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Tony Cheevers

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 4h
Republicans accounted for 80% of the $80 million spent on AI-generated political ads tracked by researchers this year, with deepfakes of politicians like AOC appearing in multiple spots across the country, as well as AI-generated crowds.
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We’ve tracked $80M of spending on almost 170 AI-generated political ads this year – it’s weird
Almost 170 ads and $80 million in spending and only 31% with a disclaimer: Here’s what researchers found when they tracked AI in this year’s campaign ads.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 5h
Pay teachers a fair wage. Pay paraprofessionals who help support our kids a fair wage. Make sure our schools are safe, clean, warm, and dry.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h
Pete Hegseth gave a speech in front of a backdrop that almost perfectly matches Nazi imagery. Meanwhile, Trump calls opponents “vermin” who he will “root out,” and says the blood of our country is being poisoned. We are far past left vs right. Our choice is democracy or fascism.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 7h
Today, on World Teachers’ Day, we celebrate the teachers, educators, and child care providers who care for the future of New York and invest in our children every day. New York City doesn’t move without our teachers. We are grateful for their work today and every day.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 7h
Exactly. That is the problem here. Link: buff.ly/mYLjSyp
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 7h
Corporations and billionaires don’t want you to know what political messages they are funding. That’s why they make the info so difficult to find. PaidForBy.info changes the game. It’s 100% free to use. Please check it out and spread the word!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
Sen. Pete Ricketts gets the Trump rally crowd in Nebraska to boo the mention of "transgender rights"
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 7h
"An American polity increasingly turning against Trump has started to connect the degradations of his presidency to the Court that enabled many of them."
harrylitman.substack.com
Opening Day at a Court That Never Closed
The Justices face sharp public disapproval from identification with Trump’s autocratic rule.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen with the least enthusiastic "USA. USA. USA" of all time
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7h
The Trump administration is preparing the largest deployment of DOJ election monitors in history, and it won't say who they are. Now, the NAACP is suing for answers in the third such lawsuit. And it's citing Democracy Docket's own reporting. Help us keep digging: demdock.com/46JjoJp
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Translation: They are coming for the pill but waiting until after the midterms to do it. Story: buff.ly/5PHQmFM
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pete Buttigieg is barnstorming the nation in the final weeks before the midterms, boosting candidates in battlegrounds and even areas traditionally hostile to Democrats. Buttigieg is set to campaign in at least six states: North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, Georgia, Nevada and Michigan.
politico.com
Buttigieg goes big to help 2026 Dems
He is set to campaign in at least six states in the final stretch. As he does, he’s refining his message and thinking about what comes next.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline is now receiving thousands of voicemails. Listen to what they’re saying: “Ken Paxton is corrupt.” “I’m voting for James Talarico!” Texans are tired of corruption — and ready for something new.
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MoveOn @moveon.org · 05/10/2026
They found money for Flock cameras awfully fast for a country that still lets millions of kids go hungry.
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Had the BEST conversation with Florida Senate Candidate Angie Nixon. I’m telling you, we can flip that seat and actually get a senator who puts the people, not the president first. Let’s go!! AngieNixon.com FULL INTERVIEW HERE--- youtu.be/tM51JFEAPQI
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yeah, poor Justice Alito. Losing friends after delivering death sentences to desperate women across the nation. Sit all the way back down with this. And stop glazing him, CBS. We see you, Bari Weiss.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/10/2026
What do we do when Congress, the DOJ and even local election offices are stocked with election deniers? “Frankly, it’s going to be a generational challenge,” Marc Elias says. We’re up for the challenge. Are you? ➡️ demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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NPR @npr.org · 05/10/2026
Trump said Clayton will lead the White House's new "Super Intelligence Force," which will coordinate government engagement with artificial intelligence. n.pr/4rKs63I
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Trump names national intelligence chief Jay Clayton as new AI czar
Trump said Clayton will lead the White House's new "Super Intelligence Force," which will coordinate government engagement with artificial intelligence.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Justice Alito is confusing a desire to reform the court with an effort to intimidate it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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edeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hot girl shit is protected under the first amendment actually Angela
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm not running to bow to a corporation. I'm not running to raise your utility rates or help them do it. I'm not running so that your premium goes up and everybody looks the other way. I'm running to fight for you.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
👇👇👇👇
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Federal immigration goons use their vehicles to confront a crowd of demonstrators protesting ICE in Tacoma, in what eyewitnesses say was an attempt by the suspected Feds to intimidate them. You can see the crowd stand their ground, and the goons drive off.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Republicans spent the past year making choices on war, spending and energy, and voters are now footing the bill. Rather than own it, the party's answer so far has been deflection, denial and AI slop.
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The GOP Crisis: Five Separate Stories, One Looming Disaster
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 04/10/2026
Agree—unfair to compare ICE to Gestapo when ICE has worked so hard to commit its own atrocities like 5000+ credible cases of ICE sexually abusing migrant children, ~200 deportations of US citizens, forcing 2-yr-old children to rep themselves, & up to 97% arrest rate of people w/o any criminal record
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NPR @npr.org · 20h
This year, federal forecasters say the planet could see the strongest El Niño event on record. Here's what you need to know. n.pr/4AUcnn8
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Super El Niño is here. What's so super about it?
This year, federal forecasters say the planet could see the strongest El Niño event on record. Here's what you need to know.
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NPR @npr.org · 19h
Republicans and Democrats, both patients and politicians, seem united in their disdain for the healthcare companies known as pharmacy benefit managers. Tennessee and Arkansas are regulating them now. n.pr/3U5Omsw
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Republicans and Democrats find a unifying target: Pharmacy benefit managers
Republicans and Democrats, both patients and politicians, seem united in their disdain for the healthcare companies known as pharmacy benefit managers. Tennessee and Arkansas are regulating them now.
