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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
At the end of the day, Trumpism is Putinism.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
GATES: “.. I almost can’t believe you’re asking that.” @ezraklein.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026
“If I’m paying for your wedding, at some point, you’re going to owe me something,” said Frank Montoya Jr., a retired FBI official who held senior counterintelligence roles. “This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.”
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The US once had 17 military bases on Greenland, but has closed all but two. The decisions to close were 100% US decisions. Neither Greenland nor Denmark requested the closures. Luckily for Trump, he base is immune to reality. Hopefully for the rest of us, most American's aren't.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Denmark & Greenland have figured out that all they have to do is allow Trump to brag and he'll give them anything. Trump is now touting his "amazing" new agreement, that is no different than the 1951 Greenland Defense Agreement, under which the US could have unlimited bases. 1/2
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Avalon Project - Defense of Greenland: Agreement Between the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark, April 27, 1951
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The man can’t handle even the most basic journalistic pushback. This should be happening daily
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CNN @cnn.com · 11/09/2026
Keith Roma died saving lives on 9/11, but his name can't be found among the famous 343 count of firefighters lost that day. His father has spent 25 years trying to change that: cnn.it/4h2kBAs
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Morg @thorpa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What amazes me is how often politicians seem totally gobsmacked, and blindsided by the trans issue. If I was a politician, I'd hope I keep a deck of acceptable responses in my back-pocket, even though I've memorized them well.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
andrew what do you think about trans kids playing high school sports? “i actually dont think about childrens genitals, what a bizarre question”
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I don't understand why more people don't connect Trump calling Somalis "garbage" with the Hutus calling the Tutsis "cockroaches" and the Nazis calling the Jews "vermin." We know where it starts, and we know where it ends.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
STATEMENT RE: PRESIDENT'S POSTS ABOUT DISMISSED REFLECTING POOL CASE
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/08/2026
BREAKING: Capital One bank closed Trump’s accounts in 2021 over money laundering, per a new court filing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Capital One Cites Money Laundering Review in Trump-Related Suit
Capital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an inter...
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Jamelle asks the question that, in retrospect, is the obvious and pressing one: why do we tolerate this? And it’s clearly not because we need his cars or even his rockets, which makes any plausible answer all the more disturbing.
Musk spends a large part of his free time fomenting violence and spreading the same hateful ideology that motivated some of the deadliest shootings and attacks ever to happen on American soil. It is that fact, and not the cars he builds or the rockets he launches, that ought to define his place in public life.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOW
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A nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner’s corruption.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/07/2026
GALLEGO: Would you say as a former auditor you pride yourself on catching waste? DENNIS: Yes G: Let's do a test. Is $600m on a ballroom, half paid by taxpayers, is a good fiscal decision? D: Oh, I'm not going to get involved in what the WH is doing G: As HUD CFO, this is literally the job
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to compel Kentucky to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-17 in these case. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/kentuc...
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🚨 United States of America v. Adams
Learn more.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
They died serving our country. They should be honored, not erased. Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Hawaii Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Texas Sgt. Angel Rampersad, 28, of New York Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of North Carolina
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
A black Helen of Troy has him completely wrecked for weeks.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/07/2026
central virginia folks, consider supporting the blue ridge area food bank www.brafb.org
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Blue Ridge Area Food Bank | Nourishing Our Community
Empowering Central & Western Virginia with nutritious food. Join us in our mission to end hunger—volunteer, donate, or find help today.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“The Guardian wins the ‘Caption of the Year’ competition: - William Merrin @theguardian.com
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 19/07/2026
A father in Idaho, speaking to police after his child died by suicide: “There is a huge amount of animosity, every single day, thrown at trans kids. The whole fucking country. The whole fucking administration, every single fucking day.” Please read this important story by @joyurcaba.bsky.social
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Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.
The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 07/07/2026
Russia’s war machine is funded by increased oil sales due to the US/Israel-Iran war and lifted sanctions. Iran has more freedoms on nuclear program now than before AND sanctions are lifted. Ukraine is seen as a receiver of aid instead of producer of war-tested drones. Half truths aren’t helping.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I generally don't like cross-posting from Twitter, but Mike Young absolutely nails how the US wound up with a resurgence of the flesh-eating screwworm decades after it had been eliminated.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I guess the majority of farmers have proven that the best way to get ongoing perpetual government welfare during the Trump years is to reliably continue to vote Republican even when their policies repeatedly make you insolvent.
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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
SIGH. “There’s never going to be good enough for him, other than 100 percent, you know, slavish adherence to whatever he wants,” Senator John Cornyn said of President Trump. “But obviously that’s not what the senator’s role is supposed to be.” Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/u...
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After Senate Loss, Cornyn Predicts ‘Miserable’ Final Two Years for Trump
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
“If he would do that to me, he would do that to anybody” cornyn had a front row seat to trump treating other people exactly the same way for years and only now has come to this startling realization if u were wondering how fuckin self deluded these guys are
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/06/2026
WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged "You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her" "I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Magyar tells @spiegel.de: “We were able to show that Orbán’s claims had no basis in reality. The end of a regime comes when people are no longer afraid of it – when they even laugh at it. That is exactly what happened here.” derspiegel.substack.com/p/hungarian-...
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Hungarian PM Magyar: "Our Country Was a Hostage State"
After 16 years of Viktor Orbán's rule, it looked to many as though democracy in Hungary was dead. But not to Péter Magyar. DER SPIEGEL spoke with him about how he managed to boot out the autocrat.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
15 attorneys general urged Vanguard and Fidelity to reconsider: “The Trump administration’s targeting of the SPLC is shameful and clearly motivated by politics, not justice... Trump’s attempts to dismantle this venerable civil rights nonprofit simply because Trump views it as his political enemy."
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Attorney General Ellison urges funds to reevaluate decision to cut off Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center is a civil rights nonprofit that works to combat white supremacist organizations and other hate groups in numerous ways
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Notable that no relevant actor in the U.S. executive branch has displayed a similar degree of integrity over the boat strikes. Bravo, Pelley.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
One of the legacies of Trump’s DOJ is the normalization of corruption. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/n...
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Bribery Indictments Are Dismissed in Case That Shook Soccer World
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
You’ve probably had your limit at this point, please read this explanation of what happened yesterday and share it widely. It’s more important than ever to make sure people understand why we have to vote for democracy and we have to get started now if we want to be able to vote.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
look, it’s time to embarrass these people. ask them if trump could play quarterback right now for the cowboys, ask them if trump is more mortal or god, ask them if donald trump deserved an oscar for his performance in home alone 2
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Trump’s cuts to Obamacare subsidies hit middle class and elderly workers the hardest. A 60-year-old making $65,000 a year now stands to pay $920 more per month. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/05/2026
"The Old World has produced leaders who have stepped forth to defend freedom, and who may, in God’s good time, inspire us once again to do the same." What a position to be in.
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The Free World Is Leaving Trump Behind
We dropped the torch. They picked it up.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
cont.: The Hungarian people rejected it all. Democracy held, despite America’s intervention, not because of American leadership.

