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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

Ted Cruz is getting absolutely destroyed in the comments, but I'd like reporters to ask Ted Cruz if he's ever disavowed Christian terrorists like Eric Robert Rudolph, Robert Dear, Tim McVeigh.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/10/2026

Right-wing billionaires now own the Washington Post, the LA Times, CNN, CBS News, virtually every local TV station, virtually every news radio station, most local newspapers, X, Facebook, Threads, and TikTok. (Did I miss any?) They own almost the entire information environment.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

Public schools in Utah banned a best-selling Jodi Picoult novel and ordered all copies destroyed. So ... Picoult arrived at a Salt Lake City high school this weekend with 600 copies of the book. And she gave them all away, for free. "Applause and cheers erupted." www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

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Author Jodi Picoult came to Utah with a surprise: 600 free copies of her bestselling novel banned from public schools

Picoult encouraged Salt Lake Book Festival attendees to give their copy to a teen who might “need to read it.”

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

corruption and fraud above a certain amount should be treated as seriously as murder. because fraud kills. corruption kills. when a congressman pushes a bill to, say, build a highway because they personally will make $3 million selling land for that project, we should lock them up for life.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 18/10/2026

an important part of maturing as a thinker is realizing that malcolm gladwell is and always has been full of shit

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

remember that "BIDEN IS SENILE" was a stop the presses, every day story and they just let this shit go like its normal

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

Humiliating and dangerous: Trump has now finally just made America an ally of the Kremlin and is aiding Putin in his war against an American friend and partner. Shameful betrayal of a US friend, and pathetic submission to a US enemy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

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America Is Now an Ally of Russia

Donald Trump has abandoned the Western order.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 18/10/2026

What do you call it when secret police round up people of a certain ethnic background, concentrated in over-crowded camps, and mistreats them until many die?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

Hecklers at Republican events get physically assaulted, while hecklers at Democratic ones get a civil exchange of views. And yet I'm pretty sure Tommy would've preferred the former this morning.

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

this is the reason these questions are asked. it doesn't matter how well el-sayed answers, the media get to write a headline with his name and the muslim brotherhood in it. heated, islamist, implications, criticize, disavow, dual loyalty, scary man bad

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

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'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist ties

Thomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Meta took down the No Kings organizing page today - the biggest day of protest this fall. They provided zero explanation. It stayed down for the entire afternoon until most of the protests were done. Outrageous. Put this on the January investigation list.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

I swear to god the administration is going down the list of reasons pundits said it wasn’t fascism and doing them all one by one

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/10/2026

It is an existential imperative that we take every dime he has.

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Jennifer Liao @averagejenn.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

All you Libby users borrowing digital books and audiobooks through your library cards, you can set your preferences to human authors and artists ONLY. Click the middle button at the bottom, then "Content Controls" under Settings. You'll find "AI Contributions" there. Click in to it to make changes.

Libby menu interface showing Content Controls: AI Contributions with the Hunan authors only and Human narrators only options selected.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

“The letter states Omar and her lawyers weren’t given a copy of the warrant prior to the search, as had been required by the judge. It says she made numerous efforts to contact counsel at the start of the search, but the agents prevented her from doing so for more than an hour.”

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Exclusive | In New Letter, Ilhan Omar Fights Back Against Home Search

Lawyers for the Minnesota congresswoman asked federal prosecutors to return items seized this week from her Washington residence.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

i’m just so fucking sorry that my muslim friends have to be hit with this despicable racism every single day. it’s not ok and you should not have to tolerate it. this country belongs to all of us.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

abusers pick their targets by noticing who is the least protected.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Decades ago they joked that there was no more dangerous place to stand in Washington DC than right between Chuck Schumer and a TV camera. But for some reason this schmuck can’t work up a press release for a Democratic member of Congress being persecuted by the president.

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 16/10/2026

Dude is pushing a full press campaign for explicit white supremacy with a fortune largely built from public money.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

What the fuck kind of false equivalency is this? Biden stumbled and stuttered in his speech, but he was never remotely as incoherent as this mentally scrambled dementia patient.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

again this is why you have to retaliate. if they are only afraid of republicans this will happen all over again

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Ludicrous framing here from @nytimes.com. No serious Dems ever thought these would be slam dunks. And it's premature to let a centrist group get in a self-interested shot like this before we even know if these candidates will actually fare worse in the elections than other ones. Indefensible.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 15/10/2026

I think that, like every other attempt they’ve made to go after high profile regime enemies through the legal system, this is likely to end poorly for them in court it is also an extremely dangerous escalation and should be treated like the emergency it is by both Dem leadership and the media

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

a fashion designer once told me she wished people bought clothes like they buy furniture. when you buy a couch, you know you're going to live with it for 10+ years. clothing purchases are often much more impulsive; the items treated as disposable.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

