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blakeyblakey-1-9.bsky.social @blakeyblakey-1-9.bsky.social · 13h
Musk makes a strong case for (inter?)nationalizing all of his assets. He is a fascist and fascist enabler and clear danger to democracy. Throttling Starlink for a specific country sure sounds like a war crime. u
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
WOW. Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, among others, "chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an impeccable record of public service. ... The attacks against Ms. Comans were based entirely on false information" and many officials "knew [they] were untrue."
In conducting this hearing, the Court is not called upon to resolve factual disputes between
the parties. The facts set forth in this Memorandum Opinion and Order were proposed by the
Plaintiff, unobjected to by the Government, and then deemed admitted by the Court. Dkts. 74, 75,
77.2 These facts establish that high-ranking government officials, including then Secretary of DHS
Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, engaged in a coordinated public relations campaign to impugn the
personal and professional integrity of Ms. Comans. For reasons unfathomable to this Court,
officials chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an
impeccable record of public service. In short, Ms. Comans was professionally targeted and
personally attacked by government officials for no legitimate reason. The attacks against Ms.
Comans were based entirely on false information, and many government officials knew the
accusations were untrue at the time they were made. With no regard for the truth and with no
consideration for the personal and professional effect on Ms. Comans, government officials
exploited their access to mass media outlets to broadcast false information. These false
statements reached hundreds of millions of people. The purpose of this Order is, to the best of
this Court’s ability, to correct the public record and establish as a matter of law that the
statements made by these officials about Ms. Comans were objectively and demonstrably false.
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Also, the man was sentenced to a stay in psychiatric hospital for up to six years.
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Something like 430 trees were downed before the judge became aware. She knew who she was dealing with, and yet she is disappointed because "I trusted you all not to do precisely what you have done."
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So let's get this straight: Russia just murdered over 65 people in Ukraine in less than 48 hours. Crushed a building on top of sleeping families to celebrate Putin's birthday. And today, the U.S. announces that they are lifting sanctions on Russian diesel and planning to buy some,
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Judge Sparkle again!
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ZELENSKYY: At this very moment, when we are talking about peace, America gives Russia the opportunity to export diesel — that's millions, billions. It all goes toward the war against people, against Ukraine, against all of us.
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Sheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am old enough to remember when the White House gathered tech company executives in DC to figure out how to remove execution videos from the internet. www.buzzfeednews.com/article/shee...
buzzfeednews.com
Inside The Obama Administration’s Attempt To Bring Tech Companies Into The Fight Against ISIS
Dozens of U.S. government officials, tech executives, and entertainment representatives gather in D.C., under a cloud of growing anti-Muslim sentiment and the spiralling fight between Apple and the FB...
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So a book with two gay penguins will traumatize kids but a public execution wouldn't???
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What's happening all around the country is what happened in Austin.
youtube.com
STEAMROLLED: How Billionaires Remade Austin Texas in 9 Weeks
YouTube video by Austin Free Press
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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
‪“They’ve arrested more people for touching the peeling paint at the Reflecting Pool than they’ve arrested from the Epstein files.”‬ @jamielynn261982.bsky.social
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
or maybe liberal arts education
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Count on it 👇
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
<sigh>
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Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
(MAD Magazine/Jack Davis, Frank Jacobs)
Howard Cosell in a Gillette commercial according to MAD Magazine/Jack Davis, Frank Jacobs
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Angie Nixon was born and raised in Jacksonville FL, btw.
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The persistent lying is so painful to the brain.
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
He's part and parcel of the regime, not an anomaly. They're all like this.
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ours did not
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why do you say you're skeptical of their facing legal accountability?
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It appears that the hospital has responded with a clear admission of error: ''In a statement to WBNS-TV, the hospital acknowledged that “this was an avoidable event." It's a horrible and preventable error, nonetheless.
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
IMHO we should welcome those breaking from the regime when they see the light and begin to think for themselves.
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So these are the Armaggedonists.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
dailykos.com
Supreme Court conservatives ensure midterm chaos
Here comes the Supreme Court’s faithful conservatives, riding to President Donald Trump’s rescue. They’re eager to remind us all that democracy doesn’t matter, laws don’t matter, the balance of powers...
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨Call to Action: ICE is set to open a detention camp for kids at an airport in Alexandria, Louisiana. ICE plans to deport kids to third countries. Sen. Ron Wyden said kids deported from Alexandria hub are at "risk of falling into horrific cycles of trafficking." actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: No Detention Expansion in Alexandria, Louisiana
We need you to take action NOW! The Trump administration has been aggressively expanding the immigration detention system in new and horrific ways for nearly two years. Now they intend to open a brand...
