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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 10h
Such equivocation, such mambypambyism. How's this: "Schmitt’s absurd accusation about Smith attending an NBA game in Atlanta to secretly meet with Trump's imagined enemies immediately imploded, laying bare the transparent Republican efforts to slander Smith." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
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Update from Glenn Thrush
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 11h
Nice portrait of a friendship at the link.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 12h
Nice work by Helen Kennedy:
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 15h
Your tax dollars at work, America. When they're not just being awful, they're comedically bad. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Second Prosecutor Quits Trump’s ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case
The resignation adds to the setbacks to the most sweeping effort by the Justice Department to fulfill the president’s desire to take revenge against the federal officials who have investigated him.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"2 months before Election Day in 2020, I had to abandon my 4 year project. He was telling so many lies I’d become physically unable to look into all of them while living something resembling a healthy life. I’d recorded more than 8,500 false claims since September 2016." www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I thought the juxtaposition of these two items in my feed was striking. The difference between where my head is at, and where it should be. And who is principally responsible.
Video of Trump talking/lying and a quote from Epictetus: "The highest form of peace is having no desire to be seen, validated or understood by anyone."
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Who attended the state dinner in Washington DC last night? Billionaires and Fox News hosts. Trump World.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This seems like the quintessential story of data centers to me, whether you live near an existing facility, one that's being built or there's just a rumor of one in your area. They're not there to serve the community, that's for sure. Be sure they pay their way. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after drone pics expose 62 gas generators
Million-dollar fines won’t end billionaires’ data center pollution, neighbors fear.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"My dad said "you cannot make a good deal with a bad guy" and if you look up a bad guy you see Putin. So how do you negotiate?" If you're Donald Trump, you invite him to a party no one else wants him to be at. It's like bringing a guy's ex-wife as a plus one to his second wedding.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Top of the "page" in today's NY Times? A slam-piece on Peltola of Alaska and a poll showing Collins with a lead in Maine. Gone? Their softball coverage of the scandal involving Collins' campaign and contributions from a military contractor. Maybe the NY Times is failing, after all...
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Top of the "page" in today's NY Times? A sham-piece on Peltola of Alaska and a poll showing Collins with a lead in Maine. Gone? Their softball coverage of the scandal involving Collins campaign and contributions from a military contractor. Maybe the NY Times is failing, after all...
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Your tax dollars at work, Florida. Will this improve the lives of your friends and neighbors? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/b...
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Florida Files Lawsuit Against The New York Times
The state’s attorney general demanded access to company records to examine how the newspaper’s board oversees editorial standards amid claims of anti-Israel bias.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nice piece of writing about a different time and place. Imagine 120,000 pairs of eyes in one place to watch two men hammer each other with just their fists. It must have been something.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bumper sticker which says Vote! Your country's life depends on it
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
King Midas in Reverse (The Hollies, 1967): "He's not the man to hold your trust Everything he touches turns to dust In his hands Nothing he can do is right He'd even like to sleep at night, but he can't All he touches turns to dust"
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I saw a 1965 episode of TV show The Avengers: The Cybernauts, where the heroes foil a mad scientist's murderous robots' efforts to obtain tech that would make them fully autonomous and superior to humans. 60 years later and the mad scientists are getting closer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cyb...
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The Cybernauts - Wikipedia
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"This is a culmination of Trump’s long-waged war on the media. He's already sued the NYT, WSJ, WaPo, ABC & CBS News for perceived slights & alleged inaccuracies while blatantly biased outlets like Fox, OAN, Newsmax, and others are treated with legitimacy & respect." newrepublic.com/post/215636/...
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Trump Lashes Out as CNN, MS NOW, and Politico All Sue Him
Trump’s White House media ban isn’t exactly turning out how he imagined.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"both men were accused of trying to amass influence and followers in the military, partly by promoting their own minions" Sounds familiar. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/w...
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Ex-Commander of China’s Military Accused of Corruption and Expelled From Party
Zhang Youxia, once the People’s Liberation Army’s top uniformed commander, and another general had taken “exceptionally large” bribes, investigators said.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Racists in the White House: ..days before the stabbing, DHS posted an image of a bearded man in a head covering captioned “Get off our roads, you don’t know how to drive Mr. Singh,” the most common Sikh name. Hey JD, where exactly is Marko Elez working these days? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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A Sikh Truck Driver Was Stabbed at a Rest Stop. Others Feel Targeted Too.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Winner.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Nice interview with Michael Palin. Also, for those benighted few unfamiliar, the most famous Fish Slapping Dance: youtu.be/Sq7pCTQCiDc?... www.thetimes.com/article/d000...
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Michael Palin: ‘I confess to trying some powder in Studio 54’
He has a reputation for being the least provocative of the Monty Python team. But behind the affable exterior, Michael Palin, 83, is a man full of surprises
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Radio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
With the House fleeing town it will have been in session(working 3-4 days a week) about 35% of its term and on vacation about 65%. Your tax dollars at work. #RadioFreeAmerica #politics www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
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House delays Hegseth impeachment vote until November
The House will not vote on an effort to impeach Defense Secretary Hegseth until November after Republican leaders canceled the chamber’s last day before recess.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Naming & shaming the losers enabling the destruction of the Kennedy Center: Mrs Fischer Sergio Gor J Falconetti Pam Bondi Dan Scavino Susie Wiles Maria Bartiromo Laura Ingraham Lee Greenwood P Zampolli Brian Ballard Pam DeVos P Duggan Doug Manchester Mrs Perlmutter Catherine Reynolds Mrs Lutnick
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The board members' names should be prominently made public in any article on this. Public shaming can sometimes effect changes in behavior, & if not these people are as awful as Lutnick, Zeldin and Burgum. They should be pilloried in the square of public opinion. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/a...
