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asterslans.bsky.social @asterslans.bsky.social · 10h
You gotta think that maybe greed isn't good actually.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h
Regulators have linked Mark McAfee’s raw dairy farm to more than a dozen recalls and outbreaks that left hundreds of people ill. “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.” (Published June)
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He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 06/10/2026
ICE has detained more than 500 U.S. citizens.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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asterslans.bsky.social @asterslans.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
These people saying government should be efficient are basically saying "government should would for me".
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026
UPDATED: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has now resulted in more than 83,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal. We are continuing to track the increase in these cases:
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Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants
ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Legal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"?
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026
The reduction of politics to voting is part of the 50 year neoliberal project whose foremost goal is to make you think of yourself as an atomized individual and not as a member of a polity.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
From J6 insurrection to Schmitt's humiliation, there is a straight line. The latter covered up the former to confuse understanding of Trump's treason. A THREAD.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump started “renovating” the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in April. After spending $19.2 million of taxpayers’ money, it appears he’s abandoned it.
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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There is so much disinformation about the "Super El Nino" floating around the internet b/c mentioning any sort of mechanism that affects weather seems to start a shouting match. So here's a good video that gives you JUST the info you need in under 2 minutes.
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asterslans.bsky.social @asterslans.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck capitalism. We know what's going on here is a corrupt class desperately clinging to relevance.
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asterslans.bsky.social @asterslans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
America has very quickly gone from the casino to the alleyway behind the casino
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective. Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive. Hard to describe how bad this is.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The president of the White House Correspondents’ Association is Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich. She’s married to a Republican congressman, Brian Fitzpatrick. Expecting the WHCA to forcefully fight Trump’s ban on CNN, MSNOW and Politico is like expecting your goldfish to cook your dinner.
People mag photo of Heinrich and Fitzpatrick
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Symbols matter. White House isn't a palace. Kennedy Center is for the general public to enjoy. We don't have a triumphal arch in DC because that's imperial. We don't put the president's face on money because it's monarchical. It's about tearing down everything that says we're a democratic republic.
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is all an effort to disappear responsibility. If it’s the AI’s fault then no person or entity beyond the computer can be blamed for it. The US killed 123 schoolchildren.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The thing about trying not to pick a side is that the nazis *instantly recognize* which side you picked. They immediately identify you as an ally. They know exactly what side you're on. It doesn't fool the victims, it doesn't fool the Nazis, the only people it could possibly fool is centrists.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/09/2026
The rise in rulings on the “shadow docket” has been driven, at least in part, by Trump’s losses in lower courts. “The patterns show a court going out of its way to enable Trump,” one scholar said. “That’s the real blow to the court’s credibility.” (Published July)
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A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification
ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 14/09/2026
Free newsletter: The idea that we're nearing the creation of AI systems that we can't control and that pose an existential threat to humanity is a lie and a distraction from the tangible harms and problems caused by LLMs and AI labs' near-unlimited resources. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-alread...
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 15/09/2026
if you're a reporter "barred from recording video" by the government, you goddamn better record video
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/09/2026
For likely the first time in modern history, the Supreme Court decided more cases in fast-tracked, secretive proceedings than in open court. These “shadow docket” decisions have let the Trump admin. bypass lower courts on deportations, ICE stops and more — often with little to no explanation.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/09/2026
Auditors observed election mail at 14 processing facilities and 73 delivery units and found significant flaws in the handling of ballots. In some locations, management wasn’t familiar with ballot processing requirements.
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U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots During This Year’s Primary Elections, Audit Finds
An inspector general’s audit found a lack of training for post office staff, deficiencies in how ballots were tracked and errors leading to delays. Experts say it raises questions ahead of the midterm...
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Get in, folks: a new Russian disinfo campaign is targeting the midterms, specifically Democrats, in what seems to be the first attempt by the Kremlin-backed op to meddle in this year’s U.S. elections. They're faking celebrity videos attacking Dems and are...very stupid. www.ms.now/news/russia-...
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A Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms
The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican.
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asterslans.bsky.social @asterslans.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Would this woman even have her name known if this were any other country. Idiotic timeline.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/09/2026
"Iran has imposed a strategic defeat on America without a single Iranian soldier firing a rifle. Hegseth obsessing over soldiers’ physical fitness in 2026 is like a European general fixating on his troops’ horsemanship in 1940."
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Pete Hegseth 💩 the Bed Again
The secretary of WAR is obsessed with doing pushups in the age of drone warfare. America will pay for his stupidity.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 02/09/2026
I am a scientist – and the answer is climate change. Yes, there is nuance. Yes, it could take a long time to identify the precise mechanisms. But there is no question why ice and snow-related disasters are on the rise. Our planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, and humans are responsible.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is really bad.
