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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A big reason we are in this constitutional crisis is that Republicans like Kevin McCarthy refused to break with Trump after January 6th. McCarthy backed Trump during a visit to Mar-a-Lago just weeks after Jan. 6. This was after McCarthy publicly admitted that Trump was culpable for the attack.
Kevin McCarthy says Trump controls Congress
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Melania Trump denies close ties to Jeffrey Epstein in rare public statement The first lady made a rare public statement on Thursday saying she was not friends with the late sex offender. She also said Epstein did not introduce her to President Donald Trump. ...
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Melania Trump denies close ties to Jeffrey Epstein in rare public statement
The first lady made a rare public statement on Thursday saying she was not friends with the late sex offender. She also said Epstein did not introduce her to President Donald Trump.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/04/2026
New in PN: DOJ payout to Mike Flynn has J6-ers lining up at the trough "Maybe the plan is to normalize theft, getting the public used to watching the president dole out taxpayer money to his supporters so that we’ll hardly notice when he hands himself almost a quarter billion dollars."
publicnotice.co
DOJ payout to Mike Flynn has J6-ers lining up at the trough
The stage is set for the looting of federal coffers.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The US Department of War Crimes.
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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Surely not the guy with the white nationalist tattoos on his chest?
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Paul Rieckhoff @rieckhoff.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Hegseth’s Thursday night purge of Generals continues. The Armed Services Commitee must demand he and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll answer questions immediately. And, see if their stories match. This is all very unprecedented and alarming. Especially in a time of war.🚨🇺🇸
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Donny gave a speech last night that was so incoherent and so off the rails that market futures cratered and the price of oil rose BEFORE THE SPEECH WAS EVEN OVER. I explain it all in today's post. thank you for your attention to reading it. link is here: bit.ly/4e5i5Jw
what in the hallowed name of Magical Thinking Jesus is this everybody-gets-a-pony fairy tale nonsense? what the fuck is Donny babbling about? on what planet is the Strait of Epstein™ going to ‘open up naturally,’ enabling gas prices to ‘rapidly come down’?

do we have to click our heels together three times, or can we skip that part for once?
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
here's today's post: "batshit warmonger gives bugfuck speech" — demented dimwit tells us nothing we didn’t already know. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
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batshit warmonger gives bugfuck speech
demented dimwit tells us nothing we didn’t already know
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/04/2026
yep, this is a case of hegseth wanting a whites-only military bsky.app/profile/nanc...
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Farmers were told they would get help. Instead, other countries stopped buying their crops. Food sat in storage, and farmers needed government checks to survive. One year later, farm towns are still worried about money. #TrumpsTariffsCostUS
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Bibi Netanyahu as America's president is making me nostalgic for Elon Musk as America’s president. #PresidentialAddress
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES (🎶Sing Along with me) DAY 2 APRIL 2026 THESE HORRIFIC TIMES Today HIT THE ROAD See you at your trial Pam So between singing & putting the list together, I realize Trump should be on top Who else should be on this? So who's next? I'd like RFKJR Omfg But they all suck
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 27/03/2026
"A lot of factors have come into play to create the possibility, which now exists, that Wisconsin will head into 2027 with an unusual trifecta." Democratic, that is:
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A Blue Horizon in Wisconsin?
By the end of this year, it is possible we will see Democratic dominion over the state legislature, governor’s office, and Supreme Court.
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
With their candidates losing in metro Atlanta, Georgia GOP seeks to remove party labels With Democrats steadily wiping out Republicans electorally in the core Atlanta counties of swing-state Georgia, Republicans have a new idea: Make most local candidates run for office without party lab... ...
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With their candidates losing in metro Atlanta, Georgia GOP seeks to remove party labels
With Democrats steadily wiping out Republicans electorally in the core Atlanta counties of swing-state Georgia, Republicans have a new idea: Make most local candidates run for office without party lab...
