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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23h

NEW: Utah, where the vast majority of voters cast ballots y by mail, begins sending out ballots today. But this election, voters will have less time than usual to ensure their vote is counted. Here’s why: demdock.com/4ylbktI

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

There will be a lot of equivocating about all the times search warrants have been executed on members of Congress for corruption investigations and the like, and it can't be stressed enough in how many ways HSI raiding Ilhan Omar is extremely not like that.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Important breaking news update

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I enjoyed this talk with Leah Greenberg, and her comparison of our elites to the husband in the film Force Majeure, who flees an avalanche, leaving his family behind, and then expects to be excused for his behavior. And remember: No Kings, Oct. 17. youtu.be/XyWiXjwxVZA?...

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No Kings: Vote Early — Leah Greenberg

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 10/10/2026

In a new Truth Social post, Trump explains why he should have received the Nobel Peace Prize—writing entirely in the voice of a man being forcibly removed from a Cheesecake Factory. Really unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize laureate.

Screenshot of a long Truth Social post from Donald Trump dated 9 October 2026. The full thing is here https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117414533410378018. It's too long for alt text, but begins:

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This is the woman who received the Nobel Peace Prize over the Great United States of America, whose Representative, ME, settled eight Wars, and many other things. I know nothing about this woman, and neither does anyone else! In fact, to the best of my knowledge, no one ever heard of her other than the fact that she, very obviously, hates Israel. I don’t know what the woman has done. I settled 8 Wars, with letters being sent from every President and Prime Minister from the countries that I helped to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and I’m about to settle, or win, two more, Iran and, Russia/Ukraine. They’re both happening at breakneck speed but, forget them, it’s the 8 that I’ve already settled, any one of which, in particular, Pakistan and India, would be far more than necessary to win the Nobel Prize. In actuality, I should have won 8 Nobel Peace Prizes, not just 1. The 8 Wars are:

Cambodia and Thailand
Kosovo and Serbia
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda
Pakistan and India
Israel and Iran
Egypt and Ethiopia
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Israel and Hamas

Additionally, I stopped Iran from having a Nuclear Weapon, and blowing up the entire Middle East and, ultimately, far beyond! I saved more lives than anyone in History and, as Maria Corina Machado, a truly fine person, stated to the Media when she gave me her Nobel Prize of last year, “Donald Trump settled many Wars, and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more than any person that has ever received it.” Based on my record of PEACE, a record like no one else has ever achieved, I agree! I got back all of the hostages in Israel, including the final 28, both living and dead, and worked with Hamas to do it — Nobody believed this was possible! I removed the World’s Evil Dictator, Nicolas Maduro, from Ve…

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Another very long day. One of the lessons I have learned is that it is not enough to simply do the work of fighting for democracy. Lawyers must show their work to the public and explain the stakes. That is why I started Democracy Docket. Help me grow it by subscribing today. demdock.com/4w6emld

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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

HEADS UP! Seeing a lot of interest in our brand new interactive battleground map for the Midterms aka MAAP. You can check it out anytime for FREE at jimacosta.com and then navigate to the map tab! Explore races and build your own balance of power in the Senate. Cool stuff!

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Don't give in to the lies. Hold on to the truth! Click to read The Jim Acosta Show, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026

I'll be live-clipping Trump's rally in Ohio tonight. If you appreciate my coverage, please take advantage of our 5 year anniversary special and sign up for my newsletter. As an independent journalist, my work isn't possible without the support of paid subscribers, and I think you'll enjoy PN. Thanks

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 03/10/2026

Watch Tucker Carlson get a quick economics lesson after claiming Russia’s economy is bigger than Britain’s.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I admit nothing.

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Terry Filicko @terryfilicko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hate when you realize it's time to review things you haven't read in... decades. OTOH, thanks to all of the political scientists who keep me informed and remind me of things I used to know ...

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Jan Kooy @kooyjan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Never forget.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

All of this. I also want to add that, in my research, I found that a lot of “inconsistencies” in a victim’s story actually came from gender bias affecting investigators’ record keeping and interview methods.

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Terry Filicko @terryfilicko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think I see where Professor Cruz is coming from, but he has a pretty specific starting point. His students already write (relatively) well or they wouldn't be in a selective private institution. For others who aren't yet able to coherently convey their thoughts, maybe it's a different story.

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

a lot of very annoying men have been going on about “restoring trust” in universities, by which they mean increasing “viewpoint diversity,” by which they mean privileging evidence-free conservative beliefs. but it seems like a bigger deal that students and faculty can’t trust their school this way:

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social challenge Scott Jennings’s claim that he had a lengthy foreign-policy conversation with Mitch McConnell: “How many words would you say in total Senator McConnell issued during your 20-minute conversation? Was it more than three?”

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026

If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

West Point told its civilian professors they needed approval before speaking publicly. Tim Bakken has taught law there since 2000. He refused. The judge who heard his case was appointed by a Republican president. How she ruled: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/eight-wins...

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Terry Filicko @terryfilicko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy Constitution Day!(Pt 2)- I'm happy to share Tom Patterson's course on the Constitution. To elevate the visibility of the Constitution, he encourages people to take this free, nonpartisan HarvardX course (6 brief sessions). bit.ly/FreeCourseHa... (pick ‘audit’ for free version)

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HarvardX: American Government: Constitutional Foundations | edX

Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.

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Terry Filicko @terryfilicko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy Constitution Day! (Pt 1) - Spent yesterday with 2 Clark State colleagues helping celebrate #ConstitutionDay on our campus with posters, citizenship questions, a 3-D version of the US Capitol, and candy! (Pix to follow), then to Kenyon for conversation w/ Sarah Longwell about her new book!

