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Blue in the Bluegrass State, anti-fascist, pro-democracy.

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pathetic…..
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lol. America’s “super intelligence” is fun. The answers seem to depend on how you ask the question. 😂 Ask, “Is Trump in the Epstein files?” Get nothing. Ask, “How many times is Trump mentioned in the Epstein files?”
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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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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
Sen. Eric Schmitt is an international laughingstock. He’s up for reelection in 2028, so we’ll have to work on him later.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
absolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie
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alonephase.bsky.social @alonephase.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Furries at Mar-a-Lago??? 🐶 - Tim Dillon
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tommy Tuberville: Many airline pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers are part of the furry community. It's terrifying.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
This is an entirely new phenomenon because before the vaccine, most women who survived measles were immune because they had it when they were young. But now, idiots who refuse to get vaccinated are giving birth to babies with measles. Two babies have died. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 26/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#BREAKING: #SCOTUS once again freezes the lower federal courts’ rulings in the Missouri redistricting case—and affirms that, as the Missouri Supreme Court held earlier this month, Missouri will use the 2022 map in the November elections. There were no public dissents.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On Dolly Parton Day, I'm remember how she... -Gifted millions of free books to kids -Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits -Helped fund medical research and the COVID vaccine -Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters -Funded high school band programs She is missed!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court GRANTS People Not Politicians stay application, ordering the 2022 map to be in effect for the midterms! A victory for Elias Law Group, our clients People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn, and the people of Missouri. www.democracydocket.com/cases/missou...
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🚨Onder v. Missouri
Learn more here.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mike Rogers' estimated net worth in 2013: $380,000 Mike Rogers' estimated net worth in 2026: $14,600,000 He cashed in and sold out Michiganders.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can’t believe our tax dollars are being used for political ads. The White House is now airing a taxpayer-funded ad during commercial breaks on Fox News. The 30-second spot has all the markings of a campaign ad, except the disclaimer at the bottom says: “Paid for by the U.S. Government.”
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: MS NOW and CNN journalists have just been denied access to covering Xi Jinping's arrival back at the White House for tonight's state dinner.
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Roy G. Biv DeVoe @duncanmonserud.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The 3 biggest assholes in tech say "A.I. *could* kill all life on earth," and everyone jumps; climate scientists spend 70 years warning "greenhouse gas emissions *are killing* all life on earth" and everyone is a well educated skeptic. Maybe we need A.I. to kill us quickly before climate does slowly
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 24/09/2026
The Chinese government has taken possession of potentially sensitive F-35 stealth aircraft parts that were inexplicably diverted to Hong Kong while being sent to the US from Australia, people briefed on the incident said. bloom.bg/3Vad1MJ 📷️: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED, BILL.......
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The headliners for this MAGA Fest were Kid Rock, Dog the Bounty Hunter, and James Comer. I can’t believe they couldn’t sell enough tickets with that star-studded lineup.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Unbelievable. Trump touts fake “investments” being made in the US by these countries but in reality he wants US taxpayers to pay for damage caused to their countries by Iran. This has been an expensive fiasco from the beginning - like Trump Shuttle airlines & Trump University.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The most influential member of the Trump Administration by far - Natalie Harp.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
These are human beings
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Through the end of August 2026, the House was in session for roughly 383 hours total. That’s an average of about 48 hours per month. Their average monthly floor time is well below the 80-hour monthly threshold the same Congress imposed on Medicaid recipients.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Alert ⚠️ An ICE officer shot 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in North Austin today after a traffic stop. He was shot in the torso and hospitalized in serious but stable condition. His attorney says Perez, a Venezuelan national, entered the U.S. legally and had a valid work permit.
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NPR @npr.org · 21/09/2026
A felony conviction usually means losing rights like voting, serving on a jury or owning a gun. But for the first time in decades, the Justice Department is giving ex-felons a chance to get at least one of those rights back: gun ownership. n.pr/4xxGr4L
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A new DOJ program restores ex-felons' right to own guns. What you need to know
A felony conviction usually means losing rights like voting, serving on a jury or owning a gun. But for the first time in decades, the Justice Department is giving ex-felons a chance to get at least one of those rights back: gun ownership.
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Rick and Tired @sameastheold.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The constitution is just another piece of paper if nobody upholds it.
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Red Riccardo @redriccardo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Dudes been prez for last two years.
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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pete Hegseth went to the A&M game and they lost to Kentucky for the first time in over 70 years. THERE IS NO BATTLE HE CANT LOSE.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/09/2026
Alex Ovechkin claims he’s ‘not in politics’. His pro-Putin video says the opposite
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Alex Ovechkin claims he’s ‘not in politics’. His pro-Putin video says the opposite
After the NHL star appeared in an ad campaign for United Russia, it’s fair to start pressing about the impact of his stances – even if he doesn’t want to talk about it
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𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐉.𝐒. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ¬1𝜄 = 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗈𝗍𝖺 @ajsdecepida.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🤥 #Lying Trump said the Kennedy Center had been bleeding “hundreds of millions” before him. 🐂💩 Its filings show a $40.7M surplus in FY2024, $6.5M in FY2023 and only modest losses in 2021-22; the 2025 return shows revenue and pledges falling after his takeover. 🍊 ↷ www.rawstory.com/kennedy-cent...
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Trump’s blatant Kennedy Center lies unmasked with release of new tax returns: report
President Donald Trump’s claim that the Kennedy Center he’s now threatening to demolish was losing “hundreds of billions” of dollars before he “got involved” was exposed Friday as a blatant lie after ...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The most incompetent administration in history by far, populated by idiots from top to bottom putting all of our lives in danger.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump says he's also looking at banning the Washington Post, calling it a "crummy paper" and "disgusting." Anyway, good job, Jeff Bezos! It obviously was worth losing all those scubsribers and turning your opinion section into MAGA-lite, only for the president to continue to call you "fake news."
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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 18/09/2026
US officials say overreliance on Palantir's Maven AI system was among the factors that contributed to a February missile strike in Iran that killed 123 children (Bloomberg) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When the US bombed an Iranian school, killing over 100 kids, it involved over-reliance on an AI targeting system called "Maven," which based it on outdated information. I called it in @foreignpolicy.com in April Now confirmed in @bloomberg.com report of Pentagon investigation
Keep Humans in the Loop
AI has a place in military targeting—but it needs safeguards.

