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stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
Take pride in our fellow American, Sen. Mark Kelly, vigorously standing up for the Constitution and against a violence-inciting White House occupant who is failing to intimidate this good man and honorable public servant.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
This is very sad. Rachel Cooke gone much much too young. A lovely touching tribute from @timadamswrites.bsky.social

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Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
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November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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justinwolfers.bsky.social
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?

Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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justinwolfers.bsky.social
Facts would like a word.
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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justinwolfers.bsky.social
Who imposed tariffs?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17d
Mike Johnson: "That's the reason the inflation is up, the cost of living is up so high -- because of the policies of the previous administration. Now, we're working to root those policies out and implement our own, but it takes a little time."
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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sundaedivine.bsky.social
Remember: it's not the Democrat's fault Republicans are evil.
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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justinwolfers.bsky.social
I listened to the arguments at the Supreme Court in the big tariff case, so you don't have to.

Wanna debrief? I sat down with @maryharris.bsky.social for Slate's What Next podcast.... and I didn't hold back.

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Trump’s Tariffs Have a Constitution Problem
Chin up, Don, the House of Representatives is happy to—wait, where are they?
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November 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
Good people working hard in Ohio and getting results.
davidpepperoh.bsky.social David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 23d
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Huge movement in the formerly red suburbs of Greater Cincinnati tonight.

School board flips. Local city hall and township seats. Judicial flips.

All historic.

Flashing red light in what used to be biggest GOP strongholds in Ohio.

2026 is coming!!!!!
a large wave in the ocean is breaking
ALT: a large wave in the ocean is breaking
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November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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mollymckew.bsky.social
America is a shared story of the quest toward the more perfect union

What an idea: America is always in motion, lost if perfection is attained but thriving in pursuit. Constant reforging makes America ageless, immortal

But Trump does not want to be more perfect

www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
The sacred American spaces desecrated by the American president
The American faithful must find their voice if the divine American idea is to survive
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October 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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mollymckew.bsky.social
The US Capitol
Arlington Cemetery
The White House
The American wilderness

America has sacred spaces. Trump profanes them all.

www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
The sacred American spaces desecrated by the American president
The American faithful must find their voice if the divine American idea is to survive
www.greatpower.us
October 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
chefinthevineyard.bsky.social
Connect the dots, massive treason in the works...
October 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
we lost a queen 👑
kojamf.bsky.social KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · Oct 5
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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kojamf.bsky.social
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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amandalitman.bsky.social
Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. Convincing colleagues to vote with them is the literal job of politicians - if they can’t do that, they can’t do their jobs. They own this shutdown and all of the consequences.
October 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
Democracy Docket subscribers just met the newest member of our family. Blue!
September 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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harrylitman.bsky.social
A typically provocative and comprehensive discussion by @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social puts me through my paces of more or less evertything Comey and more. Thanks, @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social !
September 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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September 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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valdemings.bsky.social
I am not a psychologist but like every police officer I played one on the street.

There is something seriously wrong with POTUS. He is broken, angry, vindictive, destructive, dark, isolated.

America's beauty must be our belief in hope - in a fair and free future. Let's win it.
Live Updates: After Meeting With Zelensky at U.N., Trump Shifts Stance on Russia
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September 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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harrylitman.bsky.social
"Imagine the impact if, wherever these patrols appear,they are met by larger numbers of citizens making clear they are not needed and not wanted.
Show up. Stand together. And drive home the message with numbers and tenacity: Trump’s emergency is not our emergency."

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Where the Rubber Bullets Hit the Road
The Checkpoint State Hits the Streets—and the Constitution Frays
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August 20, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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thebulwark.com
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu:

“Silence in the face of oppression is not an option. The U.S. Attorney General asked for a response by today. So here it is…Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration's failures.”
August 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.

The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
August 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Check it out, from an impeccable source:
rgoodlaw.bsky.social Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · Aug 11
Catch up to speed with weekday morning Podcast.

Latest news on

President Trump's federal and military actions toward DC
Ukraine ceasefire talks
FBI purge
More. Much, much more.