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Trump Fights Back After Judge Says Name Must Stay Off Kennedy Center
President Trump threatened to cancel a $257 million renovation of the performing arts venue if the judge’s ban was not overturned.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Let's get it to 20 million: youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Law and Chaos: aptly named. Reading this is like falling thru the looking glass. Our government is led by a narcissist who has won by twisting reality in the past and insists on trying harder whenever his efforts fail. A runaway Id with no responsible adults to constrain him & too many enablers.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Russia, Russia, Russia. Epstein, Epstein, Epstein. Vote, vote, vote!!! www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Our president is a colossal moron. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/a...
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Trump Demands Smithsonian Install ‘Colossus’ George Washington Statue
The president’s latest attack on the National Museum of American History reflects his longstanding desire for “patriotic” history.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
On the day after the parade of cynicism, graft and stupidity on display in Dallas, words to live by from Paul Wellstone of Minnesota: “We all do better when we all do better.” “The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.” Keep your eyes on the prize. Vote them out. And Epstein.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Evan Hubinger, Anthropic’s lead for alignment science: we really do earnestly believe A.I. could kill all humans!”. “I personally think it is >10% within the next decade.” He works there. What do you say to that? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/o...
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Opinion | This Is Really Bad
We can no longer pretend that A.I. is safe.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Your tax dollars at work, America. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/u...
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Trump Administration Accuses Berkeley Law School of Racial Discrimination
The Justice and Education Departments said the school had penalized white and Asian applicants, the latest in a series of investigations into admissions at elite universities.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Destroying markets for American products and reducing choice for American consumers. Republicans have hitched their wagon to a flaming clown car driven by one of the most ignorant, undereducated business minds in US history, and singularly the worst president ever. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/b...
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Canada Imposes New Tariffs on U.S. Goods After Trump’s Latest Levies
President Trump invoked a 1930 law after Canada imposed new tariffs on U.S. goods, which followed his own recent tariffs in a widening trade war.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A study shows the fear and isolation caused by the immigration crackdowns beginning last year negatively impacted Chicago commerce by over $1.26 billion. www.npr.org/2026/09/08/n...
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New report shows the economic toll of ICE raids
A new study shows the steep economic cost of 2025's ICE raids in Chicago. Fear kept many immigrants home, draining the area of more than $1.26 billion in lost retail, restaurant, and sales-tax revenue...
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Well said. Ditch the billionaires in November. Democratic Socialism, myth versus fact:
Picture of an empty wallet 
Myth: the govt will take your money and give it to the poor. 
Fact: you are the poor.
The onion
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"Country-of-origin labeling on beef used to be mandatory in the United States. That changed in 2015, when a Republican-controlled Congress, led by Speaker of the House John Boehner, ended the requirement. Just over a year later, Mr. Boehner was appointed to the board of JBS Foods International."
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Trump says it's "very clean, very good" one day after a closed-door meeting with fellow billionaire Brazilian Joesley Batista. Brazil's large backstock of beef is from the EU refusing imports because it wasn’t meeting safety standards around the use of antibiotics. Yum. Enjoy that burger.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Campos' sister is Transport Secretary Duffy’s wife, a host on Fox. Campos worked on the removal with Erin Scavino, director of the State Dept’s Art in Embassies program & wife of Dan Scavino, a close Trump aide. Scavino's on the board of Kennedy Center. It's a cult. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/a...
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Ambassador Who Removed Kehinde Wiley Work Described It as a Lesbian Picnic
Trump officials recently removed a painting from the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic without explaining why. An interview by Ambassador Leah Campos shed some light.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Thanks, Jill Stein! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/c...
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Trump Administration Moves to Drop Protections for More Wetlands
The proposed rule could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, many of which help feed drinking water systems.
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Jenna @stay-a-spell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I think it's worth noting that nothing is being done now. Johnson has kept congress home for most of the year over the Epstien files. The two year average is 284 stand alone bills passed. This congress has passed 38....they hold all 3 branches. These are not serious people.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Link to referenced article headline only; I'll never give another nickel to wapo til Bezos is out the door. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles
Conservative veterans with large social media followings have been hired by the Defense Department and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s culture-war fights.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is your country, America. Your tax dollars pay for this. Fire these people. Vote them out.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
John Harwood has said it best:
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Winner.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I enjoy this series; it reminds you that even the smallest acts of kindness can change lives. Go out and do some good this weekend!
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I disdain Heilsdale college and its goosestepping billionaire backers, but I'll also note the most disciplined intellectual atheists I've ever known were products of Christian education. AP: US military base schools put emphasis on Western civilization and Christianity apnews.com/article/defe...
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Cartoonist: Adam Zyglis
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"I’ve never seen anything like it,” Judge Jackson said of the email. “I’ve never even imagined something like it. The very idea the president...would target a state...is phenomenal.” Let's never see it again. Vote them out.
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Ordered to not close for a 2 year renovation, Now they're just going to close. Ordered to not change the name to the "DJT and" JFK Center, now they're changing it to the JFK Center "Restored & Renovated by" DJT. These are the worst people in the world, wasting your tax dollars. Wake up and vote!
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
At the time Trump was elected, the US was projected to build 39 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2035. By the end of his first year, experts had reduced the estimate to 6. States were counting on offshore wind to reduce utility bills. Thousands are out of careers. Are we great yet?
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alrightyho.bsky.social @alrightyho.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
No news is good news if it's news Trump can't abuse. Ignorance will not be bliss. Just because they like stupid doesn't mean you have to. Fire these idiots, America. Vote them out.
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