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neuroparis.bsky.social @neuroparis.bsky.social · 2h

"Ask yourself. What/Who started the myth that Republicans are really good at managing the US Economy?"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

🇺🇸 US TRAVEL ASSOCIATION: “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation. It’s mind-boggling.” The Trump effect. 🤷🏼 www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 6h

Trump will not be held accountable for his illegal commercials. But it is still important that we recognize the commercials as illegal. There. Are. FOUR. Lights. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

thenation.com

PSA: Trump Continues To Commit Crimes

While the president is unlikely to face any consequences for his patently illegal, taxpayer-funded ads, it’s essential to remember he should.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 5h

We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 3h

👀 Hegseth announced six big changes. Look who is working on this. OMG. “Project Meridian: An effort to study the future of warfare led by the Pentagon Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael, Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich.” www.ms.now/liveblog/heg...

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Live updates: Hegseth announces 20% reduction of overall number of general officer slots

Live updates as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers his "State of the Force" address to troops at Quantico, where he is expected to announce deeper cuts to the military's top brass.

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 3h

🎁🔗 What did Judge Patrick J. Schiltz say that prompted the DOJ ethics complaint? ICE had violated nearly 100 orders issued by Minnesota’s Federal District Court during the month of January. The violations needed to stop immediately. “ICE is not a law unto itself” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...

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Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns (Gift Article)

In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12h

The Supreme Court endorses extreme cruelty toward helpless immigrants. The 6 Republican justices must think the Dred Scott decision is their precedent. Win the midterms and unpack the court.

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US supreme court allows Trump officials to resume deportations to third countries

Conservative majority temporarily lifts lower-court decision as liberal justices dissent from ruling

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 11h

🧵 ICYMI: The Trump administration canceled a federal research grant studying Alzheimer’s disease in 600 aging people from two low-income, majority Black neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, PA. Researchers weren’t given time to share the results of cognitive tests that could help them.

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 12h

🎁🔗 Meta claims that its #AI data centers are a giant experiment that could fail so it can tap into a tax credit intended for research and experimentation. Meta’s savings from the credit have soared, trimming almost $4 billion off its tax bill last year. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...

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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)

Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 12h

This is an underrated point, I think. It’s been asymmetrically distributed across the federal workforce but places like the FBI, they’ve fired people simply for doing the jobs assigned to them, when they happen to be redressing Republican wrongdoing. One of the most corrosive things of all this.

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 12h

🎯 Trump’s tech summit about #AI and the executive order “was not a commitment to make AI safe for humanity. Rather, it was a commitment to collectively tell the public that the Masters of the Universe can take care of this themselves, without regulation.”

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 13h

🚨 Watch Senator Cory Booker expose the Republican’s Jack Smith hearing for what it was - a sham, gaslighting the American people with an eight year perpetuation of the Big Lie 🔥

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 13h

🎁🔗 A tragic self-inflicted wound. The CDC was the undisputed global leader in public health until Trump appointed and Republicans confirmed anti vaxxer RFK Jr as HHS Secretary. The agency is now a skeleton of the powerhouse it once was.

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 29/09/2026

Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20% cut to future general and admiral positions. The move comes amid a massive purge of top commanders, and a war with Iran that continues to rage. The result is generational damage to our military. thehill.com/policy/defen...

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Hegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaul

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, two Penta…

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Awful: The Supreme Court just let Trump's third-country deportations move forward. Still a shot at stopping them later but unlikely. Reminder: If Dems win power, they can and should defund both the white-nationalist Office of Remigration and third-country deportations, as I argue in this piece:

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🎯 There is no end to the lengths the Republican #SCOTUS majority will go to give Trump what he wants. Deporting immigrants to countries not their own is cruel.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026

The Trump regime's new AI assistant confirmed Donald is a convicted felon, Biden won the 2020 election, and Trump is in the Epstein files before it stopped answering political questions.

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What a complete 🤡 Senator Kennedy is. The people of Louisiana deserve so much better.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sen. John Kennedy made an ass of himself at the Jack Smith hearing. He asked Smith if he believed in the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny. He asked Smith about the disappearance of union boss Jimmy Hoffa in 1975. Smith remained polite while this asshat performed his reprehensible routine.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation. If asked to prosecute a former president today based on the same facts, I would do so regardless of whether that president was a Republican or a Democrat.

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Excellent opening statement by IL Senator Durbin in the Jack Smith hearing today.

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thank you for fighting for the release of the report. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals had to reverse Judge Aileen Cannon twice. It’s an outrage that she is allowed to hold Volume II of Jack Smith’s final report hostage for Trump. Oral arguments for their release won’t happen until January 2027.

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨 Watching Senator Grassley’s opening statement on CSPAN-1 spread conspiracy theories, smear all Democrats, Jack Smith and the media is what you would expect from MAGA.

