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@blackbirdchi.bsky.social
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Former reporter and public relations professional. MA in journalism. Human rights, justice and fairness. Missing what I thought our country used to stand for

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h
i think cox should spend less time weeping about polarization and more time working to convince his co-partisans not to abandon pluralism and liberal democracy
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 5h
Chess legend Kasparov says he is an assassination target after US uncovers alleged Russian plot
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Chess legend Kasparov says he is an assassination target after US uncovers alleged Russian plot
The Russian chess player Garry Kasparov spoke out after the US charged five alleged Russian intelligence agents accused of plotting to murder a 'prominent Russian dissident' living in the United States.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h
Joe Biden was way more coherent than this even in the debate. time.com/article/2026...
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Forbes @forbes.com · 10h
The episode mocked billionaires by depicting them as being obsessed with appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast and spreading COVID conspiracies on social media.
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New ‘South Park’ Episode Depicts Town ‘Infested’ With Podcast-Obsessed Billionaires
The episode mocked billionaires by depicting them as being obsessed with appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast and spreading COVID conspiracies on social media.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 12h
Nashville Banner reporter Steven Hale, describing how prison officials kept drawing the curtain to hide how badly they were botching this: “A lot of this execution — or attempted execution, whatever it was — happened when we could not see what was going on.”
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16h
Dems now leading GOP on every issue Quinnipiac polled, including the economy, national security, and immigration:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 13h
A conservative dark money group is running Prop 132 asking voters to put more Coloradans in prison for fentanyl. Is it backed by people who make money off private prisons? Don’t know. It’s dark money.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 18h
The common thread in Pete Hegseth's rant to the troops, JD Vance suggesting Talarico is a pedophile, Brendan Carr calling the Trump ads aired with tax dollars "normal force PSAs," and Eric Schmitt fabricating a Jack Smith conspiracy is the whole GOP is incentivized to be performatively evil.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 18h
"We are losing our soul as a nation," warns Cardinal McElroy, as he urges us all to rise up against Trump’s "evil" immigration policies. www.headsupnews.org/p/we-are-los... New on Heads Up News.
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‘We are losing our soul as a nation’
Catholic clergy call for action against Trump’s ‘evil’ immigration policies
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18h
The RFK Jr. death toll mounts.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 18h
This characterization by WaPo is both wrong and normalizing: “Trump’s immigration policies have veered between escalating arrests and backing away from the political fallout.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202… 1/2
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Trump acknowledges bind he faces on immigration policies
The president spoke at a Hispanic Heritage Month event as Latino voters abandon him.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19h
Wow! Matches my war crime subpoena list almost perfectly.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WSJ Exclusive: The Trump admin used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance those controversial pro-Trump ads that started airing on TV. The taxpayer money used to fund the ads came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h
Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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blackbirdchi.bsky.social @blackbirdchi.bsky.social · 20h
If you ever wonder why so many frat bros stayed quiet, listen to these guys
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21h
I really think Jon Ossoff, James Talarico, and a few others are in the process of creating a new kind of language, a new politics, for the era of Late Stage Trumpism. As I argue in the piece, the banal cruelties of sunsetting Trumpism are all around us, and some Dems are pointing to a way out.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dear @nytimespr.bsky.social: How do you square this article, which stenographically recounts and amplifies DHS lies, with this policy statement? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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NYTimes Communications
@NYTimesPR
Our reporting on this and other ICE shootings reflects what we can independently verify at the time of publication. We publish statements provided by government agencies and officials, but only report these details as facts once we’ve been able to independently verify the claims.
9:34 AM · Jan 15, 2026
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 22h
I hate it when news media suck up to newsmakers by trying to wish things into existence. Two examples: The media chorus that Rahm Emanuel is presidential material and Axios pushing Eric Schmitt as the next vice president. Start reporting real news. Stop trying to make fetch happen.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 29/09/2026
funny to me that last year taylor lorenz was privately trying to suggest i was being funded by peter thiel after we got into an argument over her shitty takes, and now she’s literally running cover for him saying being evil is good. quite a journey she’s on.
Taylor Lorenz: "Listening to this whole interview and these comments in context you see he is actually making a pretty nuanced point. You can criticize him all u want but taking clips out of context to manufacture outrage is so lame— critique what he actually said!"
