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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 05/10/2026
We're proud to launch our latest ad for the #LoveNotICE campaign with our partner, @interfaithalliance.org featuring Bishop Mariann Budde urging faithful Americans to vote early no matter who's on the ballot. 🔄 Share Bishop Budde's powerful address and learn more at LoveNotICE.org
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speyton23.bsky.social @speyton23.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
@nicollewallace.bsky.social Just wondering why Deadline is running the horrifying “Iran war” campaign ad for Trump and hegseth? I am so confused as to why msnow would do this?
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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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speyton23.bsky.social @speyton23.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
He needs to read “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/10/2026
New Pew Research poll has Trump at an all-time low approval rating of 30%.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/10/2026
Ten years ago, we heard the most damning recording in modern politics, and then quickly discovered that “damning” no longer meant “disqualifying.”
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In Retrospect, the ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape Marked the End of the Gender Politics Debate
Once America decided openly talking about sexual assault was bearable, it was over.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 07/10/2026
The Trump administration will start selecting lawyers for unaccompanied minors. Meaning the judges work for Donald Trump, the prosecutors work for Trump, and now the attorneys representing children will work for Trump. This is a rigged system that will result in more untold horrors for these kids.
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hegseth also removed the olive branches, a traditional symbol of wishing peace, from the Department of Defense seal. This, in addition to changing the name to "The Department of War," shows the dangerous belligerency that comes from appointing a frat bro who values testosterone over statesmanship.
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” 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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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Charles Booker @booker4ky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Families in Kentucky and across America are still waiting on their DOGE checks and Tariff refund checks. Does @barrforsenate support socialism? Because that’s what this is.
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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anyone who reads Time's recent interview with Trump would clearly conclude that the biggest story on Earth, this day and every day, is that the President of the United States is seriously unwell and allowed to continue in office - unfit, untethered, and unchecked. Unbelievable.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The president barred US reporters, while welcoming Chinese reporters who answer to the communist dictatorship in Beijing. This would be the same president who's running government-paid TV advertising vowing to stop the United States from becoming communist..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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In Trump’s White House, China’s Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So.
The showdown over President Trump’s partial media ban played out as he welcomed President Xi Jinping, whose government is ranked among the most repressive in the world.
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speyton23.bsky.social @speyton23.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank you for your work. Organizations like yours are literally saving our democracy.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fox News hosts spend their day telling their audience that Democrats are communists and communists are evil people, then in the evening they all got dressed up to attend a state dinner honoring a communist.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 24/09/2026
In the past week Trump has banned free press, launched state-run media, attacked the international criminal court, and literally rolled out the red carpet for a communist. Trump is the communist.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 23/09/2026
"Trump’s accelerating mental crackup also underscores the degree to which the White House press corps has failed to cover the despotic president in a way that accurately conveys to Americans the depth of his mental deterioration and fascist extremism."
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Four Changes to Help the White House Press Recover Its Spine
🚨41 Days to the Midterms🚨
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speyton23.bsky.social @speyton23.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
People at the UN GA, including Trump. And the whole premise of your statement was wrong anyway.
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speyton23.bsky.social @speyton23.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
CNN is not banned from the UN. Thus, the coverage.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
28 years ago.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🤔 "Even as Trump seeks to decry Democrats as communists ahead of November’s midterm elections, he is rolling out the red carpet this week for Chinese President Xi Jinping, the leader of the world’s most powerful communist country..." apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump decries Democrats as 'communists,' even as he looks to impress China's communist leader
President Donald Trump says that communism is the greatest threat the U.S. has ever faced. But he's hosting the leader of the world's most powerful communist country this week — Chinese President Xi J...
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In person, we're usually different - and better - than we are online.
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 21/09/2026
The “talking point” that President Biden banned 400 journalists from the White House is not true. But Republican officials are still trying to spread it. We always have to call this type of thing out and stand up for the truth.
