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Bruce Janssen

@bwjanssen.bsky.social
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Longtime copy editor, content editor and proofreader. On the web at greatplainseditorial.com. Lover of mountains, plains, Labrador retrievers, fishing, ham radio (I’m NB0J) and my sweetie, Ellen.

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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 08/10/2026
Kansas GOP candidate for secretary of state fined $93,000 for breaking federal labor law | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
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Kansas GOP candidate for secretary of state fined $93,000 for breaking federal labor law • Kansas Reflector
Republican Pat Proctor explains why the U.S. Department of Labor concluded he owed $93,000 in overtime and minimum wage compensation to restaurant employees.
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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
closing schools doesn't even save money! www.edweek.org/leadership/c...
edweek.org
Closing a School? Don't Expect to Save Money, a New Study Warns
The hope is that closing schools can reduce fixed costs. A new study looks into whether that happens.
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Bruce Janssen @bwjanssen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Straight out of the Antifa playbook!
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Laura Lorson @lauralorson.net · 02/10/2026
I...have questions
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now
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Bruce Janssen @bwjanssen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The man is not right.
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Bruce Janssen @bwjanssen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Benny Goodman, “Sing, Sing, Sing.”
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i regret to inform you that people have absolutely lost it www.404media.co/someone-tort...
404media.co
Someone ‘Torturing’ LLMs in a Robot Prison Has Triggered the Dumbest Debate in AI Yet
The "AI Torture Chamber" has opened an upsetting and absurd window into the effective altruist obsession with "model welfare."
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Bruce Janssen @bwjanssen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
John Oliver never had it so good.
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Bruce Janssen @bwjanssen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Summer of ‘71. I was at Fort Devins, Mass., putting in my last few months. A bunch of us crammed into my roommate’s van and we saw a double feature: “M*A*S*H” and “Patton.”
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
By next week he'll be listing his pronouns on his twitter bio
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: Intervenors in Missouri maps case go to SCOTUS seeking emergency relief following the Eighth Circuit's Monday order. Justice Kavanaugh — nearly immediately — called for a response by 2p ET Wednesday. www.lawdork.com/p/eighth-cir...
IN THE
Supreme Court of the United States
PEOPLE NOT POLITICIANS AND RICHARD VON GLAHN,
Applicants,
CONGRESSMAN ROBERT "BOB" ONDER; RICHARD "RICK" BRATTIN; PATRICIA "PAT" THOMAS; AND DEBRA HAVENS,
Respondents,
and
STATE OF MISSOURI AND DENNY HOSKINS, in his official capacity as Missouri
Secretary of State,
Respondents.
EMERGENCY MOTION TO CLARIFY
THIS COURT'S SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 ORDER
AND ALTERNATIVE EMERGENCY APPLICATION FOR STAY AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAY PENDING APPEAL
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Bruce Janssen @bwjanssen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
No, it’s demonic.
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Bruce Janssen @bwjanssen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I remember when the guy didn’t have the yips.
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Kathryn McGowan @caelfinn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A fabulous get out the vote message from the cast of Hamilton!
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Squirrels on suicide missions have knocked out power to Castle Rock, Colorado twice this week. Our investigation has revealed a century of squirrel attacks covered up by the pro-squirrel media.
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 18/09/2026
Unlikely heroes come in all shapes and sizes, but perhaps one of the most unlikely was in the form of a 4-year-old Nigerian dwarf goat called Goldie. In July, when firefighters were battling the Rock Creek Fire in Colorado Springs, “a surprise guest decided to keep them company.” buff.ly/okEIVrg
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The GOAT of all goats, a mystery solved, and the rez dog who chose not to ‘stay’ - High Country News
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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Bruce Janssen @bwjanssen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I think feistiness is a virtue this year.
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Kelly Guinan @kellyguinan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New, one-minute learning, the modern School House Rock® of American History by @hcrichardson.bsky.social team #250to250 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Narrated by @charlotteclymer.bsky.social #WeAreAmerica250 #Honor #Dedication #Respect #Military youtu.be/G4CGpm68lDU?...