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 25/09/2026
Peter Thiel says the "Antichrist" will preach "peace." Now his cronies in the Trump regime are pushing "Pax Silica" ("Silicon Peace"). It's a grandiose name for AI colonialism and imperialism. 1st target: The Philippines. More from @kieraevebutler.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
Tech Bros and the Trump administration are building an AI empire—in the Philippines
Pax Silica aims to lock up rare earths, and hand Silicon Valley the keys.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner. How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs?
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
headline alert
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wow- 78 reporters in total lost their access to the Trump White House with his ban. That's incredible. (This is from the court hearing on the case happening right now in DC)
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Anita Wadhwani @anitawadhwani.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger ruled quickly today to deny a motion by immigrant advocates seeking a preliminary inunction that would have barred the Tennessee Highway Patrol from conducting traffic stops in tandem with ICE. Will have more on this shortly.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Damning new reporting on the breadth of Trump's deportation operation that follows up on two scoops from The Handbasket last year: the State Department's creation of the Office of Remigration and monetary agreements with "third countries" to accept refugees from elsewhere.
washingtonpost.com
How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NY Times: Troy Jackson, "progressive brawler"; Susan Collins, "genteel centrist"
nytimes.com
Troy Jackson, a Progressive Brawler, Tries to Flip a Senate Seat in Maine
Mr. Jackson landed in the race unexpectedly. Democrats are hoping he can unseat Susan Collins, a Republican, in their bid to retake the Senate.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Hannah Mooney, Across Ballyglass landscape II, 2016, contemporary Irish painter #Womensart #SummerPaintings
Painting featuring a rural landscape with green and golden fields under a moody sky
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The world’s largest battery-electric aircraft flew for the first time on the 12th of August, a 27-minute test flight over upstate New York that cost about five dollars in electricity. Heart Aerospace’s 30-seat prototype is a big step toward a commercial version. buff.ly/i3f0PhR #ShareGoodNewsToo
techspot.com
The largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricity
Heart's X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes from a regional airport in upstate New York, running on battery power the entire time. The aircraft reached 1,100 feet...
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Even if you think you know the whole Kennedy Center story, this is enlightening and enraging. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
nytimes.com
How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I visited communism as a child
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
JUST IN: D.C. Circuit says IRS decision to share taxpayer info with DHS tens of thousands of violates the law — and that the administration's rebuttal to that claim is "weak sauce." www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
With today's filing in the Supreme Court, Elias Law Group is now litigating 90 voting and election cases.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/09/2026
Raskin after Kristen Welker plays him clips of controversial Hasan Piker comments and asks him to react to them: "I think all of that is an irrelevant distraction"
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Unearthed video: Leaked Flock webinar reveals Flock employees teaching police how to surveil anti-Trump No Kings protestors and track their vehicles.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
The republicans just suggested if the judge makes the USPS rule optional - not mandatory - for states, that she let USPS reject non compliant ballots for the states that choose to voluntarily participate. The judge asks “do a test run on this election”???
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 03/09/2026
Judge Talwani seems to want to prevent the DOJ from dragging out an appeal if she rules against them. It suggests not only that she’s likely to find for the plaintiffs, but also that she’s very aware that delay is central to the administration’s strategy. Find more live updates here:
demdock.com
Mail voting live updates: Judge weighs fate of Trump’s anti-voting executive order
This morning's hearing may be the most consequential moment yet in the months-long legal fight over Trump's attempt to restrict mail voting before the midterms.
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I'm wondering if acupuncture or some form of bodywork like neuromuscular therapy might help; the bodywork might take a few weeks to make a difference, but maybe worth a try.
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
From February 2026, for those interested in gathering current info on environmental issues around data centers.
wri.org
From Energy Use to Air Quality, the Many Ways Data Centers Affect US Communities
Energy prices and water use aren't the only ways data centers affect U.S. communities. We break down the impacts — and how some states are dealing with them.
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
They are exhausting and disheartening. You could also use Carifornia, we've had a lot of them.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This was written by Thomas Anderson, a retired colonel and attorney who posts under the online moniker "CynicalPublius” on Elon’s toxic waste site. He is one of Pete Hegseth’s influencers hired to spread propaganda. Just a coincidence that he’s covering up for Donald Trump’s pedophilia . . .
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
So racist
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/08/2026
Trump is speaking to complete silence at the NASA center. Not a single person is applauding or reacting to anything he says during his brazenly partisan speech.
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clpick @clpick.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I hear you, and I know from friends and colleagues who experienced it that that aggression was poisonous. But it seems this type of intense aggressive rigidity springs up around any social movement. It's tragic it also sprang up in this one, that had expansive aims.
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