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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h
In case facts still matter…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h
I'm voting YES on Prop 40, the California billionaire tax. Here's why.
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Why I Support The California Billionaire Tax
Billionaires are crying foul about California's proposed wealth tax.Don't fall for their fearmongering.A one-time, 5% ta
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pay teachers a fair wage. Pay paraprofessionals who help support our kids a fair wage. Make sure our schools are safe, clean, warm, and dry.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h
No better case for the billionaire tax than how hard they’re working to defeat it
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 21h
The President of the United States just called on a foreign nation to bomb two US cities! So… Are we at treason yet?! 😎🇺🇸✨
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h
Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
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redpoppy2.bsky.social @redpoppy2.bsky.social · 7h
Somebody file the papers!! youtu.be/DhIeyeqI2Ng
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giofrey @giofrey.bsky.social · 7h
And where are the congresspeople, the senators, the governors, all the elected leaders? Why are they acting like this is normal. It isn't. It's fucked up
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 21h
Absolutely 👇
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 15h
Why Jared?
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 11h
BRAVA, MADAME ATTORNEY GENERAL
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18h
Listen to Jim, he’s 100% correct.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 20h
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Openly Gay Animals 🌈 @openlygayanimals.bsky.social · 9h
😂🥹🥹
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h
🔥 @katiephang.bsky.social (With Deniro behind her): “I’m suing A.G. Todd Blanche — Trump’s cosplaying personal lawyer — for the unredacted Epstein files… as an independent journo 🗣️ I don’t have a corporate oligarch telling me what to say… Trump has been violating federal law every day.”
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 23h
⚡️ Russia testing Europe's defenses below threshold of open war, experts say. Russian drones entering NATO airspace have also become a recurring occurrence, while Western officials have raised the alarm over a rise in Moscow's hybrid operations across Europe.
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Russia testing Europe's defenses below threshold of open war, experts say
Russia is testing how far it can push Europe without triggering open war — from drones crossing NATO airspace to sabotage and cyberattacks across the continent. Experts warn that Europe has strengthen...
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 23h
NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h
“.. The catch? Children and their parents can’t pick the stocks or reject donated shares, and they can’t sell for five years.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🗣️Ex FTC Chair Lina Khan on A.I. Regulation: “The idea that just because we have new technological capabilities there’s some blanket exemption from the laws on the books is totally laughable.”
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What to worry about and what to put down, election edition
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If you are looking for a podcast that explores Trump’s efforts to rig the midterms and how we are fighting back, check out Defending Democracy with Marc Elias. On Spotify or wherever you watch or listen. open.spotify.com/show/30Bsx0J...
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Defending Democracy with Marc Elias
Podcast · Democracy Docket · Every week, election lawyer Marc Elias interviews lawmakers, policy leaders and changemakers about the problems facing our democracy and how we fix them.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: Trump just caved — claiming online that his super PAC will now pay for those propaganda ads taxpayers had previously been funding.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone.
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The propagandists are in full effect and they just got a new ring leader.
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Karoline’s New Job
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The NAACP sued the Trump administration, seeking records about its plan to deploy roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places during the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms
DOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.
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'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common Dreams
Republicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Too many Americans have absorbed & tolerate Trump’s insane, destructive behavior as a fact of life…the corporate media has facilitated that mentality…we are facing a constitutional emergency with an exec branch working to centralize its power at all costs.” www.americaamerica.news/p/we-are-und...
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We Are Under Attack From an Enemy Within
By listening to our founders and refusing to go along with this, we can name and defeat the ongoing danger to our constitutional republic
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/10/2026
Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, has died at 84. Hastert admitted in federal court to sexually abusing boys he coached as a high school wrestling coach. A federal judge called him a "serial child molester." He was a registered sex offender.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And Trump has already begun: "Trump Flat Out Declares ‘Voting in America is CORRUPT’ in Stunning Post" www.mediaite.com/online/trump...
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Trump Flat Out Declares ‘Voting in America is CORRUPT’ in Stunning Post
The president offered no evidence for his claim of corruption but highlighted that Brazil’s results were available “shortly after the vote closed.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 05/10/2026
The Court is also hearing a case that challenges the Trump administration’s novel mandatory indefinite detention policy. The administration’s policy is to indefinitely detain, with no bond hearing, anyone who has been apprehended within the United States, not just people apprehended at the border
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 05/10/2026
Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.
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Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In.
Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Another NEW development in my case against AG Todd Blanche: he has now filed a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, trying to get rid of my case at this stage of the lawsuit. Blanche must be a glutton for punishment because he just recycles the same losing arguments. youtu.be/32RC_CPlZhI?...
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WOW!! AG Blanche BEGS Judge To DISMISS My EPSTEIN LAWSUIT!!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just when we think it can’t get worse … it does.
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smulford.bsky.social @smulford.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Sally Deal - 📞 Call your legislators @ (202)224-3121 ⏰24/7! @sallydeal4.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨TEXAS: The road to shifting the balance of power runs right through the Lone Star State in 2026. 🚨 ⏰ Know a Texan who's not paying attention? Make sure they know that Mon., Oct. 5, is the DEADLINE for voter registration‼️ Our roadtrip begins at the Governor's mansion. Please scroll to the end 👇🧵
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Absentee ballot voters in Montana won’t have to comply with an onerous birthdate verification requirement after a state court blocked the measure Friday night, ruling that it violates the state constitution. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Montana court blocks onerous mail voting law that caused thousands of rejected absentee ballots last year
The mail voting measure led to nearly 3,000 mail ballots getting rejected in the Nov. 2025 election, in a state where 80% of voters vote absentee.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The billionaire class doesn’t want a government that works for the working class, they want a government that works for them instead.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In Michigan, we're paying $5,600 a year on average for Trump and Mike Rogers' tariffs.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 03/10/2026
Mark Zuckerberg tells investors that his AI push is a huge success. But when it files its taxes, Meta tells the IRS its giant data centers are an experiment that might fail. Why? Because calling them an experiment lets Meta claim a tax credit meant for real research.
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AMPTsuper @amptsuper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@lastweektonight.com -- John Oliver -- This voucher business really needs your special treatment. Start a private school with taxpayer dollars and earn $7000 per kid in Arkansas. Cost $45 to start (saying that they weren't teachers)...🙈 @propublica.org
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Ruben Garcia @gorubenruben.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Vote November 3rd Public Servants Not Kings #USDemocracy
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/10/2026
Negotiations to end the war in Ukraine "have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner" reports @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
My investigators have confirmed the Trump administration is hiding interview documents it conducted with some of Epstein’s banks, and there could be more. There’s no limit to how far Scott Bessent, Kash Patel and Todd Blanche will go to continue this cover up.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Adam Kidan was Jack Abramoff's business partner. He went to federal prison for fraud and was ordered to repay $21.7 million. Trump pardoned him anyway. Seven Republicans on the Senate ballot have his money. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-sen...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Leon Black paid Jeffrey Epstein $158 million. Last month the House held him in contempt for defying its Epstein subpoenas. Three Republicans on the Senate ballot have his family's money. None has reported returning a dime. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-sen...
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