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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 26/09/2026
Trump’s summit with Xi left too many questions unanswered. This is one of them.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Imagine trying to scare me “Sharia Law” while I live under a GOP supermajority trying to reinstate an abortion ban, while writing bills to put the 10 Commandments in public schools and ban books and free speech. I have nothing to fear, except the Christian nationalists in front of me.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This. The whole thread.
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Chico Escuela @blaqdocdown.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NEW EPISODE: The Department of Justice just made a major move to restore a U.S. Postal Service rule that could cripple mail-in voting in the 2026 midterms. I explain this fast-moving litigation, how we got here and what's coming that you're not hearing about. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Fu...
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BREAKING: Trump's DOJ Moves to Restore USPS Rule That Could Cripple Your Vote
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This gallery of ICE crop/seed art at this year's Minnesota State Fair is incredible, especially the one based on Pablo Picasso's Guernica by Jennifer Nelson, which features the last words of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Morse code: www.cropart.com/Resist.pdf
A seed art entry in the 2026 Minnesota State Fair based on Pablo Picasso's Guernica. It features a loon, the words "Ice Out" and two representations of Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s. Notably, the mouths of Good and Pretty include their last words in Morse code:
‘I’m not mad at you,’ and ‘Are you okay?’” The artist is Jennifer Nelson.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Legend
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Jack White is already paying tribute to Dolly Parton with a cover of Jolene in London
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
So as Democratic voters completely oppose the war and aiding Israel, @housedemocrats are putting AIPAC-backed @repmoskowitz — who is “to the right” of Vance on the war and Israel, in a key position. And they wonder why the DSA is gaining steam? 🤔
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Reminder: watch what they do, not what they say
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
There it is. While you struggle to afford groceries, or find any that are edible, and pay thousands more every year in gas, rent, utilities, childcare, and healthcare, they are laughing all the way to the bank. 
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: The US Postal Service announced late Friday night that it intends to move forward with its final rule on changing how mail voting is administered. The new rule was created to enact Donald Trump’s executive order, which seeks to restrict mail voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes final rule on restricting mail voting forward
The federal postal service acknowledges the new rule will impose burdens on states, but says its necessary to help law enforcement hunt for voter fraud.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/08/2026
perfect synopsis of modern Republicanism
Darline Graham: I tripped up on one question last night, regarding Taiwan. I don't speak politician. I was just honest. Of course, Taiwan is our friend. But I think people in South Carolina are more worried about boys in girls sports.
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 19/08/2026
The Census Bureau's analysis has no author, uses an unfamiliar private data source, and diverts from normal operations in other ways that experts said make the veracity of its findings impossible to confirm.
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Trump Is Using a New, Highly Unusual Census Bureau Report to Claim He Won the 2020 Election
President Donald Trump lost the popular vote in the 2020 election by...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/08/2026
New in PN: Disney runs out of patience with Brendan Carr’s bullsh*t "For over a year, ABC tried to appease the Trump administration. That era is now over. On Tuesday, ABC, its parent company Disney, and eight ABC-owned stations sued Carr and the FCC for grossly violating the First Amendment."
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Disney runs out of patience with Brendan Carr’s bullsh*t
Mickey Mouse hits back after a year of fascist harassment.
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Lincoln County Indivisible Maine @lcimaine.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
@hcrichardson.bsky.social WE ARE ALL ON THE DECOY PLANE.🛩️ —-BOSTON N 93 Overpass
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RIO LINDA MEX 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦🦍aka Gus Gallegos @riolindamex.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If You Don’t Realize, That THIS Is Their Ultimate Goal, You Have Been Watching Too Much Fox.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It’s not radical to believe you should be able to afford groceries, see a doctor, breathe clean air, and drink clean water. There’s nothing more American than fighting for a government of, by, and for the people.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The boots you lick will stomp you too. The regime is just breaking in the boots they will place on your neck. This doesn’t stop with immigrants or with ICE. It stops when there is no one left to resist. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
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Dystopian Boots
My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyon...
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Carolirene @carolirene75.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Mike Luckovich cartoonist:
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This story is a bit wild. After Elon Musk's DOGE erased decades of USAID data, it was assumed to be lost. But a Canadian college student had previously downloaded much of it in high school for a project. 4,000 PDFs. Thanks again, Canada. Yet again. www.aiddata.org/blog/before-...
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Before reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learned
Why we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“Socialism is a scareword they have hurled at every advance the people have made… socialism is their name for most anything that helps the people. 1952. Truman. This is how stale their desperate fearmongering is. cc: @MarshaBlackburn
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Funny how no one asked russia to halt strikes on Ukrainian civilians.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Hoping for the Indigenous woman trifecta in November: Gov. Deb Haaland seems a sure thing here in blue New Mexico, but sending Peggy Flanagan and Mary Peltola to the senate (which has never had a Native woman senator) would be amazing.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Eerily similar to the verbiage on the Access Hollywood tape, except instead of bragging about assaulting women he’s talking about pilfering historical artifacts, most of which we will likely never see again.
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is what they've done.
