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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...
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We Have No Supreme Court
The philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: A while back, I sued DOGE (FOIA) to get Musk's communications. DOJ argued that Musk wasn't a govt employee anymore, BUT Hegseth just hired him again to work on a Pentagon warfare initiative called Project Meridian. So we noticed Judge Boasberg. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 02/10/2026
"A dozen orcs stormed the Palantir offices in Seattle this week to apply for jobs at the surveillance tech company. Palantir's militarized AI products attracted the horde of orcs, who hoped that their history of serving the Dark Lords would land them a gig. Unfortunately, Palantir didn't bite." 🤣
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Portland District 2 Neighbors Indivisible❌👑 @indivisiblepdx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Come join us for a No Kings rally on Oct 17. Co-hosted by Portland District 2 Neighbors Indivisible, Indivisible District 3, SEIU, and other unions. Live music, honk & wave, protest art, tabling, and speeches to inspire Early Voting and Election Protection. 🗽🇺🇸 🗽 www.mobilize.us/portlanddist...
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No Kings Vote Early Rally! · Portland District 2 Neighbors Indivisible
Indivisible PDX D3, Portland District 2 Neighbors Indivisible, SEIU, and other community partners are joining forces on October 17th to embrace our right to vote and make our voices heard. We’ll be ga...
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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Tiktokers used a double entendre to fool the algorithm because what’s being suppressed isn’t what you think it is. They ran a campaign to get people to sign up as poll workers but swung on poles and danced and made saucy jokes. The algorithm was fine with what it perceived as sexual content. /
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Jimothy the Raccoon @jimothythe-raccoon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Jimothy at Dragon Con ATL! #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon
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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
WSJ, with an ice-cold graphic: @wsj.com
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Jimothy the Raccoon @jimothythe-raccoon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
😊😊😊😊 #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon
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Pharaoh Hatshepsut @netjeretkhau.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#SoSickOf the good ones leaving us
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Donryu @donryu.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Sitting on a plane with a bunch of Seattle locals. 2 of us have some sort of Jimothy apparel and suddenly several isles perk up discussing our local hero
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Decommissioning a Flock camera is self defense and I will die on this hill. san.com/cc/grand-jur...
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Grand jury declines to indict Ohio man charged with destroying Flock camera
The grand jury's decision not to charge Cody Morelock comes amid a growing backlash against Flock and its cameras.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
You know what really eats at me? Not Emo Phillips! WHY would you even THINK that?
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Emo Philips @emophilips.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Feast on the particulars: www.emophilips.com/events
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Dan DeFreest @dandefreest.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Blanche was confirmed as AG. Just a reminder: The last time a president appointed an attorney he had personal ties to, was when Nixon appointed his law partner and campaign manager John Mitchell. Mitchell ended up disbarred and spent 2 yrs in prison for his role as AG protecting Nixon.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/08/2026
BREAKING: Judge Sullivan isn't buying what Todd Blanche is selling in the @katiephang.bsky.social lawsuit. After reviewing Blanche's unredacted Epstein files in camera, Sullivan is ordering a HEARING to discuss the following: 1/
Upon consideration of the Defendant’s responses to the
Court’s Orders of June 25, 2026 and July 25, 2026, and the
Court’s in camera review of the documents submitted, it is
hereby
ORDERED that a status hearing shall take place at 1:00 pm
on August 13, 2026 in Courtroom 24A; and it is further
ORDERED that the parties shall be prepared to discuss the
following issues:
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Unpacking the hype and hysteria around AI (and how not to become a reverse centaur) w/@doctorow.pluralistic.net lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
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On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
It's now been over a month since the Trump regime openly declared they intend to eliminate trans people from the United States and not a single Democrat or mainstream media figure or celebrity has cared enough to even mention it.
Supreme Court Bolsters President Trump’s Push to Eliminate Transgender Insanity
The White House
June 30, 2026 .
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 01/08/2026
"No Fair activates when the enemy retaliates in a manner that negatively influences approval numbers at home. American strikes are strategic, proportionate, and necessary. Enemy strikes are reckless escalations proving they cannot be trusted to respond calmly to American strikes."
