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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 12h

imagine a democrat who just absolutely shrugged at all those red state people who are stuck in their racist sexist mindsets and will never be dislodged, and instead spent their time appealing to aspirational americans who think our future is a multicultural wellspring. would never fucking lose.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 10h

"A survivor could do everything “right” — fight back, scream No, get DNA on them, tell an outcry witness of their assault, rush first thing to the hospital without showering for a rape kit, even somehow capture the assault on camera — and the public at large would still find a way to blame her."

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We Are All Jane Doe

For young women, the alleged “Cornell Gang Rape” is not just a nightmare — it’s a danger that is always there.

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Ross A. Lincoln @rossalincoln.bsky.social · 14h

By contrast, what Dems typically do is act like they're the Vice Principal and it's time to suspend both the bully and their victim for 'fighting' and then also tell the victim they need to be the bigger person because "this school needs a strong bully who hates you, he's my friend too"

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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 8h

Rich getting richer, poor getting poorer, cont'd.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

these people would say it was "unclear" why more people in germany didnt openly identify as jewish in 1942

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

He makes a good point.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Whenever I have a remotely plausible choice, I avoid buying from Amazon. Bezos's destruction of a great newspaper is one huge reason. His "giving quislings a bad name" subservience is the other.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Trump Crime Family

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026

99% of rapers are men.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger

The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition

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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

all the pieces like "why a wealth tax doesnt work" miss the point. sometimes you just want to throw your drink in someone's face.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Very saddened to say I won’t be able to headline Tim Pool’s student event in Chicago this week. I unfortunately have other plans.

Hi Katherine,
Timcast Media is partnering with the Chicago Thinker to host a student event in Chicago on October 9 at 4:00 PM.
The event will feature a one-on-one conversation with Tim Pool followed by a live student Q&A. To create a dynamic and balanced dialogue, we are specifically seeking a featured guest to represent a left-leaning perspective.
Timcast Media will fully cover and arrange all travel and accommodations.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Sincerely,
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Hi Lisa,
Sorry, I'll be too busy slamming my hand in a car door that day to talk with Tim. Hope you understand.
Kat

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“every time someone is sleeping on a subway bench in a city, the rest of america can sort of say ‘ugh, look at these cities.’ but we are holding a lot of your people who you failed to love and take care of.” 👏 👏 👏

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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apkeaton89.bsky.social @apkeaton89.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

sit down with someone that wants to tke away my fellow American's citizenship? Hard pass no agency in her health care? fuck that doesn't care that kids are going hungry at school? EAT LUNCH WITH THAT?! *NO*

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Think about the core tenets of American conservatism: a government serving 300 million people and leading the world should be “small” and that we should orient all policy around servicing the rich so that they throw us gruel. It’s fucking stupid and we should say so.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The facts are shocking enough, but the bigger reason that the Cornell gang-rape case has broken through is that everyday Americans are sick of the rich and powerful and their sons getting away with it And everyone knows this fish stinks from the head My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/corn...

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For a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw | Will Bunch

A nation’s frustration with rich and powerful men boils over after a stunning rape allegation at an Ivy League college.

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Lisa Rowe 🏳️‍🌈 @txvoodoo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Way to center the story on the wrong damned person.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

mistakes were made

california post headline: california squirrel's flying attack is finalist in national wildlife photo competition

photo depicts a squirrel in mid-flight from a tree branch, apparently about to attack an owl who has the most "are you fucking KIDDING me" look in history

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LunchCounterPunch @theultrasecret.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We might get somewhere as a nation if we realize that each new calamitous Republican administration is an extension of, and not a departure from, the prior one.

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apkeaton89.bsky.social @apkeaton89.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Politico, seems like Democrats were the ones who walked outside to see if it was raining. Isn't that YOUR job as reporters?

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026

A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.” (Published Oct. 2025)

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These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When it comes to the age-old Black question of “What had happened...” Absolutely no one knows better than this week’s guest. The Art of Storytelling, Blacksplained by Ali Siddiq. Subscribe at ContrabandCamp.com #Blacksplained #AliSiddiq #Storytelling #ContrabandCamp #Comedy

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Gerard @groverxv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Always always read a @sarahkendzior.bsky.social post … otherwise you’ll miss out on the wisdom of things like this ⬇️ sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-public-f...

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En Buen Ora @enbuenora.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Kendzior maintains a focus on elite US institutions and leaders permitting the anti-democratic & corrupt maneuvers of Trump, up to & including zero response to a violent insurrection. Looking at much of what happens as an international criminal "conspiracy" (but in the open) is instructive.

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El Brento @andbrent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"There is no longer a public sphere, but there is a public flat earth." Slop, memes, conspiracy and misinformation run rampantly free while factual news from reputable sources comes with a fee. @sarahkendzior.bsky.social sums up the dark societal costs. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-public-f...

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A Public Flat Earth

How paywalls killed the public sphere.

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apkeaton89.bsky.social @apkeaton89.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I saw it when it opened with a bunch of HS acquaintances.. EPIC Can not be replaced as my favorite

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One of the biggest AI companies is paying to "present" Politico's flagship newsletter as it touts "AI's big day in Washington." Good stuff.

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A scathing court ruling decrying the overcrowded and "inhumane" conditions at NYC's notorious ICE detention facility included diagrams that are eerily reminiscent of slave ships. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/federal...

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The BBC has been showcasing the views of oil tycoon Jim Ratcliffe in every news show for the last 24 hours, noting that he's "one of Britain's richest men". Shouldn't this be "one of Monaco's richest men"? How about similar airtime for (say) one of Britain's poorest women?

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026

if donald trump stole the constitution from the national archives and torched it on the white house lawn those two would say that clearly the president has the authority to do so

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/09/2026

Any time any anchor ever asks a Democrat about Hasan Piker, the correct response is “Piker isn’t running for anything. Republicans have a literal candidate supported by Mike Johnson who refers to kids as cum trophies. You’re asking the wrong questions.”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Dear Democrats, You will never be able to triangulate your way through racism/sexism/transphobia, because pushing a lighter, politer form of bigotry is always a lose-lose proposition. The bigots want the uncut stuff, while normal people aren't drawn to cowards who sell out. Stand your ground.

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The Poynter Institute @poynterinstitute.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

McClatchy, whose titles include The Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee, executed its most severe layoffs in years on Thursday, cutting newsroom staff at some papers by upwards of 40%. www.poynter.org/business-wor...

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McClatchy cuts more than 90 staff in its most severe layoffs in years - Poynter

At least 13 papers — including The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee and The Kansas City Star — lost reporters

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

sikhs were beat up for supposedly being muslim. muslims were branded terrorist cells. democrats were sent anthrax and called pro-terrorist for opposing invading iraq. this post-9/11 unity you always hear republicans, democrats and the media talking about NEVER HAPPENED.

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Sam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

One of the USA's best political writers, bar none. Buy her real books. Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/09/2026

under remarked on aspect of trump is his deep hatred of natural beauty and the natural world.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The ultra-wealthy keep trying to pit the rest of us against each other with scare tactics ("communists!" "men in the ladies room!!" "brown people!!!" "drag queens!!!!") to keep us from noticing that our real problem is THEM. They want us to fight *any* war—except a class war. Happy Labor Day.

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