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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🔥I usually stay out of primaries, but @patrickroath.bsky.social (Patrick Roath) attn: MA-08, is the person that will fight for YOU and affordable healthcare. Stephen Lynch voted AGAINST the ACA over a decade ago. He's got the Boston Globe's endorsement, & mine!💙 www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/23/o...

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Patrick Roath for Congress - The Boston Globe

The Globe editorial board endorses the 39-year-old who is challenging longtime Representative Stephen Lynch.

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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Bob from California here. Don't do it Massachusetts! Because of this, I have to start being strategic in my primary vote and it sucks majorly. Either go for ranked choice or don't. The half measure "jungle primary" is worse than the old school party primaries. Please, trust me on this.

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Jessica @jessicarath.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Watch Patrick Roath being interviewed by Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin! youtu.be/dOnp4H7fjF0?...

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How to Dislodge an Entitled Do-Nothing Incumbent w/ Patrick Roath

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svateboje.bsky.social @svateboje.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

the memo from Doran Schrantz shared in this Kuttner piece via this link is an absolute must-read www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

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Act Free to Be Free

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

NEW: After the Civil War, Congress readmitted the southern states under a key condition: don't expand felony disenfranchisement. But the states quickly violated their promise & weaponized criminal statutes to skew elections. It finally caught up with one of them this year. Fascinating read:

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A Voting Rights Promise, Betrayed for 156 Years - Bolts

After the Civil War, Congress readmitted Southern states on the condition they not expand felony disenfranchisement—but they quickly ignored the restriction. It has finally caught up with one state, w...

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 17/06/2026

The Reconstruction Papers provides an ambitious but achievable path forward beyond the Trump era, but also beyond the decades of institutional decay that preceded it. Help us spread the word by pre-ordering a print copy today buy.stripe.com/7sY28s9AJd79...

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RECONSTRUCTING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
GUARDRAILS FOR DEMOCRACY
FIXING ARTICLE V
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RECONSTRUCTING THE SENATE
ECONOMICS
THE LIBERAL ECONOMY
REBALANCING TRADE IN A FRAGMENTED INTERNATIONAL ORDER
SUSTAINABLE FISCAL POLICY FOR AMERICA
SEEING LIKE A GARDENER: A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR THE PUBLIC FUNDING OF SCIENCE
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IMAGINING LIFE AFTER PATRIARCHY
HOW TO NORMALIZE IMMIGRATION
FOUR PRINCIPLES FOR COMPREHENSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM
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TOWARDS A THIRD RECONSTRUCTION
FOREIGN POLICY
IN SEARCH OF AN FDR CONSENSUS
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Brenden W. Rensink 📚🏃‍♂️⛰ @brendenwrensink.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The admin’s Freedom250 project website is littered with AI slop, fake history, individuals who don’t exist, etc. 🤦‍♂️ karenelizabethpark.substack.com/p/the-fake-a...

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The Fake Americans of Freedom 250

How AI-generated founders, invented citizens, and synthetic patriotism are constructing a digital Christian nationalist fantasy.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

This insightful thread made me reflect on how I, a Gen Xer, was socialized to think about the political agency of ordinary citizens...and how those historical "lessons" that I'd imbibed, drawn from the history of the 1960s and 70s, just don't ring so true to today's young adults.

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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

As Republicans and some Democrats prepare to vote for weapons funding that could be viewed by Trump as a kind of backdoor war authorization, documents prepared by the Pentagon, sent to Congress and reviewed by TPM suggest the DoD already has the money it needs.

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For Trump, Emergency Cash from Congress Means Approval for More War

Trump’s war on Iran is illegal. Congress hasn’t authorized it; administration officials...

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 11/03/2026

President Trump’s plan to sell insurance for ships in the Gulf, a way of easing the war-induced crunch in oil supplies, is proving easier said than done.

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U.S. Plan to Unblock Strait of Hormuz Collides With Realities of Global Insurance

The U.S.-centric insurance idea runs counter to the realities of an international market, according to industry executives.

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Shaun Barnes @scbesque.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I'd support @talkingpointsmemo.com for the Editors' Blog alone, but seeing TPM grow a team of excellent journalists is really exciting. They're producing some great reporting, writing, and podcasts. If you're looking for an independent news and analysis outlet to back, TPM should be on your list.

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Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 28/02/2026

A long time ago, I used to know a lot about foreign-imposed regime change (FIRC) and study them. I guess that makes me qualified to write a thread about them, especially in wake of Trump bombing Iran. So here goes nothing. 🧵

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/02/2026

In a fiery ruling that accused the government of failing to follow court orders, a federal judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security to notify thousands of immigrants detained nationwide that they can join a lawsuit against the government and get either a hearing or be immediately released.

