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AnneC

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Proud Chicagoan now living in Appalachia. Word nerd and documentary filmmaker. Focused the stories we tell.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17h
BIG WIN for making the Epstein Files public Judge Kollar-Kotelly grants summary judgment to us at @democracydefendersfund.org Orders DOJ to get busy giving us the docs. We will hold their feet to the fire!
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 3h
As promised, I wrote about what really bothers me about Tuesday's unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for the resumption of third-country removals with minimal (if any) process. Turns out, it's a lot: www.stevevladeck.com/p/254-four-t...
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254. Four Things That (Really) Bother Me About “D.V.D. III”
“Third-country removals” raise a host of difficult procedural and substantive questions. The Supreme Court should have answered those questions *before* greenlighting deportations to torture.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 21h
I’ve been asked to weigh in on the debate over whether to bring an iced coffee to an interview. It doesn't matter. Iced coffee is NOT why it's hard to land a job right now, and it's NOT why Gen Z can't get ahead. Our economy is rigged. We need to change that.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 10h
There's misogynist horror in the news all the time.
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Woman Is Found Captive in Attic Near Boston, Leading to Charges for Man
The man, Jordende Pierre, 29, faces kidnapping, sex trafficking and other charges. He held the woman against her will for six weeks, officials said.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 10h
To be clear, there’s nothing normal about the MAGA regime firing generals left and right just about a month before the most consequential midterm elections in recent memory. That should alarm everyone.
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AnneC @annecw.bsky.social · 3h
He knowingly presented false information to a Senate hearing – and clearly, Axios and Sean Hannity knew about this info in advance. They were going to blast this story to their audiences until they realized how stupid and foolish they all looked.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 4h
Cornell is 💯 going to end up paying through the nose for this. I hope Jane Doe burns the institution to the ground. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped (Gift Article)
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12h
What intimate and embarrassing conversations could the Governor of Texas be legitimately having with Elon Musk? Every voter in Texas should want to know.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 3h
Sketchy Trump Email Offers “DOGE Membership”  Trump claims supporter’s name came up in meeting with Elon Musk. meidasnews.com/news/sketchy...
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Sketchy Trump Email Offers “DOGE Membership”
Trump claims supporter’s name came up in meeting with Elon Musk.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 13h
Why does he keep talking about this?
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 6h
Tennessee fails to execute the lone woman on its death row, Christa Pike, as planned, after injecting her twice with a lethal drug. Attorneys for Pike say that she is being treated at a hospital, but they did not know her condition.
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‘It was a mess’: Tennessee fails to execute inmate after 2 lethal injections
Attorneys for Christa Pike said she was being treated at a hospital but her condition is unknown. Journalists who witnessed her attempted execution described snoring, kicking and complaints from Pike about pain.
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ElizabethRDale @elizabethrdale.bsky.social · 3h
This is something states can stop doing. They do not need the Supreme Court to tell them to do so. Work with groups in your state to fight against the death penalty.
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Elizabetsy @elizabetsy100.bsky.social · 10h
Demonstrators Cannot Be Forced to Take Down ‘86-47’ Flag, Judge Rules www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...
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Demonstrators Cannot Be Forced to Take Down ‘86-47’ Flag, Judge Rules (Gift Article)
A federal judge wrote that the phrase, which also led to charges against the former F.B.I. director, James Comey, did not appear to constitute a true threat.
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AnneC @annecw.bsky.social · 3h
Not a pro-life position.
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AnneC @annecw.bsky.social · 4h
And now the White Sox are in post-season!
