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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The State Department directed millions of dollars originally earmarked to promote human rights to promote far-right causes including Afrikaner rights in South Africa, safeguarding "Western civilizational norms," and documenting "backsliding" in Europe related to mass migration. cnn.it/471EYZQ
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Imagine four of the most frighteningly irresponsible people in America deciding how AI will be put to use in the most frighteningly irresponsible way. Well, no need to imagine it — because it's happening now. Some thoughts... robertreich.substack.com/p/autowar
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hawks vs. Hawkeyes “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter – ’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.” Mark Twain
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I said this years ago. It's been obvious. It remains obvious. It's a tragedy for our country.
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Texas is delaying its typical September 1 release of maternal mortality data until December 1, conveniently timed to be after the midterm election. Recent reports have shown a sharp rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths after the abortion ban went into effect. www.austinchronicle.com/news/texas-p...
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Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms • The Austin Chronicle
Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Former AfD Bundestag member Wilhelm von Gottberg: “in more..countries the Jewish 'truth' about the Holocaust is being given legal protection. The Holocaust must remain a myth, a dogma that is beyond the reach of any free historical research” This is political party that Elon Musk proudly supports
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The trade war Trump has launched against Canada may go down in history as the stupidest of all the stupid foreign policies he has initiated. And given the extent of Trump’s dumb international moves, that is saying something. robertreich.substack.com/p/o-canada…
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Trump’s Bonkers Bullying of Canada Is Backfiring
His need to assert dominance is igniting patriotism abroad and a backlash at home
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
US data centers directly consumed about 66 billion liters (17.4 billion gallons) of water in 2023, according to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, with indirect water use from electricity generation adding nearly 800 billion liters more. Source: gpusmith.com/articles/en/...
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Elon Musk Named in Bombshell Election Meddling Claim
Elon Musk appeared unusually certain about the outcome of the 2024 presidential election before the results came in, according to a new documentary. The bombshell claim comes from the mother of one of...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
So much of this is meant to divide us & wear us down, & we are STILL here, still building, still choosing one another @democracydefendersfund.org has joined the coalition behind @andwevote See here👇 -TN www.andwevote.org/partner/ddf
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We Are America — And We Vote
We Are America And We Vote is a national effort led by a coalition of nonpartisan organizations. Watch and share the hero video.
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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Millions of Americans may not receive their mail ballots in time, or at all, because of a secretive, court-defying system being rushed into place by the Trump administration. Two months before the midterms. This isn't by chance. It's a blatant attempt to steal an election. Share this everywhere.
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USPS rush to implement Trump order could cause ‘catastrophic failure’ of mail voting, whistleblower claims
A whistleblower claims in a new report that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has embarked on a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement President Donald Trump’s mail voting order ahead of the midterms,…
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/09/2026
🚨 TEXAS: THEY’RE TRYING TO CLOSE 92 ELECTION DAY POLLING PLACES Tarrant County officials are set to vote TODAY on cutting Election Day voting locations from 316 to 224, nearly 1 in 3 polling places gone. Civil rights groups warn the cuts could disproportionately burden Black, Latino & Asian voters
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Forbes @forbes.com · 01/09/2026
“Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,” the whistleblower warned.
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USPS Whistleblower Warns New Rule Could Keep Voters From Getting Ballots—What To Know
“Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,” the whistleblower warned.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
They have every intention of rigging this election and trying to steal it And these are the same people who spent a decade falsely claiming elections are rigged It's the biggest, longest con in U.S. political history, and the whole country is its victim
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USPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public | CNN Politics
The US Postal Service effort to develop a sweeping new system for verifying mail ballots has invited a host of IT concerns among agency officials, with some describing the process internally as a “sh*...
