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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
The responsibility for problems often blamed solely on billionaires also lies with a much larger, and quieter, group of wealthy business owners, Andrew Duehren writes. In a new book, the economists Owen Zidar and Eric Zwick urge policymakers not to lose sight of these “Main Street Millionaires.”
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The Rich People Democrats Aren’t Talking About
As billionaires become a popular political target, a new book urges Washington not to lose sight of a much larger, and quieter, group of wealthy business owners.
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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
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Latest Polls (Free Access)
Track all the polls from today, including the latest data on the 2026 midterm elections, governor’s races, President Trump’s approval rating and more.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Trump campaigns for Ken Paxton in Texas: "He can be a pain in the ass sometimes, I'll be honest. Is he here, by the way? Oh, there he is. I didn't even know if he was here! I don't care."
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Super Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Running on revisiting Watergate as a final election push. Strong.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. How is that .. number bigger than 100%? Apparently because earlier pledges were withdrawn.” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/p...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most corrupt administration in the history of the US by far. You could add up all instances of corruption by every other admin in US history and it will not equal the amount of corruption perpetrated by this one in less than 2 years.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
J.D. Vance has been a breathless supporter of Neo-Nazis at home and abroad, promoting their fascist ideas and ideology to a jaw-dropping degree. But he has the fucking nerve to say someone tied to *socialists* doesn't belong in America. *You* are the un-American ideologue, you goose-stepping dork.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Please, for the love of God, can the media stop calling random cranks who write fan fiction about their personal heroes in the past "historians."
Geoff Shepard, a former Nixon aide turned Watergate historian and revisionist, recently gave a two-hour presentation at Justice Department headquarters that laid out his theory that the deep state took Nixon down. The title of his 78-page slide deck: “Watergate As Lawfare.”
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
JUST IN: A judge in D.C. has barred DOJ from re-charging Davey Hearn over the Reflecting Pool damage, saying Trump's commentary and pressure on prosecutors had permanently tainted the case. www.democracydefendersfund.org/wp-content/u...
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Semafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026
Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.
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The appellants mount two main attacks on the district
court’s speech-related sanction. First, they argue that the court
lacked a sufficient basis to find that the lawsuit and the settlement
were collusive and that Messrs. Brito and Epstein acted in bad faith.
Second, they contend that the sanction is a broad and impermissible gag order which constitutes a prior restraint and violates the
First Amendment. We conclude that the appellants have not made
a strong showing that they will succeed on either of these grounds.The appellants did not submit or offer any evidence to explain their litigation conduct or demonstrate that the lawsuit and the settlement were not collusive. Given the record before us, the
appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court
committed clear error in its collusion and bad faith findings
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It was Mike Lee, and if something happened to him so what
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Queerhawk 🏳️‍🌈 | 🇺🇦 | 🇬🇱 @alwaysadorecats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For some fucking reason he’s banning Crown Royal. That was today’s turd in the shoe.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
it is important to realize that many reporters for mainstream outlets are enthusiastic cogs in this elite-coordinated propaganda machine. don't print lies in the newspaper
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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There is criminal exposure everywhere you look in this administration, from the obvious of ICE murdering civilians in the streets, to more discrete stuff like insider trading or agencies funneling tax money into pro-Trump ads. This is what wanton corruption looks like, and the hammer must fall.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kash Patel’s phony manufactured stats that he uses to cover up his gross incompetence.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
absolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Your taxpayer dollars are being illegally spent to air a literal Trump 2024 campaign ad.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 27/09/2026
Multiple ads I believe
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Experienced FBI counterterrorism experts were punished for refusing to investigate something that, at most, warranted the attention of the DC Metro police.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just on time, there’s another fucking caravan. You can’t make this shit up. Anyone buying this is a complete moron
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And, in "It never gets old" territory, this from tenured pundit:
Headline from March 2026: 'The War Is Going Better Than You Think'
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#FL27 @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For those of us who've been following PRECISELY this issue for decades, it's like the regularity of bird migrations. Obviously bogus claims (migrating north), fully & categorically debunked (migrating south) a month later. In the old days it was John Fund at WSJ oped page. Now it's DHS/DOJ.
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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Guy who'll do whatever it takes to fight fascism, except feed his boss' chameleon.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
* RPT -- CNN, MS NOW, POLITICO REQUEST IMMEDIATE COURT HEARING AFTER BEING BLOCKED FROM WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS ON THURSDAY -- FILING * CNN, POLITICO, AND MS NOW SAY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT COMPLIED WITH COURT ORDER TO LIFT BAN ON WHITE HOUSE ACCESS -- COURT FILING @reuters.com
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Womp womp the fish lady in alaska is a girl boss”
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Rules were after Trump won we can say whatever we want now so get over it
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Siri, how can I take that Boston Globe headline and make it worse
Prior to entering law school, in an email to a friend, Velchik described Hitler's
autobiography Mein Kampf as "my favorite book I've read this year" according to correspondence obtained by The Boston
Globe.
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Non-biased Punchbowl!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/09/2026
every time i see tom cotton i think about the fact that he just buys grocery store birthday cakes to eat as a snack. for most people this would be charming. not for this dude.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Concerning. Troubling.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How I decided AI was probably nothing to worry about
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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CNN @cnn.com · 19/09/2026
CNN reporter denied access to White House and press pass seized as Trump appears to implement ban against the network. cnn.it/4ixu6tH
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What do Republicans have for us today to distract from their failures?
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Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o...
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 18/09/2026
Post from Amy @lolennui.bsky.social

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, "did you eat the Lindbergh baby" he's like, "no but I'd be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later"
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
YES LET'S GOOOO
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 17/09/2026
A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days' notice before major physical changes to the building, including demolition.
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Judge orders Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes
A federal judge has ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it as President Donald Trump has threatened.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
footage is making the rounds on Facebook of a canvasser wearing a Stronger Maine shirt (a super PAC that supports Susan Collins) stealing a package yesterday
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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Maybe if we ban RealPage a second time…
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trumpeffschildren.bsky.social @trumpeffschildren.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“How come every race isn’t being run to win the Bluesky election?” is too pervasive of a sentiment on this site
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
every time I see headlines about Hasan
shut the fuck up
- please shut the fuck up
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The Obama Foundation @obamafoundation.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Obama family shared that Sunny passed away yesterday after 13 years by their side. She was fiercely protective of her big brother, Bo, and we can imagine the two of them together again. Today, hold your pets a little closer and cherish every moment you share.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Gas Prices: 🚗Regular: Today: $4.36 Month Ago: $4.06 Year Ago: $3.18 🚚Diesel: Today: $6.31 Month Ago: $5.44 Year Ago: $3.70
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