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Stop Trump/GOP/ICE/SCOTUS Reign of Terror Against America. @iampilgrim.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Food banks are struggling to keep up with demand, fuel costs continue to rise and now ICE raids add to the increasing costs www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Food banks are struggling to keep up with demand, fuel costs continue to rise and now ICE raids add to the increasing costs
We ALL feel the increasing food costs right now. And although we probably expected inflation due to Covid’s impact on the food supply disruption it got better as we all got better.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think we all saw that coming
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Chicago Council of Lawyers @chicouncillawyers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Chicago Council of Lawyers President Rob Held warned ICE agents and federal officials that they must uphold the law. He spoke at a press conference about the civil lawsuit he filed a lawsuit against Adam Saracco, the ICE agent who recently pleaded guilty to battery for his attack against Held.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13h
Impeach Hegseth on January 3. I don’t care if you don’t have enough senate votes to convict and remove.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12h
Pete Hegseth, who has been rebuked by the pope and the leaders of several other churches for a stream of heretical statements (statements inconsistent with Christian theology and dogma), appoints himself the supreme authority over all chaplains serving in the US Armed Forces.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h
I never ever thought I would see such a dangerous unhinged psychopath running the US military. We’ve had some bad ones, but never like this.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 16h
NEW: Meta found a way to turn massive data centers into “pilot models” and cash in on a 1980s tax credit. The result? Meta avoided nearly $4 billion in taxes last year alone. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Semafor @semafor.com · 17h
Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 14h
Watchdog clears former US Fed chief Powell in renovation probe
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Watchdog clears former US Fed chief Powell in renovation probe
The US Federal Reserve's Office of the Inspector General found no 'reasonable grounds' to justify criminal charges against the institution's former chair, according to a report published on Wednesday. The US president demands that Powell should be 'forced to resign' or 'sued, at the highest level.'
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 22h
oh man you know a small paper did good when the NYT reports on their reporting rather than ripping them off without credit www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 15h
Darline Graham is bragging that she cast the deciding vote to confirm Blanche.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21h
She escaped her Nazi husband (disguising herself as her own maid became a Hollywood star, then co-developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes - the principles of which are incorporated into today’s Bluetooth & GPS technology. BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY (2017)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“.. Mr. Paxton responds: ‘So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good.’” @nytimes.com #TXsen www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My greatest frustrating has been with policy wonks who persist in thinking we can just keep doing normal policy analysis ("calling balls and strikes") in this situation. The President of the United States is both lawless and out of his mind. That preempts all normal discussion.
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AnneC @annecw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The saddest thing about this is that it reveals that Republicans just want to lie openly to the public. Schmidt went to a hearing after spending tax dollars on a prop that promoted a lie. He still defends his lie. Have others in his party called him out?
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sybilrides.bsky.social @sybilrides.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The author of this ill-timed, two-graph beat-sweetener is none other than Axios's co-founder, Jim VandeHei
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Let’s remember that Sen. Eric Schmitt is a white nationalist who employs other white nationalists while spreading white nationalist/racist conspiracy theories. missouriindependent.com/2025/09/15/m... White supremacists never fail to demonstrate how they’re inferior:
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 30/09/2026
Republican strategist Shermichael Singleton ripped his own party for bringing former special counsel Jack Smith to Capitol Hill weeks before the midterms.
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GOP strategist torches his party over Jack Smith hearing: 'What in the hell?'
Republican strategist Shermichael Singleton ripped his own party for bringing former special counsel Jack Smith to Capitol Hill weeks before the midterms.Singleton, appearing on CNN alongside Democratic strategist Paul Begala, didn't mince words when host Kaitlan Collins asked what went through his ...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I wish Republican politicians had the capacity to be embarrassed by their dishonesty. The fact that they don't makes them more dangerous.
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AnneC @annecw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
But this is what the party focuses money and attention on - the promotion of lies to distract from the crimes they are covering up.
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AnneC @annecw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The media/politician link is exposed here - they clearly knew that Schmitt was going to get big attention at the Jack Smith hearing and wanted to capitalize on the PR they knew he'd get. They just didn't know he'd be revealed as a fool and a liar.
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Ray @raymolson22.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We are not being governed. We are being looted.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In his speech tonight at the University of South Carolina, Judge Luttig quoted from Abraham Lincoln’s 1864 Address to the 166th Ohio Regiment as a call to action for what we must do now as citizens at a time of such great peril for our democracy, our Constitution, and the Rule of Law.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution from the President or others."
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
80% serious: some influencer should get a couple historians and natsec scholars on to watch and react to this anti-FBI TV series live
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yet another reason to run on oversight and accountability. Those are promises they can actually keep.
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AnneC @annecw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Monumental waste of our tax dollars. Hold elected officials accountable! Or give them a per diem. wapo.st/4j1N4sN
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House members’ expenses surge in program that doesn’t require receipts
Taxpayers spent $6.7 million last year on the program, which reimburses lawmakers for food and lodging expenses in D.C., a Washington Post analysis found.
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
He had all afternoon and this is the best he could come up with. Great ratio!
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Watching Schmitt in the Senate today, I thought of this speech as well.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope this headline haunts Eric Schmitt for the rest of his pathetic political career.
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