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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h
TAPPER: In terms of tactics, shouldn't agents be checking if a 5-year-old is in the vehicle before they fire into it? MARKWAYNE MULLIN: You know who the 5-year-old was in the car? Oscar did. He chose to accelerate. Why would you put your child into a situation like that?
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 15h
📌Win or lose, if Willie Nelson endorses you, you are the better man.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 48m
Jon Karl: "Our thanks to Adam Hamilton. We requested an interview with Sen. Roger Marshall. He did not respond."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 38m
Zelenskyy: "If President Trump really wants to have elections, tell Putin give us two months, 60 days of total ceasefire -- 60 days -- and we will organize elections. Of course, we will be ready for any choice of our people."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 41m
An even better response would be “I thought that JD converted to Catholicism and was busy now telling the pope how his views aren’t Catholicism.”
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 43m
Whoever recruited this guy to run for Senate, take a bow.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30m
Zelenskyy: "Freedom, independence, Ukraine -- we can't lose it. And the truth is on our side."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 34m
Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20h
Democracy Docket does not sponsor events with Trump. We don't shake his hand, laugh at his jokes or make small talk with his cronies. Instead, we provide pro-democracy news information and analysis of what is happening to democracy in court. If that interests you, subscribe now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
This is as treasonous as it gets
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 19h
Brown University’s widget shows that the energy costs of the Iran war have just passed $1,000 per household iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
No notes.
The White House @WhiteHouse
America will establish a permanent presence
on the moon.
Dylan Williams @dylanotes
You guys fucked up painting the bottom of a
pool.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 21h
Thanks for letting a politician crash your party, ACL!
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 18h
🇺🇸🇺🇦“Ukraine should continue striking Russian oil refineries regardless of the circumstances. This is a war. They are absolutely right to target them.” — Keith Kellogg.
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 18h
🇬🇧 Boris Johnson condemns the US decision to ease sanctions on Russian fuel, calling it “disgusting” and accusing Washington of making American drivers finance Putin’s war.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21h
If Americans view, clip, share, and permanently enshrine an American public killing in a million ways on the internet, we will move towards fascist rituals of violence. snyder.substack.com/p/four-wrong...
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Four Wrongs of a Public Execution
Psychological, Historical, Political, and Ethical (Video and Text)
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18h
Democrats like Jon Ossoff and Abdul El-Sayed are holding MAGA's feet to the fire, and I'm all for it. Between low blows and looking foolish, this week's debates in MI and GA were a disaster for the GOP. Mike Rogers attacked El-Sayed's mother and Mike Collins had no retorts but "woke radical.".
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h
"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇
Collage of 12 Republican posts on X opposing Russian oil purchases, 2022–2026. Senate GOP, 7/28/26: "Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." Senate GOP, 7/14/26: backing Graham's bill to hold "major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable." House GOP, 3/8/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil. Biden is fueling Putin's war on Ukraine." Rep. Garret Graves, 3/8/22: calling on the administration "to ban Russian oil." House GOP, 3/7/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/4/22: "Stop buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/3/22: "sanction the oil and gas industry in Russia." House GOP, 3/2/22: "Instead of buying Russian oil..." Rep. Steve Scalise, 3/1/22: "stop financing Putin's war with Russian oil." Marco Rubio: "Stop importing Russian oil... That's the plan." Rubio, 3/9/22, on Russian oil imports. Peter Navarro, 6/24/23: India "buying up bargain-basement Russian oil."
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 22h
The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.
Map of tanker’s route
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h
Trump just handed Putin a lifeline weeks before the midterms. Energy analysts say his Russian diesel deal won’t meaningfully lower prices. And a tanker that left Russia weeks before the announcement raises an even bigger question: How long was this in the works?
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Trump Reopens U.S. Market to Putin’s Diesel — Consumers Get Little Relief
Days after the White House invoked an emergency to ease diesel costs, Trump promised Russia new fuel sales as analysts warned the arrangement is unlikely to move prices.
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Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 19h
America is great because America is good. As a prosecutor and an American, I am horrified by Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream an execution. What Nidal Hasan did is unforgivable. But we must have justice without sinking to the lows of dictatorships and terrorist regimes.
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Hegseth faces bipartisan backlash over public execution for Fort Hood shooter
Both Republican and Democratic critics said the plan was beneath the United States.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 19h
Pope Leo XIV declared capital punishment ''inadmissible” as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad.
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Pope Leo declares death penalty 'inadmissible' as his native US plans to livestream execution
Pope Leo XIV has declared capital punishment "inadmissible.” He has penned a social media post for the World Day Against the Death Penalty, as his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 19h
⚡️ President Zelenskyy held urgent talks with the leaders of the UK, France, Finland, and Norway to coordinate a European response regarding the White House granting a sanctions waiver allowing Russian diesel exports.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 19h
U.S. soldiers wounded in an Iranian drone strike tell the AP the military's medical system failed them: “I was just kind of on my own, at least it felt like that.”