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NPR @npr.org · 19h
A judicial spokesperson confirmed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had filed a claim with the High Court in London and a hearing would take place Thursday. n.pr/4jEZDKE
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Former Prince Andrew files legal action to quash warrants that led to residence searches
A judicial spokesperson confirmed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had filed a claim with the High Court in London and a hearing would take place Thursday.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 18h
*stokes anger* *pooh-poohs anger^
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The founder of a popular Kentucky bourbon brand has been removed as CEO of the Kentucky Castle after allegations that he secretly filmed people — including family members — having sex
kentucky.com
Kentucky Castle parent company removes CEO after allegations he secretly filmed sex acts
The parent company of The Kentucky Castle and True Story Whiskey terminated the employment of CEO Wes Henderson, effective immediately.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/10/2026
Pete Hegseth is telling troops to vote. Meanwhile, the administration has: ❌ Scrapped a service military voters used to fax back election materials ❌ Changed their ballot request forms at the last minute ❌ Tried to restrict mail voting until a court blocked it
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Hegseth urges military to vote as Trump administration makes it harder for them to cast ballots
Hegseth’s push comes as the Trump administration and Republican allies have pursued a series of legal and administrative changes that could make it harder for the same military voters and their famili...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Once again, Dunning and Kruger for the win.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
TAPPER: Hiring is slow, wages are not keeping up w/ prices. So what is the president talking about when he says it's the best economy ever? HASSETT: This is a characterization very often made by the president's opponents when I do interviews. It's a double bind question. The pollsters are wrong.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
TAPPER: Is JD Vance wrong that prices are high? HASSETT: Oh, price are high in the sense that inflation went up about 20% under Joe Biden and the inflation rate has gone way way down TAPPER: Inflation has gone up under Trump
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
HASSETT: What are you gonna believe? The government hard data or the polls that have been wrong about every single election? TAPPER: But the govt hard data is that only 29k jobs were created last month H: Oh come on! That's just last month T: And it was revised down by 60k jobs in July & August
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
HASSETT: If people were unhappy, it'd show up in the data TAPPER: It seems to be showing up in the data, just not the data you're looking at
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
1. She's president's human binky & controls his social media 2. Foreign govts use her a conduit for Trump 3. She's lied about much of her background 4. She wouldn't or couldn't get security clearance (see 3) 5. She has an obsession w/ Trump giving their relationship a vaguely inappropriate dynamic
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
TAPPER: 2 years ago, Trump said he thought he could get mortgage rates down to 3%. Last week mortgage rates had the biggest weekly jump in 4 years. It's more than 7%. Why has Trump failed to deliver on that promise? HASSETT: President Trump hasn't failed to deliver at all. The economy is booming.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
(2/2) If you need to mail your ballot, put it in the mail as soon as you can. Our goal is to be up on Election Night even before the mail-in ballots are counted so Trump cannot claim the mail-in count rigged the election in his favor in the days following Nov. 3. Link: buff.ly/Wph7li4
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
(1/2) The best course of action with just weeks to go before Election Day is to vote early and in person. The next best is to drop any mail-in ballot you receive in an official drop box.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
🥊 Hassett gets his ass kicked by Tapper 🥊 Hassett's efforts to insist Trump's economy is the greatest ever and POTUS has never failed to deliver on his promises did not go well on CNN, as Tapper brought receipts to back up the feeling the majority of Americans have about how hard it is to get by
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
Blanche on the Trump administration deporting people to third countries where they have no connection: "This idea that we're violating human rights and the president and US is doing something to damage and put these people in harm's way is just categorically false"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
BREAM: DOJ plans to send 1k monitors to polls. Sen. Baldwin says 'our democracy depends on ppl being able to have their voices heard, but that's at risk as Trump weighs sending in armed agents.' How do you answer? BLANCHE: She should be saying 'thank God. Thank God we have a govt ready to show up'
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What a lie. Some of these people are being imprisoned indefinitely in squalid condition in African prisons. Others report being beaten and arbitrarily deported in violation of international law back to their home countries, where they face persecution or torture.
The indefinite nature of their confinement has taken a severe toll. In October 2025, a Cuban man who was on the July flight went on a hunger strike for a month-until he started showing signs of organ failure —to protest the conditions of his detention, including his ongoing confinement and lack of access to legal counsel.
Terrified of being imprisoned in Eswatini forever, another man repeatedly told his attorney that the prison there never lets people go. One man told his attorney that he feels like a caged animal with no end in sight. The prison does not have air conditioning, making the hot, humid summer months especially uncomfortable for the men.
Food is insufficient, medication is scarce, and requests often go unmet or are belatedly met.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
First Lady Natalie Harp returns to the White House late last night after traveling all day with the president #TravelWithNatalie (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty)
pic of Natalie walking, bag in hand
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 04/10/2026
Ron DeSantis became governor after winning Florida by just over 30,000 votes. Eight years later, he leaves behind a state transformed by conservative policies and an expansion of the governor’s power. More about how he reshaped Florida:
theconversation.com
Ron DeSantis’ 2 terms in office fundamentally altered Florida’s political landscape, cementing conservative policies through strategic control of state institutions
After eight years in office, Gov. Ron DeSantis leaves Florida much more conservative than he found it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
lol ok
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
6. Last, but not least, FAFO for clean energy! If the administration is caught denying permits systematically to clean energy sources, the roof falls in on them, with massive damages payments they would do well to avoid :-).
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