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Pro-democracy, -freedom, -books, -animals, -environment. Still not going back.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 17h
U.S. soldiers wounded in an Iranian drone strike tell the AP the military's medical system failed them: “I was just kind of on my own, at least it felt like that.”
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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19h
Exclusive: Sen. Darline Graham, the Republican Senate candidate in South Carolina, has pledged to crack down on China. But her husband, Larry Nordone, has management roles in two companies that rely on Chinese manufacturing, company filings show.
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Darline Graham opposes Chinese manufacturing. Her husband’s job relies on it.
The senator and sister of the late Lindsey Graham has said the U.S. must “stop depending on Communist China for things America can make ourselves.”
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 19h
School boards are way under the radar in a big year like this, but the same battles you've heard about (book bans, Moms for Liberty, trans kids) are happening this year too. I identified 19 school boards where there battles like this — and what's up: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21h
"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇
Collage of 12 Republican posts on X opposing Russian oil purchases, 2022–2026. Senate GOP, 7/28/26: "Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." Senate GOP, 7/14/26: backing Graham's bill to hold "major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable." House GOP, 3/8/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil. Biden is fueling Putin's war on Ukraine." Rep. Garret Graves, 3/8/22: calling on the administration "to ban Russian oil." House GOP, 3/7/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/4/22: "Stop buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/3/22: "sanction the oil and gas industry in Russia." House GOP, 3/2/22: "Instead of buying Russian oil..." Rep. Steve Scalise, 3/1/22: "stop financing Putin's war with Russian oil." Marco Rubio: "Stop importing Russian oil... That's the plan." Rubio, 3/9/22, on Russian oil imports. Peter Navarro, 6/24/23: India "buying up bargain-basement Russian oil."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h
Signs you’re a war criminal: You attack the court that goes after war criminals
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 22h
11-3-26: Stain Removal
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 21h
The Deleted Tweets of the New White House Press Secretary www.thebulwark.com/p/katie-zach...
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The Deleted Tweets of the New White House Press Secretary
Katie Zacharia is ready to defend Trump. The Constitution? Less so.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There’s always a tweet
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“It’s about degrading the people. It’s about desensitizing the public. The United States military is far better than this. Senior officials should protest, and if necessary resign, rather than being complicit in the voyeuristic degradation of our democracy.” www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-wa...
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Hegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff Film
Neo-fascism as spectacles of violence.
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
San Francisco residents have been receiving ballots with torn envelopes. If all four ballot cards are intact and the inner ballot envelope undamaged, you can still use them Not fully reassuring but there you are www.kqed.org/news/1210349...
San Francisco ballot with torn outer envelope
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a loss for Wisconsin voters, a state court ruled to leave voters without an option to cast an in-person provisional ballot on Election Day if they are concerned their mail-in ballot may not arrive by the deadline.
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🚨 League of Women Voters of Wisconsin et al v. Wisconsin Elections Commission et al
Learn more here.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They think we’re all idiots As Jon Stewart says — if the goal is guaranteed income and jobs, why wait? Why is it only “socialism” if we don’t hand them trillions of dollars first?
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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A son, a daughter, a mother, and a father. The entire Ivanchenko family was taken from this world in Pryluky, Ukraine. 🕯️8-year-old Maksym 🕯️13-year-old Ira 🕯️37-year-old mother Yulia 🕯️39-year-old father Oleksandr
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Read the whole thread. "A Nazi trillionaire is trying to buy a seat" seems like it should be a pretty easy Democratic campaign line in just about every race in the country.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
NEW: During a rally just now, Trump invited Iran to “take out Los Angeles and San Diego,” saying it would be a “small price to pay.”
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 05/10/2026
Trump wants to build a 250-foot arch at the gateway to Arlington National Cemetery, more than twice the height of the Arc de Triomphe. Now he says it will house snipers and drones. The families of those buried at Arlington deserve a say.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Reminder: Voter registration deadlines are hitting TODAY, October 5, in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. Please make sure you’re registered to vote!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Job creation numbers: "The blue columns point to Biden’s presidency, while the red columns point to Trump’s..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Heartbreak in Springfield, Ohio. Please read this important reporting. It all begins with big lies and it ends with ethnic cleansing and deaths for which we must not only mourn but feel ashamed. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is psychosis. The president of the United States is psychotic. Is the media going to start talking about this, or continue to normalize it?
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: GOP Gov nominee Victor Marx says he'll respond today to domestic violence allegations - video/audio where he describes slamming his wife into a door and throwing his toddler across a room. Voters/reporters new to Marx may not realize he has a long history of justifying violence.
