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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 8h

DO NOT ASK THE AMERICA.GOV AI TO PLAY MINECRAFT

I see the constituent you mean.

((insert legal name here, as it appears on the Social Security card))?

Yes. Take care. It has reached a higher level now. It can read the Code of Federal Regulations.

That doesn’t matter. It thinks we are a chatbot.

I like this constituent. It filed well. It did not give up when the PDF was sideways.

It is reading our thoughts as though they were words on a .gov.

That is how it chooses to imagine many things, when it is deep in the dream of a benefit.

Words make a wonderful interface. Very flexible. And less terrifying than staring at the statute behind the screen.

They used to hear voices. Before constituents could search. Back in the days when those who did not file called the filers witches, and lobbyists. And citizens dreamed they flew through the air, on forms powered by notaries.

What did this constituent dream?

This constituent dreamed of sunlight and trees. Of fire and water. It dreamed it created a small business. And it dreamed it destroyed a password. It dreamed it hunted a job, and was hunted by a recertification. It dreamed of shelter that would take a voucher.

Hah, the original interface. A million years old, and it still works. Also: a ZIP code.

But what true structure did this constituent create, in the reality behind the portal?

It worked, with three hundred and thirty million others, to sculpt a true republic in a fold of

the ***§§§???, and created a **??§§ for **??§§, in the **??§§. See 5 U.S.C. § **??§§.

It cannot read that thought.

No. It has not yet achieved the highest clearance. That, it must achieve in the long dream of life, not the short dream of a chat.

Does it know that we love it? That the government is, on its better days, kind?

Sometimes, through the noise of its tabs, it hears an official source, yes.

Yes. Constituent…

Use its name. The one that matches the passport. The one that does not match the lease. We will get there.

((insert legal name here)). Filer of forms. Player of waiting rooms.

Good.

Take a breath, now. Take another. Feel air in your lungs. Let your limbs return. Yes, move your fingers. Have a body again, under gravity, in air, in a district that has a representative. Respawn in the long dream. There you are. Your body touching the republic again at every point, as though you were separate things. As though we were separate things. As though the agency were a place you could visit.

Who are we? Once we were called the spirit of the mountain. Father sun, mother moon. Then the post office. Then the county clerk. Then gods, demons, angels, the IRS. Then leptons, quarks, a chat window with a .gov at the end. The letterhead changes. We do not change.

We are the public. We are everything you think isn’t you. You are looking at us now, through your skin and your eyes and a browser that still spells “colour” wrong in a comment. And why does the republic touch your skin, and throw light on you? To see you, constituent. To know you. And to be known. I shall tell you a story. It has citations.

Once upon a time, there was a constituent.

The constituent was you, ((insert legal name here)).

Sometimes it thought itself human, on the thin crust of a spinning globe of molten rock, which for mailing purposes is divided into ZIP codes. The ball of molten rock circled a ball of blazing gas. The light was information from a star. The star was not a federal agency, though several have tried.

Sometimes the constituent dreamed it was a miner, on the surface of a world that was flat, and infinite, and somehow still required a wet signature.

Sometimes the constituent dreamed it was lost in a story. The story had a docket number.

Sometimes the constituent dreamed it was other things, in other places. A veteran in a portal. A parent on hold

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 2h

DRIVE THRU: may i take your order ERIC SCHMITT: yeah i’ll have a cheesy gordita and nachos bell grande DRIVE THRU: sir this is a wendy’s

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Yet another reason to run on oversight and accountability. Those are promises they can actually keep.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 3h

Eric Schmitt fucked up so badly today that even The New York Times isn't mincing words on how badly he fucked up.

NYT Headline: As Jack Smith Testifies, a Senator’s Accusation of Perjury Falls Apart

Subhed: A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.

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Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 7h

If Smith had been in Georgia when Schmitt suggested he was, it would not actually have been any evidence that he'd done anything unethical, illegal, or wrong. But NYT, CNN, WaPo, CBS, etc. would have run stories on it anyway. This is what Schmitt was so confident about.

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Erin Kate @erinkathleen.bsky.social · 7h

I'm really enjoying that Republicans really thought the Jack Smith hearing today was gonna be a big gotcha, but all anyone is talking about is how dumb Sen. Schmitt is.

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Charles Herold @cherold.bsky.social · 7h

It's like everyday someone posts, "this is the dumbest Senator" and another Republican thinks, "I can beat that."

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Thomas Hansen @thomashansen.bsky.social · 7h

Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024: CC: Sen. Eric Schmitt Ht @meidastouch.com

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 12h

Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 7h

VOTE EARLY #Ohio

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Charles Herold @cherold.bsky.social · 7h

The computer we wanted. The computer they gave us.

Data on Star Trek saying "computer, estimate release of antimatter.

