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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“Gifts to Putin will not bring peace or any benefit to the civilized world. Russia will ‘repay’ the diesel with further terror and perfidy.” —Volodymyr Zelensky about Trump’s insidious diesel deal that helps fund Russia’s murder campaign www.americaamerica.news/p/another-be...
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The Deepening Betrayal By Putin’s Servant
In his deal with Vladimir Putin for Russian diesel, Donald Trump assists Russia’s war against Ukraine and our democratic ally’s fight for survival
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026. So far. The scams, schemes and grifts have been endless, as the Trump Family seems to spend most of their time and energy finding new ways to profit off the presidency. Here is my Top 75. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026
So far.
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Deborah Weeks/A Woman for An Eternity @deborah-10.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Robert’s Supremely Corrupt Court
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Jacob Soboroff: As the crew aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln endures an extended deployment in the Middle East, Trump is prioritizing the renovations he wants at the Kennedy Center.
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Trump talks marble floors while sailors pay the price for his Iran war
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/07/2026
New in PN: Why Trump deserves all the blame for high gas prices "No POTUS has ever deserved to be hoisted on the petard of gas prices more. That’s not only bc of how he weaponized the issue before, but bc unlike almost every other POTUS, he's actually responsible for where the price is right now."
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Why Trump deserves all the blame for high gas prices
Normally blaming the president is unfair. But not this time.
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Half the world’s on fire, the other is in deluge. The four horsemen of the Anthropocene: fire, floods, heat and drought. We are making our world increasingly unliveable. How is your government responding? How are you preparing for a disaster? #NomadCentury
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‘We have lost everything’: extreme rainfall across Asia brings flash floods and typhoons
From Afghanistan to Taiwan, unprecedented deluge highlights devastating impact of climate breakdown
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Mark Somers @marksomers.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20/07/2026
This free documentary is a MUST SEE. Shuffling people around the US, away from their attorneys and family, away from their Habeas Corpus filings, on a merry-go-round of extremely expensive tax-payer funded charter flights, is a key part of the ICE death machine and hardly anyone is talking about it.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I can't breathe the air, I can't eat lettuce, I can't afford gas, and my kids have measles. But at least now our soldiers will have enough testosterone.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 22/06/2026
The Trump administration just paid Invenergy $765 million to cancel four wind projects. That brings the running total to roughly $2.5 billion in taxpayer money spent to stop energy from being built. Think about that. At a time when electricity demand is rising,
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Thomas Massie: “It’s ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we’re yelling ‘election fraud’? We won all the damn elections.”
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MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/m... More than half the land in the U.S. is devoted to farms and ranches. Another 30 percent is managed forest, much of it logged. Less than 6 percent is occupied by cities, major suburbs and their constituent green spaces.
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I Wanted an Ecologically Responsible Garden. It Was Harder Than I Thought.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Late 19th-century farm abandonment in the Northeast US led to the greatest forest recovery in the history of the world, as trees returned naturally. The result is that the region is 3 or 4 degrees cooler than it would otherwise be, mitigating climate breakdown. insideclimatenews.org/news/0407202...
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The Spectacular Regrowth of New England’s Forests - Inside Climate News
The rebound of forests in the northeast U.S. is the “greatest forest recovery in the history of the world.” This is how it happened.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Now think about what this means if all federal grant making is under political control as per new OMB rule. Crony capitalism at its worst: do you want these people fixing your bridges, making sure your water supply is safe? @donmoyn.bsky.social
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation. This is a national crisis. Trump thinks the public will stop paying attention. So I went to the Senate floor to call his bluff. I told the ENTIRE STORY of his 500 days of corruption. 1/ Here it is - in one🧵
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Shift drink: Reflecting Pool 1oz rum 1oz mezcal .75oz lime .75oz honey barspoon matcha muddled mint
The described cocktail in a coupe glass.  It's very algae lookin
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
One year ago.
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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
It's weird to me how Biden’s economic team achieved their stated goal of a world class Covid recovery, avoided recession (once thought inevitable), prioritized employment, navigated global inflation, and delivered benefits to the working class... and voters HATED it. Like WTF people.
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...
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I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House
There is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is a good part. Trump's settlement is unlawful because his lawsuit against the IRS was never a real lawsuit and it was designed mainly to faciliate theft from the treasury.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
We already have a process for determining whether accusers are credible. It’s called a trial. And a jury already decided they believed E Jean Carroll. THIS is weaponization. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/u...
