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@thechicagobrian.bsky.social
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Anti Trump AF. Pro music, pro literacy, pro kindness.

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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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Brian @thechicagobrian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
May “The most ordinary man imaginable” follow him for the rest of his days
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lucan Way and I have been writing about competitive authoritarianism for more than 25 years. We never thought we'd write this piece. www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/com...
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Competitive Authoritarianism in America | Journal of Democracy
The United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism. The slide has been modest and remains reversible—but it is real. Even after Donald Trump, American democracy will remain fragile.
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Mike Lundin @mike-lu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We are living in Crazytown. youtube.com/shorts/5UQbs...
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U.S. attorney Jeanine Pirro just got her hands on America’s most wanted: a Martian meteor #dailyshow
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Brian @thechicagobrian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pssst …. hey everyone! Donald Trump is a damn moron!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Minnesota Republican House candidate William Beck says frogs are "changing sexes" because of chemicals in the water
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BIG WIN for making the Epstein Files public Judge Kollar-Kotelly grants summary judgment to us at @democracydefendersfund.org Orders DOJ to get busy giving us the docs. We will hold their feet to the fire!
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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
executive order entitled "Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence"
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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026
There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"House Republicans will continue to hold Hunter Biden’s feet to the fire until we have his testimony...no one – not even the president’s son – is above the law.” - Tom Emmer, 1.17.24 "Don Jr is a private citizen and businessman so this unwarranted attack will go nowhere," Tom Emmer, 9.23.26
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This courage— from the woman who witnessed and filmed Alex Pretti’s murder—is like nothing I’ve ever seen OMG 😭 Thank you to Senator Blumenthal and Rep. Garcia for giving Stella an opportunity to finally tell her story.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Todd Achilles, a veteran running for U.S. Senate in Idaho as an independent, has a new ad about starting wars.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What a surprise to learn that a Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for Junior’s lavish wedding. Who could’ve expected it?
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026
You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/08/2026
Bessent: "Duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh"
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NPR @npr.org · 24/08/2026
As President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C. enters its second year, three guard members who served many months on the mission share their reactions with NPR. n.pr/4zBvnWF
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'It embarrasses me to be involved': Inside the National Guard D.C. deployment
As President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C. enters its second year, three guard members who served many months on the mission share their reactions with NPR.
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Brian @thechicagobrian.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Shame on anybody who still stands with the orange felon.
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Jonathan Led Larsen @jonathanled.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026
This is the pattern. An idiot in the frontroom, but just for show, so he can shake people down in the backroom. Repeat ad nuseaum.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Yes, this article is real. www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I will be direct: Here how you can help me. 1. Spread the word about the threats to democracy and free and fair elections. 2. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 05/08/2026
This guy never served. He faked an injury to avoid the draft. None of his children have served. He called those who did serve their country "suckers and losers." He skipped the centenary memorial for servicemen who died in WWI because it was drizzling. This is more than usually repellent.
Trump AI slop post showing him on the battlefield in a general's uniform flanked by bad AI versions of Patton and MacArthur
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The news story about Donald Trump being desperate for immunity for tax fraud & the news story about Donald Trump being kicked to the curb by Capital One for widespread money laundering are RELATED.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Well this is true I suppose. trump can’t be bought; he is subscription based. You have to keep bribing him forever www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
If you’re not alarmed you’re not paying attention. www.propublica.org/article/fede...
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DaddyJew @daddyjew.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
how exactly does this country decide which rapist should step down as an elected official and which rapist should be president? im confused
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I spoke to Mitch McConnell for about 20 minutes today. It was my first séance.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
If the Republicans and their mob boss were a real political party, not a criminal enterprise and a protection racket, they would have real policies that serve the voters and not pursuing every trick to deny the voters from voting.
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Graham Platner shouldn't be a United States Senator -- and neither should Susan Collins -- and I really really hope there's a way for both of those things to be true.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The president is a crook. The entire Republican Party helps him do it. Vote against all Republicans.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The sitting president of the United States had to pay $5 million to a woman he raped and defamed, and not one person in his entire cult of a party is calling for his resignation. Not one.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
TMZ DC with perhaps the most brutal video from Trump's Great American State Fair, showing Dr. Oz on stage bragging to Dean Cain about how big the crowd is, only for the reporter to pan around and show absolutely nobody is there. Original post: x.com/i/status/207...
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Now Vance is blaming the “deep state” for Nixon’s shame. The efforts to erase history continue. Orwellian.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I assimilated all the way to Congress and this idiot still tells me to go back where I came from.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Anyone not running on reforming the Supreme Court cant be the leader of anything moving forward. It's an unhinged gang of extremists unrestrained by anything or anyone.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
"Shame on the Reflecting Pool for allowing itself it to seem like a failure...Nobody likes a giant, shallow pool that understands how metaphors work." A red, white & green flag? A healing, algae-rich Reflecting Pool of Wellness? @rexhuppke.bsky.social is at it again. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Let us all drink Trump's Reflecting Pool algae and be healed | Opinion
The good news about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turning greener than Kermit the Frog's keister is President Trump now has a swamp to drain.
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Brian @thechicagobrian.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Absolutely incredible story and fantastic reporting.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
2013
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Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
G) I honestly don't know why Iran didn't ask for ponies, they basically got everything else.
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Jyoti Mishra @jyotimishra.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Well, that was a fucking ride.
A cropped screenshot of an article section titled "Gary Larson cartoon incident" from a Tumblr page. The text describes a controversy involving a Far Side cartoon and Jane Goodall. 

