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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 23h
Reading today's NYT headlines - from an FBI breach by hackers to dozens killed in Myanmar airstrikes, from the Cornell sexual assault case to ICE hiring 5000 more agents, and from $6 diesel fuel to unheeded employee warnings about AI - one might think we're all going to hell in a handcart.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not his army Such a good column, reminding us how far this administration has deviated from the intent of the Constitution. steveschmidt.substack.com/p/not-his-ar...
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Not his army
The lesson George Washington left America 237 years ago
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm reading this new book by Sarah Longwell, founder of The Bulwark, on the ways in which Republicans have been successful in reaching millions, and the ways in which Democrats have not. Her findings are based on thousands of interviews with voters of all stripes. Very smart, very enlightening.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I saw a T-shirt today thaat read: AI can't replace me because I don't do anything. It made me smile.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump's Board of Peace has a plan to rebuild Gaza. This is their estimate of the damage done. "The plan estimates physical damage in Gaza at $35.2 billion and says full recovery and reconstruction will require about $71.4 billion over the next decade." What Israel, with help from us, hath wrought.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching 4 Other Targets, Without Prompting I wish someone could explain to me how AI "escapes" and does nefarious things. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/t...
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OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting
In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
SPOTLIGHTS annelamott.substack.com/p/spotlights... A lovely and poignant Anne LaMott column, which we can always count on from her.
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SPOTLIGHTS
Of course there are surgeons who are both brilliant, stunningly accomplished at what they do, and, at the same time, have a pleasant bedside manner, who do not drip with condescension when talking wit...
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Happy Fall!
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How can James Talarico hold only a "slight" lead over the crooked, corrupt and inept Ken Paxton. That's a mytery to me. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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Talarico holds slight lead in Texas Senate race poll
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico has a slight lead over his Republican opponent, Ken Paxton, according to a new poll. In the NBC 5 Dallas/Telemundo Station Group poll, 46 percent of…
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You know, this is the kind of thing that makes me laugh - Republicans haven't known for months and months that Trump's bizarre actions and total corruption would affect all the cowardly Republicans? The bloodbath couldn't happen to a more deserving gang of idiots.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. The rich get richer and to heck with the rest of us. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o...
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Opinion | In the Land of Billionaire Barbarians (Gift Article)
The center of the tech industry is culturally barren because wealthy executives have no interest in communities outside their fiefs.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I just watched the "60 Minutes" story abt. "pardon brokers" one can hire for a fee ($300k to $3M) to get a pardon request in front of Pres. Trump. Some 90+% of the pardons Trump has granted were done that way & not thru reg. channels where one can request a pardon for the price of a postage stamp.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Another swell idea from the lunatic in the White House. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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Trump Says His D.C. Arch Would Be a ‘Military Complex’ Housing Drones and Snipers (Gift Article)
The president’s announcement on Sunday echoed his justification for the White House ballroom: that the project was necessary for national security.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The tapestry lived. The boy didn’t This is a heartrending story about a regime we know all too well. steveschmidt.substack.com/p/the-tapest...
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The tapestry lived. The boy didn’t
PLUS: Dead Air: Return Of The Mitch with Steve Schmidt & Dean Blundell TODAY at 12 pm ET
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
How Flock Became Public Enemy No. 1 I have written to the Mayor and Chief of Police in my town urging them to get rid of these cameras. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o...
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Opinion | How Flock Cameras Became the Enemy
The campaign against Flock shows that fighting to protect personal privacy isn’t a lost cause.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm reading "The Only Plane in the Sky," an oral history of 9/11, by Garrett Graff. It is riveting. The events of the day are told by World Trade Center workers, fire fighters, air traffic controllers, the military who scrambled jets to intercept Flight 93, and more. A really good read.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
How did Repubs think this would all play out when they let Trump tear down the East Wing, threaten to tear down the Kennedy Center, violently round up & detain thousands of immigrants & non-immigrants, take us to war, trample our Constitutional rights & more. Did they think this was a winning plank?
