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Steve Albert

@stevealbert66.bsky.social
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Dude in Philly, husband, cat dad, hardwood floors, guitars, etc., "The biology of purpose keeps my nose above the surface"

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good times for Ken Paxton and Roger Marshall
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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Barr, Leonard Leo, Kevin Roberts, the Leonard Leo court. All Opus Dei, to one degree or another. All behind Carl Schmitt’s Unitary Executive Theory. salmagundi.skidmore.edu/articles/473...
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Bill Barr And The Unitary Executive Theory - Salmagundi Magazine
  In a widely discussed essay in the January 15, 2020 issue of The New York Review of Books, the political theorist Tamsin Shaw provocatively dubbed William Barr, then finishing his initi...
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Mina @minerva1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This would be a good time for media to trace John Roberts role in elections from 2000-present.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 27/07/2026
Watch "Congress, the Constitution, and an Unchecked Supreme Court" to learn more about efforts to rein in the Supreme Court.
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Congress, the Constitution, and an Unchecked Supreme Court
YouTube video by Brennan Center for Justice
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 27/07/2026
Legal experts agree: It's time for Supreme Court term limits. Staggered 18-year terms would ensure regular turnover on the bench while preserving judicial independence.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/07/2026
The Tate brothers are rapists and human traffickers. What took so long?
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 17/07/2026
Donald Trump is spending his evening spewing lies from six years ago instead of lowering costs for you right now.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
If it’s safe enough to mail your tax refund, your Social Security check, your prescriptions, your passport, etc.… it’s safe enough to mail your ballot. The double standard was never about security. It’s about who they’re scared will actually show up. #LoserTrumpsElectionLies
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
how the mainstream media covered the racist trump attack on the smithsonian vs how we covered it @dailykos.com read more here www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
JD Vance is now in charge of making museums racistTrump Orders Smithsonian Institution to Promote ‘American Greatness’
The president complained in an executive order that the Smithsonian had advanced “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”Trump Orders Removal of ‘Divisive Race-Centered Ideology’ From SmithsonianTrump executive order seeks to 'restore' American history through Smithsonian overhaul
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Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
NEW The Justice Department is threatening to prosecute election officials across the country for failing to remove noncitizens from their voter rolls, an escalation of the Trump administration's attempts to prosecute election fraud, according to letters I obtained with Andy Mannix @propublica.org 🧵
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Election experts are raising serious red flags after learning that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton voted in six elections while registered at an address where he does not live. Doing this is a second-degree felony punishable by a fine up to $10,000 and up to 20 years in prison. But it's Texas.🤷‍♀️
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marlain23.bsky.social @marlain23.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Great job on MSNow. Totally agree with you. For every time Trump says Dems are communists, Dems MUST come back at them saying GOP are fascists. It's that simple. The midterms are slipping away if we don't fight back.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 05/07/2026
Elon Musk, the literal richest man on the planet–the world’s first TRILLIONAIRE–is paying the SAME amount in Social Security taxes as an electrician who makes $185,000 a year.   That's outrageous.    We need to scrap the cap so the richest people in the world pay their fair share.
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Rep. Jared Huffman @rephuffman.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We uncovered how he hijacked America 250 – watch to see how. youtu.be/-ydXJ3HhXy0?...
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How Trump Hijacked America's 250th Birthday | Natural Resources Democrats
YouTube video by House Natural Resources Committee Democrats
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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Well that’s simply wire fraud.
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ceej @ceej.online · 04/07/2026
celebrating the good parts of america today. if you don’t think there are any good parts, just look to all the stuff the fascists are desperate to stifle
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Don't want to speak ill of the dead, so getting this Mitch McConnell take out now. He saw Trump with complete clarity, as a danger to America, but protected him anyway. Perhaps more than anyone, he had the power to end Trumpism, but chose party over country. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/jan-6-and-...
And yet…McConnell refused to vote to convict. Seven of his colleagues did, and with McConnell’s leadership, more would have done so, potentially enough to get to the supermajority needed. With conviction, the Senate could have also taken the vote to block Trump from running again. Doing so would have ended Trump as a political power. McConnell was clearly considering this option. In an oral history interview at the time the House was impeaching Trump, McConnell said

But apparently you can impeach somebody after they leave office, and if that happens, there’s a second vote in the Senate, which only has to pass by a simple majority, that prevents that person from seeking office again. So he could not only be impeached, but also eliminated from the possibility of a comeback for this office. So it is significant.

