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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 10/10/2026

Tim Buchanan won so much at Aledo High School, opposing parents filed bullying reports against him. Voters love a winner; Gina Hinojosa is a ball knower (and I still strongly believe Nick Saban's endorsement helped pull Joe Manchin across the finish line in 2018)

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Texas High School Football Blowout Leads Parent to File Bullying Accusation | National Review

A blowout high school football game in Texas prompted a parent to file an official bullying report. The Aledo High Bearcats routed the Western Hills High Cougars (Ft. Worth, Texas) 91-0 last Friday…

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Balletdragon @balletdragon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I hope he gets us some case law on that removal statute.

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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Before teaching young men how to run the world, teach them what to do when the world is one room, one woman, one terrible thing happening, and nobody wants to be the first man to ruin the evening."

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Dan Shafer @danshafer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Republicans don't actually want Milwaukee to succeed. They want to deprive it of resources, deprive it of funding, and then point their fingers and blame the city for the challenges they've chiefly caused. They don't want a thriving city. They want a political punching bag.

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Balletdragon @balletdragon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What about before 2028? Would there be any reason for Dems to do it with Trump still in office?

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Balletdragon @balletdragon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What are the odds filibuster gets scrapped before 2030?

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 01/10/2026

This guy literally packed the courts because Utahns passed an anti-gerrymandering referendum and the state Supreme Court justices, many of whom he appointed, repeatedly sided with the people over him and his fellow Republicans. Spare me the white man tears www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

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Utah governor signs bill adding justices to state Supreme Court as redistricting appeal looms

Once the new seats are filled, Gov. Spencer Cox will have appointed five of the seven justices.

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Balletdragon @balletdragon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There is no ethical way for the state to kill someone. Participation in the death penalty is a stain on all of us.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One thing that i don’t see people noting about the Cornell Sun’s reporting on the rape case is that everyone who decided to take the risk and made the core decisions about what would be published is a woman

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message."

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.

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Balletdragon @balletdragon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Student journalists show what it really means to cover campuses. NYT should take note.

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Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway @satyaformadison.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

'A grand historic train station Downtown would be quite the welcome mat for visitors. It would boost business and tourism across the region. Wisconsin should pursue this sensible transportation goal with bipartisan gusto."

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All aboard Amtrak service to Madison with grand station Downtown | Our view

Sale of state building accelerates momentum for Amtrak service to Madison

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douglaspoland.bsky.social @douglaspoland.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Immediately move to hold anyone responsible for denying access in contempt of the TRO. Impose criminal sanctions and jail them. The only way to stop this madness is to show those who are complicit with Trump’s illegal actions that they will be held responsible, even if he is not.

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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 23/09/2026

Ah, yes.

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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I think AI has already exceeded the intelligence of the type of person that believes AGI is imminent, which is why they believe AGI is imminent.

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 15/09/2026

One aspect of research funding that it took me a while as a prof to appreciate: Someone who directs significant funding can shape the questions researchers investigate, *even researchers they don't directly fund*. Why? Because many researchers chase citations, and better-funded areas get cited more.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It’s very important to know you can just tell them their questions are dumb. It’s what Trump does! He’s been very successful at it! The media decided to stop asking actual important things to him because of it!

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

25 years later and The Onion’s ParentCorner 9/11 explainer from immediately after the attack is a better understanding of the threat environment than the one produced by the U.S. government.

An Onion article titled “Talking to your child about the WTC attack,” which is filled with real good info.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026

Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."

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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

FWIW, @derektmuller.bsky.social just flagged an argument I’d thought about when these MO fed cases were filed (which referendum folks made)- I think it’s right that only a 3-judge court could issue this order. That _still_ means you follow the order until it’s vacated for lack of jurisdiction.

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On the Missouri mess #ELB

1. As Rick H. just blogged, a federal district court forbid Missouri’s Secretary of State from using any map but HB 1. The Missouri Supreme Court, in contrast, forbid the use of HB 1, a decision the U...

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Nina Kelly, PhD @nina-eliz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Wow, this story is gross all around

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Worth noting Missouri's supreme court ruling today was unanimous.

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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Awful. Just awful. A promising young man, a high school honors grad who joined JROTC and dreamed of becoming a doctor, killed himself because of the Trump admin’s obsession with hurting Haitians and the humiliating shame of an ICE ankle monitor. His blood is on their hands.

A picture of a young black man, dressed in a light blue suit with a smart black bow tie, smiling as he is handed a diploma from a school official, a white man in his 40s-50s who is also smiling. Underneath is the caption “Pierre Damas Bel receives his high school diploma. (Family Photo/Instagram)”

Bel arrived in the United States in 2024 in order to reunite with his parents, who had fled Haiti three years before. The family was granted temporary protected status, purchased a home in Springfield and settled into life in the U.S. Bel dreamed of studying medicine and graduated high school last May with honors and as a proud member of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC), his father said. He was the eldest of three siblings and his family described him as smart and responsible.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 01/09/2026

New York’s congestion pricing program has resulted in a statistically significant reduction in travel times for EMS vehicles

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Urban Congestion Pricing and the Response Times of Emergency Medical Services

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Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This stuff is honestly way more damaging to the party’s brand than some twitch streamer

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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton says Fuck ICE

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Balletdragon @balletdragon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This track aipac org pollutes our information space with antisemitic garbage.

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

You do not want to be engaged in litigation against a litigation Cookie Monster.

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State Democracy Research Initiative @uwlawdemocracy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Check out SDRI faculty co-director @miriamseifter.bsky.social's latest scholarship roundup in @statecourtreport.org⬇️

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16/08/2026

Me, crushing my enemies with my posts.

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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Regardless of who you're supporting: if you want to pass a state law that allows municipalities to start processing absentee ballots early, commit to doing everything you can to ensure a Democratic trifecta this November

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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/08/2026

that’s fucking right

Peggy Flanagan wearing a protect trans kids shirt

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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

never stop posting + cities = equality

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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

remarkable that the United States has made it official policy to only accept white refugees and people still think it's up for debate whether or not they're white nationalists

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

smdh have those aides never heard of the right to petition the legislature for redress of grievances

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Balletdragon @balletdragon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Is this really going to be enough to put the gov in jeopardy? Do the holiday based voters really outnumber the anti-data center voters she capture compared to other dems? I agree that it’s not good to be a public curmudgeon but I’m not sure it’s moving the needle that much.

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Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I really wish election administrators in Detroit would be more transparent about what they’re doing—e.g., what they’ve counted, what remains, when they anticipate updates, and beyond—especially when counting goes into the next day.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

if establishment candidates want to start winning primaries again all you have to do is say that rich people have too much money and that youll prosecute trump admin staffers and republicans that have broken the law

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Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I think the conspiracy is comforting to people -- "a few bad guys did this." The reality -- "electeds, planners, and most of the public believed that the car was the future and rail transit was outdated" is actually more unsettling since it raises the question of what we're getting wrong now.

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