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the supreme court: "stop saying we declared trump a god-king, presidential immunity was a limited and reasonable ruling" trump, constantly: "I am absolutely a god-king and I can do anything I want at any time"

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h

Meanwhile, over on X, the Secretary of Homeland Security is posting about "vandalizing the demographics of America," a phrase which is either a chilling suggestion of white nationalism from Mullin or just straight pablum which means nothing but sounds just fash enough to excite the faithful.

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“Vandalize the demographics of America” is either a chilling phrase suggesting that Mullin is a white nationalist or an absurdly meaningless bit of pablum which ignores 250 years of the constantly shifting demographics of a nation of immigrants.

Underneath is a picture of Mullin with a quote "How do you turn a country from democracy to socialism? You have to change the demographics."

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David Dean @davedean77.bsky.social · 11h

This is fantastic - he's a college friend of mine. On some level, this does not surprise me at all.

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Washingtonian @washingtonian.com · 11h

A DC attorney recently launched a podcast featuring engaging interviews with bald men—it’s worth a listen even if you’re not a member of the bare-headed club.

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DC’s Bald Men Get Vulnerable in the New Podcast “Off the Top”

Attorney Justin Wm. Moyer hosts candid conversations.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 11h

The degree to which this business genius does not understand literally anything about business never fails to shock me

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Martha, but like, super spooky @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 12h

This is possibly the worst thing I have ever read. It should be the only headline on every news source. It won't be. If you've experienced sexual assault, maybe don't read the details.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 11h

On some level Trump probably knows that the biggest, happiest parties this country has witnessed since VJ Day are gonna happen when he dies and I hope it keeps him awake at night. bsky.app/profile/itso...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14h

The Trump Civil Rights Division exists mostly to encourage racial discrimination rather than prevent it bsky.app/profile/carl...

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Rebecca Tushnet @rtushnet.bsky.social · 17h

“UChicago’s national ranking for selectivity, currently No. 4, depends crucially on its rejecting so many women. Its selectivity of men alone would drop it out of the top 10. By contrast, Chicago’s selectivity for women alone would place it in the first position in the country.”

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17h

The most psychotic possible framing of this archive.is/202609271858...

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David Dean @davedean77.bsky.social · 16h

The perfect metaphor for AI doesn't exi...

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 17h

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”

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This clip is worth revisiting:
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SAM ALTMAN: "We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 19h

a “banana republic” is precisely when the political system is dominated by overweening corporate interests

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 18h

"We don't want to turn into a banana republic, so we won't try to rein in corporations" is the kind of thing you say if you don't know what makes a banana republic a banana republic, and instead want to be a banana republic where the bananas are data centers.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

if Trump can muster even a somewhat normal disaster response to this gulf hurricane, the media will pull out THE COMEBACK KID?! narrative for him to try to change the trajectory of the midterms. (It is unclear to me if Trump can do that)

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.

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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’

Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Seems like if you're going to make a national story out of Hasan Piker, who campaigned a few times with the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, saying Israel causes antisemitism, you should also make a national story out of the favorite intellectual of the US Vice President supporting Hitler.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Aside from the obvious unfairness of people getting rich off of uncompensated stealing of creative works, we should think really hard about what it means that the people who keep winning economic jackboxes to become oligarch-rich are the ones who are willing to cheat and break the law

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

The press will do stories on Republican sex creeps, but it will never, ever point out -- much less make an ongoing narrative out of -- the fact that the GOP has been *ridden* with sex creeps for decades. You have to be blind not to see the pattern.

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Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)

The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"I have a harem of dozens of women who are my employees to fuck and have my children as I please" is one of the ultimate goals of the billionaire class and one of the main reasons they are so keen to fuck the labor market (so desirable women are desperate enough to sign up for this)

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David Dean @davedean77.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Like rats abandoning the sinking ship. We have the receipts, assholes.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And after that he dug in his heels and set his jaw and rubber-stamped everything Trump wanted for the next 1000 months

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Please show me the statutory or constitutional authority that this man holds to do anything that he is actually doing

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David Dean @davedean77.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My biggest complaint with the end of his Tigers tenure is more about how long the organization has taken to rebuild. Several failed reboots in there.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The literal argument here is that you're not assimilated if white people are racist against you because of who you are or how you look. bsky.app/profile/jame...

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Straight up: As a woman in football, this sucks to listen to. This week in particular.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Listening to Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit wave away the sexual assault charges against DeShaun Watson — even saying “winning is the best deodorant” — was pretty jarring, especially this week.

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Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens… and its pathology is not anger—it is the movement to undermine a generation of rights.”

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1

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Ing aka Tophat Artooning @ingforart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Unfair, Koko knew more than 14 words

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Calling Vance "the most ordinary man imaginable" is so softly savage, you have to admire it.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine.

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

we're investing millions to make it easier to have your passports stolen before delivery follow me for more process improvement life hacks

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

His vocabulary is so limited it’s like reading a transcript of Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, if Koko were a white nationalist

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/09/2026

And losing a major war to a minor power and it's not even close

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you want "personalized music" made just for you pick up a fucking guitar. Or else break the heart of someone who already has.

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David Dean @davedean77.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There's a hell of a lot of competition right now for top spots on the "I wish they would just go away" list, but Saban is at least in the conversation

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Heritage Foundation laid out how they were going to rescind Title IX, the law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, by first targeting trans people's participation in sport. Capitulating on the human rights of transgender people is catastrophically falling at the first hurdle.

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What makes the current dynamic unsustainable is that the rule of law, appearance of propriety, and good governance are all really important. It cannot be the case, however, that only one political party values those things over an extended period of time. There needs to be one set of rules.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Remember how @dansavage.bsky.social Google bombed Rick Santorum's name so it came up as the definition for ""the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex." I think there's the ability to do something similar with Schmitt. www.thebulwark.com/p/eric-schmi...

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Eric Schmitts the Bed

Plus: Trump’s dangerous, reckless embrace of AI.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 30/09/2026

I'm absolutely fascinated by "journalism" that can't seem to tell readers an obvious truth. Like the fact this is absolutely meaningless bullshit designed to pre-empt real oversight

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Trump releases AI accord with tech executives

President Donald Trump released a document on Tuesday that his administration cast as an accord on artificial intelligence and which he said earlier was signed by ‌him and tech executives that he met...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.

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