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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 13h
I despise seeing what’s really going on stuffed into a “but critics say” clause.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 21h
No matter how petty. The goal is to make it look like he was never there, never existed.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I emailed top USA Today editors on Friday, in the hopes that there was some misunderstanding. No response. Unilaterally feeding entire interviews into an AI slop machine is not OK. It has to stop.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's shocking this is not shocking: "The UK’s largest private-sector employer is offering up to three days of paid leave which can be taken flexibly for activities such as attending court hearings, arranging emergency accommodation, changing locks, securing childcare or separating finances."
theguardian.com
Tesco is first supermarket to offer paid ‘safe leave’ for victims of domestic abuse
Exclusive: Britain’s largest private-sector employer has also trained managers to spot signs of domestic abuse
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"
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Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than Stonehenge
Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE's shameless stupid cruelty continues unabated. Here's a truly wrenching account from our wonderful local Vermont newspaper, which I imagine could be multiplied a thousandfold every day across America. Many thanks to Liza Cochran, its author bravelittlevoices.substack.com/p/terror-in-...
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Terror in the Backyard:
ICE’s Shadow Surge in Vermont
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
After 10 years of cravenly and fraudulently presenting the Know-Nothing Nazified Republican Party as one of two sane, understandable choices, major news organizations are not able to report the obvious, which is that U.S. voters seem to be increasingly coming to their senses. Epic, epic fail.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I definitely think it possible Trump would be so shameless as to appoint Aileen Cannon. Which makes the current timing of the hearing on lawsuit to liberate the stolen documents report, November 2, of interest.
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...
talkingpointsmemo.com
Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026
“This is one of the most tangible acts of resistance you can [do].” — “Lena,” an underground activist, on why she smuggles abortion pills into the US
motherjones.com
Inside the clandestine network of abortion-pill mules
“There may come a time where we are one of the only, if not the only, option for the nation.”
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
a hero who has etched her name alongside the members of the underground railroad and all who sacrifice themselves on behalf of the victims of oppression and tyranny
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him.
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crying in seafood city @turnpikeghosts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
man. really something to just see it written out so plainly like this.
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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Or how about @npr.org replaying the entire audio of the illegal “Paid for by the US government” ad this morning. I’m so damn tired of them playing back his voice. And this was even more egregious.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If a sentence in your newscast starts with “President Trump says…” you’re failing your audience.
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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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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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IMEU Policy Project @imeupolicy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Soon the US Senate could vote on a resolution, introduced by @vanhollen.senate.gov, to invoke Section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act, forcing the US government to review rampant Israeli human rights abuses in the West Bank, including its abuse of Palestinian children and killings of US citizens.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad:
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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The mention of Eichmann here is striking.
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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Satirical clip from a top Denver investigative journalist. Great classroom case study for how journalistic framing and production choices (music, tempo, vocal tone) can influence audience interpretation of underlying data.
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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Goddamn. Roasted.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Pretty impressive data viz
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A few years ago we were actively working to dismantle systemic racism which is discreet, complicated and takes a lot to understand and legislate against. We had taken the conversation to a very sophisticated place. Now we're back asking the state to enforce the fucking law, which is easy!!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026
i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A tremendous ruling from the 9th Circuit on one of the most cruel and inhumane Trump rules. "Noncitizens who arrive illegally and are found away from the border well after arrival are protected from arbitrary detention in violation of the Due Process Clause." 1/3 cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"the surge is working" is one of the first times in my adult life I remember seeing the entire news media rowing for one story that was clearly false bsky.app/profile/enbu...
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
Video appears to show an injured man — from being struck by an ICE agents’ car or from being beaten is unclear — and the ICE agents driving away with a flat tire (!) while the man is still laying in the street. Unreal.
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hands off Kennedy Center!
wapo.st
Thousands rally outside shuttered Kennedy Center, chanting ‘Hands off!’
The vigil took place at the end of a week that saw the doors to the marble building locked shut.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yes to this from @markjacob.bsky.social: The "just asking questions" headline is media evasion:
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 17/09/2026
After a closer look at the IG report, here are the clues I found indicating an "Alligator Alcatraz" cover-up. FWIW, I don't think the DHS OIG was in the conspiracy, I think they were in way over their heads. prospect.org/2026/09/17/a...
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Alligator Alcatraz’s Tiny Cages Were Likely Even Tinier - The American Prospect
Appalling as photos showing phone booth–sized cages at the Florida camp are, the truth is likely much worse.
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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
how this happened: @eringloriaryan.bsky.social said "hey do you want to rant about George W. Bush for more than an hour" and I said, "I've been waiting for this day since I was in eighth grade."
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/09/2026
Two-thirds of Utah voters support restoring the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments to the previous boundaries they had before President Donald Trump reduced them to less than a quarter of their original size, recent polling shows.
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Utah’s voters would like their national monuments back, thank you
More than two-thirds favor full restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, polling shows.
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Spectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Why do you hear so much repetition in the media about Trump's promise to give voters $5000 in a way you didn't for say, Kamala Harris's plan to give people who start a business $50,000? Is it because Trump has more credibility because he's told the truth in the past? What could be the other reason?
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
they like him and want to help him. we've seen how the times treats other politicians who they don't like when they are perceived to be dishonest
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Correction: 3 hours and 52 minutes. The Fraudessy.
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 02/10/2025
Black folk will tell you: The 1st thing cops say after an incident is always a lie.🤷🏿‍♂️ They lie because there's upside in it for them, and no downside. No matter how many times they get caught lying, newspapers will print their next lie as the gospel truth.🤡 And people stop caring before truth hits
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
How many front page stories about Biden's mental status ran after the debate? One or more every day for a week. I stopped counting after that, but I'm sure there were more until he pulled out. Then a few more after that for good measure.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
One of the many reasons I am sad today is because I feel like we let Gloria Steinem down. RIP to a champion.
Photo of Steinem, her right fist raised, and a quote: "The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights."
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Oakland is the latest city to show that speed safety cameras really do save lives: “The number of motorists going at least 11 mph over the speed limit fell by 70% at 18 locations since automated speed enforcement cameras went up.”
sfchronicle.com
Oakland installed new automated speed cameras. Drivers’ behavior changed dramatically
Cameras installed to reduce dangerous driving have worked in Oakland, according to a city report. “We’re seeing that this is a high return-on-investment for safety on our streets.”
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Dawn Summers real or fake @dawnsummers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If you can find common ground with Jared kusher, but not zohran mamdani, you shouldn't be in democratic leadership
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The president is threatening to sue a think tank for $5 billion unless they retract a report stating that his National Guard deployments to American cities under the guise of fake emergencies didn't make those cities safer. It's like a Con Law exam question about executive abuse of power.
nytimes.com
Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
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