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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 10h
"We know that in this moment, young women are fed up and deeply, deeply angry. The midterms offer an opportunity to channel that anger into tangible, meaningful change."
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The Cornell Rape Case Has Sparked a National Outcry. Can That Anger Shape the Midterms?
A dam has broken for women, stemming from the case of the Cornell student who was allegedly gang-raped at a fraternity in 2024. In the 1980s, <em>Ms.</em> published the first national study of sexual…
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Governor Tony Evers @govevers.wisconsin.gov · 12h
Right now, President Trump and his administration are holding hostage $10 million we are owed, blocking us from continuing our important work to prevent UI fraud and streamline services. We're suing to ensure Wisconsin receives what we were promised. dailydodge.com/gov-evers-an...
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Gov. Evers announces lawsuit over termination of Wisconsin unemployment insurance funding | Daily Dodge
MADISON — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the termination of approximately $29 million in federal funding intended to ... Read more
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that."
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Bill Leibenguth @bill-leibenguth.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
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Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”
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Sean Herrala, Quinquagenarian @seanherrala.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Come on guys, we can get the next Governor of Wisconsin more followers than this!
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
They are trying to “prove” that the HepB vaccine birth dose is “harmful”, which they will likely do (falsely) by conducting so many statistical tests that one of them pops significant. Then RFK Jr. can falsely “justify”having changed the guidelines for Americans, and more infants will get sick.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In Alabama, three Republican elected officials have been arrested and charged with human trafficking involving children. They're all white, Evangelical Christians and pillars of the MAGA community. So the Alabama media have decided it's really no big deal. www.wkrg.com/alabama-news...
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Alabama lawmaker and Satsuma school board president arrested on charges of human trafficking | WKRG.com
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Oct. 2, 2026 UPDATE (10/5/2026 8:15 a.m.): A news release from Satsuma City Schools says Kory Wesley has resigned: Satsuma City Schools announced Sunday…
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed
Regulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Whoever wins the governorships in the battleground states will certify the 2028 presidential election. There are election deniers running, in Wisconsin and elsewhere. We've got to beat them. My new NYT op-ed:
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Opinion | Want to Avoid Another Jan. 6? Defeat These Republicans. (Gift Article)
The 2028 election is on the ballot right now.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
El-Sayed: "Under Trump and Hegseth, you're seeing extremes that you never would have imagined. The idea that you want to livestream somebody's death for children to watch is truly extreme ... I don't want that to be politics as usual."
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The American people consider anyone who uses the terms, “Gulf of America” and “Lake America” as opposed to the highly accepted and more accurate terms, “Gulf of Mexico” and “Lake Ontario,” as IN A CULT! Ranking Member JAMES P. MCGOVEN
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
One good thing about being on medical leave is that it lets me feature some of my favorite writers and activists. Today we have a guest post from, @lolgop.bsky.social, written for CARD, about one of my favorite topics: bitter divorced billionaires and their far more sane exes. Enjoy!
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How the Women Who Survived Elon Musk Expose Him Best
The women of “Musk” offer a clarity we’d better act on.
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John @johnbull.wtf · 08/10/2026
John Wilson with an entire bar about ai and creativity said on @pablo.show show
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/10/2026
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our history.
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/10/2026
Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers has an idea for deciding who qualifies for Social Security: Let AI decide. meidasnews.com/news/mike-ro...
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Mike Rogers Said A.I. Should Be Used to Determine Social Security Eligibility
The GOP Senate candidate from Michigan has a long history of trying "decimate" benefits for millions of Americans
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George Hahn @georgehahn.com · 06/10/2026
It’s very simple, guys.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW: 20,000 voters have already submitted absentee ballots in Detroit. City clerk is "very encouraged" to have 20% return rate already, per spokesman for nonpartisan voter information campaign in city
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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
For the kool-ade-drinking dipshits at the Orange A-hole’s rally. The Homo ignorami willingly choose, To spend their days ingesting Fox News, With brains smooth as glass, They kiss his orange ass, Believing the propaganda that’s spewed. #Limerick
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Alito is a second-rate mind doing first-rate misogyny.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026
“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
Andrea Bell’s agency has handed developers more than $1.4 billion for rent-restricted apartments over the last five years. She failed to disclose that her husband works for a company that consults on these projects, despite a law requiring her to do so.
