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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

Mike Rogers wife out here trying to by votes for $10 gas cards in Michigan Could this be more desperate? And How is this legal?

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 17h

back in the olden days DOJ would investigate a particular crime it believed had been committed, rather than just poking around to see if anything was wrong

The investigation is seeking information to see where it leads, the source said. For example, if records, representations related to age and immigration status contain false information, that would provide material for investigators to scrutinize further. They could also examine communications related to such matters.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

this video is incredible

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brttnny.bsky.social @brttnny.bsky.social · 18h

I think they’re just happy to be breathing fresh air.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING: A complaint has been filed with the California Bar against White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia, citing Popular Information’s reporting, for “the Unauthorized Practice of Law and for Holding Herself Out as Entitled to Practice Law.”

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brttnny.bsky.social @brttnny.bsky.social · 18h

Now I feel bad for her kids if they’re moving to DC. Thousand Oaks is a nice place.

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God @thegodshow.com · 20h

Bless these people for laughing at Andy Harris right to his face.

thegodshow.com

Bless The Voters Who Laughed In His Face

Dear Humans,

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Excerpts from Michael Lewis on DOGE (Guardian article). 1. Gavin Kliger, white nationalist, refused to shake hands with the Black IRS staffer who briefed him on privacy issues. Or pay attention. Kliger now has a defense start-up valued at 1.4B thanks to DOGE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Phyllis, who loved working for Kathleen and saw falling on hand grenades as part of her job, never told her how this one had felt. She knew Gavin had expressed enthusiasm for white nationalists, and he likely knew that she knew. She tried to break the ice by walking in with her hand extended; Gavin stared at it and declined to shake it, though he had shaken the hands of the white men who had offered them. “He was kind of cool towards me,” said Phyllis. Before she could even start the briefing, he said, You know, I’ve heard these rules before at other agencies. Yes, she said, but these rules are different, because no other agency is governed by this privacy law, and this law can get you thrown in jail very quickly. As she walked him through the basics – how you can’t use your personal phone for business, how if you happen to so much as glimpse a form 1040 with someone’s name on it you must avert your eyes – Gavin played on his phone. “He’s multitasking right in front of me, typing and texting,” said Phyllis. “It was, here’s a routine that I must endure.”

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

BREAKING: We just filed a Hatch Act complaint over the outrageous raid on Ilhan Omar's home Officials can't use criminal power to affect an election. This is the textbook case @democracydefendersfund.org & @rwpusa.bsky.social👇

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

BREAKING: TRO granted! Court has halted the Trump admin tree removal at E. Potomac Golf Links, where we are contesting the dumping of toxic East Wing debris & creation of a hideous Trump golf course Huge win for clients & cocounsel Democracy Forward, Lowell & Assoc, & us at Democracy Defenders

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026

Ossoff: "The last time Trump lost the presidency, he tried to seize the presidency and overturn the election. That's why it's so important that we vote in unprecedented numbers. This is up to the people."

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brttnny.bsky.social @brttnny.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Next stop: Dancing with the Stars!

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & partners just sued ICE over a nasty catch-22 ICE detains people, takes their IDs & work papers, releases them, keeps the papers. Now they can't work & risk getting picked up again for having no ID We're going to court to get it ALL back -TN

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

the year is 2026. it’s unclear if the white house press secretary knows how to read.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

1. Trump’s new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, says she is a lawyer. She has claimed to be a lawyer repeatedly on national TV, on podcasts, and on social media. But there is no evidence that Zacharia has ever been licensed to practice law.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026

OMG she is brutally bad at this

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026

Real America's Voice interviewed a guy at the Trump rally in Ohio who blasted Trump for peddling "lies and garbage." He went so hard on Trump and JD Vance that they cut the interview short.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Oh no. And poor Enrique Tarrio had assured us all he had an ETA exemption, in spite of his fraud and terrorism and gun crime convictions. Whatever injustice might have caused these travel difficulties?

Enrique Tarrio
@NobleOne
The UK has banned me from entering their country. I can’t even land to switch planes…

But it didn’t end there. I am now stuck in Warsaw because
@British_Airways
has an “issue” with me flying. I’ve missed two flights because of unknown reasons.

As much as I love Poland I’ve been away from home for two weeks. I wasn’t even given the common courtesy to be notified in advance about this issue. Now I’m stuck abroad.

@USAmbPoland
can I get some assistance here?

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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Wouldn’t be the first time TPUSA pulled something like this during this election cycle. For those outside of Arizona who haven’t been following the “Democrats for Biggs” drama those were also put up but Turning Point PAC (and they posted an AI slop image of a Dem. lawmaker posing with the sign).

