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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Perfectly happy to see Zacharia go. But it might be pointed out that if she had stayed, she would have done infinitely less damage to the nation than Hegseth, Kennedy, Blanche, Patel, Vought, et al. They should be as unacceptable as—more unacceptable than—Zacharia.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
REMINDER: Today by 12 pm ET, Todd Blanche shall submit, in REDACTED form, to the Court for in camera review the FBI interview notes for the South Carolina woman who alleges she was 13 years old when she was sexually and physically abused by Donald Trump. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
If Trump had done nothing but play golf these past 21 months - no tariffs, no war, no mass deportations- the economy would be humming along. But he’s a really bad person. And an idiot. And this is all on him.👇
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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
#IStandWithUkraine💙💛💙
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Stand with Ukraine: Ukrainian Flag
ALT: Stand with Ukraine: Ukrainian Flag
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
BREAKING: The FBI made a video trashing Democrats & hyping Kash Patel, then posted it during early voting Spending your tax dollars to campaign or to hype the director is illegal -- This video did BOTH We want watchdogs to find out who signed off Our @democracydefendersfund.org letter👇 -TN
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Midweek update. This is the week when trusting the USA was shown to be a catastrophe. The second part has a detailed primer on the Starlink/Starshield sabotage of Ukraine. This is US being a fully fledged Putin ally and will cause many Ukrainian deaths phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/midweek-up...
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Midweek Update #31: Paying The Price For Trusting The USA
The Spacelink/Spaceshield Sabotage of Ukraine: A Primer; A Warning to Europe and the World.
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Mrs. Beaverhausen @ghostmom.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & partners just sued ICE over a nasty catch-22 ICE detains people, takes their IDs & work papers, releases them, keeps the papers. Now they can't work & risk getting picked up again for having no ID We're going to court to get it ALL back -TN
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vaesamyn1.bsky.social @vaesamyn1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The image of a disabled man strapped to a chair and then being shot will end Americas standing and cement your reputation as a third country dictatorship. It matters not what this man did. Sure kill him if that is deemed his punishment but to livestream it is sick..
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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smithp56.bsky.social @smithp56.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Huh. Apparently Katie Miller deleted this tweet that I had the foresight to screencap. Turns out I can TOO make things go viral on Xitter, even.
My RT of a Katie Miller tweet which RTed the NYPost coverage of the Ilhan Omar raid. 

She said: Promise made, promise kept.
I said: Katie Miller is not going to do very well in a deposition.
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🫶🏻Layla🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Please 💙🩵💙🩵
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He makes a good point.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The alarmists have yet to be wrong 😕🇺🇸
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We are facing a psychiatric emergency. We are facing a constitutional emergency. Anyone with eyes and ears who’s paying attention can see it. Our republic is teetering. The good news: We the people have the power to stop this accelerating descent before it’s too late.
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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fact.
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smithp56.bsky.social @smithp56.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I voted.🇺🇸
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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smithp56.bsky.social @smithp56.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This echoes in my brain.
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Ms.Carter @woopsdidisaythat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This👇🏼
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“We humans have a natural impulse to adapt to reality. It has been essential for the survival of our species and the development of civil society. But now, that same normalizing impulse is putting us in serious danger…we are under attack from an enemy within.” www.americaamerica.news/p/we-are-und...
americaamerica.news
We Are Under Attack From an Enemy Within
By listening to our founders and refusing to go along with this, we can name and defeat the ongoing danger to our constitutional republic
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For everyone who spent #MeToo fretting “what if this goes too far?”—be of good cheer! It turns out we didn’t go too far at all! It turns out we didn’t nearly far enough! Good job guys!
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The Buffalo News @buffalonews.com · 03/10/2026
ICYMI: Ontario tourism officials will light up the Horseshoe Falls in red, white and blue tonight to say “thank you” to the Bills, fans and Visit Buffalo for singing the Canadian national anthem. A fireworks display in the same colors is also planned. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
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Niagara Falls to light up as a thank you to Bills fans for Canadian anthem singing
On Saturday, Ontario tourism officials will light up the Horseshoe Falls in red, white and blue to say “thank you” to the Bills, Buffalo fans and Visit Buffalo for singing the Canadian national anthem...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Overheard Trump's voice (as I clicked to make it go away) saying that where he goes to campaign they win and where he doesn't they don't, and I realized that's part of why he's campaigning in safe red districts. He wants credit for the wins and no blame for losses. It's about his ego, not the party.
