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smithjb65.bsky.social @smithjb65.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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We let AI buy a robot and a car, it does exactly what experts warned
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said Thursday that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) will face “legal consequences” after the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled that his seizure of roughly 650,000 ballots violated state law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California Attorney General vows ‘legal consequences’ for GOP sheriff who seized ballots
The ballot seizure case highlights the risks to democracy when election deniers in positions of authority abuse their power to interfere with vote counting. Bianco seized an estimated 650,000 ballots ...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/09/2026
"Over the years, I’ve participated in efforts to help people who were the victims of persecution abroad. Now we have to rally to support victims of government persecution here at home." Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, Ben Parker, and @jimswift.bsky.social:
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Why We’re Going to Springfield
There’s honor in this fight.
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smithjb65.bsky.social @smithjb65.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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This is going viral...
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The War Monitor @warmonitor.net · 21/09/2026
The ICC has previously issued arrest warrants for both Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin for war crimes.
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Donald Trump is a convicted criminal. His administration is a criminal organization. Of course he is trying to shut down the International Criminal Court.
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SavingGraces @tamarasclan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
But Hunter’s laptop! Ukraine! China connections! Selling paintings! The audacity of these hypocrites when danger is on our door step thanks to this mob. Where’s the OG Republican outrage for cozying up to our #1 enemy? There’s no better.
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Jake @jake2404663.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Junior in bed with Russia Kushner in bed with the Saudis. Just a fucking crime family. Foreign interference and ownership in plain view. Fuck
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Imagine having grifted millions and millions of dollars off your father’s political career like Don Jr, including government contracts in multiple businesses where you have an ownership stake, and STILL having a Russian oligarch pay for your lavish wedding. Just obscene.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Russian oligarch, who is besties w/Putin, bankrolled Don Trump Jr.’s wedding to Bettina Anderson, the daughter of the banker who vouched for Jeffrey Epstein’s character. The details, incl. a trip down memory lane on Jr.’s proclivities to associate himself w/Russian things: youtu.be/rcPPCdo-gLc?...
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Don Jr. SCRAMBLES After BOMBSHELL PUTIN Connection REVEALED!?!
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
AFTER our wedding” as “an extraordinarily generous wedding gift from a friend, and … for which [she and Don Jr.] were and remain incredibly grateful.” Nothing to see here.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.” A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“Generosity doesn’t automatically come with an agenda. And sometimes a wedding gift is just a wedding gift.” Did Don Jr marry John Roberts bsky.app/profile/nikk...
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MPWERED @kelvin1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Russian Oligarch Pays For Don Jr Wedding Party" by Rick McKee (🇺🇸). @rmckee.bsky.social
Russian Oligarch Pays For Don Jr Wedding Party.
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Congratulations on your wedding Don Jr. Sorry for distracting your Dad with this important work.
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Middlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hey Donald! You know what countries don’t have a free press? Communist ones. Yes, the same thing you are screeching about America becoming if the Dems win. Moron.
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eugeniat2.bsky.social @eugeniat2.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
 Together 👧👦🏻👦🏻👶 Village for Brothers and Sisters Palmdale, California Christian Bale and Company have finished building a townhouse community that will provide homes for 12 foster care families with large sibling groups. Thank you 🙏 Christian Bale 💕 
Photo of Christian Bale and the townhouse community called together California .
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 17/09/2026
Over the last two weeks in Europe, I heard lots of solidarity around Trump's threats against Canada — and painfully little recognition that the American president is an existential threat to Europe, too. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Justin Ling: On his latest trip abroad, Carney needs to warn Europe: Trump is coming for you next
During my own recent Euro trip, I kept meeting people terrified by the U.S. president's autocratic turn yet blithe to the threat he poses to them.
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I had a pony! @meghancolleen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Sleepy wood duck does not realize how beautiful he is
A multi colored male wood duck taking a snooze
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/09/2026
NEWS: Houthis just shot down a Saudi F-15 and struck a major oil facility. CENTCOM got caught LYING about an Iranian strike on a tanker full of US troops. And now the Fed's could hike rates because of it. And that's just the start.
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Wednesday Updates: Trump's War Chaos Deepens as Houthis Shoot Down Saudi F-15, Fed Weighs a Rate Hike, and MAGA Sends Congress Home to Dodge Accountability – 9/16/26
Important Wednesday updates. Paywall free.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You think this regime can't get any more cartoonishly evil, but then it finds a way. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...
