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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans broke Medicare. Democrats will fix it. The choice in November is that simple. Vote like your prescription depends on it. Because it does. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Exactly. As he becomes more deranged and politically weaker, he will become more desperate and more dangerous.
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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Revenge for MeToo (which constrained their ability to rape employees), Revenge for Black Lives Matter (which called out how racist many of them were) and Revenge for the 2021 Labor Market where they suddenly had to compete for scarce labor instead of the other way around" bsky.app/profile/mtsw...
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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Rubio built his career telling Miami-Dade's exile community that their suffering at the hands of despots mattered. Now he hopes Putin will accept an invitation to their community. Miami was built by people who escaped tyrants like Putin. We should not roll out a red carpet for him." - F.R. Amandi
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Marco Rubio wants to welcome Putin to Miami. He should be ashamed | Opinion
What would a Cuban family that fled the tyranny of the Castros make of Rubio’s hopeful invitation? | Opinion
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groku.bsky.social @groku.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We won't be a communist country, neither will we be a fascist country. We want off of this train to hell.
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Daniel has eyes on literally every county in every state, so you should trust the curation here and bookmark this:
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Want to see pure perfection? @ananavarro.bsky.social explains what it means to love one's country! This is one of the best things that I've ever seen on TV! Go to mobilize.us to volunteer & push back on autocracy, cruelty & #TrumpsCorruptCongress Let's create the biggest blue wave in history!
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
As a very basic thing, we as citizens should not accept the presence of a private army of masked racist thugs on the streets of our towns... intimidating others and threatening to overthrow the state... There are some fairly obvious precedents for this stuff.
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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There's long been talk about Mullin but it's the first time I've seen it in the national press. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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Nothing to see here? DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin shares a D.C. home with a Republican congressman
The homeland security secretary, who owns dozens of properties, met Rep. Jason Smith during bipartisan congressional workouts more than a decade ago.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/09/2026
Dolly Parton Day declared in various cities and states across the US on 9/25
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Dolly Parton Day declared in various cities and states across the US on 9/25
Late Queen of Country and philanthropist celebrated with parades, karaoke and live music across the country
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Steve Baird @stevenkbaird.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The ugly Trump/MAGA fascism has arrived in all its horror in the heartland. Short thread:
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
👏😂👇
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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
TX: check your registration. Again.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 22/09/2026
This Byron Donalds?
Congressman Byron Donalds
@RepDonaldsPress
Today, we celebrate America's Presidents for their dedication, leadership, and service to our nation.

I proudly stand with President Trump as we fight to Make America Great Again and codify our America First Agenda.

Happy Presidents' Day🇺🇸
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Tom Massie posted a calendar labeling the days of work Mike Johnson canceled because of him.
Tom Massie tweet:

Here’s a calendar to show the days 
@SpeakerJohnson
 has cancelled in Congress. September 17 was canceled to avoid a vote on my Hegseth impeachment. The last two weeks in September were canceled to avoid a vote on releasing more Epstein files. He’s closing Congress to stop me.

Below there is a congressional calendar from July to December. 

July 1-2 are labeled Rules retreat.
September 17 is labeled Hegseth Holiday.
September 22 to October 2 are labeled Epstein Recess.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Briefly detained” = beat half to death
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Steve Baird @stevenkbaird.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’m going to guess that there’s a backstory here involving a Trump/Vance smear of DeSantis in advance of 2028. Still, it’s notable that a Trump regime IG seems to be doing his job. open.substack.com/pub/jcbruce/...
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BREAKING NEWS: Alligator Alcatraz violated federal standards for humane treatment of prisoners
Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General criticizes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ concentration camp in the Everglades, now closed.
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: @talkingpointsmemo.com can reveal GOP nominee for Florida legislature: -marched at deadly Charlottesville Nazi rally w/ white supremacist group's flag -has *many* white supremacist donors -appears to advocate lynching He is expected to win Nov. election talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
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Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.
The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives marched alongside neo-Nazis at the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a new Talking Points Memo investigation can reveal."
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Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.
The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
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Steve Baird @stevenkbaird.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The reasoning in this thread about AI strikes me as impeccable. His novel is really good too. (And no, we’re not related, although I have to admit he has a very fine name.)
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Russ @pappyparki.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Joe Biden stands for hours & is fully engaged in the Ground Zero Memorial today, after completing chemotherapy for Stage 4 prostate cancer. Conversely, Trump repeatedly falls asleep during the Pentagon Memorial Service. Tell us who is an alpha male & fit to serve www.irishstar.com/news/politic...
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Cancer-striken Biden stands for hours as Trump dozes off during 9/11 memorial
President Donald Trump and Joe Biden were compared as both attended seperate September 11 memorial ceremornies, with many pointing out Trump's closed eyes
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Steve Baird @stevenkbaird.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Seriously, how is this lie not front page news in every major newspaper tomorrow (and on every news website today)? Spoiler alert: It will be ignored.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
When I said things couldn’t get dumber it wasn’t meant to be a dare
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Alternative für Deutschland surges in one region in Germany. The Alternative für Amerika is in power in the United States.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I'm going to KEEP talking about how Senator Rick Scott, the RICHEST man in all of Congress, DEFRAUDED Medicare & is trying to CUT Social Security. Will you join me?🤚
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
he's such a nazi piece of shit.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Jesus Christ, this. Platner was given the benefit of the doubt despite having a fucking Totenkopf tattoo on his own skin, while many of the same people are demanding El-Sayed answer for any random comment from anyone who supports him.
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Steven Goldsmith 🦋 @stevengoldsmith.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I truly believe that everyone gets what they deserve. I really hope that Trump gets exactly what he deserves.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Jill Ross @jillfr.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Republicans demonized Dolly for funding Covid research. They worked hard to defund her book program for kids. And now Donald wants to spread the LIE that she was a MAGA warrior. open.substack.com/pub/thegodpo...
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Damn Donald Trump For Posting An AI Photo Of Himself With Dolly Parton
Pure evil.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Just when you think you couldn’t love David Byrne more he goes to the Hollywood Bowl playing "Life During Wartime" projecting ICE raids 🔥
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
So Mike Rogers can be just like daddy🌴
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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Opinion | Trump Is in Open Revolt Against the Constitution (Gift Article)
The mail-in voting fiasco is the latest proof that we have another reconstruction ahead of us.
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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I would never use the word "shrill" to describe the words of @jamellebouie.net. Always measured and deliberate, his writing seems to me to be reasonable & thoughtful...never overwrought. As is his latest...but I sense a change in tone & urgency. And we should all take note... [🎁🔗 threaded]
The details of what is happening here are important — that’s why I laid them out — but it’s also important to step back and make a more fundamental point: the president of the United States is engaged in a conspiracy against the voting rights of the American people, which is to say that the president is engaged in a conspiracy against the Constitution itself. And this is part of a larger effort, spearheaded by the most fanatical of his allies, like Stephen Miller, to end the American republic and supplant it with an authoritarian regime in which President Trump holds sovereign authority over the whole nation.

