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David Jenni

@davidjenni.bsky.social
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geek ⌨️, hacker ☁️, traveler 🌏, hiker 🏔, opinionated citizen 🇺🇸🇨🇭🇦🇺 grandpa 👨🏻‍🦳, a bourbon 🥃 a day keeps alt-right away, 🌊PNW🌲

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 17m
This right wing ratfucking effort is blowing up over on X and will almost certainly be all over Fox and other outlets tomorrow. Steven Miller and Benny Johnson are already pushing it. Two "journalists" claim to have called a rehab center in Ohio who told them that Talarico checked out recently.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17m
for as long as i've been alive, republicans have ran the same playbook: a few weeks before voting begins, they roll out completely fabricated smear campaigns. these things are always coordinated, so the talking points take over the news. the party is never electorally punished for their dishonesty.
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David @dkboyd.bsky.social · 1h
I mean, it was already obvious that Bessent is a smug, arrogant piece of shit who thinks he's WAY smarter than he is... but to have him put it in writing so clearly that everyone will cheer his eventual demise is an interesting twist.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 36m
NEW: Fascist government criminally investigates the media. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b...
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Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was examining whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 44m
Ukraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right.
Chart showing online talk about the AfD going off a cliff edge
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Kevin @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 4h
I'm losing my mind, the Kansas City Star literally did a review of other litigious Kansas doctors and found that none of them charged Marshall's insane 18% interest
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Marshall charged 18% on medical bills — more than other Kansas doctors who sued
In reviewing thousands of court documents, the Star found no other medical providers that charged annual interest at 18% or any other specified rate above 12%.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h
If you're a reporter asking a candidate to denounce a foreign terrorist group simply because he shares the same religion, you are a gutter bigot of the worst fucking kind. Do they ask Mike Rogers to denounce Christian terrorists like Tim McVeigh, Eric Robert Rudolph and Robert Lewis Dear? No? Huh
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7h
SOMEBODY EXPLAIN HOW THIS MAN STILL HAS A JOB? Brenden Cuni, the same ICE agent seen on video brandishing a rifle at the scene of the shooting in NY, where officers shot an unarmed man in front of his 5-year-old child, was also filmed kneeling on a pregnant woman in Minneapolis last December.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 20h
Per NYTimes: The Justice Department is investigating whether ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News violated federal antitrust law by suspending their coverage of Trump, and DoJ officials formally demanded communications and materials from the networks on Friday.
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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 7h
A massive, and massively underrated, threat to a functioning democracy. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...
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Threats of Political Violence Have America’s Elected Officials Living in Fear (Gift Article)
A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 8h
Trump supporter at rally defends public execution based on Christianity. I'm Serious: “We’re a Christian nation, and that means that we’re not going to let Satan get his way.” There are no words for how dangerous MAGA is to our nation. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/u...
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‘Not Pleasant’ but ‘Necessary’: Support at Trump Rally for Public Execution (Gift Article)
A sample of people at the president’s midterm stump speech in Tennessee defended the Pentagon’s announcement that it would livestream the execution of a mass shooter.
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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 6h
"Fetterman largely holes up in his Capitol office, lying on the couch and scrolling Apple News, several former staffers said. "'Every day was a battle that by the end of the day you were physically and emotionally battered just by getting John to do any part of his job,' a former staffer said...."
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How John Fetterman spends his time comes under more scrutiny as he weighs future in the Senate
The Pennsylvania Democrat has been labeled an absentee senator for years. As he floats the possibility of running again, what has he actually done?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.
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David Jenni @davidjenni.bsky.social · 1h
What an idiotic, racist, self absorbed, stupid asshole with his awful smirk
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 16h
October 10, 2026
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October 10, 2026 (Saturday)
So now, after more than a decade of pretending that he is not associated with Russia and that he would honor the U.S.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15h
New developments on a Saturday night: Reports Trump’s DOJ will try to use the Sherman Antitrust Act to intimidate the free press. joycevance.substack.com/p/can-the-sh...
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Can the Sherman Act Be Used To Silence the Press?
Apparently, Trump’s DOJ thinks so.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16h
Ken Paxton’s records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan. with @texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
“President Zelenskyy could’ve solved the war” — Trump (The one person with the power to immediately end the war is Putin, the aggressor)
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 17h
It's a good time for Americans to figure out how we got to the point where the president of the United States is effectively a Russian agent. And so much of it traces back to Putin's attack on the 2016 elections.
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How Russia grabbed Trump and his cronies by the nuts in 2016
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David Jenni @davidjenni.bsky.social · 16h
“Delusional” doesn’t even start to describe how far removed from reality and sanity this orange babbling idiot is. #25A now
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“Delusional” doesn’t even start to describe how far removed from reality and sanity this orange babbling idiot is.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h
He knew. He intentionally stiffed them because he’s an arrogant prick who sues his OB/GYN patients. They repeatedly tried to get the bill paid. Then someone posted their pleas on social media. A bunch of us retweeted it. It went viral. ONLY THEN did this scumbag pay.
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David Jenni @davidjenni.bsky.social · 16h
Impeach that treasonous PoS president!
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Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
America is great because America is good. As a prosecutor and an American, I am horrified by Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream an execution. What Nidal Hasan did is unforgivable. But we must have justice without sinking to the lows of dictatorships and terrorist regimes.
