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geoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
dc statehood is non-negotiable after trump's actions in his second term. republicans despise the people of the city that hosts them, and there is little reason to think that, now that the seal is broken on treating them as an occupied population, a next republican president will be more restrained
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 12h
Poland‘s Prime Minister Tusk had a phone call with Ukrainian president Zelenskyy. He made the following statement afterwards:
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hoipolloiboytoy.bsky.social @hoipolloiboytoy.bsky.social · 7h
People love to blame Dems for this but at a certain point people should be honest that the press actively pushes GOP propaganda and that voters need to take some culpability for their own votes and actions.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 10/10/2026
yeah what this actually is is not “lol the DCCC is broke” it’s “we think we can win way more districts than we originally thought, please give us some more money so we can run up the score” this is good and we want them to succeed
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The Captain @thoreau.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We do not support this. The president is going rogue because he is hemorrhaging support here. We support Ukraine more than we support this president. Slava Ukraini.
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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is just so ridicolous. Andy has talked for years about rebuilding Democrats in the South and competing in places the party has abandoned. Act like you mean it!
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
a lot of people are replying with 'what are you going to do about it,' and while every level of government could do more, the powers the *DC City Council* has in this situation are comparatively limited. This isn't just voter intimidation, but an argument for statehood for the District of Columbia.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
it might not even be explicit voter intimidation by design, right? it's just that there are national guard all over the city, so they're always standing around places they shouldn't be, which is every place. the solution is for them not to be there at all.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is an excellent point. When pro-democracy, anti-corruption forces get power, they won't need elaborate new laws to start getting Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, Peter Thiel, and other tech oligarchs out of government. They've almost certainly committed fraud and other already existing crimes.
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
this, by the way, should be table stakes for any Democrat seeking office from now until the Republican Party has been completely destroyed and our political, government, and media ecosystems rebuilt and reformed so they no longer advantage far-right fascists
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Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If you've noticed, the bribe and patronage economy has made our right-wing elites very bad about hiding their crimes. They commit them openly because they feel like they have impunity. Prosecuting them will not be difficult.
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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We need a Democratic President that calls out the media for this hypocrisy. Biden did sometimes but not enough
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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/10/2026
"what are you gonna do, vote harder?" I mean yeah there's not a lot of other levers to pull these days but we can still pull that one
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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/10/2026
the impunity of the rich and powerful has never been more blatant and obvious than it is right now and people feel like they have very few ways to impose any sort of consequence or accountability on our would-be overlords but we can still vote to throw the bums out, and it sure looks like we will
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 07/10/2026
Black text on white background 
"This day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers. It marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7. On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss.
 
The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians—including more than 21,000 children. Even since the so-called ceasefire, more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed. That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. Many New Yorkers are reckoning with this unbearable grief, and we mourn alongside them – all while knowing that our tax dollars fund these war crimes.
 
Three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue, where war crimes are met with impunity, and our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment.
 