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Jen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
They're probably hoping you won't hear about this. But tomorrow in TX, Tarrant County officials meet to vote on a GOP plan to cut almost HALF of Election Day voting locations, plus 8 early voting locations, some of them on campuses. Not hard to guess why. fortworthreport.org/2026/07/30/t...
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Tarrant County considers cutting 140 Election Day polling sites for November
County commissioners vote Aug. 4 on proposed reductions to the number of early voting and day-of sites for the midterms.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
11 years ago today, Ken Paxton surrendered at the Collin County Jail on felony securities fraud charges. This is his mugshot.
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Alaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Friendly reminder that these things aren't impacted by closing the Strait of Hormuz so maybe, just maybe, we should implement them to avoid being impacted by future conflicts: -Solar panels -Wind turbines -Battery storage -Electric vehicles -Bicycles -Natural fertilizers -Electric heat pumps
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
President Donald Trump posted a rambling paragraph to his social media platform Monday, demanding that U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) get rid of the filibuster for a “full and deep throated SAVE AMERICA ACT.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump demands an end to the filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act
The Save America Act does not have enough votes to pass in the Senate. That hasn't stopped President Donald Trump from calling for its passage and against established legislative safeguards, like the ...
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
There’s an important lesson here, for those who choose to listen.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Nobody in the U.S. Senate is more responsible for the overturning of Roe v. Wade than Susan Collins. In November, we will defeat her.
Susan Collins standing with Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/07/2026
Oh look. Texas also made voter registration errors. They were caught and fixed, all without needing the SAVE act or a national voter roll database. CRAZY. www.kxxv.com/news/local-n...
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Election errors found in Texas voter database ahead of November election
A campaign worker found errors in Texas's voter database. Here's what it means for McLennan County voters ahead of the November election.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/07/2026
1956 Republican National platform.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Do you want to know how popular school vouchers are? They have never won on a ballot. Not once. In any state. Ever. The only way states are able pass a school voucher scheme is behind closed doors. Legislatively. The people would never approve their tax dollars going to private religious schools.
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/07/2026
The State Department has just put out a tender, offering funding of up to $3 million to European organizations who want to fight against "Supra-national institutions" - presumably the EU - and governments who seek to regulate the internet and end Western Civilization. www.state.gov/drl-nofo-dev...
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DRL NOFO Developing Civilizational Bonds, Democratic Resilience, and Rule of Law in Europe - United States Department of State
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)Developing Civilizational Bonds, Democratic Resilience, and Rule of Law in EuropeBureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor, Department of StateOpportunity number: ...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Three elections coming up in the next few weeks that you should know about! 1️⃣ the Missouri constitutional amendment that, if passed, would pretty much shut down direct democracy in that state: boltsmag.org/missouri-ame...
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Under this August Measure, All of Missouri’s Recent Popular Initiatives Would Have Failed - Bolts
Republicans have dominated Missouri’s legislature for over two decades, but they haven’t entirely controlled state lawmaking, in large part because Missouri empowers citizens to petition for ballot re...
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Whenever I watch the US Men’s soccer team play, I remind myself the US Women’s soccer team have won their World Cup 4 times and remain the most successful team in tournament history.
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Jeff Alworth @alworth.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
There were so many red flags. Even before the sexual misconduct reports started dribbling out: the obvious lies about the Nazi tat, the problematic Reddit posts (and dubious explanations). By the time the first sexual misconduct story came out, it was no surprise and this was actually *expected.*
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/07/2026
RESPECT Every politician should be doing this. Mayor Coffman has spent every Friday night since February sleeping at Aurora, Colorado’s homeless center, serving breakfast in the morning, and learning firsthand what works and what doesn’t.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In the well-over 100,000 documents written by founders included in the Founders Online database from the National Archives, no one uses the phrase "God's noble experiment." No one.
Chuck Schumer: "The founding fathers called America God's noble experiment. I believe in all three words to this day: we are one nation under God, we have clung to noble ideals for longer than any other nation, and we are an experiment always changing, trying to make ourselves better.
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 05/07/2026
There is no Alaska way of life without our fisheries. That’s why I’m in this fight: to bring back our fish, restore abundance, ensure Alaskans can feed their families, and stand up to the rigged DC system that’s failing Alaska.
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Opinion: Fighting for our fish and our fishermen
Restoring abundance means confronting bycatch, investing in research and giving Alaska communities a real seat at the table.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
this is why we can't have nice things. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...
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Trump Asked FIFA to Review Balogun’s Suspension. He Is Now Eligible to Play.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Montana's Trump-endorsed Republican U.S. Senate nominee... www.huffpost.com/entry/montan...
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Trump-Backed Senate Nominee Let A Man Who Sexually Abused A 6-Year-Old Serve Less Than A Year In Prison
As U.S. attorney, Alme cut a plea deal in 2020 that let Mychal Thomas Damon serve less than a year in prison after sexually abusing a 6-year-old.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 04/07/2026
🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 9 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/FNfgR
Graphic from Stand Up for Science urging action on a federal funding proposal. Large text reads: "9 Days Left" and "Help Us Stop Vought From Destroying American Science." A portrait of Russell Vought appears beside the U.S. Capitol. A banner along the bottom reads: "Submit a comment on the OMB proposal | Link in bio to take action." The Stand Up for Science logo appears in the top left.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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