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I guess the Dems' midterm get out the vote push has begun in earnest.<\/p>\n

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— ex-Lethality Jane (@lethalityjane.bsky.social<\/a>) September 29, 2026 at 6:08 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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30k likes in an hour ain't bad.<\/p>\n

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— ex-Lethality Jane (@lethalityjane.bsky.social<\/a>) September 29, 2026 at 6:09 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Reminder: <\/strong> For those of you who are on Instagram \/ TikTok \/ etc, Caring is Sharing!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Now is the moment for us to reach down and pick up the power we have as citizens and rebuke these abuses so decisively that no president will try anything like this again for centuries.<\/p>\n

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— Jon Ossoff (@ossoff.bsky.social<\/a>) September 30, 2026 at 11:22 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Georgia Peanut Commission Chair and lifelong Republican Donald Chase endorses Jon Ossoff:
\n\u201cI like people who will stand up for the things that I believe we, as Georgians, support.\u201d<\/p>\n

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— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social<\/a>) September 28, 2026 at 11:38 AM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Joe Rogan: Why are you a Democrat?@JamesTalarico<\/a>: My mother met my birth father, who had a drinking problem that sometimes led to being violent. My mom decided right then and there that she was leaving. She found a little apartment in East Austin and worked double duty at a\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/o9WmCt7XeW<\/a><\/p>\n

— Team Talarico (@TeamTalaricoHQ) September 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Even Trump\u2019s new AI admits that Republicans are making life more expensive.<\/p>\n

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— Katherine Clark (@whipkclark.bsky.social<\/a>) September 30, 2026 at 12:02 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Exactly. And who was it that dragged us into this stupid war of choice, Mike?<\/p>\n

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— Rep. Jim McGovern (@repmcgovern.bsky.social<\/a>) September 28, 2026 at 6:12 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Trump is spending $1.8 billion on his own vanity projects. What would that money get you?
\nLet\u2019s do the math.<\/p>\n

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— Senator Andy Kim (@kim.senate.gov<\/a>) September 29, 2026 at 9:14 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The longer Greg Abbott is in office, the more we pay in taxes. <\/p>\n

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— Gina Hinojosa (@ginafortexas.bsky.social<\/a>) September 28, 2026 at 9:47 AM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Lisa Murkowski (R) even encouraged her to run for governor, according to two sources familiar with the conversations. Murkowski endorsed Dan Sullivan in the Senate race but she has not taken an active role in campaigning for him. #AKSen
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— Eric Michael Garcia (@ericmgarcia.bsky.social<\/a>) September 29, 2026 at 4:33 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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BREAKING: In a 53-47 vote, Senate Republicans failed to pass an anti-voting measure that would have required voters to provide photo ID to cast ballots.
\nThe vote follows repeated failures by the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act, an anti-voting bill Trump has called his \u201cNo. 1 priority.\u201d<\/p>\n

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— Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com<\/a>) September 30, 2026 at 1:02 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\nMore reasons to yeet Pete Hegseth:<\/p>\n

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Those losing their health benefits … include refugees of war, asylees who fled persecution, victims of sex trafficking, and interpreters who risked their lives assisting U.S. service members in Afghanistan \u2014 all of whom are in the country with the federal government\u2019s permission.<\/p>\n

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— Sarah Karlin-Smith (@sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social<\/a>) September 30, 2026 at 10:31 AM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The fact that you are living abroad does not make you any less of a US citizen. In fact, you're often the face of America abroad.<\/p>\n

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— Patrick Chovanec (@handle.invalid<\/a>) September 30, 2026 at 2:57 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Local drunk swears sobriety for fifteenth time this week.<\/p>\n

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— Starfire\u2019s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast (@irhottakes.bsky.social<\/a>) September 30, 2026 at 11:47 AM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Mike Johnson on what Republicans will do if they hold the House: "What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already"<\/p>\n

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com<\/a>) September 29, 2026 at 8:32 AM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Correct.
\nConcentration camps.<\/p>\n

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— Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755.bsky.social<\/a>) September 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Britt is one of the only competent Republicans of her generation. She's not just looking at a blunder, she's looking at the rest of her public career<\/p>\n

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— Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST (@chathamharrison.bsky.social<\/a>) September 30, 2026 at 12:18 AM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Q: Trump is traveling to red areas, Republican strongholds, not battlegrounds. How is that helpful for Republican chances?
\nTHUNE: They're figuring out where they think he can make the biggest difference. He needs to turn out his voters.<\/p>\n

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com<\/a>) September 29, 2026 at 2:53 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Trump's brain is just flitting from topic to topic without him finishing a thought or speaking coherently. Get a load of this.<\/p>\n

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com<\/a>) September 30, 2026 at 2:29 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I for one think it\u2019s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn\u2019t make the news because we\u2019ve normalized having an insane president<\/p>\n

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com<\/a>) September 30, 2026 at 5:58 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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