By Nicholas Grossman, a professor of international relations at the University of Illinois, editor of Arc Digital, and the author of Drones and Terrorism.

Pictured: A woman passes an art installation featuring portraits of some of the school girls killed in an apparent U.S. strike in February, in Tehran.on April 12. MAJID SAEEDI/GETTY IMAGES)

https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/14/ai-targeting-iran-school-airstrikes-pentagon-anthropic/APRIL 14, 2026, 1:57 PM
In the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, airstrikes hit an elementary school in Iran, killing at least 175, most of them children.

From: https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/14/ai-targeting-iran-school-airstrikes-pentagon-anthropic/This time, AI may have played a role, perhaps relying on old information. The school was adjacent to Iranian naval facilities and had once been a part of them. A large language model like Claude or ChatGPT could make that kind of error by consuming outdated information at a higher volume and giving it greater weight than more current info—or perhaps by failing to spot something a human might have caught, such as a school sign or children playing.

From: https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/14/ai-targeting-iran-school-airstrikes-pentagon-anthropic/The public doesn’t know if AI chose the Iranian school, but we know the U.S. military is using an AI-powered system called Maven in Iran to help identify targets. Similarly, the Israeli military used a system called Lavender to identify targets in Gaza. Both wars featured a record-high rate of precision strikes compared to previous air campaigns.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/14/ai-targeting-iran-school-airstrikes-pentagon-anthropic/
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
⚠️ Is Trump going to just say this is no big deal? "Everybody does it?" American F-35 tech feared to be in China’s hands 🧾 t2m.co/iajfJozD And he will roll out the red carpet for Xi next week: 🧾 Trump plans to greet Xi at airport on arrival, officials say | Reuters share.google/kI7WosQ5VAJ3...
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American F-35 technology feared to be in China’s hands
Sensitive F-35 fighter jet technology has been unexpectedly diverted to Hong Kong, prompting fears weapon components could be in the hands of China.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.
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Ed Kane 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @3dkan3.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
On vacation, AGAIN!! 🤬🤬🤬
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
He saved us nothing. The cost was far greater than money. www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-de...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I usually attribute Trump's bizarre ramblings to either his psychopathic lying or his psychotic delusions, or some combination of the two. But this is just him being an economically illiterate moron.
President Trump Explains Trade Deficits:

“If we buy 2 billion dollars worth of Bananas from Brazil, we’re actually losing 2 billion dollars.  So if we stop eating bananas, we actually save 2 billion dollars”. 

It’s just simple Economics.
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People Power United @peoplepowerunited.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📣 We need to know who ordered the Pentagon’s casualty reclassification, who approved it, and what they were trying to accomplish. Demand answers. www.thepetitionsite.com/152/229/127... #NoMoreCoverUps #CongressInvestigate
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"How's it going?" "Welp it's a major news story that the nominee for the nation's leading health advocate position dares to agree with the overwhelming scientific consensus."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Like how Mark Zuckerberg did such a great job protecting our kids on Facebook and Instagram? Please.
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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Officials: 14 #Russia spy satellites passed over US military base in #SaudiArabia days before #Iran carried out a damaging strike March 27 attack, involving at least one missile and several drones, wounded 12 US service members and destroyed or damaged several warplanes #IranWar
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