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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pete Hegseth removing tenure protections shows precisely why they are needed. He wants to silence dissent by being able to fire anyone who questions his vision of the military. www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...

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Hegseth halts tenure appointments for civilian faculty at military academies

Military academies will no longer appoint civilian faculty to tenured positions as Hegseth says it can contribute to “academic stagnation.”

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Get ready to vote early next week. 9 more states start voting next week. Looking at you, California voters, among many others. Voting has already started in 5 states. Check here to see when voting in your state starts for the midterm. 🗳️https://ballotpedia.org/Early_voting_dates,_2026

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ALT: Go Vote Early: Election Reminder

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Alan Neff @alanneff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Pope Leo will guide the White Sox to the World Series.

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Alan Neff @alanneff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For Senator Schmitt, we quote this today: Deep Throat: "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." And, in honor of Lloyd Bentsen, we paraphrase him: "Senator Schmitt, I watched "My Cousin Vinnie, and you're no Cousin Vinnie."

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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/09/2026

no matter how badly donald trump loses the midterms he will never lose them as badly as he has lost canadian elections

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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A college degree shouldn't require life-crushing amounts of debt to obtain to begin with. Like, literally nobody else in the world has to worry about being in debt up to their eyeballs if they want to obtain a bachelor's degree.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The mayoral race has all the headlines, but one of the starkest choices for Angelenos is further downballot: the race for city attorney. From enforcing tenants' rights to policing homelessness, this office matters matters on all sorts of things. Learn more in our new Bolts reporting!

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The Most Overlooked But Wide-Reaching Office on the Los Angeles Ballot - Bolts

In June, when Hydee Feldstein Soto became the first Los Angeles city attorney to lose a primary reelection race in nearly 100 years, her ouster put the spotlight on an... Read More

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not sure it’s tenable if, going forward, every president knows that so long as they have firm control over DOJ, enough loyal senators to avoid removal, and are willing to issue blanket pardons on the way out, they can break any law they please while in office.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The press wear “kick me” signs and wonder why Trump kicks them. If they had more self-respect, they’d get less disrespect. My Stop the Presses newsletter.

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The press wear ‘kick me’ signs and wonder why Trump kicks them

The White House is emboldened to disrespect journalists because journalists disrespect themselves

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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm not trying to get canceled on here but, as someone who actually was a housewife with a bunch of kids in my 20s ... Persuading these young women that 2+2 = DON'T YOU WORRY YOUR PRETTY LITTLE HEAD ABOUT IT is the greatest trick the devil ever pulled. Babies. Cost. Money.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 28/09/2026

Called it again

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh • 6h
€ UPDATE: A migrant caravan just RUSHED into Mexico and is now full steam ahead to the
U.S. Southern Border
This is NOT a freaking game! THEY ARE WAITING FOR DEMOCRATS TO TAKE POWER
VOTE RED!!
You see these people? Each one is a future Democrat voter if Dems take Congress then win in 2028.
Punish RINOs in primary season, SAVE OUR REPUBLIC IN NOVEMBER
We can kiss any hope of the SAVE America Act and ICE funding GOODBYE if Democrats take power ever again e
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Alan Neff @alanneff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"81/2," (tie with "Seven Samurai.")

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The GOP cut funding to the IRS because *audits work* and they fundamentally don't believe rich people should have to play by the rules.

Line chart titled "Revenue per audit," subtitled "In-person audits, 2010-2014." It plots average revenue and average cost per audit by taxpayer income percentile, poorer to richer, from the 0–5th percentile to the top 0.1%. Source: Boning et al. 2023, "A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution."

Across the bottom half of the income distribution, revenue and cost track closely, both around $3,000–$6,000 per audit. Above the median, revenue pulls ahead of cost: about $10,000 vs. $5,000 near the 90th percentile, and about $17,000 vs. $8,000 at the 95th–99th. At the top, revenue jumps to about $31,000 for the 99–99.9th percentile and about $90,000 for the top 0.1%.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Saudi Arabia is in big trouble, with their oil industry under attack from multiple directions. The Saudis spent years bribing Trump and Kushner. At first, it seemed like a good investment. But the Iran war screwed them, now they really need help, and the US can't/won't. Me, in @foreignpolicy.com:

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Saudi Arabia Bribed the Wrong People

Riyadh’s bet on Trumpism has failed.

