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Alec Rider

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Cat dad, Navy veteran. Efforts to impede voting are whack. Current administration is criminal. Change my mind. I am a liberal, a democrat, and a liberal Democrat. Proceed with caution. Quote-skeeting with obvious negative intentions = blocked.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“.. The layoffs — occurring just three days before President Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday at a nearby high school — were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area.” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/trum...
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Dave Whamond @davewhamond.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Uh, okay.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The family of a Marine Corps sergeant said they have been subjected to abuse after the service member was served with a lawsuit meant for one of the accused in the Cornell sexual assault case — all because the two share the same name. From Stars and Stripes' Lydia Gordon:
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Marine’s family reports threats after ‘Cornell 7’ lawsuit mix-up
Marine sergeant wrongly linked to the Cornell assault case after a lawsuit mix-up says his family faced threats, harassment and leaked personal information.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Black text on a white that says the following:

The allegations in the Cornell sexual assault case are deeply disturbing and gut-wrenching. Cornell University has failed this survivor.

I fully support Governor Hochul's decision to name Attorney General James as special prosecutor in this case and look forward to the complete and extensive investigation that is to come. 

Accountability and justice cannot simply be values, they must also be delivered.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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Chase Mitchell @chasemit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Like displaying heads on pikes
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026
The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The lone woman on Tennessee's death row was still alive after she was administered two lethal injections, her lawyer said in a motion seeking to halt her execution Wednesday night, a stunning development after the Supreme Court had stepped in to allow the state to put her to death.
At 8:26 p.m. local time, witnesses said
"executioners had injected both syringes of lethal injection chemicals and Pike is still alive and snoring," her lawyers said in a federal court filing.
They said Pike "has not lost consciousness and still has a heartbeat," and that curtains to the death chamber "have gone down twice."
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026
SCOTUS’s shadow docket strikes again. Third-country removals are back on, using a policy that two federal courts have now ruled is unlawful.
CORDER LIST: 609 U.S.)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2026
26-426
(26A406)
CERTIORARI GRANTED
DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC., ET AL. V. D.V.D., ET AL.
The application for stay presented to Justice Jackson and
by her referred to the Court is granted. The February 25, 2026 order and judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25-cv-10676, are stayed.
The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether the district court had jurisdiction over Respondents' claims.
(2) Whether the
district court had
authority to enter classwide
declaratory
relief
and APA vacatur under 8 U. S. C. §1252 (f) (1).
(3) Whether the Government's Guidance on third-country removals
is unlawful under 8 U. S. C. §1231(b), the Due Process Clause, or
FARRA/CAT and its
implementing regulations. (4) Such other
questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the
proper disposition of the case. The Clerk is directed to
establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be
argued in the December 2026 argument session. The stay shall
terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would
deny the application for stay.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Alec Rider @alecridersyr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Senator claimed Jack Smith perjured himself. He should be censured.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WASHINGTON — Eight U.S. Marines were injured two weeks ago when an Iranian cruise missile attacked the ship they were operating on in the Strait of Hormuz, according to three U.S. officials. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump thinks wind turbines cause some sort of hearing cancer and just learned how to spell the word dumb.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The fact that this was *previously used as a campaign ad during the presidential campaign* removes any real defense as to its purpose. Its not a public service announcement. Its a campaign ad that has become state propaganda.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
amazing -- Karl Rove lists Paxton's scandals: "The corrupt business guy gives him a fake Uber account and the records of that are now in his impeachment proceedings, so we know how often he went to have sex with Laura Olsen. I mean, can you make this shit up?"
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Alec Rider @alecridersyr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Amazing.
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Does the Supreme Court usually have to do a little PS that explains exactly what the district court and the court of appeals are *not* to do. No, no they do not. bsky.app/profile/stev...
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#BREAKING: #SCOTUS once again freezes the lower federal courts’ rulings in the Missouri redistricting case—and affirms that, as the Missouri Supreme Court held earlier this month, Missouri will use the 2022 map in the November elections. There were no public dissents.
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Alec Rider @alecridersyr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the kind of thing that makes it vividly clear that the GOP needs to be killed and buried incredibly deep.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There's a voice telling me that this year's election could be an absolutely historic blowout, like almost every Republican running in a district or state Trump won by 15 points or less winds up losing, and I keep saying to the voice "Hush, that's hope not reason" but the voice gets louder by the day
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
a year ago the Cillizzas of the world were saying democrats were falling into Trump's savvy political trap by criticizing ICE. Now a Kansas Republican senator facing re-election is sweatily tweeting his concern about ICE.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state law when he seized roughly 650,000 ballots from last year’s special redistricting election after pursuing debunked claims of a massive ballot discrepancy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to return seized ballots, affirms state’s power over local law enforcement
