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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19h
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reuters v. Barron’s. 🤓 @barronsonline.com @reuters.com www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
1. Let's not say goodbye to Eric Schmitt just yet. His story is about more than a power-mad senator falling on his face. It's part of a larger story about the Republicans defending the leader of an insurrection against the United States.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“.. His views changed after DOGE busted into federal agencies to shut them down and Congress had failed to respond. “If that could happen in broad daylight with no response, then no organization was safe,” he said. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/mic...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yeesh. $NKE
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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's weird how the federal government is constantly being hacked after DOGE gutted the government's cybersecurity agencies.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
😂😂
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
2027 hiring plans getting drawn up.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“.. the third round this year under recently appointed CEO Josh D’Amaro ..” @variety.com $DIS variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
While facing the threat of an export ban?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“I am the house.” @pkrugman.bsky.social substack.com/@paulkrugman...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
New in PN: Will Dems offer a New New Deal? "Today's situation — in which the economy continues to grow but working Americans have an ever-shrinking share — has been a long time coming. But Trump’s nihilistic policies have put the lie to the Reaganite promise of prosperity through assaulting govt."
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Will Democrats offer Americans a New New Deal?
A new social pact will be needed in the wake of Trump’s trail of ruin.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“.. Very good one sentence summary of the economy.” - Kyra Scanlon
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Fascism Doesn’t Always Arrive by Force. Sometimes It Comes as Law" A visit to the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam showed me how changes in the law were used by the Nazis to push their agenda. It’s a warning from history we must heed before it's too late. @kimwehle.bsky.social for Zeteo:
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Fascism Doesn’t Always Arrive by Force. Sometimes It Comes as Law
A visit to the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam showed me how changes in the law were used by the Nazis to push their agenda. It’s a warning from history we must heed before it’s too late.
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Juan L Rodriguez @jlrodriguez10.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This should be next to the definition of gaslighting as an example. This kind of "control" that "you want" is at the core of AI, and it is all that is wrong with it.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 27/09/2026
"Obama tried to freeze Fox out" is a complete lie and it's incredible that Jake Tapper feels the need to both-sides this
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
Tillis: "Folks, this was stupid on stilts ... to have a Russian oligarch who's actually traveled in a delegation to Beijing fund some sort of island wedding for a very wealthy family that also happens to be related to the president? Come on, guys, this is this is amateur hour"
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AMPTsuper @amptsuper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"They had 20% fewer emergency department visits and 31% fewer hospitalizations than similar patients who did not receive meals." www.npr.org/2026/09/26/n...
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Meal deliveries can save money and improve health. Will they survive Medicaid cuts?
Some states deliver meals to Medicaid patients that address their dietary needs. Evidence shows it aids recovery and saves healthcare costs, but federal budget cuts may lead some states to cancel it.
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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 26/09/2026
Meta says its rejection of ads promoting the new documentary about Elon Musk "was an error and the ads are being restored" (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
CA Supreme Court unanimously ruled Sheriff Chad Bianco’s ballot seizure was illegal Ballots MUST stay w/ election officials—blocking 2026 seizures We @democracydefendersfund.org filed amicus on behalf of LULAC Full breakdown in my weekly column @ContrarianNews.org 👇 -TN
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It Was the Best of Fridays, It Was the Worst of Fridays (Well, Kinda)
Publisher’s Roundup 86
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Michael Santoli @michaelsantoli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Where have we heard such an argument before?....
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sounds guilty to me.
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
7.26% mortgage rates... matches the January 2025 peak
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Zelenskyy: "As early as next year, there is already a real possibility that AI, not people, will decide what happens on the battlefield. And we need peace before we reach that point."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
APOLLO: “The Diesel Shock Is a Core Inflation Shock” ⛽️ @tbpinvictus.bsky.social
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
".. A White House ally who liaises with Warsh told Reuters the calls for 1% are unrealistic .. .. 'Can everybody just wake up? If you mess up the bond market, it's good for the bond investor and no one else,' said the person." @reuters.com www.reuters.com/business/the...
