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Todd Bishop / Portland, OR - Drummer, drum teacher, Origin recording artist, visual artist Visit: CRUISE SHIP DRUMMER!: cruiseshipdrummer.com Cymbalistic: cymbalistic.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/cw/cruiseshipdrummer

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7h
Awful: The Supreme Court just let Trump's third-country deportations move forward. Still a shot at stopping them later but unlikely. Reminder: If Dems win power, they can and should defund both the white-nationalist Office of Remigration and third-country deportations, as I argue in this piece:
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 9h
Striking stuff from Nate Silver: Dem lead in House generic ballot matchup now approaching 10 points. Dems hold small leads in the polling averages in six big Senate races.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 9h
Trump Approval Polling Overall: August 28, 2018: 🔴Disapprove: 48% 🟢Approve: 41% ⚪️Net: -7% September 8, 2026 🔴Disapprove: 61% 🟢Approve: 37% ⚪️Net: -24% - YouGov -
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 12h
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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CRUISE SHIP DRUMMER!™ @cruiseshipdrummer.bsky.social · 11h
definitely
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CRUISE SHIP DRUMMER!™ @cruiseshipdrummer.bsky.social · 12h
CRUISE SHIP DRUMMER!: Stay clueless #drums #drumsky #jazz #jazzsky cruiseshipdrummer.com/2026/09/29/s...
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Stay clueless - CRUISE SHIP DRUMMER!
A big honking problem in playing the drums musically well, from a student’s perspective, is the amount of detail that gets dumped on you on how it’s supposed to go, how you have to do […]
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration cannot leverage grants meant to help prevent terrorist attacks to force states and local governments to adopt a slate of new anti-voting measures, a federal judge ruled Monday in a major win for voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Judge strikes down Trump’s bid to cut states’ anti-terror funds unless they impose new voting restrictions
The judge ruled that FEMA had no “authority to extract unfunded reforms from states in exchange for grants.”
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Darin Self @darinself.com · 13h
I agree with Noah here. Trump is not acting like a proto-autocrat that has the advantage going into an election. One thing that really does matter for autocrats is the *perception* or ability to signal strength and popularity. Trump has lost that.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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TofuNYG 🏈🏳️‍🌈🗽🇺🇦 🚫👑🖕🧊 @groguspeak.bsky.social · 15h
Midterms gonna be lit
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
KBJ is this close 🤏🏾 to referring to Chief Justice John Roberts as Chief Justice Save-A-Ho ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/ketan...
screenshot of two paragraphs excerpted from the linked article. excerpt reads as follows:

At a public appearance in March 2026, Jackson attributed the spike to a corresponding “uptick” in “the court’s willingness to get involved.” Indeed, the Court has granted more than 70 percent of the administration’s requests. In her speech on Thursday, Jackson talked about what those grants look like in practice. She specifically highlighted the Court’s shadow docket orders allowing Trump to slash the Department of Education’s workforce, cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in government grants, and, as she put it, authorize “roving ICE patrols to conduct race-based searches and seizures of Latino residents in Los Angeles.”