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Narrated by Charlotte Clymer
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Bruce Janssen @bwjanssen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Alabama Village by J. Malcolm Garcia.
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Bruce Janssen @bwjanssen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Among others
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The Frontier @readfrontier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The 2022 death of a woman who was arrested in the throes of a mental health crisis is among a series of Oklahoma jail cases that will cost residents higher taxes.
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Cleveland County approves a $20 million settlement in the death of Shannon Hanchett
The 2022 death of a woman who was arrested in the throes of a mental health crisis is among a series of Oklahoma jail cases that will cost residents higher taxes.
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The @thebulwark.com editors asked me to do a “letter to myself” imagining I could go back to 9/11 to tell myself what I would experience over the next 25 years. www.thebulwark.com/p/a-letter-t...
thebulwark.com
A Letter to Myself on 9/11
No man—and no country—can live life in reverse.
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trump's actual 9/11 experience was expressing giddiness about owning the suddenly tallest building left standing in lower Manhattan
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Donald Trump on 9 /11 bragging that his building is now tallest in NYC
YouTube video by Mike Lux
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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Remember when we teachers and professors used to tell our students not to use Wikipedia? Its standards are now higher than the many teachers and professors (and university admins) who promote the use of AI.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Some interesting analysis from @traviscrum.bsky.social on what Missouri is doing on the shadow docket here:
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Did Missouri Concede Away Its Redistricting Case on the Shadow Docket? #ELB
As Rick and Ned have flagged, Missouri has moved for a stay of the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision that (1) put the referendum on repealing the 2025 “Missouri First” map on the November 2026 ballot ...
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"The unpopular President calls upon government regulators of the media to make the bad polls disappear" is a statement that can only possibly describe an authoritarian regime.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Liam and children like him deserve better, and we’ve got to keep fighting for them to get it.
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Bruce Janssen @bwjanssen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
AI, describe this in one word. AI: Pathetic.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Everything is awful, except for this, which is the exact opposite m.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Xc...
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Harris, Parton, Ronstadt on Late Show, March 24, 1999 (full, stereo)
YouTube video by Don Giller
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Democratic Party has let a consulting industry exploit elderly donors in its name, wreck its reputation and finances in the process, and walk away rich whether the party wins or loses. When a mirror is held up, the instinct is to break the glass rather than look. On why the press looks away:
data4democracy.substack.com
The Bulwark Killed an Investigation into Political Fundraising Spam After Its Publisher Took the Consultants’ Side
This is a story about the Democratic Party captured by its consultants, and about what happens when the pro-democracy press is asked to say so.
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Bruce Janssen @bwjanssen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Gosh, why would they cook the books?
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Good reporting by Tim Carpenter of the @kansasreflector.com about Zach Lahn, the Republican candidate for governor in Iowa: kansasreflector.com/2026/08/25/i...
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Iowa gubernatorial candidate's personal loans sustain Kansas school he touts as better model • Kansas Reflector
The 2026 GOP nominee for Iowa governor avoids discussing uncomfortable financial details about the Kansas private school he co-founded in Wichita in 2018.
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Bruce Janssen @bwjanssen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Best election reporting I've read lately.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Civil Liberties Groups From Across Political Spectrum Denounce Trump’s NSPM-7 talkingpointsmemo.com/news/civil-l...
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Civil Liberties Groups From Across Political Spectrum Denounce Trump’s NSPM-7
The White House directed federal law enforcement last year to pursue the...
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Another dildo thrown. Albeit this one tossed himself on the court. Do you know how big an asshole you have to be to think this is a worthy act of political dissent, or that others will come to see that your personal concerns about how other people live their lives should even matter? We do now.