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“Nuh-Uh,” “Not It,” and Other New Pentagon Strategies for Winning at War
“Modern warfare is full of consequences that continue to exist even after the president says they do not. Fortunately, the Pentagon has begun replacing outda...
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Prosecutors admit contractors hired by Trump “botched” the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as they sought to drop charges against the former Olympic canoeist who was accused of vandalizing the landmark. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
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Charges Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool
A former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Laura Ingraham found a creative way to blend the New Red Scare in with Migrant Caravans! Apparently Seattle has fallen because of one shooting. The rest of the country will soon follow. Last week she said 100-200 million migrants this time it was only 20 million.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"Those parents grew up to be the political gerontocracy: absentee parents of a latchkey nation." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/quicksand
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Quicksand
Gen X was right after all.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Jimothy the racoon from Seattle keeps getting spotted
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration’s request to pause a lower court order that blocks the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from executing the president’s March executive order attacking mail voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump’s anti-mail voting order gets blocked again, this time by federal appeals court
Trump's sweeping assault on mail voting won’t be carried out in 23 states and D.C. ahead of November's midterms.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
BREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/07/2026
🚨 HAPPENING NOW: Democratic SHADOW HEARING on Trump's corrupt DC schemes
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LIVE: Dems Hold MAJOR SHADOW HEARING on Trump Scams
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
6th Cir. holds that it was clearly established law that police officer could not slam man to the ground and punch him twice and arrest him for disorderly conduct after the man yelled "Fuck you!" at the officer from his front porch. No QI for officer. www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...
Here, on both points, our analysis mirrors that of the district court.  We begin with the question whether the facts in this case, as a jury could find them, would amount to a violation of Steger’s Fourth Amendment rights.  To that end, we consider the severity of Steger’s offense, whether he posed an immediate threat to anyone, and whether he resisted arrest.  See Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386, 396 (1989).  Here, Steger’s alleged offense—disorderly conduct, on his front porch—was not serious.  See Goodwin v. City of Painesville, 781 F.3d 314, 322 (6th Cir. 2015).  Nor did Steger pose an imminent threat to Willis:  an iron gate separated them, and Steger made no attempt to leave his front porch.  Instead, as a jury could find from the video, Steger was content to harangue the officers and record them.  Nor did Willis tell Steger he was under arrest before Willis—instantly and without warning—slammed open the gate directly into Steger’s body.  The triggering event for that action, a jury could find, was Steger’s “Fuck you!” to Willis—about two minutes into a tedious and, on Steger’s side, obnoxious exchange.   The video provides ample evidence for a jury to make all these findings; and Steger’s testimony would allow a jury also to find that, during this sequence, Willis punched him twice.  Those facts—that Willis slammed Steger’s gate into him and punched him twice, on his own front porch, without warning and without telling Steger he was under arrest—would violate the Fourth Amendment.  See, e.g., Coffey v. Carroll, 933 F.3d 577, 589 (6th Cir. 2019).
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 18/07/2026
I shall go to my grave exceedingly smug that I am the person who got to explain about hyena genitals to Chuck Palahniuk.
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Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read @orsecretaryread.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Yesterday, I received a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice stating that the federal government was ready to prosecute and imprison me and other elections officials and renewing their attempts to unlawfully meddle in Oregon elections. Here's my response:
Image of Oregon Secretary Tobias Read in a suit and tie, with his Secretary of State logo and text that reads: "The U.S. DOJ is knocking on our door again with more threats and no evidence to back up their fever dreams about non-existent voter fraud.
Oregon elections are secure, accurate, and fair. These are facts backed up by decades of work by local elections officials who follow the law." with a swipe to read more icon at the bottom.A gray graphic with white text that reads:

"I’m not intimidated by political threats or manufactured controversy. My priority is making sure Oregonians can continue to hold government accountable, free from any interference by politicians in Washington D.C. We’ve beaten back every illegal executive order and lawsuit so far. We're ready to do it again, as many times as it takes. 

If the President actually wanted to strengthen our elections, there are better places to start: adequately funding election administration, restoring the federal election cybersecurity program he cut, and expanding access to vote-by-mail, paper ballot elections – just to name a few."
