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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 26/07/2025
A fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Hungary sounded the alarm this week that the U.S. is sliding into Orbán-like authoritarianism. Fascism expert Jason Stanley says some "elites" are normalizing autocracy -- “it's the acceptance of the premises of the Trump administration in order to escape its wrath.”
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Ex-Amb. to Hungary warns of U.S. authoritarianism, Prof. Stanley says self-interest is the cause.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman issued a glaring warning to Americans in a NYT op-ed about the dangers of acquiescing to what he says are President Trump’s “authoritarian advances.” Noting the parallels with the slide in democracy under Viktor Orbán in Hungary, fascism expert and philosophy professor Jason Stanley says national elites prioritize their individual agendas over the good of the country, “without seeing that what you’re supporting is authoritarianism.”
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 26/07/2025
"By walking back those commitments, congressional Republicans showed, yet again, they will refuse to stand up to President Trump, even for things they support." They are not acting like an independent branch of government. ICYMI @repbrendanboyle.bsky.social:
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Why Democrats Must Think Hard About Voting to Fund the Government
It’s pretty simple: Congress can’t keep giving away its power.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/07/2025
Robert Reich, the former labor secretary and retired professor, has warned about rising inequality in America for decades. Now, he’s become a star online with an audience of millions, and he feels his message is more urgent than ever. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/m...
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
NEW: Here's a new scandal bigger than the Epstein mess. Trump's top intel officer is fabricating evidence so his DOJ can investigate & prosecute Obama & his aides w/ possible show trials—as Trump says, "Whether it’s right or wrong, it’s time to go after people.” link.motherjones.com/public/40858...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/07/2025
Dan Pelzer read at least 3,599 books since 1962. After he died this month at 92, his family made his handwritten reading list public, hoping to motivate readers everywhere.
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He Read (at Least) 3,599 Books in His Lifetime. Now Anyone Can See His List.
After Dan Pelzer died this month at 92, his children uploaded the handwritten reading list to what-dan-read.com, hoping to inspire readers everywhere.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/07/2025
As President Trump golfed Saturday at his course in Turnberry, Scotland, protesters took to the streets to denounce his presence in Britain, criticizing the administration’s policies on immigration, the war in Gaza, Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein and other issues. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/w...
Protesters are gathered together, holding signs denouncing President Trump. One sign reads: "Not wanted here! Not wanted anywhere." Photo by Robert Ormerod for The New York Times
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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 26/07/2025
“Fraud, waste and abuse.” “Crap.” “Things that don’t matter.” This is what the Trump administration calls the life-saving aid the Republican Congress just cut. But let’s call it what it is: cruelty. op: @huffpost.com
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Especially for those of you in safe blue districts with "roll over and play dead" Dem representation, now's the time to start looking for new leadership. Exciting opportunity to turn the party into a real unified opposition party!
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 26/07/2025
What exactly has this Supreme Court done to give us confidence they *won't* find a tortuous way to greenlight Trump firing Powell if he decides that's what he wants to do? ICYMI @kimwehle.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/if-trump-t...
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If Trump Tried to Fire the Fed Chair, What Would the Supreme Court Do?
There are obvious signals in recent rulings.
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Fanone: " I don't believe that the Republican Party ever backed the blue. But they lost all credibility in doing so when they pardoned the more than 500...violent insurrectionists who assaulted uniformed police officers who were just doing their jobs like myself on January 6th."
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Discouraged by the lack of opposition to Trump? Us too — so we started Home of the Brave. Our project collects stories from Americans just like you who’ve been screwed over by this administration. So get in the fight. Tell your story now. ofthebrave.org/tell-your-st...
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Tell Your Story - Home of the Brave
The first step in fighting back is speaking out.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Treasury Department files reviewed by Senator Ron Wyden’s staff members show 4,725 wire transfers, adding up to nearly $1.1 billion, associated with just one of Mr. Epstein’s bank accounts. Follow. The. Money.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
“[Maxwell's] willingness to brazenly lie under oath about her conduct, including some of the conduct charged in the Indictment, strongly suggests her true motive has been & remains to avoid being held accountable for her crimes,” prosecutors wrote in a pretrial motion www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Can Ghislaine Maxwell be trusted to tell the truth about Jeffrey Epstein?