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Lauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump has now refunded $128 billion dollars from his tariffs to corporations. Tariffs he created, made Americans pay for, and then returned right back to his donors. We paid, and his friends cashed in.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm in love.
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2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 18/09/2026
The Constitution does not allow the president to choose who counts.
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Excluding Immigrants from the Census Would Hurt the Country and Break the Law
The Constitution, federal law, and centuries of history make clear that the census is meant to count everyone, regardless of citizenship.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
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71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 16/09/2026
From false claims that large numbers of non-U.S. citizens are illegally registered to vote to attacks on mail voting, here are five election rumors circulating ahead of the midterms. bit.ly/4yDljei
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Five False Election Rumors to Watch For
Voters should expect recurring false election narratives to resurface in the coming months — and familiarize themselves with the facts.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“I don’t think Americans should be scared of anything,” says Vance, who’s part of an administration that shamelessly works to terrify Americans about law-abiding immigrants and transgender military officers.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 11/09/2026
Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party. Seems like it should be a story?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 08/09/2026
🚨 OCTOBER 17 — NO KINGS: VOTE EARLY! With our democracy at stake, we're showing up again to promote unprecedented voter participation in the midterms. Our goal is to translate the historic protest power of No Kings mobilizations into a massive wave of voter turnout.
NO KINGS
NO THRONES. NO CROWNS.
VOTE EARLY
OCTOBER 17
NOKINGS.ORG
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/09/2026
A tale of two Labor Day messages today
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Every Republican in Congress owns what Trump has done, is doing and is going to do. The vast majority of it would not have been possible without their collective acquiescence and enabling. He’s emboldened by the fact that Congress refuses to function as a separate branch of govt.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
You’re not alarmed enough 🚨
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
BREAKING: A U.S. Postal Service official has filed a whistleblower report alleging the agency is pushing ahead with a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement Trump’s order giving the federal government more control over mail voting, despite a court order blocking the plan.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
They were spot on. This was The New York Times Sunday Opinion section on October 27, 2024.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This. The whole thread.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“Ontario” isn’t some name Canada invented. The name comes from Native American/Indigenous people. It is traced to an Iroquois/Iroquoian word, commonly given as kanadario, meaning “sparkling water.” The name was being used for the lake centuries before Ontario even became a Canadian province.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/08/2026
Quite a community note here. Reminder that your taxpayer dollars are paying for these Nazi social media accounts.
Readers added context to this video: The clip is from the film Darkest Hour, and the “tiger” in this clip refers to Adolf Hitler
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/08/2026
"There’s nothing in the Constitution that makes the Supreme Court the sovereign monarch of everyone and everything in America. We’ve just grown to tolerate it because, so far, it hasn’t been abjectly abused. Those days are (tragically) over."
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John Roberts Gives Trump a License to Bulldoze the Law
The chief justice’s order turns the president’s illegal ballroom construction project into a fait accompli.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
There is no question that Jamieson Greer is the worst USTR in history. Just as Hegseth is the worst SecDed. Just as RFK, Jr is the worst HHS Sec.Just as Rubio is the worst Sec State. Just as Trump is the worst president. These are indisputable facts and it’s not close.
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David Cochrane @davidwcochrane.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
21 days before the 25th anniversary of September 11th, the United States imposes 50% tariffs on the country that gave its citizens refuge during the worst terrorist attack in US history.
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Zero new NSF grants in sociology, anthropology, political science and economics. The agenda of this US govt is to stop documenting the society in which we live while they are destroying it. We will find other ways to track and explain our times and fight to restore our research funding.
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Rachel Reid @rachel-reid.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all accomplices.” Edward R Murrow to his staff before his Joseph McCarthy broadcast in 1954. Indeed. #VoteBlue #WeAreAmerica250 @hcrichardson.bsky.social @macfarlanenews.bsky.social
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Edward R. Murrow, Narrated by Scott MacFarlane
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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