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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Diplomatic cable leaked to me shows Marco Rubio order embassies to bar people from the US for speech-related reasons. Hours later, Rubio gave a speech at the Acropolis celebrating "free debate and public discussion": www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-speech...
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The Speech That Gets You Banned From America
Leaked Rubio cable details “far-left” speech that bars people from entering the U.S.
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KeithSmithNBA @keithsmithnba.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I've talked about how I think Joan Beringer is in for a big year. He looks like he spent a lot of time on his body. He's a lot more filled out this year, especially in the upper body. This sequence is what the Wolves need from him, along with good rim protection. Good end-to-end play here.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/10/2026
AP Exclusive: Survivors of a drone attack that killed six U.S. soldiers question Army leadership over safety and the medical care that followed.
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Exclusive: Soldiers and Gold Star families press Army leadership after deadly Iranian drone strike
It's the deadliest strike against American troops during the war with Iran. Now U.S. soldiers wounded in a drone attack on Port Shuaiba in Kuwait are raising their concerns publicly about whether commanders underestimated the threat and saying the military medical system failed them.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is a community note for the ages.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/09/2026
Exclusive: In the weeks leading up to his resignation last year, the first architect on the White House ballroom clashed with President Trump over design features that the architect believed violated building safety codes. “I am the code,” Trump said.
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‘I am the code’: Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety issues
James McCrery II resigned in October after warning that the president was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 03/09/2026
UPDATE: The suspected shooter is dead, according to three individuals with knowledge of the investigation.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
No starker example of the media having different rules for each political party. If the press treated Elon Musk like Hasan Piker, every Republican in America would be forced to answer questions about why their party's biggest donor espouses anti-semitic race science.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
ICE detainees say they’ve been served food that’s undercooked, spoiled or infested with bugs. They can buy commissary food, but it’s expensive. So self-described California mom Casey Revkin is channeling more than $10,000/week in donations to feed hundreds of kids @arelisrhdz.bsky.social reports
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She’s feeding hundreds of kids in ICE detention using commissary accounts
Casey Revkin gives money to hundreds of families at a Texas family detention facility so that they can buy food their children will eat.
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Aaron Gleeman @aarongleeman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Twins notes: Byron Buxton might need hip surgery, looking ahead to the 2027 outfield logjam, and Ben Ross gets his chance www.aarongleeman.com/twins-notes-...
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Twins notes: Buxton might need hip surgery, 2027 outfield mix, Ben Ross gets his chance
Buxton still hopes to play again this season, but it's clear his lingering hip injury is significant. Plus, two Triple-A players join the expanded September roster.
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Shams Charania Tweets @shamsbot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Reporting on the NBA's severe salary cap circumvention punishment to the LA Clippers and what's next for Steve Ballmer as well as the Kawhi Leonard trade to the Raptors:
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functional moron @fiveburger.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
i’m so fucking sick of guns man
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City of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov · 02/09/2026
The Minneapolis Police Department is on the scene of a shooting in the area of 15 E Grant St. involving multiple victims, including two police officers. Please avoid the area. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.
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Michael McCann @mccannsportslaw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Wow. The NBA punishing the Clippers over Kawhi Leonard and salary cap circumvention has so much to unpack, both basketball-wise and legally. I have a new @sportico.bsky.social column up with the great hoops mind @levakabas.bsky.social on what this all means whether the Clippers can fight it:
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NBA Docks Clippers’ Draft Picks, Suspends Ballmer in Cap Caper
The NBA severely punishes the Clippers by stripping team of 5 draft picks and other penalties as NBA finds cap circumvention in Kawhi deal.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 02/09/2026
state patrol appear to be leaving grant and nicollet
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
But no, think about the inability to breastfeed! They might have to be like countless other parents who opt for bottle feedings for a million fucking reasons, including "this is just a tremendous pain in the ass." Thanks, BBC! You're raising the stupid points no one else is brave enough to raise
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Oh no, someone who's wrestled with this for their entire adult life and waited five years for surgery might not be able to breastfeed? Good thing the cub reporters at the BBC raised that point, I'm sure it never occurred to this person or to any of their fucking doctors until you all showed up.
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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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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.thebulwark.com/p/mike-johns...
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
House Republicans failed to muster the necessary votes to back a proposed constitutional amendment that would set membership of SCOTUS at nine, although they did remind everyone that the number of justices is not enshrined in the Constitution and can be amended at any time by statute.
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Jason Joyce @jasonjoyce.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Wisconsin has its own measles outbreak: As of Sept. 1, there are 102 confirmed cases and six probable cases across Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette counties. In 2026, there have been 110 confirmed cases total, with those 102 coming in just the last week or so.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/09/2026
Breaking news: The House voted 413-2 to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards, the North Carolina Republican whom the House Ethics Committee found had engaged in “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct” toward two female staffers. wapo.st/464Cx8n
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Gary, Indiana residents have been without power for ten days. Here’s how you can help.
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Gary Residents Have Been Without Power For 10 Days. Here's How You Can Help
A South Side business is offering free laundry service for storm-affected Gary families, while another fundraiser is collecting money for essentials as some residents face a second week without electr...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
@hugolowell.bsky.social Can you include the two rulings of lawlessness (GA, for absentee ballots, WI referral for bribery) and the lawsuits against America PAC in boilerplate on Musk, please? A judge just ruled one of the fraud cases (for $1M offers) can move forward, attempt class certification.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
its just funny because during obama the debt and “certainty” were the most important things to ever exist for businesses and corporations and the media
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Shoe-per Intelligence @shoe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Jon Ossoff is a national hero.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The richest man on earth is doing borderline Holocaust denial.
Tweet from Elon Musk: “Hitler was a far-left socialist 

