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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
America has experienced oligarchy thrice in its brief history. The first was under the slaveholding founders The second, the robber barons, a century later. A third American oligarchy emerged around 1980 — and has only gotten more powerful.
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The Enshittification of Everything (Part 2)
And how to disempower the oligarchy
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Two senators on their way out the door. Nothing left to lose. Total leverage. And they traded it for a memo. A piece of paper. Cornyn and Tillis folded like lawn chairs, and everybody knew they would. Again.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/08/2026
Even the Internet’s favorite pool guy has no clue how to fix the reflecting pool.
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Even the internet’s favorite pool guy has no clue how to fix the reflecting pool
A host of fixes has made it hard to diagnose the problem—let alone clean up the mess.
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🦋FightForDemocracy!🦋 @budahsbaker.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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4reddsky.bsky.social @4reddsky.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
@arimelber.bsky.social Hey Ari, Pass this on to Mr. Emmanuel since he thinks everything with the Merger is Copacetic. But, break it to him gently because when you interviewed him, he looked like he was going to stroke out
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/08/2026
NEW: Two government watchdog groups have demanded an investigation into whether FCC officials violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as it sought federal approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
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FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount
Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...
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Just Darling @darling121.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Communist!
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I dunno. Maybe declare victory and go home?
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/08/2026
Under US law, it is nearly impossible for a person to file a civil rights lawsuit against an individual federal agent. But an increasing number of people harmed by ICE and DHS agents are filing tort claims: demanding monetary compensation from the federal government for what has been done to them.
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“The ICE agent behind me grabbed the back of my shirt and just threw me like a sack of trash”
People keep suing the agency for beating them up.
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Tommy Blanchard @tommyblanchard.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Writing about a few essays that failed to come together. Some interesting facts and reflections that didn't quite come together into an actual narrative:
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Essays In Support of the Null Hypothesis
Failed essays on snobbery, bad neuroscience explanations, and the ontological status of stuff
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/08/2026
George Santos has been fined $35,000 for attempting to place bets on his own attendance at the State of the Union in February. He’s also been banned from the prediction-market platform Kalshi for 3 years.
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George Santos got busted for manipulating political betting markets—and seems to have little remorse
"Touché bitches lets see who wins!"
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/08/2026
“If there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office, Max Miller fails them.”
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Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno Says Max Miller is Unfit to Hold Office
The GOP Senator spoke out against his former son-in-law: "If there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office, Max Miller fails them."
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/08/2026
“The Trump administration opened the floodgates for these predatory companies to come in and profit off of detaining human beings.”
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As for-profit companies battle over ICE contracts, immigrants are caught in the middle
"There is so much money right now in detaining people."
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/08/2026
The wellness world’s favorite buzzword has gone federal. For those with real inflammatory disorders, the misinformation isn’t just annoying—it’s harmful.
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The Great Inflammation panic
The wellness world's favorite buzzword has gone federal. For those of us with real inflammatory disorders, the misinformation isn't just annoying—it's harmful.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/08/2026
Its publishers appear to be rooting for the oligarchs.
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Does the Washington Post want democracy to die in darkness?
Its publishers appear to be rooting for the oligarchs.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Hey America, your president is delusional.
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El Howieson @elhowieson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/08/2026
The first home run of the Women’s Professional Baseball League was a historic moment for the sport. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I Like Baseball Now.
The first home run of the Women's Professional Baseball League was a historic moment for the sport.
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Tommy Blanchard @tommyblanchard.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
There's a concept in statistical learning called the "bias-variance tradeoff". One of the things you can take away from it is the value in pluralistic thinking: having many different tools for thinking is better than trying to find the one perfect way
cognitivewonderland.substack.com
The Wisdom of Foxes
The bias-variance trade-off and the value of pluralism in thinking
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/08/2026
Can opposing data centers help progressives win? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Can opposing data centers help progressives win?
A Sunrise Movement cofounder says the issue unites people across the aisle. He’s not the only one.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/08/2026
Dr. Angel Foster has made $5 abortion pills so accessible that abortions in Mississippi are up a mind-boggling 85% since Dobbs.
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She's remaking the abortion landscape one pill at a time
Far from buckling under Dobbs, the access movement has created “a whole new way of doing healthcare.”
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
‼️Heads up: I’ll be at Mitch McConnell’s “rehab facility” on Monday, the same day the deadline for a special election is. They want me to stop digging. I’ve just begun. Subscribe, join me and help fund this work: aaronparnas.substack.com
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Providing you with all the news you need to know about. Click to read The Parnas Perspective, by Aaron Parnas, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/08/2026
In January 2025, American Healthcare Systems ordered dozens of furloughs to a hospital in Illinois. The staff that remained knew that critically needed sitters to watch vulnerable patients were gone. One week after the cuts, a patient froze to death on the roof.
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A for-profit hospital slashed costs. Then a patient froze to death on its roof.
A little-known company grew on promises to save distressed hospitals. Instead, it sunk them into financial chaos.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Major good news update!! We are beating Fox News!! There is so much more good news out there from heroic rescues to medical miracles and more. Spread the word, read some good news. Subscribe to support my work: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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Major Good News Updates!! We are Beating Fox News!!
Good morning, everyone!
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/08/2026
American Healthcare Systems grew into a major for-profit hospital operator with promises to save distressed hospitals. Instead, it has been throwing them into financial chaos:
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A for-profit hospital slashed costs. Then a patient froze to death on its roof.
A little-known company grew on promises to save distressed hospitals. Instead, it sunk them into financial chaos.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/08/2026
The GOP Senator spoke out against his former son-in-law: “If there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office, Max Miller fails them.”
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Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno Says Max Miller is Unfit to Hold Office
The GOP Senator spoke out against his former son-in-law: "If there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office, Max Miller fails them."
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/07/2026
Rep. Jacobs: "Are Americans better off when the Strait of Hormuz is open or closed?" Mike Waltz: "The American economy is largely unaffected by the Strait of Hormuz." Rep. Jacobs: "My constituents who are paying thousands of dollars more in costs because of this war would beg to differ."
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Well, where is he? If he's dead, we should know this.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Steph Curry warms up from the tunnel with a swish from 15+ meters out, the same guy who owns the NBA all time three point record with over 3,700 makes.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Appalling cruelty — and all to fund more tax cuts for the rich.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/08/2026
Dr. Angel Foster, co-founder of the Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project, is fighting to keep medication abortion accessible in a post-Roe world.
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She's remaking the abortion landscape one pill at a time
Far from buckling under Dobbs, the access movement has created “a whole new way of doing healthcare.”
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I've thought about your POLL so much, my brain went numb (Many people don't know, or assume, that NUMB ends in "b") I prefer DUMBO-crat as it contains the name of 1 of the most popular Disney characters of all-time! You're welcome for my attention to this very important matter! Beloved Icon-MRH
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 01/08/2026
I hear from constituents every day that housing is their first, second, & third priority. That’s why I’m proud to deliver $500K in federal funding to support Mattapan seniors' housing and their right to age with dignity. Everybody deserves a place to rest, dream, & call home.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
this week, MAGA asked a question: what would you do if, as a batter, a major league pitcher *accidentally* threw a Christian baby at you? thank you for your attention to "this week in stupid," my every-Saturday wrap-up of the dumbest fucking shit that happened. link is here: bit.ly/4w5lKN8
imagine that you’re a pitcher. you go into your windup, and as you grasp what you expect to be the baseball, you realize, ‘holy shit, that’s not a ball. that’s a baby. how the hell did that thing get in there?’ and, because apparently you’re keenly attuned to these things, as the baby leaves your hand, you go, ‘oh fuck, that’s a Christian baby.’

