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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 18h
"Whether he is watching too much Fox News or acting for other reasons, Justice Alito seems to be emotionally unable to rationally examine the actual evidence in the cases before him to see if they support his voter fraud arguments." democracyproject.org/posts/exorci...
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Exorcising Justice Alito’s Voter Fraud Boogeyman
A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 8h
We need AI regulation yesterday. The incentive driving the doom scenario is simply greed. I don't take PAC money from OpenAI, or any AI corporation, or any corporation for that matter.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h
Twelve Democrats to really watch this election season:
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More Democrats Who Can Win Red America
Tim Miller has more candidates to watch and support.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11h
BREAKING: MS NOW EXCLUSIVE. Republican Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway. GOP Judiciary staff told Schmitt the texts — obtained from the Trump DOJ — were "unvetted." Schmitt still used them.
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Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.
As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h
Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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David Froomkin @dfroomkin.bsky.social · 8h
We need to stop reaffirming that we don't expect Trump administration figures to face legal accountability for their misdeeds. Expectations produce reality. We need to start creating the expectation that they in fact will—indeed, must—face legal accountability.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h
I never ever thought I would see such a dangerous unhinged psychopath running the US military. We’ve had some bad ones, but never like this.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h
25th Amendment? We can’t even get network news to air it or even mention it. It’s a massive national media coverup to hide the fact the we have an addled president.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12h
JUST IN: A federal judge has denied DOJ's effort to obtain Georgia's complete, unredacted voter list, the latest in a string of more than two dozen defeats for the Trump administration in efforts to obtain state voter rolls. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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#146 in United States v. Raffensperger (N.D. Ga., 1:26-cv-00485) – CourtListener.com
ORDER. It is ORDERED that Defendant Raffensperger and Intervenor-Defendant's BVMF's Motions to Dismiss (Docs. 16, 23 ) are GRANTED IN PART as set forth in this Order. Intervenor-Defendants' Common Cau...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 16h
58 deaths. Outrageous. Should never happen in America.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 15h
“Putin has gone even crazier,” a senior Ukrainian official told The Economist. “He ordered attacks on everything civilian. They want people to be afraid of going to the supermarket.” www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
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Putin’s new bombardment of Kyiv has a terrible logic
A Russian terror campaign aims to cripple the capital even before winter hits
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans cried that Trump needed money for the border and then he stole the money to pay for a millions in totally illegal, taxpayer funded campaign ads. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 18h
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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NPR @npr.org · 15h
The Pentagon made last-minute changes to forms that many overseas U.S. citizens use for absentee voting, removing a category of citizens that Republicans have been pushing to block from voting. n.pr/4iT13Ru
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Trump officials changed forms for overseas voters amid a GOP push to restrict voting
The Pentagon made last-minute changes to forms that many overseas U.S. citizens use for absentee voting, removing a category of citizens that Republicans have been pushing to block from voting.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 15h
when your country's new accord on “super intelligence” misspells the country's name
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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 20h
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The Cornell 7 and fraternities. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Men want it to.
YouTube video by Cheri Jacobus
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The sign being used in stores across Canada, thanks to Trump. =====================
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
if you know anything about senator schmitt's monumental fuck up in the jack smith hearing, i implore you to reach out. can be anonymous. signal: marisakabas.04 email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
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Run for Something @runforsomething.net · 29/09/2026
News alert: RFS candidates and alum were featured in Bloomberg this week for organizing against big tech and showing up for their communities. bloom.bg/3VoiZK0
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Data Center Opposition Spawns a Surge of First-Time Candidates
Activists who cut their teeth fighting data center projects in their towns are now riding a wave of AI tech pushback to seek office in local elections.
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 29/09/2026
I'm trying to imagine a Democratic president — let's say Al Gore, to give ourselves a giggle — refusing to approve a single highway project for almost two years, and the absolute hellfire that would erupt in response _across_ the political landscape.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ballots are out! If yours came in the mail, fill it out and send it back early. It has to arrive by 7pm on November 3. No ballot yet? Request one by October 22 or vote early October 24 to 31. #AngieForFlorida
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William Lawrence @wewill2026.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Congratulations to all those who organized and won this victory. These attempts to surveil and monitor us are profoundly un-American. Don't tread on us, and don't spy on us either.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
TRUMP SAYS THE U.S. IS 'THINKING ABOUT A COMMITTEE OF 10 PEOPLE TO WATCH OVER AI', ADDING THAT 'IF AI MODELS ARE NOT USED FOR GOOD, WE WILL NAB THEM'.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As someone else noted (sorry, can’t find it now) it really feels like there was a coordinated campaign to boost Schmitt today, with the Axios piece floating him as Vance’s VP setting up his big gotcha attempt at the hearing. They just ignored the fuckup and moved to stage three congratulating him.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It also ignores the existence of single-parent families, something existing universal daycare programs cover. Just a profoundly underwhelming salvo against a fundamentally pro-working family provision.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New Mexico's program also includes a provision for grandparents raising their grandkids to receive the benefit, a scenario not at all considered in the Atlantic's story www.nmececd.org/universal/
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Universal Child Care | Early Childhood Education & Care Department
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You know I was perhaps overly optimistic that the Atlantic article on Universal Daycare would talk at all about the program in the only state that has it. Not one mention of New Mexico in the piece, which would contradict its theme about what benefits best serve all families, regardless of income.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'd love to see you in Rochester at our rally in support of Rep. Chris Pappas, Stefany Shaheen, and Cinde Warmington. Together, we can elect strong leaders and build a better future for New Hampshire. I hope you'll join us!
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New Hampshire Rally with Pete Buttigieg, Chris Pappas, Stefany Shaheen, and Cinde Warmington · Win the Era
Join Pete Buttigieg in New Hampshire for a rally with Chris Pappas, Stefany Shaheen, and Cinde Warmington to lay out the stakes for this election and get out the vote for Democrats up and down the bal...
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 29/09/2026
It's the final week to help shape our next community-curated merch. Got a design idea? Send it our way. Not an artist? No problem. We’re also looking for tagline ideas for T-shirts, bags and hats. What makes you think of Bellingcat? Tell us by Friday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Various bellingcat merch design mockups. Reads: We Want You To Design Our Merch
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The fatal mistake that just blew up a decades-old Republican strategy #AlterNet
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The fatal mistake that just blew up a decades-old Republican strategy
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I mean, the pretense of thinking that a "hearing" is some sort of legit legal practice when it forces a two year to argue his or her own case is just preposterous. As is calling at-will employees of the executive "judges," tho that's more Orwell than Kafka. Just speed-running dystopias here.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“I’m pissed off about gas & food prices.” “Are you regretting your vote for Trump?” “Yeah. A lot of people are.” “America’s not Great Again?” “No. They’ve run it into the ground.” (H/T @cwebbonline.com )
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In two weeks, Russell Brand goes on trial in the UK on rape and sexual assault charges in cases involving six women. Tomorrow in DC, he's appearing at a MAHA gathering to 'moderate' a discussion with Dr Oz about medicare and medicaid. What the hell?
1:55 to 2:25 pm Reforms at CMS

