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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 11h
Ossoff's superpower is that he correctly thinks his opponent is a contemptible piece of shit and he is willing to explain why in clear and direct language. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 12h
BREAKING news: Virginia county sues to block Trump from building his arch Arlington County’s all-Democratic board argues that the planned 250-foot-tall arch needs more review. | Washington Post archive.today/lbUIX
Cars drive past Memorial Circle, where President Donald Trump's planned arch is expected to be built. 

Photo credit: Luis Velarde/For The Washington Post
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ElizabethC 💙🐸 @econklin44.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump's stealing another $10B of our money. He's trying to pocket everything he can before losing his tame Congress. Who, among our defendant groups, will file the first lawsuit? #ProudBlue
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Lauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
After voting to take $1 TRILLION out of Medicaid and $500 BILLION out of Medicare, Republicans are starting to realize that their blind loyalty to Trump is going to cost them in November.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 08/10/2026
Every time someone asks me why I bother paying any attention to Curtis Yarvin I have to remind them it's because Vance, Theil, and Musk listen to Curtis Yarvin
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Real Blue Patriot @realbluepatriot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Very sad to hear that Margaret Hamilton has passed away. Here's a short thread about her role in the Apollo mission, and her lesser-known work on the simulations that led to the discovery of Chaos Theory. 🧪 👩‍🔬 ⚛️
news.mit.edu
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
From a few posts down in the linked thread. Before she was in charge of the onboard flight software that took the Apollo missions to the Moon and back, Margaret Hamilton programmed the simulations in Edward Lorenz's early work on Chaos Theory. 🧪
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
One reason why I'm surprised wealthy people and corporations don't invest more in elections. The return on investment is huge. US spends less on elections than deodorant.
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Begging everyone again to remember that in the lead-up to Jan 6, control over the teaching of US history - education in general, but history in particular - was the quid pro quo that the religious right got in return for supporting Trump's coup.
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Rob Anderson @robwanderson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
And this is another reason people need to read @gilduran.com’s book …
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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The trees in the news today make me feel like my body is being torn apart limb by limb. This is one.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: ICE is already appearing near voting sites as voting rights groups reinforce their lawsuit to keep armed federal agents away from the polls in November.
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ICE is already showing up near voting sites, bolstering lawsuit against armed agents at polls
Among the newest examples is an ICE detention that took place in the same area California voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs. Here’s what we found. (Published Nov. 2024)
propublica.org
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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WIRED @wired.com · 07/10/2026
These findings raise questions about whether NDS, like DOGE, is skirting rules and regulations to bring its chosen staff into government and is functioning as an arm of the tech industry as much as a government initiative. Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/myster...
wired.com
A Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government Workers
The National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.
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WIRED @wired.com · 07/10/2026
While it is unclear who is funding the America by Design Foundation and how much money it has, Burnham serves as a direct link between it and SpaceXAI, which has received billions of dollars in federal contracts.
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A Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government Workers
The National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.
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WIRED @wired.com · 07/10/2026
The National Design Studio (NDS) has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.
wired.com
A Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government Workers
The National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Before he was appointed, Kash Patel was flagged by FBI counterintelligence agents as being deeply enmeshed in influence operations run by the Russians and Chinese. After he took over, Patel began systematically eliminating all Russian and Chinese counterintelligence capacity. What to make of that?
npr.org
As Trump focuses the FBI on immigration, counterintelligence is falling behind
The cuts come as a consequence of President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel's focus on violent crime and immigration, leaving other priorities understaffed.
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 07/10/2026
Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying
Use of artificial intelligence
By registering with ISBN Canada, you declare that your book was created by a human author. You may use AI tools only for limited support tasks, such as brainstorming ideas, checking grammar, or formatting your book. You must not use AI to generate the text, create the artwork, or translate the book. ISBN Canada does not issue ISBNs for works whose content is primarily generated by AI. LAC is currently reviewing its policy regarding the use of AI content creation and our guidance is subject to change.
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
HBCU students sue Missouri for $549M, citing underfunding #TheHill twp.ai/4hwohd
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 07/10/2026
The GAO found that the Trump administration illegally withheld more than $1 billion in federal funds last year from government programs at the EPA and HHS. www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/co…
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Congress’ Watchdog Finds Trump Illegally Withheld More Than $1 Billion in Federal Funds
The White House impounded funds from the EPA and HHS last year, the Government Accountability Office reports.
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
SCOOP: Last week the National Design Studio announced a new AI website, America.gov. Turns out some NDS workers are on loan to the government and are actually employed by a newly formed nonprofit, founded by the general counsel of SpaceXAI who is himself a DOGE alum. www.wired.com/story/myster...
wired.com
A Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government Workers
The National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
‘But I got road salt exempted from Trump’s tariffs’ is really the perfect way to sum up Susan Collins during the Trump era. While he does hundreds of things to hurt Mainers, she brags about one small thing she did to help her reelection, while doing nothing on the big things.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Imagine if the national media covered American politics through the lens of which party actually competently staffed & governed the country when it was in power, instead of covering it as horse races, theater, & grading on a curve for the One Special Boy & the far right authoritarian party.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/10/2026
BREAKING: ICE collected millions of voter records and considered undercover investigations against voter registration groups, documents reveal. It's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections.
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ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal
It's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
static.klipy.com
Morgan Freeman Says 'Good Luck'
ALT: Morgan Freeman Says 'Good Luck'
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Twenty-seven days to go until midterms — & America is being flooded with timed election fraud publicity stunts to try to underline our electoral process — by Trump’s crafty campaign handlers. Dear Leader’s manufactured news playbook is so 2017… rinse, wash, repeat…. 🥱 abcnews.com/amp/Politics...
abcnews.com
Fact-checking Trump's repeated unsubstantiated claim of widespread voter fraud
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rakiethebird.bsky.social @rakiethebird.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
genderedpoliceabuse.substack.com/p/a-deputy-i... 😩😔🤮😱🤬
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A Deputy in Texas Was Arrested for Using His Position of Power to Rape at Least a Dozen Women. It’s Barely Made the News.
Just an enforcer of the law acting as a serial rapist! Nothing to see here!
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 06/10/2026
NEW: In 2016, David Michael Levin served jail time for hacking election websites in Florida. Now, new records reveal Levin helped the Trump DOJ monitor the 2026 primaries in Maricopa County — a key target in Trump's bid to contest the 2020 vote.
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DOJ lawyer convicted of hacking election sites monitored voting in Maricopa County, Arizona
The involvement of the two lawyers in a state where President Donald Trump challenged the 2020 election results adds to concerns that the administration’s monitoring program for the fall — which it ha...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“.. Each hour, Muse updates its dossiers on you and the people you’ve mentioned in chats, messages, and emails that Muse has read. .. Even people who don’t use Muse are subject to this mapping process by other people’s Muse agents.” @time.com $META time.com/article/2026...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 06/10/2026
Donald Trump accepted a massive diamond ring months ago. What happened to it? trib.al/1nvSdZb
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Democratic Senators Demand Answers on That Diamond Ring Trump Got
Donald Trump accepted a massive diamond ring months ago. What happened to it?
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 06/10/2026
While this hearing didn't proceed, it's clear the Trump admin is continuing what a judge has called a "vindictive prosecution" of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. As I said from day 1, if they can do this to Kilmar, they can do it to anyone. We'll keep fighting this political persecution.
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Kilmar Ábrego Garcia hearing on his deportation case is suddenly canceled
The government was moving to vacate a preliminary injunction preventing ICE from detaining and deporting him, while his legal team was trying to make the injunction permanent.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In April, Brookings researchers found 205,000 children affected by ICE 71 % are US citizens. Most lost one parent, but 35,000 kids are left with no parent at all. Since April ICE arrests increased. In July, they arrested 49,000 ppl, most have no criminal record www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 06/10/2026
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy was barred from entering a U.S. military base in Qatar. www.washingtonsun.com/congress/sena…
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Sen. Chris Murphy Was Denied Entry to a U.S. Military Base in Qatar
The senator is currently on a congressional delegation trip to the Middle East.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/10/2026
Stand Up for Science is proud to endorse Jamie Ager for North Carolina's 11th congressional district. A Stand Up for Science endorsement lets you know that a candidate is a champion of science who will keep political and ideological influences out of the scientific process.
Campaign poster for Jamie Ager who is running in North Carolina's 11th District. 

