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Democrats seem headed for big wins, but one avenue for self-sabotage would be adopting R's framing on trans rights. @billiejsweeney.bsky.social spoke with insiders incl Lanae Erikson of Third Way and Rep. Sarah McBride for this substanial piece of new reporting. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

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Democrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned Media

Insiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6h

A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.

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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote

A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…

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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 2h

After being raped by a man on my hall sophomore year, I couldn’t leave my dorm room for weeks and failed several classes. I had to take out student loans so I could retake those credits. We almost never talk about the financial toll of campus sexual assault on survivors.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 2h

I know this will shock everyone but Eric Schmitt is still wrong — there were *six* NBA games that night, not one. Hawks/Hawkeyes confusion remains the likely explanation. www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/?m...

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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 2h

BASH: Trump is using taxpayer funds for White House campaign ads. Do you think that's an appropriate use of tax money? RICKETTS: Well I haven't seen the ad. I can't speak to it x.com/atrupar/stat...

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BASH: Trump is using taxpayer funds for White House campaign ads. Do you think that's an appropriate use of tax money? RICKETTS: Well I haven't seen the ad. I can't speak to it

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Kate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 3h

"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...

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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now

As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 8h

Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20. The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2h

The Kennedy holding up the sign makes it for me. They thought this was their ace in the hole. They thought they had him dead to rights. Then… poof

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2h

People forget, Katie Britt is a former Chief of Staff. She would be in charge of putting these talking points together in her early career. This was a massive fumble. (I jokingly was looking for a young man in a suit with a box of his belongings today).

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 11h

Some of what is driving AI safety concerns: • Increasing pace of development • Increasing multi-agent coordination • Increasing bad behaviors like cheating and strategic deception • Increasing situational awareness leading to hiding of bad behavior • Decreasing chain-of-thought monitorability

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 2h

Once again, @autonomynews.co is a team of only two and we published all these stories in the span of one week. Support our work today. Every dollar counts! www.autonomynews.co/support/

Yesterday, the FBI’s number two man resigned. Andrew Bailey was previously the Attorney General of Missouri, where he aggressively investigated providers of abortion and gender-affirming care. We spent months reporting on Bailey’s past in Missouri, and what he might have been doing at the FBI. The bottom line: An abortion pill crackdown is likely on the way, even after Bailey’s departure.

Heidi Overton, Trump’s pick to run the Food and Drug Administration, had her confirmation hearing on Thursday and it was a doozy. Overton refused to say that the abortion drug mifepristone is safe and effective and even declined to say that IUDs are birth control, not abortifacients. Next comes a committee vote and a full Senate vote.

In less soul-crushing news, Susan wrote about how advocates in multiple states are challenging abortion laws under the rights to life and liberty enshrined in state constitutions. The refreshing argument is that restrictions violate the constitutional rights of pregnant people.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7h

Ashley Hinson voted for the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” CBO now projects the law will mean 13.1 MILLION fewer Medicaid enrollees by 2035, while cutting Medicaid spending by about $1.2 TRILLION over the decade. That vote has consequences. #GOPWarOnHealthcare

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 12h

“This is the most dangerous thing that humans have ever gone near,” Bill Gates says about A.I. He walks through the technology’s risks and possibilities on “The Ezra Klein Show.”

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Opinion | Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.

As A.I. capabilities accelerate, the technologist is shocked by the “complete lack of engagement” with the question of how to manage its risks.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2h

“Right now Trump is leaving America exposed to dangerous viruses: digital, biological and diplomatic,” Tom Friedman wrote. “Something bad is going to happen to us as a result. We and our children are going to pay for this, and not only at the gas pump.” www.rawstory.com/trump-midter...

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Trump’s ‘unrestrained ignorance’ is leaving Americans exposed to new 'viruses': expert

President Donald Trump’s “unrestrained ignorance” is leaving Americans exposed to three dangers, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman warned Tuesday.In a scathing column,...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14h

“The sources added that Patel consistently kept Bailey at arm's length and cut him out of meetings the deputy FBI director should attend because Bailey was constantly flagging things that were unconstitutional.” www.cbsnews.com/news/top-fbi...

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Top FBI official Andrew Bailey, who was once widely seen as Patel successor, resigns

Bailey was originally brought in to help ease tensions between former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h

These people are utterly shameless

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 9h

too perfect

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 3h

WTAF?!! Why don't we hear more about this? Mike Rogers campaigns with a Hitler group chat defender. Seems bad for the Jews. But the Republicans and corporate media don't talk about this. They want to hide who Rogers is. Why?

