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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/08/2026
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Note, by the way, that right wingers - and the political media - only cared about a president wearing a tan suit when that president was...yep, you guessed it, Black. Obama looked spiffy in tan, btw, as did FDR, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, etc. bluevirginia.us/2026/08/mond... h/t @ssurovell.bsky.social
"This week in history, @BarackObama wore a tan suit and the power of the American Presidency was forever changed for the worse..... how I miss those days" - VA Senate Majority Leader Scott SurovellMontage of presidents (FDR, JFK, LBJ, Ford, Reagan, HW Bush, Clinton, Dubya, Biden, Trump) wearing tan suits
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Ossoff: In my view, he's obsessed with Georgia because he can't get over the fact that it was black voters and black political power who were instrumental to his defeat in Georgia and in a number of crucial battleground states.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Nobel-Winning US Chemist Will Move to China to Lead AI Institute: “Yaghi …voiced concern about Mr. Trump’s immigration policies, saying that they endanger the nation’s system of universities, companies and governments that promote scientific excellence.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/s...
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Nobel-Winning U.S. Chemist Will Move to China to Lead A.I. Institute
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Don't want to speak ill of the dead, so getting this Mitch McConnell take out now. He saw Trump with complete clarity, as a danger to America, but protected him anyway. Perhaps more than anyone, he had the power to end Trumpism, but chose party over country. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/jan-6-and-...
And yet…McConnell refused to vote to convict. Seven of his colleagues did, and with McConnell’s leadership, more would have done so, potentially enough to get to the supermajority needed. With conviction, the Senate could have also taken the vote to block Trump from running again. Doing so would have ended Trump as a political power. McConnell was clearly considering this option. In an oral history interview at the time the House was impeaching Trump, McConnell said

But apparently you can impeach somebody after they leave office, and if that happens, there’s a second vote in the Senate, which only has to pass by a simple majority, that prevents that person from seeking office again. So he could not only be impeached, but also eliminated from the possibility of a comeback for this office. So it is significant.

In the end, McConnell protected Trump from punishment. It was not just the refusal to vote to convict. After a swift House impeachment, he pushed to delay the Senate trial. He opposed the Senate joining in a Congressional investigation of Jan 6. He endorsed Trump in 2024, although this matters little except to further diminish McConnell’s dignity, as it was clear by this point that the Republican Party was Trump’s and McConnell’s time of influence was at an end.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Slaughter case, overturning precedent, returns us to a spoils system where a president can “clean house” every four years, destroying our professional, independent civil service.
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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
White House officials secretly awarded a no-bid contract worth up to $500m for the construction of the East Wing ballroom in an unusual arrangement that sidestepped typical contracting procedures designed to control costs, according to a copy of the agreement www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Welcome back to Canada, President Obama. Thank you for joining us in Toronto for important conversations on how we can build a better and more just future — and empower more people to build with us.
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timbeejones.bsky.social @timbeejones.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The same persistent % of Americans who vote for white supremacy, Jim Crow, kakistocracy, etc, etc.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/05/2026
30 percent of Americans are against [squints at notes] the Pope urging peace
MS NOW cap of polling showing 66/30 positive/negative for "REACTION TO POPE LEO URGING PEACE, REJECTING WAR"
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Impeach Krasnov - @judi999.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The President of the United States is a danger to the United States. And Congress and SCOTUS are complicit. 🇺🇸
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/05/2026
The countdown is on, methinks.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/05/2026
as per melissa's thread, it is really important to understand that a major goal of this administration is the resegregation of key institutions of american society
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timbeejones.bsky.social @timbeejones.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The head of the FBI rolls like a Gansta Rapper doing a record release party at Magic City. Good Job, MAGA. Good Job.
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Palestine is the moral issue of our time, as was apartheid in the 1970s and 80s. your stance and your silence define you.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
commentary on the illegal iran war and the White House lies.
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CharChar @char50.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The supreme court betrayed Black voters, they betrayed America, and they betrayed our democracy.” - Barack Obama
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Shimanti | Human Consequences @humanconsequences.com · 06/05/2026
“What has remained constant since Reconstruction until now are nefarious changes to voting that disempower Black voters….It has been and presently is all about race.” LDF Director of Policy Demetria McCain www.theroot.com/why-the-supr...
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Why the Supreme Court’s War on Voting Rights is a Debt Our Children Shouldn’t Have to Pay – The Root
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
🚨BREAKING: Florida voters and pro-voting group Equal Ground Education Fund filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the GOP’s new congressional gerrymander, urging a court to block the map for violating the state constitution’s ban on partisan gerrymandering. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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‘One of the most extreme gerrymanders in American history’: Voters sue to block Florida’s new map
Florida Republicans raced to enact the map with minimal public input and despite sharp criticism from Democrats — as well as unease within their own party.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
America has a demented president running the country and the people who voted for him, or couldn't get themselves to vote for Harris so they stayed home or voted 3rd party, are responsible for this damn mess. Anyone with a lick of sense could have seen this coming.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I defy anyone to explain this on neutral legal principles.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The Worst Ruling in a Century (is an understatement) #Sad politicalwire.com/2026/04/29/t...
