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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 22/09/2026

Nobody seems to know where the money has gone. This used to be the kind of thing you say about some two-bit country. But here we are. And notice that FT is a British outfit, not American. "US State Department under pressure to disclose Venezuelan oil takings" #kleptocracy www.ft.com/content/0588...

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US state department under pressure to disclose Venezuelan oil takings

Trump administration holds back from revealing how much money it has collected and how much it has sent back to Caracas

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Covered this and our battleground state polling on What’s the Plan today. It’s hard to overstate just how stupid this consultant advice is. It’s as if they want Dems to lose.

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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 17/09/2026

I just think it’s bad that we only have consequences for people who don’t have any money or power

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

TV footage shows that Donald Trump spent 9/11 boasting that he now had the tallest building in lower Manhattan. Trump himself says he was at the World Trade Center, lifted out of the rubble by firefighters. For busy voters, it can be hard to know who to trust.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The right-wing organizing around the Lindsay Clancy trial is growing and it’s frightening. A lot of people overlook these culture wars revolving around women’s issues, because, well, they’re women’s issues. But the right doesn’t. It’s how they regained such a massive cultural foothold.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/09/2026

“We could do tremendous good for ourselves by just not trading with countries” — Trump’s bonkers view of trade is that you become wealthy by not engaging in commerce

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 04/09/2026

It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it.

The mayor’s office says that it does not pay the influencers. Still, their proximity and access to a figure as popular as Mr. Mamdani can help increase their own social media following and, by extension, potentially put them in a position to attract paid content sponsorships from commercial brands. Some influencers said that when they feature Mr. Mamdani, the videos get more likes and viewers watch longer.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 04/09/2026

So begins the non-tarriffs retaliation. "The U.S. Justice Dept's antitrust ‌division was instructed earlier this week to pause ⁠all work with the Canadian government, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, ‌citing ⁠emails, amid an escalating trade dispute ⁠between Washington & Ottawa."

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US Justice Department pauses cooperation with Canadian government, WSJ reports

The U.S. Justice Department's antitrust ‌division was instructed earlier this week to pause ⁠all work with the Canadian government, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, ‌citing ⁠emails, ...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/08/2026

Gallego: "This whole DSA, progressive stuff -- that is the field of nerds. The everyday voter doesn't think that deeply about the interplay of our politics. They care about the cost of school supplies going up."

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ᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026

16 months ago: Never forget how it started.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Are there no prisons? And the Union workhouses?

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I love you Minneapolis.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The decline from "semi-sane Republican" in 2020 to "barking mad racist demon Republican" in 2026 is amazingly swift.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/07/2026

lmaooooo -- Bernie Moreno asks Fauci to apologize to Laura Ingraham (who is standing behind Fauci) and other right-wing grifters

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 27/07/2026

"The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border. Sam Tunick allegedly gave federal agents a fake ‘duress password’ at the airport." www.theverge.com/policy/97109...

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The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border

Whoops, was that the duress password?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/07/2026

Q: There's a report that the US has taken in $13b from Venezuela. Where is that money going? T: Even more Q: But where is it going? T: We've paid for that war many times over Q: Where is the money going? T: Running the country Q: No, the money US is taking in -- T: Running the country

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

if you're going at the Never-Ending Pasta Bowl in such a way that it gets you carded, please get in touch

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Pacific Antifascist Research Collective @pacantifa.is · 08/01/2026

A thread of ICE and CBP sex offenders and credibly accused sex pasts. Content-warning descriptions of abuse Yuma Sector CBP agent Ramon Marquez, 31, was arrested in May 2025 and has been charged with 15 felonies including 14 counts of sexual conduct with a 16-year-old between Dec 2024 and Apr 2025.

Ramon Marquez in his CBP Honor Guard uniform

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 20/07/2026

"Not the warmest of receptions" - Rebecca Lowe

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 09/07/2026

"Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport. There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A representative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport."

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Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport

There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A representative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport...

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Scam Ghouldin @gotitatguineys.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The best edit I’ve seen in weeks, you absolutely have to turn the sound on for this one.

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Dr. Twink, Microplastic Surgeon @subtlebeast.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I hope Mexico beats England today as revenge for Mexico week on the Great British Bake-off

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

People, for the love of God, please stop treating birthright as some kind of sweeping victory. It was 5-4 on the constitutional issue. The dissent laid out a fucking ROADMAP for what Trump should do next. The court always gives Trump multiple bites at the apple WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU HAPPY ABOUT?

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Science Magazine @science.org · 30/06/2026

Social media posts containing misinformation evoke more moral outrage than posts with trustworthy information, and that outrage facilitates the spread of misinformation, according to a 2024 study in Science. scim.ag/4wgXGHA #SocialMediaDay

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Misinformation exploits outrage to spread online

We tested a hypothesis that misinformation exploits outrage to spread online, examining generalizability across multiple platforms, time periods, and classifications of misinformation. Outrage is high...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Insurance, how does it work?

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Ugh. Supreme Court rules in Slaughter, 6-3 that Trump can fire people from the FTC. But in Cook, Court rules 5-4 that Trump cannot fire everybody from the Fed. Roberts writes both majority opinions There's no real difference between the FTC and the FED other than Roberts likes the Fed.

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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

“Watergate pales in comparison to what we’re doing” is quite the thing to imply

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Kilmeade is one of several right-wing hawks who have adopted the position that Trump is prioritizing domestic politics over national security by pursuing sham negotiations until the midterms, after which he will reneg and resume bombing. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/new...

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New cope from Iran hawks: Once the midterms pass, Trump will attack Iran again

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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

And there it is.

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Sharb 🏳️‍⚧️ @firengames.com · 21/06/2026

Decided to look into that reflecting pool i keep hearing about, and idk there's some blue in it

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ETHAN HD (ALL CAPS) @ethanhd.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Donald Trump is like if Mr. Bean had his own Wario.

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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

If there's a politician in America more totally full of bullshit than JD Vance we haven't seen them. If Trump is the perfect encapsulation of our basest and worst instincts; Vance is the apotheosis of the idea that politicians are liars who will say whatever they need to advance their own power.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Our present situation makes much more sense when we recall what proudly bigoted trolls many College Republicans were in the 1980s.

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Ave Rexx @averexx.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Authoritarians do authoritarian shit.

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

ICE has also removed 90 people from their units at Delaney Hall today as a way to crush the strike. That's in addition to the suspected 300 people transferred out of Delaney this weekend, advocates said. Dozens of women are now continuing the strike and have asserted new demands.

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

So independent!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/06/2026

BESSENT: I believe the president's remarks were taken out of context HASSAN: No. He said, 'I don't think about Americans' financial situation. I don't think about anybody.' That's a direct quote BESSENT: Groceries are going down HASSAN: When was the last time you were in a grocery store?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/06/2026

CORTEZ MASTO: Do you intend to give the 400,000 taxpayers who also had their information leaked the same immunity as President Trump and his family received? BESSENT: I'm unable to provide any additional information CORTEZ MASTO: It's very clear you're dodging this. It's just outrageous.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Just total bullshit meant to steal health care from millions

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