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NPR @npr.org · 10h
Catherine Sweeney was in the witness room when Tennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike on Sept. 30. An attempted execution in May had also failed. Here's what Sweeney saw and heard. In collaboration with @wpln.bsky.social: n.pr/4APTm4T
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'We could all hear her breathing': Witnessing the failed execution of Christa Pike
Catherine Sweeney was in the witness room when Tennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike on Sept. 30. An attempted execution in May had also failed. Here's what Sweeney saw and heard.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10h
A tragic air ambulance crash off Massachusetts has left two Bermudian nationals and four crew members presumed dead.
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Mother and son from Bermuda named as passengers on missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston
A tragic air ambulance crash off Massachusetts has left two Bermudian nationals and four crew members presumed dead.
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Politico @politico.com · 05/10/2026
Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the US politi.co/4rPdj85
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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the US politi.co/4rPdj85
Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the US politi.co/4rPdj85
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 05/10/2026
Redistricting is directly on the ballot in November. Voters in Colorado, Maryland, and Missouri are weighing in on statewide measures—and don’t miss a local effort to set up an independent redistricting commission in a California county.
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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - Bolts
Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read More
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 05/10/2026
Get a copy of Greetings From Effin’ Birds, from my now-bankrupt UK publisher, with your VIP ticket to October 17th's Toronto Shitshow, an all-snark holiday market. Admission is free, and for $35 you get early entry and a swag bag full of goodies, including this rare as fuck book. eatf.art/toss
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/10/2026
One reason to think that Hamilton might not suffer the same fate as other Democrats who have wilted under a Republican ad offensive is that, while he’s a political novice, he is hardly an unknown. They're not so used to running against well-known pastors.
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Trumpism in Trouble on the Prairie
Democrats have found an opening in one of America’s reddest states. Now comes the Republican money.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 05/10/2026
First time voters, sound off in the chat — why are you excited to make your voice heard this election? Make sure you have everything you need to cast your ballot at aclu.org/vote_2026
"8.5 million youth who were too young to vote in 2024 can vote for the first time in 2026.  Source: Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement."  Photo of young people walking next to a sign that says "Vote" with an arrow. Defending our vote logo. ACLU logo. Burgundy circles with two filled in red as if on a ballot.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/10/2026
Pete Hegseth just unveiled six initiatives he says will reshape the U.S. military for years. Lt. Gen. @markhertling.bsky.social takes them one by one and asks the question Hegseth still hasn’t answered: How, exactly, will any of this make America safer? lnk.thebulwark.com/4jpnDBF?utm_...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Forecasters are watching for a potential pattern change between Oct. 11 and 13 that could bring significantly cooler temperatures.
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Put down the soup spoon. Near-record heat is headed for Colorado’s Front Range
Temperatures could run as much as 20 degrees above normal Monday, with 90-degree heat possible in northern Colorado.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
now when you want to call someone a loser for using AI-generated music, you can compare them to an ohio pastor who briefly appeared on american idol and was just sentenced to life without parole for murdering his wife while having an affair. apnews.com/article/cale...
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late.
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The best way to be sure your vote counts is to vote early and in person. www.vote.org
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Politico @politico.com · 05/10/2026
Why Democrats are running more Epstein-focused ads politi.co/3U3JSCJ
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Why Democrats are running more Epstein-focused ads politi.co/3U3JSCJ
Why Democrats are running more Epstein-focused ads politi.co/3U3JSCJ
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Megan O'Matz @megomatz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How @propublica.org Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required. / by @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 05/10/2026
Where the candidates for Colorado state treasurer stand on the issues coloradosun.com/2026/10/05/c...
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Where the candidates for Colorado state treasurer stand on the issues
Democratic state Sen. Jeff Bridges faces Republican Kevin Grantham, a Fremont County commissioner and former Senate president, in the Nov. 3 general election
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NPR @npr.org · 05/10/2026
The Supreme Court is set to hear a blockbuster climate change case that could affect more than just climate issues. And, Brazil's presidential race is too close to call. n.pr/4B3U8f0
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SCOTUS hears major climate change case. And, Brazil's presidential race goes to runoff
The Supreme Court is set to hear a blockbuster climate change case that could affect more than just climate issues. And, Brazil's presidential race is too close to call.
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Sue in Rockville 💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋 @sueinrockville.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The. Cruelty. Is. The. Point. "We Are Under Attack From an Enemy Within" "A dangerous despot abusing his power & running roughshod over the Rule of Law & our Constitution" 1- @StevenBeschloss open.substack.com/pub/america/... 2- @HC_Richardson heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-4-...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/10/2026
@willsommer.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social are live, covering the latest news in the MAGA world. Join their conversation:
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LEAKED AUDIO: Ken Paxton Says D.C. Is Running His Campaign | MAGA Mondays
Sam Stein and Will Sommer are going live at 10am ET on Monday, October 5 to discuss the week's biggest developments in the right-wing fever swamp.
