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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 4h
As Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) faces an unexpectedly tight reelection fight, a new Kansas City Star report on his past work as an OB-GYN drew outrage Sunday, with one critic decrying his "truly shocking behavior.
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GOP senator faces scorn after blistering exposé exposes 'truly shocking behavior'
As Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) faces an unexpectedly tight reelection fight, a new Kansas City Star report on his past work as an OB-GYN drew outrage Sunday, with one critic decrying his “truly shocking behavior.”Marshall, who worked as an obstetrician for 25 years, sued more than 700 patients for de...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Sen. Chris Murphy: "Right now members of Congress are being denied the ability to see the damage at these bases because there's a coverup underway. There's a coverup underway to try to hide the cost of this war and the debacle it has caused in the region."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Mamdani: "We are talking a federal agency that is ripping families apart, that's willing to endanger the lives of a 5 year old child as well as any New Yorker in the surrounding area, % then after the fact, seeks to blame the person and the city at large as opposed to reflect upon their own actions"
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨Holy shit, brilliant animators just made a devastating ad against Republican corruption: “A massive flood of money… impacts every part of our democracy.” Trump’s corruption is putting our democracy, our rights, and our future up for sale. VOTE. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Three weeks ago: @pbsnews.org #Russia www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips with a state-funded security detail, costing $3.3 million. The newsrooms’ review of Paxton’s travel records, obtained through the state’s Public Information Act, could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.”
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He has literally been promising this for over a decade now.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
After two days of discourse over what Trump meant, he goes full Colonel Jessup "you're goddamn right I ordered the Code Red" tonight.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
First Lady Natalie Harp sits next to her man in Marine One as they return to the White House last night, then reenters the building after another day of traveling together #TravelWithNatalie (Tasos Katopodis/Getty)
pic of Harp and Trump on the chopperpic of Harp walking back to the White House
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We've got to face the fact that a third of the country doesn't care if Trump is out of his mind as long as he's as racist and sexist as they are. But we also must recognize that the rest of the country deserves to live in a free country, not a dictatorship. Vote against all Republicans.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Megyn Kelly is accusing Jane Doe of just trying to get male approval because that is WHO SHE IS.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump suggested tonight that Iran could "take out" American cities: "It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let them take— let it, let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war.
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Putting aside the Biden age pile-on, it should be a bigger deal that Trump repeatedly falls asleep at seemingly every event and meeting when he's not speaking. Just in the abstract, away from who is in office, it's fucked up that the president of the United States can't keep his stupid eyes open.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yes. As I suggest in the piece, this coalition will have the back of Dems if they win the House and/or the Senate, and Dems should be aware of this and proceed accordingly...
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New AP poll: Trump’s job approval rating falls to 31%, while 69% disapprove. • His approval rating on the economy: 26% • On the cost of living: 17% • On Iran: 28% • Trade negotiations: 38% • AI: 31% • Immigration: 39% • Border security: 48% apnorc.org/wp-content/u...
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Ken Paxton, G.O.P. Nominee in Texas, Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him
Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I don't think Katie Britt went slackjawed because she was mortified by Eric Schmitt's sloppiness. I think she (like all Republicans) knew the hearing was meant to generate propaganda and lawfare and she was crestfallen to see it come apart. Reporters should ask her if she knew the ambush was coming.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. Democrats win control of the House and Senate. 2. Investigations and prosecutions begin. 3. Impeachment and removal proceedings. 4. Take back the billions of taxpayer money corruptly taken by the Trump family and their accomplices. 5. Rinse and repeat.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes, we know
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 28/09/2026
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) , who is running for governor of Arizona, took donations from leaders of an accused anti-LGBTQ+ hate group for which he formerly served as a board member, according to recent state election filings.
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Accused hate group leader cozy with 'kill the gays' activists sent cash to GOP congressman
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), who is running for governor of Arizona, took donations from leaders of an accused anti-LGBTQ+ hate group for which he formerly served as a board member, according to recent state election filings.The Biggs for Arizona campaign took in $3,000 on April 15 from Sharon Slater, pr...
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There's a moment early on that's just footage of Elon Musk balding and in khakis walking down an office hallway in the late 90s and the entire audience burst out laughing. If Musk is made aware of audience reactions like this I think he might actually crash out.
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I should also add that when the movie got to showing people burning Teslas and vandalizing dealerships, the theater of mostly older folks in Santa Monica started applauding. I think it is possible Trump and Musk turned libs over 50 into John Brown.
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.
