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Cosmonautilus5

@cosmonautilus5.bsky.social
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Just a neurospicy cosmic nautiloid from Indiana with an intense interest in leftist politics and a fiery rage for right-wing dipshittery

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404 Media @404media.co · 14h
Body cam footage we obtained reveals the first Flock camera searches ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, and highlights how the system has turned otherwise mundane traffic stops into interrogations for drivers. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMXh...
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
@lilymasonphd.bsky.social's work is so important on this topic and I'm pleased to see it getting NYT attention
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 12h
While I understand the need to point out the relentless hypocrisy of reactionaries, it's unfortunately pointless due to the jaundiced hierarchy they construct that justifies to themselves behaving like narcissists
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 12h
What's the name of the women in the Handmaid's Tale that nark on other women to maintain a zealous status quo?
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 13h
Only feckless cowards comply with fascists in advance. It sucks that activists and community organizers have to put out fires from supposed allies on top of the inferno stoked by the regime.
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“I don’t think there is anything intrinsically different in A.I. that will escape the market forces,” He's basically throwing his hands in the air and saying that AI can't escape ravenous greed—I mean, "the invisible hand of the market" But it apparently saves companies lots of money, right NYT?
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Battle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs Higher
The use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 12/10/2026
Ukraine just did more to clean up American elections than Congress has done in twenty years.
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hoosier Republicans are so bad that some even commit serial shoplifting. They have no shame
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“To state what’s obvious to prosecutors here, we are within the period before an election where DOJ doesn’t take overt steps in an investigation that might influence its outcome,” she said, adding that it was “another hard norm out the window.” They informed Fox News ahead of time, it's too obvious
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"Assassinations against European civilian targets — once considered taboo, even by Russia’s spy agencies — are an increasingly prominent part of those plans, European intelligence services have told the FT."
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Russia steps up bid to kill European defence chiefs, spy agencies warn
Companies increase personal security for top executives as Kremlin orders expansion of sabotage and ‘hybrid’ operations
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Gabriele Svelto @gabrielesvelto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
I double-checked this on a couple of Xitter stat sites and it's true. Average views of the main AfD account dropped 90% and average engagement dropped by 60%. This is commercial social media for you: bots, damn bots and Russian bots.
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Adam Conover @adamconover.net · 11/10/2026
But who needs regulation?
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"ProPublica also reported that the same Pentagon unit was considering a loan to Unusual Machines, a second company connected to the president’s son. A defense official told ProPublica recently that the unit is now in the late stages of a $220 million loan for the Florida drone parts maker,—"
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“No one from the postal service will be supervising these armed guards. It will be completely a private contractor who controls these armed guards, so you basically have private contractors in and around ballots without any federal control. To me, that’s crazy,” Albergo told Raw Story.
newrepublic.com
USPS Hires Security Service With History of Human Rights Abuse
Almost 1,000 armed security officers have been sent to at least 55 post office facilities.
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"'Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC,' Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement announcing the measures." I'd say this is deeply revealing of a fascist party, but enough has already been revealed about their ideology by *gestures broadly*
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U.S. sanctions International Criminal Court, vowing to dismantle it "brick by brick" without changes
The U.S. imposed fresh sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court, taking action against the court itself after previously penalizing more than a dozen of its judges and prosecutors.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. ICE’s unchecked power won’t rein itself in. If we want real oversight, accountability, and an end to intimidation tactics that target vulnerable communities, we have to demand it—loudly and publicly. Abolish ICE.
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The circus is in town, yet there's no bread in sight
nytimes.com
Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says
If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"...federal judges have repeatedly found arrests involving Cuni unlawful. One judge called an arrest warrant he signed 'fraudulent,' while another said that video evidence contradicts his sworn account of an arrest; in a third case, the government withdrew his sworn statements as inaccurate."
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Alito insists in his book that presidential immunity is 'an immunity, I should add, that applies to all presidents,' not simply Trump—as if critics’ real objection was that Democrats wouldn’t be allowed to commit crimes too." Their rhetoric always gives the game away: it's simply about power
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 08/10/2026
What’s left in the fight for voting rights? A lot. In An American Problem, Michael G. Miller and @kevintmorris.bsky.social trace the Voting Rights Act’s history, its successes, and how Shelby County v. Holder weakened its protections. Pre-order today: #[bit.ly/4y6W1ot
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An American Problem: How the Country Built — and the Supreme Court Broke — the Voting Rights Act
Michael G. Miller and Kevin T. Morris chronicle the rise and fall of the Voting Rights Act, from the triumph of its passage in 1965 to its evisceration by the Supreme Court in 2013.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
People around Ken Paxton anytime he’s about to say something damaging to his campaign
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"David J. Rush fabricated a 'highly classified' government program to justify the acquisition of luxury property in south Florida that he intended to resell for personal profit, according to a court filing. Rush separately concocted a bogus 'sensitive government activity' to obtain the gold bars—"
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Former CIA official accused of stealing $40M in gold bars pleads guilty
A former senior CIA official has pleaded guilty to abusing his position and government funds for personal gain. Court records reveal that David J.
