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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I ask again, why are national Dems letting Elon "quietly" fund these races? We have two test cases. 2024 when Dems didn't make his money an issue. And 2025 Wisconsin, where they did. Guess which time they won by double digits?
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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections
America PAC’s approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Abolish ICE, prosecute ICE. Every employee.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 08/10/2026
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Also, your regular reminder that marginal income & wealth taxes are too low, & this poses an existential threat to democracy.
1913-2018 top marginal tax rate
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Good news: in this case the newly elected House can meet at a convenient location of their choosing and vote on whether to expel Johnson as one of its first orders of business
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This strikes me as really fuckin bad
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Laurie Loves Data @laurelann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Since Jan 2025, private construction on everything except data centers has cratered No wonder Trump pushes AI, it's propping up the economy
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The main lesson of the last 25 years of the GOP holding power is that they are totally incompetent at governing & everything breaks & many people die as a result (Katrina, wars, Covid, ICE, etc). Ask yourself if that ever appears as the central frame in media coverage of politics & the two parties.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/10/2026
If they are denied the right to dominate & oppress you, then you have gained liberty and they have lost it. It's zero sum.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
hegseth: No beardos, weirdos or fatties. Also hegseth: These three will co-lead the military's Project Meridian.
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I reviewed SUPREMACY for the Los Angeles Review of Books! @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/supr...
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Who Is Supreme, the People or the Court? | Los Angeles Review of Books
Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan’s new book challenges the supremacy of judicial review over democracy itself.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Republican Party is a toxic force in our society. Matthew Gertz nails it here.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Again, we can debate what we call the regime under which we now live. But it's not "democracy," there's no such thing as "free & fair elections" where this is allowed, & a constitutional order in which these things keep happening & they do not end a presidency is not really a "republic" of laws.
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Imagine reporting that starts not with Trump as the subject of every sentence, but with American democracy or the Constitution as the subjects; subjects whose health & agency are harmed by the actions of this administration,including by efforts to ban the press from covering the White House at all.
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Poll indicates that large numbers of voters are dumb motherfuckers who voted for Donald Trump while living in the best post-pandemic economic recovery in the world and now have to admit that Trump fucked it all up. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-09-25...
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58% say the U.S. is worse off under Trump vs Biden, 24% say it’s better
Our new poll shows by a 56-26 margin, voters want Congress to be a check on Trump — including a quarter of Republicans
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
All the things everyone pretended were happening on an unprecedented scale during the entire Biden administration, from real wage/income declines to the widespread Suffering From Inflation™️ are actually happening now.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And those others were at least in some nominal way developments for use by human beings. This is exclusively for make number get bigger, exclusively over the next few quarters and however much longer we can make the chicken dance before we run out of quarters.
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Dan Shafer @danshafer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Our election forecast for the State Senate. This tallies up to 16 Democratic seats, 15 Republican seats, and two toss-up.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For God's sake, this is craven. The Russians have been trying to obliterate US companies in Ukraine repeatedly and with some success. The US government says nothing at all.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Susan Collins is a crook. Trump covered up for her. ProPublica has the story.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Scott 𐚁 🦇 Cave 🦇 @hellabarnes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
it is an empowering political thought technology to acknowledge that federal land is *our* land, but really the whole federal apparatus is ours
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!!
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tclark36.bsky.social @tclark36.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Seriously. What. The. Fuck.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We really have to consider the possibility that we elected the dumbest motherfucker in America. Twice. Do better, people.
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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · 17/09/2026
For the folks in the back: CEOS ARE PAID *325* TIMES AS MUCH AS THE TYPICAL WORKER! 📣 It hasn't always been this way. It doesn't have to be this way. When workers had more power, CEOs were paid 21 times as much as their workers. Workers, it's time to take your power back. #FormAUnion #UnionStrong
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This jaw-dropping story has become ProPublica's most-read article of 2026, with more than 2.2 million views in the first day, a spokesperson tells me
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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 15/09/2026
Run this ad in every commnnity that has had a data center built.
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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A horse is a horse Of course of course Unless you’ve been forced By a horse of course If so of course you can become The bureau’s Mr. Fed
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 15/09/2026
A federal judge REFUSED to pause her sanctions order pending appeal in Trump v. IRS, the collusive lawsuit that purported to justify Trump's insurrectionist slush fund and tax amnesty. Doc buff.ly/7C9aUwv
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Donald Trump's declining health should be a constant news story. Whether or not a president can do the job isn't just about elections. It's about the security of the nation.
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Inequality Media @inequalitymedia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump's massive surveillance state and attacks on our civil liberties wouldn't have been possible without the PATRIOT Act. Watch this prescient warning from Russ Feingold, the only Senator to vote against its passage after 9/11.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It sure would make a lot of election administrators' weekends go a bit easier if the Supreme Court ruled today, rather than next week, rejecting the government's request to put its disenfranchising USPS rules into effect for the already-begun 2026 elections.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 11/09/2026
Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party. Seems like it should be a story?
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The wealthy countries seem to have a core of 15-30% of their voting populations who *just fucking hate foreigners*. This section of the electorate are for various reasons disproportionately well represented among the ultra-wealthy and thus are able to secure some favourable media coverage.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 11/09/2026
Rachel Scott is the journalist Trump lunged at tonight, growling and insulting her for asking questions.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 10/09/2026
I know, I know, but can you imagine the weeks of NYT headlines if a Dem President said this? There would be oodles of "doesn't respect Texas and real Americans" hand wringing.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day!
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A microcosm of my frustration with 🇺🇸 political media for years now. The AfD in 🇩🇪 is, if anything, <less> far right & authoritarian than the GOP, but neither @nytimes.com nor any other major media outlet regularly calls them a far right party. But as soon as it’s 🇩🇪, right in the headline. Every time.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"Contrast that full-press assault from the press – demanding that a Democratic presidential candidate answer for the opinions of a former minister and someone who could at best be called a casual acquaintance – with the relative silence when it comes to Republicans and Elon Musk." READ THIS. ↘️
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
American workers are taking home their smallest share of the nation's wealth since 1947 — even as corporate profits soar. Why? This chart has the answer.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If the media is going to insist that politicians denounce their supporters who make extremist statements, I have a suggestion for someone a bit more important than a Twitch streamer.
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Denouncing Extremists
One of the media's favorite activities is demanding that Democratic politicians denounce individuals on their side who have made extreme statements. This is a pattern that stretches back to the 1992 ...
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 03/09/2026
In addition to eugenicist and neo-Nazi social media posting, Musk is a big supporter of the neo-Nazi Party in Germany and spoke at one of its rallies last year. He has a 1st Amend right to be a Nazi, but he’s a security risk and should have his govt security clearance and contracts revoked.
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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The article focuses on the new IRS regs' impact on higher ed, but their terms would also apply to private schools that receive tax-exempt status. Even if the regs are challenged, many schools will end their integration measures to avoid scrutiny. This is a permission structure. tinyurl.com/4s28jsau
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Trump Moves to Strip Tax Exemption From Schools That Aid Minority Students (Gift Article)
The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.
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Black Voters Matter Fund @blackvotersmatterfund.org · 01/09/2026
We spend a lot of time asking: “Did you vote?” Maybe we should also be asking: Do you know who represents you? Do you know what they voted on? Do you know how to contact them? Do you know when the next election is? Do you know what's on your ballot? That's political participation too.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Here's Mike Johnson – yes, Mike Johnson – accusing other people of using religion as a cloak for their lies.
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