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DSCC Took Lobbyist Bundles From Firms Reaping Rewards Under Trump

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David Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 12h

How many Democrats realize that House Dems could have passed the Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act anytime 2019–2022, and sent it to the Senate?

Under Pelosi / Jeffries / Schumer / Durbin, Dem leadership keep decision-making closed-off, as they control the party's massive fundraising arms.

Senate Democrats’ campaign arm quietly received donations in the first half of this year from lobbyists for Palantir, Andreessen Horowitz, and SpaceX, according to a new disclosure.

Congressional Leaders Warning of ‘Insider Trading’ Could Have Banned Officials From Stock Trading

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David Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 12h

The Anti-Corruption Act, first introduced by progressives in August 2018, would have:

- applied conflict-of-interest laws to POTUS & VPOTUS
- required executive branch officials to financially recuse
- banned lawmakers owning crypto & securities

But Dem leadership never brought the bill to a vote:

Banning members of Congress and government officials from trading stocks is highly popular, even among many rank and file lawmakers—but not among the congressional leaders who control which bills adva...

The Supreme Court Could Grant Trump His Dream Of One-Party Rule

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Paul Blumenthal @paulblumenthal.bsky.social · 20h

The Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow over whether or not to totally gut the Voting Rights Act. If it does so it would decimate political power for racial minorities, particularly Black people, and help Donald Trump lock in one-party rule www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

If the court’s conservative supermajority guts the Voting Rights Act, they will crush minority political power.

www.huffpost.com

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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 23h

Bernie Sanders on out-of-touch Democratic Party leadership:

“… the Mamdani campaign is a crystallization of that. And if the Democratic leadership can’t support the Democratic nominee, what is the Democratic Party? Who’s the Democratic Party?”

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why.

Democratic Party leadership is way out of touch with where the American people are, and it’s almost frightening to see the kind of anger and contempt that people feel toward it.

www.thenation.com

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David Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 1d

Brewers player Sal Frelick after a wild play

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David Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 1d

Defense spending is fascinating because tens of billions in public $$ gets funneled to private weapons companies with amazingly little visibility into which companies, exactly.

We scoured a defense resource, and the top firm in Israel arms approvals is...

With $26.7 billion in approved Israel arms sales since October 7, 2023, Boeing stands out as a top beneficiary of the Gaza war.

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 2d

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Derek Seidman @derekseidman.bsky.social · 1d

In this piece, I tried to pull together the forces and agendas flowing through megabillionaire Larry Ellison, who is quickly becoming the newest face of US oligarchy in the Trump era. It's all deeply alarming.

For @truthout.org.

From AI to TikTok to TV, This Pro-Israel Billionaire Is Expanding Power in US

One of Trump’s advisers once called megabillionaire Larry Ellison a “shadow president of the United States.”…

truthout.org

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David Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 1d

Boeing's stock price is up in 2025 due to weapons sales to Middle East.

If your retirement fund invests in ETFs like the Vanguard S&P 500 or mutual funds like Fidelity 500 Index, your profits are fueled in part by Boeing's weapons sales to Israel, especially bombs used in air strikes on civilians.

With $26.7 billion in approved Israel arms sales since October 7, 2023, Boeing stands out as a top beneficiary of the Gaza war.

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David Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Boeing is the top weapons contractor in Israel arms approvals since the start of the war in Gaza, selling tens of billions of dollars of weapons like F-15 fighters and "bunker buster" bombs used in attacks on civilians documented by human rights groups.

readsludge.com/2025/10/13/b...

With $26.7 billion in approved Israel arms sales since October 7, 2023, Boeing stands out as a top beneficiary of the Gaza war.

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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Boeing appears on up to $26.7 billion in arms sales approved for Israel since Oct. 7, 2023, topping all other U.S. defense contractors. readsludge.com/2025/10/13/b...

With $26.7 billion in approved Israel arms sales since October 7, 2023, Boeing stands out as a top beneficiary of the Gaza war.

