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A M Bates

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“History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.” (James Joyce, Ulysses)

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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CatDaMaMa @catdamama.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ensuring your voter registration takes 2 minutes and is worth so much more. Deadline to register to vote in AZ, AR, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MS, OH, TN, TX is OCT. 5. Please register. Already registered? Check your registration NOW. #LetsGetVoteReady social.demcast.com/s/m2aWf4tU
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Check Your Voter Registration
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Remember this is why we need Democrats to take back power in DC so that they can stop some of these cuts that take effect after the election. #LetsGetVoteReady by checking your voter registration status, vote early and vote all the way down the ballot. Your vote is your voice so use it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
New in PN: The blackmail part out loud "Trump immediately insisted he was 'only kidding.' But that too is a lie — he's already refused to pay promised funds for North Carolina’s relief, FEMA funds to blue states in the wake of disasters, and attempted to use blackmail to swing election results."
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The blackmail part out loud
He’s not joking. He’s confessing.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Doctor Funky Space Lord @funkyspacelord.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Jimmy Kimmel show usually gets 1.8 million views on TV. The FCC had a problem with him interviewing James Talarico so they decided to just use YouTube. The views are now at 4,701,572 views and growing. 🤣🔄 youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel's Interview with James Talarico
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/09/2026
AI agents OpenAI was testing uploaded malicious software to another service, say researchers
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AI agents OpenAI was testing uploaded malicious software to another service, say researchers
Two months before hacking Hugging Face, malicious packages authored by internal OpenAI agents were uploaded to RubyGems AI agents being ⁠tested by OpenAI uploaded hundreds of malicious packages to software service RubyGems ⁠in May, two ⁠months ​before they hacked open-source platform Hugging Face, a group of AI ⁠researchers said on Friday. “On May 11th, 2026, hundreds of malicious packages were uploaded ⁠to RubyGems by AI agents. We believe ​these were authored by ‌internal OpenAI agents,” ‌the researchers said. Continue reading...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/09/2026
An Anthropic researcher is resigning over concerns about irresponsible development of artificial intelligence.
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Anthropic researcher resigns with warning about the dangers of AI development
An Anthropic researcher is resigning over concerns about irresponsible development of artificial intelligence.
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A M Bates @allanmbates314159.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Chasing Side Deals, Flexing Influence: Lewandowski’s Power Moves at DHS
Kristi Noem’s close adviser effectively controlled billions in spending at Homeland Security; Lewandowski denies seeking business or playing any role in agency’s contracts.
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A M Bates @allanmbates314159.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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🌬Arctic Char 50501 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇪🇺 @arcticchar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a milestone document in the history of human rights. @hillaryclinton.bsky.social #HumanRights #UDHR youtube.com/watch?v=Fxsl...
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Narrated by Hillary Clinton
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Always my dear friend!
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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A M Bates @allanmbates314159.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
One of the criteria necessary to obtain a TRO is proving-when the litigation is done-it’s likely you’ll ultimately win Judge Talwani determined plaintiffs would probably win because the USPS rule places unconstitutional requirements on states-and improperly punishes them should they refuse to obey
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Catherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
And schools are just starting up.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/08/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Why did the right choose to fight censorship with censorship, and why — as a side effect of that fight — did it also become the home of America’s worst cranks, grifters and conspiracy theorists?” our columnist, David French, writes.
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Opinion | There Is a Sickness Worse Than Wokeness
The anti-woke movement’s “cure” was more intolerance and more repression.
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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
They’re trying to intimidate people; to keep them from voting. It’s up to us to make sure it doesn’t work. joycevance.substack.com/p/revisiting...
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Revisiting: Can Federal Troops Be Stationed At The Polls In 2026?
On September 2, 2025, as Trump continued to deploy National Guard troops in American cities and openly blustered about militarizing American streets, I wrote an explainer about the law prohibiting fed...
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Poor Bovino says the administration wants him killed? But he thought it was OK to get other people killed. When he & his goons were in my city, a store manager saw them & locked them out. Then he saw Bovino. Watch this guy tell them they're not getting any chicken. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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ICE Agent TRIES To Intimidate Store… Gets LOCKED OUT Instead
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I'm not saying you *should*, but I'm not saying you *shouldn't* either.
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Philip Mai @philipmai.com · 28/08/2026
"The Unwelcoming States of America. By trying to change its demographic trajectory, Donald Trump will make his country weaker." www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
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The Unwelcoming States of America
By trying to change its demographic trajectory, Donald Trump will make his country weaker
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 28/08/2026
Dolly Parton’s sister reveals singer offered to test experimental cancer drugs before she died
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Dolly Parton’s sister reveals singer offered to test experimental cancer drugs before she died
‘My sister was always thinking of others,’ Parton’s younger sister Stella wrote in a Facebook tribute Dolly Parton’s younger sister Stella Parton has shared a moving tribute to the late country music singer on Thursday, revealing that Dolly offered to receive experimental cancer drugs “in the hope of helping others in the future” – an act of kindness and generosity that extended until the end of her life. “My sister was one of the most generous, thoughtful and kind people I’ve ever known,” Stella wrote in a tribute shared on Facebook on Thursday. “What the world saw is exactly who she was.” Continue reading...
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 28/08/2026
Every face on that wall was a person. Someone loved them. Someone misses them. They should still be here. #SheShed 🎥 IG: defiancedispatch
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Simon Majumdar @simonmajumdar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Saddened to hear the news of the passing of the artist Yayoi Kusama. She brought joy and beauty through her art. This was @sazyrock.bsky.social and me enjoying her Infinity Mirror Room art installation at The Broad. May she rest in peace and rise in glory.
