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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Here is the check that Susan Collins' PAC got from a defense contractor's shell company in exchange for millions of dollars in government contracts
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Canada today 😏🫎🌍
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/09/2026
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Appeals court keeps block on New Hampshire voting restrictions
The decision, which comes just days before the state’s Sept. 8 primary, keeps in place an affidavit option that allows eligible voters who lack citizenship documents at registration to attest to their...
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GT 🫪 @granitetide.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light
90s computer desk with shelves for speakers, tower, printer, pull-out mouse and keyboard drawer etc
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Did y’all solve climate change and have some extra time?
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Users argue whether saying y'all is genuine or performative folksiness.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 26/08/2026
With Americans already being hit with higher gas, grocery, and electricity prices, a trade war with Canada would be a disaster for the Commonwealth and the US economy. Massachusetts imports $10 billion in goods from Canada every year but Trump says we ‘don’t need Canada’. He’s wrong.
Canada set to announce retaliatory tariffs as Trump tells its leaders to ‘fall in line’
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I'm looking forward to sitting down tomorrow (August 25) with one of my favorite historians, @hcrichardson.bsky.social, for a live conversation. Join us at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET. It’s free to watch and we’re hoping as many people can join as possible. More details here: bit.ly/46j9ii5
Heather Cox Richardson and Robert Reich live from Substack on August 25th at 10 AM PT.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I am recording an emergency podcast right now to explain what just happened in the Supreme Court and what to expect next. It will be posted soon. My advice is to subscribe to Democracy Docket’s YouTube Channel. www.youtube.com/democracydoc...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In its new rule to implement Trump’s anti-mail voting order, the United States Postal Service compared mail ballots to fake bombs and human and animal remains. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS compares mail ballots to fake bombs, cremated remains
“Although ballot mail does not present precisely the same operational issues as cremated remains or replica explosives, it is unquestionably sensitive mail that raises unique operational consideration...
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Justice Jackson, writing a solo dissent, says the court's order adds to the "Kafkaeqsue nightmare" for plaintiffs bringing election-related challenges. She charges the majority w/ forcing petitioners to find an undefined Goldilocks zone between suing too early and too late.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Trump personally intervened in the DOJ’s case against LiveNation-Ticketmaster, reportedly telling top officials to “settle it.” LiveNation donated $500K to Trump’s inauguration, then hired a law firm with close ties to Trump weeks before the scheduled trial. The corruption is endless.
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Trump Told DOJ to Settle Live Nation Case After Meeting With CEO in Oval Office
Donald Trump directed the DOJ to settle its antitrust case with Live Nation after meeting with CEO Michael Rapino in the
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 18/08/2026
The Trump administration plans to deploy approximately 1,000 DOJ election monitors across the country in November. 🤔 What exactly is an election monitor? We’ve got a quick refresher. Here’s what you need to know for the midterms: demdock.com/4gi2fLc
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Diane @dianesf.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Trump owns $1.6 million in Phillip Morris stocks and taken so much money from pro tobacco lobby So the FDA even rolled back regulations so much so that they are fast tracking nic pouches and vape production. The WH is advertising ZYN tobacco and targeting our military.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/08/2026
"This is the digital equivalent of strip-mining or clear-cutting. It ought to be illegal. Maybe an enterprising social democrat could package this with opposition to data center construction as part of an AI policy suite. The bubble can’t pop soon enough."
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Democratic-Socialists ❌ Social Democrats ✅
How to solve the DSA problem.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
If they can acknowledge it’s fascism so can the media
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 02/08/2026
I just wrote a book about fascism and I thought this was a joke, but it’s real!
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A DOJ attorney stood up in a Rhode Island courtroom and said the quiet part out loud: they wanted the voter files to run against a Homeland Security immigration database. Every voter in the country, checked against DHS. Nineteen judges have now told them no: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-surr...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Twelve Republican-led states filed paperwork this week asking the Supreme Court to let Trump control who the Postal Service mails a ballot to. Twelve states, volunteering to hand that power to a president. Here's what's standing in the way: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-surr...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
New Hampshire's own secretary of state got on the stand and testified that noncitizen voting in his state is essentially nonexistent. That was day one of nine. The state kept defending the law anyway, and lost, and then asked to keep enforcing it regardless: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-surr...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
This seems very illegal.
