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WomenRiseUp2026 @womenriseup2026.bsky.social · 7h
@GOP, STOP TURNING A BLIND EYE!!! Enough is enough!!!
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vflores1974.bsky.social @vflores1974.bsky.social · 6h
At what point does the GOP call this administration treasonous?!
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 16/10/2026
Mullin just said the quiet part on camera: they're stretching RICO over a sitting congresswoman so the statute of limitations stops applying. That's how you build a case when there's no crime, you pick the target first and invent a conspiracy big enough to reach her. Insidious.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
"In appearing to target Democrats with negative content, the Doppelgänger push is just the latest effort by Russia to harm the party and support President Trump since his first run for office in 2016..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
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Russia Appears to Step Up Efforts to Influence U.S. Voters
One campaign has created social media posts focusing on U.S. support for Israel to sow discord ahead of the midterm elections.
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Swanky Somm III @swankyaf.sheshed.rocks · 11/10/2026
I subscribe to PROOF. Very worth the read! Seth Abramson is a great source of info.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11/10/2026
A GOP-led purge of Democratic voters is underway in New Jersey — and voters are fighting back in court. In one stark example, a Democratic voter received a “Gilmore Letter” questioning their eligibility to vote. Their Republican spouse did not: demdock.com/4yCxbOh
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/10/2026
🚨 WTF! Trump's new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia has been EXPOSED promoting Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracy theories—including claims that Democrats are child-eating cannibals. And her posts about Trump's secret signals are even more bizarre.
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Trump's New Press Secretary Exposed as Pizzagate and QAnon Conspiracy Peddler
Katie Zacharia pushed claims about child-eating Democrats, secret Trump signals and stolen elections before landing the White House podium.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 09/10/2026
How much does it cost to get information about a cop who punched someone in the face? About $2.5M, plus 44,816 hours of staff time, according to the Eugene, OR, Police Department. If that sounds absurd, it’s because it is. Watch @laurenleharper.bsky.social explain:
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Fee bullying: How the government prices the public out of public records
YouTube video by Freedom of the Press Foundation
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Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove @kamlager-dove.house.gov · 06/10/2026
I don’t know how many times we have to say it: this man clearly is demented, disturbed, and should not be our president.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 02/10/2026
Israeli barrier cuts off water to West Bank Palestinians before elections aje.news/hl1cc7
Israeli barrier cuts off water to West Bank Palestinians before elections
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/09/2026
Meta is using its A.I. data centers to exploit a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation, according to an exclusive report by The New York Times. The company’s own accountants recognize that the strategy is on shaky legal ground. nyti.ms/3VlavDw
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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In Shelbyville, a resident told me he hadn't voted in the 26 years he's lived in TN. This year, he is voting for me. That is an absolute honor. These votes are not simply votes for me; they are votes for OUR mission to take Tennessee to the top! votejustinj.com
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Until the Reagan years, the SEC considered stock buybacks to be illegal stock manipulation. Now, NVIDIA has announced the largest buyback in American history — fueled by the data center boom. It's time to make buybacks illegal again.
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Stock Buybacks, Explained | Robert Reich
Robert Reich explains that Trump's corporate tax is going to stock buybacks, leaving most workers behind.Watch More: Tru
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The end times fascists may want us to believe that the end of the world is nigh and inevitable but this book shows, again and again, that there is a different way. It's up to us to follow it" - Thank you Ericka Taylor for this generous and thoughtful @npr.org review! www.npr.org/2026/09/28/n...
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'End Times Fascism' looks at supremacist groups uniting around end-of-the-world ideas
Authors Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor identify supremacists that have, despite ideological differences, converged around the conviction that they are part of an elite destined to survive an apocalypse.
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Democracy Defenders Action @democracydefendersaction.org · 28/09/2026
Taxpayers are footing the bill for Trump ads while Americans face rising costs and cuts to public services—and Trump’s wealth has surged by billions during his presidency. Public money doubling as political branding is a corruption problem. Taxpayers deserve better than propaganda.