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 12/10/2026

Common Cause just told a federal judge that Trump's taxpayer funded propaganda ads ran hundreds of times after a TRO ordered an immediate halt to them. The two-page notice buff.ly/u2GESdN

1. On October 12, at 1:31 p.m. Eastern, the Washington Post reported that two ads continued airing after the Court issued the Order and into the early hours of
Monday, October 12, on multiple programs, including “60 Minutes,” “ABC World News Tonight,” and “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” Ex. A.
2. According to AdImpact data retrieved at 2:45 p.m. Eastern today, Defendants’ ads ran in nearly 400 spots on programs that began airing at 7 p.m. Eastern last
night—that is, after this Court’s order was in effect. Ex. B.
3. Specifically, “Final Battle” ran in 193 spots during “60 Minutes,” which aired on CBS starting at 7 p.m. Eastern. Ex. B.
4. And “Maduro” ran in 198 spots during “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” which aired on ABC starting at 7 p.m. Eastern. Ex. B.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A delusional wannabe autocrat who believes he is an autocrat.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

OOPS GOP ad buyer mixes up Portlands, spends money meant to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins in Oregon The PAC boosting Collins is "absolutely furious" at the "ridiculous error" made by the buyer, which takes blame and has refunded the money. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

nbcnews.com

GOP ad buyer mixes up Portlands, spends money meant to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins in Oregon

An outside group mistakenly spent nearly $25,000 to boost Collins in Portland, Oregon, rather than Portland, Maine. The buyer admitted to the error and refunded the PAC.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

In case facts still matter… Trump’s pointless war of choice spiked your diesel prices, not Ukraine defending themselves…

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I would love, absolutely love, at least one prominent contender for the Dem POTUS nomination in 2028 to start threatening this now. "Trump is right that lying on immigration forms is a serious offense. Here are the people my DOJ will investigate on Day 1: Musk, Melania, etc." Put fear in them NOW.

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brttnny.bsky.social @brttnny.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Smells like desperation. Vote, vote, vote.

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WIRED @wired.com · 12/10/2026

With just weeks to go until the midterms, right-wing election denial groups are targeting nursing homes, baselessly claiming that left-wing groups are stealing residents’ votes.

wired.com

Far-Right Election Groups Are Now Targeting Nursing Homes

Inspired by new guidance from the Trump administration, right-wing election groups are targeting nursing homes, baselessly claiming that left-wing groups are stealing residents’ votes.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Just plowed through @gilduran.com ‘s book over the weekend, and it’s an excellent quick intro to the absolutely bizarro ideologies that are warping our politics at the behest of a few Silicon Valley billionaires.

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 12/10/2026

Twenty-two days away from the midterm election, another politicized “investigation.” Straight out of the authoritarian playbook.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Updated this piece on the difference between civic tech and DOGE to reflect new reporting on how DOGErs are monetizing their connections to Silicon Valley. This is the worst example: the DOGErs who blocked USAID life-saving aid have a $1.4B defense startup. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-vs-ci...

Let me give just one example. DOGErs Luke Farritor and Gavin Kliger were DOGErs. Farritor had a tech background, but failed an interview to be hired by the US Digital Service. They quickly amassed extraordinary power despite a lack of government experience. They also chose to kill people. I’m not exaggerating. The Washington Post reports that Farritor and Kliger overrode orders to keep life-saving aid from USAID flowing. They literally flipped the switches in a kill chain.

Several times, USAID managers prepared packages of these payments and got the agency’s interim leaders to sign off on them with support from the White House. But each time, using their new gatekeeping powers and clearly acting on orders from Musk or one of his lieutenants, Farritor and Kliger would veto the payments — a process that required them to manually check boxes in the payment system one at a time, the same tedious way you probably pay your bills online.

So what are they doing now? Making money. Kliger was chief data officer of DOD and is joining the wave of tech firms moving into the defense business, where a willingness to build kill chains is a plus, not a minus. From the Washington Post, which detailed a wave of DOGE-based start-ups:

The start-ups include a host of firms focused on cybersecurity and defense technology, as well as ventures dedicated to helping businesses across America deploy artificial intelligence tools. Among the largest is Cathedral, an AI-enabled cybersecurity firm, founded by Gavin Kliger and Luke Farritor. Valued by investors at $1.4 billion, Cathedral aims to sell to both corporate America and government agencies, including the Pentagon, according to a person familiar with the business, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the firm has not made its operations public.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

If you are shocked this am that Trump’s government executed a search warrant against a Democratic Member of Congress and ignored a judge’s order then you haven’t been paying attention. Stop saying this isn’t how it works in the US. It is exactly how it works under Trump.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

BREAKING: Trump administration cut down more than 500 trees on Saturday at the East Potomac Golf Course after giving less than a full-day notice, with more tree-cutting planned, so plaintiffs challenging the effort went to court seeking a TRO tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