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 23h
Eric Schmitt was questioning Jack Smith the right way. by Ezra Klein
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Imagine being Eric Schmitt and writing "I DON'T CARE!" on a notepad referring to the Epstein files, and then attempting to go nuclear over an Atlanta Hawks game where you accomplish nothing more than outing Jack Smith as a Caitlin Clark fan. We are in the dumbest timeline.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026
Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Riley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding Claims
Gaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete.
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blackbirdchi.bsky.social @blackbirdchi.bsky.social · 23h
From the people who wear “learing center” shirts
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you didn't already hate Meta, Mark Zuckerburg, and data centers, Meta is using the latter to cheat on their taxes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pathetic…..
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blackbirdchi.bsky.social @blackbirdchi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And guess which Senator @nytimes.com published a humiliating profile of?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can't recall ever seeing anything quite like this during a Congressional hearing. And I've been in and around politics for 50 years.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
GATES: “.. I almost can’t believe you’re asking that.” @ezraklein.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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marktl.bsky.social @marktl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 30/09/2026
it's almost like a constitution! just put that right in the headline, because it's definitely a true and real thing!
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Trump and major AI executives sign "morally binding" voluntary controls: "It's almost like a constitution"
President Trump and the leaders of the country's largest artificial intelligence companies have signed a set of voluntary safety standards, as calls mount for tighter guardrails on powerful AI technol...
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 30/09/2026
consolidated corporate extraction-class owned media LOVES to put the lie unchallenged in the headline it's like their absolute favorite thing here too, notice ZERO mention that Trump has defanged regulators
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Trump says tech execs signed ‘morally binding’ accord to help police AI
The president floated forming a 10-person committee that he said would play a role in overseeing the artificial intelligence industry.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 30/09/2026
there's just a parade of these stories helping the President pretend he's erecting useful guardrails for AI none of them think it's important to mention Trump has taken a brutal hatchet to U.S. corporate oversight and consumer protection regulators
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Trump's AI "constitution" crowns day of accelerating ambition
The terms were simple: Press ahead, project optimism and police yourselves.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 30/09/2026
I'm absolutely fascinated by "journalism" that can't seem to tell readers an obvious truth. Like the fact this is absolutely meaningless bullshit designed to pre-empt real oversight
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Trump releases AI accord with tech executives
President Donald Trump released a document on Tuesday that his administration cast as an accord ​on artificial intelligence and which he said earlier was signed by ‌him and tech executives that he met...
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
1. On Tuesday morning, Trump unveiled America dot gov, which he described as “the ultimate product.” Right now, it is basically a chatbot that draws data from official government websites. As a result it is brutally efficient at debunking Trump’s lies.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Schiff is up. Apologizes to Jack Smith. “My colleagues have attacked you, but NONE of them have tried to deny what happened on January 6th. They attack you because they don’t want to address the facts. The Barr DoJ sought toll records without a peep from my colleagues.” 1/
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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blackbirdchi.bsky.social @blackbirdchi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And yet @nytimes.com did it’s best to provide the most humiliating profile of Sen Klobuchar…like it does for every Dem woman
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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A case study in the moral decay of MAGA -white male incompetence, belligerence -attacking smart black women -accusing Dems of criminality while protecting Trump criminality -attacking lawyers and judges without addressing the evidence -Name calling like a toddler -caught red handed lying
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The basketball game *mix-up* is the sideshow. The critical part of this Republican hit job is that a sitting US Senator was accusing Jack Smith of colluding in a secret corruption scheme with another prosecutor against Donald Trump. It is a vile as it gets.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😂😂
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I can smell this picture
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Owning the libs.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It does no such thing.
WHITE HOUSE
Trump signs executive order renaming Al to 'super intelligence'
The rebranding comes amid mounting concerns over the dangers posed by the rapidly developing technology.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The VERY conservative 11th Circuit unanimously refused to block the lower court's sanctions order against the DOJ in the Trump v IRS (that resulted in the slush fund) case.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith explains that the phone records for some members of Congress "corroborated evidence that we had that the president, President Donald Trump and his co-conspirators were seeking to exploit the violence on January 6th in furtherance of their criminal scheme." www.youtube.com/live/zNc5VMP...
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LIVE: Jack Smith appears before Senate Judiciary Committee
YouTube video by Associated Press
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid
senator schmitt and his two idiot staffers after making a generational fuck up
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing.
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