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump’s Kennedy Center tantrum — and the value of Beatty fighting back As the writer says, he wishes he were making all this up, but he is not. We all wish he were making it up. open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
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Trump’s Kennedy Center tantrum — and the value of Beatty fighting back
Also: A federal judge accused the Trump administration of abusing the discovery process for political ends in a case over Trump’s “anti-DEI” efforts.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Constitution Won't Save Us Excellent Adam Kinzinger column on this Constitution Day. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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The Constitution Won't Save Us
A serious message on Constitution Day
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Write to your U.S. Representative and your two U.S. Senators and tell them the AI race needs a pause, and the public-interest - the common good, not private profit - needs to be protected. I just did. Thank you. actionnetwork.org/letters/act-...
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Act This Week: A Call for Urgent Action on AI Safety and Accountability
Now that AI developers are expressing alarms about human extinction, Congress is finally starting to listen. Public hearings are happening and many bills are being drafted. But the pressure has to kee...
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Racists Saw a Travesty. I Saw America. Excellent Adam Kinzinger column today. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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The Racists Saw a Travesty. I Saw America.
A picture from a college football game incensed the online racists. They finally gave up hiding what they are really after.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The inheritance This is a very beautiful and meaningful column. steveschmidt.substack.com/p/the-inheri...
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The inheritance
They crossed oceans for America. We have no right to surrender it.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. All together now - IMBECILES!!! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort (Gift Article)
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Oh Happy Day! These guys try to get around or disregard every single court order they receive. Geez! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/a...
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Trump’s Name Must Stay Off Kennedy Center, Judge Rules (Gift Article)
A federal judge told center officials at a hearing that he would not approve a plan to inscribe President Trump’s name on the building.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Awesome press conference with Mamdani announcing a lawsuit against the Feds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0SC...
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BREAKING NEWS: NYC Mayor Mamdani Announces Lawsuit Against Trump Admin. Over New Immigration Rule
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Don't we all feel much more safe now. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
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Trump Rejects Talk of A.I. Regulation and Calls Out Anthropic’s CEO (Gift Article)
The president again rejected calls to try to regulate the industry, even as some of its leaders are speaking more openly about the risks of rapidly developing artificial intelligence.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
With AI Rapidly Evolving, Congress Cannot Afford to Sit on its Hands We cannot afford for Congress to be asleep at the switch when it comes to AI regulation. schiffnotes.substack.com/p/with-ai-ra...
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With AI Rapidly Evolving, Congress Cannot Afford to Sit on its Hands
There’s been a lot of news and warnings this week about AI.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Very powerful. Russ Fiengold objecting to the loss of civil liberties after 9/11. youtube.com/shorts/ty5mK...
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The 9/11 Surveillance State Warning We Ignored
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The lack of pushback to what Trump said at his "convention" last night is appalling. He offered a $5000 bribe to voters; asked them to raise their right hands in a pledge to him, and encouraged them to cheat if they "had to" to ensure Republicans win. Anyone home in Congress? Anyone?
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Twenty-Five Years Later, September 11th Is Still Asking Something of Us A beautiful and moving reflection on 9/11 and what it asks of us today. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Twenty-Five Years Later, September 11th Is Still Asking Something of Us
The call we answered on September 12th, 2001 has not changed. We're just further from it than we ever thought we'd be.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 to 1/6: how America lost itself So sad. So true. steveschmidt.substack.com/p/911-to-16-...
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9/11 to 1/6: how America lost itself
More than 32 percent of Americans were unborn on September 11, 2001.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I am sorry to post this again, but as I get further into reading "The Last American President," by Thom Hartmann, it is so revelatory and alarming, I encourage everyone to read it.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Zero shame So sad. So true. steveschmidt.substack.com/p/zero-shame...
