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Doug Hammond @hammie777.bsky.social · 14h

As hard as it is to believe, that is the actual position of the so-called law and order party.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 21h

This isn’t just a consideration, it was obviously the plan from the start.

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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 21h

👀👀👀👀👀👀 Please have a listen.

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Grim Flandango @grimflandango.bsky.social · 16h

Ultimately, it doesn’t matter what you think their motivations are. There are a bunch of politicians who loudly play god botherer that I guarantee have no faith whatsoever, but they’re still playing that game and they’ll play it right to the bitter end, so what’s the difference?

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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 16h

Related I found that if you just read all the public statements of the leaders involved and take them at mostly face value you will be way better at predicting international events than 90% of foreign policy pundits.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

"they really believe it"/"they will try to do it"/"the promises are real" are things that most americans refuse to believe about politicians but if you take them seriously will help you predict political behavior more often than not

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23h

John Roberts' friend and defender is quoted in the piece, saying they shouldn't be shaming Roberts for the wreckage and ruin he's brought to this country because of "civility." The bullies always cry "civility" when the victims push back in the slightest.

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EAll @ealluia.bsky.social · 22h

I don't know what fixes this. You probably don't restore a healthy two party balance until Republicans who have good civic values run and win. But you definitely don't fix it by demanding compromise with people who would use the chance to prevent self-governance.

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EAll @ealluia.bsky.social · 22h

You can try to meet the Republican party half way or you can support liberal democracy, but you really can't do both. This wasn't always true, and there are many ordinary people who do not fully appreciate that it currently is. Calls for bipartisanship that obscure this fact worsen this.

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

THERE IS NO NONPARTISAN SOLUTION TO A PARTISAN ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"For decades, we've provided election coverage that's based on in-depth political reporting by an experienced team of journalists backed by commentary from political leaders. But now we're throwing that aside so we can tell you what some of the most irredeemable uninformed gamblers are guessing."

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Trump is fully intending for the Kennedy Center to be his 7th bankruptcy. This isn't mismanagement, this is deliberate destruction in revenge for Trump not being able to make it a tribute to himself. www.rawstory.com/trump-kenned...

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Kennedy Center 'in free fall' as Trump allies max out credit and spend opera funds: WaPo

President Donald Trump took control of the Kennedy Center 19 months ago. Since then, the center has used up nearly every financial cushion it had, and one arts management expert says it now appears to...

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Laugh at Eric Schmitt and Co. for Hawkeyes/Hawks, sure. Their screw up is funny and they deserve the mockery. But also, this was the GOP and allied media geared up to defend a coup attempt with lies and jail a prosecutor because he tried to enforce the law against a criminal. How far we've fallen.

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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

U.S. media went berserk when President Biden hurt his foot and wore a supportive shoe. "He has Parkinson's! He's demented!" Trump could crawl before them on his hands and knees with a roadkill animal in his mouth and they'd scramble to find cute ways of saying how unconventional he is.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

These ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity.

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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Schmitt lied, not a gaffe. Schmitt used lies to try to claim Jack Smith committed perjury then had the nerve to call Mr. Smith a "dirtbag." The Senate should sanction Schmitt, at a minimum and throw in a substantial fine for his deplorable behavior. Thankful @klobuchar.senate.gov caught the lie.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Also Eric Schmitt's dumbass conspiracy theory was based on the idea that the Fulton County DA and the special counsel, both well-known public figures, said "We must discuss our nefarious plan to get Trump. No, a phone call won't do - let's meet in the stands at an NBA game, with cameras everywhere."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yet another reason to run on oversight and accountability. Those are promises they can actually keep.

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What's really baking my noodle here is... so what if Jack Smith HAD gone to a basketball game in Atlanta in February 2024? I can't really get from there to "go straight to jail, libtard!"

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Picture of him with me would probably be worse for him tbh

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The government's AI chatbot is able to say something that no Trump nominee is allowed to.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

it is important to realize that many reporters for mainstream outlets are enthusiastic cogs in this elite-coordinated propaganda machine. don't print lies in the newspaper

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The funniest thing about the Schmitt rake stomp is that if it'd been a Dem we'd have a week of think pieces about how Dems lack of hoops literacy was alienating them from real America.