I’ll never get used to him using “I’m allowed” like a spoiled 8 year old who terrorizes his nanny.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/10/2026

strategic political capture of the court has, for 40 years, been a one-way ratchet. among other things, this has inculcated a sense among conservatives that they can act with virtual impunity. showing them that their opponents will play hardball is a necessary first step toward a better status quo.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

DOJ a prime target for investigations imo. Let's find out who exactly covered up the president's sex crimes, who tried to hang a felony on a random guy because the president was mad about the reflecting pool. This latest outrage. Why should they be allowed to walk away to law firm jobs

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

"The officials... did not specify who in the White House made the decision..." Sorry... how many people are there "inside" this White House who ultimately decide what orders to give the Pentagon? I was led to believe the number was one (1)? www.reuters.com/world/europe...

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EXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say

The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

This is such a scoop. For many reasons, including: Trump had made a couple of comments about Omar in the first term, but neither she nor Somali Americans were a Trump obsession at that time. (But Somalis _were_ a Miller obsession.) www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Trump officials scrutinized Omar in 2019. They didn’t find citizenship issues.

The earlier review of Omar’s immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

They started on illegal immigrants, expanded it to legal immigrants, now are going after naturalized citizens. If you are not one of those groups, you are just somewhere further down the chain, but they will get to eliminating your rights eventually too.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Said a day after a white supremacist sought to kill people at a Hindu temple. Not a word about the anti-Indian rhetoric within his own party that has put South Asians and his own family members in danger. Instead continues to play footsie with people who see non-white citizens as guests, at best.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

some deranged lunatic is going to storm an elementary school with an ar15 looking for the schools surgical center and the media is going to pretend we have no idea where they got that idea from

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. @reuters.com 🇺🇦 www.reuters.com/world/europe...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Ex-boss filed a $12 theft charge against an ex-employee because she got a restraining order in response to his creepy behavior. Charge was never prosecuted, but it gave ICE an excuse to arrest and detain her. Congratulations to the 58 Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act. You own this.

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A disgruntled boss filed theft charges against her. When she went to court, ICE arrested her. | Baltimore Brew

BREW EXCLUSIVE: A $12.08 dispute over a McDonald’s meal leads to the arrest of a 25-year-old by ICE agents in the Carroll County District courthouse.

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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Elon Musk is single-handedly funding the Ken Paxton campaign:

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who stood with me over the years. It’s been a scary journey but I have always been grounded in my work and ability to provide exemplary service to my constituents. Trump and his administration have been after me since I arrived in Congress.

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 14/10/2026

Last night the President of the United States posted a video of a tiger attacking an unwell person (who was fatally mauled shortly afterward), then an AI video of himself befriending the tiger. Remember when Howard Dean yelled weird

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

theonion.com/man-who-drin...

Business Insider: AI
Palantir CTO says some AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer

The Onion in 2013: Man Who Drinks 5 Diet Cokes Per Day Hoping Doctors Working On Cure For Whatever He’s Getting

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a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

worth also noting that both the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti happened in her district, and on top of the obviously racist targeting of her personally this is also an attempt to deny the people of Minneapolis their democratically elected representative

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Authoritarian regime grabs electronic communication devices of prominent opposition member. Since it’s highly unlikely there is anything on her phone about immigration paperwork from 30 years ago we can assume this just became a fishing expedition.

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 14/10/2026

Warning me away from their patrol

Three soldiers patrol an active ballot box, October 14, 2026. Photo: Brad Johnson

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 14/10/2026

Military patrolling the Columbia Heights ballot box at 6:44 pm "It's a public sidewalk" the lead soldier said when reminded of the law. Photo by self

One of a troop of three soldiers patrolling the Columbia Heights ballot box, October 14, 2026

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

This is illegal and (a) it’s not even close to defensible and (b) shouldn’t be tolerated.

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

many centrists are as disdainful of science as MAGA these days. virtually every study on the topic, and there have been many, show that youth programs reduce crime. it's a settled question. this is no different from claiming vaccines are a hoax.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Her "immigration status" is that she's been a US citizen longer than either Melania Trump or Elon Musk. The Democrats SHOULD use this opportunity for 100% solidarity with one of their own, and throw the fucking kitchen sink at Trump and his Republicans. I doubt they will but would LOVE to be wrong.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

read that sentence. it is a description of political persecution. anyone giving this the time of day as a serious legal case is a fool.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Aaron Swartz, coding prodigy and hacktivist who helped develop RSS and was a co-founder of Reddit, died by suicide after facing $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison for felony charges, just for downloading pdfs of research papers with the intention of making them accessible to the public.

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