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Oregon Housing Director Failed to Report Husband’s Related Business Interests
Andrea Bell, executive director of Oregon Housing and Community Services, filed amended state ethics paperwork after ProPublica asked about her husband’s work at a firm that’s consulted on projects re...
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Labor's share of income just hit an all-time low. That means for every dollar a company brings in, workers are taking home smaller and smaller slices. Income keeps shifting to the owners. With @svaneksmith .bsky.social newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026
Utah Governor Spencer Cox has been making the rounds in national media recently, promoting his new book. And in 2024, the soon-to-be author signed one of the country’s most extreme book-banning laws—a decision that’s now coming back to haunt him.
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Book-banning GOP governor wants you to buy his book
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is promoting himself as a "peacemaker."
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 02/10/2026
Norm is on a roll in the ongoing fight against the Trump administration’s corruption—and it’s thanks to YOU, Contrarians! @normeisen.bsky.social
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
this is jaw dropping and the man could write
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Guest columist JB Pritzker in @contrariannews.org on the threats of "unchecked AI" www.contrariannews.org/p/march-us-t...
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March Us Toward the Summit, Not the Chasm
By Governor JB Pritzker
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Being able to spell the name of our country should be a prerequisite for holding public office.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
Brett Meiselas: If we’re going to get into a “race” against China like with AI, why is it never like... We’re going to get into an affordable healthcare race! We’re going to get into an infrastructure race and beat them in high-speed rail! We’re going to beat China in the affordable housing race!
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Josh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The threat is not the stranger. The threat is the husband. The boyfriend. The colleague. The family member. The friend. The man she trusted.” www.qasimrashid.com/p/women-are-...
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Women Are Not Safe Around Men
This is a fact. The data is unambiguous and the solutions exist. The only thing missing is the will to act.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Eli Savit @esavit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The race for Attorney General is fundamentally a job application process in which candidates are vying to be your lawyer. It’s not about me. Not about my opponent. It’s about you—and who’s going to fight for you against even the most powerful of interests.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/09/2026
The author "urges parents to reframe healthy eating not as discipline or deprivation but as a smart investment and a genuine pleasure." Children didn't always need to learn how to eat well. From the archives:
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How Children Learned to Hate Food
On the origins of pickiness.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026
There’s no scientific basis to many of the public health concerns some critics have with solar development, an expert told ProPublica. “People try to come up with a rationale to justify their dislike of things they dislike for other reasons.” (Published April)
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Unfounded Health Concerns Are Powering a Solar Backlash
Across the U.S., critics are pressuring public officials to stop or stall new solar projects, often citing unfounded health concerns.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1. Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, has made “protecting women’s sports” a centerpiece of his election campaign. So I reviewed years of Feely’s podcast appearances to see what he actually thinks about female athletes. 🧵
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 22/09/2026
“Children deserve creative, challenging, original books, not recycled TV episodes in paperback,” writes Michelle Cyca. “And they deserve to choose from these books without the competition of toys and toy-adjacent items.” thewalrus.ca/scholastic-book-catalo…
On the left: an image of an open book on a blue background. Above the book, in glowing, white motion lines, various toys spill out. On the right: text that reads “Get your Squishmallows out of my kid’s Scholastic book catalogue. The fairs used to encourage children to read. Now they make them want to shop”
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 22/09/2026
UN says "US' strikes on alleged drug boats are crimes against humanity".
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 21/09/2026
Opinion: "To the casual observer, it might seem like Flock cameras, and the backlash to them, sprung up overnight. But it’s really the product of years of organizing led by racial justice, immigrant rights and civil liberties organizations."
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Opinion: How Flock became public enemy No. 1
Opinion: How Flock became public enemy No. 1
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 21/09/2026
The Trump administration’s proposed change for the census conflicts with the plain language of the Constitution, applicable federal law, and centuries practice. And it would inflict immeasurable harm on the American public. bit.ly/4y6x1yl
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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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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is about one thing and one thing alone. Steering our research dollars for cancer, heart disease, and new infectious diseases to Trump’s political allies and friends.
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"This week, a Superior Court judge upheld what’s already been law in Connecticut: that there are no religious exemptions when it comes to requirements for kids getting vaccinated for school." www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/c...
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Connecticut court upholds school vaccine law, religious exemptions still not permitted for students
This week, a Superior Court judge upheld what’s already been law in Connecticut: that there are no religious exemptions when it comes to requirements for kids getting vaccinated for school. Connecticu...
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