With these grim examples, Jackson illustrated how transforming the emergency docket into a “special avenue that certain privileged litigants can use selectively” puts people in danger, and compromises both the functioning of the judiciary and the Court’s credibility with the public. And in Friday’s dissent, she similarly rejected the idea that the government is injured and requires emergency response services from the Supreme Court “whenever it is prevented from violating the law.”
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17h
I'm not sure I've seen this level of GOP panic in my lifetime. The leaks have become a flood. Republicans are privately admitting this looks like 2006. They're saying the map is disintegrating. One even predicts a "wipelout." On the pod, we bring you all of it: newrepublic.com/article/2159...
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Trump Erupts in Wild Panic as GOP Midterm Leaks Grow Urgent: “Wipeout”
As GOP alarm about the midterms worsens, a progressive data researcher explains the deeper reasons voters are so angry and dissatisfied right now—especially in red states with big Senate races.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 15h
As I discussed last night with Rachel Maddow, after I published my book, "HOW RUSSIA WON," which exposes Russian disinfo ops aimed at the US to help Trump, the Russians dragged me into a disinfo op attacking Dems in the midterms. See my OUR LAND newsletter: link.motherjones.com/public/47685...
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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know you guys get it, but the clearest sign that the Prestige Press is totally in his pocket -- something that even your apolitical or MAGA pals would get -- is that he ALLOWS himself to be shown dozing in his meetings and they NEVER MENTION IT
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's not even destroyed buildings and rubble it's just dust and ash
Cover of the Scottish national showing the genocide in Gaza (it's just complete annihilation)
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Brutal: One Iowa GOP strategist privately tells WaPo that the midterms could be a "wipeout." That supports what we reported on the potential for big Dem gains in rural areas, based on what the Iowa Dem chair told us on the pod (see my thread below).
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Taken in 1946 in New York by an 18yr old STANLEY KUBRICK (then working for Look magazine).
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump's press ban actually shows he's a weak, diminished figure, says @paulwaldman.bsky.social: "To find a president at this level, you’ve got to go back to Nixon in Watergate or Bush in a historic financial crisis." On the pod, Paul is so good on Trump's shrinking: newrepublic.com/article/2158...
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Trump’s Rage over Failing Press Ban Goes Off Rails in Epic Self-Own
As Trump’s fury at news organizations grows after he loses in court, the writer of a piece on Trump’s shrinking stature explains how the media can collectively resist his abuses of power.
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TofuNYG 🏈🏳️‍🌈🗽🇺🇦 🚫👑🖕🧊 @groguspeak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Midterms gonna be lit
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Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Water Lilies - 1897/1898 botfrens.com/collections/41/content…
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anyone need a thrilling science story? Right here ⤵️
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CRUISE SHIP DRUMMER!™ @cruiseshipdrummer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
wheee
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Arch raconteur, Actor, Writer (and it gets forgotten Oscar winner) DAVID NIVEN on how cheating at Golf got him thrown out of the army, his early days as a penniless Actor in New York selling booze, and how he got his start in Hollywood as an Extra.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Polling USA Senate Rating Changes: Iowa: 🔴Tilt GOP -> 🔵Tilt DEM Georgia: 🔵Likely DEM -> 🔵Safe DEM Maine: 🔵Lean DEM -> 🔵Tilt DEM Florida: 🔴Tilt GOP -> 🔴Lean GOP - September 27, 2026 - usapolling.substack.com/p/republican...
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Republicans Are in Full Midterm Panic
Democrats continue their march toward a historic House majority as Trump’s approval sinks further
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/09/2026
“Most LLMs (including those from OpenAI) are built on millions of scraped webpages and other large text datasets, and almost none of this content has been obtained with its owners’ knowledge or consent.” This is how tech executives talk when no one thinks they’re listening.
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AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Google has started updating satellite images of Gaza. Holocaust. (📸 Barry Andrews MEP, European Parliament)
A single building is left standing amidst utter carnage. Every single building has been levelled across a few square miles pictures. Google maps identified one pile of rubble as a school.
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CRUISE SHIP DRUMMER!™ @cruiseshipdrummer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
perfect. of course.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Despite being a famous Hollywood star if you want to know what sort of person DAVID NIVEN was, the largest wreath at his funeral was from the Porters at Heathrow Airport. It read: “To the finest gentleman who ever walked through these halls. He made a Porter feel like a King.”
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 26/09/2026
The Saudis believed that a corrupt U.S. government was in their interest, writes Nicholas Grossman. But in reality, bribable usually means selfish and weak. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/24/i...
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Saudi Arabia Bribed the Wrong People
Riyadh’s bet on Trumpism has failed.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026
NEW: A Texas woman died after being denied an abortion and her family sued the state and her doctors for violating her right to life. They say the ban should be struck down. It's one of several cases challenging abortion laws under state constitutional rights to life and liberty @autonomynews.co
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New Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to Life
Lawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense.
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Lynne Popkowski @pop-lynne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
'We’re not going to be reacting in real time' or pulling all-nighters, (Weiser) added. 'We are going to be following through on plans we’ve made, having looked at what’s possible.' #philforgovernor www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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Commentary: War games and draft lawsuits: Democrats work to Trump-proof November election
Stepping in for a complacent Congress, Democratic attorneys general are ready to fight efforts to undermine or overturn the Nov. 3 election. "We need to stay vigilant," says Colorado's Phil Weiser.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/09/2026
Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1
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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Jason O. Gilbert @gilbertjasono.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AI EXECUTIVE (bragging about his product): Using this every day has made me incredibly stupid
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Luiz Santos Music @luizsantosmusic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Joan Miró - Mural Painting Barcelona, October 18, 1950-January 26, 1951 Oil on canvas - MoMa #art #arts
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The plan for the war is to the lie to the public about the war. This sometimes leads to ridiculous things, like the president announcing that Iran wants to lower gas and diesel prices but he won't let them, and telling the Iranians that they're right to see the upcoming US midterms as leverage.
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commonfence.bsky.social @commonfence.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Atlantic did a similar story but the more the better! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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My Year as a Degenerate Sports Gambler
Practically overnight, America made wagering on a game as frictionless as checking the weather. I was determined to understand the consequences—for my country, and for myself.
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Skinnie Talls @skinnietalls.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Someday happens when you least expect it
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think a top tax bracket of 99.9999% ought to do the trick
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brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
this is unambiguously the language of abuse
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Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Marvin Newman ~ San Gennaro Festival, 1952 #SanGennaroFeast
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Raymond Norman @raymondnorman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nike Founder Phil Knight Gives Away a Billion Dollars – the Largest Single Donation to a Public University: www.goodnewsnetwork.org/nike-founder...
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Nike Founder Phil Knight Gives Away a Billion Dollars – the Largest Single Donation to a Public University
Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife Penny are donating a billion dollars to the University of Oregon for a new engineering school.
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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Paul Klee @paul-klee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Drawing Knotted in the Manner of a Net www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…
The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1984
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
With my whole chest: Fuck Cornell.
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CRUISE SHIP DRUMMER!™ @cruiseshipdrummer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
CRUISE SHIP DRUMMER!: Paradiddle inversions - RLRL-LRLR #drums #drumsky cruiseshipdrummer.com/2026/09/26/i...
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Inverted paradiddles – RLRL-LRLR - CRUISE SHIP DRUMMER!
Working with another paradiddle inversion, RLRL-LRLR, as an offbeat form of our more familiar RLLR-LRRL inversion, accenting at the same note of the pattern. We got some things to play on pad, we got some […]
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
PAUL NEWMAN — who left us 18yrs ago today, aged. 83 — talks about THE STING (1973) and how the Film industry was changing and not for the better.
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