As the uproar over the Epstein files continues, prosecutors say the late sex offender's longtime accomplice has a history of lying. Her defense lawyer says she will speak truthfully.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Gaza is descending into famine and Trump is turning his back on this moral crisis. There is no excuse - ever - to deprive civilians of desperately needed food and water. Trump must press Israel to end this blockade.
cnn.com
Aid agencies warn of Gaza starvation as Israel urged to end blockade | CNN
Humanitarian aid agencies are warning that their staff inside Gaza are starving alongside the civilians they are trying to help
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
CNN: We are just learning that Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, was granted limited immunity in order to talk with Trump’s personal attorney turned deputy attorney general
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 26/07/2025
If anyone still doubted that Gabbard is a bad actor with the purpose of corrupting U.S. intelligence and turning it into a tool of Trump’s personal agendas and vendettas, her Russiagate report should put those doubts to rest. ICYMI @cathyyoung63.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/gabbard-ga...
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Gabbard Garbles 2016 ‘Russiagate’ Intelligence
Her memo is smoke and mirrors—but it boosts both MAGA and Kremlin narratives.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Comer tomorrow: DOJ giving Maxwell immunity shows the genius of Donald J. Trump. Art of the deal!
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 26/07/2025
Ghislane Maxwell is a child sex trafficker that Trump just gave immunity to in exchange for her silence on him. Wanna bet she only names democrats now and magically gets pardoned in a few years?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 26/07/2025
What’s happening, evidently, is that a troubling number of law enforcement offices view press coverage of public protests as a threat, rather than a protected legal and constitutional right. Bill Lueders on the cops joining the war on the press: www.thebulwark.com/p/cops-join-...
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Cops Join Trump’s War on the Press
Journalists are being targeted for doing their jobs in covering protests.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Wait, sometimes there are surprises. Apparently some Republicans have now grasped the immense damage to their communities caused by massive cuts to NIH funding. We told them this beforehand, yet they still thoroughly enjoyed seeing the massive cuts…until it affected them directly.
politico.com
14 Republican senators urge White House to release delayed NIH funds
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) is leading the letter making the ask of OMB director Russ Vought.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
After the Paramount-Skydance merger, CBS will now officially become state media for the Trump regime. Brendan Carr, Chairman of the FCC, said the government is placing “an ombudsman in place for two years,” which he described as “basically a bias monitor that will report directly to the President.”
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FCC to Appoint a Babysitter to Make Sure CBS Isn't Anti-Trump
FCC commissioner Brendan Carr says CBS will have a
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Cleveland County NC Democratic Party @clevelanddems.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
bsky.app/profile/hcri... Emmett Till was born 84 years ago today. He was 14 when he was murdered—his killers walked free. In 2025, ICE agents tased a man and said, “We’re gonna end up shooting some of them.” They arrested the teen who filmed it. Not again. Not here. Not in our name.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 26/07/2025
ICE is now the largest law enforcement agency in the history of our country. Democratic governors, mayors, and lawmakers have the power to stop secret police tactics like abductions by masked ICE agents: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 26/07/2025
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
"One thing you learn from being a cop for 20 years is that you can’t back down. A bully like Trump only responds to strength. You have to meet them head-on, or they’re just going to roll you over." newsletter.ofthebrav...
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I defended the Capitol on January 6. The rioters think they’ve won.
I didn’t face the mob on January 6 just to back down now.
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
1. Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel want everyone to think the so-called Steele Dossier was a major source for the 2017 intelligence assessment on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. No, it wasn’t — an assessment of the “dossier” was included as an annex, which they haven’t released. Why?
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 26/07/2025
Donald Trump has long admired Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán, who has been dubbed an authoritarian. His reverence isn't just a show of flattery, it comes with intent to mirror his leadership. Jason Stanley joins me at 11aET on parallels between the two countries and the stakes for American democracy.
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 26/07/2025
The DOJ is meant to enforce federal laws and administer justice on behalf of the American people. What happens to the people's best interests when Trump stacks the department with his own lawyers? #SistersInLaw @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social & @jillwine-banks.bsky.social join me at 10aET with answers.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
From youtu.be/6b8ZdeFit8o?...
