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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 8h

For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing

Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.

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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For once, Ken Paxton is being honest: if it weren't for our broken campaign finance system, he'd have no shot. #UnrigWashington candidate @jamestalarico.bsky.social is running to reform our system and fight for Texans. Ken Paxton can't say the same. #TXSEN

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Colin McMillen @mcmillen.dev · 10h

this is completely unhinged, even by Trump's standards.

Have you seen the videos of Mitch McConnell back in the Senate? Do you think he should resign because of his health condition?

It was a disappointment to a lot of Republicans. So that's just—well, Sleepy Joe gave pardons to everybody. He gave them to Fauci. He gave them to this. But you mean I'm not allowed to give them, but Sleepy Joe's allowed to give them? This ain't gonna be much of a story. Here we are doing this. You haven't asked me one fucking positive question. All of this. What about this? What about that? What about that? What about this? All negative. Why are you devoting all this time to the White House? You know how I do, I do that out of my back pocket. I pay for a lot of it, but I fix it because the White House should look like that. It shouldn’t look like—if you would have stood in that balcony and looked at that wall, half the wall was falling. It's actually dangerous. People are walking under, crap was falling off it all the time. Every time it rained, it was leaking, horrible. Now it's perfect, and I would say that I should be given credit for fixing the White House because I'm also doing very well with the war. I'm doing very well with another war that we already won, Venezuela. Do you notice you haven't asked me a question about Venezuela?

We did earlier.

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 13h

If you're angry about the men at Cornell University, wait until I tell you about the men in the White House, the Pentagon, health and human services, and on the Supreme Court.

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 12h

If you just watch the clip shows, this is a FIGHT. When you watch the actual source material, however, it's obvious this is a conversation between allies looking to win the country back from facists. The takeaway: don't just get your news from the drama farm. Avoid the slop trough.

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Emma Vigeland and Tommy Vietor figure it all out (kind of)

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This really is required watching. It's a fun, well produced warning. m.youtube.com/watch?v=wn9p...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

36 minutes before the hearing started.

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's almost like both sides aren't the same and we shouldn't let the worst people in the world convince us that they are.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I also think about Elon saying Biden's DOJ wouldn't prosecute Sam Bankman-Fried because he was a Dem donor... followed by Biden's DOJ nailing SBF, who now posts about how awesome Trump is so he can get a pardon.

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Seriously 💥 😡🙄

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The problem I have with so many AI evangelists is they are fundamentally anti-human

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The gop's polling numbers are dropping because of their actions. They did exactly what they wanted and the results are so bad the veil of propaganda has been pierced. Now if only voters can remember all of this 2 years from now instead of reverting to goldfish.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.

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Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Pure evil. There's no sugar-coating it. The policy of shipping people to known torture prisons in countries they've never been to is demonic. Not enough bad things can be said about the people who enact such a policy, or those defending it in court.

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Like the GOP House, the GOP Senate are very upset that anyone would investigate anyone for their corrupt actions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ner3...

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Full hearing: Ex-special counsel Jack Smith testifies to Senate Judiciary

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Like the GOP House, the GOP Senate are very upset that anyone would investigate villains for their corrupt actions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ner3...

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Full hearing: Ex-special counsel Jack Smith testifies to Senate Judiciary

YouTube video by CNN

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Best case scenario, the GOP folks who worked on this were just woefully, embarrassingly wrong about their facts. More than likely, however, it's just same old GOP as usual: Looking to attack the truth with lies at every turn...huffing their own farts until they believe their own gaseous supply.

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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026

A thing I learned about Meta when I was trying to understand how their statements relate to their actions a few years ago is that *they just tell absolutely indefensible lies* and journalists almost always let them. They believed no one would ever punish them for it in any way that matters.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Both sides are the same" should be followed by a slap in the face.

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

you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"what we have been doing already" = Not doing their jobs checking the executive and allowing the worst people in the world to steal everything they can no matter how many lives are destroyed.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New article! On access journalism, AI replacements for people, and Trump's latest attack on freedom of the press: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/gutting-th...