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Pretty soon, it is going to sink into the Great Mind that no member of the Trump Admin has done the president more damage to his personal reputation than Hegseth.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 14/08/2026
As Social Security turns 91, we’re at a crossroads for the future of the program: Democrats have plans to expand Social Security by making billionaires pay their fair share. Republicans have plans to cut and privatize Social Security.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 04/08/2026
BREAKING — Another person died at Delaney Hall. The family of Edwin Lopez Cornejo (age 39) said he was not receiving the medications required to treat his diabetes, and blames his death on the lack of medical care (via USA Today). www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Another detainee dies at controversial NYC-area ICE facility
Edwin Lopez Cornejo died Aug. 1, his family said. Cornejo's mother blamed her son's death on him not receiving medications needed to treat his diabetes.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We’ve been saying this for a while now many of the people being targeted are just fishermen. Evidence now supports that the United States has killed individuals who were not involved in drug trafficking during its “counternarcotics interdiction operations” in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
That’s the play: 🔴 Kill the fund to get confirmed. 🔴 Then, once you’re Attorney General, the power is yours. This isn’t independent justice. This is the fixer clearing the last obstacle so the boss can eventually get exactly what he wants. This is known as Abuse of Power and it is impeachable.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Facts: Data centers aren't very good for towns, because they don't create very many jobs or bring in people with high income who buy houses. On the other hand, they do create pollution, cause problems with a town's water supply and reportedly increase their electric bills
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 31/07/2026
More than 200 members of Congress voted to give ICE $113 billion and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) $91 billion, making them the best-funded federal law enforcement agencies in U.S. history. They cast those votes after the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti. 🧵
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Per a new report from Senate Democrats, American farmers are now paying $1.4B — or 63% more — on diesel fuel due to the Iran War. Those higher costs will get passed onto consumers, compounded by Trump's resurrected tariffs. America is paying the price for Trump's blunders.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Let me get this straight... Trump is blocking $1B in Medicaid payments to blue states over spurious accusations of mass fraud. Meanwhile, he's literally pardoned over 70 convicted fraudsters — including a nursing home owner who stole over $1.3B from Medicare and Medicaid. Hello?
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
📌Trump just signed a nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that could lead to enriching its own fuel for nuclear reactors. REMINDER: 15 of the 19 attackers on 9/11 were Saudi nationals. This SOB will take a bribe from literally ANYBODY.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
NYT reported Trump made $636 million on his meme coin alone while American investors lost $3.8B The American people are paying the price for his bizarre self-dealing & that should alarm every single one of us A timeline of Trump’s crypto corruption👇 www.democracydefendersfund.org/crypto -TN
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The roots of some of our worst climate policies, it turns out, lie in an intellectually corrupt Ivy League collab with Big Oil. It should piss you off billmckibben.substack.com/p/youre-payi...
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"You're paying the bills, buddy."
Princeton, BP, and a sad but extremely revealing chapter in the climate fight
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Trump has an illegal plan to dismantle the US Forest Service. That would put our public lands and the workers who protect them at risk. Take a sec to tell Congress to stop it.
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service
Contact Congress today!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026
JD Vance flat out lies to Ross Douthat by claiming that Trump's MOU includes an agreement to destroy Iran's nuclear materials (this in fact is not in the deal)
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“These may be perverse days when it’s awfully hard to celebrate the founding of America. But in 140 days, on Nov. 3, we have the opportunity to stand up to this sickness and corruption and accelerate the necessary process of curtailing this hateful regime’s power.” open.substack.com/pub/america/...
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Disgrace and Dishonor
The spectacle of Donald Trump's cage fight shows spits at the memory of Abraham Lincoln and trashes our White House
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Trump and Secretary McMahon are pushing millions of student borrowers off a default cliff. They’ve gutted Federal Student Aid and buried repayment applications. This is an economic catastrophe. I’m pushing for answers.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Another report from Trump's death camps. This one in Pittsburgh.
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A woman's hypothermia death in Pittsburgh after her release from ICE custody is ruled a homicide
The death of a woman from Haiti seeking asylum in the U.S. who died from hypothermia days after her release from federal custody was ruled a homicide by a Pennsylvania county medical examiner's office...
