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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 4h
Trump Bought Millions in SpaceX Bonds... Then Eased Space Travel Regulations... truthout.org/articles/tru...
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Trump Bought Millions in SpaceX Bonds Days Before Easing Commercial Space Travel Regulations
Trump’s financial disclosures also show he bought millions in stock from Meta as the company ramps up its AI efforts.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 22h
See this ICE agent? He’s a holding a *military assault rifle.* And according to a witness, that‘s the agent who shot a man **while the man was in his car with his 5-year-old kid.** Also, I’m no expert, but i’m pretty sure it’s bananas to hold your phone in one hand & your ASSAULT RIFLE in another
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 22h
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22h
“…most commonly carried out in a handful of countries including Iran, North Korea and the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan. “releasing video of executions is most often associated with extremist militant groups like the Islamic State...” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says
If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A sure sign that Trump is relying on and expects Musk's election-related malfeasance on 3 November 2026.
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Tory O’Connell ❌👑 @vcurran.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hey @drannieandrews.com I have supported you from the beginning of your campaign and it is so infuriating to see you throw trans people and children under the bus with your latest ad. Donʼt be that person. Such a wrong response.
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Democracy Defenders Action @democracydefendersaction.org · 08/10/2026
Trump keeps testing how far he can go. Congress’s job is to stop him. He used $20M in taxpayer funds for partisan ads glorifying himself, then said his super PAC would pay going forward—but taxpayers still haven’t been reimbursed. Oversight means accountability—not a shrug. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption
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Hold Trump to Account on Promotional Ads
Trump continually tests how far he can go, and it is the job of Congress to impose limits.
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Tory O’Connell ❌👑 @vcurran.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
WTF is wrong with him? Seriously!
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A core memory of my childhood is sitting in the back of my Grandma Rice’s car as she went from house to house, organizing as a poll worker for the August elections in Clayton County, Georgia. I learned from here: vote early if you can, so you observe or organize to GOTV on the day of the election.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 08/10/2026
New Yorkers: Do you have a form of immigration relief called withholding of removal? Have you received an ICE letter summoning you to 26 Federal Plaza? Here’s what  you can do:

1. Call our Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1-800-354-0365, or call 311 and say "Immigration Legal" for free, confidential help in your native language.