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Judge Orders Hearings for Immigration Detainees and Condemns ‘Terror Against Noncitizens’

As tensions mount between the Trump administration and the courts, the judge called “shameless” a claim by officials that her earlier order was not binding.

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Dax (David J.) Schwartz @snurri.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

"The Massachusetts Department of Correction... formally partners with ICE to transfer people who have finished their sentences." Healey's office has also not responded to my calls about this (and why would they) BUT maybe if a lot more of us call and keep calling, they'll get the drift. 617-725-4005

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Shaun Barnes @scbesque.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Any collaboration with an agency that is systematically violating civil rights and brutalizing people is wrong and Maura Healey’s defense of this program is shameful.

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Senator Lydia Edwards @senatorledwards.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

In Boston, all BCYF and Boston Public Library branches will be activated as warming centers during their normal operating hours. For more information on staying safe during extreme temperatures, visit shorturl.at/Ab14i. #mapoli #bospoli 2/2

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Senator Lydia Edwards @senatorledwards.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

During extreme winter weather conditions, warming centers are open and available to all. To find warming centers near you, call 211. If you see someone experiencing homelessness out in the cold, please call 911. 1/2

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

More to come on this; the rule makes a number of other changes to the Board of Immigration Appeals process (such that it will exist should this rule go into effect in 30 days without a court order blocking it). But top line; it's quite bad! public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02326.pdf

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

CORRECTION: This rule does not go into effect tomorrow, it goes into effect 30 days after tomorrow. My apology.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Executive Office for Immigration Review 8 CFR Parts 1003, 1208, and 1240 [Docket No. EOIR-26-AB37; Dir. Order No. 02-2026] RIN 1125-AB37 Appellate Procedures for the Board of Immigration Appeals AGENCY: Executive Office for Immigration Review (“EOIR”), Department of Justice. ACTION: Interim final rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: This interim final rule (“IFR”) amends Department of Justice (“Department” or “DOJ”) regulations to streamline administrative appellate review by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“Board” or “BIA”) of decisions by Immigration Judges by making review of such decisions on the merits discretionary, by setting appropriate times for briefing in cases that are reviewed on the merits, and by streamlining other aspects of the appellate process to ensure timely adjudications and avoid adding to the already sizeable backlog at the Board. Additionally, the Department is making various technical and non-substantive changes to its regulations. DATES: Effective date: This IFR is effective [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER]

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The appeal to the federal circuit court ALSO costs $600. So now anyone who loses in immigration has to pay $1,000 to be automatically denied in nearly every case, and then $600 to seek an emergency stay of their imminent deportation. AND THIS APPLIES EVEN TO PEOPLE IN DETENTION.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The goal is clear; mass deportations over due process. An order of removal does not become "final" until the Board of Immigration Appeals denies an appeal. After that, ICE can deport the person unless they file ANOTHER appeal to a federal circuit court AND get an emergency stay.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The Trump admin is ALSO changing the rules so that rather than 30 days to file a Notice of Appeal, people will now only have 10 days (in most cases). That's just 10 days to find $1,000 and appellate counsel for an appeal the government says it will likely automatically deny!

The IFR will also change the deadline for filing an appeal with the Board from 30 to 10 days, except for cases involving certain asylum applications, as discussed in more detail in Section IV.B of this preamble. And, as explained in Sections IV.C and D of this preamble, the IFR adopts other measures previously adopted by the 2020 Appellate Procedures Final Rule, which were never fully operationalized, to streamline the processes for obtaining the parties’ briefs and assembling the record on appeal.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.

Thus, rather than require such adjudications, the Department is changing its regulations to provide the Board more flexibility in reviewing appeals. Instead, for appeals taken from decisions issued after this IF becomes effective, as explained in
Section IV.A of this preamble, the default will be summary dismissal unless a majority of current Board members vote to consider the appeal on the merits. And such dismissals
will occur quickly—within 15 days of filing the appeal—allowing aliens to seek Federal court review expeditiously, rather than potentially waiting for years for a Board decision that in the vast majority of cases would affirm the underlying Immigration Judge
decision.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Breaking on MS NOW: Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests. The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 28/01/2026

With the final phase of the Whittier complete, Boston celebrates 472 new homes in Roxbury! The project includes 210 deeply-affordable and 262 mixed-income units + 14,000 sq. ft. of commercial space.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Good piece that gets at an often underdiscussed issue -- of how much work in rebuilding state capacity (or denazification of remaining state capacity) will be necessary post-Trump dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...

