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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 8h
To go in there alone, no backup, is bravery approaching madness. Just months ago, we watched live as a sitting MAGA Senator--backed by police--broke the arm of a uniformed Marine who came to protest peacefully. He was white; didn't matter. Truly surprised this woman made it out alive & unbloodied.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 7h
James Talarico: I've heard credible reports that Ken Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice. That's why I haven't heard from him after 85 days when I first challenged him to a debate publicly. We're awaiting his answer.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h
“A White House spokesman, Davis Ingle, did not deny the contents of Mr. Trump’s text ….”
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h
“[Ms. Greene] forwarded copies of the threats to [Donald Trump], hoping that seeing the threats against her family would be enough to tone down the attacks. “She got a five-word reply from the president: ‘Your fault, you deserve it.’ …
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4h
Sarah Whitty, who grows giant fruits and vegetables, said she plans to harvest her roughly four-foot-long zucchini’s seeds in hopes of growing an even heavier one next year. Her goal: getting as close as she can to the world record of nearly 257 pounds. wapo.st/479MnGC
A person stands next to a huge zucchini, holding a sign that reads "170 lb, 2026." The text on the image states, "North America's heaviest zucchini weighs in at 170 pounds." The person is wearing a shirt with the phrase "got zucchini?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12h
Do you know how hard it is to lose the war if you're the United States? It's about as unlikely as bankrupting a casino.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15h
Very refreshing to hear an elected official speaking articulately. I reckon we will be hearing a lot more from Senator Ossoff in the next few years.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ZELENSKYY: At this very moment, when we are talking about peace, America gives Russia the opportunity to export diesel — that's millions, billions. It all goes toward the war against people, against Ukraine, against all of us.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
Trump’s deal to buy Russian diesel from Putin just weeks before the midterms funnels money directly into Russia’s war machine. Trump is now facing calls for Congress to block the deal and impeach him. Meanwhile, energy analysts say it’s unlikely to even make a dent in fuel prices.
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Trump Announces Russian Diesel Deal Ahead of Midterms
Trump campaigned against foreign oil.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
Sherrod Brown tells Scott MacFarlane about an Ohio farmer whose fertilizer costs jumped $100,000, wiping out his profit and threatening a fifth-generation family farm. “People feel betrayed.” Brown blasts Sen. Jon Husted for staying silent on tariffs, war, and soaring prices.
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Connect with Jacob Soboroff @connectwithjacob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
On Friday, a federal judge temporarily BLOCKED the Trump administration from building a border wall across the Big Bend region—including inside the national park. Stay tuned. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Notice how Trump did not repeat this lie, one of his favorites, when his boyfriend Xi was here.
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Janai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
America, they are trying to desensitize you to violence. They want us to dehumanize one another so we become numb to their attacks on our liberty. They wish to normalize total state control thru visual terror. Attention is currency. Don’t invest it in evil. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be executed by firing squad on 3 December
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
Fewer than 400 noncitizens in New Jersey voted after a software error registered them through no fault of their own. New records show the Trump administration discussed how to deport them anyway. ➡️ demdock.com/4hNQKfb
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/10/2026
BREAKING: A federal immigration agent shot a man in the Bronx on Thursday afternoon, the latest of nearly two dozen such shootings in the past two years. A statement by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani indicated that the man had a five-year-old child in his car.
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DHS shoots New York man with five-year-old in car
Federal agents surrounded and fired into the man's vehicle, reportedly with a young child inside.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“…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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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“As much as $5 million in SpaceX two days before he signed a sweeping policy aimed at expanding US commercial space transportation.”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sign me up for the Official Trump Administration Enemies List. It’s AI.
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 08/10/2026
The Trump-Vance administration is using public funds to air political ads, including one used in President Trump’s 2024 campaign. This unlawful use of taxpayer funds to air Trump’s partisan propaganda must be stopped. We will see to it in court.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“.. It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express,” she wrote on Signal, according to messages reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. “Please.” @wsj.com 🇬🇷 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/10/2026
Q: Do you commit to serve all four years of your term? Shapiro: "The treasurer made a commitment she would serve her full term as treasurer. She's obviously broken that, and I'm going to do everything in my power to ensure that she's able to serve all four years as treasurer."