To honor the dead, we must fight for a world in which every person can live with freedom, safety, and dignity."
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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I mean this just sorta sounds like they're cowards and a disgrace to the profession
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For the first time this cycle Ossoff is no longer in the Top 5 of ActBlue. Hinojosa is up there along with Jackson. However we really need to get Bottoms on there
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David M @beboxer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You can buy tickets here: bleeckerstreetmedia.com/musk if there is a showing near you.
bleeckerstreetmedia.com
MUSK | Only In Select Theaters October 9, Nationwide October 16
An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded “inventor-entrepreneur” who has enormous influence on the world in which we all live.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
hollywoodreporter.com
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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1st Minnesota Volunteers Stan Account @himdogson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
biden and lula both entered office without majorities sufficient to actually pass any real agenda; this is the root reason why both failed (well, lula might pull it out, but it'll clearly be phyrric). this should be motivation to lock in for midterms so the next dem president can actually govern
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 05/10/2026
Good news, Diana DeJean has been found and is now safe at home! Thanks to everyone who amplified.
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Okay guys our Governor candidates need money. Bottoms, Hinojosa, Jolly are putting out good ads but they don’t have money to air them. These races are all tossups and we need to act like it At this point you gotta wind down your donations to the Senate candidates
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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If Democrats retake the Senate, then they need to follow the McConnell Rule: Block any GOP replacement until a Dem President wins in 2029
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
you need to just pack the supreme court, man. they don't care about what arguments you make, the legal movement formed with an explicit objective of making Watergate legal isn't going to make Watergate illegal.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
Doctors shouldn’t be punished for providing their patients with legal abortion care—and extremists in Louisiana have no business dictating what doctors in Seattle can and can't do. This was never about states' rights—it was ALWAYS about banning abortion nationwide.
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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When I say Democrats are fighting for a future for America's children this is what I mean. You might not have heard about it but the Sternberg is one of the most illustrious centers of paleontology in the United States. It needs to be available for the public to appreciate.
kansasreflector.com
Kansas Legislature's budget cuts compel Fort Hays State University to close Sternberg Museum • Kansas Reflector
Fort Hays State University, grappling with a $2.4 million state-ordered spending cut, will close the Sternberg Museum of Natural History.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
DoorDash, a $15 billion company, has issued a formal apology for their decision to back a GOP attack on DC Home Rule in July. Organizing made this happen.
washingtonsun.com
DoorDash Apologizes for Siding With GOP Bill Targeting D.C.
The company still wants the D.C. Council to make changes to a new delivery fee taking effect Thursday.
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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
THERE IS NO NONPARTISAN SOLUTION TO A PARTISAN ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY
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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You really do get how we arrive at our present when you see how much our news media institutions fetishize power & stardom (offer almost never applicable to Democrats) and treat wrecking things as something brave.
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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is by all accounts a failed presidency—and one that failed in extremely rapid fashion. No other president would get this sort of treatment, even account for the throat clearing Time does about Trumps difficulties. Ten years in and on the cusp of a huge repudiation, they still bend over for him.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
The man who found a way to bankrupt a casino is on the verge of bankrupting the Kennedy Center. Everything he touches he destroys.   The reflecting pool, the East Wing, the Kennedy Center, & every monument in America belong to the PEOPLE. They're not his to remake, remodel, or destroy.
washingtonpost.com
The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over.
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Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Might as well shut it down if he does.
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If you’re giving to Ossoff please stop and send it to Keisha Lance Bottoms secure.actblue.com/donate/klb-web
secure.actblue.com
Thank you for supporting Keisha Lance Bottoms for Governor!
Keisha is ready to roll up her sleeves and get to work to deliver for Georgia. Pitch in today!
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is corruption of the highest order. Susan Collins delivered millions in taxpayer dollars for a corrupt donor bankrolling her campaign, and then Donald Trump helped her cover it up. No wonder she voted with him 96% of the time and has rubberstamped his agenda to hurt Maine.
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Emmasrandomthoughts 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌹 @countessemilia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I don't know if this is likely, but I do think this is the best case scenario. Congress must be made to govern. No more caretakers. No more hiding behind the filibuster or the courts or executive orders. No more using Congress as the world's most exclusive retirement home. Just. Pass. Laws.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/11/2023
As always, my advice is: If you see a poll that worries you, roll up your sleeves and get to work. Donate, register, volunteer. And if you see a poll you like? Go to the same things.
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Paul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 22/09/2026
I think the next Democratic administration should brandish a mighty antitrust bludgeon.
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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We are going to win. The effort we put in from now to November helps decide how big that win will be. The more we win this november, the more we can do in opposition in 2027, the more we can do when we take back the government in 2029, the more we can do to protect the census in 2030. So much to do!
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Koalagaming08 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇸🇩 🇦🇲 @koalagaming08.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump's 2nd term should be the catalyst for DC statehood, the national guard, the kennedy center, the arch sniper tower aren't just moving white blocks around on the national mall its the forceful reshaping of a city that has no legal ability to resist
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
No platforming lies No sanewashing No “access journalism”
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Thomas Long @rayosunlong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Okay. Now go back to your office and do some investigative journalism. Figure out what they’re afraid you’re going to report on, and report on that. If this ban is designed to keep you from covering his countless failures, then focus on those failures NOW. This is the distraction, NOT the story.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
No responsible news outlet should go to the White House as long as this ban on their colleagues is in effect. It’s time for big media to show some backbone. Also, any apologies about that embarrassing WHCA dinner yukking it up with Trump and his apparatchiks? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
nytimes.com
CNN and MS NOW Reporters Barred From White House After Trump Announces Ban
The prohibition on certain journalists was a stark escalation in President Trump’s war on the media, and will probably face a legal challenge.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 19/09/2026
I'd like to remind everyone of the principled courage of the Pentagon press, which walked out of the building their beat relies on rather than sign a loyalty oath. One of them was a dear friend for whom it was a giant sacrifice and I'm so proud of him. The White House press isn't in the same league.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Happy Friday. We’re taking the House and Senate. Trump will try to sabotage it. We’ll stop him.
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HUGE NEWS: A federal judge just permanently blocked Trump’s attempts to politicize food assistance. Oregon DOJ led this multistate lawsuit, which also protects food assistance for lawful permanent residents. #orpol #breakingnews
AG Rayfield permanently blocks Trump’s SNAP penaltiesToday, a federal judge permanently blocked the Trump administration from penalizing states, including Oregon, with steep fines tied to their administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The judge also struck down the administration’s attempts to restrict food access for lawful permanent residents.“Since the beginning of Trump’s second term, we’ve all watched his administration play games with emergency food assistance,” said Attorney General Rayfield. “This is about parents’ ability to feed their kids, and partisan politics shouldn’t have any part in it. The court’s ruling means that Oregon will continue to effectively manage the SNAP program, and our vulnerable neighbors will get the food they need.”
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If Republicans want help suspending the debt limit because they don’t have the votes to do it themselves, Democrats should come in and responsibly help them get rid of it forever.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It’s time once and for all to defuse the nuclear bomb that Republicans keep threatening to drop on their own country unless they get enough of what they want.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The only debt limit deal Ds should agree to is to eliminate it entirely — or at minimum suspend it for a decade. It is only used to extort policy concessions under threat of permanently damaging the country, & it only works because everyone knows Rs are reckless enough to actually pull the trigger.
Erik Wasson & @elwasson
X.com
DEBT CEILING: @RepJeffries asked if there will be big fight on debt limit next Congress suggests deal may emerge in lame duck session
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING: Trump's handpicked Board is trying to let him demolish the Kennedy Center, blatantly violating the court order, again We asked the Judge to make it clear: this American institution can't be demolished on Trump's say-so @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG fight on w/ Rep.Beatty👇 -TN
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