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Chris Bianchi @bianchiweather.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Record warm low tied this morning at DIA - low of 55° this morning ties the old daily warm max low from 1947. #COwx
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The last time the Strategic Oil Reserve was this low, Olivia Newton-John had the #1 song in the country.
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Isabela Dias @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Flávio Bolsonaro got 56 million votes yesterday. He's under investigation for alleged “money laundering, illicit capital flight, corruption" after he negotiated a $24-million investment from a now-jailed banker—accused of leading the biggest bank fraud in Brazil's history—to finance the movie.
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How a Bolsonaro biopic ended up at the center of Brazil's presidential election
“This movie is going to be a nightmare for the Left.”
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Stephanie Mencimer @smencimer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One teen told ICE officers he lived with his dad down the block, but that his dad was deaf. They didn’t try to contact the father before deeming the boy “unaccompanied” and detaining him. “They’re kidnapping people’s kids,” a former Biden official told us. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It might not shock you to learn that the song is about America.
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WHO @who.int · 05/10/2026
Did you know? Postpartum haemorrhage, excessive bleeding after childbirth, is the leading cause of maternal death worldwide, claiming nearly 43,000 lives each year. A woman can go from stable to critical in minutes, but science now shows how to detect and stop the bleeding in time. 🔗 bit.ly/4rReMcs
Everybody deserves a safe birth.

Image shows the photograph of a woman with her baby, along with the tagline 'Together for health. Stand with Science.'
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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What’s the historical precedent for the head of the FBI visiting a hostile foreign power at war with our allies, and directly aiding countries with whom we are at war with, and did they come back with the Black Death?
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/10/2026
A school bus flipped over onto its roof during a multivehicle crash in central Florida, killing two people including a 10th grade girl and injuring several others, authorities said.
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2 people killed, including a student, after Florida school bus rolls over in crash, sheriff says
A school bus flipped over onto its roof during a multivehicle crash in central Florida on Monday morning, killing two people including a 10th grade girl and injuring several others, authorities said.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 05/10/2026
Do you know which state legislatures might flip in November? Our midterms guide walks you through the key states to watch, and the districts that will make or break majorities.
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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - Bolts
Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read More
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 05/10/2026
Where John Hickenlooper, Mark Baisley stand on the issues in Colorado’s US Senate race coloradosun.com/2026/10/05/c...
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Where John Hickenlooper, Mark Baisley stand on the issues in Colorado’s US Senate race
The Colorado Sun interviewed the major party candidates running for US Senate to see where they stand on the economy, healthcare, immigration and other top issues
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
TOMORROW at 4 p.m. ET: Join ProPublica reporters for a deep dive into the changing private school landscape and what regulations do and do not exist around these schools. 🔗 RSVP: events.propublica.org/wild-west-sch…
Virtual Event: The Wild West of School Vouchers. Tuesday, Oct. 6. 4 p.m. Eastern time. Illustration: A giant orange pencil points up and to the right. In the background is a pattern made up of gray school chairs.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/10/2026
Nolo has changed from a strong hurricane to a typhoon after it crossed the international date line. Monday morning Japan time, Typhoon Nolo had maximum sustained winds of 100 mph and was moving west at 19 mph, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
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Nolo changes from a hurricane to a typhoon after crossing the international date line
Nolo has changed from a strong hurricane to a typhoon after it crossed the international date line. Nolo was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph Sunday morning Hawaii time before it crossed the line in the Pacific Ocean that separates one day from the next.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/10/2026
How Jared Kushner used his position to hop in bed with autocrats
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How Jared Kushner used his position to hop in bed with autocrats
And sell out America.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/10/2026
Republicans are moving their PAC money from North Carolina to Kansas. Adam Hamilton's reaction? They're afraid. They should be. @lauren-egan.bsky.social reports from Kansas on whether Hamilton actually has a chance of winning this red state as GOP money pours in.
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Trumpism in Trouble on the Prairie
Democrats have found an opening in one of America’s reddest states. Now comes the Republican money.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
Andrea Bell’s agency has handed developers more than $1.4 billion for rent-restricted apartments over the last five years. She failed to disclose that her husband works for a company that consults on these projects, despite a law requiring her to do so.
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Oregon Housing Director Failed to Report Husband’s Related Business Interests
Andrea Bell, executive director of Oregon Housing and Community Services, filed amended state ethics paperwork after ProPublica asked about her husband’s work at a firm that’s consulted on projects re...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/10/2026
"Our rape statutes were written decades ago, at a time when women were gravely underrepresented in the legislature, and when we understood far less about rape than we understand now."