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For sale: early access to Trump's Truth Social posts
The president's media company is offering investors early access to his Truth Social feed for up to $100,000 a month. Experts say the service may violate insider trading laws.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 01/08/2026
Then you’d better stand by your CBAM against Trump’s corrupt fossil-fuel-funded attacks! Every remaining pathway to climate safety requires ending fossil fuel’s crooked free-to-pollute business model. CBAM is the best vehicle for that — it’s truly our last lifeboat. www.politico.eu/article/spai...
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Spain, France, UK warn megafires show climate change is ‘threatening our way of life’
In joint statements, the three countries reaffirmed their commitment to fighting global warming.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
How did inequality spiral out of control? If you’ve never watched a video of mine, please watch this one.
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How Wealth Inequality Spiraled Out of Control | Robert Reich
Here it is: The full story of wealth inequality in America.The top 1% holds 15x more wealth than the bottom 50% combined
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Queen Beast @myhiveaway.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The jimothy in me sees the jimothy in you.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Do you want to know how popular school vouchers are? They have never won on a ballot. Not once. In any state. Ever. The only way states are able pass a school voucher scheme is behind closed doors. Legislatively. The people would never approve their tax dollars going to private religious schools.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Excited to announce I started a podcast with my friend @trufelman.bsky.social, where we read classic philosophical works and discuss what they can teach us about why we buy, wear, and value the things we do. It’s basically a podcast for people who love clothes, books, and big ideas.
An illustration of Bernard Mandeville.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Taylor Farms' parent company has given $2.2M to GOP PACs this election cycle. That includes $1M to Trump's own PAC, just 6 days after the FDA delayed new food tracing requirements last year. Money in politics is sickening.
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Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Meta OKs “sensual chats with children”
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:
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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Buy and treasure goddamned physical media. Because They can take it all away in a second. They don't value culture. Show that you do.
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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Oh my god, look at that cover. Felicidades @realgdt.bsky.social! www.criterion.com/films/35825-...
GDT's Frankie Criterion DVD release, I guess an oil painting was commissioned. Maximally Christlike, LOL.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 02/07/2026
Students with disabilities are students first. For 50 years, the Dept of Education has been tasked with ensuring students with disabilities have the opportunity to learn & grow. The Trump admin's decision to move that responsibility to HHS & DOJ will only hurt these students. It's shameful.
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Spilly @spilly.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
listen if you wear a fancy Carhartt shirt you automatically know the words to Country Roads
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
To be fair, Gillibrand co-sponsored Merkley’s bill barring officials—and their families—from issuing crypto. Then she co-authored the GENIUS Act, crypto industry-backed and without serious anti-corruption measures, and passed it over Merkley’s opposition—he called it a “rubberstamp” for corruption.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Musician and painter Joni Mitchell (with artist David Hockney...RIP) #WomensArt
An elderly white woman and man holding hands  in a gallery space
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Ben Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
the charcoals Hockney made in 2014, after a stroke, that show what it is to make something: you show up every day and look at it, wrestle with it, honestly. it’s in the doing. RIP to the master.
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Maj @lif3asmaj.blacksky.app · 11/06/2026
Is this gonna be another Platner scenario where her voters are gonna ignore the street full of red flags orrrr...
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I know there is a sea of Platner discourse, but I tried to contribute something new here in my column this week. Hope you’ll read it!
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 11/06/2026
Breaking: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of interfering in NYC vote, French officials say www.reuters.com/world/israel...
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Israeli firm BlackCore also suspected of meddling in NYC, Scotland votes, French official says
Israeli firm BlackCore, suspected of interfering in France's ​local elections in March, is also ‌suspected of meddling in elections in New York City and Scotland, and ​operating in Angola and Togo, ​t...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Just yesterday, House Republicans voted to strip fruit and vegetable benefits from nearly 5.4 MILLION women and children on WIC. That's on top of Trump's Big Ugly SNAP cuts, as food prices continue to surge. The GOP wants Americans to go hungry to make the rich even richer.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Melinda French Gates Is Donating $215 Million to Women’s Health #Time
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Melinda French Gates Is Donating $215 Million to Women’s Health
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
If you live in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, or Washington, please check out this list. All of the candidates are not only scientists but believe in science.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Often, our prize is being blamed for the problems we tried to warn people about it.
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