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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Walmart built it's empire in part the same way, low level pay subsidized by Medicaid & Food Stamps (SNAP back in the day) -- along with state & local tax breaks & infrastructure investments. But this degree of increase is bonkers.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Strange dynamic here. Susan Collins voted to confirm Russell Vought to lead OMB after he championed expansive presidential powers on spending. She has complained about the White House’s use of pocket rescissions, but WH continues to do it. She chairs the Appropriations Committee.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Democratic majority should understand that while trying to get bills through Congress is going to be important to address the tanking of the American economy, their job for the next two years is to Unleash the Constitutional Kracken.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When the Trump regime makes plans to resume the bombing of Iran after the midterms, the obvious takeaway is that high gas prices will get even higher. Vote against all Republicans if you want to stop this stupid war.
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Exclusive | Trump Rejects Iran Ceasefire, Expects Renewed Bombing After Midterms
The president is skeptical that Tehran will meet his demands.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This happened with Brianna Wu too. She's spent years dining out on being a "progressive movement leader" who turned on the left. The reality is that her entire progressive politics resume consisted of running a grifter PAC and an epically disastrous congressional campaign.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Should be bigger news, no? www.propublica.org/article/debu...
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hoping American service members let her have it. She's basically saying it's cool to take the rights of women away bc they serve their nation.
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The "Fight for Fifteen" movement began in 2012, when the federal minimum wage of $7.25, set in 2009, was already well below a living wage. (This article is from 2014.)
Fast-Food Employees Arrested During Sit-ins.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"About five million people in the country have already lost SNAP benefits — the government’s primary anti-hunger tool — because of the Trump/GOP bill... One retiree in Ohio described SNAP benefits as a 'lifeline.' Her benefits dropped in March from $250 to $44" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Is Starting to Bite Before the Midterm Elections
The tax cuts in President Trump’s signature achievement were the Republicans’ answer to voters’ economic struggles, but its health care and food assistance cuts are taking a toll.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Corruption Tax
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
JD Vance has led an effort to ejected more than 750,000 enrollees from the ACA marketplaces, claiming fraud. We all know how bogus Trump fraud claims are, so imagine all these people without insurance while Vance plays his games. thehill.com/policy/healt...
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Vance-led task force set to remove 750K Obamacare enrollees, citing fraud
The Trump administration is removing close to 750,000 people from Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage due to allegedly fraudulent enrollment, Vice President Vance announced Tuesday.  The cancel…
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 22/09/2026
I'm going to collect reports like this of staunch Republicans running away from Trump in this thread:
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Jim Manley @jamespmanley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s what maga voted for
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 22/09/2026
In 2024, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping pay-to-play investigation examining interactions between Sen. Susan Collins and a top donor, records and emails show.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
This story was originally published by ProPublica,  a nonprofit newsroom that investigates...
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
After Susan Collins allegedly received hundreds of thousands in illegal campaign contributions in exchange for steering lucrative defense contracts to Navatek, Donald Trump quashed the investigation so Collins could skate by Another corrupt moment by a corrupt man running a corrupt government
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ProPublica: In 2024, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping pay-to-play investigation examining interactions between Sen. Susan Collins and a top donor, records and emails show. After Trump returned to office, the investigation died.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
On Sep 11 in Alamo, Texas, Luis Ochoa and another teen stopped to film ICE agents during a vehicle stop near a school. Agents pulled one from their car, struck him, used pepper spray, and detained them for 8 hrs even after they proved their citizenship, one ICE agent stating, 'I don’t give a damn.'
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Mother of teen detained in viral Alamo ICE arrest video deported
The mother of a 17-year-old detained by ICE in a viral Alamo, Texas incident has been deported to Mexico, raising concerns among legal experts about potential retaliation for speaking out.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/09/2026
On March 9, President Donald Trump said the war in Iran was “very complete, pretty much.” That was Day 10 of the conflict. Now we're past Day 180.
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The Iran deal that was always "about to happen": A supercut
The Iran deal that was always "about to happen": A supercut
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026
🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: The Trump regime has been lying about the full number of U.S. service member deaths in Trump’s Iran War, six U.S. officials tell The Washington Post.
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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ed Sheeran Opener Aaron Rowe Pulls Out of Tour After Macklemore Dropped: 'I Cannot Allow Billionaires to Silence Rightful Voices' variety.com/2026/music/n...
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Ed Sheeran Opener Aaron Rowe Pulls Out of Tour After Macklemore Dropped: ‘I Cannot Allow Billionaires to Silence Rightful Voices’
The Irish singer-songwriter has dropped out of Sheeran's Loop tour after Macklemore was dismissed for supporting Palestine.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Federal employees were paid $9.5 billion not to work in 2025 under DOGE. As part of the Trump-Musk DOGE program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435%.
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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Ossoff: "Look, we already know that Donald Trump is a dangerously corrupt and incompetent man. The question is what we're going to do about it."
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Douthat piece where he talks about the importance of AI closes with a sponsorship notice from a healthcare company using AI to deny claims.
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