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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is horrifying Tuskegee-level shit.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026
this is a genuinely crazy story
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Nick Juskewycz @itssked.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Chris Simms my GOAT. He's 100% spot on here
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Holy shit someone needs to set this to hype music it’s so good.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The USPS can't be trusted anymore. Straight to the ballot box or polling place
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
people who hate AI: i think AI could bring about the downfall of humanity people who really, really, really, really, really believe in AI: I think AI could bring about the downfall of humanity
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It really sounds like we're hurtling toward a crisis here. The USPS seems determined to disenfranchise MILLIONS of Americans, and there is no reason to believe the Supreme Court won't let them do it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/u...
nytimes.com
USPS Is Building a Mail-In Ballot Screening System Despite Legal Battles Over Trump Order
Election officials warn that the creation of a new online portal for states to upload voter information is already fueling confusion and could ultimately disenfranchise voters.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/09/2026
the fact that the papers of supreme court justices are treated as their personal property is outrageous www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
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How the Supreme Court Locks Away Its Own History (Gift Article)
After Justice Scalia died, the justices held private negotiations about locking away their papers. We may not see the ultimate record of the Roberts court for decades.
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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Texans check your voter registration, especially those in Dallas, Collin, Denton, and Tarrant counties. From the article: Suspended voter registrations span the whole state, but these Blue/Blue leaning counties are targets: Dallas: +129,000 Collin: 56,000 Denton: 56,000 Tarrant: + 73,000
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Texas Has Suspended More Than 1 Million Voters Ahead of Senate Race
If you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it.
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Blue Woman Voting 📎 @bluewomanvoting123.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Texans, check your voter registration.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Texans, if you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it! trib.al/OP3mVj5
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Delivered without comment www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-can...
The FBI previously refused to hire job applicants if they admitted to hiring sex workers or stealing from an employer — or engaging in acts of bestiality.

Today, those acts, which are mostly illegal across the country, are no longer automatic deal breakers for applicants to the nation's top law enforcement agency.
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Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️ @arif.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
this is funny on its own but also the brand power of olivia miles is crazy — more than one liberty fan names a bunch of NY Liberty and then Olivia Miles
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Sure seems like a cascading series of contaminated food making Americans sick should be a massive scandal for the USDA and Secretary Brooke Rollins
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Sharing my fundraiser for Diego one more time—here’s a clip from his valedictory address here in LA for those who would like to learn more about him.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 11/08/2026
Brought to you by the same people who brought back measles. www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/t...
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Trump signs executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccines, falsely linking shots to autism
The order builds on the Trump administration's efforts to reshape the childhood shot schedule under HHS Secretary RFK Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Again, it is an *exceptionally* strange situation where the president of the US gets to literally invent preposterous things out of thin air every day and no one can do anything about it
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Oh, so *this* is how the writers are gonna bring together the A story and B story for the finale! Very cool. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/s...
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This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature
Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.
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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Here's my full story on the blue bunny saga. Messages date back to 2025. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Rep. Max Miller has a history of withholding his daughter's blue bunny
And we have the screenshots of emails and texts to prove it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026
Hearings like this are a reminder that if you work for Donald Trump, you are a person of low character and have no integrity. There are no exceptions.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The proposition that the president of the United States is an adjudicated rapist isn't an argument. It is a fact.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Republicans love to talk about "merit," but they want to force universities to hire unqualified right-wingers as professors. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
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Trump administration asks colleges to commit to education overhaul
Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s letter contains some similarities to a compact offered to and rejected by a small group of schools last year.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Demanding to examine a child's genitals for them to play sports is fucking insane
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
i think the party of sick freaks who want to inspect kid's private parts should be branded as such
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Every lawyer in America should read this sad story. gift link 👉 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
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How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee (Gift Article)
Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
“The president and first lady seemed totally unfazed about whether there was an abuser—another abuser—in their workplace. There was no follow-up from either of them to see if I needed help or protection. There was no investigation ordered. No effort to get to the bottom of this ....
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I just find this so sad. Imagine loathing America’s children so much www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
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Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It (Gift Article)
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
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Gregg Levine @greggjlevine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Certainly a choice—but maybe not as WTF? as choosing to add this graf: “Antisemitism is on the rise, & some Jewish NYers are uneasy w/ the leadership of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, most recently after the stabbing of 2 men last week in broad daylight, one of whom was leaving a Jewish community center….“
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Next Met Gala Show Will Honor John Galliano, Celebrated Designer Infamous for Antisemitic Rant (Gift Article)
As famous for his antisemitic rant in 2011 as he is for his fashion, Galliano would be one of only three living designers ever to receive the honor.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 31/07/2026
America's highest profile gutter racist to spend $100 million supporting the party of racism.
