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I ck each Follower. Just sayin in the times we're in............

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 10h
Political cartoon depicting Marine One flying. Speech bubble from cockpit reads, “Since aiding Russia by buying its diesel is in violation of the Graham Act, do we have to sanction ourselves?”
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 10h
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/b... I believe the term is called "bribe"
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Trump Sends Obamacare ‘Refund’ Checks Ahead of Midterm Elections (Gift Article)
The $500 checks are accompanied by a letter signed by the president that criticizes the Biden administration for overcharging Americans for health insurance.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 10h
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/w... So in addition to Trump being directly responsible and Putin for deaths and damages now Musk is included?
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Ukraine’s Vulnerability Grows as Starlink Is Restricted and Russia Escalates (Gift Article)
A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 13/10/2026
JD Vance says this isn’t the time to “gripe about all the little things" like gas, groceries, rent, your mortgage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmC-...
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NEW LINCOLN PROJECT AD: Little Things
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/u...
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Kimberly Guilfoyle Resigns as Ambassador to Greece (Gift Article)
Ms. Guilfoyle was asked to quit by the White House after a string of damaging reports, including that she had asked a Republican donor to pay off a credit card.
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Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher @eileenforco.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
During tonight’s 9NEWS debate, Retired Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher challenged Congresswoman Lauren Boebert on her position on the Iran War, drawing on her 34 years of military service and the friends she has lost in war while Boebert continues to vote five times for the war.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/10/2026
🚨 WOW: WSJ reports Ken Paxton partied in a luxury Dubai high-rise with 2 FUGITIVES, Anosh Ahmed and Sameer Suhail, facing fed charges over an alleged $15 MILLION hospital embezzlement scheme — alongside his gf (not his wife). Ahmed donated $190K to Paxton, including $25K AFTER his indictment.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Why shouldn't it be? It's how PATRIARCHY works in our society. Pretending doesn't make it go away
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
(2). The Courts keep using "strong language", threats, frustrations just like poor parenting with toddlers and the toddlers keep pushing the boundaries AND getting away with the very very bad behavior. SNAP. OUT OF. IT
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Look. If America had ANY ethical citizens they would REFUSE to take any job this government offers. They don't because they don't care about this country. If Judges put these lawyers in JAIL for Contempt how many lawyers do you think would behave this way? None. (1)
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Even his parents couldn't control his behavior when he was a teenager which is why they sent him away from them. To military school
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I have to say it's dumbfounding how STUPID & NAIVE Democrats can be. For Omar & all her buddies to come out just WEEKS before the most important election IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA to make this about her & throw the Muslim issue in everybody's face is EXACTLY why the Republicans did it. Congrats
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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A Trump Loyalist, a Turkish Investor and a Battle for Wealth and Influence (Gift Article)
A Turkish businessman once allied with the Maduro regime has tied the knot with President Trump’s former personal lawyer, Alina Habba, at the same time he is seeking to retain a big contract in Venezu...
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/w... Ukraine is an American ALLY. Russia is historically America's ENEMY. Trump is doing WHAT?
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Trump Gives Putin a Hand in Russia’s Economic War With Ukraine (Gift Article)
President Trump is moving to buy Russian diesel while also pressuring Ukraine to halt attacks on refineries, a lifeblood of Moscow’s war machine.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 12/10/2026
This is the Social Security Election. Senators who get elected this fall will decide the future of Social Security. REMINDER: Top Republicans are calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme” and a “scam.”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
With all due respect, this is precisely what is wrong with the federal courts today. They should not be doing "everything humanly possible to give the government the benefit of the doubt."
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 12/10/2026
Not too much to ask, or to hope for. #holdfast
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 12/10/2026
Trump is raising electricity costs by blocking low-cost clean energy, forcing grids to meet demand with high-cost fossil fuel units. Sucks for you; but Trump’s corrupt big fossil fuel donors make a bundle.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 12/10/2026
NEW: A judge expressed alarm at how quickly the Trump administration moved to use taxpayer funds for propaganda ads. In a ruling blocking the ads, the court highlighted that last month the White House budget office was able to shift $20 million for them in a matter of hours.
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How quickly Trump admin moved taxpayer money for midterm propaganda ads alarms judge
The Trump administration was able to shift $20 million in taxpayer funds for midterm ads in a matter of hours, a federal judge said Monday.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"It’s not naive... to believe in our national sense of honor; and to expect our leaders to behave with dignity, integrity, civility, and humility." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Admiral McRaven: Public Execution Is Shameless and Ignoble
A government livestream of Nidal Hasan’s killing would put America in extremely poor company.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2026
imagine if Joe Biden ...
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Russian bot activity online is reportedly plummeting ahead of the midterms after President Zelenskyy hit Russian data centers with drone strikes. fox56.com/news/local/a...
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The Harvard Crimson @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Harvard Law School is considering expanding on-campus summer opportunities for international J.D. students after new federal guidance effectively restricted their ability to authorize off-campus internships for first-years. Uy B. Pham reports. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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Harvard Law School Floats Expanding On-Campus Summer Opportunities Following CPT Guidance Restrictions | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard Law School is considering expanding on-campus summer opportunities for international J.D. students after new federal guidance effectively restricted the school’s ability to authorize…
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“This makes plain the implicit quid pro quo in these lucrative deals offered to Trump’s family and friends: If you compel Ukraine to surrender, we will enrich you beyond reckoning…Putin is attempting to leverage…Trump’s weakness for corruption.” (Gift article) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin
The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 12/10/2026
🎥 NEW: Trump last week took his 2022 lawsuit against Marc Elias and Hilary Clinton, who he accused of racketeering, to the Supreme Court. For years, Trump has attacked Marc for being a bulwark against his baseless election fraud claims — but Marc has never backed down and he won't start now👇
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ALERT: Trump Takes His Hatred of Me to the Supreme Court
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“Our current leaders are shameless and ignoble. They have no sense of dignity or honor.”