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Gary Larson cartoon incident

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 In 1987 Gary Larson published a Far Side cartoon of two chimpanzees grooming, in which one discovers a blonde hair and says, "Conducting a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?"[127] The Jane Goodall Institute called the cartoon an "atrocity" in a letter drafted by its lawyers to Larson and his syndicate. Goodall, who was in Africa at the time, later found the cartoon amusing.[128] 

She went on to name it her favourite depiction of herself in pop culture.[129] Larson offered profits from sales of a shirt featuring the cartoon to the Jane Goodall Institute.[130] 

Goodall wrote the preface to The Far Side Gallery 5, detailing her version of the controversy.[131] She praised Larson's creative ideas, which often compare and contrast the behaviour of humans and animals. 

In 1988 Larson visited Goodall's research facility in Tanzania.[128] While there, he was attacked by a chimpanzee named Frodo.[127][132]
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Brian @thechicagobrian.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
With no due respect, this man is walking dead.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/06/2026
Trump starts wandering off in the wrong direction after a G7 photo and world leaders have to step in and redirect him
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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Last time the Knicks were NBA champions was the year the DOJ charged Fred & Donald Trump with housing discrimination based on race.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 09/06/2026
If you think California is taking a while to count votes, wait until you hear how long the Trump Administration is taking to release the Epstein files…
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Booniss Everdrunk @bookiesnacksize.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Honestly incredible stuff but this made me gasp: "For $100 million a year we can get clean oceans,” he said. This is less than the annual marketing budget of most major consumer goods companies that produce the plastic The Ocean Cleanup is pulling from the sea. techfixated.com/young-invent...
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Young inventor who left engineering studies removes nearly 50 million kilograms of ocean plastic, aims to eliminate 90% of floating waste by 2040
'There was a time when the oceans were filled with plastic, and then we solved it':
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/06/2026
Trump is struggling to stay conscious in the Oval Office yet again
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NPR @npr.org · 04/06/2026
A new study has found that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. had no effect on violent crime in the city. The Guard has been deployed since last August as part of a federal task force to fight crime, and their numbers are set to double in the coming weeks. n.pr/3PWDxqK
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National Guard has done little to reduce violent crime in D.C., a new study finds
A new study has found that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. had no effect on violent crime in the city. The Guard has been deployed since last August as part of a federal task force to fight crime, and their numbers are set to double in the coming weeks.
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Brian @thechicagobrian.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Holy shit. Beetlejuice from the Howard Stern Show is our president now.
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Luke Russert @lukerussert.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Scott Pelley will never pay for a drink in my presence.
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Danny Miller @danielmilleresq.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Sometimes it can feel like nothing matters. That nothing you do makes a difference. But did you know that in 1943, after the Nazis rounded up the Jewish spouses of non-Jewish Germans in Berlin, their families gathered in the street & protested for 7 days. 1/3 www.contrariannews.org/p/somebody-h...
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Somebody Has To Make a Start
The lesson of Nazi Germany was never just about monsters. It was about the rest of us.
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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy.
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