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/10/2026
The Trump administration has quietly announced that its own lawyers will represent unaccompanied migrant children in immigration court, facing off against other administration lawyers who are trying to deport the kids.
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Trump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kids
Putting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I can't think of a single non-malevolent reason they would do this.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 07/10/2026
www.adamkinzinger.com/p/enough-wit...
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Enough With the Endless Gaslighting
Remember, MAGA thinks it’s your fault for noticing when Trump says something dumb or offensive.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is not the kind of thing you worry about if you're leaving office and accept the other party might win an election in a couple of years.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BREAKING: ICE over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote. The internal documents, obtained by the Democracy Forward, showed that ICE's investigative arm also contemplated sending undercover agents to investigate the organizations.
democracydocket.com
ICE  probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 06/10/2026
The Youtube version of thenlatest Main Justice episode: youtu.be/BOrE3fN-5Ic?...
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Weissmann: ‘DIRTBAG’ moment at Jack Smith hearing instantly ‘ICONIC’
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 06/10/2026
10/6 The story of Senator Susan Collins refusing to meet with 17 female Maine elected officials who went to DC to talk to her about Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination #maine #MEpolitics
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
However good you think this is going to be, it’s better. Steve just has Alito dead to rights.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 06/10/2026
New: As Trump's meme coin dangled a gala dinner with the president for its top buyers, the wallet holding the creators' tokens moved ~$70M of $TRUMP to an account where it can be sold. @jeffstein.bsky.social for @washingtonsun.com
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Trump’s Meme Coin Firm Wants You to Buy. Insiders Are Preparing to Sell.
Trump personally made more than $600 million from his meme coin last year.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 06/10/2026
Most historians already accept that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings, but DNA testing did not involve samples from Jefferson himself. A single hair stuck to a handmade bible now offers proof.
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Jefferson’s link to Sally Hemings’s children may have been settled by a hair
A strand stuck in glue that Thomas Jefferson used to make a Bible is further confirmation for historians and descendants of the third president and the enslaved woman.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 06/10/2026
FACT: The federal government can't track the millions of Americans who move every year. That’s why Trump’s proposed state-by-state eligible voter lists are not only unlawful but simply not feasible, pro-voting groups say — and could risk Americans' privacy: demdock.com/4y6DqbY
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CNN @cnn.com · 06/10/2026
Some of the cutest, weirdest and most comedic animal photographs and videos of the year have been released. cnn.it/4hLVQso
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It’s October and the neighbors are back with #SkeletonCrew. Strong start!
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“We are under attack by an enemy in the Oval Office and we can put an end to this expanding emergency…But that depends on enough Americans channeling their fury about Trump’s corruption, crime and indifference to their needs and getting out the vote.” www.americaamerica.news/p/we-are-und...
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We Are Under Attack From an Enemy Within
By listening to our founders and refusing to go along with this, we can name and defeat the ongoing danger to our constitutional republic
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Not an accident. Hegseth is a disgrace to every American who sacrificed their lives in the fight against the Nazis and fascism.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A day after Trump said his super PAC would pay for those propaganda ads that had been funded by taxpayers, White House officials said the group did *not* plan to reimburse the government for the more than $10 million it had already spent on the ads.
nytimes.com
Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads
A day after the president said his super PAC would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward. A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/10/2026
👀 Would you feel free to vote with an FBI agent watching? Newly obtained documents show the DOJ tested that theory in Arizona’s primary, raising concerns that aggressive surveillance will be used to restrict ballot access or intimidate voters nationwide.
democracydocket.com
DOJ dispatched criminal prosecutors, FBI agent to monitor Arizona’s primary, documents reveal
The deployments mark a major break from past departmental norms.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/10/2026
NEW: A federal judge in New Hampshire will allow the state’s new ban on using student IDs for voting to remain in place for this fall’s general election. However, the ruling provides guidance on what to do if a voter has no other way to prove their identity to vote.
democracydocket.com
Federal judge declines to block New Hampshire student ID ban for midterm election
But the judge also barred the state from enforcing a directive that prohibits New Hampshire election officials from accepting a student ID as a valid form of identification to vote.
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Michael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.)
Dear [name],