Simon and Sybil in a dark mirrored room filled with lights
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NotJustAnyRican @justanyrican.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles NOW #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles NOW #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles NOW
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Parra said he is not a white supremacist, but that he simply thinks whites are better and more accomplished than all the lesser races."
Parra said he is not a white supremacist ... "I do think that the white race contributes more to the world"
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 27/08/2026
🚨 68 DAYS TO GO! 📣 In response to the VRA being killed, I’ve launched new pages specifically to help dozens of BLACK DEMOCRATS get elected. This one is devoted to FEDERAL, JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE OFFICE races. Donate today. #Blue26 #BlackSky secure.actblue.com/donate/black...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thank you @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social.👇
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The beneficiary here is Australian billionaire Michael Dorrell, who gave $1 million to the Trump/Vance Inaugural Committee.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
GOP Senate candidate Mike Collins’ former staffer shared posts of himself in KKK robes and a swastika.
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A former Mike Collins staffer posted KKK and Nazi images. Some Republicans see a pattern.
Rep. Mike Collins (R-Georgia) is challenging Sen. Jon Ossoff (D). The former Collins staffer posted a swastika and shared an image of himself in what appear to be KKK robes.
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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
1960s white supremacist name: Jedgar Lee Gunzelmann 2026 white supremacist name: Brayden Gilberto y Figureoa
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
JUST IN: Trump & BBC propose new schedule for his libel suit over BBC documentary. Could push Trump deposition in the case til after midterms, as late as Dec. 18. Trial date would slip from Feb. 15 to Apr. 6. Needs OK of newly-assigned Judge Kuntz. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
2/ Think about what that kind of money buys. Ppl whose full-time job is shaping laws. Challenging regs. Influencing courts. Developing messaging. Producing research. Training activists. Building organizations. Not for an election cycle. Year after year after year www.propublica.org/article/dark...
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How a Secretive Billionaire Handed His Fortune to the Architect of the Right-Wing Takeover of the Courts
In the largest known political advocacy donation in U.S. history, industrialist Barre Seid funded a new group run by Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo, who guided Trump’s Supreme Court picks and...
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A M Bates @allanmbates314159.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A registered nurse & Catholic nun named Sister Leticia Ugboaja was detained by #ICE on June 28 while walking to Sunday Mass in McAllen, Texas. And 2 pastors: Cinthia Sarai Cardona Otero & Nepthali Zozaya Saucedo—were arrested at an airport on July 23 and 24 on the way to a church event. Speak out!
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Sarah @sarahinitaly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Those of us specialized clinically in supporting autistic individuals are doing our best to counter this nonsense but it is exhausting and we need everybody’s help.
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
In a previous thread, I discussed how Repub operative Paul Weyrich made voter suppression a core Repub doctrine. Hofeller modernized this concept with technology. He used granular demographic data and sophisticated software for precise algorithmic gerrymandering. /2 bsky.app/profile/bamb...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
With everyone obsessing over a handful of DSA candidates, the broader trend that might be getting missed across the country is that lots of Dem primary voters seem to have decided it is time for a new generation of younger nominees in lots of places.
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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Under Trump, labor force participation is collapsing as stable, well-paying jobs become harder and harder to find. Meanwhile, inflation keeps surging and wiping out wage growth. He's running the economy just like he ran his businesses — right into the ground.
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U.S. economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs in July
Nonfarm payrolls were projected to increase by 83,000 in July while the unemployment rate would hold steady at 4.2%, acc
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A M Bates @allanmbates314159.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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California Lettuce Growers Skip Harvest, Plow Their Crops Back Into the Ground
Federal health authorities haven’t linked U.S. produce to cyclospora, but some consumers are still steering clear.
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WIRED @wired.com · 01/08/2026
In a new disclosure, OpenAI says its agent used exposed logins to gain access to at least four “publicly available services” in its unhinged quest to solve a test.
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OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face
In a new disclosure, OpenAI says its agent used exposed logins to gain access to at least four “publicly available services” in its unhinged quest to solve a test.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 01/08/2026
Many scientists now see dog aging as something they can detect earlier—and make interventions to slow—rather than as a fixed inevitability. 🔗: wsj.visitlink.me/GrQOb5
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Not only did they absolutely beg for this, they made it so that “merit” was synonymous with being white so now you’re stuck with precisely the kind of moron who believes that. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Everyone knows what the problem is: The organizations that bring young staffers to Washington, D.C. have spent the last decade prioritizing blind ideological loyalty instead of competence or intelligence,” said a senior GOP congressional staffer, granted anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel issues. “We have a generation of rabid, incompetent idiots.”
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Democratic lawmakers are reportedly preparing for a Trump election “doomsday” scenario. That alone should set off alarm bells. Democracy isn’t guaranteed it has to be defended. Vote in massive numbers that can’t be manipulated! #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/AYo1C5ktDQrS...
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Secret Prep for Trump Election Doomsday Revealed — The Daily Beast
Democrats are trying to predict how Donald Trump might try to hijack the midterms.
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
depending on how you count, this may actually be the THIRD time DOJ has done this (that we know of)—Hannah Natanson +Don Lemon/Georgia Fort in Minnesota bsky.app/profile/saba...
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Elon Musk's Jet Tracking @elonjet.net · 23/07/2026
N7628 Took off from Eagle, Colorado, United States.
Reg: N7628 On Ground: False Alt: 6175 Last Contact: 0:00:00.000428 Trigger: no longer on ground
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/07/2026
1956 Republican National platform.
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