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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 11h
www.semafor.com/article/10/0...
semafor.com
Exclusive: Democrats press White House on still-secret AI framework
It’s the latest indication that Democrats are not giving up on a sustained push for answers from the administration.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 15h
"Taken as a collective, they demonstrate that the president is no more or less unwell than the time he suggested bleaching our lungs to kill COVID, or the time he fantasized about getting away with shooting someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue." buff.ly/eo421z1
buff.ly
Relax, We Can’t Invoke the Twenty-Fifth Amendment Every Time a President Offers to Let an Enemy Bomb an American City
“As we’ve said before, the bar for removal under the Twenty-Fifth Amendment is quite high. One little remark about approving the deaths of tens of millions o...
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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 19h
Sure, Jeff. Your labor practices make this seem super plausible.
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Just making it up as they go along.
forbes • 4h
@threads Jeff Bezos Claims Al Could Allow For 3-Day Workweeks
And One-Income Families In an interview with Fox News, the Amazon founder said he disagreed with the assessment that Al will lead to large-Scale job losses.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
me, an immigrant, watching people who said immigrants are corrupting america engage in actual corrupt behavior
An Asian man looks out the window with binoculars. An Asian man smiling at the camera.
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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 19h
Short, good thread.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 19h
Crooked Susan Collins took thousands of dollars from a medical company before giving them a $4.5 million contract. This is now her 3rd alleged pay-to-play story in the last 2 weeks. bit.ly/47LYauM
mainedems.org
NEW: Collins Took Campaign Cash From Pharma Executive's Family in Potential Straw Donor Scheme - Maine Democratic Party
Zeteo: Collins <3 Contractor Cash
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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Brought to you by supply side economic policy.
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Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
gorgeous framing of the idea that the increase in divorces in the 70s and later was not obviously a huge net good for society as well like no no you're right, before the 70s marriages were perfect, totally equal, the lower rate of divorce was definitely not due to massive structural disincentives-
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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is not Orwellian at all.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Guatemalan-Maya Center in Palm Beach County paid for the trip. Since 2025 it has reunited 58 children with deported parents. "We see this almost daily, and it doesn't get easier," said Mayra Domingo Cardenas, the center's program coordinator.
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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Even in this brief clip, it’s painfully obvious that Burgum is an perfect example of the below-mediocrity of the people Trump has surrounded himself with.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
But so long as men are not trained to withhold judgment in the absence of evidence, they will be led astray by cocksure prophets, and it is likely that their leaders will be either ignorant fanatics or dishonest charlatans. To endure uncertainty is difficult, but so are most of the other virtues. For the learning of every virtue there is an appropriate discipline, and for the learning of suspended judgment the best discipline is philosophy.
—Bertrand Russell, “Philosophy for Laymen,” Universities Quarterly (Nov 1946)
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BREAKING: Through our investigation, we obtained 166 pages of documents that show ICE's attempts to silence voters ahead of the midterm elections.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
Ewgenics
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The people who saw this as acceptable for "the worst of the worst" aren't going to learn a thing.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
US households pay 62% more for water than they did a decade ago, study finds. But wait: this is just the beginning. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
US households pay 62% more for water than they did a decade ago, study finds
For-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author says
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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I know it’s not cool or rare, but Cake’s cover of “I will Survive,”—and its video—is so beautifully mournful in the way the original should’ve been, but really couldn’t be. youtu.be/f9rCUQjmkxU
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CAKE - I Will Survive (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by CakeVEVO
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Troy Jackson: Eight years ago today, Maine women begged Susan Collins not to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. She did it anyway. He helped overturn Roe v. Wade. And today, she says she has no regrets. Would you trust her to pick the next Supreme Court justice?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Here's a nearly 10-minute supercut of Troy Jackson taking it to Susan Collins during their debate tonight, including Jackson telling her "you can't eat road salt" and "Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
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Phil @kujoatc75.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The true story of the Lafayette Escradille is so awesome. US Air Force’s origin story.
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TinkeringTailorTom-Dread is no longer Existential @tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
God everything is so DUMB.
United States
Attorney's Office
Southern District of New York

PRESS RELEASE
North Carolina Man Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Super Intelligence-Assisted
Music Streaming Fraud
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Someone is apparently padding their resume to try to get a job at the FBI to prevent their extradition.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"We Can't Eat Road Salt" should be a whole ad.
