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Thomas Dukes ❌👑

@thdukes.bsky.social
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Powered by music, books, hiking, and bourbon. Frustrated Texan. Clone Molly Ivins ASAP. Be nice or leave.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 2h
Trump isn’t fooling anyone about his corruption. The newest AP/NORC poll shows “about 6 in 10 U.S. adults believe he is either illegally profiting or doing something unethical but not illegal.”
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More Outrageous Weaponization of the Justice Department
They can’t contain their fascism.
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Charles Attend シャルラタン @cmerlin.bsky.social · 9h
If cops have time to do something that is not their mission, you have too many cops.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 17h
WSJ reports that Ken Paxton celebrated NYE 2025 in Dubai with two U.S. fugitives; they’d been indicted on healthcare fraud and failed to return to the country. One had donated tens of thousands to Paxton. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race
Trump backed the scandal-plagued Paxton in one of the riskiest bets of the midterms
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is, what, the third constitutional crisis today? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202…
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Trump blew past deadline to halt running taxpayer-funded campaign-style ads
A coalition of nonprofits had sued, calling the ads “propaganda.” The president has said campaign funds would be used to pay for the commercials going forward.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
Q: You said Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire, but both sides said they have not agreed to that TRUMP: Well they agreed, you know why? Because I said 'you agree.' That's why.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 22h
oh man 😂
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
For the love of God, stop saying this regime's ruthless authoritarianism "raises questions" and start telling us what answers you have for us. If you can't do that, get the fuck out of the way.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
off the fucking rails. a rogue government.
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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
X is the platform of choice for these smears. Musk himself pushed this conspiracy from his own account three times. Democrats need to go to war against Musk because he's already attacking them. He's deeply unpopular. And, as we saw in Wisconsin, voters recoil when he becomes an issue in a race.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The James Talarico HIPAA Crime and Stephen Miller's Apparent Advance Knowledge emptywheel.net/2026/10/12/t...
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The James Talarico HIPAA Crime and Stephen Miller's Apparent Advance Knowledge - emptywheel
It appears that Stephen Miller was pushing a smear attack on James Talarico before an unlawful phone call happened.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Well, it’s a quick take, and no doubt data will come in, but it sure looks like based on today’s evidence that a lot of pro-Trump and pro-AfD bot work depends directly on Russian data centers.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
ICE has to be dismantled, with every single incident like this investigated and prosecuted.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“I just got assaulted!“ KNOXVILLE man sucker-punched outside the white nationalist group meeting Greg Bovino and others are attending today — we are told no arrest has yet been made by knoxville police. (From @votegloriaj.bsky.social )
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Putin is getting desperate... and so is Trump.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Nothing is stopping your blue state or city from renaming its waste treatment plants and sewage facilities and garbage dumps after the needy, sweaty president. They could do it today! Give the man the attention he desperately needs!
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The "Party of Reagan" has the United States siding with Russian aggression against NATO allies and a brutal war on a European democratic US partner. Yes, the whole party. If they didn't, they would impeach and remove the president who is blatantly breaking US law to help fund Russia's war effort.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 10/10/2026
Putin told Iran the locations of our warships. Today, Trump rewarded him by lifting sanctions and allowing American dollars to fuel Russia’s war machine. Our troops are in harm’s way, and the President cut a deal with the adversary putting a target on their backs.
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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump is helping Russia who is helping Iran attack and kill Americans. So that means Trump is knowingly taking steps to weaken the US and bolster Russia and its close ally, Iran. Does that make him a traitor? Let's have the debate.... www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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Iran able to replenish its missiles and drones, getting arms from Russia, officials tell Bloomberg
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump’s goons are now going after the media for NOT covering him. 😕🤷🏼 We are so far off the cliff. 🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
PSA, Colorado voters: Elon Musk’s America PAC has been sending misleading texts saying, “Your ballot request is in,” and asking voters to confirm where and when to return it. The messages have prompted confused residents to contact county election offices.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump wants the US to fund Putin’s evil regime.
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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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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Today in U.S. foreign policy: Attacking the ICC, human rights and the rule of law in the world and committing to send billions to the world's leading war criminal to help him support his vicious aggression against his democratic neighbor. Not an exaggeration.
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There’s always a tweet
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Great piece by Lisa Needham for Aaron Rupar’s Public Notice: Trump meme coin investors, including rich foreigners, have lost $3.81 billion but gained an opportunity to bribe the president of the United States. It’s mindblowingly corrupt.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles’ daughter posts a pic at a training camp with a pro-Russian militia in Bosnia that specializes in destabilization… totally normal stuff! “The photo raises Q’s about White House links to the pro-Russian politician”🤔 www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The announcement that the Pentagon is going to live stream the firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan needs to be understood in the context of the state-sponsored bloodlust for their chief enemies: Muslims and alleged socialists.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
You just knew there was an example from her time as a Fox News pundit where Kim Guilfoyle called for investigations and criminal charges against Democrats for "racketeering" and "corruption" because they were "influence peddling" and "willing to sell access." www.mediamatters.org/kimberly-gui...
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FLASHBACK: At Fox, U.S. Ambassador Guilfoyle endorsed criminal investigation into Clinton “pay-for-play” claims
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This was a choice. Remember this.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: MS NOW confirms. The Trump Justice Department is seeking a federal criminal indictment of ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson on charges of lying to Congress about Trump's actions on Jan. 6.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
standing very strongly like a centaur
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk @anniewaldman.bsky.social
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American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk
Citing the growing popularity of unpasteurized milk and the damage it can do to children, the nation’s largest professional group of pediatricians is seeking a nationwide ban on the sale and distribut...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Trump has made more stock trades than every member of Congress combined” 🤯
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In the presidential immunity case, the court considered a hypothetical of a president ordering Navy Seals to assassinate an American political rival. Trump's lawyer argued unambiguously yes, since it'd be an "official act." The Roberts Court ruled in his favor, 6-3. Why wouldn't Trump believe this?
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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With Talarico now the slight favorite in the race, national Republicans have flooded Texas' airwaves with commercials to save Paxton's flagging campaign. That makes sense. Any Texan who has turned on the TV in the past few weeks already knows that Talarico is "for they/them" and seen the ad where a Latino boy gets hit with a Transgenderification Beam and turns into a beautiful woman. But much of the nation was confused about why they, non-Texans, were seeing this stuff while trying to watch the Philadelphia Eagles-Los Angeles Rams game on Sunday.
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Stop sending me texts!! We need a new way to do political giving…. Oath.Vote @oath-vote.bsky.social  
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The Power of Oath
Stop sending me texts!! We need a new way to do political giving…....
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Putin-Trump was the most successful covert operation in modern history. David Corn on today's "To the Contrary" Podcast.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes, the bad news is that fascism is here, but the good news is that so are we. Dictators don’t oust themselves, horrible regimes don’t leave on their own, and oligarchs don’t tire of devouring up nations... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/take-heart...
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Take Heart, Good People; In One Month, We Defeat Fascism
So, here’s the bad news: fascism isn’t coming to America; it’s here.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump: “MY RALLIES ARE SAVING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AGAIN!!!”
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026
A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even 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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