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
TSA workers still working without pay this weekend... While Congressional Republicans go on a two week Easter vacation... House GOP rejects Senate-passed DHS bill... thehill.com/homenews/hou...
House GOP rejects Senate-passed DHS bill
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Trump wants you to believe he’s more powerful than he is - and that you have less power than you do. Tomorrow, millions of Americans will gather to remind one another where power actually resides in this democracy: with us, the people.
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No Kings March 28th · No Kings on Mobilize
What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading from small towns to city centers and across every community determined to defend democra...
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Rubio tells allies Iran war will continue 2-4 more weeks... www.axios.com/2026/03/27/i...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Amazing. But it seems that the US is *assuming* that Iran will emerge from the war vastly stronger. able to either dictate or seriously contest sovereignty over the strait, exact tolls, etc.
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MO-KAN HASH @mokanhash.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Setting aside the question of the president's cognitive decline, and the question of why the press corps continues to overlook it, I think we know the story that Donald Trump would tell if a Democratic president were in his shoes. The old and weak president is losing, because he’s old and weak.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/03/2026
Sen. Roger Marshall: "I think that this imminent threat has been more than imminent. It's been there for decades."
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Jackie Sentenne Pettit @sentenne.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Thx Cowgirl!! 🧲 🐴 🍸 @seizeday.bsky.social @tonyhq1985.bsky.social @tammyjo408.bsky.social @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social @softtail65.bsky.social @dailykotzn.bsky.social @fireeyebooks.bsky.social @whatifisaidit.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @raykwong.bsky.social @sentenne.bsky.social
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
But Pete Hegseth is living off millions of dollars of lobsters and fine wines. And sleeping in a king size bed.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 17/03/2026
With chances of an Iran war ceasefire seemingly remote, Vladimir Putin and the Russian economy are getting a lifeline from Donald Trump and high oil prices.
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Russia Emerges as the Early Winner of Iran War
Moscow rushed to load crude onto tankers to take advantage of soaring oil prices triggered by Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/03/2026
The SAVE Act demands proof of CITIZENSHIP. So let’s be real about this. Everyone, tell me what you currently have that you can use to prove you are a U.S. citizen right now. Your passport? Your birth certificate that matches the name on your photo ID? #SaveActIsPayToVote 1/2
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/03/2026
If you have these things, great. But chances are most of the people you know do not. #SaveActIsPayToVote
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Magnus Lehnsherr @i-magnus.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Not only does the SAVE act discriminate on the basis of race and gender which is unconstitutional per the 15th and 19th amendments, the costs associated with procuring proof of citizenship constitutes a poll tax which violates the 24th amendment. Nothing about this is legal.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Things are not okay.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Love how that dolt Bianco describes this as some sort of planning failure by the U.S. military. Sorry, no, the failure here belongs entirely to the Trump admin: they thought this would be an easy win, it's not, and there are no good plans for opening the Strait, only different types of bad plans.
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Colorado’s oil and gas industry is vastly underestimating methane emissions Watching from the sky, researchers find planet-warming pollutants leaking into the atmosphere are undercounted by at least two times. By� Jennifer Oldham �for Capital & ... ...
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Colorado’s oil and gas industry is vastly underestimating methane emissions
Watching from the sky, researchers find planet-warming pollutants leaking into the atmosphere are undercounted by at least two times. By� Jennifer Oldham �for Capital & ...
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
TRUMP'S STOLEN VALOUR TO BE CLEAR: Trump was sent to a private military school for boys lacking discipline NOT one of the official US Military Academies Trump is a 5x draft dodger who is trying to bamboozle Americans about his "service" and steal valour from those who actually served!
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Spotted in DC
Poster in DC
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
This is like a board of directors issuing a statement: "We let our CFO go, not because he was bad at his $7,000,000 job, but because he had a great opportunity to be a server at Chuck E. Cheese—if Chuck E. Cheese actually existed."