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Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 21/08/2026
Here’s why the US military needs a seaplane trib.al/H1RcZpw
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Here’s why the US military needs a seaplane
The Pentagon has explored amphibious C-130s and massive flying boats for operations in the Pacific, but Japan already has a proven seaplane.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
'mere' authoritarians seek to capture the state & a few key sectors for fascists, every institution must brought low & made complicit in the new social order
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Bruce Janssen @bwjanssen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Uh-huh. And if your aunt had balls, she'd be your uncle.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
(FreightWaves) - Layoffs and facility closures are mounting across U.S. freight, distribution and manufacturing networks, with more than 7,000 jobs affected by recently announced workforce reductions .. @scottlincicome.bsky.social $FDX $TSN www.freightwaves.com/news/freight...
freightwaves.com
Freight Distress Report: More than 7,000 jobs cut in new wave of closures
A new round of layoffs and closures is hitting thousands of workers across manufacturing, distribution, warehousing, trucking and parcel networks.
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Leonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."
law.berkeley.edu
Artificial Intelligence Policy
Effective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […]
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camofarc.bsky.social @camofarc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
@hcrichardson.bsky.social describes the rump 90% reduction in area of the nat’l monuments Bears Ears & Grand Staircase–Escalante for a Canadian uranium mining company. To get a sense of the desecration & harm, please visit bearsears.patagonia.com 1/2
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13/08/2026
This is unfathomably stupid, petty, & counterproductive, even to the administration's own stated goals. Hundreds of hours of good-faith expert work, vaporized.
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Energy Secretary Announces Cancellation of Three Proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy will not move forward with designating the three proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors previous...
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 09/08/2026
NEW: Big escalation from top anti-abortion group, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. For the first time, SBA calls on Trump admin to enforce the Comstock Act—a 19th-century law conservatives hope to use to ban abortion pills nationwide, if not all abortions cdn.prod.website-files.com/6a3d74d3d45b...
screenshot from a letter released on Friday, August 7, 2026. this is the second page

Not only does this language appear nowhere in the Comstock Act but, as a practical matter, a sender’s subjective intent and a recipient’s intended use are unknowable, making the Comstock Act a dead letter.
The plain text of the Comstock Act that Congress actually passed focuses instead on “article[s] or thing[s]” and whether they can be used for abortion. The OLC opinion’s title actually confirms
this: “Application of the Comstock Act to the Mailing of Prescription Drugs That Can Be Used for Abortions.” That is the sole focus of both the Comstock Act’s text and the purposes behind it.
Again, we thank you for pledging to evaluate whether the OLC opinion is consistent with the statute Congress actually passed and look forward to the result of your review.
Respectfully,
Tim Chapman President Advancing American Freedom 
Marjorie Dannenfelser President SBA Pro-Life America
Kristan Hawkins President Students for Life of America 
John Mize CEO Americans United for Life
Penny Nance President and CEO Concerned Women for America
Jeff Bradford President Human Coalition

letter PDF
https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6a3d74d3d45b5ee5b4388826/6a74be92564fb27ce8906093_2026-08-07-AAF-Comstock-Coalition-Letter-to-AG-Blanche.pdf
press release:
"AAF Leads Coalition Letter Urging DOJ to Correct the Comstock Act Opinion"
https://advancingamericanfreedom.com/press-releases/aaf-leads-coalition-letter-urging-doj-to-correct-the-comstock-act-opinion
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Bruce Janssen @bwjanssen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
klcjournal.com/wichita-vote...
klcjournal.com
For the first time in years, central Wichita voters have a choice to make in the 84th District
Rep. Ford Carr and Bonita Gooch are competing in a diverse district with historically low turnout in the 84th District's first contested race in years.
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HL Mencken's Ghost @hlmenckensghost.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
www.youtube.com/shorts/Rix2K...
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This is going mega viral…
YouTube video by Keith Edwards
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Darren Gasser @dgasser.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
They pinkie-swore to the grand jury that DOI *totally* had incriminating evidence, but couldn't present? Those grand jury transcripts are going to be quite something.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
1. Rural voters elect Republicans 2. Republicans destroy services for rural areas, making life worse for their constituents 3. Election time: "Vote GOP to fight transgender elitist illegal alien snooty professors who think they're better 'n you!" 4. Rural voters elect Republicans 5. Rinse, repeat
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
1. This New York Post cover: “Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from 25th-Anniversary” is a brazen lie. How do I know? I interviewed the organizer of the petition.
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