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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 4h

Christian nationalist grifter Franklin Graham quits financial accountability group after it institutes standards for behavior.
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Franklin Graham quits financial accountability group

Franklin Graham, the president and CEO of two of the largest Christian ministries in the country, has quit his organizations’ membership in a financial accountability group that sets standards for eva...

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 5h

Even though New York, Washington, Colorado, and Maryland can’t redistrict in time for 2026 — they need to be laying the groundwork to draw new maps for ‘28.

SCOTUS could give the GOP up to 19 new seats by striking down the VRA. We can’t be caught off guard. We need to be ready to cancel them out.

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Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) @dndi.org · 7h

‘What is already an innovation gap could become an innovation chasm.’

Large pharma companies withdrawing from R&D for infectious disease therapeutics has a growing impact on non-profit medical research orgs like DNDi, writes our R&D director in @statnews.com.

www.statnews.com/2025/10/09/p...

Pharma’s shift away from infectious disease research could spell disaster for the world’s poorest people

The number of “innovation champions” in the pharma industry working on infectious diseases is dropping — and that’s troubling, writes R&D director for Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative.

www.statnews.com

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 5h

1. Today, I have a few things to say about that putz Stephen Miller. First, he’s been on TV a lot lately, because that’s how he pours more poison into the president’s already-poisoned brain.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 25m

The president of the United States has repeatedly shown he does not know how to use secure communications.

Facts.

Feelin' safe 'bout that nuclear football yet?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 44m

Next month, voters will head to the polls for a contest that could have huge implications for the future of fair elections in the Keystone State — which means for the next presidential election, too. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/why...

Why Anti-Voting Activists Are Using the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election to Spread Disinformation

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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Beagle Bunch @allowat3.bsky.social · 1h

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 3h

Karloyn Leavitt getting up to announce they caught Antifa's father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2h

Rep. Jamie Raskin has sent letters to four of the nation's largest banks demanding information related to "more than $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions flagged by the banks tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their co-conspirators."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 27m

A federal judge just asked the government if they're the cause of the violence in Chicago - whether this is of their own making.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 30m

Perry asks directly whether the feds started the alleged violence in Chicago.

She asks whether it matters if the inability to execute the law was "caused by the federal agents."

Hamilton: "No, your honor."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

I think even Marsha knows this.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 3h

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 19m

It’s not the government shutdown, it’s the Epstein shutdown.

Johnson won’t swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social because she will be the 218th vote in the Epstein discharge petition.

But the only way he can keep from swearing in is keeping the House on recess.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Hawkeye8 @hawkeye8.bsky.social · 19m

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Bradley @bradleyross.bsky.social · 22m

You read nuance. I read silly, self-indulgent, ridiculously long blather that - if it gets to a point at all - takes forever to do so.

Bradley @bradleyross.bsky.social · 24m

They chose to label/smear a lot of people based on nothing. It is an effort at coercive control.

It’s not an airport, no need to announce their departure. Just mute or block and move on and mind your own fucking business.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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Rebba.bsky.social @rebba.bsky.social · 1d

Let's focus on Steven Millers slip up on CNN.
Who the hell does he think he is?

Plenary?Plenary authority?

No Steven Miller, Wrong again!!

No! You do not plenary authority to harm the American Public. It is cruel and illegal. You do not have the executive power to overthrow our own government

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3h

How China could pull ahead in the AI race on.ft.com/42xmChy | opinion

How China could pull ahead in the AI race

It has the advantage on both energy and practical application

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Sen. Jim Banks: "I hear from hoosiers every day who understand that the government in Washington is way too big, and they think about all the wasteful bureaucracy and bureaucrats in Washington DC, so in that case a government shutdown means less government and in many ways we're okay with that."

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 23h

Imagine knowing – being absolutely sure – that when you die, 65 or 70% of the country and the world will celebrate your death like nothing they've ever celebrated anything before.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5h

Why?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h

I don’t usually write about my law firm, but I’m going to make an exception. With fewer than 60 lawyers, we are currently litigating 63 voting and election cases in 30 states — a number that will almost certainly rise in the weeks to come. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/why-...

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

www.democracydocket.com

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