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Kristina Newhouse

@askingwhynow.bsky.social
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Contemporary art curator and writer. Artist legacy consultant. I shout at the wind daily about the state of our union.

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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 23h
What is going on with our president? Calling people "THE ENEMY" for exercising their First Amendment rights is deeply disturbing. That's what autocratic leaders do, not American leaders. Doing so for such a trivial, vain matter is just nutty.
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 53m
I yearn for the impending days of anti-authoritarian iconoclasm. Can wait to see this pulled down just like we saw with the statues of Stalin, Saddam Hussein, and Gaddafi.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 1h
The irony here is that, as I've written, the word "philanthropy" comes from Prometheus' love for humankind, which he created (and Zeus hated). Elon Musk is more like the Zeus character here, and he's a downright shitty philanthropist. => shorturl.at/k1xmk
motherjones.com
Elon's fans erect 50-foot statue outside his company town
A studio promising "art so epic it will raise the birthrate" gifted a huge bronze Prometheus to Musk's Starbase.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h
NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. with @texastribune.org
propublica.org
Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 1h
Grotesque
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lafayette Square isn't "a historic protest site." It's a fucking park. And it's packed on nice days. Calling it a protest site is White House framing. They're closing a popular public park to create a presidential palace Saddam Hussein would love.
nytimes.com
Inside Trump's Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site (Gift Article)
The president’s proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank you for coming forward. We need more voices from inside the uniform standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us to reject this extremism, protect our democratic norms, and demand accountability.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This was good
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hoping for a day when we don't have to watch her phony pearl clutching ever again. #susancollins
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump's PAC won't pay taxpayers back for his ads #grift www.axios.com/2026/10/06/t...
axios.com
Trump's PAC won't pay taxpayers back for his ads
At least $11 million in taxpayer money has already gone toward the spots.
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Copyright and intellectual property ©️ should mean something. #noAI www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
niemanlab.org
ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons
OpenAI's chatbot isn't just imitating the magazine's style. It's also falsely attributing AI-generated images to real artists.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is sad news. Simon was a big help with this story that showed Howard Lutnick apparently lied about his business entanglement with Jeffrey Epstein—a story that deserves more attention. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender
The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Justice Alito is confusing a desire to reform the court with an effort to intimidate it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 03/10/2026
NEW: Georgia's election board asked the DOJ to investigate a leading nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program, potentially adding another hyper-partisan probe to the department's portfolio. The state has been central to Trump's allegations that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
democracydocket.com
Georgia’s GOP-controlled election board wants DOJ to investigate nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program
Despite his request for a federal investigation into ERIC, the board's executive director appeared to know very little about the organization during a meeting earlier this week.
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Courage my ass.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Wow, this seems totally legit. Exemption given a major donor of the Trump ballroom. #potus #grift
newsroomamerica.com
Media Monitor: ICIJ Reports Treasury Exemption for Russia-Linked Copper Mine Deal, Huawei Trial and China Capital Fallout
ICIJ reports a U.S. Treasury sanctions exemption let a Texas firm tied to a Trump donor buy Armenia's Teghut copper mine from Russia's VTB Bank, plus Huawei trial and China Capital fallout.
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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newrepublic.com
The Right-Wing French Sculptors Who Are Courting Elon Musk
They dress like it’s the Industrial Revolution, but they’re very online denizens of the anti-woke manosphere. And they want to build a new Statue of Liberty for the United States—a male one, of course...
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ugh, we are living in an era of insufferable autocratic kitsch. 🤢 Giant statue erected outside Musk's Starbase in Texas
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Which "truth" requires defense?
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm liking this new pope.
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Defend our REAL heritage as messy, raw, and contested as it is. #smithsonian www.aam-us.org/2026/09/22/a...
aam-us.org
AAM Supports Congressional Action to Protect the Smithsonian’s Independence
The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) endorses The Smithsonian Integrity and Historical Independence Act of 2026, introduced by Representatives Stanbury (D-NM), Jackson (D-IL), and Mfume…
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
His vocabulary is so limited it’s like reading a transcript of Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, if Koko were a white nationalist
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SometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here's an older Christine Drazan campaign sign, mounted to the stage owned by the Proud Boys at a rally with a ton of Proud Boys and an official Proud Boy booth. Drazan is not a centrist, Drazan is a fascist-supported MAGA.
Image of crowd of people in front of the Oregon Capitol building with a bunch of Proud Boys. Christine Drazan sign mounted to a stage with large US flag.
