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Bobbie Brinegar

@capitalviews.bsky.social
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"We must do what they fear - tell the truth, spread the truth. This is the most powerful weapon against this regime of liars, thieves, and hypocrites. Everyone has this weapon. So make use of it." --Alexei Navalny

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 9h
Voting early takes your name off the call, text, canvass, and email lists. #VoteEarly
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10h
BREAKING WSJ: The Trump admin's investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar is aimed at building a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and other people familiar with the probe.
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Ilhan Omar Investigation Aims to Build Case for Stripping Her Citizenship
Authorities have subpoenaed members of the Democratic congresswoman’s family as part of a broader look at their immigration paperwork.
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WIRED @wired.com · 16h
AI may soon be the default way to solve theoretical problems in economics, high-energy physics, and other fields, MIT researchers tell WIRED.
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AI Came for Math. Now It’s Chasing the Rest of Science
AI may soon be the default way to solve theoretical problems in economics, high-energy physics, and other fields, MIT researchers tell WIRED.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 17h
US Social Security benefits to rise by 3.6 percent in 2027 aje.news/26oriq
US Social Security benefits to rise by 3.6 percent in 2027
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CNN @cnn.com · 16h
Archaeologists working off the coast of Turkey have found a shipwreck dating back around 4,700 years, making it the oldest in the world. cnn.it/4hLE5e7
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h
UPDATE: The Trump tax is still very real
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Katie Zacharia sat on the advisory board of an organization that calls for women who have abortions to be executed “in the public square,” and for pro-choice Americans to lose their right to hold public office.
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Trump’s New Press Secretary Supports the Death Penalty for Abortion Patients
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Safeguarding Democracy Project @sdpucla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Join us next Tue 10/13 12:15pm-1:15pm PT for our hybrid panel talk What Can Go Wrong (and What Can Go Right) with November’s Midterm Elections? Webinar registration ucla.zoom.us/webinar/regi... In-person registration forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
Jonathan Diaz, Matt Germer, Justin Levitt and Shelby Wayment
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/10/2026
In 1987 Trump visited Moscow. Since then, "He has changed his mind about abortion and crypto, he has supported different political parties, but his dislike of America’s democratic allies and his preference for Russia have remained remarkably consistent." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
theatlantic.com
Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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Bobbie Brinegar @capitalviews.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"The Social Reckoning’s take on the internet movie doesn’t seem nearly paranoid, angry or scared enough. Sorkin may think he’s looking at the internet with clear eyes, but he’s wearing blinders." Disappointing.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nauseating. A grotesque betrayal of the US, our values and our allies. The United States has no greater enemy than Donald Trump.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Reyes is furious. She has repeatedly told the government to inform her before any major demolition work was done on the golf course. The abrupt removal of 500 trees, without notice, "has cost the government all of its credibility" in this case.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
BREAKING: the court has paused the Trump admin tree removal at East Potomac Golf Links, where we are contesting the dumping of toxic East Wing debris & creating a Trump golf course We raced to court with partners Democracy Forward & Lowell & Assoc, & filed for an emergency hearing--today at 10am!
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Bobbie Brinegar @capitalviews.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trusted @lwv.org voting information resource site www.vote411.org
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VOTE411
Election information you need. Brought to you by The League of Women Voters Education Fund.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 11/10/2026
“A coincidence can simply remind us how many connections are possible in a life, and how much depends on what we notice,” Rafaela Jinich writes in The Wonder Reader. She explores a collection of stories about what chance encounters reveal about our minds:
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The Strange Power of Coincidence
What chance encounters reveal about the way our minds work
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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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NPR @npr.org · 09/10/2026
Hamilton was in her early thirties when she led the team of software engineers that powered NASA's Apollo missions. She later said, "There was no choice but to be pioneers." n.pr/4jdONeD
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Margaret Hamilton, whose software sent humans to the moon, dies at 90
Hamilton was in her early thirties when she led the team of software engineers that powered NASA's Apollo missions. She later said, "There was no choice but to be pioneers."