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Terry Filicko @terryfilicko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Almost time for this evening's "conversation" with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social !

Image of the empty stage at Kenyon College, with 2 chairs and a table for Sarah Longwell and Pam Carrera-Rowe. Sign over the stage has the cover of Longwell's book, HOW TO EAT AN ELEPHANT, and the announcement of the evening's event, a conversation with Longwell.

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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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Terry Filicko @terryfilicko.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just got @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social 's book HOW TO EAT AN ELEPHANT & Looking forward to seeing her in person at Kenyon on Wednesday. Buy the book, read the book... but if nothing else, sit in a bookstore and read the Introduction. She offers a great explanation of our current political moment.

Covoe of Sarah Longwell's book HOW TO EAT AN ELEPHANT: ONE VOTER AT A TIME, with a glass of Tattoo Girl Ted wine blend in the background. Taken at Wine on High in Columbus Oh. Buy / read the book.

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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 11/09/2026

Watch it. Spread it. This is the interview Brendan Carr at FCC is trying to censor because he’s a beta cuck. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See

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Kelly Guinan @kellyguinan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New, fun, one-minute learning, the modern School House Rock® of American History by @hcrichardson.bsky.social team #250to250 Emancipation Proclamation Narrated by Thavolia Glymph #WeAreAmerica250 #Lincoln #Slavery #WholeSoulIsInIt youtu.be/AwXEUgQnBYo?...

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Emancipation Proclamation, Narrated by Thavolia Glymph

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hasan Piker isn't part of the Abdul El-Sayed campaign. Lorenzo Sewell is a member of the Mike Rogers campaign. And he's a proper extremist and bigot who the media isn't covering. I brought receipts in the Guardian today: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

people are saying they can’t tell the difference between these videos and honestly they aren’t wrong

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's after midnight, but I just finished a new essay laying out the details of Trump's blueprint to rig the 2026 midterms. It will be sent out to Democracy Docket subscribers in the morning. Subscribe now to receive. demdock.com/4w6emld

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I would object to LLMs even if they weren't planet destroying plagiarism-based bullshit engines because students need to learn core skills and how to do the work themselves. Also, they are planet destroying plagiarism-based bullshit engines that give answer-shaped nonsense.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

People are falling for the DSA vs Establishment trap again. Didn’t we learn our lesson in 2016 and 2024? It’s the establishment’s job to build a coalition that can win EVERYWHERE. In some places, that means ultra-progressive. In others, it means establishment. The tent is big enough for all of us.

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

happy bday iconic writer Molly Ivins, b.1944, i was lucky to have met and talked w/ her a few times in the 80s and 90s in Austin. "I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/08/2026

No matter what Trump thinks or does, let us be very clear on one thing ahead of the midterm elections: “The president has no role in the administration of federal elections under our Constitution,” Marc Elias says. Stay up to date on Trump’s attacks on our democracy: demdock.com/3T3Owjg

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Vote for Amy Acton. Don’t let billionaires buy your election.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

BREAKING: we just filed to STOP the new USPS rule on mail ballots The Court only held that the injunction came too early. Now we HAVE a final rule & we are litigating it @democracydefendersfund.org & @campaignlegal.org are proud to represent LULAC, Madison WI & Travis County TX

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

IR 101: Other countries have agency & domestic politics, too 🇨🇦

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Ukraine staged the world's first military parade composed entirely of combat robots and drones in Kyiv on August 24, 2026. Ground robotic systems conducted over 22,000 missions on the Ukrainian front lines in early 2026 alone.

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Colleen Doran @colleendoran.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Currently watching the GOOD OMENS MUSICAL at IneffableCon which you can watch for 24 hours on a stream by signing up at www.theineffablecon.org.uk And it's REALLY fun.

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The Ineffable Con – Fan Conventions

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

HOW TO MAKE A CLASSIC ROCK SONG INTO A HORROR MOVIE Teach Your Children of The Corn Our Last House On the Left In the Middle Of Our Street Wanted Evil Dead Or Alive We're Not Gonna Take IT (The World Is Treating Me Bad) Misery Sarah SMILE Dancing In The Dark Shadows

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Unspeakably disgraceful. Doris Miller was a mess attendant -- the only jobs open to Black sailors -- who won the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor. With this, and reports USN leaders are considering changing the design of aircraft carriers *because Trump said so* -- the Navy is dishonoring itself.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 18/08/2026

Discworld QOTD, from Interesting Times

The Red Army moved obliquely from campfire to campfire.
Rincewind had been very specific. He’d spent all his adult life—at least, those parts of it where he wasn’t being chased by things with more legs than teeth—in Unseen University, and he felt he knew what he was talking about here. Don’t tell people anything, he said. Don’t tell them. You didn’t get to survive as a wizard in UU by believing what people told you. You believed what you were not told.
Don’t tell them. Ask them. Ask them if it’s true. You can beg them to tell you it’s not true. Or you can even tell them you’ve been told to tell them it’s not true, and that is the best of all.
Because Rincewind knew very well that when the Four rather small and nasty Horsemen of Panic ride out there is a good job done by Misinformation, Rumor, and Gossip, but they are as nothing compared to the fourth horseman, whose name is Denial.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects

A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it

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Professor Amanda Sturgill @drsturg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A relative just posted some claptrap on FB about religious folk wanting to take over the US. Although it's tempting to respond there, I didn't. Here's why. 1. If I do, it will likely trigger strong responses from her ill-informed friends. 2. Then the algorithm will push that post. Instead...

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/08/2026

We are now in the 90-day period before an election where states may not do mass removals of names from their voter files. The DOJ doesn’t seem to care. Help us protect free and fair elections: newsletters.democracydocket.com/anc…

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