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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

2) The government has a right to distract from unauthorized disclosures of classified/natsec info by shouting FAKE NEWS and pretending to take away hard passes for discriminatory reasons

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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Tied for best part of CNN v. WH hearing, gov atty Michael Velchik saying: 1) Trump criticizes all media orgs, so he can't possibly be banning these outlets based on viewpoint discrimination — like he said out loud! — it must actually be for national security; and ...

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

... the letters don't mention the statute, and some of the news reports at issue have no classified info, etc etc.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

To be more precise, DOJ tried a feeble answer that withered away. DOJ said the standard is in a statute not to publish classified info. But that's not the penalty for the statute, no nexus to WH passes, media publish classified info all the time with no allegation of violating the statute ...

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hearing in CNN v Trump is now over. White House will lose on clear violation of due process when a fundamental First Amendment interest is at issue. DOJ had no answer to Judge Kelly's points about precedent requiring the government to provide standards prior to the alleged misconduct. None.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026

i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Agree in full. I know the limits of social media and I am here, such as I am, to help rally the sane. Common cause requires connection and affirmation. I am not here to convince trolls, bots and raging ideologues at any extreme to reconsider their tantrums or deceptions. Fool's errand, that.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A post that’s so eye-opening because this is exactly what liberals will say is GOP distraction tactics, almost as a parody— and here it really is what Gaetz is saying unironically as his GOP message.

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Alan Neff @alanneff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And so, kids, margin-trading now becomes a feature of a betting market. This will certainly end well.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 23/09/2026

Actions the legal community can take to protect judges and the rule of law: -Speak out in defense of judges doing their job -Enforce professional standards -Support improvements for judicial security More: bit.ly/47c83lc

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Five Ways the Legal Community Can Protect Judges and the Rule of Law

From speaking in defense of judges to advocating for greater judicial security funding, lawyers and legal organizations can play a critical role as threats against judges escalate.

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Alan Neff @alanneff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For clickbait farmers and other interwebz users: "Here's one weird trick to make your political party implode, perhaps irreversibly."

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Alan Neff @alanneff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A good starter-pack here.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“So here’s what Democrats should offer: Stop the data centers. Make AI safe. Protect your health care. Fix the rotten Supreme Court. Get us out of the Middle East. Renew our friendship with Canada. Hold the oligarchs accountable. Release the Epstein files.” www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...

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What Dems Should Do With 54 Senate Seats

An eight-point agenda for turning a Senate majority into a mandate for action.

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Alan Neff @alanneff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A reminder to lawyers everywhere: never open a door through which you don't want your adversary to walk.

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Alan Neff @alanneff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

How many staff members can Lauren Boebert ****? All of them, Katie.

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Alan Neff @alanneff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Senator Collins will definitely express vigorous concern about how all this money wound up in her family's political and corporate coffers.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

To me, this feels like an extension of DOGE. Big claims about fraud, using data-matching to drop people from coverage. Without actual data, or investigation, it is impossible to refute the claims, but such transparency is unlikely to be forthcoming.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Diesel, gasoline, potash, etc. are physical things. Millions of tons of the stuff has to move from some locations to various other locations, facilitated by infrastructure that takes a while to develop. This isn't a video game. You can't just drag a resource bar and quickly shift where stuff goes.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Whether it's ICE sending a man to prison for distributing anarchist 'zines or the kids at Middlebury heckling Charles Murray, there's been plenty of authoritarian anti-free speech activity on both sides.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

6/ Weeks later, Kao tells his team Collins committed to getting the company $32M in naval contracts.

A check for $150,000 to 1820 PAC, a pro-Collins super PAC, from the Society of Young Women Scientist and Engineers.

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Alan Neff @alanneff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Better headline: Republican Pivots From Cowardly Fealty to Cowardly Denial

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Many appalled seeing such murderous threats in the UN of all places, and they have a point, but don't miss that these extreme threats are most of America's strategy to get concessions from Iran, it has repeatedly failed for months, and the big idea out of the White House is to... say more threats.

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Alan Neff @alanneff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Every Republican accusation - EVERY ONE OF THEM - is projection.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/09/2026

El-Sayed: "Republican policy is directed by one narcissistic fool, Donald Trump. Whatever he says, they've got to go along with. And if they ever push back on what he said, it's in the quietest possible, most cowardly terms."

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

All of this, from @joshtpm.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/we-di...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A huge thank you to CNN, MS NOW, Politico, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images, and AFP for standing together in defense of a free press.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Canada annual potash exports total: 22-23 million tons Canada annual potash exports to the US: 12 million tons Belarus annual potash exports total: 10-12 million tons Belarus potash exports already contracted, with China the biggest recipient: All This is stupid, moving on

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