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u... So the South African is BUYING America?
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans (Gift Article)
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
TWO years?
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“There is no excuse for a mistake of this magnitude...” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Pentagon raises official toll of troops who died during war with Iran to 21
The Post exclusively reported last month that the number of service members lost was greater than what the Pentagon was reporting in its public database.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/10/2026
🚨 WTF! Trump's new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia has been EXPOSED promoting Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracy theories—including claims that Democrats are child-eating cannibals. And her posts about Trump's secret signals are even more bizarre.
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Trump's New Press Secretary Exposed as Pizzagate and QAnon Conspiracy Peddler
Katie Zacharia pushed claims about child-eating Democrats, secret Trump signals and stolen elections before landing the White House podium.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/w...
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Saudi and Yemeni Airports Hit in New Round of Strikes (Gift Article)
The airport in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, was struck a day after suffering a devastating attack. The Houthis said Saudi aircraft hit the Yemeni capital’s airport.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Harris County TX. He's hospitalized: "ICE claimed the man ran in front of the agents' vehicle and was struck. However, the surveillance video appears to show the SUV veering left through empty parking spaces before running the man over..." abc7.com/story/ice-ru...
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ICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities say: VIDEO
Surveillance video shows the moment an unmarked SUV carrying ICE agents ran over a man during a pursuit at a shopping center in Texas.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Can someone ask CBS News why Ted Koppel said that "Bannon's technically correct; they didn't have standing" in the 60+ cases Trump and his allies lost in 2020. This is verifiably false and is a GOP talking point. Many/most of the cases Trump lost were on the merits. Do they not fact check at CBS?
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In August, Trump purchased between $1m and $5m in SpaceX bonds. Two days later, he signed a memorandum setting out a new policy pledging US government support for space transportation companies: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11/10/2026
Marc Elias has a prediction for the midterms: “If Democrats win, it is 100% certain that Donald Trump will say they were not honest.” Voting rules are being rewritten right now. Stay a step ahead: demdock.com/4yhBJbZ
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Military-base housing is “reserved for military who have earned those quarters from fighting in wars and defending our country... They should not be used for people in the White House. It’s an abuse.” www.vanityfair.com/story/stephe...
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MAGA’s Petit Trianon? Katie and Stephen Miller’s House on a Military Base
From her house on a military base, Katie Miller treats Washington’s most powerful to cakes, farm animals, and sake-squirting hibachi chefs. "I can’t fucking stand her,” says one ally. But "Stephen Mil...
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
LIVE Monday, 2p ET: @davidcorn.bsky.social Washington Bureau Chief, @motherjones.com and author of the new book - How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America. Consider joining us: open.substack.com/pub/thefrank...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NBC News: "Hunger grips a rural community hit by Trump’s cuts" www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Speaker Johnson, who said he’d take a blow torch to your healthcare is saying if Republicans lose the House he will leave and start a lawn business. Next week I’m going to donate a wheelbarrow to him, so his staff can wheel him out of DC.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t... Awww ain't that cute
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Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website (Gift Article)
The Philadelphia Police Department said the agents had also sent in a false homicide tip. The incidents led the White House to call for better disclosure of rogue A.I. behavior.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Yeah I saw that although I can't figure out why since he IS a Democratic Socialist
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/o... Maybe since this is America and not Israel we stick to commemorating events which occur in America inly
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Opinion | Zohran Mamdani’s Moral Obscenity (Gift Article)
A mayor for one million Jewish New Yorkers fails his duty.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ummmmmmm
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ravenalessia.bsky.social @ravenalessia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
As expected from a member of the Republican Party who’s views on rape defend the rapist not the victims 👇🏼
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I'm just curious how many women actually agree to gang banging and exactly how she knows this
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
Tens of billions for Trump's war. $0 to stop your health insurance premiums from doubling. That's a choice Republicans made.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
As expected. The Republican Alabama Sup Ct will allow a Florida man to become Alabama’s governor IF he wins the election. www.al.com/news/2026/10...
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Alabama Supreme Court rules on Tommy Tuberville residency lawsuit
Tuberville is on the ballot as the Republican nominee for governor Nov. 3.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Oh I thought we were back in Roman times. I'm surprised he hasn't revived Gladiators. I mean this IS a stadium event right?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
As we theorized on the MeidasTouch Podcast: "I'm pretty sure Trump is so dumb with a 'b' that he believes Los Angeles and San Diego are, like, the closest cities to Iran—and they're not. New York and D.C. are far closer than Los Angeles." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence.
A vertical graphic on a white background displays an October 9, 2026, joint statement from the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The full statement, presented in black serif text, reaffirms unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), strongly opposes U.S. sanctions against the Court, warns of their impact on its work, staff, and families, and pledges continued support for international justice, accountability, and the rules-based international system.Marco Rubio, mouth agape, as he announces sweeping sanctions on the ICC to try to punish them for acknowledging Bibi Netanyahu’s war crimes
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