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Christopher Cartwright

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 15h
The WaPo has its grievous problems. But some reporting can still be superb. Including this jaw-dropper about plutocrats (by name and corp) funding demolition of East Wing and ludicrous "ball room." www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... NB: Apple tied for $25m lead, w Adelson, Nvidia, + Dish.
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Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom
The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.
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Christopher Cartwright @ccartwright123.bsky.social · 15h
New from me: Axon’s Fusus surveillance platform, which pushes for integrating private security cameras into real-time police networks, continues to spread across the U.S.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In 2016, San Antonio cop Matthew Luckhurst was fired after giving a homeless man a sandwich filled with feces. Last month, he became police chief in Benavides, Texas.
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Records: Ex-SAPD officer fired for giving feces sandwich to homeless man promoted to South Texas police chief
A former San Antonio police officer fired for giving a homeless man a feces sandwich was promoted to serve as the chief of a South Texas police department, according to records reviewed by KSAT Invest...
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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 18/07/2026
Woah.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/07/2026
OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election? CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election? C: I'm not gonna get into that with you O: You're not being honest or forthright C: ...
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 13/07/2026
New from @josephinelee.bsky.social, in our magazine: Districts across the state are arresting and citing young children children for common misbehavior, leaving lasting trauma as the Legislature rejects bills to raise the age of criminal responsibility and floods schools with even more police.
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In Texas Schools, a Crisis of Arrests of Kids as Young as 10
A groundbreaking data analysis shows how districts across the state are arresting and citing children for common misbehavior, leaving lasting trauma as the Legislature rejects bills to raise the age…
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 13/07/2026
This framing, from one of the better-read political newsletters, reads like a parody of cronyism. But it isn’t.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
NEW: When a Wisconsin mayor ended his city's contract with Flock (the AI surveillance company), he was stunned to see Flock refused to remove cameras. So he covered them with plastic bags. Now local activists are taking their fight to Madison & the Dane County sheriff, wanting more cameras gone.
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This Wisconsin City Ditched AI Surveillance Cameras. Now Activists Want to Keep Going. - Bolts
Last November, the city of Verona, Wisconsin, voted to pull out of the sprawling surveillance network run by tech company Flock Safety in hopes of protecting residents’ privacy and preventing... Read ...
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JD (by way of Blacksky) @jdot.blacksky.team · 15/03/2026
I’m watching this on repeat. #OscarsonBlacksky
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Oliver Laughland @oliverlaughland.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
New: The Trump admin is on the brink of creating a 'first of its kind' short term facility at the Alexandria airport in central Louisiana to hold unaccompanied minors & families before deportation. Advocates say it will be a detention center in all but name.
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Trump administration set to expand migrant family detention at Louisiana airport
Alexandria airport center would hold migrant families and children inside converted barracks before deportation
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Jonathan Larsen @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus
Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Here's a good story about the statue of a racist cop the Texas Rangers are putting up at their stadium in the year 2026. www.dmagazine.com/publications...
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The Horrible Truth of Love Field’s Texas Ranger Statue
A new book about the Texas Rangers tells the truth about that famous bronze at Love Field and a 1930 lynch mob in Sherman. An excerpt from Cult of Glory.
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NOLA.com @nolanews.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
A St. James Parish man, who has been imprisoned at the Louisiana State Penitentiary for more than three decades and had his conviction and sentence vacated last year, has had bail set at $1 million. It likely means he’ll remains incarcerated for the foreseeable future, according to his attorneys.
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St. James Parish man’s prison sentence was vacated after more than 30 years. A judge just set his bail at $1M.
A St. James Parish man, who has been imprisoned at the Louisiana State Penitentiary for more than three decades and had his conviction and sentence vacated last year, has had bail set at $1 million. It likely means he’ll remains incarcerated for the foreseeable future, according to his attorneys.
