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Ben Haring

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I just don't care about any ~law enforcement~ story coming out of this administration because the idea of this man enforcing laws is preposterous on its face. We're talking about an arsonist doing fire code inspections. You're a sucker if you engage with any of it in good faith
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Ben Haring @benharing.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
@davidfrum.bsky.social cutting through the noise in @theatlantic.com
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Was just on Threads and this was my "For you" algorithm when I posted a comment debunking the story. Say what you will about BlueSky being a bubble, but its not designed to enrage and deceive its users
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Grant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A live look at the Leopards Eating Faces Party convention
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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NC dog trainer defies court, posts video of a trooper killing her dogs
A Pitt County woman whose two trained dogs were fatally shot by a state trooper in 2024 has publicly released video of the incident despite a court order restricting its distribution, saying she is de...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nailed it. 🔨
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Micah @rincewind.run · 09/10/2026
Ossoff is one of the very few people adequately channeling Evelyn Normielib these days the base doesn't want to hear entreaties to our better natures, they don't want to go high while the other side goes low, they want someone to come on the TV and go "these people are garbage" he's good at it
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
OSSOFF: Mike Collins is one of the most extreme members of Congress. He's a Trump puppet election denier. I want to hear if Mike still believes the 2020 election was stolen. What do you say Mike? COLLINS: ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 08/10/2026
All these guys spent all this effort to get "fuck you" money and can't even bring themselves, even once, to use it to say "fuck you" to Trump. Pathetic.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What everyone has to prepare for is the constitutional crisis to accelerate if the Democrats take the House and the Senate. Vought has been allowed by the Republicans to act with impunity, so have he will continue to ignore Congress. This is why you have to impeach him immediately.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 30/09/2026
The 0.1% own 15% of all the wealth while 50% are basically broke. That is how societies die. www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
wsj.com
The Gap Between the Rich and the Very, Very Rich Is Getting Wider
The 0.1% are worth $28 trillion, or about 15% of the nation’s total wealth. The average wealth for a household in this group is over $200 million.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I, uh, I can't help but notice you left out the slaver's rebellion or the Nazis on the list of people to go fight. Funny, that.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026
"It was bitterly ironic to see Darline Graham demand that Smith, of all people, should feel ashamed....in today’s GOP, there is no shame."
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Jack Smith and the Republican Smear Squad
If holding Trump accountable makes you an enemy of the GOP, the party has told you everything you need to know.
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Holly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There have been less than 50 trans people in college sports (men and women) in all of history. There tens of thousands of women sexually assaulted on college campuses EVERY YEAR. But you’ll never see that in a campaign ad.
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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Congress should investigate the purge that shut down my former office at the State Department, which fought information manipulation by Russia, China, and terrorist organizations. thehill.com/opinion/nati...
thehill.com
We need accountability for federal employee purges made on false pretenses
I was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to C…
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Ben Haring @benharing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please read. thehill.com/opinion/nati...
thehill.com
We need accountability for federal employee purges made on false pretenses
I was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to C…
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Umberto @umberto2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Glad about the result, but I don’t think it speaks well of us as a country that after two years of human rights violations, war crimes, naked gangster corruption, and contempt for the Constitution, he’s finally unpopular because gas got expensive.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“So here’s what Democrats should offer: Stop the data centers. Make AI safe. Protect your health care. Fix the rotten Supreme Court. Get us out of the Middle East. Renew our friendship with Canada. Hold the oligarchs accountable. Release the Epstein files.” www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
thebulwark.com
What Dems Should Do With 54 Senate Seats
An eight-point agenda for turning a Senate majority into a mandate for action.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW: A federal judge ordered the White House to immediately restore hard passes for POLITICO, CNN and MSNOW, saying President Trump's ban punished "routine" reporting and the WH provided zero evidence for its national security claims. w @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Judge restores White House access for POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the return of press credentials President Donald Trump had revoked.
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Benjamin Sharma 🇨🇦 🇺🇸, 🇪🇺? @benjamin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Now we see how Xbox plans to lose the next generation of consoles. www.ign.com/articles/mic...
ign.com
Microsoft Patent Suggests Trading Ads For Extra Playtime
Microsoft already shows you ads whenever you log into the Xbox Series X, but it seems like it's exploring an ad-supported way to essentially rent out games on Xbox consoles.
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
yeah same, it's kind of an object lesson in why physical media is good ain't no one slipping an ad reel into my nes cartridge
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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
someone asked me to explain what I think the prevailing conservative ideology is. I’d say it’s something like this
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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The only path forward is an openly antagonistic press. No more delicately navigating access. No more attending press conferences or avails. All investigation. All amplifying Trump admin defectors and detractors. Call out the bullshit. Stop being polite.
