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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 14h
Wrote about the decline and fall of SCOTUSblog, which used to be the single best resource for Supreme Court stuff, and (thanks to some intervening crimes committed by its co-founder) is now a weird platform for conservative pundits to talk about what a good job the conservative justices are doing
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It Was the Essential Home of Supreme Court News. Now It’s a Joke. What Happened?
How high-stakes poker brought down a pillar of Supreme Court coverage.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 6h
its worth asking why posts like this — a purported leftist warning others not to trust elected left-wing politicians — consistently do so well on the site where racist Trump ally Elon Musk controls the algorithm that chooses what posts people see
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9h
The cleansing of the blood of the nation must continue, as it says in the constitution bsky.app/profile/stev...
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10h
m-e-r-i-t-o-c-r-a-c-y bsky.app/profile/medi...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12h
One thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12h
Conservatives are pissed at Sarah Huckabee Sanders for choosing a young white man to portray welfare recipients. trib.al/WfBh0ib
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MAGA Furious Over Republican Ad Featuring White Man as Face of Welfare
Conservatives are pissed at Sarah Huckabee Sanders for choosing a young white man to portray welfare recipients.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13h
Best part is when Schmitt gets angry that she points out he has the team wrong, as though he's the one who was wronged bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It cracks me up how easily Eggsy becomes pals with dogs
My orange creamsicle cat Eggsy sitting next to chihuaua mix Tomatillo Eggsy is resting his tail on Tomatillo
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/09/2026
Donald Trump’s rush to deport as many immigrants as possible is creating a new family-separation crisis, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social writes. She reports on the babies left behind in America:
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 29/09/2026
Society’s pursuit of faster experiences has made avoiding other people far too easy—and a new book details what this costs us, @julieebeck.bsky.social writes.
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Convenience Is Lonely
Far too many innovations keep us from other people.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It cracks me up how easily Eggsy becomes pals with dogs
My orange creamsicle cat Eggsy sitting next to chihuaua mix Tomatillo Eggsy is resting his tail on Tomatillo
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can you tell texas republicans are not used to competitive races bsky.app/profile/head...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/09/2026
The United States is deporting parents without their children, leaving babies behind in America, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social reports. She spoke with the parents who don’t know if they’ll see their kids again, and the caretakers left to watch the children:
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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Grizzled Shopkeep @grizzled-shopkeep.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As a Calvinist I believe I was predetermined to live in Texas
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My upcoming series, The Toxic Avenger vs. The Noxious Offender, is being denounced as offensive propaganda "that ruins the whole medium and art form" from a guy who hasn't read a single page of the story. Pick up issue #1 on October 7! bleedingfool.com/blogs/the-to...
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The Toxic Avenger Just Got Even More Offensive
The Daily Dead interviewed cartoonist Matt Bors, who’s now producing a comic titled “The Toxic Avenger vs. the Noxious Offender”, the latter which is the artist’s creation, and this particular story…
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I couldn't tell you what choosin' texas sounds like and i live in texas. i didn't choose to live here tho idk if that's a prerequisite
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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 28/09/2026
Messi come on man
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I like that in becoming a nazi, you get glowing coverage as a brave iconoclast, and then when you stop being a nazi, you’re get glowing coverage as a brave dissident. Money coming and going. Only way you lose is having normal opinions like “racism bad” bsky.app/profile/trac...
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wild stuff. Sheri Mecklenberg, career prosecutor accused of misconduct in Broadview 6 case, resigns from DOJ. The NYT obtained her scathing resignation letter, in which she says the U.S. attorney directed her to bring felony charges over her objection. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read the document (Gift Article)
Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I genuinely don’t understand how homeland and house of cards are on this list, nevermind high on the list bsky.app/profile/dunc...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING: SCOTUS allows DHS to use its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database with Social Security info, staying a district court order that had vacated the new policy. Justice Jackson dissents for the three Dem appointees. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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anthony russell @mordkhetzvi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Pleased to share this review of a longtime labor of [editing] love finally making its début B"H, via @publisherswkly.bsky.social
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Black, Jewish, and Beautiful: Contemporary Blewish Voices by
Composer Russell; Feldman, a preceptor in Yiddish at Harvard; and Kaplan (Unwanted Beauty), a literature professor at the Univer...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There are too many people in congress who would be happier doing this, and that's part of why our politics is so stupid bsky.app/profile/avit...