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Here's How Trump Plans to Steal the Midterm Elections, According to a Whistleblower
The plan sounds chaotic, but the chaos may be the point.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Look kid we all gotta make compromises, like you said
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Flock CEO Garrett Langley targeted as address shared online
Flock Safety has been facing scrutiny amid concerns about privacy and police misuse of its surveillance technology.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/08/2026
People who’ve worked on U.S. government vaccination programs fear that kids in America will wind up fighting for their lives against preventable infections. “I don’t think I imagined it could or would be this bad,” said a former CDC vaccine leader.
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Measles Used to Be in Our Rearview Mirror. Now Cases Are Reaching Record Highs.
In other parts of the world that have let their guard down to vaccine-preventable diseases, long-forgotten scourges have roared back and killed and disabled children.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Three journalists from Stars and Stripes, the nation's independent military newspaper, are suing Pete Hegseth and other top officials to prevent their firings — which they allege came in retaliation for negative news coverage and speaking out about the importance of press freedom.
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Stars and Stripes journalists sue Defense Department over attempted firings
The three journalists allege Pentagon officials retaliated against them for defending the military newspaper’s editorial independence.
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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
One thing that makes this administration particularly dangerous is that it is filled with people who, like the president himself, have committed very many obvious crimes in the last 18 months and who know that the only way to stay out of prison is to stay in power.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
And as we reported last year, foreign food inspections plummeted to a historic low after the Trump administration took over due to staffing cuts at the FDA. Food safety experts told us, “It’s only a matter of time before people die." www.propublica.org/article/fore...
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The revolution turned out to be the one no one saw coming Voter rage at Big Tech - first data centers and AI, now Flock cameras - has already turned U.S. politics upside down ahead of the midterms. But this grassroots rebellion won't stop there My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/vote...
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Fighting AI and Flock, today’s Luddites are the revolutionaries we need | Will Bunch
In an existential crisis for the American Experiment, public rage against Big Tech is a political earthquake no one saw coming.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/08/2026
I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
after the indy car race today, that's pretty much a wrap for the commemoration of america's 250th. if it's all felt a little underwhelming, don't forget that there was supposed to be a lot more celebrating all across the country, but trump cut funding for all of it: www.notus.org/agencies/dog...
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DOGE Cut Off Small Town America’s 250th Birthday Money
Then Trump redirected the money for his own beautification projects.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
JUST IN: Judge Talwani chides the Trump admin and Postal Service for publishing a final rule restricting mail-in ballots late Friday night, even though it can't take effect because of two court orders. She says it'll cause confusion and may enjoin it.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Please take a moment and read Lara Korte’s last story that she filed for Stars and Stripes published 3 hours ago. Thank you Lara for your professional dedication and journalistic values. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
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Today, I was informed that the Department of Defense is firing me for insubordination after I told a CBS reporter that I work for Stars and Stripes - not the Pentagon, not any administration, and not any policy maker.
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I consider it a great privilege to live alongside members of the military and share their stories. It's a shame for the institution and service members, who swore to defend the Constitution and deserve right to a free and independent press.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Katie Kersh, an immigration lawyer who’s been in Springfield Ohio a lot in the past couple years, tells me just now: “ICE is absolutely everywhere in Springfield. It is very visible.” noticeable ramping up lately. It is going to likely get… worse
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is what SCOTUS considers an emergency.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 21/08/2026
Surprising fact: We are actually NOT seeing more food recalls this year compared with recent years. What we’re seeing is an increase in the number of illnesses caused by contaminated food. This is the largest ever cyclospora outbreak & third-largest foodborne illness outbreak of any kind on record.
Number of food recalls by year
There have been 162 food recalls posted this year by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture.

Chart shows yearly food recall numbers from 2017 to 2026.
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Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 21/08/2026
A $400 million fine for TikTok to settle COPPA violations (www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...) can seem like real money if you squint... but not if you remember that TikTok's investors agreed to cough up *25 times that much* as a brokerage fee/kickback to the Treasury Department. (gift link)
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Exclusive | Trump Administration Set to Receive $10 Billion Fee for Brokering TikTok Deal
Investors in the social-media platform’s U.S. business agreed to give the government several multibillion-dollar payments, sources said.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
When your government says it’s planning to open multiple prisons that will house up to 3,000 children, it’s time to demand a new government. There is no context in which this is legitimate or acceptable.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Personal heuristic: If the lead story on the NY Times website is about the bond market, things are not going well with the economy.
Bond Sell-Off Sends Borrowing Costs to Highest Level Since 2007
Yields on the 30-year U.S. Treasury and government bonds across the world rose to multiyear highs as investors fret about inflation, deficits and A.I. spending.
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Women Forward ❌ 👑 @womenforward.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Today marks the anniversary of the ratification of the #19thAmendment — a milestone in the fight for women’s suffrage. While the fight for voting rights continued long after that, we honor the courage & persistence of those who came before us as we ensure every voter can make their voice heard.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Happy five-month birthday to this post. 🎂
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