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Adi Weiss

@adiweiss.bsky.social
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Freelance editor, author, independent researcher, historian, policy nerd, poet, news and political junkie, knitter, collector of quotes. Word for 2026: intentionally consistent.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 7h
Video by Kevin Hertzog 😭❤️
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Americans and to fight against negative stereotypes of Black men, attendees converge for over 12 hours of speeches by leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.
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History Notes October 16, 1995: A large crowd of mostly Black American men demonstrates on the National Mall in an event known as the Million Man March. Driven by their desire to see Congress act in the interests of Black
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DHS Raids Ilhan Omar’s Home. Weissmann Smells a Rat. | Illegal News
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 15h
Shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend Oregon. Shooter is reportedly dead
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 21h
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Suspicious mail containing white powder sent to election offices in at least 16 states
FBI and Postal Service are investigating suspicious mail containing white powder sent to election offices in at least 16 states. None has been deemed hazardous so far.
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 21h
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Suspicious mail containing white powder sent to election offices in at least 16 states
FBI and Postal Service are investigating suspicious mail containing white powder sent to election offices in at least 16 states. None has been deemed hazardous so far.
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
October 15, 1991: Clarence Thomas is confirmed to the US Supreme Court.
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
History Notes October 15, 1796: An essay appears in the Gazette of the United States in which a writer, named “Phocion,” attacks presidential candidate Thomas Jefferson. Phocion turns out to be former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton. October 15, 1966: The Black Panther Party is formed.
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Mark my words: We will take our FEMALE RAGE to the polls. chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/1...
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Group cheered as woman was sexually assaulted at University of Chicago frat house, police report says
The 21-year-old woman told police the assault happened during a party at the Alpha Epsilon Pi house, according to the report. Her account was backed up by two friends, who stated they intervened by ba...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Ossoff: "I want everybody who is clipping this debate to roll that tape. You stood here right on this stage and you said 'a total ban, no exceptions, even for rape, even for incest, even to save the mother's life.' That was your position and now you are changing it."
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Exclusive: Judge limited Justice Department access to Rep. Ilhan Omar's records in sprawling immigration fraud probe (CNN)
The Trump administration pushed fo...
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I've posted a new Substack article. awordpleasefromadiweiss.substack.com/p/the-great-...
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“The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902?”
A Review
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
WHY NOW? weissmann.substack.com/p/why-now?r=...
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WHY NOW?
Retribution and Propaganda in the Midterms- with Andrew Weissmann and Mary McCord
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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump enjoys calling people - like ordinary U.S. soldiers - "suckers" and "losers." But Putin plays Trump like the biggest sucker and loser in modern history, maybe all history. Meanwhile, a delusional Trump thinks Vlad is his BFF. #Donald❤️Vlad www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/w...
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Trump Hands Victories to Putin, Who Offers More War in Return
Russia has reaped a diesel deal and an increase in U.S. pressure on Ukraine as President Trump’s political needs align with his longstanding inclinations toward Russia.
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
heart, an eyeglass case and the thick manuscript of that night’s speech in the pocket of his heavy coat saved him.
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
History Notes October 14, 1912: Before a campaign speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt is shot at close range by saloonkeeper John Schrank while greeting the public in front of the Gilpatrick Hotel. Though aimed directly at Roosevelt’s
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer after undergoing surgery (CBS News)
Pope Leo XIV's surgery confirmed that he has lung cancer and he had the lower lobe of his right lung removed, the Vatican said Tuesday. The tests confirmed a...
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Cornell temporarily suspends fraternity events in wake of rape allegations (USA Today)
Cornell University is suspending fraternity events through the rest of this academic year, amid an investigation into its handling of allegationsthat a stude...
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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DJ "Jo" NoneYa 🟧 @djnoneya.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Pope Leo undergoes successful surgery to remove lung nodule, Vatican says
Leo revealed on Sunday that doctors discovered the nodule and recommended its removal. The Vatican says he will be hospitalized for at least a week, with all audiences canceled until October 20.