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Violations and toothless means to defend against them. federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-news...
federalnewsnetwork.com
OMB violated Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act with $1 billion rescission - Federal News Network
GAO says OMB’s actions subvert both the constitutional process and Congress’s power of the purse.
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Are we surprised by this?
newrepublic.com
Trump Reprograms Government AI Chatbot to Stop Fact-Checking His Lies
Trump officials seem to have realized their AI chatbot was correcting the president’s biggest lies.
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hot Dog! America's new chatbot is packed with wieners www.theregister.com/public-secto...
theregister.com
Hot Dog! America's new chatbot is packed with wieners
Just ask America.gov and you'll receive a favorite July 4th food.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Holy crap. Can’t make this stuff up
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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...
nytimes.com
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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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Everything is a blatant grift. #trump
thedeepdive.ca
A Typo And A Slovenian Domain Rush Overshadow Trump's 'Super Intelligence' Rebrand | the deep dive
Slovenia's .si domain saw more signups in a single day than it used to get in a month after Trump's rebrand — and the speculative buying started three days before he even made it official.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump pardoned Jack Abramoff's old business partner in July. We went through the federal filings and found the man's money in eight Republican Senate campaigns. Six belong to sitting senators.
dworkinsubstack.com
Trump Pardoned Abramoff’s Partner. We Found His Money In Eight Republican Senate Campaigns.
Also: a congressman on his way out files 26 impeachment charges against Trump, a carpenter beats ICE in Manhattan, and farm country picks a side.
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A lot of lives may be unnecessarily destroyed between now and December. Shame on the Justices who just let this cruel policy ride until then.
nytimes.com
Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration’s Third-Country Deportations, for Now
The court also announced it would hear arguments in December on the legality of the Trump administration policy to swiftly deport immigrants to countries not their own.
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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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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wow
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The government's AI chatbot is able to say something that no Trump nominee is allowed to.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. The Republican senators are needlessly posturing about Jack Smith. Meanwhile, midterm elections are under assault. Let's us all know about their priorities. #vote
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Note the "paid for by the US government" statement at the end.
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It seems clear that this conviction is unjust.
theintercept.com
What the Prairieland Jury Never Got to Hear
An anti-ICE Prairieland protester tried to argue his shot was a ricochet. It was squashed by gaps in the evidence and a judge’s ruling.
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Unhinged. You Just Paid for This Deranged “Love Me” Ad by Trump
newrepublic.com
You Just Paid for This Deranged “Love Me” Ad by Trump
Trump used taxpayer funds for this ad campaign about himself, calling it a “public service announcement.”
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: “The harm caused by burdening or disenfranchising even a few lawful voters outweighs the nonexistent harm that the government experiences when it is prevented from taking an action that it likely lacks the authority to take.”
nytimes.com
Supreme Court Allows Use of Trump Administration’s Expansive Database for Voter Screening
Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
US government foots bill for television advertisement featuring Trump's midterm messaging #ethics
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US government foots bill for television advertisement featuring Trump's midterm messaging
An ad running on Fox News and Newsmax showing images of President Donald Trump and calling for the defeat of communism was paid for by the U.S. government.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22/09/2026
Today, Country First released a new ad. I'm a veteran, and I won't stand by while Trump turns our Military into a political weapon. Troops don't belong at polling locations. Yet Trump refuses to rule it out. Keeping our Military away from the Ballot Box isn't partisan, It's American.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’d highly recommend that nobody download this app. At best, it’s unfiltered propaganda. At worst, it’s spyware.
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Boo hoo hoo! The press skipped his show and tell #trump #manbaby
apnews.com
Trump inaugurates new White House helipad, but networks skip coverage during First Amendment fight
President Trump has unveiled a new White House helicopter landing pad while trying to downplay a First Amendment firestorm.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Treat enemies like enemies. Crypto is an enemy.
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Three cheers for Internet Archive.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 18/09/2026
🚨NEWS: Senate candidate Ken Paxton voted to enact huge data center tax breaks as he was gifted 100,000 shares of a company marketing servers to data centers, according to documents reviewed by @levernews.com. Paxton just intervened to advance one of America's largest data centers.
levernews.com
Ken Paxton Rails Against AI Data Centers. His Portfolio Says Otherwise.
Before vowing to end data center tax breaks, the Texas Senate candidate voted to create them after accepting 100,000 shares in a server company.
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Kristina Newhouse @askingwhynow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I relish the silence. Trump is nothing without flapping his lips. #WHpresspool
nytimes.com
Trump Live Updates: White House TV Pool Suspends Trump Coverage After CNN Ban
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