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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026

So many of Trump’s open abuses of power over the last two years are easy to comprehend and have played out right in the open. It would simply be a matter of congressional Democrats picking their favorites.

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Impeach Him Again

There’s never been a better time.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026

A thing I learned not too long ago is that when an LLM selects a token that leads it down an incorrect path (factually), it has no way to back up, or even know that it should back up, it's just on to the next likely bit. Literally every LLM is just posting their way through it. What an image.

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 28/09/2026

Any analysis of the Iran War that doesn't start and end with the fact that an entire cottage industry of think tankers and lobbyists and their friends in Congress were frothing at the mouth for literal decades for this got exactly what they wanted and it failed immediately and totally is wrong.

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GardyLou @gardylou-games.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

lol show me you don’t understand the fragmentation of culture due to technology and the internet without telling me you don’t understand the fragmentation of culture.

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ECP @ecppdx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I get why people are saying Panda Express isn't Chinese food, but it was started by actual Chinese people—one of whom was a professional chef—based in Chinese cultural traditions. I'm not going to argue it's "authentic," but I am going to argue that authenticity in cuisine is an illusion.

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ECP @ecppdx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There's basically only "closer to particular traditions" and "more distant from particular traditions." Trying to define authenticity obligates one to assert a specific practice/location/point in time as The Most Authentic™ to which other foods can be compared. Good luck!

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Del @del.art · 20/09/2026

When a game studio ships a solid game, it creates TWO valuable products: 1. A solid game. 2. The team that spent years learning how to work together make a game. Because Western studios keep disbanding #2 while development cycles get longer; we will inevitably see less of #1.

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Jake @jakeklee23.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The problem that Dems will have in 28 is that they must prosecute & reverse everything this administration did, but the GOP candidates will say “move on” and the complicit American media will also ask, “isn’t it time to move on?”. We have an obligation to make sure nothing like this happens again

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Ankle Megami Tensei @stochasticooze.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Expert notwithstanding, it's in the interest of this guy's employer to cause a gas-buying panic

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The Car Chase from Chapell Ronin @jacobian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Stancil found another topic he knows nothing about to pretend to be an expert in (well, two topics. Computing and Cognitive Science). Dude saw "reticulating splines" on the sim city loading page and went "wow, the computer is thinking".

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In response to this, the DeSantis administration releases a statement saying that they'd make this outrageous cage "even smaller if we could." The Department of Homeland Security's own Inspector General said it violated every detention standard and posed a significant danger to health and safety.

"At least ten million illegal aliens entered our country under the Biden administration. Florida decided to do something about it," Lanfranconi said. "The left-wing media wants to focus on a confinement area for violent criminal aliens who have proven they cannot remain peaceful while awaiting deportation. While it adheres to all federal standards for criminal confinement, we'd make it even smaller if we could."

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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

There is NO trust.

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Curb Your Malthusiasm @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Day 3 of hearing liberals talk like this

Back to regularly scheduled scre...
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Hi, my name is John Democrat, I believe that due to biological advantages, black people should be separated from white people sports. Don't worry, I agree with you on 99 percent of other issues

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Honestly, I'd say the most disastrous decisions of Obama and Biden were not really holding anyone accountable for crimes committed under the previous administration. Obama wanted to "turn the page" on Iraq and the financial meltdown while Biden never put any urgency behind the January 6th cases

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captainshakespeare.bsky.social @captainshakespeare.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Look, if you actually think the govt should periodically hand out $5,000 to its citizens, welcome to the basic income bandwagon and I look forward to your joining other universal benefits causes. If you think only Trump should get to do so and he decides why, then sorry that's a bribe/vote buying.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026

For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Unpopular opinion: When someone is factually wrong about something important—eg vaccination—telling them that they’re wrong is treating them with respect. The condescending thing to do is indulge them, act like they have a point, as if the thing you know to be wrong might be at least somewhat right.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/09/2026

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "Voters are so frustrated with the Democratic Party. They're like, 'You guys keep telling us democracy is on the line, and then you call up Jared Kushner to have a chat.'…Voters are demanding wartime generals instead of peacetime diplomats."

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/09/2026

The Trump administration accused Jefferson County schools of having 61 "biological males" on girls teams. It turns out there were 0, and no trans girls either. They have to manufacture problems that don't exist.

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"In March, the administration announced that Jeffco had violated federal nondiscrimination laws by allowing students access to restrooms, locker rooms and sports teams based on their gender identity instead of biological sex. A key data point was that 61 boys were participating on girls' athletic teams. The figure startled even district officials, mostly because, they said, there were no transgender girls competing on girls' teams.
The district said the Trump administration had misinterpreted the information. Though the records show male participants on girls' teams, they were team managers and mascots, not athletes. District officials said the federal government also may have confused a cross-country roster in which the same coach oversees separate programs for boys and girls."