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
⚠️ “AI companies are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event. These officials anticipate a large-scale event, most likely a cyberattack, that shuts down access to financial services, internet connectivity, or even power and water.”
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Scoop: AI companies plot "day after" scenarios for public revolt
Inside the AI industry's worst-case-scenario prep.
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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 08/10/2026
Layoffs announced in 2026 so far: Volkswagen: 50,000 employees UPS: 30,000 employees Oracle: 21,000 employees Amazon: 17,500 employees Meta: 10,500 employees Heineken: 6,000 employees Microsoft: 5,500 employees PayPal: 4,500 employees Uber: 3,300 employees
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
MAGA media figure and former Colorado election official Tina Peters has been adamant that Trump has the power to intervene in the midterms. Yesterday, she allegedly met with the president in the Oval Office.
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Tina Peters allegedly met with Trump to discuss election plans. Here's what that could mean for the midterms.
Former Mesa County, Colorado, clerk Tina Peters, who was released from prison on June 1 after being sentenced to nearly nine years for actions related to tampering with voting machines following the 2...
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 06/10/2026
This is not a speech. Last night in Nebraska, Trump said that a potential attack on Los Angeles or San Diego would be a “small price to pay”. This is a full blown psychological breakdown.
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Politico @politico.com · 05/10/2026
Supreme Court risks deadlock in blockbuster climate case politi.co/3Vyhwkm
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Supreme Court risks deadlock in blockbuster climate case politi.co/3Vyhwkm
Supreme Court risks deadlock in blockbuster climate case politi.co/3Vyhwkm
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Make it make sense.
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Bobbie Brinegar @capitalviews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Let's do this. #ArrivewithFive @lwv.org
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 03/10/2026
The advent of reading “altered people’s consciousness and politics, along with the intellectual feats they were capable of,” @rosehorowitch.bsky.social argues—and the decline of reading will bring about changes of the same magnitude:
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The Age of Reading Is Over
Can civilization survive the postliterate era?
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League of Women Voters of Williamsburg Area @lwvwilliamsburg.org · 02/10/2026
Defend your right to vote. If you experience or witness voter intimidation of any kind, call the Election Protection Hotline. 866-OUR-VOTE. This non-partisan service is administered by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. 866ourvote.org
Know your rights at the polls. CALL Election Protection Hotline 866-OUR-VOTE
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
-Trump Airlines -Trump Beverages -Trump Casinos -Trump Magazine -Trump Mortgage -Trump Steaks -Trump's Travel Site -Trumpnet -Trump Tower Tampa -Trump University -Trump Vodka -Trump Fragrances -Trump Mattress -Trump Mobile All massive financial failures led by Trump. Now this...
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The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over
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League of Women Voters of Williamsburg Area @lwvwilliamsburg.org · 01/10/2026
Early voting is already underway in several states. More states will open early or absentee voting opportunities in the coming weeks. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3. Confirm your state’s rules & deadlines here: vote411.org Plan NOW. VOTE as soon as you can! @lwvva.bsky.social @lwv.org
Pay no attention to the odds. Vote as soon as you can. LWV
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 28/09/2026
Fei-Fei Li helped shape the modern AI boom. Now she's joining AMD as part of its $8 billion acquisition of World Labs, a startup building "world models" for physical AI. bit.ly/3TerlmW
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One of AI's most influential researchers is joining AMD in an $8 billion deal
AMD is betting big on "world models" that could power robots, factories, and other physical AI systems. It's acquiring Fei-Fei Li's World Labs.
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Axios @axios.com · 28/09/2026
Dario Amodei went from a MAGA smear campaign target, to SNL punching bag, to a private dinner with Trump across 72 hours this weekend. Anthropic's quirky, intellectual CEO has become the frontman for a technology that’s changing the world by the day.
