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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 2h
The new Musk documentary from Alex Gibney is sprawling in scope -- but as @milesklee.bsky.social rightly points out, the testimony from his exes is what says the most about Elon's character (capricious, cruel). Your turn, Shivon...
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Elon Musk’s Exes Are the Most Damning Part of a Massive New Documentary
Interviews with Justine Wilson and Ashley St. Clair in the nearly four-hour-long “Musk” paint the world’s richest man as capricious and cruel even toward those closest to him.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 3h
I guess the CEO of Anovaeon, Eric Fritz, didn’t love my new reporting on the new ICE facility for unaccompanied kids about to open at an airport in Louisiana. Anovaeon is a “humanitarian” ICE contractor running the facility. Eric apparently blocked me on LinkedIn after I sent him this query.
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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Here @timothysnyder.bsky.social does it again with a perfect phrase: “Superpower suicide.” Except it was assisted suicide - 70+ million ignorant Americans helped put the needle in America’s arm.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Full interview: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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Russia Escalates Strikes as Ukraine Prepares for a Dark Winter (with Timothy Snyder)
Podcast Episode · The MeidasTouch Podcast · October 3 · 43m
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Historian Tim Snyder compares what Trump is doing in Latin America to Soviet tactics in Eastern Europe after WWII: rig elections, apply threats, install the leadership you want. His description of Trump’s approach: “smash and grab.”
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He loves the poorly educated remember? #Pinks 🌊
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
trump's pentagon: www.wired.com/story/a-pent...
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Democrats Abroad @demsabroad.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We need to get over the finish line first! You a U.S. citizen abroad? Know one? Gotta vote!! Go to VoteFromAbroad.org for ballots and help with questions about voting.
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Request Absentee Ballots for US Citizens | VoteFromAbroad.org
Helping US Citizens Request Their Absentee Ballot to Vote from Outside the US | VoteFromAbroad.org
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Election Day is 30 days away, and the fight for free and fair elections is here. In some states, early voting has already begun, and nearly every state has sent out mail-in ballots. newsletters.democracydocket.com/youve-stood-...
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You've stood with me. Here's what's next.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
Last year, just 21% of students from an Austin charter school using an AI learning platform passed state-mandated tests. Texas education leaders helped get the technology in front of public school leaders.
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How Texas Helped a Private School Chain’s AI Tool Get Into Public School Classrooms
Just three months after the Texas State Board of Education raised concerns about Alpha School’s AI learning platform, Education Commissioner Mike Morath was in talks about using the tool in public sch...
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Simon Andriesz, previously a managing director at a Wall Street firm, discovered an email chain from 2018 in which Lutnick and Epstein had discussed the prospects of a start-up business they were both involved in.“ Now he’s dead.
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Carolyn Adams @carolynindeu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Republicans say they hate communists. So why do they like Donald Trump?
Trump supporters may be surprised to learn the state takeover of means of production is not driven by the left
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Carolyn Adams @carolynindeu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Pennsylvania health officials brace themselves as measles outbreak expected to spread
Most counties don’t have their own health agencies, and some specific population groups have low vaccination rates
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Carolyn Adams @carolynindeu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Can you f’ing believe this?????
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Woman in Cornell rape allegations case targeted with threats, her lawyer says
Attorney says people have threatened to silence or harm ‘Jane Doe’ if she does not withdraw civil lawsuit
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Exactly!
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/10/2026
🗳️ While Trump has spent his second term pulling teeth to find minute figures of noncitizen voters, a new poll shows the American public has other concerns. Most Americans say the bigger problem isn’t ineligible people voting. It’s eligible voters staying home: demdock.com/4hJCPah
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
One can only assume Pete removed the laurel and the olive branch to intentionally look more fascist.
Congress established the War Department at the cabinet level, Aug. 7, 1789. In 1947, the Navy and War departments and the newly independent Air Force merged to become the National Military Establishment. Two years later, in 1949, the name was changed to Department of Defense and then-Defense Secretary Louis Johnson authorized the first design and use of a seal for the department. The seal was updated in September 2025 to reflect the use of a secondary title, Department of War, as directed in Executive Order 14347.

The design of the original seal and its symbolism is described in Appendix VI Joint Army and Air Force Bulletin No. 23:

"An American eagle is displayed facing to the right. Wings are horizontal. The eagle grasps three crossed arrows and bears on its breast a shield whose lower two-thirds carries alternating white and red stripes and whose upper third is blue. Above the eagle is an arc of thirteen stars with alternating rays. Below the eagle is a wreath of laurel extending to the eagle's right and wreath of olive extending to the eagle's left. On an encircling band is the inscription 'Department of Defense' and 'United States of America.'

The American bald eagle, long associated with symbolism representing the United States of America and its military establishment, has been selected as an emblem of strength. In facing to the right, the field of honor is indicated. The eagle is defending the United States, represented by the Shield of thirteen pieces. The thirteen pieces are joined together by the blue chief, representing the Congress. The rays and stars above the eagle signify glory, while the three arrows are collectively symbolic of the three component parts of the Department of War. The laurel stands for honors received in combat defending the peace represented by the olive branch.