Quite Some BS: Expanded ‘QSBS’ Giveaway in Trump Tax Law Threatens State Revenues and Enriches the Wealthy

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David Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 1d

Brewers players celebrating NLDS win Oct. 12, 2025

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David Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 1d

somewhere at Public Radio International lives a filename aeroplane_intro_loop_longer_use.wav

David Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 1d

Marketplace Morning Report used "In the Aeroplane" as bumper music

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Amy Hanauer @amyhanauer.bsky.social · 2d

We call this inequality-increasing, revenue-depleting tax cut to the rich BS for a reason. But your state can push back. Send this to your governor!

States should decouple from the federal Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) exemption.

itep.org

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David Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 3d

Crew bullpen game

Milwaukee Brewers players celebrating 2025 NLDS

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Stephen Semler @stephensemler.bsky.social · 4d

In two years, the US spent at least *$38 billion* sending weapons to Israel, protecting it against counterattacks, and fighting a regional war on its behalf.

$52 million per day, $2 million per hour. www.stephensemler.com/p/us-has-spe...

The US has spent at least $38 billion on Israel since October 2023. The single column chart shows $38.2 billion in US military spending on Israel from October 2023 through September 2025, including: $18 billion arming Israel, $6.1 billion defending Israel, $14.1 billion waging war on Israel’s behalf. Data: Pentagon financial records, enacted legislation, media reports, author analysis. Figures are conservative estimates in constant 2025 US dollars.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 4d

WHAT THE HELL

Just one day after a federal court judge ordered ICE to stop using force against Chicago journalists, here is ICE using force against a Chicago journalist.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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David Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 4d

This could have been part of the lasting, clear-to-all successes of De Blasio’s second term, but his perma-crisis city management left an atrophied NYC DOT for Eric Adams, who minimized the agency. De Blasio should recognize now that transit and safe streets would have greatly helped his reputation.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5d

“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 5d

TODAY: @littlewow.online on MAGA gossip blogger Houseinhabit. “In the new tradition of other disgraced figures … who swerved to the right, she’s found open arms (and wallets) when no one else would have her.” flaminghydra.com/clout-chasin...

Clout Chasing Will Be the Death of Us All

The New Yorker’s Clare Malone recently published a long profile of Jessica Reed Kraus, the QAnon-adjacent mommy blogger who played an instrumental role in Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s successful bid to be...

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

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Megan O'Matz @megomatz.bsky.social · 6d

The Trump administration is working to dramatically expand school choice, moving kids to a range of private & religious schools or homeschooling. Ultimately, what percentage of children would remain in public schools? A Moms for Liberty co-founder told me: “I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.”

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 6d

TODAY: @tomscocca.bsky.social on learning new things in an unfamiliar and only partially legible place. “The longer we wandered the garden, the more affection I had for the signage.” flaminghydra.com/roots-of-und...

Roots of Understanding

a fiery writer-owned cooperative

After Passing Legislation That Decimated Outdoor Dining, NYC Council Demands to Know What Killed Outdoor Dining

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David Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 5d

Chatter on here recently about how driving makes people antisocial and irate, posing mortal danger on the roads.

New Yorkers can ask their @council.nyc.gov if Speaker Adrienne Adams and others made the right decision in 2023 by decimating outdoor dining for private car storage on city streets.

Councilmembers and DOT officials traded blame at a hearing on Wednesday, while both sides said they’d be open to making changes to the program.

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Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 7d

ALSO TODAY: @mariabustillos.com and the great @ftrain.bsky.social talk about fixing the equally wretched AI problem flaminghydra.com/podcast-how-...

PODCAST! How to Fix AI, with Paul Ford

Special guest, writer, editor, technologist, and entrepreneur Paul Ford talks with Maria Bustillos about, in Paul’s words, “the thing, which is they launched Frankenstein’s Monster, but inside of Fran...