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Surely the Pentagon has seen strange sights, but seldom anything like the testosterone-besotted, fascisty-tinged clown show put on by the former weekend Fox News host who now runs the US military. charliesykes.substack.com/p/day-one-im...
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Day One: Impeach Pete Hegseth
“No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos.” But Musk.
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Yolly @yollybsky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
People do not hate America, Mr Trump. They hate you. BIG difference.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump took over a solvent Kennedy Center, drove away donors & audiences, & now won't rule out tearing it down @democracydefendersaction.org & @washlitgroup.bsky.social fight on w/ Rep. Beatty to stop him I'll get into that & more w/ @ms.now at 1:35 ET 👇 -TN
washingtonpost.com
The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over.
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Mrs. Beaverhausen @ghostmom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When a rapist sticks up for other rapists it's called a professional courtesy.
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Ted Cruz called the FBI on me @weareronin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This little suggestion on top of my hamburger helper box is how I know we are about to have a Great
Depression part 2
TRY WITH
HOT DOGS
INSTEAD OF GROUND BEEF
TRY WITH
HOT DOGS
INSTEAD OF GROUND BEEF
HAMBURGER
HELPER
CHEESEBURGER MACARONI
WITH REAL CHEESE
PER US CUP AS PACKAGED
NET WIT 550Z (1559)
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An ambitious narcissist megalomaniacal right-wing Christian nationalist fanatic with a drinking problem and a history of erratic and reckless behavior who hates rules of engagement in charge of the most powerful military in the history of the world. What could go wrong? bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 01/10/2026
A new federal rule weakens the Endangered Species Act by redefining "harm" to wildlife. This change makes it much harder to protect the habitats that endangered species need to survive. Tell Congress to undo this change and protect endangered species here: mbayaq.co/4xSPQUZ
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Stand with the Aquarium for Endangered Species - title
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ACLU @aclu.org · 01/10/2026
We are joining the calls for a commutation for Christa so she never experiences this torture again, and we continue asking for the same for Tony Carruthers, who experienced the same suffering and remains at risk of another execution attempt.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.” — Dolly Parton
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL? The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?” Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
-Michael Jochum Not Just a Drummer: Reflections on Art, Music, Politics, Dogs, and the Human Condition michaeljochum.substack.com/p/christian-...
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Christian Nationalism is a Political Power Play
The “Office Of Religious Affairs”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
Trump is now running pro-Iran War propaganda commercials on Fox News paid by for taxpayer dollars
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
They hate him. They really hate him.
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Pete Hegseth’s Ruthless Pentagon Nickname
They hate him.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This aligns exactly with what we know about noncitizen voting; it is extremely rare (9 noncitizen votes in MN out of 3,253,920 in the 2024 election, or 0.0002%), and when it occurs it’s most often green card holders who were mistakenly told they could vote (none of these people are undocumented).
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cowboys past and present are: Black, Indigenous, Latino, immigrant, queer, trans, radical, female (and the ones in rodeos rely on rodeo clowns to keep them safe). And that pro-democracy pro-Constitution patriots despise this dimwitted pile of hatreds. I've met cowboys and you, sir, are no cowboy.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Military Times @militarytimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The deaths, along with eight attempted suicides in the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group, illustrate a systemic problem in the U.S. Navy, families say. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
8 sailors died by suicide at Oklahoma base in one year, Navy confirms
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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Any "morally binding" document that purportedly binds Donald Trump isn't worth the pixels it's written on.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A useful political rule: don't design the rules assuming your team will always be in charge.⁣ ⁣ Eventually, the big red button changes hands. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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My Libertarian Friends Were Right
Do economists have a political bias? What should we do about that?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026
According to several people involved, the Trump administration initially floated an idea that would have virtually shut down mail voting: requiring all ballots to be delivered exclusively through certified mail.
propublica.org
The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...
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