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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h
Ben Meiselas: Donald Trump promised he would end the war in 24 hours after the election in 2024. Of course, he didn't do that. So now he's blaming Zelenskyy for all of his own failures.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17h
Happy Italian Heritage Month, New York. Here’s continuing to fight for Vito Marcantonio’s vision of a government that works for all working people.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 16h
You shouldn't start your day stuck on Bay Parkway.  That's why we're redesigning Bay Parkway and Cropsey Avenue for the 85,000 daily bus riders on the B6, B82, X28 and X38. New bus lanes, faster buses, and safer streets coming soon.
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Brooklyn bus lanes: Mamdani admin breaks ground on project to boost bus speeds on pair of vital roadways | amNewYork
The city Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Tuesday that it started construction on a sizable redesign of Brooklyn's Bay Parkway and Cropsey Avenue
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 16h
Loser. Traitor.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 18h
I will NEVER compromise my values, y’all. I grew up in a house with domestic violence so I’ve always despised bullies. When folks ask how I can guarantee I’ll stay accessible, it’s simple. I face the problems and never run. Support me AngieNixon.com/donate #AngieForFlorida
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 16h
Hope this diva is having an amazing day....
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17h
Next Saturday will be the largest early vote activation in American history. No Kings Day is how we build historic turnout for the midterms and get our communities ready to organize against Trump’s election sabotage.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h
Ben Meiselas: And here's a compilation of Trump saying many times that if any country bought oil from Russia, he would go after them...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h
🚨 THIS AGED HORRIBLY: Pete Hegseth attacked reports of additional American deaths in Trump's Iran war. Now the Pentagon has raised the official death toll to 21. Ben Meiselas zeroes in on Hegseth's choice of words: “They claim we're not in a war.”
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 16h
Norway’s former Chief of Defence, General Sverre Diesen: “Under the current Trump administration, we cannot consider the United States our ally. Trump’s America is a hostile actor that, in the event of a conflict in Europe, would side with Russia rather than with us and other European countries.”
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16h
It’s long past time for the U.S. to get a new president.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21h
I regret to inform everyone that, I, too, did not receive a Nobel Peace Prize for accomplishments that exist only in my imagination. I ask for grace and understanding during this difficult time.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20h
Thank you to the beautiful city of Cadillac, MI💙🍂
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 21h
This is unacceptable. When I make it to Washington, I'll push to ban Congressional stock trading.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 23h
Ken Paxton on the Uvalde shooting: “Life is short no matter what it is.” 21 elementary school children and teachers were killed in the shooting.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20h
🚨 BREAKING: The Pentagon has raised the official death toll of U.S. troops during the war with Iran to 21, with 865 wounded, weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called reporting that the military had undercounted deaths “a complete lie.”
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 16h
Every article like this is crammed with the most jaw-dropping corruption imaginable, then a third of the way through they have to throw in "The White House said 'Corrupty McGrifty's integrity is an example to all Americans, who are ennobled by her inspiring service.'" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | At Davos, Kimberly Guilfoyle Boasted of Private Jet Trips, Luxury Stays
A recording captured the U.S. ambassador saying that Greek businessmen were paying for her travels and pleading for an invitation to an event with Eric Trump.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 17h
Seniors coast-to-coast are donating their $90 checks to Democratic candidates. Now THAT is the my USA 🇺🇸
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 20h
Speaker Johnson, who said he’d take a blow torch to your healthcare is saying if Republicans lose the House he will leave and start a lawn business. Next week I’m going to donate a wheelbarrow to him, so his staff can wheel him out of DC.
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 15h
🇺🇸 U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee: “Congress banned imports of Russian energy products in 2022. The President of the United States cannot simply ignore this law and purchase diesel from Putin. Consultations with Congress and a formal review process are legally required.”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h
How long until they cave and put money in his pocket? Or at least hold a black tie dinner in his honor?
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 15h
NEWS: Elon Musk begins election interference efforts in Colorado and Wisconsin. His PAC begins dumping money to trick voters nationwide. This is important. Trump and Putin have 'love' affair. Trump calls for regime change in Ukraine. Republicans rebuke him. Senate Republicans are in trouble.
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NEWS: Musk Launches Election Interference Campaign, Trump Demands Regime Change in Ukraine, Senate Republicans in Trouble
Hey everyone, it’s Saturday evening and today might have been one of the most consequential days of this entire stretch.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 15h
Traverse City is fired UP for money our politics, money in your pocket, and Medicare for All! Our time is now.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 14h
This rancid Russian oil deal is a very Trumpian mix of idiocy, compromise, betrayal, and desperation.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h
Weird that Donald Trump's message is that people who are being assaulted can stop it all by giving up and submitting to the aggressor, so weird, so so weird
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