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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23h
ICE is having another hiring surge, adding 5,000 new employees by the end of the year. That would expand the agency’s workforce by about 17%. As of July, ICE had more than 29,000 employees, funded by substantial new funding from Congress. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 19h
The countdown to the renaming of days of the week is progressing
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CNN @cnn.com · 29/09/2026
Trump is personally behind a series of taxpayer-funded ads promoting himself and his policies, a source tells CNN. Ryan Goodman, former DOD Special Counsel, tells Erin Burnett the law is clear, "if executive officials use public funds that have not been appropriated, it's a crime." cnn.it/4yY9RKA
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Euronews @euronews.com · 29/09/2026
The pontiff appeared to target US President Donald Trump who has routinely referred to concerns from AI leaders about the rapid pace of development of the technology as a ‘hoax’ stemming from his political opponents.
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Pope Leo XIV calls for additional international AI safety guardrails
The pontiff appeared to target US President Donald Trump who has routinely referred to concerns from AI leaders about the rapid pace of development of the technology as a ‘hoax’ stemming from his political opponents.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/09/2026
Three news outlets that were barred from the White House this month — CNN, MS NOW and Politico — asked a federal court on Monday to extend their access to the grounds and protect their participation in pool coverage.
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico Seek a Longer Reprieve From White House Ban
A federal court temporarily lifted the ban last week. The outlets want a longer pause while they sue to restore their access.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 29/09/2026
Toyota August sales, production fall for second straight month reut.rs/4hQOnto
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Toyota August sales, production fall for second straight month
Toyota Motor said on Tuesday its global vehicle sales and production ​fell for a second straight ‌month in August, as declines in China, the US and the Middle East persisted after ​dragging down results in the ​prior month.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The tweet that immediately came to mind:
We're a modest company with modest goals:
1: sell a quality product at a fair price
2: drain the world's oceans so we can find and kill god
6:19 PM • Oct 21, 2014 • Twitter for iPhone
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today, in Russian propaganda:
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I am a French mother with beautiful children.
I did not give birth to them for them to be sent to the trenches.
French and Russian mothers do not want their children to fight against each other.
We are not enemies.
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I'm a Dutch mother with beautiful sons. I did not give birth to my children to be sent into the trenches. Dutch and Russian mums don't want their boys fighting each other. We are not enemies. #RuslandIsNotMyEnemyNadja @EuropaNormal • 9h
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I am a German mother with a beautiful son. I didn't give birth to my child to send him into the trenches. German and Russian mothers do not want their boys to fight against each other. We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemyDday @DdayohneZiffern • 12h
I'm a German mother with beautiful sons. I did not give birth to my children to be sent into the trenches. German and Russian mums don't want their boys fighting each other. We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemy
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump administration blocked the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium from reapplying for funding, terminating at least 2 clinical trials for children's brain cancer treatment.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: One-time Bongino babysitter and last-remaining deputy FBI director Bailey is OUT. www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
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FBI deputy chief Bailey to resign
FBI Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey said on Monday ​that he is resigning ‌his post, leaving the most prominent U.S. law enforcement agency after ​a little more than ​a year.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
amazing -- Karl Rove lists Paxton's scandals: "The corrupt business guy gives him a fake Uber account and the records of that are now in his impeachment proceedings, so we know how often he went to have sex with Laura Olsen. I mean, can you make this shit up?"
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I can't wait to hear Matty Taibbi wail about censorship.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Watching this and thinking yet again about how Israel's mass killing in Gaza was facilitated by US-origin warplanes and munitions—military materiel the Biden administration kept flowing despite knowing how it would be used and over the objections of USG human rights and war crimes experts.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One failed war isn’t good enough - Trump is now preparing for possible military action in Cuba.
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U.S. military lays groundwork for potential action around Cuba
Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We got real serious problems with these morons dismantling our economy. Even discussing a remote possibility of handing out $5,000 checks is insane, never mind spending many billions so Hegseth can have more missiles to shoot at people to feel like a real boy.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/09/2026
Hunter Biden: Trump said 'where's Hunter' and you know what? People came to find me. They showed up at my house with my 7-month pregnant wife, banging on the door with bullhorns and MAGA hats and literally ran us out of the house. My wife was driven off the road by these people twice.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026
Haha. This guy actually ran for governor of California. He's an Oath Keeper and the kind of guy that creeps around goth clubs inviting people to his key parties. It's like if Meatloaf and Greg Bovino had a baby.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Stephen Miller’s Office of Remigration was deliberately named to announce to the world that white nationalism is now the basis for US immigration policy. If Dems win power, they should defund it. They should also defund third-country deportations. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2157...
