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
This is the most heartbreaking stories I’ve heard in a long time. ICE detained 2-year-old Orlin Hernandez Reyes’ mother. She begged to be reunited with him before deportation. ICE refused. What happened next is horrific. No matter how you feel about immigration, normal people don’t like cruelty.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The best line about Eric Schmitt-head today: "He pulled a grenade and threw the pin."
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Bobby Blue Byrd @bluebirdofunhap.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
..., no one is above the law. In this country, the truth matters. .. With that in mind, it was impossible to come away from this trial with any opinion other than that the President is guilty of the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-r...
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Senator Duckworth Statement on Conclusion of Donald Trump’s Impeachment Trial | U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you’re using Oracle, might be time to switch as that debt has to be paid somehow.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
South Korea says Trump is lying
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 01/10/2026
Records come and records go. But this is one for the ages. The preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly is now at a record 3.23°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. This crushes the previous daily record set in 1982 by over 1.14°C. The Climate 8-ball is looking up.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The monster going all in on victim blaming has nearly one million followers on TikTok. It even said I was following him. If you’re on TikTok make sure you’re not following him. He’s currently rage posting masses of videos in defense of the accused rapists of Cornell.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One thing that i don’t see people noting about the Cornell Sun’s reporting on the rape case is that everyone who decided to take the risk and made the core decisions about what would be published is a woman
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is just despicable by MS NOW, which has accepted stolen taxpayers dollars for 38 illegal ads. Give me a break with this bullshit statement too. So your hosts are on air all day saying this is illegal while you are taking the money and running the ads? Just gross.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 01/10/2026
it’s become so normal for people to disclose their rapes to appeal to people’s humanity around rape cases that we don’t think about how disgusting the need to do that is put the worst moment of your life out for public consumption, so that half the comments can call you a liar.
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Lisa Mikolajczyk 🇺🇸🇺🇦✡️ @lisamikolajczyk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yep. @radiofreetom.bsky.social has said the same thing as have I—Bernie is a leftist Trump. Just as big of an ego & incredibly narcissistic.
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Lisa Mikolajczyk 🇺🇸🇺🇦✡️ @lisamikolajczyk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Bernie only cares about defeating Democrats in primaries but he doesn’t want to help beat Republicans.
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Lisa Mikolajczyk 🇺🇸🇺🇦✡️ @lisamikolajczyk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nobody is more establishment than Bernie. Asshole has been in Congress 35+ years with no accomplishments to show for it except dividing the Democratic coalition. Dude pushed candidates that will have a tougher time winning competitive elections & now he doesn’t want to help fund them in the general.
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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And his cult is mad about their idol being called out for not putting his money where his mouth is. 😂
Bernie Sanders allies angrily push back after Sanders urged to do more to financially support candidates he endorsed.
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Newsletter is out! I've noticed some panic over what the government should be doing to regulate AI. I have a pretty simple solution, make the people who put out harmful products afraid of prison link.heartlandsignal.com/v/443/b6619d...
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Sharon Parrott @sharonparrott.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A policy taking effect today reflects the coarsening of our nation and our willingness to put harsh limits on our empathy as people living in the U.S. lawfully with humanitarian immigration protections lose access to health coverage.
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nanzhounoodles.bsky.social @nanzhounoodles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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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I Nied braaaaiiiiins 🧟 @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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R Towle @rtowle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This misses that the offer to pay voters bonuses if he wins creates a nice narrative of “sure no one you know said they would vote for the guy but when it came time for vote they wanted that cash so they voted for him. No need to wonder if it was rigged behind the scenes.”
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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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