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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 52m

If you think that you should not say bad things about power people, you are not a journalist. You are a corporate public relations agent.

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AJ Mirabelle @ajmirabelle.bsky.social · 5m

Let's not forget this mess either. Mike Pompeo & the Taliban leaders

Mike Pompeo cozies up w/ the Taliban leaders when Trump/Pompeo set a timeline for troop withdrawal in Afghanistan.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 42m

Pompeo supported a man who tried to overturn an election and destroy American democracy. This shows what the real threat it. It's not Trump and his authoritarianism; it's the acceptance of it.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 57m

TIL there’s a fish that lives in the lowest depths of the Congo River that has stunted growth, no color pigment, and no eyes. And locally it’s called “mondeli bureau,” which translates to “white man in an office” LMAO

A very small blind pasty white yellowish fish in the palm of someone’s hand.

Lamprologus lethops, a fish that lives in the lower Congo River, is pale and blind like fish that dwell in caves deep underwater.
(Image credit: Courtesy of Melanie Stiassny)

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 31m

What do you call the feeling of melancholy when something that would have been a huge scandal in any other administration breaks on a near daily basis?

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AJ Mirabelle @ajmirabelle.bsky.social · 33m

Can I Doordash whatever this is???

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AJ Mirabelle @ajmirabelle.bsky.social · 1h

Its freaking me out that people are quoting polls. If I've learned anything the last 10 years its that polling is sugar fluff. Throw a dash of that along side Blanche & Musk back in the soup & I'm braced for anything

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AJ Mirabelle @ajmirabelle.bsky.social · 1h

My double just came by to canvas for the Dems (red town in Colorado). Me: Girl, save your voice. I'm straight Dem ticket doin postcards for voters. But THANK YOU!! 🩵

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 9h

Fun facts: Chris Rufo’s grandmother was an Italian immigrant who, I’ve heard from a reliable source, never learned to speak English fluently. Rufo’s wife meanwhile is an immigrant from Thailand. And the director of the Manhattan Institute who employs him? The son of Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh

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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 12h

SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...

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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms

Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 02/10/2026

Chuck and I would have absolutely gotten along.

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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...

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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos

Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026

The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We are ruining our own institutions, which is sad for us and great for our enemies.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I finished my Eureka rewatch and now I’m rewatching Warehouse 13 and if I became a billionaire I would fund a streaming service that produces scifi/fantasy shows that are 16 to 23 eps of silly fun, none of which are blockbuster high budget dramas and all of which have a guaranteed 4 season minimum.

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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They’re targeting Minnesota. Don’t let them succeed.

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AJ Mirabelle @ajmirabelle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The writers are just playing with us now.

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Chris Messina @chrismessina.me · 30/09/2026

For an inside look into the mind of the Trump Administration: 1. Go to america.gov 2. type “hello” 3. type “play Minecraft” 4. watch the agent’s reality implode 5. ??? 6. PROFIT!

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Setting aside the fact that Trump has now singlehandedly mired the United States in a separate quagmire in Iran, it was Joe Biden that struck this withdrawal agreement with Iraq in 2024 and Trump was forced to meet the September 30 deadline. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/w...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I can smell this picture

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026

Starting to think this is a Deep State op

Can the president unilaterally impose tariffs on foreign countries?

No inherent, unlimited power. The Constitution gives Congress the power to lay duties and regulate commerce with foreign nations. The president may impose tariffs only when a statute authorizes it, and then only within that statute's limits.

Who pays tariffs levied on other countries by the United States?

The U.S. importer pays the tariff to the U.S. government. Foreign governments do not send that check.

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AJ Mirabelle @ajmirabelle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Couple years ago thousands of people were dying & there was an amazing science breakthrough that would saved lives & people were like "ew, no it turns you into a magnetic furry" & now people in charge of AI safety are torching their careers to warn of the danger & people are like "Moo".

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AJ Mirabelle @ajmirabelle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh it was a WNBA game? That explains why misogyny soaked right wing pundits still can't understand. 🤦‍♀️

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AJ Mirabelle @ajmirabelle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Executive Order re: Country name change incoming in 5...4...3..