The United States has long argued that elections should be free from outside influence. 

That standard should apply to everyone, including us.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Mike Levin: It should be a much bigger story that JD Vance flew to Hungary, stood on a campaign stage, and told voters to return a head of government widely documented for human rights abuses and democratic backsliding.

Then, after his candidate lost, Vance said what had happened during the Hungarian campaign was “one of the worst examples of foreign election interference that I’ve ever seen or ever even read about.”

Was he describing himself?
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
They own this. Whatever disasters continue to unfold belong not to the president and his Cabinet alone, but to the entire Republican Party.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Stories the Fox News website is playing up as it downplays Trump attacking the pope: / Barron Trump’s new beverage brand / Springsteen‘s ex-drummer doesn’t like him criticizing Trump / Heidi Klum wore a costume to Coachella Fox is a brain-deadening toxin. The more you watch, the less you know.
“Barron Trump’s beverage brand unveils first flavors ahead of launch”
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Tonight in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square, a sea of young Hungarians—who’ve only ever known Orbán’s corrupt, suffocating regime—are packed together, singing, chanting, and daring to dream of freedom again. Their hope is raw, their courage is real. The heart of Europe is beating in Budapest tonight. 🇭🇺❤️🇪🇺
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The Vatican and Trump are at war. And it has largely to do with Trump's desire to create a Nazi-style Volkskirche at the Pentagon.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/04/2026
"Losing American lives and hurting the economic well-being of Americans because Kushner's sugar daddy MBS and Trump Jr.'s business partner in the UAE and Trump's buddy Bibi want us doing their dirty work? Fuck all of them." @timmiller.bsky.social, @jvl.bsky.social, and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social:
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Sylvia and Dave @sylvia-and-dave.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Trump has really, seriously, frighteningly lost his mind open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Trump has really, seriously, frighteningly lost his mind
His latest threat is bonkers
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is the scene on the White Bridge in Ahvaz, Iran A human chain of adults and children spanning the bridge. Never seen anything like it. (🎥 Ariel Oseran)
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
BREAKING: Extraordinary scenes as Iranian citizens start forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites. This is Kazerun Power Plant in Fars province, southern Iran (🎥 i24 News)
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026
Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
He’s out of his motherfucking mind.
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Sylvia and Dave @sylvia-and-dave.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
America Lost. Iran Won. Trump Shat the Bed. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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America Lost. Iran Won. Trump Shat the Bed.
America will leave Iran weaker; the Islamic Republic will be stronger.
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