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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 10h

My office has handled a lot of sexual harassment cases. “Her shirt was too tight” “She drank too much” “Why did she put herself in that position” “She was asking for it.” No. No. No. No. It’s not HER job to be on DEFCON 5 at all times. It’s HIS job not to be a predator. ~ Attorney Ryan

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 13h

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists have engineered a virus that invades and destroys glioblastoma one of the deadliest brain cancers while turning the immune system into a relentless tumor-killing force. This could be a historic shift in cancer treatment.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10h

TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

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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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 9h

Here it comes... the large coronal hole is almost directly facing Earth now, which means fast solar wind is 3-4 days away. In fact, NOAA SWPC has just issued a G1/minor storm watch for Oct 2. This means there are chances for mid-latitude auroral displays Thu and Fri nights. #heliophysics

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 10h

Jack Smith out there doing more to support girls’ sports more than any transphobe has ever done.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

Amazing community note on threads

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h

🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.”

Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa stands indoors wearing a burgundy blazer and dark top, with campaign signage bearing her name and the outline of Texas visible behind her.

Official letter dated September 29, 2026, from Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office requesting inspection of unredacted communications between Abbott’s office and Elon Musk and his companies. Hinojosa seeks records previously released with redactions for information deemed “embarrassing” or “intimate,” citing her legislative authority under the Texas Public Information Act.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 13h

I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 7h

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 6h

NEW AD: Today on House Hunters, Ken Paxton is shopping for a new house. Will he buy the three-story luxury lodge in Oklahoma? The condos at a wellness resort in Utah? The ocean-view property in Hawaii? (Spoiler alert: He won’t take one — he’ll take 15.)

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dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 5h

Trump said his GOP convention beat the NFL. Nielsen says the Seahawks-Patriots opener drew 25.1 million viewers. Trump’s speech drew about 3.3 million across three networks. Claiming victory after losing by roughly 21.8 million people takes a special kind of self delusion.

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 3h

Eric Schmitt might actually be dumber than Tommy Tuberville.

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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 8h

For once, Ken Paxton is being honest: if it weren't for our broken campaign finance system, he'd have no shot. #UnrigWashington candidate @jamestalarico.bsky.social is running to reform our system and fight for Texans. Ken Paxton can't say the same. #TXSEN

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h

A man charged with rape and sexual assault casually joking about consent at an official event with Trump White House officials.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h

NEWS: GOP candidate Brandon Herrera defended massive CEO salaries, mocked renters as “bums,” joked about people who don’t “tip their landlords,” then compared being called a “renter” with a hard R to a racial slur.

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Brandon Herrera Defended High CEO Salaries, Joined Mocking of Renters

GOP candidate: "Did you really call me 'renter' with a hard 'r? It's 'renta' to you."

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The Verge @theverge.com · 12h

Every single one of 21 tested vehicles sent data to a third-party domain over Wi-Fi. Over half contacted domains specializing in advertising, tracking, or analytics. These companies gather details about your vehicle or driving behavior to sell to insurance companies or target you with ads.

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Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think

“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said.

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Daphne Pierpoint @daphnepierpoint.com · 6h

Oof. x.com/meidastouch/...

Footage of Jack Smith at a Maryland/Iowa women’s basketball game

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 4h

The fraud charges announced Tuesday totaled $3 million. More than $2 million of that is connected to Peter Meilahn of Duluth, who investigators say ran his own psychotherapy practice and worked as an independent contracted therapist for Franklin Family Services.

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Attorney general’s office charges 9 people with Medicaid fraud totaling $3M

The attorney general’s office has charged nine people with bilking Minnesota’s Medicaid system through state programs.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 9h

The Trump regime's new AI assistant confirmed Donald is a convicted felon, Biden won the 2020 election, and Trump is in the Epstein files before it stopped answering political questions.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 3h

* checks the news * aaaand speaking of the Supreme Court abusing the shadow docket

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CNN @cnn.com · 29/09/2026

Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. cnn.it/4huSk5M

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

It's one thing to be so incredibly incompetent as Eric Schmitt that your dramatic "GOTCHA" moment falls apart in real time. It is quite another thing to be so incredibly dishonest as Eric Schmitt that you then go on a right-wing show and pretend it didn't happen. "My job is to ask the questions."😜

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