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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 52m
welcome to @teenvogue.com new series Challengers: talking to candidates either challenging an incumbent candidate who isn't meeting the moment—or challenging the political system's expectations of what a candidate can look like

up first @mussabali.bsky.social, 28, who might be Jersey City's Zohran
Is Mussab Ali Jersey City's Answer to Zohran Mamdani? Only Tuesday's Election Will Tell
“Politicians are the OG influencers,” Ali, the youngest candidate in Jersey City, New Jersey’s mayoral race, told Teen Vogue.
www.teenvogue.com
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 21m
JD Vance’s family was on food assistance when he was growing up, but he doesn’t think your family deserves that safety net.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15h
Right now, a potential peril is at hand: the end of truth.
Another big reason to worry about Bari Weiss’ tenure at CBS News
Right now, a potential peril is at hand: the end of truth.
www.motherjones.com
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 14h
Even when the moments aren’t going viral and therefore recede a bit from national headlines, it’s worth remembering again that the trump administration is still raining a lot of terror down on the chicago area. All the love to the great American city and its surrounding neighborhoods
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14h
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

By @deldeib.bsky.social
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13h
Never forget that the same shitlibs moaning about Donald Trump Jr., who I do not support, selling drones to his father's administration, which I do not support, were cheering drones when they were used against ISIS, which I do not support. An orgy of hypocrisy.

by Glenn Greenwald
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Mayor of Halloween Town @joshuajfriedman.com · 13h
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joshuajfriedman.com Mayor of Halloween Town @joshuajfriedman.com · 17h
“Immigration officials have deported a father living in Alabama to Laos despite a federal court order blocking his removal from the US on the grounds he has a claim to citizenship, the man’s attorneys said on Tuesday.”
Man deported to Laos despite US court order blocking his removal, attorneys say
District judge told Ice to keep Alabama man in US while he showed what judge called ‘substantial claim’ to citizenship
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 23h
Americans are on the verge of losing their ability to choose their government. But they don't seem to have realized it yet.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 13h
man you get yourself tattooed with one SS emblem for eighteen years and everybody gets mad at you for some reason
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13h
We wanted to understand what a Zohran Mamdani administration would mean for New York. So we talked to a Kentucky woman who once tied for 5th place in a swim race with a transgender woman and got really mad that she didn't get to hold the trophy.
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 15h
Remember when Paul Krugman’s columns were soooo wonky.

“It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” - Paul Krugman
The Hunger Games Begin
40 million Americans are about to lose food stamps
open.substack.com
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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 13h
well well well! looks like as soon as I started running for senate everyone started crawling out of the woodwork talking about the things I've said and done, none of which I deny!!!!
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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 13h
Even for Trump World, this is a shocking outrage. Everything about this—from LEOs threatening, then arresting this citizen (who committed no crime), the judge setting a mind-bogglingly inappropriate bond, then delaying the hearing five more weeks—is legally and morally wrong, and wholly un-American.
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 1d
Since winning a PA Supreme Court majority, Ds have:

- Erased GOP gerrymander
- Upheld mail voting
- Rejected Trump bid to overturn results

So you can imagine why Rs really want to seize the majority ahead of ‘26 + ‘28.

Which brings us to Tuesday’s crucial election: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts
The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.
boltsmag.org
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 12h
Look, I’ve been incredibly outspoken against the very real problems the gerontocratic Dem power structure has made for itself, including its submission to corporate interests, but if you keep a fucking Nazi tattoo on your fucking body for LONGER THAN A LITERAL DECADE that’s a *you* problem.
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Genevieve McDonald @genevieve207.bsky.social · 12h
Platner’s actions are an embarrassment to our state on the national stage. He has no qualification whatsoever to run for this seat and a US Senate race is not the place to grow up.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 11h
Lakshmi Mittal’s energy venture bought Russian oil transported on blacklisted ships on.ft.com/4onMTHV
Lakshmi Mittal’s energy venture bought Russian oil transported on blacklisted ships
Indian refinery received at least four crude shipments this year worth almost $280mn on sanctions-listed vessels
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1d
One reason I think Platner needs to go is that at some point we're going to have to do an aggressive denazification of the entire political system and the party leading that effort cannot be caught handing out indulgences.
eliasisquith.blog elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 1d
In the wake of Tucker interviewing Nick Fuentes for his show, now is a good time to read @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social's latest on the GOP's struggle to keep antisemites in the tent without going full nazi
The GOP’s antisemitism crisis
Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson, and the looming Republican civil war over Jews.
www.vox.com
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d
This administration has now carried out more than 50 extrajudicial executions

abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-...
14 dead in more strikes against alleged drug boats, Hegseth says
The defense secretary said three strikes targeted four alleged drug boats.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 1d
After January 6, 2021, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Comcast publicly pledged to stop donating to politicians who sought to undermine the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election.

In 2025, these companies have stopped worrying about democracy and are buying Trump a ballroom.
These Corporations Stopped Worrying About Democracy and Bought Trump a Ballroom
It has been nearly five years since the 2020 presidential election, but President Trump continues to baselessly insist it was stolen.
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 1d
In the first half of this year, the income of President Trump's family business soared 17-fold to $864 million, based almost entirely on new crypto ventures that have been a magnet for overseas cash, a Reuters investigation found.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d
They’re bad people but they are also the weirdest fucking people in the world.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d
Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, was appointed to a senior DHS position in which she’ll help oversee election security.

“DHS now appears poised to become a primary amplifier of false election conspiracies pushed by our enemies,” one expert said.
She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election. Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security.
Heather Honey has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security. State election officials and voting experts are concerned.
www.propublica.org
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d
“It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” @pkrugman.bsky.social
The Hunger Games Begin
40 million Americans are about to lose food stamps
open.substack.com
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