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Alan Hartley @alanhartley.bsky.social

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Springsteen has done something with his life, created something. Not everyone's bag, but a body of work you can check out. There's meaning in it. He made it himself.

Trump is an emotionally stunted toddler. He does some territorial pissing but he can't create anything. He can only break things.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social

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We have entered the “you can’t kill me if I commit suicide” phase of American Decline

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R. Daniel Kelemen @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social

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If Orbán loses election but challenges results in the kangaroo courts he has packed with party loyalists, the EU will have a dilemma on its hands. The EU has long accepted unfair elections in Hungary but what would it do if an autocrat blatantly stole an election? www.politico.eu/article/fraud-accusations-hungary-election-fidesz-tisza/

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social

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Election deniers. Conspiracy theorists. Anti-voting activists. Big Lie true believers.

By the time we hold our next presidential vote, they could be running our elections — including in some key swing states. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/the-election-deniers-and-anti-voting-activists-who-want-to-run-their-states-elections/

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social

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Calvin Duncan, a man imprisoned for 30 years before he was exonerated, won an election in New Orleans promising to fix a judicial system that failed him

Now, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and the GOP-controlled Legislature are racing to eliminate his job before he can be sworn in

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com

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Mexico—a nation with 1/17th GDP of USA—is rolling out universal healthcare to its 130M citizens.

Starting April 13, Mexicans 85+ will have access to universal healthcare. By Jan 2027, Mexico will expand universal healthcare to all people, with full coverage of drugs, lab tests, etc by 2030.

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Danielle Welch for Congress (NY-03) @votewelch.bsky.social

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Then, if you're still feeling generous and want to help get a working mom who understands what it's like to struggle into Congress (replacing perpetual disappointment Tom Suozzi), consider donating to my campaign.

We can't expect change without leaders who truly want to help.

www.votewelch.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

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Here we fixed this for you, @wsj.com

We see you trying to help JD pretend he doesn’t have to wear this war when he runs for president. Nope.

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social

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McLaughlin polls have such a bad record that national Republicans told House candidates not to hire them after they found Majority Leader Eric Cantor leading by 34 points two weeks before he lost his 2014 primary by 11.

They’re Trump’s longtime pollster and 2020 election deniers too (sources below)

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social

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Biden’s preemptive pardons were to protect people from a promised perversion of justice. Trump’s promised preemptive pardons are to shield people from the actual administration of justice. If you compare the two you’re running interference for the latter.

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social

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I repeat myself, but: A big reason modern journalists are supposed to take a view-from-nowhere/everywhere approach most of the time is to establish credibility so that when it's warranted they can say: Trust me, this right here is abnormal and bad.

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social

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And I think those anxieties are playing out in a deeply unwell country. We have to own that together www.liberalcurrents.com/after-a-dark-week-americans-should-turn-to-jimmy-carters-malaise-speech/

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social

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Follow this thread.

Most likely, and of course, all speculation right now, this is why Melania did her 6 min statement today.

Amanda Ungaro was brought here as a 17-year-old model. She flew to NYC on Epstein's private plane.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social

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“Mogilevich handed over kompromat videos of Orbán to the FSB in exchange for the Kremlin’s agreement to overlook his tax issues… thanks to Mogilevich, Putin had Orbán exactly where he wanted him” @craigunger
open.substack.com/pub/craigunger/p/the-offer-viktor-orban-couldnt-refuse?r=i1ih5&utm_medium=ios

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Alan Hartley @alanhartley.bsky.social

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Well done.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com

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We’re gonna have a bad time.

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social

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when my PS5 freezes

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social

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just gonna leave this here. for no reason.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social

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It's been nearly five hours since the president of the United States posted a graphic snuff video of a man beating a woman to death with a hammer and there's no mention of it on the New York Times, Washington Post or CNN websites.

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EricaJones @onegrumpygoose.bsky.social

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Republicans don’t want kids to walk into a library and pick up a book that might have naughty words or two men in love but hey it’s 100% ok when US websites that are supposed to be educational and professional, that kids might go to for homework reasons,are posting graphic videos of murders. 👌🏻

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social

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Kerry: I was part of the any number of conversations with Netanyahu.

Psaki: Pitching the US strike Iran?

Kerry: Yes, he wanted us to strike. He came to President Obama. He made a presentation to ask to strike. President Obama refused. President Biden refused. President Bush refused.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social

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Zampolli, the dude who allegedly introduced Melania to Trump in 1998.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social

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ICE agents shot another driver -- on Tues.

He had just asked to call his wife.

They shot him six times. One bullet his jaw.

Now he can't speak and has been mostly unconscious.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/ice-shooting-california-victim-wounds.html

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com

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ICE has been really good at catching wind of these unannounced visits in other cities recently and flying all the captured migrants out beforehand.

But not today. Well done catching them, Congresswoman. We should expect that all of the detention centers are this bad when they aren’t tipped off.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

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We have never looked more feckless and ridiculous to the entire world.

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social

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I am so angry. Two Durham, NC kids - 11-year-old Genesis and 6-year-old Denis of Burton Elementary Magnet School - were taken by ICE at their regular asylum case appointment, and immediately deported without due process.

Follow SiembraNC on IG or FB or @siembranc.bsky.social for next action steps.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social

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Last night I gave a talk at the Princeton Adult School on the legacies of the civil rights movement and the links to our world today.

Just posted it on CAMPAIGN TRAILS:

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social

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The Presidential Records Act isn’t complicated. It was passed after Watergate for a reason & it’s very clear about what belongs to the public & what doesn’t.

That’s what makes the new position DOJ is taking so disturbing. I explain here: joycevance.substack.com/p/killing-history

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Alan Hartley @alanhartley.bsky.social

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines?wprov=sfti1

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com

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Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel.

King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

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