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 25/09/2026
Horror movie idea: An endless line of Trump sources calling and screaming at you "MARK HALPERIN"
My Trump sources say the president's worst nightmare imaginable has arrived... panicked texts and emails from GOP insiders are blowing up my phone. They're all saying the same thing: MARK HALPERIN
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
that 18 percent seems really well represented in the news and on social media bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Evan Narcisse @evnarc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Heard y'all like Blade 'round these parts? well, the Daywalker comes to Graymatter Lane on family business in X-men United #7, out next Weds! words by @eveewing.bsky.social and me, line art by Ruairi Coleman, color art by Brian Reber, lettering by Joe Sabino. leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comic/350703...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The nearly decade-long case of Crystal Mason, who was sentenced to 5 yrs in prison over a voting error, will end with an acquittal The wife of the current district attorney, who fought to keep her conviction in place, asked Crystal if she would consider voting for him
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Texas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error case
Crystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 24/09/2026
The story of the bosses' revolt comes down to their experience, in 2020, of helplessly watching the labor-income line go up — and resolving, right then and there, to make sure that never happened again.
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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨New: With data added from more states, we now estimate that about 2 million fewer kids are receiving SNAP in the wake of deep cuts enacted in last year’s Republican reconciliation law. Overall, more than 5 million people have lost SNAP since July 2025. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Harmful 2025 Republican Reconciliation Law Is Implemented
SNAP participation nationwide fell by roughly 5 million people (12 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and May 2026, based on the latest month of data.
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New York Amsterdam News @nyamnews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
10 years ago today, the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened on the National Mall. Obama rang the Freedom Bell with 99-year-old Ruth Bonner, whose father was born into slavery. See more: bit.ly/4dX2ydY  #NMAAHC #BlackHistory10Years
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 24/09/2026
America's allies no longer think the country's isolationism and protectionism will end with Trump, Vivian Salama reports.
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America’s Allies Are Done Trying to Wait Trump Out
They now figure isolationism and protectionism will be U.S. foreign policy for a long time to come.
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 24/09/2026
Hey, I wrote this! You should read it!!
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Well Now, They Often Call Me Greedo 🇺🇦 🦉🦉🦅🦅 @natteringnaybob.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Congrats. You just made huevos rancheros
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Eggsy when we adopt a kitten: *runs away in terror* Eggsy when we foster a dog (his name is Tomatillo):
My orange creamsicle cat eggsy hanging out with chihuaua tomatillo on the couch
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
i went to vassar in the early 2000s. all the dorm bathrooms outside the women-only dorm were coed and shared. it was not sexy bsky.app/profile/rams...
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 22/09/2026
In books: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor identify religious extremists, the tech elites, and ethno-fascists as “end time fascists.” What they have in common is that they believe they will be the “chosen ones” in the apocalypse that they are accelerating.
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Can We Survive Naomi Klein's Depiction of 'End Times Fascism'?
Klein and co-author Astra Taylor’s new book is too bleak and unfocused for our shameless and sharp-edged political moment.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I think the main issue here really is that lots of nice polite mainstream figures in media think quietly agree with him about this stuff or find it unobjectionable bsky.app/profile/asel...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great piece from @pemalevy.bsky.social and @ariberman.bsky.social on the Redemption-Era evils the Roberts Court has resurrected www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 24/09/2026
This guy is FUCKED
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026
lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Secret Service is explicitly subject to the TRO in case anyone is wondering.
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Joel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Mystery of Tupac’s Death Didn’t End With a Verdict. Here's my attempt at figuring out if Keffe D's murder conviction brought closure—for anyone. www.theringer.com/2026/09/23/m...
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The Mystery of Tupac’s Death Didn’t End With a Verdict
Keffe D’s conviction of first-degree murder has only reignited interest in the conspiracies that have swirled around Tupac’s death for the last 30 years. That’s especially true among those closest to ...
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Scoop: The anonymous source behind a POLITICO story that the White House is now using to justify a ban on the outlet was none other than JD Vance himself. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...
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The Source Behind The Ban
The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned.
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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
agrippa mentioned
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What is it the woo woo bullshitters always say? Follow the money? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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RFK Jr. Drew $4 Million in Book Advances From Publisher Who Also Monetized MAHA
A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary’s wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'll be at Tribfest this year with @imaniperry.bsky.social! Come check out our panel and lots of other great events! festival.texastribune.org?utm_medium=o...
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Texas Tribune Festival
The Texas Tribune Festival — three days of politics, policy, and ideas in the heart of Austin.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
federal immigration agents beat up a US citizen in Evanston on Sunday morning and left him lying in the street or as Kavanaugh would put it, he experienced as "brief investigative stop" ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Brett Kavanaugh’s Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every Day
The fact that ICE officers do not allow wrongfully detained people to “promptly go free” is a surprise to only one man in America.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the most stereotypically Tory conservative man of the 21st Century, responded to Suella Braverman with a long-form video criticizing her position and rejecting a race-based theory of Englishness, and in response has been ratioed by the increasingly feral British online far-right.
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The English are a mongrel people, not an Aryan master race.

Underneath is an extremely English-looking man in a suit sitting in front of a large bookshelf.

There are 6.2 thousand comments compared to 6 thousand likes.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Awful: Trump's Office of "Remigration" has just been exposed making sordid payments to authoritarian governments to take third-country deportees, leading to serious abuses. Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/ New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2157...
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Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks
Sordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down.
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