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The torture and trafficking of immigrant kids continues apace, with plans to remove the 2,500 unaccompanied kids presently held captive. We need a relentless drumbeat: What are they doing to the children? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children

Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Trump White House official app is fraught with trackers. The White House app covertly collects excessive user data and shares it with third-party trackers while sidestepping federal security rules. For example, the app includes scripts to monitor a user's location several times per minute.

washingtonsun.com

White House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With Trackers

The White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets.

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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wow, I bet this will do as much for Iowa as his first-term Foxconn deal did for Wisconsin!

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In two weeks, Russell Brand goes on trial in the UK on rape and sexual assault charges in cases involving six women. Tomorrow in DC, he's appearing at a MAHA gathering to 'moderate' a discussion with Dr Oz about medicare and medicaid. What the hell?

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🎯 This is the question. While it’s good that churches are speaking out about the inhumane treatment of immigrants now, where were they when it counted?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026

Dems may be positioned to take back the House, but this is no time for complacency. Jeffries is right to put healthcare front and center. Medicaid, healthcare costs, and who government actually works for are going to be major issues in this fight. Nothing is won yet.

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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Democrats are used to cleaning up after Republicans. Despite the mess that Illinois' last Republican governor left behind, we've now raised the minimum wage, guaranteed paid leave, and earned 12 credit upgrades.

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🚨 ICYMI: Share this exciting message on the great Red to Blue candidates from the fantastic IL Rep. @laurenunderwood.bsky.social and support them!

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026

At the height of the ICE raids earlier this year, agents in armored military vehicles rolled through residential neighborhoods. Masked agents patrolled public parks and stationed themselves outside elementary schools; squadrons of ICE agents snatched pedestrians off the streets. 🧵

Federal agents line up in front of community members at the scene where federal agents fatally shot a man while trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 24, 2026.

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🎁🔗 In Trump 2.0 family separations are intentional, leaving tens of thousands of children without their parents. Some children end up with foster families after caregivers burn out, and some have landed in the homes of abusive relatives or acquaintances. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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The Babies Left Behind in America

The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🚨 The egregious behavior of Trump’s DOJ is being called out by judges across the country as “unlawful”, “unethical” and “unseemly”. A total disregard for #TheRuleofLaw by the top law enforcement agency in the country.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Russ Thurlow Vought—has once again—withheld 810 million dollars of appropriated money at the end of the year. It is called a pocket recission, www.politico.com/news/2026/09....

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Trump cancels $1B in federal spending in latest challenge to Congress

Many lawmakers, including some top Republicans, say the "pocket rescission" tactic is illegal.

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A group of major medical organizations released recommendations this morning for Covid, flu and RSV vaccination, including guidance for the general population as well as specifics for children, people over 65, pregnant people and immunocompromised people. Here's a guide.

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Your Guide to Covid, Flu and R.S.V. Vaccines This Fall (Gift Article)

Major medical groups released new recommendations on who should get the shots, citing a lack of strong guidance from the federal government.

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

💯 Miller and Russ Vought think they have the power of the purse especially since #SCOTUS let them cancel foreign aid allocated by Congress. The constitution is just a suggestion to these people.

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Doug Hammond @hammie777.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Trump has taken advantage of the founding fathers presuming the POTUS, SCOTUS and Congress would be men of high moral fiber with good intentions and has monetized the federal government to benefit himself, his family and his billionaire donors at our expense. They treat the Treasury like an ATM.

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I ❤️ @npr.org but they deserve every bit of this criticism. The media needs to stop doing rehab tours for bigots. More will crawl out of the woodwork with Trump’s falling poll numbers. Don’t trash your reputation to launder theirs.

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🎯 “Instead of real conversations the press helps industry submerge the discourse in science fiction fables and clickbait misdirection. The #AI doomsday rhetoric not only helps the tech industry, it allows media outlets to chase clicks without actually challenging wealth and power.”

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🎯 Pardon the pun but how many times have we seen this movie? This much debt is a recipe for disaster. Less content and fewer jobs.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026

🚨 TEXAS PEEPS, CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION. A DPS screwup left voter registration applications sitting unprocessed for months. The deadline to register is October 5. Don’t find out at the ballot box that you’re not registered. CHECK IT NOW. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

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wendyspirit.bsky.social @wendyspirit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🎯 Trump’s lavish treatment of China’s communist dictator Xi was an embarrassing spectacle. “Trump said not a peep in public about Taiwan, or about Beijing’s aid to Iran, or about anything else that might cause Xi discomfort. It was a remarkable admission of weakness by a man of constant bluster.”

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So China helped Iran kill American troops. Then Trump invited Chinese President Xi to the White House and *honored him* with a State dinner During the lavish evening, Trump touted the "truly great friendship" he has with X The disdain he shows our service members is utterly despicable 39 days

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