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The Law Nobody Expected MAGA to Use w/ Ali Vitali
YouTube video by Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 25/07/2025
POV: You see right through the BS and know Abbott is too scared to stand up to Trump—so instead, he’s trying to hand Texas over on a silver platter by rigging the maps to keep his party in power.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/07/2025
TRUMP JULY 15: "A very quick briefing, yeah." TRUMP JULY 25: "No, I was never briefed. No."
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I think it's time for us to view Kennedy's actions as an attack not just on our public health but the country itself. He's an incredible monster.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
You may very logically be wondering why in the hell RFK Jr. is dismantling the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a group of volunteer expert scientists who provide guidance for things like when to begin cancer screenings. It’s because he thinks the members are “too woke”.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover, people familiar with the matter said.
Kennedy plans to dismiss all 16 panel members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force because he views them as too "woke," the people said.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 26/07/2025
"It is the safest of safe bets that it was Trump’s determination that no further disclosure would be 'appropriate or warranted.' And that Trump made that determination because he knew that no further disclosure would be in *his* interest."
thebulwark.com
It’s Starting to Smell Like Trump’s Watergate
But that doesn’t mean Trump’s scandal will have the same ending as Nixon’s.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/07/2025
Israel said Friday that it will allow other countries to drop aid from the air into the Gaza Strip, where children have died of malnutrition and nearly one in three people is coping with food insecurity, according to the UN's World Food Program.
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Israel to Allow Aid Airdrops Over Gaza During Starvation Crisis
Jordan and the United Arab Emirates were expected to begin airdrops in the coming days, but experts warned that the bulk of necessary aid could come only by land.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
If I were someone whose project is reviving the factional strength and electoral viability of centrist Dems, and if I was someone always banging on about meeting public opinion where it is, I think I would be counseling the centrist faction to actually be responsive to public opinion on Gaza.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Rap*sts cannot be reformed. Rap*sts cannot be reformed. Rap*sts cannot be reformed. Rap*sts cannot be reformed. Rap*sts cannot be reformed. Rap*sts cannot be reformed. Rap*sts cannot be reformed. Rap*sts cannot be reformed. Rap*sts cannot be reformed. Rap*sts cannot be reformed.
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Moonchildjs @moonchildjs.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Genocide!
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Joe Brian 🇺🇦 will win @mrjoebrian.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Just watched South Park… freaking amazing! I’m excited for this show in a way I haven’t been in a long time. This video needs to be reposted by everyone!
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The PSA contains synthetic media | South Park
YouTube video by South Park Studios
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blackskin6.bsky.social @blackskin6.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Trump's tariffs are destroying the backbone of the American economy: small businesses. In North Carolina, a once successful candle business had to halt production to avoid paying tariffs which exceeded the price at which they sold candles before Trump's tariffs.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I talked to Chris Hayes last night about my trip to Ohio this weekend where I'm holding another town hall in a Republican district. Trump's voters are starting to see him as a fraud, and Democrats need to be out there speaking up in Republican areas.
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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 25/07/2025
In accusing Barack Obama of treason, President Trump “is wrong on the facts and the law, and his sensational allegation serves only to demonstrate how completely he has degraded contemporary political discourse,” Jeffrey Toobin writes.
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Opinion | Trump, Obama and the Question of Treason
President Trump’s history of intemperate remarks has earned him a perverse kind of immunity; the more outrageous his statement, the faster it is often dismissed.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Page One in Scotland.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Just a reminder that Republicans initiated a *congressional investigation* into prosecutors’ attempts for lenience with Hunter Biden (accused of lying on a gun application). Just something to keep in mind with whatever “deal” DOJ reaches with Maxwell judiciary.house.gov/media/press-...
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Republicans Launch Inquiry into Sweetheart Hunter Biden Plea Deal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smi...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
So then her credibility is not a question. She has no credibility. Period.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/07/2025
Trump’s lapdogs in Congress are engaged in a massive scandal. They’re fighting, fibbing, floundering, and doing anything they can to distract from Trump’s Epstein cover-up. Turn up the heat on your Republican representative by demanding the release of the Epstein files.
indivisible.org
CALL NOW: Tell your Republican Member of Congress to release the Epstein Files
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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social: It’s starting to smell like Trump's Watergate. But that doesn’t mean Trump’s scandal will have the same ending as Nixon’s. Only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/its-starti...
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It’s Starting to Smell Like Trump’s Watergate
But that doesn’t mean Trump’s scandal will have the same ending as Nixon’s.
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