Therefore, socialists are Hitler

Inescapable logic 😂”
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
What could explain Miller yesterday going on Newsmax and CNN -- but not Fox News, which also has basically ignored the story altogether? This seems like a job for Sean Hannity, and yet...
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Here's what I think about how Marco Rubio is doing:
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I love Talarico and hope he wins. But he’s already raised $70M On the flipside, control of critical state legislatures will come down to seats where candidates raise 0.1% of that. I’ve researched the highest leverage swing district candidates you should donate to secure.actblue.com/donate/donat...
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Donate to the candidates on the front lines of the fight against MAGA gerrymandering
These are anti-MAGA state candidates in *extremely* close races
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Royce Lewis's 3 run HR draws the Twins within a run
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Back in the 1940s, did the New York Times run a lot of pieces like these praising the people who threw the N-word at black players? They were just practicing their rights of freedom of speech, too, right?
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The IX Sports @theixsports.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It's been 72 years since women's baseball was played professionally in the United States. That changes tomorrow with the WPBL's inaugural slate of games. @mingemi.bsky.social explains how players and coaches are feeling before the big day. www.theixsports.com/features/wpb...
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WPBL brings players together in rainy Illinois ahead of openers | The IX Sports
Ahead of the WPBL's opening weekend, players like spoke about what it means to be part of the first women's baseball league in 54 years.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
unfortunately the most misogynistic hardcore songs make for the best weightlifting songs
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 31/07/2026
once you amass a certain level of wealth you should wake up in the dead of night to a ghost telling you that you will be going to hell
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Note which states are not on this list: WI, where he was just referred for prosecution for bribing voters, GA, where he broke election law in 2024, and AZ, where there are several lawsuits against him pending. He's an election criminal, and this should be hung around the GOP.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/07/2026
The Pentagon has reclassified service members who were killed and wounded during renewed hostilities with Iran in a way that separates them from other troops, a move that critics say obscures the human cost of the Trump administration’s war.
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Pentagon relabels U.S. casualties caused by Iran amid scrutiny of wartime transparency
Veterans caution that the Trump administration’s move could affect troops’ ability to get care long after the conflict ends.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
tell me more about conservatives and small government. trump administration now demanding that hospitals hand over "personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms..." www.cnn.com/2026/07/27/h...
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Trump administration demands hospitals share emergency room records | CNN
A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest health systems turn over detailed, personall...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: Alaska recently removed thousands of people from its active voter lists after they were flagged as noncitizens. But a state news outlet found that some were in fact eligible to vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Alaska wrongly removed eligible voters from active voter lists
Alaska removed thousands from voter lists after they were flagged as noncitizens. But a state news outlet found some were eligible to vote.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/07/2026
Buttigieg: "When Trump says it's gonna be 4 weeks and then breaks that promise, it reminds people of when he said he wouldn't start this war & broke that promise ... the outrageous news we just got that the administration removed the names of 4 of our service members who were killed in action ... "
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Phoebe Ashcroft @phoebeashcroft05.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Sometimes painting can bring peace to one's mind.
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 20/07/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Was there pressure inside Marsha Blackburn's U.S. Senate office to break the law? That's the question raised by new recordings just obtained by NewsChannel 5 Investigates as Tennessee's senior senator asks voters to put her in the governor's office. www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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Recordings from inside U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn's office allege pressure to 'break the law'
Was there pressure inside Marsha Blackburn's U.S. Senate office to break the law? That's the provocative question raised by new recordings just obtained by NewsChannel 5 Investigates.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"The right way to honor our service members now is to prevent more of them from being killed. The way to honor our troops is by ending, not escalating, Trump’s War. Congress is in session this week. It should do everything it can to end Trump’s War." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Spain Wins. Trump Is Losing.
If at first you don’t succeed, maybe just pretend.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Good article that identifies Joe Gebbia and the National Design Studio as the spirtual heirs of DOGE but also fail to mention that Gebbia posts white nationalist messaging daily. Is that no longer notable? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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DOGE was supposed to be dead. Its remnants are everywhere.
The fallout from Elon Musk’s cost-cutting venture can be found across the government if you know where to look.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
one of the supposedly damning docs the White House released tonight says Russia tried to undermine BIDEN. Also says China "prefers that President Trump be defeated" but actually "Beijing did not intend to try to affect the election" (!)
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Ah the old Twitter Files move: Assert outlandish claims, say you have evidence, get press for that, then release something that shows the opposite, assuming that many don’t bother to look, fellow travelers will tout it regardless, and by the time critics highlight it, the news cycle has moved on.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026
Rep. Himes: "The president was setting the basis for him to turn around on election night and say, 'I warned you that the Chinese were doing x, y, and z. It happened tonight. I'm deploying federal officers from DHS to 7 states. They will be seizing ballot boxes.'"
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 17/07/2026
Trump's declassified election intelligence pretty clearly shows that China *could have,* but didn't, meddle in the 2020 election to help Biden win. But that Russia *did* meddle to help Trump win.
Table showing that Russia and Iran targeted and manipulated election processes, but that China took "preliminary or preparatory steps, with or without specific intent."

Intelligence dated August 19, 2020CIA memo: "However, we assess at this
time China probably judges the risk of being caught interfering in the US election outweighs any
potential gains."
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Warner on CBS: I was embarrassed that the president went before our country and networks like yours carried this as news as opposed to a rehash of falsehoods. It is incumbent upon you and any responsible journalist to pushback on this.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026
My takeaway from that speech is that we are headed down the road of Trump trying to outright rig elections. It probably won't work, but he's going for it.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I would just like to highlight here that even bags of meth (or any other drug) do not create justification for the use of deadly force. Even if the subject is fleeing.
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