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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 22h
Is it bad when your Congressman shows up to an event in his district and has to wear a name tag that looks like this? Asking for a friend
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Elizabeth @tinymysteries.bsky.social · 23h
It is so funny because she refuses to say his name
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 23h
These political ads are so poorly targeted that I'm getting ads from Texas, Missouri, Ohio, Iowa, and Nebraska. And they all say the same, sorry shit. Voters will notice that.
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 23h
Oh wow that Ms. Paxton ad is bad lol
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just saw the Trump ad paid for by taxpayers for the first time. Obama - and probably any other President - would have been impeached and removed for that.
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Rajan Narang @rdnarang.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
One hell of a Senate polling drop from NYT/Siena this morning (gift link) #TXSen Talarico up 51-45 #AKSen Peltola up 50-43 #OHSen Brown up 49-46 #KSSen Hamilton tied 45-45 #IASen Turek down 47-48 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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Senate Races in Republican States Tilt Toward Democrats, Polls Find (Gift Article)
Democrats are performing strongly in five reliably Republican states where they are trying to flip Senate seats to win control of the chamber, new New York Times/Siena polls found.
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hegseth goes to PT at the Air Force Academy and those poor cadets look like they're afraid of being the one who doesn't clap the hardest or the first one to stop. North Korea propaganda shit.
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm sure Republicans love the optics of Trump traveling the country and blowing tax dollars to attend college football games while gas is over $4 a gallon.
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CyberOtters @cyberotters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The most annoying thing about the "should you go to college?" canard is the idea that knowledge and scholarship exist only to produce capital. Knowing stuff is cool. Learning from professors is cool, even if it isn't "investible" in a capitalistic sense. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Time to Consider Becoming a Bricklayer
College degrees hold less value, while jobs in the trades are booming.
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This actually should be a national holiday for everyone.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He’s making poor Ken bleed dignity hard for the support. And the more Trump thinks he’s going to lose the more dignity he’s going to demand
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You heard it here first 😂
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Another Republican former Kansas Governor endorses Adam Hamilton in the Kansas Senate race. www.kansas.com/opinion/gues...
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2nd Republican former Kansas gov. backs Democrat Hamilton for Senate | Opinion
Mike Hayden joins Bill Graves as second GOP former governor to endorse Adam Hamilton, a Democrat, against Republican Sen. Roger Marshall.
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Roger Marshall hasn't held a truly public forum in a year and a half, so when I saw this today I was surprised. Turns out, the sponsor is requiring tickets to attend. $95 a person for non-members. You shouldn't have to pay to see your elected officials.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Got aggregated by a rightwing clip site. Sorry for saying the coolest shit of all time.
VIDEO - Ben Collins Slams ‘Delusional CEOs Standing Around’ Trump and Spending Money on AI: ‘We Could Be Spending This Money on Food’  
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They're preparing for Trump to get a raw deal
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lmao
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What is happening with Greg Brockman’s signature?
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just saw a press release that Republicans have filed an FEC complaint against the Dem KS-04 candidate, a seat that is almost certainly not in play for Dems. It's interesting to me where they are putting their energy.
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Finally getting around to reading this whole article and it's worth your time. All the options sucked. They still do, Trump has just made them worse. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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How Biden Averted a War With Iran
In April 2024, the U.S. military helped avoid a wider conflict in the Middle East by working with Israel to defeat an Iranian missile attack.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Live your life such that your bike rides don’t prove you’re a liar 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Not a great sign when your 12-person private fundraiser includes someone who hates you enough to leak damaging audio
The audio of Mr. Paxton was shared with The Times by an attendee who recorded him speaking at a private fund-raiser in Washington attended by roughly a dozen people. The person, who opposes Mr. Paxton’s campaign and provided the recording to The Times, was granted anonymity because Mr. Paxton’s remarks were private.
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I once wrote a Senate floor speech that talked about entrepreneurship in Kansas. I listed a few examples. My Senior LA made me validate *the day of the speech* that the businesses were still open and no negative press was out on them. This was for a *floor speech*
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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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soonergrunt @soonergrunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I mean, the promotion rate was something like 99%. Like, "promote everybody on this list' 'But General, CPT Hegseth is not on the list, but two KIAs and a guy serving confinement after a General Court-Martial are?' "Ok, remove one of the dead guys and send it up." 'Sir?' "I said what I said."