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The Worst Ruling in a Century
Rick Hasen: "Wednesday’s 6-3 party line decision in Louisiana v. Callais will go down in history as one of the most pernicious and damaging Supreme Court decisions of the last century." "All six Repub...
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timbeejones.bsky.social @timbeejones.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
"Im fine with the racism, the bigotry, the facism. But, these gas prices are too damn high...."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
🚨BREAKING: Newly obtained documents show a clear paper trail of Trump administration officials planning to share sensitive voter data with an outside political group trying to overturn elections, as part of a secret agreement. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Exclusive: New records show paper trail of DOGE voter data pact with election deniers
The documents provide the clearest evidence to date that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) personnel engaged with an outside political group seeking to analyze voter rolls in an effort to cha...
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 29/04/2026
most right essay ever, by @adamserwer.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Welcome to the Second Redemption
The accomplishments of the first black president will be erased by a man who rose to power on the slander that Barack Obama was not born in America.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces. 249 years later, we have this idiot.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Kevin Warsh just lost me. He argues he's going to be an independent Fed Chair, but refuses to acknowledge that Trump lost the 2020 election. If you can't state simple facts when you're in the political spotlight, you aren't independent. You're a coward.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 22/04/2026
NEW: In a huge win, Virginians approved a plan that will allow Democrats to redraw the state’s congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders. The redraw could net four more blue seats in Congress in the midterms. Litigation seeking to block the measure is ongoing.
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In big win for Democrats, voters approve Virginia redistricting plan, moving battle to court
Virginia is now the second Democratic-controlled state to approve a redistricting plan in response to President Donald Trump’s unprecedented mid-decade gerrymanders in other states.
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Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
In 1979 I went to an early Specials gig and I got hit on the head when they were throwing demo cassettes into the crowd. I’ve still got the ska to prove it.
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Queen Mab @queenmab99.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This really is the only way to get rid of the stench and stain on our country's government.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I’ll never get used to the president being a petty, whiny little bitch
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13/04/2026
Peter Magyar confirmed that Szijjarto, Orbán's FM, has barricaded himself with some of his closest colleagues and is shredding documents related to the sanctions on Russia any other evidence of treason.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Oh, yeah, that was the Obama Iran deal.
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Political Humor @politicalhumor9.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Trump isn't making America great again. Trump works for Putin, and Putin wants to destroy America from the inside. Americans are way too calm about the fact that a hostile Russian asset is sitting in the Oval office and has access to our nuclear codes.
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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Prophetic 2020 cartoon by Rob Rogers. Rogers was sacked by the vile Trumper owner of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 2018. Since then, his work since has never been better. The idiot owner ran the P-G into the ditch. It's bankrupt and will cease to be on May 3, after 240 years.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/04/2026
Melania Trump wants these photos and emails to be scrubbed from the Internet. Please stop liking and sharing them. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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timbeejones.bsky.social @timbeejones.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
It means there are more naked Melania photos coming....
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Jessý Potato @markdownhandsup.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Yesterday, the crew of the ISS called the crew of #Artemis2 and had a short conversation in between their busy schedules of research and documentation (I promise, to a scientist, that's more fun than it sounds!) This was the first ship-to-ship communications ever to take place in space. #NASA
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Julius Kim @juliuskim.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I’m beginning to understand how Trump went bankrupt so many times.
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timbeejones.bsky.social @timbeejones.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Trump just created a floating version of the Korean DMZ in the Gulf.
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George @retiredsurgassist.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Was there another big polymarket winner yesterday betting that tRump would pull his typical "two weeks" addendum.
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Barchart @barchart.com · 08/04/2026
Mass Panic at Apple Headquarters after Jim Cramer says $AAPL stock is going higher 👻😱🫂
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
This take is accurate. Listen to the ABC News interview of Trump by Jonathan Karl this morning. It quickly becomes evident that Trump doesn't actually know the terms of the ceasefire deal he agreed to. He's not a negotiator. He's a buffoon.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Mar-a-Lago's value has risen by $370 MILLION in the last year. That's TRIPLE its 2018 value. Trump’s 10 golf courses are up $210 MILLION too. And he's handed himself and his rich buddies BILLIONS in tax breaks. This is what I call profiting from the presidency.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 07/04/2026
Still waiting for the apology from anyone who voted for Donald Trump because they thought Hillary and Kamala were too emotional to be president.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Just wanted to remind folks, especially the GOP and the FDD, that Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal didn’t give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz or allow it to keep 60% enriched uranium. It sent $1.7 billion to Iran versus the tens of billions Iran will now make from tolls. 🤷🏽‍♂️
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timbeejones.bsky.social @timbeejones.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"Art of the Deal"
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timbeejones.bsky.social @timbeejones.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We now need a a containment strategy for Israel they way we developed one for the Soviet Union during the Cold War...
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