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Merci Merci Me @mercime.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm listening to Jack Smiths testimony from this morning & I can not tell you how galling it is to listen to Ted Cruz pretending to be pious & innocent of participation in the coup of January 6, 2021. We all watched him & Hawley both object to the election results & moments later insurrection began.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Every time I see Jack Smith speak in public I remember how incredibly cautious he was about doing so during the investigation lest he appeared politically motivated or biased. And now we have the actual AG out here basically saying, “Yeah I’m team Trump, what are you bitches gonna do about it?”

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anyone who suggests we just turn the page is in league with the GOP. This guy is telling you they tried to overthrow the government. You don't just pretend it never happened @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

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Mike in the Box @mike-in-the-box.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thousands of Bluesky users will tell you that you should let Republicans win elections, because DEMOCRATS are bad for LGBTQ people. Fuck those Bluesky users. They have already killed millions of people, and they are going to kill a lot more.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It cannot be said any more clearly. Trump should have been arrested on January 20, 2021, and held without bail. Trump should be arrested now, or at least on January 20, 2029, if a Democrat wins. Let the justice system go to work. And if SCOTUS frees him, send him to prison in New York.

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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 29/09/2026

Trump’s Republican allies in the Senate BLOCKED my bill with Senator Murkowski to stop the Kennedy Center—or any presidential national memorial—from being demolished without an act of Congress. Just shameful.

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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026

There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.

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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 28/09/2026

The concern about trans women in women’s sports is low key about protecting men from raping the “wrong” person

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There’s something to be said for how most of the political spectrum can unite around hounding some lesbians over niche drama in their spaces but huge segments of society are silent about pervasive campus rape impacting a huge population of primarily youngwomen

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

Gone are the mass raids and militarized metro operations. Gone are the pomp and pageantry. But ICE arrests have hit record levels. ICE operations are no longer concentrated in large American cities. Immigration enforcement officials are also working in suburban and rural areas, all across the US.

A map of the United States that shows immigration arrests per 100,000 people since ICE's new enforcement strategy began under DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was explaining this at a political meeting last night. Stephen Miller has smartly decided to fly below the radar after the backlash to Minneapolis, Chicago, and other outrages. But by many measures things have gotten worse.

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

You know what's more dangerous than a trans athlete?

7 Frat boys at Cornell University.

Also, we haven't forgotten about Brock Turner.

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Congresswoman Sara Jacobs @sarajacobs.house.gov · 28/09/2026

Just a reminder that Republicans in Congress cynically set up the Big Ugly Bill so that the worst of their health care cuts and premium increases will kick in next year, AFTER the November midterm elections.

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Trump’s Signature Tax Bill Is Starting to Bite Before the Election

The tax cuts in President Trump’s signature achievement were the Republicans’ answer to voters’ economic struggles, but its health care and food assistance cuts are taking a toll.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Doesn't fit The Narrative™️, doesn't get the coverage

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web_rant @webrant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Shadow Docket will say they're only political if they promote policy that helps people. Otherwise it's just fascist public service. bsky.app/profile/scho...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I like that in becoming a nazi, you get glowing coverage as a brave iconoclast, and then when you stop being a nazi, you’re get glowing coverage as a brave dissident. Money coming and going. Only way you lose is having normal opinions like “racism bad” bsky.app/profile/trac...

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We are living in 1984. This is a great explainer on how it works, how the propaganda tactics of 1984 are being used by Republicans and the Trump Administration to paper over cuts that are killing rural healthcare (and also trying to take credit for things Biden did). Please watch and share this:

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I guess the hundreds of millions Republicans are getting from billionaires for ads in the midterms aren’t enough so they are just going to steal taxpayer dollars to run more of them.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Student journalists still believe that it’s more important to hold powerful people to account than it is to hold on to access to those powerful people. They haven’t become Savvy Insiders yet

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