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Zero shame
Trump’s sick 9/11 lie dishonors the dead and reveals how far America has fallen
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This weekend, I was at a restaurant right near a Cava & got to thinking about Tom Homan & his Cava bag filled with $50,000. With all the craziness going on, we've forgotten about Homan & his criminal activity. Of course, that's the point of the chaos - for us forget the last stupid or corrupt thing.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The next No Kings Day, but these every-few-month's events are not enough.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thinking about 9/11, I remembered this verse inscribed on a wall in the 9/11 Memorial Museum in NYC. It reads: "No day shall erase you from the memory of time." (Virgil). So poignant.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The big lie’s last stand Read and/or listen to John McCain's concession speech. We have fallen so far from the dignity, respect and love of country he embodied. How do we find our way back? steveschmidt.substack.com/p/the-big-li...
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The big lie’s last stand
America has 56 days to put a constitutional firewall between Donald Trump and absolute power
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I've been reading stories & watching programs on 9/11 & the heroism displayed that day. But, I've also been thinking abt. people in other countries who have suffered equally - being bombed in schools, hospitals, at weddings, etc. & I bet there are as many stories of heroism & valor in those places.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Dignity of the American Worker On this Labor Day, a very nice tribute from Adam Kinzinger. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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The Dignity of the American Worker
Hard work and dedication beat the British, then built this country. Our democracy has sustained it, and we owe gratitude to the American worker who powers it.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A beautiful and poignant piece from Terry Moran's Sunday Poem column. tinyurl.com/4jbvkvcj
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"just because you don't know what work is."
The Sunday Poem
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I am listening to a very good book, called "The Last American President," by Thom Hartman, about Trump and what led to him. It's very good.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains," Karl Marx and Frederich Engels. Happy Labor Day to the workers of the world who make everything we use and eat, and those who provide all the products and services we need and enjoy. Happy Labor Day!
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
LABOR On the eve of Labor Day, a very good Anne LaMott piece in praise of unions. annelamott.substack.com/p/labor?r=7h...
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LABOR
My old Labor Day piece,
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I also came across a powerful poem in the Sept/Oct 2013 issue of Soujourners magazine, from an anthology called "Stand Our Ground: Poems for Trayvon Martin & Marissa Alexander" It begins, "they will kill you/and say I'm sorry/and expect your mother to/forgive and forget/she ever gave birth to you.."
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Came upon this excellent quote from Hubert Humphrey, who once said: "The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life - the children; those who are in the twilight of life - the aged; and those who are in the shadows of life - the sick, the needy, the handicapped."
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Discovering lots of good poetry in an old file I discovered packing for a move. One is James Weldon Johnson's "The Creation." It begins, "God stepped out on space/And He looked around & said/I'm lonely--- /I'll make me a world." After God creates everything, He is lonely still. Then he creates man.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This afternoon, I came across an old file labeled "Poetry." One of the poems inside was Carl Sandburg's, "The People, Yes." It begins, "The people will live on/The learning & blundering people will live on/They will be tricked and sold and again sold..." It's a good one; you may want to look it up.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
amen.
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“Even the Nuns Are Mad” — Indianapolis Archbishop Excuses Catholics From Mass as ICE Surges Into Indiana Very cool - Catholics are absolved from missing Mass(es) if they have concerns about ICE. open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...
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“Even the Nuns Are Mad” — Indianapolis Archbishop Excuses Catholics From Mass as ICE Surges Into Indiana
Archbishop Charles Thompson’s decree covers anyone who “reasonably fear[s] being detained,” legal status or not, through Sept. 30. From Bridgeport to Blue Ash, the Church is now organizing its life ar...
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cjdit.bsky.social @cjdit.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Trump has made clear that he will not stop trying to suppress the vote and maintain his hold on power until something sticks. We must not let up now. Tell your senators to hold the line and reject the SAVE America Act. share.nwmd.social/s/gwa5Ptyn
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Tell The Senate: Reject The SAVE America Act, Protect Our Right To Vote
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