Trump truth social post: I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW (who recently changed their name from MSNBC due to lack of viewership and credibility!), and Politico (The recipients of an illegal and ridiculous $8 Million Dollar subscription, an All Time Record, directly from the United States Government, under Crooked Joe Biden, in order to keep them “alive.” Seems like corruption to me!), from the White House as a result of their constant “reporting” FAKE NEWS! Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America. Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026
i am genuinely bewildered by people who say that the rise of white nationalism in the republican party is a response to the "woke left." like, did the woke left cause pat buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign? is the woke left why steve king had a long career in congress?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Trump: "I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW, and Politico ... from the White House as a result of their constant 'reporting' FAKE NEWS!"
I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW (who recently changed their name from MSNBC due to lack of viewership and credibility!), and Politico (The recipients of an illegal and ridiculous $8 Million Dollar subscription, an All Time Record, directly from the United States Government, under Crooked Joe Biden, in order to keep them “alive.” Seems like corruption to me!), from the White House as a result of their constant “reporting” FAKE NEWS! Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America. Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Rollie 🤬 @architecturenerd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward
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Kori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“the warrior ethos glamorizes the prowess of the individual warrior in a way that starkly contradicts the professional, ethical, and organizational nature of military service and modern warfare.” @briankerg.bsky.social
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Where Exactly Has the Warrior Ethos Gotten Us?
The Marine Corps should revive its traditional ethos, emphasizing professional competence, readiness, honor, courage, and commitment for the demands of modern warfare.
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Frederick Deknatel @freddydeknatel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If Biden or Obama had started a war that led to attacks like these on American bases—and then covered it up for months—the political backlash would eclipse Benghazi. One service member: "We're not defending these bases. We're just watching them get destroyed." www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pho...
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New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 14/09/2026
you ever see a graph that makes you just sit for a minute and contemplate how stupid everything is
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is going to make me sound old and maybe a little nostalgic but it’s really striking how in the Trump era, no one even pretends to debate about policy anymore.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.” A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
propublica.org
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 13/09/2026
Also have to point out Musk said he was saving humanity he meant he was buying Twitter to promote race science to slow a popular movement for racial justice.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A recurrent theme in this excellent story about China’s progress is that people there regard Trump as essential to their success, including his ability to drive scientific talent from the US www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
In Beijing, a think tank at Renmin University recently published an assessment titled
"Thank Trump," which wryly hailed his efforts to hasten the "twilight of an empire," by undermining America's alliances, civil service, scientific institutions, and democratic credibility. In the past two years, the international approval rating of the U.S. has dropped nearly forty points, according to a worldwide survey by the Alliance of Democracies; in multiple polls, China now rates higher than the U.S.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
New in PN: The muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failure "The words coming out of his mouth reveal a man completely deluded and awash in fictions of his own making. And as long as he’s surrounded by people who will let him live in that world, we’re all stuck in here with him."
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The muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failure
It’s not “disputed.” He’s delusional.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Omg. When you’ve lost Joe DiGenova….
diGenova just told me by phone when I asked about his abrupt exit:
"If you want indictments where there's no evidence, you have an ethical problem"
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/09/2026
only fraudulent economists are allowed now?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/09/2026
"She wants everyone to be okay. I am not like that. I have entire classes of people I would like to load onto a Falcon Heavy and launch straight into the sun. Not Sarah."
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There’s Something About Sarah
I roll how she rolls.
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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Google mapped the entire connectome of a fly brain and made it available for download research.google/blog/a-conne...
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A connectomics milestone: Mapping the complete male fruit fly brain
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I think the political left should be the loudest voice calling for an AI model development pause, frontier pacing, and mandatory third party audits right now. Put aside the doomer stuff (though I think it’s plausible), we just found out that OpenAI’s agents committed a pretty major felony!
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Micah @rincewind.run · 03/09/2026
every single day elon musk says or endorses stuff on x dot com that is worse than any of the quotes they've pulled up for hasan piker and he will be the single biggest political donor in the entire country, supporting republicans up and down the ballot somehow none of them are asked about it
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 02/09/2026
dems would be well served by ditching the ambiguous "affordability" platitudes and just hammering these clowns on corruption, all day every day. That's what they did to Orban in Hungary
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Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread
Perceptions of government corruption in the U.S. hit a record high in 2026, with broad agreement across partisan lines.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A big problem we face is that most Republicans view anyone with a differing political view as a threat to America, an enemy, whereas most Democrats are under the delusion that such Republicans are just political opponents...and not the threat to America they really are.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I like that this design appears to show the birth date of liberty as 1776, and its death as 2026
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Do not alter the timeline.
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