It is important to say, as well, that this is all out in the open, as plain as day.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Texas! Check your voter registration
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Idiokratie @idiokratie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Epstein evidence is being held because Epstein was running a honey trap for Israeli intelligence slash Russian mobsters, at least the third one after Roy Cohn and Craig Spence. Which, it should be needless to say, goes WAY beyond dozens of snuff films because GLOBAL SECURITY implications.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This only "becomes a political and moral crisis" if reactionary centrists relentlessly frame it as one. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Abdul El-Sayed’s Hasan Piker Problem
In Michigan, the Democratic Senate candidate’s alliance with a hard-left streamer has become a political and moral crisis.

By Jonathan Chait
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
More of your wealth than ever goes to them, less of it than ever goes to you. It's a class war. But only one side is waging it
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US corporate profits surge to record as worker payouts wilt
Pre-tax earnings hit highest share of national income since aftermath of second world war
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 08/07/2025
"If we know, and do nothing, we are worse than the murderers hired in our name. "If we know, then we must fight for your life as though it were our own—which it is—and render impassable with our bodies the corridor to the gas chamber." -James Baldwin to Angela Davis in captivity, November 1970 🧵⬇️
A comic by Seth Tobocman showing a person being arrested by a scowling police officer (which is to say, a mercenary in a uniform). It reads "If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you at night."
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Steve Baird @stevenkbaird.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Trump's DOJ is signaling that it will no longer enforce one of the most basic disability rights recognized by the Supreme Court in a landmark 1999 case out of Georgia: the right to live in the community rather than be unnecessarily institutionalized. Crucial reporting from @georgiarecorder.com:
georgiarecorder.com
After years of federal oversight, Georgia’s disability care system faces a new test • Georgia Recorder
The Justice Department has signaled that the federal government no longer plans to enforce a landmark court ruling that has shaped Georgia's mental health and disability care system for nearly two dec...
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 26/08/2026
randomly giving out genuine compliments is such an easy way to make the world a little nicer, i'm always surprised more people haven't figured that out and have a ton of respect for those who have
Screenshot of tweet by Eminem. Text of Eminem's post reads: 

I'm sorry we never got a chance to meet, but getting this note from Dolly really had a an impact on me. She definitely didn't have to take the time to do it.  Even for a kid who mostly listened to rap music, she was an icon. A superstar in every sense. Rest easy Dolly. And thank you for the kind words.

Attached is an image of a classy and generous letter Dolly Parton sent to Eminem after missing a chance to meet him at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Hard hit by Obamacare cutbacks, #Florida feels the pain as health care gets harder to afford. FL has more people signed up for Obamacare than any other state. apnews.com/article/affo... via @apnews.com
apnews.com
Florida, hard-hit by Obamacare drop-off, feels the squeeze of rising healthcare costs
Florida chef Elijah Button faces a tough situation after losing his Affordable Care Act health insurance due to a premium hike. The 21-year-old St.
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Logan @logiebarr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Look what I saw
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I don’t want to hear fake tributes to Dolly Parton from fascist republicans, I’ll never forget them defunding her Imagination Library childhood reading program earlier this year. Spare us the bullshit, we see you.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In 1859, a ravenous Canada-affiliated pig invaded a US farmer’s garden on a disputed island in the northwest. The farmer shot him dead. That set off the “Pig War,” an international conflict in which no human died. 167 years later, Boss Hog Trump is starting a trade war. We might call it Pig War II.
en.wikipedia.org
Pig War (1859) - Wikipedia
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