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Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
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Anti-Fascist Translator Monkey @translatormonkey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From last year. A good history lesson.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NEW: A BIG order in my lawsuit against Todd Blanche, ordering him to finally answer my complaint. I explain how the judge rejected every one of Blanche’s excuses as to why he blew the deadline to respond & why this order moves my lawsuit even faster to the finish line: youtu.be/9bKB3rbRNCo?...
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🚨Judge SLAMS AG Blanche And REJECTS His EXCUSES In NEW Order In MY Epstein Lawsuit!!
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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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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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit seeking to compel Vermont to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and our clients. DOJ is now 0-24. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/vermon...
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🚨 United States of America v. Hanzas
Learn more here.
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Cookie Della Canova @cookiecanova.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Why don’t Dems just call Mike Johnson’s bluff and show up for work for the next 2 weeks
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God @thegodshow.com · 17/09/2026
Mike Johnson sent the House home until after the mid terms. They are getting their asses handed to them SO HARD by the court of public opinion they are just giving up.
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Middlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The GOP is literally asking for another chance, like a shitty abusive partner.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe told Democracy Docket that it hasn’t received an invitation from the Trump administration to observe the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Exclusive: These international observers have monitored US elections for decades. This time, the Trump admin didn’t invite them
It’s the latest ominous sign that the U.S. is backsliding on democracy — and adds to concerns that the administration wants to undermine the vote.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The worst human being to ever occupy the office. Just reprehensible scum.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/09/2026
Abortion bans make exceptions for ectopic pregnancies, but some people still don’t get care. One doctor told a woman intervening in her pregnancy could land him jail time, according to a lawsuit. “I felt like my life was a risk he couldn’t afford.”
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Middlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sleepy Joe Biden my ass! 🙄
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Oh, these are gold 🤣
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Trump's Dubious Claim That Two 'Big Strong' Firemen Carried Him Away From Danger On 9/11 Sparks Hilariously Fitting Memes
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/09/2026
Adam Isacson on the one thing the boat strikes definitely didn't do: "We've yet to see an iota of evidence that they're affecting drug supplies in the United States."
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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio is being forced to dedicate a $2 million beachfront property for public use after his company allegedly used heavy machinery to rip sand and rocks from a protected California beach to shore up his Malibu mansion. currently.att.yahoo.com/att/billiona...
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Billionaire Brewers owner ordered to spend $2 million returning sand he ‘stole’ from California beach to protect his Malibu mansion
Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio must give up the $2 million property.
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I am old enough to remember Richard Nixon. What he did was criminal, but basically more stupid than anything. He didn't hurt American citizens. He was just paranoid. Compare to Trumpy who has cost everyone so much, it's not even a fair comparison. Trumpy makes billions while all of us suffer.
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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You may know the American Robin. But have you seen this one? That bright pink chest belongs to a pink robin. Australia’s robins come in a surprising range of colours. #birds #australia #animals #robin
A pink robin perched on a branch, dark grey head and back with vivid pink breast and belly.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I'm trying to add 500 Democracy Docket subscribers this weekend. Democracy Docket will never send you spam or sell your email address. It's not on Substack or ActBlue. Free and premium options available. Link and thanks! demdock.com/4w6emld
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Citizen X @mayoubhappy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Shitler obviously cheated his way through History class. A clue is something he doesn’t have.
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Dr. René MD 🇺🇸🩺 @drrenemd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Just look at this adult female Harpy Eagle ... Absolutely beautiful‼️🤯
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smithjb65.bsky.social @smithjb65.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
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smithjb65.bsky.social @smithjb65.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New report says these are the climate solutions most likely to reach “positive tipping points” - The Guardian
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smithjb65.bsky.social @smithjb65.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Trump SPIRALS As Far-Right Allies Send GLOBAL SHOCKWAVE!!
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smithjb65.bsky.social @smithjb65.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Fishermen killed by the Pentagon in boat strikes
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Agree 💯% With Bernie.......
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/09/2026
Trump has exposed and created the machinery for another authoritarian presidency down the line. The next job is to shut that possibility down.
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After Trump: Proposals for a Post-Authoritarian America
How Democrats can lead the charge for a new Reconstruction—if they can avoid becoming what they defeat.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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