For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!

With this Historic Action, my Administration is taking the surplus funds that accumulated from the Obamacare ''Premium Tax" and issuing a one-time $500 REFUND to Americans who use the HealthCare.gov platform to purchase their health insurance, but who do not receive Taxpayer Subsidies to help pay for their Coverage. You have paid into this flawed System, and now you are finally getting something back.

Healthcare Dollars should benefit Patients, not Insurance Companies or Government Bureaucrats. Since returning to office, I have fought to lower Healthcare Costs, increase Accountability, and Put Patients First. Through TrumpRx, we are delivering massive discounts on Household Prescription Drugs, and my Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Agreements have already saved Americans more than 1 Billion Dollars on much-needed Medications. We also secured an unprecedented 50 Billion Dollar investment to transform Rural Healthcare, expanded access to Health Saving Accounts for millions of people on Obamacare, and restored Pnce Transparency, all while roofing out the Waste, Fraud, and abuse across our Healthcare System.

I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the American People FIRST, restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Healthcare.

May God bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America!

Sincerely,

[signed] 

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wilber was finally able to undergo surgery on Thursday—11 days after he was shot. “When ICE can shoot a man in the back and then barely give him any medical treatment and let him suffer, there’s a reason for that because we have gotten to a point where we see people as less than human.”
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Austin man has surgery 11 days after being shot by ICE agent
The surgery on the Venezuelan national, who has been in custody since his Sept. 20 run-in with an immigration officer, removed the bullet lodged in his back.
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Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“In other words, Congress has already said no to taxpayer funding for the big, beautiful ballroom, and this should have been a stop order on the project. Because, again, if Congress doesn’t fund a president’s pet project, how does he get taxpayer money for it?” www.thebulwark.com/p/why-you-mu...
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Why You Must Care About the Ballroom
Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 05/10/2026
"They buried Pierre Damas Bel on Saturday. That night, Donald Trump came to town to take a victory lap on the policies that killed him." Powerful piece: www.thebulwark.com/p/a-death-a-...
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A Death. A Funeral. And the Trump Rally Down the Block.
On the day Springfield held a funeral for Pierre Damas Bel, the president held a rally 25 miles away. We went to both.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is all hands on deck! Pneumatic plague is airborne and nearly always fatal if untreated. Wiped out 150 million, half of Europe, way back when. Treatable with antibiotics, but we don't have enough antibiotics. Also from a lab in Russia, where they still have weaponized plague. Total nightmare.
motherjones.com
Reports of a plague outbreak in Russia follow the death of a researcher
Several hospitals in the Irkutsk region have been shut down and up to 200 workers have been quarantined.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
President Donald Trump took a break this weekend from his nonstop, baseless accusations about mail voting fraud to remind his own supporters to cast their mail ballots in this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump backtracks and begs Republicans to vote by mail as Democrats’ odds of taking Congress improve
Trump’s latest demand that Republicans vote – even by mail – comes as polls show Democrats’ odds of taking both the House and Senate are improving.
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"
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Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than Stonehenge
Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
The co-pilot who stabbed the captain of an Israel-bound FlyDubai flight this week used an emergency crash ax in an effort to take over the plane, an official in the United Arab Emirates said on Saturday.
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FlyDubai Co-Pilot Used Crash Ax in ‘Terrorist’ Cockpit Attack, Emirates Says
The violent midair assault on a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv has deepened concerns about the safety of Israelis traveling abroad.
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Mike Quigley @quigley.house.gov · 03/10/2026
The White House stole official government funds to create and televise a campaign advertisement, right before the midterm election. If Democrats take control of the House next year, the Appropriations Committee and I are ready to undo this waste, fraud, and abuse, and hold people accountable.
theguardian.com
Lawmakers call for action on ‘plainly illegal’ taxpayer-funded ads to promote Trump
House Democrats say officials may have illegally misused public funds to pay for president’s ‘narcissistic ego trips’
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/10/2026
The Trump administration has created at least 13 campaign-style ads as part of its controversial taxpayer-funded, multi-million-dollar effort to promote President Donald Trump and his policies. cnn.it/4ecAfIC
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