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Justice Dept. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry of E. Jean Carroll Over Trump Lawsuits
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/05/2026
"In the end, American consumers paid $159b in nat'l sales taxes for which most will never be reimbursed a penny. And rather than those taxes being used by the federal govt to, say, repave roads or build bridges, most of the money will instead provide corporate windfalls." — @schaller67.bsky.social
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The triple toll of Trump’s terrible tariffs
Ultimately, American workers and consumers suffer three different ways.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
As this war stumbles to a close, it is clear that the president is lost: He didn’t know what he was doing when he began it, and now he doesn’t know how to get out of it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump’s War Is Staggering to an Incoherent Defeat
Even the president’s supporters are alarmed.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
To be clear as day, this is, of course, absolutely intentional. It has happened with every Republican president of my lifetime (with the notable exception of HW Bush). It's what the GOP does. www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-...
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U.S. Debt Tops 100% of GDP
Federal debt exceeding the size of the economy is a potent symbol of the gathering fiscal stresses on the U.S.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/04/2026
Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ theonion.com/supreme-court-overturn…
Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/04/2026
“To say that President Trump is corrupt is to somehow understate the size, scope and magnitude of his corruption. It is as if you were to describe a modern thermonuclear device as a ‘bomb.’ That is true enough, but it is not quite the truth. It does not capture the nature of the thing in full.”
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Opinion | Trump Corrupts, and Absolute Trump Corrupts Absolutely
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
This isn’t about politics as usual. It’s about stopping a power grab already happening in Texas, Florida & North Carolina. The April 21 amendment is Virginia’s legal, democratic answer. Early voting is open. Make your voice count. #VirginiaIsForVotingYes #sheshed
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 08/03/2026
I remember seeing Jared Kushner at the Israel-Palestine “negotiating” table on the news here in Holland and it was like a slap across the face. Why the hell was he there? Why wasn’t he being mentioned? This article by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social explains A LOT. Hold on to your hats ladies & germs 🧵
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The No World Order
Meir Kahane, Netanyahu, Trump, and the war beyond Iran.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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Sherry w/ a whY @justiceforall.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
🪧💚 ‘The world needs more people who see wildlife as neighbors, not nuisances’ (Reminder: the leading driver of biodiversity loss & species displacement is animal agriculture) ⚖️ HowDoIGoVegan.com
An image showing a private property bordering onto forest, where a bear, fox deer and opossum are seen going about their lives. 
A sign 🪧 in the foreground says: ‘The world needs more people who see wildlife as neighbors, not nuisances’
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Whoa … this is really strange. Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone. 🎁 link ⤵️ www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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$28 million of cocaine seized off Miami Beach. Three men charged
Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Wondering if the Trump regime has a fee schedule for pardon bribes or if each individual one requires a separate haggling session.
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Shelley @sehblue.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
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Opinion | ‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/11/2025
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
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Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Although we're not where we should be, we're on a significantly better trajectory than we were 10 years ago.
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10 Years After the Paris Climate Agreement, Here's Where We Are (Gift Article)
Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot.
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
You can read our full story here, as well as a note about how we decided to include and categorize cases www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
October 16, 2025
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October 16, 2025
Yesterday the Trump administration announced it would pay furloughed troops by using funds Congress appropriated for research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDTE) for fiscal year 2026.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Today, House Republicans will take their 70th day off with pay in the last 82 days.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...
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There is no budget "deal" to be made
President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Do people realize that Trump and Miller are creating so many valid civil causes of action that taxpayers will be paying billions of dollars—if not tens of billions—to their innocent victims and their families over the next 25 years? America will be digging itself out of a hole for decades to come.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
We are now getting very close to him committing Treason. Saying that you are going to end rule of law in America if a judge does not rule your way is a threat against the U.S. as serious as any foreign incursion—and indeed would be considerably more ruinous to the nation he swore an oath to protect.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar @repilhan.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
If you ever wondered what Republican “governance” looks like, this is it. A government shutdown. Federal workers who don’t get paid. A President who golfs during a shutdown. National guards and ICE deployed to attack and arrest Americans. Millions of Americans losing their healthcare.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
New Yorker cartoons nail it again.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 04/10/2025
If Congress doesn’t act quickly to permanently extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, health insurance premiums will more than DOUBLE for 22 million people. Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. Put working people first.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Spot on.
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Shelley @sehblue.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Trump Will Host G20 Summit in 2026 at His Doral Resort www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
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Trump Will Host G20 Summit in 2026 at His Doral Resort
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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
This is incredible work. In a just world it would win some major reporting awards. I’m saying that now bc I don’t think it will. There’s a particular kind of scoop you only get by being a really effing good beat reporter for a long time who sources trust. Investigative reporting doesn’t prize that.
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The Connecticut Mirror @ctmirror.org · 04/09/2025
Senate Democrats asked CT Chief Justice Raheem Mullins to ban ICE from arresting people anywhere where judicial proceedings are taking place.
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CT Senate Dems ask Chief Justice to ban ICE arrests at courts
Senate Democrats asked CT Chief Justice Raheem Mullins to ban ICE from arresting people anywhere where judicial proceedings are taking place.
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