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The loophole that likely doomed the Cornell rape case before it even started
Accusers who voluntarily drink have little protection under an antiquated law many see as victim-blaming.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What better way to spent valuable time on a Sunday show a month before enormously consequential midterms than national political media demonstrating yet again how out of touch they are by continuing their relentless promotion of Emanuel’s presidential aspirations.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 05/10/2026
Andy Kessler, who I used to be friendly with but haven't spoken to in years, has written an almost incomprehensible piece for the WSJ on colleges running into trouble. Perhaps it's me, but the argument he makes is disjointed and confusing. First, he suggests, the issue is "left-leaning professors"?
WSJ article: The End of College as We Know It: AI is wreaking havoc in universities, but higher ed’s woes long predate ChatGPT.
What’s the matter with universities? Syracuse missed its 2026 enrollment target and may run a $30 million deficit. Minnesota is cutting its budget by $225 million over two years. Tulsa is slashing tuition by more than half. Colleges enroll 4.2% fewer undergraduates than last year. Cornell, Yale, Vanderbilt and Washington University in St. Louis put out plans—not radical enough, if you ask me—to reimagine the university. Wossamotta U?

Colleges are known for left-leaning professors, speech suppression, bizarre courses—Occidental College taught “The Unbearable Whiteness of Barbie”—and easy grading more than critical thinking, judgment and problem solving. It’s easy to blame artificial intelligence, but problems run deeper:
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So, Iran is supposedly defeated but also has the capability to strike US targets 2700 miles from it's borders, inside a NATO country, on the other side of Europe. And the threat is so credible the US withdrew it's force rather than face it. LMFAO !
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
As a teacher, I increasingly worry about how the rising authoritarianism may be impacting our ability to teach global health and discuss difficult but essential issues Authoritarianism Leads Teachers to Self-Censor. Solidarity Lets Us Teach Truth truthout.org/articles/aut...
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Authoritarianism Leads Teachers to Self-Censor. Solidarity Lets Us Teach Truth.
A Zinn Education Project survey reveals how collective struggle helps educators resist political intimidation.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 04/10/2026
On this day in 1949, members of the largest bridge association in the U.S. voted to exclude Black players from competitions.
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Oct. 4, 1949 | Largest U.S. Bridge Association Votes to Exclude Black Members
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 04/10/2026
Getting to the bottom of hacking by rogue AI agents requires the government to probe whether the failures reflect decisions across the industry to prioritize speed over safety. bit.ly/4xLckHb
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How Congress Should Investigate Threat from Rogue AI Agents
The government must evaluate systemic failures with an eye toward establishing meaningful regulation.
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Through increased awareness and education World Animal Day seeks to create a world where animals are always recognized as sentient beings and full regard is always paid to their welfare. #worldanimalday #cat #dog #horse #wolf Photos: Jim McCrary, Mary Nichols, @elissa_kline, Carole King Archives
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thePG 📷 🦍 @thepg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Underwhelming at best. Looks like someone made a store run after the game
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Lucien Lazare, Jewish fighter in the French Resistance, has died at 101. After fighting the Nazis, he was rejected by his synagogue later in life for translating an article saying “Israel, today, is nothing but a formless mass of corruption, oppression and injustice.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/w...
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Lucien Lazare, Jewish Resistance Fighter in Occupied France, Dies at 101 (Gift Article)
He and a small troop of French Jews worked with the Allies to distribute supplies and fight the Nazis, ambushing a German train and liberating a city in the south.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
there’s too much likability in this photo, you can’t look directly at it
Yo-yo ma being embraced by Zohran Mamdani
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 04/10/2026
Supreme Court will hear major climate change case involving devastating Marshall wildfire coloradosun.com/2026/10/04/c...
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Supreme Court will hear major climate change case involving devastating Marshall wildfire
Colorado case is part of a wave of climate change litigation across the U.S. The justices will hear the case that could decide the fate of similar cases.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I see some folks asking: what motivates RFK Jr to tell such horrific, dangerous, repulsive lies about the HPV vaccine? Well, he has made $856,559 from suing the HPV vaccine maker (his vaccine adviser, Dr Kulldorff, also got rich the same way) Always follow the 🤑! www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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RFK Jr. plans to keep a financial stake in lawsuits against the drugmaker Merck
RFK Jr. plans to keep collecting referral fees in lawsuits against the drug company Merck even if confirmed as HHS secretary, according to new filings with the Office of Government Ethics.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 04/10/2026
U.S government regulators are accusing some telehealth companies of deceptive, unethical business practices, including disclosing their customers’ health data, signing them up for hard-to-cancel subscriptions and bypassing real-time consultations with doctors. Here's what you need to know.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/10/2026
ICYMI, @timmiller.bsky.social's list of longish-shot Dems to watch:
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More Democrats Who Can Win Red America
Tim Miller has more candidates to watch and support.
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