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Gutting the Fourth Estate

The US media were willing cogs in Trump’s machine. Now he’s tearing it down.

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So, I hear my team, the Browns, won again today. That's 2 games in a row where the offense looked better than expected. I still can't wait till D.Watson is gone.

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juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 25/09/2026

juno rylee photography to boost this APP will NOT show you FREE, INCREDIBLE journalism I NEED YOU TO QUOTE SHARE MY WORK LIKE THIS, like i have PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE -- if you care about me in any way, or my work, please quote share my work like this !!! i don't have income or sponsors

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.

Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This right here is the reason for the ridiculous cope: m.youtube.com/shorts/DZaCm...

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The guardrails have been removed and the car had no breaks. Sorry Daily Wire, but the administration demands the peddle to the metal. You want to grift. The admin wants human suffering.

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Here in OH, no matter what streaming service I'm watching, it's flooded with GOP political attack ads. Dems, of course, have ads as well, but I'm going to guess they get 1 placed for ever 10 by the GOP. The worse people imaginable are buying our world and shaping political reality. It sucks.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Brazil should ban X. In fact, every country would be better without it.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 26/09/2026

Good thing DeSantis put a lunatic vaccine-denying quack in charge of health in Florida.

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Whether you've seen Ryan's videos before or not, this one is worth it (stick around to the end) www.youtube.com/watch?v=v629...

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MrBeast Winners 20 Years From Now

YouTube video by Ryan George

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026

the Court “cannot expect the public to have faith in our judicial system if, without clear explanation, we are consistently greenlighting harmful acts” i continue to think putting KBJ on the Court may be Biden's best decision, no other justice is doin it like her www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...

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Justice Jackson Calls Emergency Docket ‘Potentially Corrosive’

Hours after fielding the Trump administration’s latest emergency application, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson gave a speech urging the Supreme Court to rethink such requests.

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm not here to say that religion will lead to one to ruin, but there are people out there who will 100% use your religion against you and drive you to ruin. For more on this: (w @pablo.show ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh7s...

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We Investigated the Christian "Scam" Fronted by Tim Tebow | PTFO

YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Everything the GOP wanted makes people hate them.

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Everyone is going to freak about about J.Love, but the.Packers O-line is REALLY injured and already leaning on backups. To me, this outcome was expected.

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There are a lot of great RBs in the NFL, but Bijan Robinson FEELS dangerous in a way most others don't.

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Please, for the love of God, stop voting for Republicans (or sitting on the couch and not voting)

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

Ten years of relentlessly hateful, comically elitist anti-democratic politics across the white people world, helpfully summarised. The wrong people are talking, the wrong people are deciding and it’s harming the careers of important people who actually matter. Smithers! Release the hounds

The incident fits a broader pattern in the discourse around 'free speech' and 'cancel culture': whatever comes from the top down is freedom; whatever comes from the bottom up is bullying and censorship. When Macklemore is dropped at the behest of the billionaire stadium owner Robert Kraft, it's an exercise of the freedom of businesses to 'demonstrate their values' by deciding whom to platform. But when Ed Sheeran's fans decide not to buy tickets to his performances, or even demand refunds, it's bullying, mob behaviour. Since most people are not billionaires and do not own stadiums, they can exercise meaningful power only collectively. The collective exercise of power must therefore be demonised.

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

“When the billionaire class can decide which voices are allowed on stage and which ones are too dangerous to hear, everyone should be paying attention.” www.commondreams.org/news/macklem...

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Macklemore Announces 'Free Palestine Tour' With Dates in Paris, London, and Dublin | Common Dreams

Rapper Macklemore launches "Free Palestine Tour" to raise funds for Palestinian aid organizations.

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Brad Carpenter (he/him) @brad-carpenter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@profgalloway.com , talk to genocide scholars instead of Zionists. It's way too late in the game to be wrong about what's happing in Gaza and it's super embarrassing / image killing.

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