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The Left Needs Bureaucrats - Dissent Magazine

After MAGA, the left will need to be ready with a theory of how to rebuild the federal administrative state—not as it was before Trump, but as something better.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

The Gravamen of the Disclosure

4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows:
a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency.

b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 20/01/2026

This is not a rational person. And this is deeply disturbing coming from an American President. NATO is not our enemy—they are unequivocally our closest friends and allies. At this point, how can you not call into question the mental fitness of this President?

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Guys, Liberal Currents is literally the best political publication going in the US - it breaks from smug value-free centrism and understands the need for relentless opposition to MAGA while announcing its unyielding support for the core values of liberal democracy. It is the future - help it grow

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Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12/01/2026

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Historian here 2026 and we are back there.

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Democrats can retaliate against these GOP gerrymanders with new maps in Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, & Virginia. They could flip 7 GOP seats to make up for this & new GOP maps in Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, & possibly soon Indiana. Imposing costs is the only way to deter the GOP from doing this

Map of a hypothetical Democratic gerrymander of Illinois' congressional map designed to turn the current 14-3 majority into a 15-2 majority in 2026. The districts are colored by the 2024 presidential winner's margin, with Harris in blue and Trump in red. The blue districts sprawl like pasta noodles across the northern half of the state to redistribute heavily blue parts of the Chicago area and use them to outvote heavily red rural areas.

An accompanying chart shows that 15 districts would be securely blue while just two would be overwhelmingly red. The 1st, 2nd, and 7th districts would be predominantly Black, the 4th district would be majority Latino, and the 3rd district would be plurality white and 37% Latino. These racial demographics are similar in the existing versions of each of those districts.

Image of a hypothetical Maryland congressional map that is gerrymandered to elect an eight-to-zero Democratic majority in 2026 and flip the Republican-held 1st District. All districts are colored varying shades of blue depending on Kamala Harris' victory margin for president in 2024, and an accompanying chart displays those results and the racial demographics. Three of the most heavily Democratic seats have majority-Black populations, an increase from two districts on the current map.

Image of a hypothetical Oregon congressional map gerrymandered to elect six Democrats and eliminate the one remaining Republican seat in 2026, with every district shaded solidly blue. An embedded chart shows that Kamala Harris would have won every district by at least 10 percentage points. Harris won by at least 12 points in every Democratic-held district and by 10 points in the Republican-held 2nd District, which includes most of eastern and central Oregon along with part of eastern Portland.

Image of a hypothetical Virginia congressional map that is gerrymandered to elect a ten-to-one Democratic majority and flip four Republican seats in 2026. Nine of the districts are securely Democratic and shaded solid blue, one of the districts is overwhelmingly Republican and shaded dark red, and one district is narrowly Democratic-leaning and shaded light blue.

An embedded chart shows the results of the 2024 presidential election in each district, with Kamala Harris winning nine districts by double-digit margins and the swing district by 3 percentage points. Republicans votes are wasted by being packed into a single district in western Virginia that Donald Trump won in a 55-point landslide. Black voters would retain their current ability to elect their chosen candidates in the safely Democratic 3rd and 4th districts in the Hampton Roads, Richmond, and Southside regions.

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Gintautas Dumcius @gintautasd.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

NEW: Latoya Gayle, an early ed and childcare advocate, has opened a campaign account for the Senate seat currently held by South Boston's Nick Collins She previously considered a District 3 City Council run in 2023 www.dotnews.com/2023/early-e...

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Early ed and childcare advocate considers run for District 3 - Dorchester Reporter

Latoya Gayle, a St. Mark’s area resident who works for a nonprofit focused on early education and childcare issues, is considering a run for the City Council’s District 3 seat. “I’m being encouraged t...

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 26/11/2025

Less than $1600 until we hit the matching threshold, meaning another $35k gets sent to us. Let’s see if we can’t get there in the next half hour! gofund.me/b62d52480

$68415 raised of $500000 goal 455 donations

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

if you’re looking for more ways to support independent media and fight fascism, help my friends at @liberalcurrents.com reach their $500k fundraising goal! gofund.me/4e2ac0714

“Liberal Currents is an important space for expansive progressive thought in a media environment saturated by center-right opinions. Most notably, they offer variety without ever sacrificing the humanity of any of their readers.” —Marisa Kabas, independent journalist at The Handbasket

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Never seen it put this way and it's really powerful.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I’m 250 paid subscribers away from a major goal. Think we can get there tonight? www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade

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Erin 🦇🎃💀👻EEK👻💀🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."

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Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays

The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

"The attorney in the New York office spoke in depth about the plan being recently updated to include mosques and liberal synagogues in the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s recent win in the New York City mayor’s race."

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness. I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.

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Will Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director

In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 10/11/2025

No health care, no deal.

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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 10/11/2025

As I've always said, I will not support a government funding bill that continues to raise our costs, jeopardizes our health care, and hurts the people of my state.

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