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Enzo Giordani @enzogiordani.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A tūturiwhatu (New Zealand dotterel) foraging for breakfast this morning. 🪶🇳🇿
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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Oh crap. M 8.0 earthquake 14 km SW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama. 33 km deep. Exact location and magnitude may change as we get more data earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Map showing the location of the earthquake in southern Panama
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Brutal morning of headlines for Ken Paxton.
New York Times: Inside Ken Paxton’s Private Testimony About His Money
A leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate’s growing wealth and his tactics for defending himself.ProPublica: Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.CNN: ‘He wants me to lose’: Paxton complains about lack of support from Cornyn in leaked audio
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 09/10/2026
Trump’s sleep demon finally got a press credential.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. with @texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Holy Fuck — There really was a little girl in the car when those KKK thugs shot her father in the Bronx. FUCK ICE FUCK TRUMP FUCK YOU FOR SUPPORTING HIM
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Collins has his head down through all of this, presumably mapping out what he’ll be doing as a private citizen next year
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We're maybe a week away from a Trump official shouting "White Power!" at one of these conferences.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
they've got nothingggggg
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Voting rights groups are citing recent ICE activity near voting sites and new evidence of intimidation as they expand a lawsuit seeking to keep armed federal agents away from polling places during the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE is already showing up near voting sites, bolstering lawsuit against armed agents at polls
Among the newest examples is an ICE detention that took place in the same area California voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/10/2026
I’m so f*cking sick of the corruption in this administration. Trump’s ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, pressured a MAGA donor to pay off $100,000 in credit card debt while offering access to Trump officials. And she wanted it done without a paper trail. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
my main comment is, do they remember who won the battle of the alamo bsky.app/profile/dber...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Russians are barbarians and should be treated as such, not as people to negotiate new business deals with to benefit corrupt oligarchs in the US.
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Gustav Klimt @klimtgustav.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In Avenue of Schloss Kammer Park (1912), Klimt trades perspective for rhythm. Trees advance in measured beats, dissolving into a tapestry of summer greens. Sharp edges give way to atmospheric haze as structure surrenders to shimmering heat.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The MAGA regime recently killed the largest ancient 250 year old “Grandmother” Cottonwood tree in Arizona’s indigenous territory just to expand the orange felon’s fucking wall. I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this evil.
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John Carpenter’s Halloran @profhalloran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As a Catholic, like Alito, I think it's so important for you to know how little—how absolutely not at all—your marriage (or your LGBTQ identity) impacts my religious liberty. In fact, refusing to acknowledge your marriage (or your LGBTQ identity) is a grave affront to your innate human dignity.
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Alito calls same-sex marriage a 'decisive' turn 'against religious liberty' in new book
A new book by Justice Samuel Alito presents his view of the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the country with a focus on religious freedom.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pacific Swallow looks like a jet fighter. Original post
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Seattle_Ben @seattle-ben.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
New Bluesky strategy: if you post a screen grab from X, some AI slop, a quote in an attached image, or anything with a claim and no attribution, you get an instant block. Life is too short to read nonsense from lazy posters and bots. Forget it.
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F A S (Frankie) Miller @reallyfasmiller.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm thrilled that she is ahead, but this is a little too close for my liking. Texans, please vote for a better Texas. Vote for Gina Hinojosa.
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Westmoreland, Aubrey F. @spacedeer.gay · 06/10/2026
picnic hawk
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 07/10/2026
And this is why she should have stayed in jail www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
VOTE BLUE 💙🌊........
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
CALL ARIZONA U.S. Senators! Let them know they are attacking community members who are protecting their land. Demand federal agents leave tribal land.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oh, spare me the bullshit redemption tour. Everyone knew what this was going to be. “Thom Tillis calls his vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth his “biggest regret” and says Hegseth should resign.” apnews.com/article/thom...
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Republican Sen. Tillis calls his vote for Hegseth the 'biggest regret of my career' in a new book
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career.”
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Former Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert died this morning. For 16 years, while he was a coach and government teacher at Yorkville High School in Yorkville, Illinois, Hastert sexually abused at least four boys (and likely more). (thread)
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🇨🇦DUNK🇨🇦 (Proud Part owner of Canada) @noofieninja.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026
it's such a perfect example of what is actually alito's hallmark as a justice, shoddy, sub-undergraduate thinking dressed up with five dollar words.
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Seattle_Ben @seattle-ben.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
CBO: Roughly 15 million people will lose health coverage and become uninsured by 2034 because of the Republican's "Big Beautiful Bill," which failed to extend enhanced premium tax credits for ACA marketplace coverage, and made other harmful ACA marketplace rule changes. www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
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By the Numbers: Harmful Republican Megabill Will Take Health Coverage Away From Millions of People and Raise Families’ Costs
The Republican reconciliation law, enacted on July 4, will take health coverage away from millions of people and dramatically raise health care costs for millions more.
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Shivan @theshivan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If Dems win the Senate they absolutely should not even have hearings for any Trump nominee and refer to is as the McConnell rule
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Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Nobody is cheering for the Dodgers to win the World Series this year. Fuck the Dodgers.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are a lot of Trump officials who need to be impeached, but Russell Vought -- the quarterback of all the Project 2025 fuckery and a central player in the administration's overreach -- really needs to be at the top of the list.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One of my favourite photos — not just of DAVID NIVEN — but of all time.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
U.S. Sending Third Aircraft Carrier, Up to 10,000 More Troops, to Middle East
The deployments come as Trump weighs resuming bombing Iran after the midtermsDonald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Literally no one can cook a poll that looks good for Whatley. It's so funny.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 02/10/2026
Billionaire political spending was about $16 million in 2008. In 2026, it could reach $2–3 billion. Whatever your politics, that’s a staggering shift in who has the financial power to shape American elections.
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ElizaRose @elirose476.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nixon should never have been pardoned. I had this disagreement with my poli sci professor. He's still wrong.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL? The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?” Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
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God @thegodshow.com · 30/09/2026
He’s obviously removing all anti-trump leaders ahead of a ‘national emergency’ so they can halt elections and seize permanent control.
Hegseth confirms that the US military will cut 20% of its generals and admirals
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This 👇
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K9HasMyHeart @k9hasmyheart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Baseball belongs to the fans & should always be available on local channels!!!
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Kieran @toadally.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just got a political ad that said “if you vote for this candidate the SOCIALISTS win and more people will have access to health insurance!” Why is that scary for people?
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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
(Imagining the possible follow-up question) “ON NOVEMBER 12TH 2023, YOU WERE IN ATLANTA CONSPIRING WITH FANI WILLIS AND SAYING OUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF HAD NO DEFENSE! I HAVE PROOF, DIRTBAG!! YOU TEXTED ‘GET ‘EM, HAWKS!!’” Smith: “I was in Seattle. The Seahawks were beating the Commanders.”
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope this headline haunts Eric Schmitt for the rest of his pathetic political career.
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I can’t wait for this day.
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Susan @artlovergirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A mural in Seattle. #AbolishICE
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Motherfucker, *you* don't treat our country with respect.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fish, fried hard, seasoned so right that it didn’t need hot sauce.
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