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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
New details from his testimony on minimal training for ICE recruits: ❌ says nearly 16 hours of classes on firearms training intended “to teach them how to use their weapons correctly and safely” were eliminated ❌ 2-hour course about the rights of protesters was reduced to 10 mins
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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 31/01/2026
1.5k+ people in a new warehouse in Maryland 1.5k+ more in Arizona 7.5k+ planned for Missouri 8.5k+ in a warehouse in TX — among the largest US jails of any kind 80k+ total once all the sites are complete DHS has been quietly buying massive warehouses with the explicit purpose of warehousing people.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Minnesota's state FBI-like bureau is suing Noem. It says before pre-emptively declaring the killing righteous and abandoning the crime scene, feds took exclusive custody of evidence, including "apparently seized cellphones." MN asserts a sovereign right to investigate crimes within its borders.
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#1 in Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension v. Noem (D. Minnesota, 0:26-cv-00628) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against All Defendants (filing fee $ 405, receipt number AMNDC-12575332) filed by Hennepin County Attorney's Office, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Filer requests summons issued....
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Literally all of this is a lie. We are about to find out who is state media, because they will be the ones to parrot a justification for state-sanctioned murder.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
the nyt style section vs. der spiegel
The New York Times
When a Coat Becomes a Symbol of Conflict
How the choice of outerwear for Gregory Bovino, the president’s Border Patrol chief, turned into part of the deportation story.Gregory Bovino
Der ICE-Kommandant im Nazi-Look
Martialisch und effektheischend, so tritt ICE-Kommandant Gregory Bovino gern auf.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21/01/2026
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 09/01/2026
Federal immigration officers are pulling out of a Louisiana crackdown and heading to Minneapolis in an abrupt pivot from an operation that drew protests around New Orleans and aimed to make thousands of arrests, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
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Federal officers are leaving Louisiana immigration crackdown for Minneapolis, documents show
Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that federal border agents are pulling out of a Louisiana immigration crackdown and heading to Minneapolis.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Come the fuck on. Five hours later and the headline is still about a disputed shooting. Just a basic lack of courage to acknowledge the obvious.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/01/2026
ProPublica identified 20 segregation academies in Mississippi that received almost $10 million over six years through a state-funded program. At least eight opened with an early boost from state-funded vouchers in the 1960s. (Published Nov. 2024)
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Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s
ProPublica identified 20 schools in the state that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10 million over the past six years from the state’s tax credit donation program.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
You guys. No. It's named by statute. Do better.
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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The Kennedy Center name is established by federal statute, and therefore may be repealed only by federal statute. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
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20 U.S. Code § 76i - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
one of the best interviews of the year. this line really stands out. "If presenting what I saw, unfiltered, is an attack, then what would you call it had I chosen to edit it and hide things about it, and make them look better than they look?" www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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The Vanity Fair photographer who disrupted Trumpworld’s polished image
Christopher Anderson, who photographed Trump’s team at the White House for Vanity Fair, defends his unvarnished — and extreme — close-ups.
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.” The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida. It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID. Free link ⤵️ www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Huge news today, if you missed it; Chris Duncan was released from Louisiana prison after being wrongfully convicted for nearly three decades. @psfrench.bsky.social wrote this devastating but important read this spring on Louisiana’s rush to kill Jim despite junk science.
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The Human Cost of Jeff Landry’s Drive to Resume Executions - Bolts
Chris Duncan’s death sentence—built on the testimony of two discredited doctors—illustrates just how faulty the system can be.
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Byron Tau @byrontau.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
NEW AP INVESTIGATION: With license plate readers and local law enforcement partnerships, Border Patrol is monitoring American drivers and detaining those exhibiting ‘suspicious’ travel patterns in the U.S. interior. w/ @garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
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Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 19/11/2025
“If Stephen Glass and the other late 20th century fakers were looking for the prestige and power that came with journalism in that moment, then this generation’s internet scammers are scavenging in the wreckage of a degraded media environment” #longreads thelocal.to/investigatin...
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Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage: “Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers” “Church members flee as federal agents arrive” “Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee” “Border Patrol questions people at Walmart” “Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
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'They're not chasing criminals.' Manolo's
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Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship
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Super G executive in Pineville describes agents dragging out teen store employee
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'Just walked up to them.' Border Patrol questions people at a Charlotte Walmart
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Federal Border Patrol sweep across
Charlotte sparks fear, closed shops and protests
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 06/10/2025
“We can prove that Robert is innocent, and no reasonable jury would find otherwise if presented with all relevant medical evidence.” New from @michellepitcher.bsky.social: Despite the evidence, and overwhelming support, Robeson's execution date is set for October 16.