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is some Nixon-era Southern Strategy bullshit "The text messages and attack site refer to a comment made by Talarico after a mass shooting in which he said, 'Radicalized white men are the greatest domestic terrorist threat in our country.'”
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Texas voters get ‘Are you white?’ political texts targeting James Talarico
The messages direct recipients to a site paid for by the American Political Action Committee, whose website identifies longtime conservative Alan Gottlieb as its founder.
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"If these vessels manage to get insurance and become a total loss, shipowners can claim back the full value of the ship, which may be a better economic proposition than eventually having to scrap the vessels, they said." Human life isn't even a factor in their calculus, just recouped revenue
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Shippers Are Offering Sailors Up to $25,000 a Trip to Sneak Oil Out of the Gulf
More tankers are getting through the Strait of Hormuz despite Iranian threats in a burgeoning system of risky shuttle runs that cost up to $40 million.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026
one funny thing about Alito is he is constantly fuming over his critics. just a big blubbering baby.
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“'Corporations don’t spend years building high-tech pricing tools, hiring experts, and filing patents just to let them collect dust. They do it because they see a path to higher profit—one that runs right through everyday consumers’ budgets,' said Lindsay Owens, president and CEO of Groundwork..."
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
AI giants only want guardrails so they have control of what those guardrails contain, like lobbyists steering legislation in Congress. Don't believe for a moment that the tech oligarchs have even a modicum of altruism concerning their latest destructive grift.
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How long did it take the Germans to realize the Gestapo weren't on their side? I fear that too-large a portion of the population is behind the curve
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It feels like every day there's a new story about a Republican and sexual abuse, especially if they're running for office. They'll never beat the allegations.
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is what we'd call a "red flag" Also: obligatory fuck you to Leonard Leo
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"MSF described how families are being “pushed into overcrowded and unlivable conditions” and how the group’s ability to deliver clean water has been impeded when there are attacks near the yellow line."
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Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 05/10/2026
They cut down the "grandmother" tree.
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Evangelical, as a term, functionally encompasses all forms of zealous Christianity at this point. He's an adherent of the Seven Mountains Mandate, which makes him a hardcore zealot in my book. I personally know Catholics that don't believe the shit he does, he's just as unhinged as evangelicals.
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Its disgusting how assertive he is in assuming women's thoughts and behavior concerning Roe v. Wade. These baseles assumptions, likely fueled by his evangelical beliefs, elucidates why he can't understand how psychotic he sounds.
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When there's an entire website that exists to catalogue all the conservatives that turn out to be sexual predators: share.google/zntuuhQzxqXL...
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Republican Sexual Predators
Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Rokita's taking notes from the Trump playbook, suing anyone that hurts his fragile feelings at the taxpayers' expense. It's hard not to find impropriety when he routinely abuses the power of his office to silence critics and advance a maga culture war. Literally one of the worst AGs in the country
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The corruption is literally coming from inside the house
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Parisi said utility poles failed because they were meant to withstand 55 mph winds, not the 100 mph gusts that came with the storm." Our state literally gets tornadoes, in what universe did they think a 55mph threshold would be good enough? But even then, it was a hollow excuse for their neglect.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
From attacks on the press and threats of retribution to the normalization of authoritarian rhetoric, Timothy Snyder explains why the warning signs matter. Timothy Snyder
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He doesn't want his problematic favs catching strays
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Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Skipping right over the confederates and Nazis, eh?
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He just keeps subverting Congress, which is odd considering they have a majority and can do this nonsense legally. He's just flexing his illegality at this point, like a national humiliation ritual
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Meanwhile, the House is on an imposed recess while another discharge petition—aimed at fixing the shortcomings and loopholes in the Epstein Files Transparency Act—stands at 216 signatures, with two more solid commitments to bring the count to the 218 needed to force a vote on the House floor."
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Jonah Blank @jonahblank.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I have horrible thoughts." Fact-check: ✅
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"The message was clear: We work for Donald Trump, and that means we’re above the law. Trump later held his 2020 convention at the White House, a four-day-long Hatch Act violation no previous president would even have contemplated."
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That's why you work to educate the voter ahead of elections, not that Republicans would understand or even advocate for education
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 01/10/2026
"We have to commit genocide to enjoy peace" said every dictator ever
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Andy Kroll @andykroll.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: We dive deep into Trump "shadow president" Russ Vought in the new episode of PAPER TRAIL, @propublica.org's podcast. I'm so excited about this. You will hear Vought - on tape! - in a way you haven't before. Pls listen — and subscribe to PAPER TRAIL www.propublica.org/podcast/who-...
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Who’s the Shadow President?
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This will be one of the most important immigration cases in a generation. The Trump admin claims that a 1996 law mandates the detention of millions of people without any right to a bond hearing; every person who entered illegally, no matter how long in the past. If they win, it's a nightmare.
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