When the seal is displayed in color, the background is to be of medium blue with the eagle and wreath in natural colors and the arrows, stars, and rays of gold.
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Carolyn Adams @carolynindeu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... Such a fantastic idea!!!!!
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Polish activists launch abortion pill locker to bypass near-total ban
‘AbortOmat’ in Warsaw offers novel way to challenge country’s restrictions and allow women swift and anonymous access to pill
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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Dr Len Blue @llblue.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
International Political Cartoon, 3 October 2026 by Steve Jones (Great Britain🇬🇧)
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t remember anyone giving Jerome Powell a check for $100 million. Who gave it to Kevin Warsh, days before he was confirmed and why?
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Canuckstan 🇨🇦 @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#via Canadian cartoonist Dave Whamond #CanadaSky #USpol
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He’s been president for six years, and his healthcare legacy is cutting coverage while offering nothing but a laughable “concept” of a plan. Six years later, the “plan” is still just empty promises dressed up as policy.
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Carolyn Adams @carolynindeu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
chatgpt.com/share/6ac204... I’m getting so tired of Republicans trying to convince their supporters that schools are transitioning kids without notifying parents. HERE is what the facts are.
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Check out this chat
Here's a chat someone thought you'd want to see.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 04/10/2026
The Education Department has just weakened protections for sexual assault victims in schools. trib.al/EcmGEzP
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Trump Weakens Title IX Rules Amid Cornell Gang Rape Investigation
The Education Department has just weakened protections for sexual assault victims in schools.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
these people. they don't even understand how to quit. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
THIS is why an independent prosecutor is essential in the Cornell case. How could the Tompkins County DA's Office refuse to consider additional evidence before deciding not to pursue criminal charges?? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/n...
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D.A. in Cornell Rape Inquiry Declined to Review Additional Evidence
Records show that campus police officers informed Tompkins County prosecutors that they had conducted additional interviews beyond taking a statement from the woman who said she was raped.
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Tom from Temecula @tomfromtemecula.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 03/10/2026
My fundamental gripe with originalism beyond its practice being indistinguishable from divination, it's also an implicit framework that forces us to be governed by the dead or worse, the malicious interpretation of the dead.
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Tom Schaller @schaller67.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For west coasters blinking awake who may need some political fuel to start weekend, below is my latest piece for @atrupar.com Public Notice. (Please consider subscribing to support Aaron and me!) Topic? Diesel Don’s Destruction of GOP…enjoy and plz share: open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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Diesel Don is tanking the GOP
Record high prices are one of Trump’s defining political failures.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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Carolyn Adams @carolynindeu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Column | The three most chilling words in the Cornell rape case texts
Were these young men discussing a 7-Eleven or a young woman? It's both gobsmacking and banal.
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Carolyn Adams @carolynindeu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... How is he getting away with all these bribes??????
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Trump says US to send one-time $90 payment to 20m seniors enrolled in Medicare
President says payments, to be sent in early October, are meant to offset cost of monthly insurance premiums
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Carolyn Adams @carolynindeu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So I’m lying here on the sofa, exhausted after staying up late last night to watch Trump’s rally (I’m living in Poland so I’m 6-7 hours ahead of the US), watching true crime and I see THIS. It’s in Nevada, filmed during Trump’s first time. He’s putting his freaking name EVERYWHERE!
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#VeryAsian Eric @ektaka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump fucked up... everything! #VoteBlue to unfuck America!
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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So the general directive is pretty straight forward and not in practice bad. But the announcement, where Hegseth took time to be outraged at Austin's anti-extremism stand down (amid a surge of neo nazis in the force), is concerning.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICYMI: Elon Musk will co-lead a new Pentagon initiative announced this week by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called "Project Meridian," a 120-day study to examine the future of warfare and recommend weapons and capabilities the military should develop. From Stars and Stripes' Devin Klecan:
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Musk to help lead Pentagon team studying the future of war
Musk will co-lead a new Pentagon initiative called “Project Meridian,” a study that will recommend weapons the military should develop.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Carolyn Adams @carolynindeu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
notesfrompoland.com/2026/10/01/a... Bc Poland doesn’t insert radical religion in their government decisions…
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Activists launch world's first abortion pill delivery locker in Poland
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/10/2026
The Roberts Supreme Court doesn't want you to know it killed the Voting Rights Act. But it did. New episodes of Stress Test drop every Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe at youtube.com/motherjones.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump cracks a joke about sexual harassment after the Cornell gang rape news: I got a call from the President of Mexico. She's a beautiful woman. That's the end of your career
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
Whoa. A Biden-appointed judge in the southern district of Florida just ruled that the 1996 federal law criminalizing voting by non-citizens is unconstitutional. 👀
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Black text on a white that says the following:

The allegations in the Cornell sexual assault case are deeply disturbing and gut-wrenching. Cornell University has failed this survivor.

I fully support Governor Hochul's decision to name Attorney General James as special prosecutor in this case and look forward to the complete and extensive investigation that is to come. 

Accountability and justice cannot simply be values, they must also be delivered.
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you’re tired of all the horrible shit that Trump and his Republican enablers are allowing and want to restore oversight in Congress then check your voter registration status, vote early and vote all the way down the ballot. #LetsGetVoteReady to take back our country.🗳️🗳️
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/10/2026
"Much to his father’s chagrin, the son is dressed in a Che Guevara shirt and 'listening to a POP SONG unfitting for a man.' A pawn-shop security guard quips they’re lucky the boy didn’t get a sex change." Yes, it's that subtle.
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The Daily Wire Is Quietly Shooting a Pro-ICE Movie. We Got the Script.
Locals aren’t happy about the film’s take on the ICE shooting of Renée Good.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
Doctors shouldn’t be punished for providing their patients with legal abortion care—and extremists in Louisiana have no business dictating what doctors in Seattle can and can't do. This was never about states' rights—it was ALWAYS about banning abortion nationwide.
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