2. Fill out our intake form to get help from the Rapid Response Legal Collaborative: nyc.gov/RRLC

3. Make a plan. Make sure you have an emergency contact and that someone you trust has your A-number. Talk to a lawyer before making any decisions.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 07/10/2026
I absolutely LOVE this!! Men showing up and standing with women. The El Paso, Texas Fire Department is walking a mile in her shoes to support survivors of domestic violence. #SheShed ♥️👠
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pe[low]te Hegseth can’t keep up with women he claims aren’t strong enough to compete with men in his “warrior” military.
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Lyndon Lennon @mroctober63.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We live in a police state now
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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ACLU @aclu.org · 22/08/2026
DHS has been abusing administrative subpoenas to go after people who criticize ICE online. If this happens to your accounts, know your rights.
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When the Government Demands Info About Your Online Accounts
The First Amendment protects the right to document and criticize government actions, including when doing so anonymously online. But the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ramped up efforts to surveil and silence critics using a tool called an "administrative subpoena" or "administrative summons".
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Justice Alito is confusing court reform with attacking the court. Many of us simply want the Court to be better. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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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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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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I don't take tips on virtue from a man who used a pic of his stillborn child for a GoFundMe campaign for his children's burial garden named "Lincoln’s Place" when the project was never built, and Ogles repeatedly refused to disclose what happened to the tens of thousands of dollars donated.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Have you heard of 1789 Capital? The venture capital firm founded by Don Jr? They obtained a stake in a small company named Vulcan Elements-and quickly got a $620 million deal from the Pentagon Why? “The call came from the White House: We have to get this done” #PaytoPlayPresident
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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Like fascist fighter FDR, who said "We have nothing to fear but fear itself", history will remember this REAL American patriot long after the GOP's felon in chief's carcass has decomposed under a golf course. "While fear may be contagious, courage is as well." --Jack Smith 🦅 🇺🇸
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nashville Banner reporter Steven Hale, describing how prison officials kept drawing the curtain to hide how badly they were botching this: “A lot of this execution — or attempted execution, whatever it was — happened when we could not see what was going on.”
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 01/10/2026
Ali Velshi lists all the ways that Pete Hegseth's "State of the Force" speech was racist and bigoted.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
CNN and MS NOW are complicit in Trump’s illegal scheme to steal taxpayer money for political ads. Why are they accepting stolen money to run illegal ads?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is just despicable by MS NOW, which has accepted stolen taxpayers dollars for 38 illegal ads. Give me a break with this bullshit statement too. So your hosts are on air all day saying this is illegal while you are taking the money and running the ads? Just gross.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When a former CIA analyst stands at a podium at the Carnegie Endowment 34 days out from a midterm election and warns that the President of the United States might manufacture a "national security emergency" to seize power,
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Korea disputes Trump's claim it agreed to spend $54 billion on Alaska's LNG pipeline; project announcement featured longtime backer Senator Dan Sullivan, who trailed Democrat Mary Peltola in first round of voting. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Korea Disputes Trump’s Claim It Agreed to Invest in Alaska LNG
South Korea has pushed back on the Trump administration’s announcement that the country would invest $54 billion in a liquefied natural gas project in Alaska, saying it had agreed to do so only if the...
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Carrie Nash @carrieinfbx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Share Dermot’s post!! www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro...
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Reporting From Alaska- Trump’s gasline fraud, nothing but a shoddy campaign stunt for Dan Sullivan
Donald Trump held a campaign event for Sen. Dan Sullivan in the White House Wednesday, complete with fabricated claims that the Korean government has agreed to pay for the entire project. This was a ...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026
Impeach Hegseth on January 3. I don’t care if you don’t have enough senate votes to convict and remove.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ron Wyden is such a good senator.
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Tory O’Connell ❌👑 @vcurran.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So very sorry
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are ruining our own institutions, which is sad for us and great for our enemies.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nurses and community members are protesting in San Francisco today as part of the "People vs. Palantir" Global Week of Action. Organizers say the demonstration is focused on Palantir's work with ICE and concerns over immigration enforcement.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's quite something to see the American military leader, currently losing a war against Iran, go on stage and declare that the enemy is beards and racial equality and overweight people.
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Donna Davis @outlawoligarchy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Does macdonalds have a $1.80 burger? I dont do fast foods...
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“White House Accord on Super Intelligence”-just over 300 words, includes “4 layers of controls & audits” companies voluntarily agreed to" & misspells the name of our nation. Billionaires ALWAYS have our interests at heart, right? What could go wrong? #GuardrailsForAI #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Here’s The White House’s 308-Word AI ‘Accord’ In Full—Including Misspelling
The agreement between tech billionaires is "morally binding," Trump said.
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Sally Deal - 📞 Call your legislators @ (202)224-3121 ⏰24/7! @sallydeal4.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What?!!! 🔥🔥A dead heat in Montana?!! 🔥🔥🔥 Let's help Sam keep the momentum going through Nov. 3 to FLIP THIS SEAT from 🔴 to 🔵 in Montana's District 1. Follow Sam, get involved, and 🤑 chip in if you can.
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pete Ricketts: one of Congress's wealthiest members, the son of TD Ameritrade billionaire founder yet billionaires feel compelled to spend millions protecting him. Must be nice when democracy comes with a family trust. Nebraska, Dan Osborn sees the scam. #BlueWaveNov3 #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A great deal happened today. But nothing more important than this. SCOTUS allows Trump Administration to continue sending detained migrants to third countries with which the migrants have no prior connection. Just appalling.
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I managed to mostly not know any of this until today. This detail is new to me. The horror coursing through my body feels like poison. My God, men. Decide RIGHT FUCKING NOW what you'll do if a woman is sexually harassed or assaulted in your vicinity. Ask another man to do the same. TALK ABOUT IT.
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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Kalshi truck parked outside of the Ohio State campus, giving out free coffee to students in exchange for their contact info
Dark green truck with 
MARKETS FOR EVERYONE
FREEDOM TO FORECAST.
painted on the side and back
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