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White House airs another government-funded ad, this time with Trump warning of ‘final battle’ | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is set to launch another overtly political campaign ad funded by taxpayer dollars, attacking th
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We are asking 250 billionaires in California, worth 2.2 trillion, to pay a one-time 5% tax so California kids do not lose healthcare. Excited to join Bernie Sanders, SEIU-UHW, and Jane Kim to stand with working families in California.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Dr. Bandy Lee explains why she believes the MAGA movement can be understood through what psychiatry calls a “shared delusion or shared psychosis,” warning that emotionally driven delusions can spread rapidly through a population: “You do not even need physical exposure for the symptoms to spread.”
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CNN @cnn.com · 28/09/2026
An 11-year-old chess prodigy has become the youngest woman grandmaster of all time, after a strong performance at the 46th Chess Olympiad. cnn.it/4d56dpY
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 28/09/2026
The government shouldn’t be able to secretly obtain journalists’ phone records without court approval. But DHS is abusing its authority to do just that. Read more about what Congress, journalists, and tech companies can do about it:
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These secret subpoenas are targeting journalists
Don Lemon and Georgia Fort aren’t the first journalists to be targeted with administrative subpoenas. Unless Congress acts, they won’t be the last
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If we want to clean up Trump's mess — and prevent it from happening again — here are 10 reforms every midterm candidate should support. Call them the “10 Commandments for a Better Government.”
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The 10 Commandments (for Cleaning Up After Trump)
How will we clean up Trump's unholy mess?Here are my 10 Commandments for Congress.These are major structural reforms tha
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 27/09/2026
As Democrats focus on federal candidates, Trump and his allies have homed in on the local offices where most election disputes start and end, write Kim Rogers and Eric Ming. They have stacked the courts with judges who will approve anything to ensure MAGA victories: demdock.com/4AA78sj
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Attorney Ben Crump @attorneybencrump.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nearly 4 million records of enslaved people are now free to search on Ancestry, helping descendants across the African diaspora uncover names, family connections, and pieces of their history. Slavery tried to reduce our ancestors to property, but their names, their stories, and their LEGACY matter.
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Nearly 4 million enslavement records are now free to search on Ancestry
The records include names, family relationships and places of origin that could help descendants fill gaps left by slavery.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister: "In 2015, we had a deal, we remained committed to that deal, it was the US that withdrew with zero justification"
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It was so nice for that little time where he had no microphone.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
“Judges simply don’t believe the representations that are being made by United States attorneys, assistant United States attorneys and the like,” a former federal judge said. “I don’t think...in the history of jurisprudence in the United States, we’ve ever seen anything close to this.” (Pub. July)
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Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct
ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Seems my new book, "HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America," has riled Putin's disinfo agents. They've targeted @motherjones.com as part of their attack on the midterms. See my OUR LAND newsletter. link.motherjones.com/public/47662... Check out HowRussiaWon.com.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 24/09/2026
@joyannreid.bsky.social shouts out our new AIPAC documentary 'NIGHT FLOWER' where we expose the inner workings of the pro-Israel lobby and its rise to power in United States politics.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 21/09/2026
Immigration agents are actively sabotaging FOIA requests to withhold records immigrants need to fight deportation, a new whistleblower complaint reveals. This story and more in The Classifieds.
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Whistleblower exposes FOIA sabotage at immigration agency
Plus: The Agriculture Department arbitrarily threatens to close a year-old FOIA request for SNAP data within four days
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: Israel is paying for a new website to seemingly influence AI chatbots to spout out pro-Israel answers, per foreign agent documents. It's barely been a month and the site has already churned out 110+ articles.
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SCOOP: Israel Is Funding AI Chatbot Propaganda
Yet another website appears precision-engineered to propel favorable AI narratives. Plus: Justin Baragona on the Democratic AGs who caved to the pro-Trump Ellisons and greenlit their takeover of CNN.
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 22/09/2026
At least 22 servicemembers killed. Hundreds of U.S. bases damaged. Over $45 billion spent and counting. How much more will the American people pay for Trump's failure?
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 22/09/2026
SCOOP: Israel Is Funding AI Chatbot Propaganda Yet another website appears precision-engineered to propel favorable AI narratives. Read today's 'First Draft' by @premthakker.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/scoop-isra...
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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Dozens of pharmaceutical companies illegally schemed to raise the prices of medications for hardworking New Yorkers. We secured over $96 million from these companies and are encouraging all who purchased eligible generic drugs to submit a claim.