The twin rulings stand to make it significantly harder for local law enforcement to create election chaos and use unsubstantiated fraud claims to seize ballots outside California’s established electio...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
L - Tom Emmer in 2024 on the House subpoenaing Hunter Biden. R - Tom Emmer today on why the House shouldn’t investigate Don Jr: He’s a private citizen.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is after China porch-pirated the military’s f-35 parts delivery
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ANOTHER death in ICE detention which appears likely to be the result of medical neglect. A diabetic who told his family members he wasn't receiving regular insulin shots OR getting diabetic-appropriate meals just died in custody. The U.S. prison-ICE detention-industrial complex kills.
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For heaven's sake man (this is about a recent heat-related death)
The correctional officer assigned to Mr. Wilson’s wing the night before his death did not 
complete his last security check, and thus did not check on Mr. Wilson.295 The officer said he failed 
to complete a full security check because he was “tired due to the heat” and overwhelmed by 
handling double duties, as the shift was short-staffed.296 On July 7, 2024, when the TCPA’s Ms. 
Robertson called Mr. Wilson’s unit to check on him, a TDCJ employee told her that Mr. Wilson 
was doing okay, even though he had, in fact, died two days earlier.297
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What a brutal fact-finding - Texas prisons have tried harder to get decent conditions for hens than for inmates.
The lack of temperature controls in the majority of TDCJ’s inmate housing stands in 
contrast to the agency’s approach to other areas of its operations—including in parts of its 
agricultural program. For example, TDCJ has spent millions of dollars to ensure that poultry are 
housed in safe temperatures. 174 TDCJ’s documentation specifies that “[t]he regulation of air-flow 
within a poultry house is of great importance because excessive moisture and heat buildup can 
adversely affect the overall productivity of a laying flock” and that “great care must be taken to 
maintain a comfortable environment for the flock,” with the optimal temperature range for laying 
hens being 45 degrees to 75 degrees.175 These protections do not exist in inmate housing facilities.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Losing your license because you never got a ticket.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Boasting of an illegal war and the war crime of pillage.
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OrcGirlBoss 🐇🏹 @orc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Gas high
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026
The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
Jailors were forbidden to move prisoners from one prison to another or out of the country to evade the writ. In case of disobedience jailers would be punished with severe fines which had to be paid to the prisoner.[5][6]
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This will be the third trip to SCOTUS on this issue, as several judges do their darndest to introduce unnecessary chaos to the election even as ballots are being mailed out in Missouri. SCOTUS should stomp on this nincompoopery hard.
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Alec Rider @alecridersyr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Alec Rider @alecridersyr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Are we in the Commonwealth of Independent States?
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There's no excuse for religious bigotry against any faith, and the NCAA needs to find a way to make clear that this will not be tolerated from any fan base.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Liberal racism is still racism. Especially when all I said was, I’m willing to learn but I won’t accept abuse.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It’s always fascinating how much grace white people give to other white people who repeatedly engage in abuse / support abusers. “She’s been having a hard time lately” — after person accuses me of playing the race card, calls for me to be fired, calls people the r-word, + fiercely supported Platner
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It's implied in the conversation, but I want to make it explicit. From the Lincoln Memorial to Arlington Cemetery is a hard-won road of peace, both historically and symbolically. Donald Trump wants to convert it to war, as he does everything he touches.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Washington DC has not required defense from a ground invasion that could be rebuffed with snipers on an arch since 1864.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
did he ask it where savannah guthrie’s mom is
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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Here's our story on this. And yes, those symptoms are really in the guidance. taskandpurpose.com/field-guide/...
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Pentagon reboots testosterone screening plan for men 30 and over
Testosterone deficiency screenings will be mandatory for male troops 30 and up, but replacement therapy will be voluntary.
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Alec Rider @alecridersyr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Okay, I thought this was just the Oval Office (which he could probably get away with under case law). He can't ban networks from the White House lol. Time for MS NOW and CNN to use that emergency docket.
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Alec Rider @alecridersyr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is big "justice delayed is justice denied" to everyone that has already been deported in this manner. But these orders do matter.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Two teenagers recently detained by ICE agents in Texas say they were on their way to deliver paperwork related to joining the Marine Corps. Video appears to show an agent repeatedly striking one teen, while the other says he was pepper-sprayed. From Stars and Stripes' Lydia Gordon:
stripes.com
ICE detains two Texas teens who say they planned to join Marines
Two teens detained by ICE agents in Texas say they were on their way to deliver paperwork related to joining the Marine Corps.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This from a man who has asked his son to monitor his on-line porn consumption.
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Alec Rider @alecridersyr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ron White was the only person on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour I could stand.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The process of Republican candidates running from Trump is accelerating.
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