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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 16h
Tina Peters met with Trump to discuss election plans, former Trump administration attorney says coloradonewsline.com/2026/10/06/t... #USDemocracy #ProudBlue Tina Peters is on parole and not allowed to leave Colorado. So how is she in DC still committing the very crimes she went to prison for?
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Tina Peters met with Trump to discuss election plans, former Trump administration attorney says | Colorado Newsline
A former U.S. Department of Justice attorney said Tina Peters met with President Donald Trump to discuss “election integrity."
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 39m
Crooked Susan Collins took thousands of dollars from a medical company before giving them a $4.5 million contract. This is now her 3rd alleged pay-to-play story in the last 2 weeks. bit.ly/47LYauM
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NEW: Collins Took Campaign Cash From Pharma Executive's Family in Potential Straw Donor Scheme - Maine Democratic Party
Zeteo: Collins <3 Contractor Cash
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 16h
NEW: Home heating oil price crisis is metastasizing into a political crisis for GOP incumbents
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Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost @frost.house.gov · 13h
The nation’s largest food distributor, Sysco, is buying Restaurant Depot—a deal that could drive up costs for restaurant owners and, ultimately, consumers. I’m calling on the FTC and DOJ to put a pause on this merger and protect independent restaurant owners and the communities they serve.
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 2h
If it bursts the moment a Democrat takes office, I’m becoming a communist.
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 2h
-AI bubble could burst within two years, triggering a severe market crash, strategist warns -Michael Novogratz: AI is in the biggest bubble of our lifetime @seekingalpha
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14h
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs. Here’s what we found. (Published Nov. 2024)
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How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 49m
Keep ‘em coming
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1h
📬 USPS delays this midterm season could cause your mail ballot to not be counted. Nearly half the zip codes in the lower 48 will be affected by new USPS procedures. We mapped those zip codes to help you figure out whether your mail ballot could be affected ⬇️
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The Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected?
Democracy Docket mapped the affected zip codes.
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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 17h
Trump is a disgrace to the office and to humanity. He has ZERO respect for the military. He is grossly incompetent and unqualified to be our commander in chief. What an embarrassment. That lying, treasonous, corrupt, racist, pedophile deserves the 25th, but the REPUBLICANS are spineless cowards.
San Diego has one of the largest concentrations of US Navy and Marines Corps forces in the world and serves as a hub for the US Pacific Fleet. 

San Diego County is home to over 110,000 active duty military members and roughly 60,000 military children. 

It's home to more than 200,000 veterans and retirees.

"Let them take out San Diego. This is a small price to pay." ~ Donald J Trump
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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 23h
Petition for Jamelle Bouie to replace all headline writers in the US.
YouTube. Video with title