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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This "tweet" from a year ago has been deleted by its author. I'm posting here now on BlueSky as a reminder and as a public service, for anyone, should they ever need it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
If you’re a Democrat and plan to vote this fall, please acquaint yourself now with what looks to me to be a highly skilled extrapolation of where that’s headed. Which is by definition not merely a best guess.
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KevTheRev @kevtherev.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
PRO TIP: If you are new to or visiting Seattle and someone tells you to "eat a bag of Dick's", they may actually just suggesting that you have some lunch.
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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In Germany, cats are called 'Stubentiger', which means 'living room tiger.'
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
BREAKING: new order just out in our East Wing debris & golf course dumping case. Judge has some tough questions for the Trump admin--& wants a preservation protocol pending Court action. H/t cocounsel @democracyforward.org & Lowell & Assoc. & of course my colleagues at @democracydefendersfund.org
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
NEW: The ICE office that customarily probes employee misconduct is being refocused to investigate ICE critics, opening hundreds of "doxing and threat" cases and subpoenaing tech companies to unmask anonymous posters. Detention facility inspections, meanwhile, are plummeting. by @regret.bsky.social
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ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics
The Office of Professional Responsibility has opened more than 100 cases over what ICE officials call “incidents of doxing and threats” against ICE employees.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
JUST IN: Judge Sullivan has ordered me to respond, on or before July 13th, to Todd Blanche's "I'm not turning anything over" move from last week in my lawsuit over the Epstein Files. Then, Blanche has until July 20th to reply to what I file.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I’m not tired of the Reflecting Pool Jello models everyone took to their relatives’ houses for the 4th yet. They’re so creative! Although this one I’d prob not eat. A bit too realistic.
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Navy Man (descendant of ANTIFA since the revolution) @navymanhy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Brilliant. How real trolling is done.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
InfoWars is now live.
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WELCOME TO THE REAL INFOWARS
YouTube video by InfoWars
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 01/07/2026
🚨 We analyzed the Supreme Court’s decisions over the past 20 years and found that for the first time, the court issued more consequential rulings on its “shadow docket” (unsigned orders often decided without arguments) than the traditional merits docket. www.propublica.org/article/supr...
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
the egg price thing under biden was all fake lol
From mid-2022 to early 2025, the egg producers communicated with each other to coordinate bidding activity on a widely used pricing service, according to a complaint filed in a federal court in Iowa.
The complaint details instances of executives for the companies calling and texting each other in an effort to push prices higher.
Under the settlement, the state DOJ says the three companies must end their price coordination, adopt compliance measures and cooperate with
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I know the list is endless but I genuinely think trashing the legitimate congressionally chartered org for celebrating the 250th to instead hijack our national assets and taxpayer funds for his personality cult grifter crap should, in and of itself, be fully sufficient to merit removal from office.
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I worked at Smithsonian, specifically raising money for 250th. What I want people to know is we secured millions of private philanthropy to host a month long Folklife Festival on the mall, "The Festival of Festivals". Was going to feature well known festivals, think Burning Man, Farm Aid, Grand Ole Oprey etc. as well as smaller local and regional festivals from across the U.S. and territories. Goal was to feature truly the best and most beautiful creative expression in music, dance, arts and craft traditions, food, community etc. Can't name names but plan was to have headliners every night for free concerts.... Think the types of names who might be affiliated with the aforementioned large festivals. Stars were willing to perform because was under banner of Smithsonian. It had to all be scrapped bc the administration would not release permits to host on the mall. The money went elsewhere, but our nation was robbed of what would have been a once in a generation cultural moment.
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charleylucas.bsky.social @charleylucas.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Space Needle in Seattle flying pride flag.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Ford has rehired hundreds of senior engineers after replacing them with AI backfired and has cost the company billions of dollars. AI adoption is blamed for Ford being the most recalled automaker in the U.S. with 51 recalls covering over 11 million vehicles in the first half of 2026 alone.
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Lea Zengage @leazengage.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
-From Quarks to Quasars 1/ Fired government scientists just launched a new site to keep climate data public.The site is called Climate.us & it was created by former staffers behind Climate.gov, the NOAA-run website long used by many for trusted climate information."
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Wow. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) floor speech on Trump Admin. corruption has now received 1 million views He opens the remarks by arguing that Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQ_...
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This Is What 500 Days of Trump's Corruption Looks Like
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
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