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‘I Got a Lot of People Believing in Me’: Robert Roberson Stares Down Death, Again
Set to be the first U.S. person executed based on the controversial “Shaken Baby Syndrome” diagnosis, Roberson told the Observer last week he hopes his story will mean something.
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CNN @cnn.com · 04/10/2025
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. cnn.it/4pPCXIt
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37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2025
Two months before Calvin Alexander’s parole hearing date, he was told he was no longer eligible. Why? An algorithm had deemed the nearly blind 70-year-old, who uses a wheelchair, a “moderate risk,” barring him from speaking to the parole board. (Published April w/ @veritenews.org)
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An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm B...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Department of Homeland Security is cutting over $187 million or 86% of homeland security funding to New York State which will radically defund NYPD, FDNY, and NY State Police terrorism programs, according to a letter from New York Governor Kathy Hochul to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Today: District Court rules against the Trump administration on deportations based on political speech. The start of the opinion includes an anonymous postcard to the judge: "Trump has pardons and tanks... what do you have?" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
In 1963 Bob Dylan walked off the set of the Ed Sullivan Show when they told him he wasn't allowed to play his song "Talkin' John Birch Society Blues." www.history.com/this-day-in-...
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Bob Dylan walks out on “The Ed Sullivan Show” | May 12, 1963 | HISTORY
On May 12, 1963, the young and unknown Bob Dylan walked off the set of “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the countr...
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Mississippi Today @mississippitoday.org · 16/09/2025
Mississippi AG asks U.S. Supreme Court to limit central part of Voting Rights Act  If the nation’s highest court rules in the Mississippi attorney general's favor, it would mean civil rights groups could no longer bring a suit on behalf of citizens.
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Mississippi AG asks U.S. Supreme Court to limit central part of Voting Rights Act 
If the nation’s highest court rules in the Mississippi attorney general's favor, it would mean civil rights groups could no longer bring a suit on behalf of citizens.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
“The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of ‘corrosive ideology.’”
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Trump officials order removal of photograph of enslaved man’s scars
The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Scoop: Status has obtained the termination letter The Washington Post sent to @karenattiah.bsky.social, in which it informed her that she was being fired for social media posts "about white men." Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/karen-atti...
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Fired By The Post
The Washington Post said it fired Karen Attiah over comments she made about white men in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, Status has learned.
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 12/09/2025
basically a generational cohort split here where certain younger people intuitively grasp the irony poisoned context, and if you aren't already up to speed, very hard to explain
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Grateful for these insights from @jeffsharlet.bsky.social, who knows Kirk's career and influence well. www.democracynow.org/2025/9/11/ch...
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“Moment of Great Peril”: Jeff Sharlet on Killing of Charlie Kirk & Rising Political Violence in U.S.
The conservative activist Charlie Kirk, founder of right-wing student organization Turning Point USA, was assassinated Wednesday as he spoke before a crowd at Utah Valley University as part of a fall ...
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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Important piece by my colleague Gisela Salim-Peyer www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t
Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Politico - President Trump tells reporters "we just have to beat the hell" out of "radical left lunatics," following the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
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Trump says ‘we have to beat the hell’ out of ‘radical left lunatics’ after Kirk killing
The conservative activist's killer remains at large and authorities have not said what the motive was behind his shooting.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Nine grafs deep into the article and we find out: "Pentagon officials were still working Wednesday on what legal authority they would tell the public was used to back up the extraordinary strike in international waters."
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Trump Administration Says Boat Strike Is Start of Campaign Against Venezuelan Cartels
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Drew Hawkins @wadrewhawkins.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
There have been a lot of stories about the media in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Here's a story you haven't heard. It's about a small, punk-rock monthly magazine called Antigravity. @antigravitymag.bsky.social www.wwno.org/katrina-20/2...
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‘Down but not out’: The punk zine that helped keep New Orleans’ culture afloat after Katrina
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Antigravity Magazine played a vital role in helping local media dispel rumors and keep their audience informed.
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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Homeland Security Dept. Says It Hasn’t Kept Text Message Data Since April www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
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Homeland Security Dept. Says It Hasn’t Kept Text Message Data Since April
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