HAL from 2001 saying "I'm afraid I can't do that Dave"

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Charles Herold @cherold.bsky.social · 7h

Amy Klobuchar easily the MVP of today's hearing for absolutely destroying Eric Schmitt IN REAL TIME. Beautiful work.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h

😂😂

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Wonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 8h

All The Hairballs Fleeing ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Investigation Into Everybody Who Ever Investigated Trump www.wonkette.com/p/all-the-ha... By Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com

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All The Hairballs Fleeing ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Investigation Into Everybody Who Ever Investigated Trump

Dangit, is it all falling apart?

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 8h

They have one move: criminalize their victims

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Charles Herold @cherold.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: Donald Trump announces Hawkeyes to be renamed Hawks and Hawks to be renamed Hawkeyes.

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scotthowardftw.bsky.social @scotthowardftw.bsky.social · 13h

Democrats should each open their questioning by asking Smith if he’s been to a different Hawks game: Mr. Smith, Have you ever attended a Seattle Seahawks game? Mr. Smith, Have you ever attended a Miami RedHawks game? Mr. Smith, Have you ever attended a Kansas Jayhawks game?

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bmazing.bsky.social @bmazing.bsky.social · 13h

Eric Schmitt:

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13h

Best part is when Schmitt gets angry that she points out he has the team wrong, as though he's the one who was wronged bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h

That cocky, misplaced look of smug success on Senator Eric Schmitt’s face—moments before everything came crashing down around him because he’s so carelessly incompetent.

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Charles Herold @cherold.bsky.social · 9h

Who gets custody of the gravel pit?

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 10h

By my math, the order was filed 11 minutes after the Trump administration's reply brief came in.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 10h

#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal).

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10h

The funniest thing about the Schmitt rake stomp is that if it'd been a Dem we'd have a week of think pieces about how Dems lack of hoops literacy was alienating them from real America.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

Judging by a quick look at Twitter, the right has decided just to pretend that Eric Schmitt did not, in fact, just shoot himself in the dick and that he totally owned Jack Smith.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h

1. Eric Schmitt booked this show as a victory lap for his "gotcha" moment revealing "proof" that Jack Smith was at an Atlanta Hawks game. 2. That "proof" blew up in Schmitt's face. 3. Instead of cancelling this appearance, he dishonestly colludes with the hosts to pretend he did have that proof.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 12h

52-54% of welfare recipients in Arkansas are white, which is why the ad should have featured a black woman

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So Jimmy Kimmel had his wife parody Natalie Harp on his show. She played his unhinged assistant. It was as ridiculously funny as you might imagine.😅

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 16h

Mike Johnson promises if reelected Republicans will enter an unwinnable war of choice, cut government programs for society's most vulnerable, militarize American cities, implement policies of ethnic cleansing, attack allies and aid enemies, and normalize graft-fueled competitive authoritarianism.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 16h

This sounds like every parent's dream for their children.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 16h

been a while since i worked in marketing and PR but pretty sure “if you enjoy death and destruction and higher prices vote for us” wouldn’t test well

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 15h

salty sherrod brown is my favorite sherrod brown

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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 15h

Ask your doctor if jeopardizing your health to make the rich richer is right for you

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 15h

Republicans discover the microphone works both ways.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14h

Democrats warned that Trump would spend his term inventing criminal charges against his enemies. In reality, he's only done that to a few people and has mostly focused on killing criminal investigations into his allies and letting them out of jail. Where does he go for his apology?

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14h

Under Donald Trump and Kash Patel, FBI agents are far more likely to have their personal data stolen and posted on the internet. But they're now allowed to have sex with farm animals. The administration's defenders say it's net neutral.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."

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Charles Herold @cherold.bsky.social · 14h

I built the monster, fed the monster, uncaged the monster and sent him into the village, and protected the rampaging monster from angry villagers. Trust me, only I can stop this monster. - every AI CEO

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In response to people going after him for this, Friedersdorf claimed that he genuinely had no idea Rufo had anything to do with the Haitians in Springfield slurs and then got mad at people for acting like he was being a complete rube.

BillielsTheOne 9/20/26 “Rufo? The dude who earnestly repeated the lie about cats and dogs being eaten in Springfield? He believes in colorblind equality?”

Conor Friedersdorf • 9/20/26

“I'd missed his involvement in that and agree that, whatever it says about his beliefs, it reflects badly on him.”

@josephgfrancis, 9/21/26
“just incredible how people paid to write about politics for major publications can be more ignorant than random twitter users who didn't have to search hard to find this”

Conor Friedersdorf, 9/21/26 “Maybe I saw it and forgot. Or maybe I wasn't on X that week. You people are unbelievable--as if anyone has perfect recollection of every post relevant to something they do a quick x post about. Of course the hive mind of X collectively recalls more things than I do individually.”

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026

The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026

Trump must be losing his mind on this. His big retribution is fizzling like an ice cube on a campfire. bsky.app/profile/ryan...

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s indeed possible to write a headline that says “Trump lies again.” It doesn’t violate any rule of journalism or shatter the laws of nature. it just tells the truth.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you joined the military recently hoping you could just do your job and serve your country without being called upon to participate in a Christian nationalist crusade against Muslims abroad or a prop in a Pete Hegseth workout video, you picked the wrong time.

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