now, imagine you’re the batter. you watch the Christian baby leave the pitcher’s hand, and, from the infant’s rotation, you instinctively realize that you’ve been thrown a curvebaby — and it’s right down the middle of the plate.

dude, that shit’s right in your wheelhouse.

so, what do you do?
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big-cat-diesel.bsky.social @big-cat-diesel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
America, I hope you’re pleased with your vote. I hope you’re happy now.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Kamala Harris: We have a president taking America into a war the people did not ask for, spending billions of dollars without paying attention to the people right here in America who are losing their health coverage because of policies they are pushing to pay for a tax cut for the rich…
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Ben Galley @bengalley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No lies. Editing is vital for a book’s success, so if you’re self-publishing, make sure you’re not self-editing and putting your book on the back foot from the outset. Use humans like beta readers and professional editors, and don’t feed your books into LLMs!
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U.S. Representative Al Green @algreen.house.gov · 01/08/2026
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: The Jerusalem Post article below, titled “Israeli lawyer advocates killing Palestinians to BBC week after Gilad Farm deadly shooting,” speaks for itself. You can access the article by clicking the link here: www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/08/2026
"The US government has to find them, arrest them, take them into custody, process them, then determine whether they are subject to detention or not.”
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Trump ended TPS overnight. Deporting 350,000 Haitians is a different story.
“The lowest public safety threats are the most vulnerable."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/08/2026
Performative bullshit. Fauci is a hero. Besides, they’re trying to ban an 85-year-old retiree from a job he already left.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
JB PRITZKER Said These Words Yesterday, July 31 2026.......👏🏻
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Sail Harlingen festival celebrates the city's rich, 1,000-year-old maritime heritage as one of the oldest seaports in the Netherlands. IG: @rickschuller Harlingen, Netherlands
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The annual “Feste delle lanterne a Vipiteno”, Lantern Festival. IG: @ eryk_zwiedza_swiat Vipiteno, South Tyrol, Italia
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
JUST IN: Convicted Felon Donald Trump has filed a Notice of Appeal of the decision by the judge in his bullshit IRS lawsuit in Florida that the case is fraud on the court:
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Tommy Blanchard @tommyblanchard.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A similarity between poetry and math: Both abstract away details to allow you to see hidden structure connecting things that seem very different on the surface
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The Poetry of Math
Analogy is the engine of thinking and the power of mathematical modeling
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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Here are 10 recently released or soon-to-be released YA books from Indigenous authors! You can discover more on the Indigenous Reads Rising website, where we provide online resources for teachers, librarians, and readers to learn more about Indigenous books 📖🧡 📚 indigenousreadsrisin...
Graphic with a photo of thick white clouds against a bright blue sky as the background. At the center is a light blue box with rounded corners containing the title “2026 Indigenous Young Adult Releases”.  Underneath the title text is an illustration of an open book, and inside the open pages is a blue buffalo running through a field of open grass. There is a gold ribbon wrapping around the buffalo that says, “Support Native Creators”. At the bottom of the graphic are the logos for We Need Diverse Books and Indigenous Reads Rising.Graphic with a photo of thick white clouds against a bright blue sky as the background. This slide is titled “What is Indigenous Reads Rising?” followed by this description: “IndigenousReadsRising.com is an online resource where teachers, librarians, and readers can learn about books written by Indigenous authors. Indigenous Reads Rising includes a variety of best practices articles and resources for where to find more books by Native authors and illustrators, as well as extensive book lists organized by age category and topic. We also provide resources for Native writers and illustrators interested in honing their craft and applying for grants and mentorships!” Beneath the body text is a mock-up image of the homepage of Indigenous Reads Rising displayed on a laptop and a smartphone.
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