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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Very good news! 🇺🇦 Another Ukrainian village is free. Ridkodub, Donetsk region, has been liberated from Russian occupation.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/09/2026
Punxsutawney Jill is sticking her head out a little early this cycle.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“National Park Service Deputy Director Frank Lands visited Grand Teton National Park this week and looked at three potential locations for a baseball park within the park’s boundaries” WTF 🤬 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#MedicareForAllNOW
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Netanyahu is so much like Trump. In one big way, he conflates himself and the country of Israel, just like Trump conflates himself and America. If you hate Netanyahu, then you hate Israel or Jews is his and his supporters premise. Just like Trump pushes if you hate him, then you hate America.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Two people were killed &28 more injured,including children - an 11-month-old girl, an 8-year-old girl, and two teenagers - by Russian guided aerial bomb strikes on Sumy region. Residential buildings, educational institutions, and administrative facilities were damaged.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A Russian drone struck a private house in one of the Zaporizhzhia districts. The bodies of two women were found under the rubble. A 4-year-old boy and a 45-year-old man were injured, according to the regional military administration. A local market also caught fire as a result of the enemy attack.
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Worth reminding over and over again: if russia stops fighting, there will be no war; if Ukraine stops fighting, there will be no Ukraine.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
By the way, if we need a drone complex in DC, there are military bases nearby set up for that kind of thing. Fort McNair is three miles from the White House. Just kick out Stephen Miller, Hegseth, and Rubio, and build a drone center where they've been living in taxpayer housing.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yes—you can clearly see his lips move.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
1. Elon Musk is blanketing the internet with digital ads falsely accusing Democratic Senate candidates of supporting “taxpayer-funded sex changes for kids.”
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Molly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Exclusive: In late 2024, FBI agents were looking at Sen. Susan Collins’ role in a massive illegal bribery scheme alleged by a former federal contractor. Then Trump gutted the FBI and DOJ, leaving no one to carry on the investigation – it’s dead. 🧵
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ken Paxton deletes his tweet referring to Cypress, Texas as “Cyprus” after James Talarico calls him out.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/09/2026
Former special counsel Robert Mueller was asked if Russia is still interfering in our elections. He responded “They’re doing it as we sit here” during his 2019 congressional testimony.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Boykin: The Republicans control the entire government. They control the white house. They control the house. They control the senate. They control six of the nine seats on the supreme court. If you're not happy with the way the country is running America, blame the Republicans.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Imagine a job where, faced with a difficult decision, you could just stop going to work www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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House to leave early, punting Hegseth impeachment vote until after November elections
House Republican leaders cancelled votes planned for Thursday. Members won’t return to Washington until Nov. 9.
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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🇺🇦💔 More than 20,000 Ukrainian children have been kidnapped by Russia since 2022. -UkraineWorld
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Got this text just now: “President Trump just authorized a $5,000 check for William Kristol - but you need to confirm your official approval in the next 10min.” With a link to some GOP site I’m not linking to. Trump’s policies and politics aren’t working. It’s down to a promised check in the mail.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/09/2026
We really did try to warn everyone
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
MUSK-BACKED VOTER WEBSITE IS COLLECTING FAR MORE THAN YOUR REGISTRATION STATUS Protect yourself and stay off this website! #TheCityBrief
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
PSA: Election officials in California, Oregon, Washington and elsewhere are telling voters if you can, return your ballot through an official ballot drop box rather than trusting it to the mail.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
From @timmiller.bsky.social : “We are imprisoning Maryam, Eissa, and their teenage son not because they are a threat to national security—but because of something a family member did before any of them were born.” 😕🇺🇸 @marcorubio
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Marco Rubio Is Punishing a Teenage Boy for His Grandmother’s Sins
America gave Rubio’s family a second chance. He gave this family a cage.
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Please share wisely to publicize the attempts by musk to suppress votes and spread disinformation popular.info/p/the-hidden...
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The hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.org
The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Video from Home of the Brave & VoteVets. Veterans who understand the meaning of Arlington don't want Trump's vanity arch. Citizens who understand what our veterans were fighting for--freedom & democracy--don't want an imperial arch. Stop Trump's Arch. youtu.be/tkCk8MpoYyo?...
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STOP Trump’s 250-foot-tall Arch
YouTube video by Home of the Brave
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/09/2026
Fox News is giving wall to wall coverage to a bunch of New Yorkers who are demanding Mayor Mamdani skip 9/11 memories because ... reasons
screencap from Fox's coverage of an event of "families of 9/11 victims" railing against Mamdani
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