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Jack Burton @jessejames1861.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

What I think puts this into even greater context is in almost or maybe even every case they ruled in Trump’s favor, they have gone against lower court rulings. They are basically saying everyone is wrong but them.

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Friendly Pumpkin @pumpkinpal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The entire crux of the repeated prisoner's dilemma is that only the credible threat of tit for tat can keep things civil. They did the tit They get the tat It's that simple. If you don't do it that way, it means they're in charge and you're just a useless mark.

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John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is a machine to ethnically cleanse the country - and anyone who pretends otherwise is kidding themselves

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

the country is run, on a macro level, to serve the whims and caprices of a very stupid and very immoral old narcissist. at its more tactical level it is run by the most odious twitter group DM you can imagine

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"People with money and power shouldn't be allowed to do whatever they want," a load bearing democratic principle, is portrayed as some kind of wild eyed demand for full communism now

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

i believe our problems are fixable. we did manage to create a period of time when people could work a job, buy a house, and retire. i don't think this is some crazy unattainable thing, and i do believe essentially all of our big economic problems are fundamentally due to runaway wealth inequality

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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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captainshakespeare.bsky.social @captainshakespeare.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Printers and those who make them are unloved by God

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Fantasmiko 🏳️‍⚧️ @ghostlyclaire.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Google being the greatest ally to the assholes who cry that using a word they don't know is a personal attack

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Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Bulwark taking shots at former Republicans now? gotta admit I didn't expect that one. have you discussed this with the former Republicans who founded The Bulwark?

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 19/08/2026

“This will affect Natalie forever” is particularly operatic - Harp is a senior White House aide, not a Victorian maiden whose reputation has been sullied because someone saw her ankle.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

BREAKING MS NOW: Trump aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without a security clearance for more than a year. Harp declined multiple times to seek a routine security clearance normally obtained by West Wing staffers to work at the White House.

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Trump aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without security clearance for a year

The close aide to the president, known to filter much of the information reaching the commander-in-chief, ultimately relented in recent months after pressure from White House staff.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"Candidates should be talking much more about not just the rule of law on principle, but the prosecution of people in practice."

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Jet Jaguar @checkthatout.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Ideals that may not be achievable or will at least take years to get to vs imminent fascist societal collapse that we can see with our fucking eyes right in front of us right now, boy it sure is a tricky decision. I can't fault them their hesitancy!!

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John Lewis-Dickerson @jlewisdickerson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

HANNAH ARENDT: "The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility: he can never admit an error.....Mass leaders in power have one concern which overrules all utilitarian considerations: to make their predictions come true." ~ from 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' (1951)

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Jeff Bezos' WaPo wants to remind you that the Führerprinzip, under which all civil servants are subordinated to the will of the Führer on all points, is a correct principle of political leadership, no matter what nonsense about the separation of powers you were fed in high school.

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Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Iran doesn’t need to DDoS attack Bluesky. All it needs to do is post is “what if a DoorDash driver got caught by a speed camera on the way to someone who was having a bad day of executive function”

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God @thegodshow.com · 17/08/2026

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Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Man I’m seeing people post things like “you don’t know what Jeffries or the DNC have planned!” My dude if they have some great plan to save America they should probably start telling me about it because the secrecy sure isn’t helping

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

And it’s not about attacking individuals even, it’s a proxy for attacking values. We should be able to say MAGA voters who want to deport immigrants just because they’re brown suck.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

this is mostly true of dem elites, who have internalized the idea that conservatives are more authentically American.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I was thinking the other day how those not in DC (I'm not) aren't hit as clearly with how Trump has turned the White House grounds into something between construction site and waste dump. Genuinely upsetting. Far from the worst thing he's done but among the most tangible and graphic.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.”

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Boehlert Media Busters @mediabusters6.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

"The GOP is fighting to hold dozens of House districts & some critical Senate seats amid voter backlash over rising prices & a deeply unpopular #IranWarFiasco & maybe this? Their leader is a Pedophile who fucked children & raped & abused women but for MAGA/GOP it's right on brand #VoteOutAllGOP

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Here are things that happened at the DNC today: 1) Resolution calling to abolish ICE unanimously adopted 2) Brand-new early state calendar that reflects the full diversity of the Democratic base 3) Rejection of insider efforts to ban RCV from being used in presidential primaries Great results here

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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Indiscriminately putting ankle monitors on an entire nationality, thousands upon thousands of people living in a small community, all of whom were living here entirely legally until a few days ago when you revoked their legal status. It’s an authoritarian nightmare.

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