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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When a president is saying, but not saying as an intimidation strategy.

Ad Baculum: Threats of force or intimidation. Used by dangerous demagogues to change the subject of debate and silence legitimate opposition.

Paralipsis: I'm not saying, I'm just saying. Used by dangerous demagogues to avoid accountability by saying two things at once.

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fascists don't believe in peace. Peace doesn't help them. No authoritarian regime ever wants peace. Liberal democracies want peace. Peace helps them. Every liberal democracy wants peace.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026

Please stop overestimating what a democratic Congress can do. The oligarchs are spending money to make you think a Dem Congress can arrest people and hold trials and pass laws without a POTUS signature so that you’ll be disappointed when they don’t do stuff they can’t do. Don’t fall for it.

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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We need Dan Rather in our main stream media again. He was not a coward in his reporting.

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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

MARY TRUMP: “Donald is a very sick man. He’s never going to get better. He’s only going to get worse. And if it suits his purposes, he will take this entire country down with him.” “So please, vote carefully.” Let those words sink in.

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

For months Gabriela Soto has relentlessly advocated for her husband Martin, unlawfully detained by ICE while buying diapers for their baby. Martin played a key role in the Delaney Hall hunger strike this summer. Last night we was RELEASED from ICE custody. ALWAYS FIGHT BACK.

Beautiful young family outside a detention center.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/10/2026

Wrongly indicted, charges dropped, and now we learn prosecutors allegedly knew the Reflecting Pool renovation was failing and they charged David Hearn anyway. I hope he sues their asses off.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Attn: A FBI supervisor is blowing the whistle on the Trump administration’s targeting of anti-ICE protesters. Jill Fields states the White House pushed the FBI to investigate people in Los Angeles even after agents determined their actions were protected by the First Amendment.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Blumenthal: Tether is a crypto company that has a stablecoin known as USDT, and it is the major means of Iran avoiding and evading sanctions. What we’ve also exposed is that Cantor Fitzgerald has a major financial tie. Cantor Fitzgerald was owned by Howard Lutnick. It’s still run by his family.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We’re honestly still taken aback by Elon advising the Pentagon on the future of wars. Didn’t we all see how badly he failed with DOGE?

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 30/09/2026

Sen. Eric Schmitt was so overzealous to try and get Jack Smith, a good and honest man who has done great work, that Schmitt embarrassed himself by accusing Smith of going to the wrong basketball game. You can't make this stuff up. And right wing media will pretend it never happened.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

That cocky, misplaced look of smug success on Senator Eric Schmitt’s face—moments before everything came crashing down around him because he’s so carelessly incompetent.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026

This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/09/2026

I kind of think it's an ongoing testament to their pathetic cowardice and lack of moral character.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens

Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/09/2026

The press becomes “the enemy” the moment the authoritarian can’t control the story. #No1stAmendmentBan

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026

Shot in the back. No criminal record.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026

As Yom Kippur came to a close this evening, I was privileged to join my friend, Ruth Messinger, at a break fast in her home. It was an honor to celebrate this moment of renewal with many of our Jewish neighbors. May it be a year of justice, joy and peace.

Mayor Mamdani, Ruth Messinger, and two children hold challah bread.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

According to the investigation, the Pentagon relied on outdated intelligence that still identified the site as an IRGC facility, while personnel placed too much trust in Maven to flag stale or conflicting information. It didn’t. The school ultimately appeared as a recommended target.

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Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School

Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/09/2026

JD Vance walked right into this one. He never saw the follow-up coming. “People who break in and vandalize a building should be prosecuted.” Kaitlan Collins: So about January 6th…

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We’re not being governed, we’re being looted! 👇 👇 👇 👇

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Carole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Having lived through those years, I remember the fear many reporters faced but carried on despite all. Thank you.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/09/2026

NEW: ICE shooting in Austin. Scant details at this time.

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denkraumverzerrung @denkraumverzerrung.de · 07/09/2026

"But what’s happening in Germany, particularly because of our close alliance with that country and events in Ukraine, bears close watching. We usually stick to law and politics in the U.S. here at Civil Discourse, but we all understand that what is happening here doesn’t take place in a vacuum"

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/09/2026

A couple days ago, Mike Johnson mocked Thomas Massie for suggesting House leadership could keep Congress out to avoid the new Epstein Files Transparency Act, calling the idea “stupid” and “nonsensical.” Now he has canceled the final two weeks of September.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/08/2026

Apple: ~$2.2 billion Nike: $986 million FedEx: ~$800 million Amazon: $640 million General Motors: $500 million Giant corporations are raking in millions in tariff refunds and getting even richer. But remember: corporations passed tariff costs on to you. Where's YOUR refund?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

To anyone writing about or thinking about the so-called "deal" with Venezuela for its oil reserves: It's theft, an "agreement" at the barrel of a gun. Please don't sanitize it. open.substack.com/pub/america/...

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Can America Ever Regain Its Honor?

A Saturday Prompt

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Moriah @moriah1121.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

#AbolishICE If I’m not mistaken “The Right To Protest” is *still* protected by the First Amendment—? This stunning display at the Capitol is clear evidence that ‘right’ is being egregiously violated! It Appears This Has Changed👇

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Leilani @auntyleilani.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Unbelievable timeline we’re on! Women peacefully protesting are arrested after having the signs with pictures of people who have been murdered by icen, violently ripped from their hands. Meanwhile, we’re trying to prevent J6ers from getting rewarded for violently attacking the same place.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/08/2026

After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. (Published Feb. 2023)

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UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings.

After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for r...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Navalny, in prison: “I don’t for a second regret it… the only thing we should fear is we’ll surrender our homeland to be plundered by a gang of liars, thieves & hypocrites. That we will surrender without a fight, voluntarily, our own future and the future of our children.”

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to compel Illinois to provide its complete statewide voter registration database. Another big victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is now 0-19 in these cases. ELG remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/illino...

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🚨 United States of America v. Matthews

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