EMERGENCY MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER OR, ALTERNATIVELY, FOR A 14-DAY STAY UNDER SECTION 705 OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT
Plaintiffs hereby move the Court to enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, for a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705.
Despite the Court's admonitions not to "get to a point where someone is telling me, from
the government, that it's too late, too many things have happened and now we are, like, moving
Case 1:26-cv-00477-ACR
Document 76
Filed 10/11/26
Page 2 of 4
forward and we can't, you know, stop the trains," Status Conf. Tr. ("Apr. 13 Tr.") at 18:15-19:10,
Apr. 13, 2026, Defendants have begun irreversible damage to East Potomac Golf Course. At
4:55 p.m. on Friday preceding the holiday weekend, Defendants announced their intent to
begin-barely 12 hours later—a massive operation to clear 529 trees at East Potomac Golf
Course. Decl. of Dr. Kevin Griess, Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks,
National Park Service 920, ECF 74-1. Although they initially represented that their work would proceed in stages, Defendants in fact took down 529 trees on Saturday alone and have confirmed
to Plaintiffs that they intend to take down hundreds more.
Defendants' surprise tree-razing operation constitutes classic National Environmental
Policy Act segmentation: undertaking elements of a larger project piecemeal and insisting that they are independent and therefore need not be evaluated in a single NEPA review of the entire
project. Defendants cannot circumvent their NEPA obligations in this manner. Delaware
Riverkeeper Network v. F.E.R.C., 753 F.3d 1304, 1313 (D.C. Cir. 2014).

Therefore, and for the reasons explained in the Memorandum accompanying this Motion
and supporting exhibits, the Court should enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705, enjoining Defendants from any further tree felling at East Potomac Park. In addition, the
Court should order Defendants to provide the Court and Plaintiffs no less than three business days' written advance notice before any irreparable modification to any permanent forms or
features of East Potomac Park.
If the Court believes a hearing would be appropriate, Plaintiffs request a hearing on this
motion at the Court's first availability. At the parties' meet and confer on Sunday afternoon, Defendants represented that the tree-clearing operation would continue this week until
completed. Defendants indicated during the meet and confer that rain foreclosed any work on
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Sunday, and that the possibility of doing work on Monday depended on weather and the course's
condition. Depending on Defendants' plans, then, it is possible that no work will occur on
Monday.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 07/10/2026

"I don’t know what every person in that group saw or knew. But I am raising one of the others. The boy who might someday be in the room. Or holding the phone. The boy who didn’t do it. The boy who could therefore spend the rest of his life explaining that he didn’t do anything." buff.ly/z7yWbR2

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An Open Letter to Cornell University from the Mother of a Prospective Male Student

“Seven former Cornell students are accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually assaulting another Cornell student who says she was incapacitated. Messages alleged...

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Russian bot traffic has dropped to nearly 0 after Ukraine struck a Yandex data center in Vladimir, Russia

• Source Network: AS13238 YANDEX – Yandex LLC (Russian Federation)
• Traffic Breakdown: Prior to the drop, bot traffic accounted for roughly 99.6% of requests compared to 0.4% human traffic.
• Event Cause: The sudden plunge to zero on October 11, 2026, corresponds to a reported military/drone attack on Yandex's data center facility in Vladimir, Russia—marking the third reported attack on Yandex data infrastructure since October 8.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The UFW knows from the direct experience of our members that this is not only false, it is insulting. Our impacted union members are not being asked for by name, nor are they shown warrants or any other justification for being detained. They are being stopped because they look like farm workers.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Warrantless stops and violent roving patrols by masked federal agents across California, especially the Central Valley, have been terrorizing farm workers for the past 5 days. The chaos is escalating. full statement: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

United Farm Workers union condemns brutal
ICE surge impacting farm workers in Central Valley; highlights Rep. Valadao's comments as 'insulting' to his constituents

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No More Deaths | No Más Muertes @nomoredeaths.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

⚠️ Border wall contractors plan to remove thousands of sacred saguaros (ha:ṣañ) on sovereign O'odham land starting Monday — Indigenous People's Day. Tadai Me:i Camp calls supporters to join in prayer and protest on the Tohono O’odham Nation.

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY
OCTOBER 12, 2026
BORDER WALL CONTRACTORS ARE SET TO BEGIN REMOVING SACRED SAGUAROS AND OCOTILLO IN THE FIRST PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION.
THE TADAI ME: CAMP CALLS FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT TO THE BORDER TO STAND WITH THE TOHONO O'ODHAM IN OUR FIGHT TO PROTECT O'ODHAM JEWED (LAND).
THESE ARE NON-VIOLENT GATHERINGS!
EVERYONE WELCOME
ALL ONK AKIMEL, KE:LI AKIMEL, AK-CHIN, HIA CED, TOHONO AND MEXICO O'ODHAM STRONGLY ENCOURAGED
PLEASE COME
PREPARED FOR THE
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• -
+
ELEMENTS (HEAT/RAIN), COME HEALTHY, AND
ALL ELDERS, SINGERS, AND
SELF SUFFICIENT.