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Someone at The Fourth River let me know that they will be open for submissions beginning November 15. thefourthriver.com
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The Fourth River
The Fourth River is a literary magazine hosting poetry, nonfiction, fiction, around place and nature.
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"The truly civilized man is marked by empathy" (Malcolm Kerr, 1967). It goes for everyone.
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Accused Cornell University student asks for gag order (ABC News)
Lawyers for one of the men named in a civil lawsuit brought by a former Cornell University student who alleged she was sexually assaultedat a school fraterni...
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
miners survived longer than anyone else trapped underground in recorded history.
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
History Notes October 13, 1775: The Continental Congress authorizes construction and administration of the first American naval force. October 13, 2010: The last of 33 miners trapped almost a mile underground for more than two months at a caved-in mine in northern Chile are rescued. The
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Today was documentary research day. Though this was not the subject of my research, but it is my conclusion that Peter Coyote should narrate all of them.
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It would work for me.
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Judge halts tree removal at D.C. golf course that Trump has proposed overhauling
Plaintiffs had said “hundreds more” were slated for the ax, and the judge ordered a stop to all tree removal until 7 a.m. Tuesday or until she issues another order.
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
motorized rubber dinghy loaded with explosives blow a hole in the port side of the USS Cole, a navy destroyer refueling at Aden, Yemen. Seventeen sailors were killed and 38 wounded in the attack.
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
American Day. Two years later, Berkeley, California, is the first to name it Indigenous People’s Day. October 12, 2000: Two suicide terrorists, allegedly members of the al Qaeda network, in a
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
History Notes October 12, 1492: Italian explorer Christopher Columbus lands on a Bahamian island, believing he has reached East Asia. October 12, 1990: To honor the first inhabitants of the Americas, South Dakota becomes the first state to rename Columbus Day Native
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
October 11, 1987: The AIDS Memorial Quilt is displayed on the National Mall in Washington DC for the first time. October 11, 2002: Former president Jimmy Carter receives the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
History Notes October 11, 1984: Astronaut Kathy Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a spacewalk. She and David Leestma exit the Space Shuttle Challenger for 3.5 hours to test a refueling process for satellites in orbit.
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Is He the One We’ve Been Waiting For?
Plus: Pro-lifers love televised executions.
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For months Gabriela Soto has relentlessly advocated for her husband Martin, unlawfully detained by ICE while buying diapers for their baby. Martin played a key role in the Delaney Hall hunger strike this summer. Last night we was RELEASED from ICE custody. ALWAYS FIGHT BACK.
Beautiful young family outside a detention center.
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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Look up "malignant narcissist." There's Trump's picture. Bat shit crazy. Also evil AF. Not mutually exclusive.
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
NYC to ICE: Stop Shooting Our Neighbors. 📸: Gili Getz
Street protesters with bright yellow signs per above and giant butterflies.
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October 10, 1973: Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns. Later that day, he pleads no contest to a charge of federal income tax evasion in exchange for dropping a corruption charge. He is fined $10,000, sentenced to three years probation, and disbarred by the Maryland Court of Appeals.
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
October 10, 1767: Hired by the Penn and Calvert families, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon complete their survey of the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland colonies, as well as areas that will eventually become the states of Delaware and West Virginia.
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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Bozo Fascist Regime can't appoint a new press secretary (aka White House liar) without a corruption scandal. Everything this guy touches turns to shit. www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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Kalshi probes suspicious trades tied to Trump press secretary pick, WSJ reports
Prediction market Kalshi has launched an investigation into suspicious trades tied ​to the selection of Katie Zacharia as ‌U.S. President Donald Trump's new White House press secretary, the Wall Stree...
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Adi Weiss @adiweiss.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Got a new bio today. Don’t know if I am more excited about the 484 pages of text, 178 pages of notes, or 161 pages of index.
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