Drawing from wide range of reliable news reporting.
Early Edition August 11, 2025 - Just Security: Out Loud
Your curated weekday guide to the biggest national security and foreign policy developments over the past 24 hours. Compiled by the Just Security team and read by an automated voice, The Early Edition...
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August 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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noupside.bsky.social
I wrote a long article about the Gabbard Files. Here is an excerpt about the HPSCI doc referenced above. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/from...
Gabbard Drop 2: "Russia really wanted Hillary to Win" TL;DR: Gabbard's second big reveal is the declassification of a 2020 Republican staff report from the House Intelligence Committee-led at the time by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), now the CEO of Trump's social media company. Truth Social, and worked on by Kash Patel, now FBI director-that critiques the 2017 ICA for claiming Putin preferred Trump, and argues that Russia may have really wanted Clinton to win, because they didn't dump as much dirt on her as they potentially could have. Gabbard spins this into "irrefutable evidence" that Obama and top intelligence officials fabricated the Russia interference narrative. The document does not support that claim. On July 23, Gabbard released another declassified document that she claimed supported her ongoing allegation that Obama, Brennan, and others had fabricated a hoax and committed treason. This time the crux of the claim was that people in this vast conspiracy had "suppressled] evidence showing Putin was preparing for a Clinton victory". To be clear: almost everyone in November 2016 had expected a Clinton victory, including American pundits. Trump's surprise victory sparked months of thinkpieces on how out-of-touch elites, media, and pollsters could have missed the signs. But specific to Russia, data from The HPSCI document is most worth understanding in the context of the SVR (Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki) hack claims, discussed on page 17 in the declassified annex. The SVR is another Russian agency, focused on foreign intelligence, that had also previously hacked American think tanks. A list of documents that were never released, and which have never been proven to exist, appears to be the main evidence that despite the hack & leak efforts, and the IRA propaganda efforts, Russia didn't really "attack" Clinton as hard as they could have. The purported emails about heavy tranquilizers and the rest were reportedly obtained by the SVR. Supposedly the emails discussed Hillary's collapsing health-that she was diabetic, had heart disease, pulmonary disease, was on heavy tranquilizers, suffering from heavy psycho-emotional problems, anger, aggression, among other accusations. The SVR supposedly also obtained an email about a plan Clinton had approved to link Putin and Russian hackers to then-candidate Trump in order to distract the public from her email server scandal. (A discussion of this allegation appears in the next section; that email appears to have been observed in the Durham investigation.) It is possible that the scandalous emails about health and pay-for-play that were purportedly "held back" were never released because they do not exist. Clinton's health seems to be fine, a decade after the campaign during which she was supposedly constantly dying. It may have been that no such emails were ever written. No disgruntled Democrats have come forward with their copies. No investigations into the servers of the hacked entities, or the State Department, have led to any copies being declassified. There's no independent evidence these materials ever existed, and the claims themselves are a greatest-hits compilation of far-right fever dreams (Clinton on tranquilizers, "psycho-emotional problems," pay-for-play State Department favors). The irony here is that Gabbard is accusing the U.S. intelligence community of using bad sources in the ICA-while citing unverified Russian spy memos as proof. The HPSCI report reads as far more politicized than the other numerous investigations and meta-investigations into the interference and collusion allegations. Yet, even as it quibbles heavily with the "aspired to help Trump" assessment and spends dozens of pages arguing about whether Russia preferred Trump, or was enthusiastic about Trump, or had no preference because neither candidate would align with Russian interests-it does not dispute that the interference happened. In fact, the same report flatly states: "Vladimir Putin launched conventional and cyber operations-notably by leaking politically sensitive emails obtained from computer intrusions-during the 2016 election." This is, ironically, a point that many of the biggest "Russiagate interference hoax" retconners-like Matt Taibbi, or Tucker Carlson, or Mike Benz-have frequently dismissed or denied (some going so far as to allege that Seth Rich, the murdered DNC staffer, had really leaked them). Additionally, the HPSCI report, when still classified, was previously covered during the 2024 presidential campaign, by Michael Shellenberger and Taibbi, who framed it as "Russia really wanted Hillary Clinton to win." This take contradicts Putin, who said in 2018 that he'd preferred Trump.
August 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Crying at this
August 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Janet Yellen's husband & Econ Nobel Laureate George Akerlof:

"...when presidents flip the board, it’s not just a game that ends. It’s the pieces of democracy that get scattered to the floor."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o...
Imagine a group of 5-year-olds playing a board game. The rules are clear, the goal is fair, and one child edges ahead — until, suddenly, another child starts losing. That’s when the trouble begins. “He cheated!” the losing child yells. “I’m the winner anyway!” he declares. And then, like clockwork, he flips the board. In the world of kindergarten conflict resolution, we expect this kind of behavior. We chalk it up to development. We teach better sportsmanship. What do we do when the president of the United States behaves this way? On Friday, President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics — the nation’s workaday scorekeeper of employment, wages and productivity. Why? Because the data didn’t make Mr. Trump look good. The statistics were inconvenient. So the president didn’t just challenge the findings; he fired the statistician. That’s not governing. That’s board flipping.
August 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM