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Tracy Kneisler

@2much2soon.bsky.social
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Former FBI Special Agent 🕵🏻‍♀️ & US Navy ⚓| PhD, neurophysiology 🧠 | Defender of democracy 🗽 | UNC & Wake Forest grad👩🏻‍🎓| Split time in CO & BC

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
In honor of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, my latest piece on Substack on The Speed of YES when it matters the most: substack.com/@katiephang/...
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The Speed of “YES”
Ordinary people helping other people during extraordinary times
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Sabrina McDaniel 🌊💙 @sabrina-mcdaniel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
` 60+ Cherry Trees were cut down in DC to make way for a golf course for Trump. This act violated a court order. They did it anyway because the law doesn’t apply to this administration. These trees were gifted to the American people by Japan in 1912. More destruction by a criminal government.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
😶 Call it out. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
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Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter (Gift Article)
A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Jon Stewart’s interview with Jack Smith and Brian Driscoll, a member of our FBI Advisory Board, gets at the heart of what’s happening at DOJ. Attacks on the rule of law start with attacks on the dedicated public servants who enforce it. Listen here:
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Jack Smith & Brian Driscoll On Weaponizing Justice | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
As the Trump administration continues to weaponize the Justice Department and FBI, Jon is joined by former Special Counsel Jack Smith and former Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll to examine what…
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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Dead ducks found near the reflecting pool. Gift Article wapo.st/4eBZWBL
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A dead duck was seen in the Reflecting Pool. Then two more were found nearby.
The two ducks that were recovered from Constitution Gardens will undergo necropsies to determine their cause of death.
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 07/06/2026
On June 16, the feds will open Colorado’s biggest public land sale in modern history, threatening wildlife and recreation.
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Elk herd habitat near Dinosaur National Monument to open for drilling - High Country News
On June 16, the feds will open Colorado’s biggest public land sale in modern history, threatening wildlife and recreation.
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 06/06/2026
A new study by @katherinepomps.bsky.social reveals for the first time that almost one in 16 Jan. 6 insurrectionists subject to the president’s clemency order has been arrested for and charged with—and in the vast majority of cases convicted of—other crimes. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is a good part. Trump's settlement is unlawful because his lawsuit against the IRS was never a real lawsuit and it was designed mainly to faciliate theft from the treasury.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 26/05/2026
"That is what lawfare and weaponization look like. Trump’s fund is not just blazingly corrupt and unjust, it is also a massive exercise in gaslighting." Read @monacharen.bsky.social's latest on Trump's financial and moral corruption:
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Trump’s Slush Fund Is Based on a Lie
The real victims of lawfare and weaponized prosecutions aren’t the insurrectionists.
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 25/05/2026
This administration is not just lawless. Not just authoritarian. They are deeply unserious and profoundly unprofessional.
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Every American should be disgusted by this.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 18/05/2026
When a federal agency tasked with protecting all Americans decides to mandate a specific religious worldview, it ceases to protect democracy and begins to threaten it.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
These are lawless violent vigilantes, not “patriots” or “martyrs.” Trump has already pardoned them. They most certainly should not now get paid from Trump’s proposed $1.7B fund.
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NPR @npr.org · 13/05/2026
What form of government do we have in America now? Some scholars say it is no longer liberal democracy, but "competitive authoritarianism." NPR's Frank Langfitt explains the term and its origin. n.pr/3PcVeSz
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Is the U.S. slipping into 'Competitive Authoritarianism?'
What form of government do we have in America now? Some scholars say it is no longer liberal democracy, but "competitive authoritarianism." NPR's Frank Langfitt explains the term and its origin.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🔥 REP. SHAW: “YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH YOURSELF.” #Memphis #JimCrow @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @senjohnson
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Worth adding that Russia did as a matter of fact intervene for Trump in 2016 and that the evidence is widely known, abundant, and collected in various forms (🧵 1/3) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
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U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Into Trump Foes
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
good oped on the hershey's candy controversy - company had swapped out ingredients in some famous candies, got a letter from a displeased heir. anyway. it's climate change, yknow? and it's making chocolate prices high and availability... not as abundant as we wish. www.fooddive.com/news/hershey...
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Reese’s didn’t change its chocolate because of corporate greed. It was climate change.
The peanut butter cup inventor's grandson blames Hershey for adjusting its recipe — the real culprit is a broken food system, writes Chiara Cecchini.
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NPR @npr.org · 27/03/2026
Update: The Trump administration says it's ahead of schedule on destroying Iran's weapons systems, but NPR has found an intelligence assessment says about a third of Iran's missiles have been destroyed.
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A month of war has destroyed a third of Iran's missiles, per U.S. intelligence
The Trump administration says it's ahead of schedule on destroying Iran's weapons systems, but NPR has found an intelligence assessment says about a third of Iran's missiles have been destroyed.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 21/03/2026
The FBI Agents Association honors Robert Mueller, a “lifelong public servant,” a “decorated Marine,” and a “Vietnam veteran” who “played an important role in strengthening its ability to confront evolving national security threats.“ They rep 14K active and retired agents.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 18/03/2026
In just the first week of its military assault on Iran, the US spent $11.3bn for American taxpayer-funded bombs that caused hundreds of deaths. The figure does not capture the full cost of the conflict, such as deployment of forces, and will now be far higher given the ongoing nature of the war.
A chart that shows the cost of the first week of the Iran war relative to other government agencies. The week total of $11.3 billion was less than the fiscal year budget for NASA, but more than the CDC, the EPA, the National Science Foundation and the National Cancer Institute
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 05/03/2026
Can presidents attack countries whenever they want? Ben Sheehan explains the War Powers Resolution
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 01/03/2026
War demands law, strategy, and honesty. We’ve been given none of the three. I wrote about what that means for America — and what comes next.
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Even Against Tyranny, America Must Not Lose Its Way
Confronting Iran’s Brutality Without Abandoning Our Principles
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Congress and the courts are refusing to give Trump what he wants, so he’s concocting a new plan to seize control of the election. Here’s what you need to know: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
in honor of a certain surgeon general nominee’s hearing today, here is the story of (among other things) the time I tried to take her advice about milk www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well.
My five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms
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Jon Strauss @weberking.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
This by @katiebakes.bsky.social really sums up all the feelings I had when the short lived unifying moment of glory went to hell on Sunday. www.theringer.com/2026/02/24/o...
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The Best and Worst of USA Hockey’s Brotherhood, All at Once
For just a few hours, Americans were able to enjoy double hockey gold. Then politics came crashing through the men’s locker room door.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
John Oliver and team do a great job here of explaining how Twitter/X is a cesspool and why you shouldn’t go anywhere near it. Only thing it misses is new research showing that its right-biased algorithm “works” in that it shifts users’ views rightward. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG...
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Twitter: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
One of the first things we were taught at Quantico was that there is never a moment in which you are not representing the Bureau; but, then again, we earned our place there, and weren’t granted its directorship as a sinecure for partisan malfeasance and a willingness to disregard the constitution.
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PWHL @thepwhl.com · 19/02/2026
U-KNIGHT-ED STATES 🇺🇸 @pwhltorrent.bsky.social and Team USA captain Hilary Knight breaks the US women's hockey record for most career goals (15) AND points (33) in her last Olympic game!
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The goods trade deficit in 2025: highest in history. 🇺🇸 (via @horp.bsky.social)
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see. His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert. Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
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WIRED @wired.com · 09/02/2026
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity. And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding. www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
The French once again taking no bullshit.
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Confusing how much each country spends on its own military with its contribution to NATO's
common funding = confusing how much you
spend on your sports equipment, shoes, and coaching with your annual gym membership fee.
The U.S. pays about 16% of NATO budget = equal to the largest EU contributor (Germany).
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NATO Common-Funded Budget Cost Share by Ally (2025)
Germany
United Kingdom
France taly
Spain
Turkiye
Netherlands
Canada
Poland
Norway
Sweden
Belgium
Denmark
Romania
Czechia
Portugal
Greece
Finland tungary
Slovakia
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Slovenia
Croatia
Latvia
Luxembourg 1
Estonia -
North Macedonia -
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Albania -
Montenegro -
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Share of NATO common-funded budgets (%)
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Investment Programme (NSIP), "Cost share at 32", valid from 7 March 2024 to 31
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Tracy Kneisler @2much2soon.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
GDTBATH
UNC Blue background posted after the last second shot beat Dook
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SportsCenter (Unofficial) @sportscenter-2.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
THIS RIVALRY DOES NOT DISAPPOINT ‼️ SETH TRIMBLE GAME-WINNER FOR NORTH CAROLINA 🔥
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Tim Miller @timmiller.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
We like charts @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-big...
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The administration that spent the first half of 2025 telling us there was nothing wrong with coordinating literally classified war plans on Signal now is saying that it believes it’s a crime to post publicly available information on Signal.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
This does not look “defensive” to me, at all (left arm is braced against Good’s vehicle) as he aims his weapon www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
I wrote up my analysis of what Ross's movements and actions reveal about whether or not he had a "reasonable belief that he was in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury" (the legal standard). I list 7 crucial moments that suggest he did not. asharangappa.substack.com/p/friday-rou...
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Friday Round Up! 1/9/26
It was a bad shoot.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 07/01/2026
If Republicans REALLY cared about fraud, they’d start with the billions being funneled to donors, billionaires, and Trump’s businesses—instead of using hearings to distract us while they rip healthcare from working families.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
James Madison: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive & judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elected, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.
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Luke Russert @lukerussert.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The enduring lesson of Jan 6th is that there is no bottom to current reality. It proved that the most heinous treasonous acts had no consequences. That those who knew better willfully killed their conscience for 1 more tiny sliver of power. It’s a dark day to remember & reconciling it is even harder
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 29/12/2025
All sentiment aside for NFL elders, the Patriots' Drake Maye absolutely should win the NFL Most Valuable Player award this season, writes @chadfinn.bsky.social. Here's why.
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I don’t think Drake Maye will win MVP. But he should. - The Boston Globe
Maye is the single most important player to a team's success this season, and it's not particularly close.
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RogueNOAA @roguenoaa.altgov.info · 25/12/2025
This is a must read: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
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