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The problem isn't staffers, though this is absolutely true. The problem is the Senator.
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Schmitt is a clown and this is an embarrassment to the Senate
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meta muse saying why would I deceive you?
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is what happens when you have a historically bad slate of candidates, a historically bad President, and nothing to run on.
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can't wait to see OpenAI's
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh, they're digging in. That's a choice. kansasreflector.com/2026/09/28/r...
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Roger Marshall alleges defamation in new ad about former Kansas patient arrested while in debt • Kansas Reflector
Lawyers for U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, a Republican running for reelection, sent his opponent a cease-and-desist letter demanding the Democrat stop airing an ad featuring one of the senator’s former pa...
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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/09/2026
you can already hear the deficit hawks revving their engines for 2029
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It is 11:37am and the ad is still up. Shocking to me.
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I shared on Facebook and I assure you there will be phone calls made in the morning based on the number of Kansas officials I am friends with 🤣 And I love that for them.
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is....not the ad I would run.
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Minor Spear Carrier @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
For context, Mississippi’s total education budget is a little over $5B a year. We’re spending > $2B a month fighting an unnecessary war in Iran.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Moral objection against Texas A&M as a faux university. Moral objection against Lane Kiffin as a terrible person.
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Larry David's Indecisive 'I Don't Know' Expression
ALT: Larry David's Indecisive 'I Don't Know' Expression
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump’s hissy fit over White House press passes is a signal of what to expect during his lame -duck period: petty, self-defeating chaos
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The Two-Year Temper Tantrum to Come
Trump’s recent kerfuffle with the press is a preview of his next era.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge (Trump-appointed Stephanie Gallagher) has held the Trump administration in contempt for deporting a man to El Salvador in violation of three court orders. She's ordering the government to return him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“As of Thursday evening, the TV pool remained suspended.” Also: “Chinese state television was on hand for the proceedings in Washington on Thursday.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...
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White House Restores Access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico (Gift Article)
A judge ordered President Trump to reverse his ban on three media outlets, but it took several hours for them to get back in. The White House TV pool remains suspended.
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you know anything about the size of these towns... this is a terror campaign.
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Shit is absolutely going down in southwest Kansas right now. This is Trump's last stand.
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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is silly but also I've seen people use chatGPT this way
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Caroline Baxter @convergingriskslab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
God almighty.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just thinking outside the box here, Mr. Rubio, but what if we had the Secretary of State conduct these negotiations.
Mr. Rubio said that the Americans involved in the talks, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, were carrying out President Trump's orders to continue a dialogue with Iran that prioritized persuading the country to end nuclear development involving enriching uranium.
Mr. Rubio added that Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz, which occurred as a result of the war, must also be addressed.
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Eric Schmitt @erschm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
8 Navy sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group attempted suicide during its more than 300 days at sea www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy Says
The aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea.
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 23/09/2026
The White House launching "Trump TV" using taxpayer funds is propaganda, and a federal crime. @cerin.bsky.social and @rachelegoodman.bsky.social explain the law barring taxpayer-funded propaganda media and what the fallout could look like. ➡️ Read the full analysis: protdem.org/4dLXvwP
A document titled "If you can keep it" features a headline "Trump TV is propaganda — and a crime" dated September 22, 2026, with the subheading "The 'Anti-Publicity & Propaganda Rider' explained." Below are images of a phone displaying a "TRUMP TV" website and a person in a vehicle seen through an open window. An American flag icon is at the top right.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
getting there…….. be patient
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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump's polls are so bad that one election-denying Republican candidate now admits Biden won in 2020.
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GOP Candidates Find Creative New Ways to Distance Themselves From Trump
Pay No Attention to That Man Inside the White House Florida gubernatorial...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WAPO: The architect quit “after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on a preliminary design that did not provide adequate emergency exit routes or fire-containment measures .. .. ‘I am the code,” Trump said.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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