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Netanyahu directly attacks Zohran Mamdani (and his wife) from the UNGA podium, calling him the "antisemitic mayor of New York City," parroting The Free Press's stories about Rama Duwaji, tying Mamdani to Hasan Piker, and claiming the mayor is "buddies" with Hamas.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Deputy Assistant to POTUS Sebastian Gorka: "Everybody is obsessing with the price of gas -- this is much bigger than the price of gas. Think about what would happen to the price of gas if those missiles were nuclear tipped. The idea that you're experiencing problems would be absolutely incomparable"
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Republican nominee for Maine’s 2nd congressional district Paul LePage says he supports Trump and ICE but is outraged they are deporting one of his relatives: “He’s being deported because he came from a country that’s not to the liking of certain people in Washington.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🔥 “SHOW US THE EVIDENCE” @debunktionjunction.bsky.social shreds Trump’s claim of Iran having nukes (Iraq fiasco “Deja Vu”) at the heart of his pointless war spiking diesel/gas prices⛽️ Reminder: His own DNI Tulsi said they didn’t… THEN he said they were obliterated… THEN we went to war🤔
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Should’ve happened a long time ago tbh
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When confronted by current bad economic data showing things getting worse, Republicans blame Biden. When confronted with polls showing dissatisfaction, they say the polls are wrong. When confronted with election results of voter revolts, they say the elections are rigged.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Price controls, Iowa-style: ⛽️
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Kraft funding Friends of the IDF & AIPAC. This tracks.
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Robert Kraft Claims His Donations Help Palestinians. Turns Out He’s Funding Friends of the IDF.
An analysis of tax forms by The Intercept show Kraft’s charity and LLC have donated to Friends of the IDF and AIPAC’s super PAC.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"The USA experienced declines in Free Political Parties, Effective Parliament, Access to Justice, and Judicial Independence, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of the Press, and Economic Equality. US scores on most of these measures are at their lowest levels since 1975" www.idea.int/publications...
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If my company killed 123 children, the U.S. government would shut us down and send me to jail
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Two AI stories today for Whiskey Pete--this one, and the almost starting a nuclear world war over bad AI one.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
⚠️ The US almost went to war with China because of a false report generated with AI
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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democrats are going to have 75 senators and 300 House seats in January
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Harry Enten: Today we congratulate Trump on record-high disapproval when it comes to gas prices. Trump's disapproval rating on gas prices is 80%, higher than any president ever.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
No wonder these AI companies are worrying about human extinction via AI created biological pathogens: They’re starting their own wet labs.
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EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program
At a time when fears of AI are gripping the public, the startup has built a wet lab — or ​place for physical experiments — in the San Francisco Bay Area, two people familiar with the matter said.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
El-Sayed on Kamala: "In our conversations, she understood the challenges w/ the Biden-era policy toward Gaza & this is an opportunity for us to come together. The event we're doing is actually about an area she & I have both worked quite a bit on, which is maternal and infant mortality disparities"
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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@mark-carney.bsky.social Why is Canada still trading with genocidal Israel?
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 17/09/2026
“Here’s to another six months of being almost overthrown.” 🥂
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fox News is the only major cable news network not to cover its own contributor Karl Rove's warning about a rising tide of racism and antisemitism within the Republican Party. www.mediamatters.org/karl-rove/fo...
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Fox News hides contributor Karl Rove’s warning about the GOP’s “growing number of Bo Frenches”
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Hasan Piker Says America Has Killed Lots of People. Donald Trump Agrees" The latest Piker ‘scandal’ is an Axios interview in which he compared death tolls for al-Qaeda and the U.S. – something Trump has done for Russia and the U.S.
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Hasan Piker Says America Has Killed Lots of People. Donald Trump Agrees
The latest Piker ‘scandal’ is an Axios interview in which he compared death tolls for al-Qaeda and the U.S. – something Trump has done for Russia and the U.S.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From the Washington Post - “Child Pulled from rubble after building damaged by (Israel’s) strikes (with 🇺🇸 bombs) collapses”
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Kevin Warsh doesn’t like forward guidance. But it looks like investors are unsurprisingly attached to knowing what the Fed might do next. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 17/09/2026
At -61, the margin of error is basically “good Lord.”
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is an argument that we all need to be making right now. Trump has made life poorer, dirtier, and less safe. And we need to make that case bc Trump will otherwise surely do what fascists do, blame the people he has been othering for decades.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
With news that the Trump administration is advancing a sale of tens of thousands of 2000lb bombs to Israel, I'm reposting my article in @foreignaffairs.com from the fall of 2023. www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/washi...
foreignaffairs.com
Is Washington Responsible for What Israel Does With American Weapons?
The IDF’s conduct in Gaza should prompt scrutiny of U.S. arms transfers.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the EU’s first associate member opening the door to trillions of dollars in deeper integration across trade, technology, defence, energy, the Arctic and critical minerals. #cdnpoli
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Canada invited to become the EU's first associate member
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the EU’s first “associate member,” opening the door to potentially trillions of dollars in deeper integration across trade, technolo...
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Politico @politico.com · 16/09/2026
‘The US can’t lose’: Pentagon plows ahead on AI despite warnings
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‘The US can’t lose’: Pentagon plows ahead on AI despite warnings
Military leaders warn the risks of falling behind adversaries in artificial intelligence research outweigh the potential risks of the technology.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
He’s got a point!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Donald Trump’s economy.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Fox:
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