In the end, McConnell protected Trump from punishment. It was not just the refusal to vote to convict. After a swift House impeachment, he pushed to delay the Senate trial. He opposed the Senate joining in a Congressional investigation of Jan 6. He endorsed Trump in 2024, although this matters little except to further diminish McConnell’s dignity, as it was clear by this point that the Republican Party was Trump’s and McConnell’s time of influence was at an end.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Remember: The real freeloaders in this country are the rich — not the poor or immigrants or any other group of people vilified as scapegoats. The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. The United States literally has yacht and private jet tax deductions. Hello?
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Happy 100th birthday, Mel Brooks! Here’s some great advice he gave me back he was a wee lad of 95. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
You have some wonderful stories of basically getting away with stuff at the studios.

I’d learned one very simple trick: say yes. Simply say yes. Like Joseph E. Levine, on “The Producers,” said, “The curly-haired guy—he’s funny looking. Fire him.” He wanted me to fire Gene Wilder. And I said, “Yes, he’s gone. I’m firing him.” I never did. But he forgot. After the screening of “Blazing Saddles,” the head of Warner Bros. threw me into the manager’s office, gave me a legal pad and a pencil, and gave me maybe twenty notes. He would have changed “Blazing Saddles” from a daring, funny, crazy picture to a stultified, dull, dusty old Western. He said, “No farting.” I said, “It’s out.”That’s probably the most famous scene in the movie, the campfire scene.

I know. He said, “You can’t punch a horse.” I said, “You’ll never see it again.” I kept saying, “You’re absolutely right. It’s out!” Then, when he left, I crumpled up all his notes, and I tossed it in the wastepaper basket. And John Calley, who was running [production at] Warner Bros. at the time, said, “Good filing.” That was the end of it. You say yes, and you never do it.

That’s great advice for life.

It is. Don’t fight them. Don’t waste your time struggling with them and trying to make sense to them. They’ll never understand.
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maryburns.bsky.social @maryburns.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Thank you @katiephang.bsky.social and @meidastouch.com 🤩🤩 You’re making America great again.
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The Supreme Court today said: ✅ Cancer from pesticides? Sue yourself ✅ Fleeing danger? Not our problem ✅ Guns in public places..fine These 6 unelected extremists are out of control and have DESTROYED this court. Expand it or lose everything. #USDemocracy #Pinks newrepublic.com/post/212399/...
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Dems Must Talk Seriously About Supreme Court Expansion
The smart and totally justified way to do it: Increase the number of judicial circuits.
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Laurel Davila @laureldavilacpa.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
“Halverson found that scientific studies cited by the EPA in its Roundup assessment were “ghostwritten” by Monsanto itself.” #Pinks #ProudBlue #MomSky www.democracynow.org/2026/6/26/we...
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Bayer/Monsanto Wins Roundup Case as Supreme Court Blocks Suit over Link Between Herbicide & Cancer
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 to restrict thousands of lawsuits claiming Bayer, the parent company of Monsanto, had a duty to warn consumers about potential cancer risks from its popular weed killer Rou...
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I don’t want to hear another word from establishment Dems about cooperating with Republicans. Don’t want to see another stupid bipartisan photo about “seersucker suit day” on the Hill. Nine people who protested ICE at a detention camp were just sentenced to 50-100 years in prison. WAKE TF UP.
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comaku.bsky.social @comaku.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
synthetic people control software narrative laundering fake media infrastructure manufactured grassroots reputation sabotage intrusion plus amplification scaling & segmentation
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 22/06/2026
The mass warrantless surveillance law FISA Section 702 has expired. They'll try to tell you the sky is falling. Don't believe them! Instead, tell your reps: NO spying on Americans without a warrant. Period.
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📣 Take Action: Reform Section 702: End mass warrantless surveillance
Make an impact with guided actions from Freedom of The Press Foundation.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I thought this was on Point….
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Gauchohaulic 🗽 @gauchohaulic.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
“And if we want to talk about kitchen-table issues, you can make that part of it: The reason that you can't afford your electricity is because of the corruption. The reason that you can't afford health insurance is because of the corruption.” Dems need to beat that drum: “Corruption! Corruption!”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The UAE is storing solar electricity as heat inside molten salt at 565 degrees — generating power through the night without burning a single molecule of gas. Photovoltaic for daytime baseload, concentrated solar thermal for evening and night dispatch, battery storage for rapid response #ActOnClimate
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The amount of money in Musk's bank account is not a measure of his genius or even the "value" of his companies. It is rather a measure of the gullibility of investors and the greed of the industry that is designed to harness that to fuel their own wealth creation.
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Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 19/06/2026
The most dangerous thing about AI is not that the machines might one day think. It is that we are being trained, by men with enormous financial gains riding on our acquiescence, to stop thinking for ourselves.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
SEN. CASSIDY: “.. the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.”
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When we win, the first bill I’m filing is a comprehensive anti-corruption package: Overturn Citizens United Ban corporate PACs and super PACs Ban members of Congress from trading stocks Once we defeat the most corrupt politician in America, we can defeat this entire corrupt system.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
#GAsen
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 13/06/2026
Bye-bye coal — solar tops coal in U.S., and more to come. Clean costs less.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I don't know why Trump's so upset. He's usually so into redacting his name.
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 12/06/2026
The FBI and DOJ refuse to answer these records requests about FBI Director Kash Patel’s conduct and alleged abuse of taxpayer dollars – so we’re suing. We will make sure this public official answers to the American people.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Forget celebrating the world's first trillionaire. It's the culmination of a failing political and economic system that rewards the richest and endangers nearly everyone else.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 12/06/2026
The "journalism" covering this Space X IPO may just be the clowniest bullshit I've ever seen. the IPO is a pile of fraud slop being sold by a loopy white supremacist pretending to be an engineer but the press coverage is total fan fiction for LinkedIn entrepreneurial hashtag hustle types
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
not polite to call some people stupid, but it is genuinely a party of stupid people
The Washington Post tweets: "Social Security’s trust fund is now due to run low on money beginning in 2032. 

