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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h
Hours later, Trump posts that the US has just had “productive talks” with Iran and announced the US will not attack Iran before the midterms.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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Shawn @shawnbetts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Says the rapist……
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Republican health care record so far: Medicaid enrollment: down 5 million ACA enrollment: down nearly 3 million Premium payments: up 58% Hospitals at risk of closing: 446 Everyone who voted for it wants your vote in 4 weeks. Vote them all out. #RepublicanHealthcareCrisis
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 03/10/2026
Trump weaponized his administration to chase 2020 election lies — hiring election deniers to find evidence. And despite wasting enormous federal resources to prove his conspiracies, the effort has come up empty: demdock.com/4hCWvw9
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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Shawn @shawnbetts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WTAF are we doing, ignoring that this person falls asleep in front of cameras every single day???
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Australian Institute of Marine Science This timelapse captures just over two years of coral growth, between May 2011 and August 2013, in the central Great Barrier Reef. The footage was taken by our fixed underwater camera at AIMS' weather station at Davies Reef. linktr.ee/AustInstitut...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Donald Trump is the butt of Canada PM’s joke. The crowd laughed.
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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Macklemore just announced he’s donating the $1 million he made from Sheeran’s tour to 6 organizations to support Palestinians and he’s asking Robert Kraft to match it. This is just the first part announcing it.
With everything that has happened over the last 48 hours, I want to bring the conversation back to where it belongs: to the Palestinian people who are still being killed, still living under military occupation, and still fighting for their freedom.
I will be donating the entire $1 million of my net earnings from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour to six organizations working directly to support the Palestinian people. And I invite Robert Kraft to match my donation. Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting. A Palestinian life is no less valuable than any other life on this earth.
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TLump @tlump7.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Katie is such a fighter! She is absolutely right and her fire is expiring.💪🏿 Check your registration! Be prepared to vote! Take someone with you! Do what you have to do to stand up and be counted!
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Shawn @shawnbetts.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Thank you to Macklemore and everyone else who called BS!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Playing in our faces
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Virgo Momma 🇨🇦🇮🇹 @christina00017.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#ShopCanadian #ElbowsUp #GlovesOff #CanadaStrong
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/08/2026
Trump reported 1,051 trades in his June disclosure. These two stood out: — June 18: Bought $250K–$500K in Boeing, the same day the Navy awarded Boeing an $880 million contract — June 23: Bought $15K–$50K in SpaceX, the same day NASA recorded a $425.6 million award to SpaceX
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AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info · 30/06/2026
Today, the Epstein survivors launched their website. They put a lot of time and effort into putting their stories together for the general public. They deserve our support. Please check it out if you have the mental capacity, and please share widely. ❤️
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Survivor Sisters
Survivor Sisters of Epstein & Maxwell
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: MIT engineers develop a breath test that detects pneumonia in minutes no X-rays, no lab wait. Just a single breath Two MIT engineers, Loza Tadesse and Aditya Garg, have developed a breath test that can detect pneumonia in minutes.
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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
PSA: GO OUTSIDE TONIGHT. The Perseid meteor shower peaks overnight tonight, and there’s a NEW MOON, which means basically no moonlight getting in the way. Find the darkest spot you can, put your phone away, look up, and give your eyes a little time to adjust.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 12/08/2026
An official statement from altCDC: This admin doesn’t know fuck about shit when it comes to science. Don’t take health advice from a failed real estate developer and a conspiracy theorist lawyer. The science hasn’t changed and vaccines are still safe for the vast majority us.
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Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
SoftBank gave Trump's library $50 million in January. Eight weeks later the administration handed SoftBank 3,700 acres of federal land in Ohio. What perfect timing. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/what-four-...
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optimisticsoap.bsky.social @optimisticsoap.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 06/08/2026
A central part of why it seems like powerful, rich people live in a consequence-free world is that the social incentives to hold them to account have withered. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 𝟏𝟐-𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬
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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
1/ Over the weekend, RFK Jr. was interviewed on CNN, and as I'm sure many of you have seen, he made a number of inaccurate statements. The conversation covered Covid-19, RSV, measles, vaccines, and autism. Let's fact-check some of the biggest claims.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Green Day releases “Basket Case” 32 years ago today — the 2nd single off the “Dookie” LP and based on Billie Joe’s childhood bouts with panic attacks. “.. Writing about it was a way of coping,” he said, “expressing that feeling of going crazy — but ultimately pulling through."
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Hey, remember when Fauci privately told a reporter on Feb 7th 2020 that Covid was "more deadly than even your strenuous flus... This is deadly stuff" but then told a public press conference on Feb 27th 2020: "This is a flu. This is like a flu"? Oh wait! That was... Donald Trump.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 25/07/2026
Taylor Farms contributed $2 million to Trump & Republicans as they postponed a rule to help the govt. limit the spread of foodborne illnesses. Read @premthakker.bsky.social's deep dive into how Taylor Farms' successful lobbying led to the current outbreak of cyclospora: zeteo.com/p/taylor-far...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The Pentagon is withholding causality and hit numbers. The CDC is withholding infection rates. The FDA is withholding information about food contamination. The EPA is withholding pollution and climate data. This corrupt administration is ALL about concealing the consequences of its incompetence.