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There's a reason Trump is the only one talking about 1% interest rates
As a lifelong real estate investor whose businesses relied on debt and interest rates, President Donald Trump might be expected to know better: The 1% rate he keeps demanding from ​the US Federal Rese...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 23/09/2026
I don't say this lightly, but Pete Hegseth deserves to be impeached. I understand just how serious a vote to impeach is from experience, and I still believe impeaching him is the right thing to do. The Iran war. The purge of senior ranks. The boat strikes. The case is overwhelming. (Link below)
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/09/2026
NEW: Donald Trump made 1,156 personal financial trades in July. It should be illegal for the president to trade individual stocks - period.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Shaheen: "He seemed to say Russian children have also been displaced & kidnapped, & that's just not true. It's Ukrainian children the Russians have taken back to Russia. They've taken them from their families, thousands of them. It is very clear who is violating intl law here, & it's not Ukraine."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“.. The greatest danger facing society isn’t that software will awaken and overthrow its human masters. It is that we will allow the creators of the software to abdicate human responsibility for the systems they choose to build ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#FLgov @miamiherald.com www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22/09/2026
While we are all worried about the ghost in the machine, we can’t forget about the men behind the keyboards when it comes to the future of AI. Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Dario Amodei are all sounding the alarm, but we should ask ourselves why they might before we listen. (Link below)
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
NEWS: Retired four-star Admiral William McRaven, who oversaw the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, is sounding the alarm about Trump’s treatment of America’s allies.
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Admiral Who Took Down Bin Laden Sounds Alarm on Trump’s NATO Damage
As NATO pours billions into collective defense and Ukraine’s survival, William H. McRaven warns that Trump is burning through the personal trust an alliance needs when a crisis arrives.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 18/09/2026
Big Orange Crybaby only wants “Natalie News”?
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Trump bans CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House
US president has overseen an unprecedented restriction of access for major traditional news media since start of second term
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18/09/2026
Asked whether OpenAI should face legal ramifications for the Hugging Face incident, Lina Khan tells @cwarzel.bsky.social, “It seems that this was not just an outlier incident … There is a very real question around intent and when that should actually attach.” theatln.tc/t9IwiQTz #TAF26
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Anthropic says its chatbot Claude is taking over the work of building its own successor." What could go wrong? wapo.st/3TCPyTZ
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Anthropic says its chatbot Claude is taking over the work of building its own successor
The company said Claude leads 26 percent of its research and development, an indicator of progress toward AI that builds itself without human help.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: "When I said with Jesse Watters that I'd rather have good roads and good schools than have a billionaire make a second billion, I know that resonated with a lot of folks who might not agree with everything else I had to say."
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18/09/2026
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The Day the World Started Moving On Without America
Canada and Europe struck a historic alliance. Without the United States. Because of the United States.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Rural America gave Trump 93% of their vote. Then came record diesel, USAID gutted, farms raided, Medicaid and SNAP slashed, rural hospitals closed. When asked if any of it mattered to him, his answer was: "Not even a little bit." Is it time for rural voters to strike back?
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Rural Voters Strike Back: The Price Of Trump's Betrayal
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump’s an all-purpose closer. He’s closed the Kennedy Center, the Strait of Hormuz, and 80 years of U.S. international leadership.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
THIS! All of this!
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RFK Jr.'s Sister Kerry Kennedy Rips Trump Administration Over Petty Decision To Shut Down Kennedy Center
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Comic Sands @comicsandsnews.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Amy Poehler had some kind words for Hollywood icon Robert De Niro when he appeared on her Good Hang podcast, thanking him for standing up for minorities and for pushing back against President Trump's bigotry—and De Niro was visibly emotional.
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Robert De Niro In Tears After Amy Poehler Thanks Him For Speaking Out Against Trump In Powerful Video
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/09/2026
OOF -- Enten details how Trump went from +2 on Russia-Ukraine in 2024 to -33 (!) now, and how Zelenskyy polls among Americans at +13 compared to Trump's -18 (in other words, Zelenskyy is 31 points more popular in America than Trump!)
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
UK ‘ACTIVELY’ EXPLORING JOINING CANADA-LED GLOBAL DEFENCE BANK - FT
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
* OIL LOADINGS SUSPENDED AT TOP SAUDI RED SEA PORT OF YANBU AFTER PREVIOUS ATTACK ON EAST-WEST PIPELINE -- SHIPPING SOURCES @reuters.com
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Shipping Tanker ETF is going through some things. $BWET
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“.. There’s not enough water for everything we want to do with it. .. So what do we have enough water for? What are the uses we most value?
Is it cotton or is it microchips?” @theverge.com $TSM @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.theverge.com/science/9935...
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Regardless of where you stand on other issues, the most important issue on the ballot in November is electing a Congress that fulfills its constitutional responsibility to check a lawless president. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Our Military Needs Congress to Do Its Job
54 Days to the Midterms
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