The government acknowledged that the Trump administration’s immigration policies and tax cuts are expected to contribute to the insolvency." 

There is then a link to the story. 

Someone on Twitter replies: "Explain to me like I’m an idiot how deporting people contributes to my nest egg evaporating?"
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Pretty ironic that for all the things that Mike Johnson hasn't seen & doesn't know, the one thing he "knows instinctively" is 100% completely false.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 08/06/2026
"The Maine Wire launched in 2011." "[D]eveloped a fixation on Maine's Somali community." "[M]illions of dollars in donations from [..] Leonard Leo, the judicial activist widely credited with the conservative takeover of the Supreme Court." #Maine #USA #Media #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
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GOP Megadonor Leonard Leo Is Bankrolling a Website on the Warpath Against Somalis
The Maine Wire presents itself as a plucky upstart fighting for the common Mainer, but it's fueled by powerful right-wing money men.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/06/2026
NEW: The @publicintegritylaw.bsky.social is suing to stop the UFC fight on the White House Lawn because it lacks Congressional approval and didn't undergo an environmental review. www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...
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Lawsuit attempts to stop UFC fight at White House on Trump's birthday
The lawsuit calls the event "deeply corrupt" and argues that it seeks to enrich the president and his allies and lacks proper authorization.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
BREAKING: Ken Paxton’s own lawyer just endorsed James Talarico: “I defended Ken Paxton for years in the impeachment trial and in state criminal cases. But in my view, I think Ken has lost sight of his core mission, which is to represent the people of Texas.  That’s why I'm supporting you.”
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
1/ Richard Uihlein made his fortune selling boxes. Now he funds a fake news network that FOIAs your voter file, fuses it with your court and health records, then routes the file to GOP operatives. His name is on all of this. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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ShawnB @catalyst100.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Companies would pay them to come in an fuck up everything, steal the data and leave ? Interesting
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Lucia Romano, MBA @luciaromano.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Dipshit
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Private prison company GEO Group, which runs Delaney Hall, gave $1M+ to Trump's Super PAC in 2024 and his inauguration in 2025. Not only has Trump since rewarded GEO with billions in ICE contracts, but a top former GEO executive has now been named acting ICE director. Cashing in on cruelty.
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