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Welcome to the AG Generic Drugs Settlement Website
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
Ashley Hinson voted repeatedly against efforts to end U.S. hostilities with Iran while taking more than $217,000 from oil and gas interests, including $38,500 since the war began. Meanwhile, Iowa gas prices have surged 60% since the start of the war as major oil companies report soaring profits.
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Ashley Hinson Got Big Money From Oil Companies After Repeatedly Voting For the Iran War
The price of gas for her Iowa constituents has risen by 60% since the start of the war, while oil companies are making record profits
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
time to play everyone's favorite game, Is the Trump Regime doing something baffling: stupid, corrupt, and/or cruel?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
"There is every reason to believe that if the polls are accurate and Michael Whatley goes down to ignominious defeat, Trump will in fact attempt to take revenge on North Carolina’s voters and political leaders. He thinks he’s entitled and that when you’re president, they let you do it."
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The blackmail part out loud
He’s not joking. He’s confessing.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is just another way that Putin is winning. See my new book, "How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." www.HowRussiaWon.com.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 21/09/2026
Why food chains taste worse (and cost more).
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Why Food Chains Taste Worse (And Costs More).
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 21/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Major media finally grows a spine!
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Major TV networks suspend White House pool coverage after Trump ban
In response to President Trump's ban on three media outlets, majors TV networks have pulled out of the White House television pool.
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Wake UP Sonoma @wakeupsonoma.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“What do we owe each other?” That’s the question at the heart of The Work in Progress, a new documentary with Robert Reich. Oct. 7 • 6 PM Sebastiani Theatre, Sonoma Filmmaker Q&A follows. Tickets: mynorthbaytickets.com/e/work-in-pr...
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Forbes @forbes.com · 21/09/2026
The incident comes just two months after another man was shot and killed by ICE agents in Texas during an enforcement operation where he was not the target.
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ICE Officer Shoots And Injures Food Delivery Driver In Austin
The incident comes just two months after another man was shot and killed by ICE agents in Texas during an enforcement operation where he was not the target.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Allegations against Lauren Boebert include sexual relations with Congressional employees, hush money payments, and thousands of dollars in misused official and campaign funds. Here's the redacted complaint: media.coloradotimesrecorder.com/wp-content/u...
media.coloradotimesrecorder.com
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
Support independent media. Join us at MeidasPlus.com
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/09/2026
TEXAS OHIO GEORGIA NORTH CAROLINA MICHIGAN IOWA ALASKA These are the states we’ve identified as most vulnerable to GOP election interference before, during, and after Election Day. If your state is on that list, we want to train you how to get into election protection formation.
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Sign Up to Protect the 2026 Elections · Indivisible
Sign the pledge to protect the 2026 elections! From a [last-minute switch to precinct-based assigned polls in Dallas County](https://www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/03/04/dallas-county-precinct-voting-pr...
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 19/09/2026
“That sounds INSANE to me”. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social talks to Palestinian human rights lawyer Noura Erakat about her arrest & attorney Lydia Ghuman about the billion dollars worth of Israel bonds that Palm Beach County bought to fund the genocide that she was protesting: zeteo.com/p/noura-erak...
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW: One in five members of Congress reports investments in AI developers, chipmakers, cloud infrastructure providers, data center companies, or private AI startups, a Sludge analysis finds. Here Are the Members of Congress Invested in the AI Industry readsludge.com/2026/09/18/h...
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Here Are the Members of Congress Invested in the AI Industry
One in five members of Congress reports household investments in AI developers, chipmakers, cloud infrastructure providers, data center companies, or private AI startups, a Sludge analysis finds.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Democrats are calling on the DHS internal watchdog to open a probe into new whistleblower claims that the agency unlawfully accessed state voting records as part of the Trump administration’s escalating attempts to access state voter data. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Exclusive: Senate Dems demand watchdog probe into new DHS whistleblower allegations
They said DHS's use of personal data to access voting records is "a political exercise that poses risks to national security."
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 18/09/2026
A Bloomberg News analysis found that US patients who appeal health insurer prior authorization denials can win about half the time.
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How Patients Can Battle Health Insurers and Win
Appeals work about half the time.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New: Police arrested human rights lawyer Noura Erakat during a Palm Beach County budget hearing. Over 100 residents were giving comments against the county’s $1 billion investment in Israel bonds. One commissioner insulted a protesting veteran, saying he was an embarrassment to his uniform.
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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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