10/10 - 10/11
GATHERING OF O'ODHAM SISTER
TRIBES AT TADAI ME:I CAMP
10/12 - Prayer to Action
SUNRISE
HIMDAG 'O WUD T-GEWKDAG (OUR
CULTURE IS OUR STRENGTH) GATHERING AT THE TADAI ME:I CAMP AT KO:LI KI:JIG.
9:00 AM
GEWKDAG HI:M (GO IN STRENGTH)
MARCH STARTING AT BASHAS PLAZA, BRING YOUR SIGNS AND WALK IN PEACEFUL PROTEST AGAINST THE DESTRUCTION OF O'ODHAM LAND.

Camp is located at the San Miguel Gate, on South Indian
Route 19
Turn right at the "Entering
Prayer Camp" sign
Be aware of cattle and Border Patrol on your way down
If you are planning on staying at Tadai Me:i Camp, you will be required to check in with Camp Caretakers for safety checks and information before entering camps.
Be respectful of camp protocols
No alcohol, drugs or weapons. Zero tolerance.
IF YOU AIN'T PRAYING, YOU AIN'T STAYING!

Tohono O'odham Nation Emergency Mobile Command will be stationed at San Miguel
Community Building
In case of emergency dial 911 or T.O.N. Dispatch at 520-383-6412

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Turns out these guys are real

A fish like a child would draw, no fins, just a tail an eye and a little smile

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

El-Sayed’s response to Kennedy:

El-Sayed: “That’s rich coming from someone who wears his bed sheets out at night.”

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Four days before yesterday’s ICE shooting in the Bronx, Judge Gary Brown of EDNY (Trump apptee) listed 7 outrages in an ICE case before him, including evasive & apparently perjurious testimony, post-hoc sworn arrest warrant containing false info, woeful lack of training … 1/2

The evidence points to numerous failings on the part of both ICE and the officers
who testified, including:
1. evasive and apparently perjurious testimony by the ICE agents, including the
testimony concerning supposed observations of the petitioner engaging in drug
transactions, which bear all the hallmarks of coordinated fabrication,12 the absence of any recovered drugs, paraphernalia or cash from the petitioner,
the failure of the agents to follow up upon these supposed observations or refer
the matter to another law enforcement agency, and the notable absence of any
reference to these observations in the voluminous documentary records, further undermining the agents' testimony;
2. the seemingly reflexive, though false, claims that the petitioner was
"misidentified" as the target of the operation;
3. fundamental misconceptions about ICE agents authorities and duties;
4. illegality of the arrest and detention of petitioner and Concepcion;
5. the post-arrest documents, which not only were procedurally and legally
suspect, but contain false statements;

Notably, in its filings, Government counsel has not referenced this testimony, seemingly abandoning any argument predicated upon these sworn assertions by the agents.

6. the database search process used to justify the administrative warrant, as
described by the ranking supervisory officer, which appears designed to generate misleading information in official records; and
7. the inexperience of the agents involved, their woeful lack of proper training, understanding of law, policies and procedures, and their ready recourse to false testimony to conceal these failings.

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.

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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I think this clip should finally settle the endlessly debated “Hasan Piker question.” Every time a Republican attacks Hasan Piker, they waste a chance to attack the actual candidate on the ballot. Hasan’s a scapegoat absorbing any vulnerabilities of our actual candidates, & that helps us win.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons for more walkable streets.

fastcompany.com

50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets

From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.

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SMB @smbdemocracy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The man had his five year old in the car. Why wouldn’t he try to get away from men running at him with guns drawn?

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EO @jimmyo13.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Most jurors would understand why a driver would assume they were being carjacked or robbed at gunpoint since these masked assholes refuse to wear identification. Creating an army of domestic terrorists will be a big part of trump’s disgraceful legacy.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026

this is my first exposure to new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia and let's just say she certainly didn't get the job because of her eloquence 😬

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

New open-access paper: Direct File showed that govt could build its own user-centered platform without relying on contractors. But the product was killed after a DOGE lead spoke with the private tax preparation industry lobbying against a private option. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The ability of governments to build and sustain public interest capacity partly depends upon the position of private interests, and the ability and willingness of a government to resist private interest opposition.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) built a digital tax reporting service, Direct File, that created significant public value for users.
Direct File depended upon the creation of internal capacity: a government digital service team that could build digital platforms, rather than procuring a product from private vendors. Government control of the process allowed agile development and iterative improvement that would have been impossible under a traditional outsourcing model.
Long-standing opposition to Direct File by the private tax preparation industry, combined with Trump-era downsizing by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led to the elimination of the tool.

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