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Musk’s super PAC to pour at least $100M backing Republicans in 8 states
Elon Musk is jumping back into the political spending arena ahead of the 2026 midterms with a new field program to help elect Republicans in at least eight states. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO authoriz…
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 29/07/2026
A mother gave the government her fingerprints, tax records, and DNA to get her 6-year-old daughter back. She did everything officials asked. ICE used that information to find and arrest her. A child welfare system became a deportation tool. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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ICE Turned Family Reunification Into A Deportation List
A program created to place migrant children with relatives has become a pipeline for deportation arrests.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
If the entire Democratic Party is being asked by the press and pundits about a few DSA candidates in NYC, it seems like the entire Republican Party should be asked about their colleague who has been credibly accused -- by another colleague's daughter -- of repeated acts of violence.
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Kelly Kennedy @kellyskennedy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“A Secret Service agent based in South Florida was arrested Sunday on charges that he took part in paddling a new fraternity member so severely that the student suffered kidney damage and nearly died, according to court records.”
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Secret Service Agent and 2 Others Charged in Near-Fatal Fraternity Hazing
A college fraternity member was paddled so severely during hazing rituals that he suffered kidney damage and nearly died.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Exclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault. Full story here:
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Exclusive: Political operative behind Graham Platner's rise accused of sexual assault
A spokesperson for Daniel Moraff said: “Any suggestion that he committed a criminal offence is false and without foundation."
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Scoop: Nick Bilton and Bari Weiss are having potential new "60 Minutes" correspondents take screen tests in which they interview a person playing Ghislaine Maxwell—all while Bilton and Bari also look for new senior staff for the show. All the details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
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The Race to Rebuild ‘60 Minutes’
With the fall season fast approaching, Nick Bilton and Bari Weiss are racing to rebuild the newsmagazine, holding screen tests featuring mock Ghislaine Maxwell interviews and hunting for new senior le...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/07/2026
Trump is every reactionary psychopathology laid bare. I once thought, back in the mists of 2015, that people would see this--see the reactionary psyche for what it is--& be repulsed. But lots of people see it & experience it as validation, as authenticity or honesty. "I share that psychopathology!"
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A century ago, white nationalists were saying the exact same things about Rep. Rulli's Italian ancestors -- they weren't white, they were criminals, they could never assimilate to "our" country
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
the way the asian victim has been completely erased to fit a narrative is absolutely appalling
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Mamdani criticizes Netanyahu. Later, a crazy man stabs a Jewish man and an Asian man. And we get an article suggesting that while one stabbing (dismissed in six words) is just a shrug, the other implicates the mayor. Disgraceful framing. Shame on everyone involved. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/n...
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After Stabbings, a Rise in Jewish Fears and Questions for Mamdani (Gift Article)
Some politicians said Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel had created a dangerous environment. He pushed back, condemning the stabbings of two men on the Upper West Side and defending his state...
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
"More measles cases have been reported in the United States in the last two years than in all the years from 2000 through 2024 combined." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/w...
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Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Vaccination Rates Wane
More measles cases have been reported in the United States in the last two years than in all the years from 2000 through 2024 combined.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Three-byline alert: 🚨 “.. The Pentagon has tried to mask the total price tag — including from Congress — by taking the funds from a classified budget for nuclear modernization.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/u...
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 24/07/2026
Another opportunity to play everyone’s favorite game: “What if a Democrat did it!”
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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/07/2026
this, for rfk jr, is a job well done
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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The Man Who Runs the IRS Spied on Colleagues When He Worked at JPMorgan
Frank Bisignano directed staff to use software to snoop in email of rivals and surveil work of employees; Bisignano, who also heads Social Security, denied he ever spied on co-workers.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
It sucks that ESPN is choosing to pay a small handful of personalities $50 million a year and cutting costs elsewhere. I’m sure they have data saying those guys move the needle but it feels like a long-term disaster to invest everything in 3-5 guys when you could fund a robust media ecosystem
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: Senate Intelligence Committee vice chairman Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) says the real reason for Trump’s speech was to signal the president’s own intentions to interfere with November midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Sen. Warner: ‘Trump intends to interfere in this year’s elections … This was the opening shot’
According to Warner, Trump's speech was less about foreign interference in U.S. elections, and more about the president's own interference.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
They just keep further building out their plans: zeteo.com/p/trump-ice-...
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Inside Trump’s Plans To Protect Killer ICE Agents ‘No Matter What’
Minnesota officials want to investigate ICE’s killing of a mother in Minneapolis. Team Trump has been planning for a moment like this.
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