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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

These men make me feel sick to my stomach. Men like Michael Tracey and the rape-defending scum of the earth on that website need to burn in hell. I just hope she’s safe. Fuck.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Well, you see, I have to stay on the White Supremacist Child Porn Rape Victim Doxxing site because that’s where my community is”

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

More precisely, Kash Patel was paid $25,000—and Rudy Giuliani $100,000—by a pro-Russia propagandist who led a project financially supported by Putin's office. To get the full story, see my new book, "How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." Go to HowRussiaWon.com.

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Art Of Coop @artofcoop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

He looks like he can’t wait to say “heil hitler”

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AJ Mirabelle @ajmirabelle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So Natalie made a typo & now we have an executive order changing the name of an industry, do I have that right?

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AJ Mirabelle @ajmirabelle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In the Jason & Madea myth, Jason must sow a field with dragon teeth & a mighty army of fierce warriors will grow. But the soldiers are really stupid so if he throws a rock on the field they'll get confused & kill each other fighting over it. So... have we tried that at a Trump cabinet meeting?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026

"It's not the hope that kills you. It's knowing it's the hope that kills you that kills you."

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Crewman Six, She/They @crewmansix.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The truth nobody likes to acknowledge about society is that everything is a complex system, they're all interconnected, half of them run on earnest intentions, and the risk of cascade failure is always, Always, ALWAYS following a lot closer behind than we like to believe. 🫠

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"I still believe the guy who created the department of homeland security and ICE and did war crimes and passed legislation that built the single largest surveillance program of American citizens in history loves democracy but I can't believe he's fundraising for the fascists he paved the way for."

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AJ Mirabelle @ajmirabelle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Theres so much drama going on everywhere you turn but it is absolutely mind-blowing how quickly these people have destroyed the food supply, safety & availability. Seriously... & I don't even think they're trying for that outcome; just a byproduct of their other crap. Its terrifying.

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Will international media ever start covering Russia’s ongoing genocide? Ukrainians in Russian occupied Oleshky are eating grass and weeds to survive and the world stays silent 😭

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'Nothing left to eat' — Sybiha urges partners to act on Oleshky humanitarian crisis

Oleshky's population has fallen from around 24,000 to approximately 2,000 as of spring 2026, according to the Foreign Ministry.

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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I should add that in addition to being much funnier than anticipated--Musk is going to be intensely humiliated by this movie, it's going to attack the deepest wounds he tries so hard to conceal--it is also bone-chilling. I think he gutted USAID with DOGE to kill masses of people in the third world.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“Muscular Christianity” means that when when you’re glazing the serial predator president who deports refugee children, executes fishermen, and builds idols to himself, you TYPE REALLY HARD.

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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I feel you, Daniel L

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Masked gunmen threaten elementary school kids. Are they Feds? Or are they extremist posers? Unclear. Either way, horrifying hoodline.com/2026/09/colo...

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Turman Elementary Colorado Springs ICE Incident Alarms Parents

Masked men with guns confronted kids walking to a Colorado Springs elementary school. No agency has confirmed who they were.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

NEW: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the betting patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. One week in, he was invited to become a VIP — and faced little pushback as he spiraled.

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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.

Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Meta and Tik Tok refusing to allow the trailer for Musk to run as a paid ad on their site—just like any other movie trailer—means users should fight tech oligarch solidarity and share it widely youtu.be/FFTf1lzcs28?...

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MUSK | Official Trailer HD

YouTube video by Elevation Pictures

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

i wonder how many people realize this is a real problem or just assume the party in power just always uses government money for campaign ads

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We'll have to take Musk on eventually. Because he's not hiding it. He thinks people he doesn't want should be rounded up and treated like the 14 million he sentenced to death. Do you want to do it now? Or when he's even richer and we're more dependent on SpaceX?

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"The president barred US reporters, while welcoming Chinese reporters who answer to the communist dictatorship in Beijing. This would be the same president who's running government-paid TV advertising vowing to stop the United States from becoming communist..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...

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In Trump’s White House, China’s Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So.

The showdown over President Trump’s partial media ban played out as he welcomed President Xi Jinping, whose government is ranked among the most repressive in the world.

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