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waltb31.bsky.social @waltb31.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The Ohio GOP state legislature is poised to pass a bill to allow tech companies to seize family farms without consent for data centers using Eminent Domain. This is what voting for trump, Husted GOP gets you. cc @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
NEW: My latest analysis of Jay Clayton's nomination was originally published for Democracy Docket members only. DD decided to share it more widely because it felt it was too important and timely to keep behind the paywall. I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...
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How to get a job in Trump's Washington: Lie about elections on cable TV
If Clayton wanted the job, it seems clear that he had to demonstrate loyalty on the one issue Trump cares about most: lying about voting and elections.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I'm posting this video every day so we NEVER forget what insurrectionist Donald Trump did on J6 Instead of accepting defeat and honoring the peaceful transfer of power, Trump unleashed a deadly mob on the U.S. Capitol in a last-ditch attempt to stay in power THIS is what an insurrection looks like
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The largest offshore US wind turbine field isn’t yet built but will be 176 mi². Today Burgum ludicrously said we could be hit by drones FROM ACROSS THE ATLANTIC without being able to see them due to such fields. He said they’re “tens of thousands” of mi². These men are INSANE.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
WATCH — @goodtrouble42069.bsky.social: “That was speaker of the house and ventriloquist dummy come to life saying the quiet part very very loudly… Republicans are going to continue to cut Medicare, Medicaid, and also now social security.”
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terrierista.bsky.social @terrierista.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor spread false conspiracy theories Monday about California’s still-ongoing primary vote count, suggesting that delayed results may be evidence of fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Top DOJ prosecutor is latest to spread lies about California vote counting
Though his jurisdiction lies nearly 3,000 miles from California, Jay Clayton also took aim at the state’s mail-in voting laws.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
‼️ALERT: Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette's campaign platform entails perhaps the most elaborate plan for voter restrictions and suppression of all the other candidates. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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In South Carolina, Trump's pick for governor has an elaborate plan for voter suppression
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette wins Trump endorsement based off loyalty and a detailed plan for restricting voting rights.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Reminder that the Trump regime is still blowing up suspected “drug boats” — killing 197 people since September. But no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're taking Trump's word for it. This is murder. We must not lose sight of this lawlessness.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A study in contrasts.
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Brett Shaw @brettshaw.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Corruption in plain sight. It will take a decade to fix this debacle. #TrumpCorruption
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Steve_USA 🧢 @stowsley.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I like this image for the accuracy of its message. Don't pretend it's anything else.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
According to new reports, Trump's White House personally ordered the Pentagon to give a $620M loan to a company linked to Don Jr. Stocks for other Don Jr.-advised defense contractors are surging, amid rumors of more DoD deals. This is corruption. Watch.
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Why Trump Really Wants a Bigger Military Budget
Trump used to rail against the military industrial complex. Now his family profits from it.Watch.
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Washington State Democrats @wadems.org · 12/05/2026
172 reports of sexual abuse and assault at the Tacoma’s Northwest ICE Detention Center. And instead of accountability, survivors were met with failed investigations, ignored evidence, and a system that protects private prisons over human lives.
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Sexual abuse investigations mishandled at Tacoma ICE lockup, UW report finds
A new report from the University of Washington Center for Human Rights raises questions about how sexual assault investigations are handled at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
"An ICE takedown caught on camera left a 19-year-old bleeding and requiring stitches to his head. Cellphone video showed the teen get tackled by agents. Once they figured out they had made a mistake, they dropped him off at a park, bloody and bruised..." www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/d...
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DHS responds to claim of wrongful ICE detention
The Dept. of Homeland Security has responded after a Bronx man said he was injured during what he described as a case of mistaken identity involving immigration agents in Norwood. Jeury Concepcion tol...
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Juliana Stratton @julianastratton.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
So Texas, Florida, Missouri, North Carolina, and Tennessee can redraw districts without a referendum and that stands, but when Virginia lets voters decide directly at the ballot box, it gets overturned?
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