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Hey MAGA trolls and bots - Sen. DURBIN schools Sen. CORNYN here on how the SAVE Act disenfranchise voters. It is really simple. And it is a de facto poll tax. Call your Senators today at 202-224-3121 and tell them to block the SAVE Act!
GOP Sen. Cornyn: I don't understand how the SAVE Act could disenfranchise millions of Americans.

Sen. Durbin: You have to present identification, but your drivers license is not acceptable. 50% of Americans do not have a passport. Those who want to obtain it so they can vote will pay $186
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This guy in the Epstein files is calling little girls “of age.”
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Only MAGA allowed
morethanjustparks.substack.com
BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests
One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Three million pages of Epstein files were released. Around the world: arrests, investigations, resignations. In the U.S.? Officials say there’s “nothing there” and the person who appears in the files the most goes unscrutinized. @gloriouslygloria.bsky.social examines the silence.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
Everyone Sees It But Us
The Epstein files and the great American silence
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Jesus Christ. This is so insane. There are zero responsible adults in the Republican Party. Zero.
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
ICE Barbie’s shenanigans could cost Republicans this House seat The scandal surrounding the recently fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's lavish spending could have broader negative consequences for the GOP—potentially even costing ... ...
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ICE Barbie’s shenanigans could cost Republicans this House seat
The scandal surrounding the recently fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's lavish spending could have broader negative consequences for the GOP—potentially even costing ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/03/2026
Q: You said you have someone in mind to be the new Iranian leader. Someone internal? TRUMP: I think the idear of eter -- internal and eternal, come to think of it. But I like the idear of internal because it workssssss well. I think we've proven that so far in Venezuela. We have a woman -- Delcy
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
did you know Iran used to be a western-style democracy, with an elected prime minister? but then one day in 1953, the CIA ousted him in a coup, and restored the repressive and corrupt Shah to power — that's REALLY how this mess all got started. you can read all about it in my post: bit.ly/4lfWn7c
everything was hunky-dory until 1953. that’s when shit truly went sideways, after Mossadegh broke the eleventh commandment — Thou Shalt Not Fuck With Big Oil — by nationalizing Iran’s oil industry. our CIA and Britain’s MI6 got themselves worked into a Big Mad over this, and engineered a coup that overthrew Mossadegh and turned Iran back into a monarchy, restoring Reza Pahlavi as the Shah.

the thing about the Shah of Iran is that he was a repressive piece of shit who was hated by his people, and his fuckery led to the Iranian Revolution of 1979 — and that’s how Iran went from being a repressive monarchy to being a repressive theocracy. meet the new boss, yadda yadda.

that’s why we’re in this mess right now — because we couldn’t leave well enough alone 73 years ago.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
here's today's post: "Preznit Fuckwit golfs while oil hits a hundred dollars a barrel" — don’t disturb Donny while he’s enjoying his ‘executive time.' thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
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Preznit Fuckwit golfs while oil hits a hundred dollars a barrel
don’t disturb Donny while he’s enjoying his ‘executive time'
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De-ICE Action Network @de-ice.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Way to spread the word, @rubbercityresist.bsky.social 👏✊
Protesters stand on a fenced pedestrian overpass holding a large banner that reads “CITIZENS BANK FUNDS ICE CAMPS.” One person holds an American flag, and trees and brush fill the background below the bridge.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
How’s that working out?
Tweet from the account “Home of the Brave” quoting Trump promising to lower gasoline prices, with a video still of Trump speaking at a campaign rally in New Hampshire in January 2024.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Unfortunately, Trump’s version of “crushing healthcare” involves historic gutting of Medicaid and pushing health plans with $31,000 deductibles.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Those who have tamped down concerns about the SAVE Act’s chance of passage in the Senate are wrong. Keep your eyes on the prize. The potential for a blowout in 2026 is top of mind for Trump, and there are only a few ways to avoid it. Call your Senators. 202-224-3121.
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