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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A reminder to all about just how damaging Trump is to the U.S. economy: the U.S. lost 100,000 manufacturing jobs in his first year after reelection. His threats and tariffs *sound* pleasing to his base, but he’s actually hurting them severely. Poor, ignorant sods. www.jec.senate.gov/public/index...
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NEW DATA: During Trump’s First Year, the Manufacturing Industry Lost 108,000 Jobs
The Joint Economic Committee – Minority today released a new analysis showing that the manufacturing industry lost 108,000 jobs during the first year of President Trump’s second term.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The FDA staff who are trying to trace down the source are doing their best but not experienced in that field and the lab once used for testing was closed because closing USAID eliminated most of its funding. Trump's irrational decisions put all Americans at risk.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear: 1. He's not focused on making life better for Americans. Not even close. 2. We should act now to counteract any efforts to undermine our elections. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Hands Off Our Vote in 2026! · Indivisible
**We know that Trump and his Big Lie cronies are plotting to do everything they can to undermine our elections in 2026.** Whether it’s trying to end mail-in voting, targeting registration programs, bl...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/07/2026
We watched Trump's dangerous and deranged speech so you don't have to. Here are the moments you need to know about:
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The payment is an admission of guilt. This should be the biggest news on every platform.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
E. Jean Carroll spent nearly a decade in court fighting one of the most powerful men in the world. She fought with tenacity and grace — and she won. She is one of my personal heroes. We all owe her a debt of gratitude.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/07/2026
Breaking News: The Trump administration moved to open the habitats of imperiled animals to farming, drilling, mining and other development. Environmentalists characterized it as the most severe erosion of protections for wildlife in half a century. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...
A headline reads: "Trump Administration Sharply Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species." A piping plover stands on a wet beach with scattered shells. Photo by Dave Sanders for The New York Times.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/06/2026
KARL: Rs are gonna make you the poster child for the D Party MAMDANI: Let them. We don't have to ask ourselves what life looks like if a socialist wins. I won last year & over the course of the last 6 months what we've delivered for working people are the very things we were told were impossible.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
REMINDER: On May 7, 2026, Trump's motorcade of more than 11 vehicles drove on top of the empty pool, after it was painted and sealed and before it was refilled with water. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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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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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/06/2026
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
How the fuck do we have $300 billion to rebuild Iran after we spent $80 billion bombing it, when we don’t “have the money” for pediatric cancer research?
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 15/06/2026
⚠️Don’t forget. COVID-19 is a summer illness too. ⚠️ Cases⬆️in the fall/winter and then again in the summer. Last year they started ⬆️in July. If you have COVID symptoms and are are at risk for severe illness, get tested so if you test positive, you can get treated.
Line chart titled "Weekly Rates of COVID-19-Associated Hospitalizations by Season," showing hospitalization rates per 100,000 people on the y-axis (0–20) across surveillance months from October to September on the x-axis. Three lines represent different seasons: 2022–23 (light blue) peaks highest at around 11 in January before declining to roughly 4–5 by September; 2023–24 (dark navy) peaks around 8 in January, dips to a low of about 1.5–2 in May, then rises again to a secondary peak near 5 in August before declining slightly; 2024–25 (gray) stays lowest throughout, peaking around 4 in January and remaining mostly below 2–3 for the rest of the year. A note explains that rates for the past three weeks are estimates due to reporting delays, dashed lines represent estimated rates while solid lines represent observed rates, and shaded bands (when shown) reflect uncertainty ranges. The data was last updated June 11, 2026.
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Everyone Hates Elon @everyonehateselon.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The literal definition of evil #elonmusk
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Maybe it's not *ideal* to have someone with so much anger and so little self-control responsible for deciding if the US should start a nuclear war.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Can’t be repeated enough👇🏽 Just so insane
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
97. ⚖️
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The heart of our constitutional crisis in one exchange between me and Sec. Mullin. When asked a simple question - if he will obey court orders - he says he will not because some court orders are "politicized". That's not how democracy works. And that's why we are in a crisis.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The Enshittification of America: How Everything Got Worse While Profits Soared Broligarchs & greedy sons of bitches have sold Americans a lie of growth and progress while ruining everything, stealing our wealth, & attempting to amass more power and control thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-enshit...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The proud boys and pro Trump protestors at the New Jersey ICE protest are paid agitators hired by the Feds through third parties. They are there to instigate and create viral violent moments so regime propagandists can film it, monetize it, and use it for pro Trump narratives.
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Women For Survival @wmn4srvl.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
trump promotes illegal casino after $1 million donation #TrumpCorruption
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/05/2026
Trump’s supposed Iran deal appears to already be unraveling. After pressure from Netanyahu and GOP war hawks, Trump suddenly began backtracking on terms reportedly discussed just yesterday — terms which amounted to a U.S. surrender.
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