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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6h

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. The only thing that could cause it to fall anytime soon would be court closures resulting from the Republican-caused government shutdown.

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 7h

Democrats Must Abandon the Moderate Messaging of The White Dude Data Complex

Democrats have their lowest favorability rating since 1994, & still believe they can be "Republican-lite" & win elections by ignoring a progressive, anti-oligarchy message. They're wrong.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 7h

@warnock.senate.gov: "You know that it's a critical moment any time Raphael Warnock and Marjorie Taylor Greene are essentially saying the same thing. That doesn't happen often... She saw that the premiums of her own adult children will go up so much in 2026 that their healthcare is unaffordable."

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 16h

Here's the play:

1. Use the media to paint veterans as a "burden."

2. Turn the public against those who served.

3. Gut the VA for profit.

It's a vile attempt to fracture our country and betray a sacred promise. We're not falling for it.

commondefense.us/newsroom/com...

Common Defense Slams Washington Post’s Misleading Attack on Veterans’ Disability Benefits — Common Defense

After a misleading Washington Post article casts doubt on veterans’ disability claims, Common Defense calls out the harmful rhetoric and defends the VA from right-wing efforts to dismantle it. Read ou...

commondefense.us

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨

The White House Office of Management and Budget has deleted a reference to a 2019 law on paying government workers after a shutdown from its FAQ on the current impasse.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

😕

Here’s the video again: www.instagram.com/reel/DPi9m_2...

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 8h

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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Distill Social @distillsocial.bsky.social · 16h

Metro Times posted a scathing exposé on MI Rep. Josh Schriver that let us know he's not as pure as he claims to be. And in Kalamazoo, US Rep. Bill Huizenga still doesn't want to appear in public.

open.substack.com/pub/distills...

Hypocrisy and Hideouts: Michigan’s Purity Patron Exposed and the GOP Congressman Who Can’t Show Up

Josh Schriver's history tab is full of fetish sites and Bill Huizenga still can't face his people.

open.substack.com

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It is always the religious nuts. Always.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14h

From 2017 to 2024, the number of data centers in the U.S. increased from 318 to 5,208.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 8h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 7h

The U.S. was added to a global human rights watch list, and the Committee for the First Amendment, originally birthed during McCarthyism, was brought back, both due to actions of this administration. Let that sink in.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 8h

Stephen Miller accidentally blurted out that Trump had "plenary authority" on TV today.

They're going for full-scale dictatorship.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/b...

Stephen Miller Cited ‘Plenary Authority,’ Then Paused. Conspiracies Started Flying.

www.nytimes.com

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 8h

This is a real post from Dinesh D'Souza. 🥴

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 7h

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Indiana GOP’s seat-stealing push is stalling… while @gavinnewsom.bsky.social’s California Clapback is gaining steam.

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PinkTweets @pinktweets.bsky.social · 17h

Their prime witness.

In a September interview, Richman told investigators that the former FBI director “instructed him not to engage with the media on at least two occasions” and “never authorized him to provide information to a reporter anonymously ahead of the 2016 election.”

Prosecutors Know Main Witness in James Comey Case Will Doom Them

There’s a reason federal prosecutors didn’t want this indictment to happen.

newrepublic.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 8h

This is who they are.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 8h

📌 Mark Kelly & Ruben Gallego
confront Mike Johnson ‼️⤵️🐥

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

Remember this as Trump goes on about being "tough on crime."

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a woman in a plaid shirt is making a funny face and says oopsssiess .

ALT: a woman in a plaid shirt is making a funny face and says oopsssiess .

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9h

People are following
ICE in their cars to warn
Chicagoans

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Rebecca E ❌👑 @spoutiblegirl.bsky.social · 8h

Hakeem Jeffries came to play today as Lawler tries to confront him: "You’re not going to talk over me because you don’t want to hear what I have to say so why don’t you just keep your mouth shut."

More 👏🏼Of👏🏼This👏🏼

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h

Merrick Garland green-lit the search of Mar-a-Lago. It happened in August 2022 three months before Jack Smith was appointed. Jack Smith was in the Netherlands at the Hauge prosecuting Kosovo war crimes when Mar-a-Lago was searched. Eric should have listened to my podcast.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Eric Trump accuses Jack Smith of "planting classified documents at Mar-a-Lago"

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 8h

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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