On the right hand side is a photo of Jamie with his hands in his coat pocket, smiling. 

To the left is text that reads "A vote for Jamie is a vote for science and democracy." and "Jamie is a fourth generation farmer concerned about community recovery from natural disasters, affordability for working families, and preserving our environment and culture."

Bottom left corner is a logo that reads "Stand Up For Science Endorsed"
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Better open up the Swiss bank accounts, boys. Accountability is coming.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Most state attorneys general released Meta from Cambridge Analytica-related claims as part of the child safety settlement. New Mexico wasn't part of that deal, and a jury there just found 26 of 29 past statements about Cambridge Analytica, hate speech and misinformation willfully deceptive.
buff.ly
Eight Years On, Cambridge Analytica Scandal Catches Up With Meta in Santa Fe
A jury found that Meta—then Facebook—misled the public in statements about Cambridge Analytica and its policies on hate speech, violence and misinformation.
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Okay I've seen at least 2 posts today that describe Jim Bakker as "having an affair with his secretary" or "getting caught banging his secretary" and just...no. He got caught paying her off because he and another preacher *violently raped her*. That isn't an affair, or a simple "sex scandal".
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 06/10/2026
A former FBI supervisor has come forward to allege that President Donald Trump pushed the bureau to investigate anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles after agents found no evidence they had committed a crime.
washingtonsun.com
Whistleblower Alleges the FBI Carried Out an Illegal Probe of ICE Protesters
The disclosure also alleges that personnel were diverted from investigations involving violent crime, drug trafficking and transnational criminal organizations.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Three elected Alabama public officials, all Republicans, were running a human trafficking ring. They were arrested and booked this weekend. weartv.com/news/local/a...
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Three Alabama officials among 17 arrested in Atmore undercover prostitution sting
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Ala. -- Three public officials in Alabama were among the 17 people arrested Friday in a multi-day undercover prostitution sting in Escambia Cou
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We need a left wing tabloid for stories just like this
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"If the person is a US citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter. "Only if the person is illegally in the United States may the stop lead to further immigration proceedings." -- Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, 9/8/2025
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Shola Hoon @sholahoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“[Hegseth] believes that wars are won by whichever side’s soldiers can do the most pushups, and whose obsession with creating an all-white, all-male military leadership is dragging the Department of Defense down by the day.” @paulwaldman.bsky.social says what National Media is reluctant to.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is an important thread, folks. @propublica.org is doing such good work. Important work.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
3/ 100+ Americans have been held after agents questioned their citizenship. Nearly all of them were people of color. They say they were profiled — detained because of their skin color, accents or jobs. “ICE isn’t looking for criminals. They’re looking for Latinos,” one said.
100+ U.S. citizens held after agents questioned their citizenship
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