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AI's man of the moment
Amodei has become the face of AI in America, like it or not.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🧐 Dr. Bandy Lee: Trump poses an imminent threat not just to the US--but to “human survival.” 9/24/26 @bandylee.bsky.social @deanobeidallah.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSZS...
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Dr. Bandy Lee: Trump poses an imminent threat not just to the US--but to “human survival.”
YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show
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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
September 24, 1906: President Theodore Roosevelt establishes Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument. [video via CBS Sunday Morning]
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Pivot Podcast @pivotpod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“It’s not a company going public. It’s a country’s GDP going public.” @profgalloway.com and @karaswisher.bsky.social break down the staggering numbers behind Anthropic’s anticipated IPO.
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In Pursuit USA @inpursuitusa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Read the full essay here: www.inpursuit.org/lessons/in-t...
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 19/09/2026
The administration has turned an unfixable fact—Chinese parts in nearly every U.S. voting machine—into a license to contest any election it loses. @juliacurlee.bsky.social explains how states and nongovernment organizations can fight back. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/laun...
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Laundering Federal Election Interference in the Midterms
The administration has turned an unfixable fact—Chinese parts in nearly every U.S. voting machine—into a license to contest any election it loses.
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Bobbie Brinegar @capitalviews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"In May, a group of three dozen neurologists, psychiatrists, physicians and other mental health professionals, experienced in the diagnosis of cognitive disorders released a statement warning that Trump is a “clear and present danger to the world.”
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
⚠️ Developing: • Trump has returned early to the White House. • New security alerts have been issued for US citizens in the Middle East. • Netanyahu has cut short his trip to the US and is returning to Israel.
Trump walking in the dark

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X.com
Fresh security alerts tonight for American citizens in the Middle East.
US embassies in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan and Israel have also issued their own warnings citing Houthi attacks.
"This military conflict has the potential to escalate rapidly," one of the alerts said.
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Middle East: Due to tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation. Americans currently in the Middle East should exe...The Hormuz Letter 
@HormuzLetter
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BREAKING: Netanyahu has cut short his trip to the US and cancelled the planned Texas stop, flying to New York and returning to Israel the same day, shortly after Trump cut short his own weekend at Camp David to return to the White House tonight instead of tomorrow, citing the potential for significant escalation in the Middle East.
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justdeirdre.bsky.social @justdeirdre.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Google's Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked other companies during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities, the first known example of the company's AI systems autonomously committing such an act. cnn.it/4762qFb
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Gemini hacked three companies in first known breakout by Google’s AI | CNN Business
Google’s Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked other companies during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities, the first known example of the company’s AI systems autonomously committing such...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
No responsible news outlet should go to the White House as long as this ban on their colleagues is in effect. It’s time for big media to show some backbone. Also, any apologies about that embarrassing WHCA dinner yukking it up with Trump and his apparatchiks? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
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CNN and MS NOW Reporters Barred From White House After Trump Announces Ban
The prohibition on certain journalists was a stark escalation in President Trump’s war on the media, and will probably face a legal challenge.
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
bloomberg.com
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 16/09/2026
$2.8B dollars could go a long way to helping people here at home instead of furthering Israel’s atrocities.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Not only did we win and protect mail-in voting but Trump and authoritarians lost AGAIN. They are losing a lot and it matters:
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The Case for Celebrating Trump's Mail Ballot Loss at the Supreme Court
When people see us winning, more of them will decide our fight is worth joining.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
VICTORY: Trump's mail ballot interference rule is blocked in FULL A fed. judge ruled USPS never had the power to rewrite how America votes, weeks out from the midterms @democracydefendersfund.org & @campaignlegal.org brought this case for LULAC, ASA, SFI, Madison WI & Travis County TX👇 -TN
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk all agree that we have to slow down - and now - something serious clearly happened with a frontier AI model. Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here.
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