I cannot emphasize enough that the president has pudding for brains
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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 13h
I am hopeful that years from now the jurisprudence of Samuel Alito is pushed to the same corners as Plessy and Korematsu. His notion that “religious freedom” requires elevating a brand of Christianity above criticism turns the First Amendment on its head. abcnews.com/Politics/thr...
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Alito calls same-sex marriage a 'decisive' turn 'against religious liberty' in new book
A new book by Justice Samuel Alito presents his view of the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the country with a focus on religious freedom.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2h
“What most political analysts miss is how strong and specific the authoritarian appeal is for white evangelicals, and how critical it is to at least weaken it.” You Can’t Run From Christian Nationalism By @hollybfletcher.bsky.social
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You Can't Run From Christian Nationalism
White evangelicals are the single most influential voting bloc in American politics. They cannot be ignored.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1h
So much wisdom from forecaster Kyle Kondik on today's pod. He notes: *if Dems have a good night, there may be zero GOP-held districts left that Kamala Harris won *big difference from 2018: this time Trump underwater in red states with contested Senate races It's a good episode, check it out:
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 13h
So now suddenly he’s “not gonna let that happen.” From nuking blue cities to protecting them. He got blowback and weasle-worded a different narrative.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12h
"Road salt would have been delicious on the steaks you can no longer afford thanks to Donald Trump." —Susan Collins, Senator from Maine
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3h
Yes, they are stealing and manipulating the elections (plural); will no one rid us of this meddlesome transnational criminal plot?
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2h
Russian forces deliberately bombed civilian passenger buses in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, killing 30 people and injuring 18 others. The dead and wounded lay scattered across the streets as emergency medical teams raced to save lives, themselves exposed to the threat of further Russian strikes.
Victims scattered on the streetone of the targeted busses
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h
Trump’s mental decline isn’t subtle anymore. It’s on camera, every day, and impossible to deny. We all see it. 👀
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3h
Think about how intolerable ICE arrests are right now Then nearly double it
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h
Only in a government run by Trump and a State Dept run by Rubio can an unqualified grifter like Kim Guilfoyle remain Ambassador to Greece after all the scandals that have come out just in the last week. But she obviously has A LOT of dirt on the president’s son, so tough to fire.
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Barchart @barchart.com · 10h
U.S. Debt will rise to 175% of GDP within 30 years, warns the Congressional Budget Office 🚨 🚨
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3h
BREAKING: Former President Barack Obama endorses Troy Jackson for U.S. Senate in Maine: "Troy Jackson is running to be your next senator and I'm proud to be on board" Obama cites Jackson’s record on wages, drug prices, school meals, and abortion rights as Democrats target Susan Collins' seat.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h
the funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for
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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 1h
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h
I've been arguing that Trump's fraudulent Fraud Task Force looked like Stephen Miller disinformation. www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen...
Miller is also in touch multiple times a week with the Deputy Attorney General's office to discuss fraud and immigration cases, according to sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h
New in PN: Trump faces his worst bankruptcy yet "Should November be the disaster for Rs that analysts predict, Trump will morph overnight into something less than a lame duck POTUS with a ticking expiration clock: he'll become politically bankrupt in ways all-too-familiar to him as a businessman."
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Trump faces his worst bankruptcy yet
His political capital is gone and the repo man is on the way.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h
“My main worry is that the idea is the A.I. can make a smarter A.I. in some way that we’re not going to understand. .. So we’re ending up in a world where .. we’re just going to have to trust what it tells us about how it works or whether it’s aligned.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 2h
Honored to have President Obama standing with us in this fight. This campaign is about working people taking their power back — and building a government that works for them. Now let’s finish the job. Get out and vote.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3h
The Hague is far too good for Stephen Miller
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2h
1. During my occasional bouts of hopelessness, I find myself thinking about Cory Doctorow's theory of technological regression. When big platforms like Google and Facebook make themselves worse in pursuit of greater profits, @doctorow.pluralistic.net said, they enshittify themselves.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 1h
All the sobbing and bellyaching does not seem very, well, high-T masculine, a major theme for a party marinating in toxic misogyny. Bullies who accuse their opponents of feminizing the country (especially the milit) and target trans kids seem ever so frail and helpless when things don't go their way
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Trump: the Whining, Weak Wimp
🚨 26 Days to the Midterms 🚨
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JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 3h
A 4TB SSD that cost less than $300 in early 2025 is now $1,100. Screw all these guys.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h
“.. one research firm is valuing the artificial intelligence company at a mere $150 billion and says Wall Street is about to face an ‘unprecedented test of investor gullibility.’” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/10/07/a...
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Jared Quesadilla @garyrockrose.bsky.social · 13h
He's still got this microboner for destroying major US cities. Probs should impeach this guy.
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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 17h
Katie Phang on Alito CBS interview: the most gratuitous, ass-kissing thing I have seen.
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Anti-Fascism and Far Right @ffrafaction.bsky.social · 6h
Brazil: Thousands of students march against Bolsonaro After Flavio Bolsonaro came out on top in the first round of Brazil's presidential election, thousands of people joined student-led protests against the far-right in Rio de Janeiro. www.dw.com/en/brazil-th...
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Brazil: Thousands of students march against Bolsonaro
After Flavio Bolsonaro came out on top in the first round of Brazil's presidential election, thousands of people joined student-led protests against the far-right in Rio de Janeiro.
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Barchart @barchart.com · 13h
Anthropic's IPO poses a historic risk to financial markets, and should only be valued at $150 Billion, warns Research firm New Constructs 🚨 🚨
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12h
Trump admits that he pardoned someone and expected a political favor in return. He’s a filthy crook, and everyone who’s not an idiot knows it.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11h
Trump is actually very transparent about what he wants to do to elections. Yet the legacy media discounts him. “I have to take him seriously because that’s my job,” Marc Elias says. They want you tired and tuned out. We help you stay in the fight. Support us: demdock.com/4yDtK9W
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12h
If someone paid you $300K, demanded “results,” you helped with their IRS dispute, asked for another $100K that “won’t show up anywhere”; later, as ambassador, pushed private business deals while in official capacity, what should investigators look at first? Bribery? Fraud? Corruption? Conspiracy? 🤔
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Barchart @barchart.com · 13h
U.S. Treasury just auctioned 10-Year Treasuries at a yield of 5.3%, the highest level this century 🚨 🚨
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h
Today we got access to a smoking gun document from ICE that shows how it is weaponized against progressive groups registering voters while building a voter suppression database.
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Barchart @barchart.com · 13h
BREAKING 🚨: Commercial Real Estate Office Delinquency Rates have soared to their highest level in history, surpassing even the peak of the Global Financial Crisis 👀
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 4h
🎉 The Montana Supreme Court struck down GOP-backed restrictions on the people's right to create initiatives and referendums for voters to weigh in on. The court ruled that the Montana Legislature cannot burden the people's constitutional power to make laws themselves: demdock.com/4rTE5vR
A quote from Justice Beth Baker of the Montana Supreme Court discusses the Constitution and the intention behind people's lawmaking power having minimal obstacles. The text is accompanied by an illustration of a courthouse.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 6h
1/ When Viktor Orbán lost power in Hungary, something extraordinary happened inside his propaganda machine. Some journalists cried.Others celebrated. And suddenly, people who’d spent years following orders were expected to tell the truth & they struggled #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h
After this story posted, Steven Cheung stopped following James Blair. Trump is pretending he'll "fire" them. It can't be the Russian influence. I suspect it's that they got caught caring more about Russian puppets than GOPers in the US. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
But it is notable that the trip to Republika Srpska, from which Mr. Blair and Mr. LaCivita returned on Monday, came as they were playing key roles in the Trump team’s efforts to limit Democratic gains and preserve Republican control of Congress.

Mr. Blair, who was the political director of Mr. Trump’s 2024 campaign, left his role as a deputy chief of staff at the White House in the spring to run MAGA Inc., the Trump-backed super PAC expected to spend heavily to help Republican candidates from the $415 million it had in the bank at the end of August. Mr. LaCivita, the co-manager of Mr. Trump’s 2024 campaign, is a senior adviser to MAGA Inc.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h
Sarah Rogers Censors Conference on Disinformation emptywheel.net/2026/10/08/s...
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Sarah Rogers Censors Conference on Disinformation - emptywheel
The Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers pressured the EU, Lithuania, and Canada into pulling support for a disinformation conference that already had pulled its punches when disc...
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 4h
Specifically, X and Meta are in essence misinformation companies. The US government is a misinformation government. Other companies and other governments are leaning that way.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 4h
I have a chapter about the regulation of misinformation in a forthcoming book. The big question, unanswerable, is what to do when governments and social media companies both use and support misinformation as part of their very essence.
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