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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I suspect this is him setting the stage for armed troops in these (and other) cities.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2026
who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
10:53 PM • 10/4/26 • 1.3M Views
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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
She’s the real deal.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
bbc.com
Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026
interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic”
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Whether it's Obama telling farmers to plant arugula in Iowa or Donald Trump telling Iranians to take out Los Angeles, both presidents made deeply insensitive statements about regions of the country.
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NPR @npr.org · 06/10/2026
While Trump pushes to get his name on the Kennedy Center and other public sites, history shows that sitting presidents have almost always avoided putting their brands on government assets. n.pr/3VyLqoD
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A history of presidents naming things after themselves (It's short. They rarely do)
While Trump pushes to get his name on the Kennedy Center and other public sites, history shows that sitting presidents have almost always avoided putting their brands on government assets.
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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
stevenrattner 1h
@threads
Real wage growth was negative for the fifth month in a row in August.
Paychecks Are Falling Behind Prices Again
Average hourly earnings growth after inflation, year over year, private-sector workers
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Below zero every month since April 2026
August 2026: —0.2%
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED (CES0500000003, CPIAUCSL). Hourly earnings deflated by the CPI for all urban consumers. October 2025 CP/ was not published because of the government shutdown. Latest observation August 2026.
2026Trump smugly pointing, with caption: I did that.
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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Well hell. Cutting USAID is really paying off, though…🤦🏻‍♂️
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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sí.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump says 'Let them take out Los Angeles.' Recall this map: The *entire states* with population smaller than LA County. Among them they have 80+ US Senators. LA is about 1/3 of Calif's population, which has 2.
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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Can’t wait for Mike Johnson to tell us he hasn’t heard this.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW: In 2020, a pharma CEO’s relatives donated to Susan Collins. That company got a $4.5M contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Collins was on the Appropriations subcommittee. …The company went on to pay $47M to settle claims it defrauded US health programs. @andrewperez.bsky.social:
zeteo.com
First Draft: Forget Hasan Piker, Donald Trump Is America’s Worst Campaign Surrogate
The president went to Nebraska – and showed yet again why Democrats including Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed are desperate for him to visit! In Maine, Susan Collins faced more embarrassing reporting.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 06/10/2026
The NAACP is setting up a legal hub to safeguard voting rights amid worries that the Trump administration could interfere with people’s ability to cast ballots. Launching Oct. 24, the hub will vet claims and take specific incidents to court.
wapo.st
NAACP launches voter protection hub for midterm elections
The civil rights organization is stepping up efforts in response to President Donald Trump’s push to change voting rules.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
On the left: President Trump false claims of violent crime in Chicago (as prelude for laying a pretext) On the right: Most recent official stats showing Chicago success in back-to-back years of historic reductions in violent crimes
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump ran $10M+ in TV ads promoting himself, paid for w/ your tax dollars Facing backlash, he now says his super PAC will cover it Small problem: presidents can't direct super PAC spending either I'll get into it w/ @ms.now at 11AM ET👇 -TN
nytimes.com
Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads
The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 06/10/2026
ICE has detained more than 500 U.S. citizens.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The breast cancer center appealed thousands of Blue Cross reimbursements for being too low. At trial, the insurer revealed that it had never considered any of the appeals — and that they were pointless: “An appeal is not available to review an underpayment.” (Published April 2025)
propublica.org
“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I wish I believed in hell, because of anyone deserves eternal torment it’s this guy.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Constitution allows it. South Korea has proven it works. If you want to make impeachment viable—and so much else is pointless if you don't—then it can be done by a simple majority adopting a simple rules change: vote on the verdict by secret ballot.
theunpopulist.net
A Democratic Senate Should Adopt Secret Impeachment Ballots on a Priority Basis
Such a change, requiring no constitutional amendment, would free senators to vote their judgment instead of their fears
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Kimmer @kvonyborg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Despair is an indulgence, despair is a luxury we cannot afford." @ossoff.bsky.social
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soonergrunt @soonergrunt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Read this thread. You need to start off the week right.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We murdered four more people in a boat today
U.S. southern Command: On October 4, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists. @DeptofWar
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