Chris Klomp Chief Counselor HHS

Mehmet Oz, Administrator CMS

Moderated by Russell BRand, comedian and brodcaster
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Forbes @forbes.com · 28/09/2026
The court had previously claimed it was unnecessary for Alito to step back from hearing the case.
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Samuel Alito Recuses From Major Supreme Court Case After Oil And Gas Investments Come Under Fire
The court had previously claimed it was unnecessary for Alito to step back from hearing the case.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: Watchdog group Democracy Forward files federal civil lawsuit against Defense Dept seeking records about Jennifer Hegseth's use of DOD staff, attendance at agency meetings, appearance on official calendars
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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 28/09/2026
The GOP is an opposition party even when it's in power, the idea that they are the perpetual underdog is central to their internal mythology and can't be disturbed by facts or the results of elections. It's also why they're bad at, you know, governing.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Under Donald Trump, America is much less safe and much less secure.👇
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This was posted Saturday in case you missed it. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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A past FBI inquiry complicates Susan Collins’s campaign message in Maine
News of a probe involving political contributions and federal contracts has some in a shipyard town raising questions about her influence.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: Former Missouri AG Andrew Bailey, who joined the FBI as 'co-deputy director' work alongside then-Deputy Director Dan Bongino, is stepping aside. Bailey was overseeing election-related matters at the FBI.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sen Roger Marshall (R-KS) has one enormous vulnerability that he just can't explain away: he actually lives in Sarasota, Florida, not in Kansas. And the evidence of that fact is abundant.
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US Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home • Kansas Reflector
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall established deeper roots than previously disclosed in Sarasota, Florida, where he had a vacation home that he traveled to on official business and said he used for visiting fa...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026
NEW: ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for nearly a year.
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The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 28/09/2026
Listening to Glenn Beck rn (because I am not a well person) and he's very earnestly telling the story of the Texas 80yo who is delivering lost luggage to help pay for his wife's cancer treatment *and turning it into a story about Americans' generosity.* Not, you know, our broken healthare system.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If Black voter turnout in Georgia had approached 60%, Kamala Harris would have won the state. There's a lot of noise out there among vibe-based pundits, but that's the number that determines a double-digit Ossoff win versus something smaller and a Democratic governor versus a Republican one.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
FBI fires two stars: “Both Burgwald, a West Point graduate, and Rae have served in high-profile posts in which they received attorney general’s awards over the past two decades. Rae supervised the FBI’s response to the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.” news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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FBI Ousts Officials Probing Threats to Stephen Miller’s Family
FBI leadership removed two counterterrorism leaders due to dissatisfaction with their investigation of allegedly threatening phone calls made to senior White House aide Stephen Miller’s wife, said thr...
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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm old enough to remember the US denying that this attack was successful. Starting to suspect Pete Hegseth lied to me.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nothing to see here... just the Director of the FBI, Kash Patel, and Trump's US Attorney for New Jersey, Alina Habba, partying it up and having a grand time with well-known Russian intelligence operatives. Is it possible they don't know? No, they know, and approve.
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