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Hegseth faces bipartisan backlash over public execution for Fort Hood shooter
Both Republican and Democratic critics said the plan was beneath the United States.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Just so you understand the depth of the cynicism: Trump’s failed war with Iran not only raised America's gas prices, but also global oil prices, which allowed Russia to make a gigantic amount of money and fund the killing of Ukrainians. ​And then they blame Ukraine for a disaster of
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Asked if he approved of the public execution,Trump said, “Absolutely.” After all, he’s been imagining executions since at least 1989 when he bought a full-page newspaper ad demanding that the Central Park Five be put to death. open.substack.com/pub/america/...
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How Much Lower Can Hegseth and Trump Go?
A Saturday Prompt
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.
Map of tanker’s route
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Defeating Trumpism at the ballot box is just the starting line. In this Next Comes What, Andrea looks beyond November 3rd to expose the deeper roots of authoritarianism, systemic cruelty against women, and the global far-right.
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The End of Trump (Is Not Enough)
Listen to The End of Trump (Is Not Enough) from Next Comes What wherever you get your podcasts!
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 17h
The Russian diesel agreement is a farce - Russia's diesel output has been cut 30% by Ukraine, they have a shortage & need the diesel for their military. The US diesel exports 168,840 to 174,200 metric tons daily. Why are we importing????
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It violates the Eighth Amendment which supersedes military law. Full stop. This will end up in court. Slippery slope for the U.S. to join the ranks of North Korea and Afghanistan with public executions.
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 22h
Republican US Rep Brian Fitzgerald tweets that he will introduce a bill to block purchases of Russian oil. Don Bacon (R-Neb) tweets that he will co-sponsor. Obviously this won’t happen during campaigning recess (and Trump could veto anyway) but interesting push-back on Trump.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 17h
Warrantless stops and violent roving patrols by masked federal agents across California, especially the Central Valley, have been terrorizing farm workers for the past 5 days. The chaos is escalating. full statement: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
United Farm Workers union condemns brutal
ICE surge impacting farm workers in Central Valley; highlights Rep. Valadao's comments as 'insulting' to his constituents
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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 20h
This isn’t a “controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr,” this is “playing with the lives of vulnerable infants in a developing nation, which is being pushed by malicious grifters who couldn’t care less about the innocent lives they hurt.”
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 20h
“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h
Ellison family consolidates dozens of media outlets: Cool, no problem, go ahead guys. Media coordinates to protest Trump's first amendment violations: Oh, that's antitrust! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b...
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Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage (Gift Article)
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was examining whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23h
The ship of diesel Putin sent Trump left on September 22. September 23 is when Trump's invite to G-20 was announced. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘We hope he’ll accept’: US invites Putin to G20 summit at Trump golf club
Invitation announced by Marco Rubio is likely to raise concerns from Ukraine and EU countries
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David Jenni @davidjenni.bsky.social · 17h
Fucking traitor, both to 🇺🇦 and the 🇺🇸
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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
RIYAHD AIRPORT MAIN TERMINAL ATTACKED … AGAIN. The attack is the Houthis showing they can raise the stakes on MBZ one missile at a time. The fact that Saudi Air Defence cannot protect the a capitol city’s airport spells out their incompetence. They’re being dominated by guys in flip flops.
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Between the 1930s and 1960s, the parties completely flipped: FDR's New Deal brought Black voters into the Democratic coalition. LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, driving Southern "Dixiecrats" out of the (cont) www.studentsofhistory.com/ideologies-f...
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The Great Switch: How Republicans and Democrats Flipped Ideologies
An overview of the realignment of the Republican Party and Democratic Party and how they flipped ideologies of liberal and conservative over the course of US History.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 10/10/2026
1. Russia is not winning on the battlefield and had to reform the entire budget in favor of the continuous war against sovereign Ukraine. 2. Zelenskyy has reacted favorably to any suggestion of a peaceful deal that would stop Russian aggression. Each attempt of such was declined by Kremlin.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23h
Trump is pivoting hard toward Russia in the run-up to the midterms, urging the removal of a democratically elected head of state in Ukraine while helping the dictator who launched an unprovoked invasion.
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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 23h
Doctors and Democratic lawmakers say a federal pilot program in six states, including Washington, is using artificial intelligence to delay and deny care for Medicare patients seeking certain procedures.
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The feds are using AI to deny care to WA seniors, Sen. Murray says
Doctors and Democratic lawmakers say a federal pilot program in six states, including Washington, is using artificial intelligence to delay and deny care for Medicare patients seeking certain procedures.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
When all these tradwife influencers start pivoting away from their alt-right branding in the next few years, never forget they were on this fascist bandwagon to line their pockets at the expense of every other woman in this country.
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Speaker Johnson, who said he’d take a blow torch to your healthcare is saying if Republicans lose the House he will leave and start a lawn business. Next week I’m going to donate a wheelbarrow to him, so his staff can wheel him out of DC.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Mike Johnson about possibly losing the speaker job: “If God moves on our hearts and says we should ... go back to my hometown of Shreveport and start a lawn business, I’ll do that with equal fervor.” He’s saying that God has told him, for now, to prop up a dictator. Mike Johnson is full of shit.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The right wing crash out over asian students celebrating at a UT football game reveals that all along the true goal of reactionary colorblindness was never “meritocracy” but resegregation. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
Color-blind meritocracy was, for many years, a successful rhetorical strategy for undermining antidiscrimination law and excluding Black people from selective schools and prominent positions. That’s why so many former segregationists seemed to suddenly embrace the concept in the 1970s. For them, resegregation—not color-blindness—was always the goal. As long as the success of some immigrants could be used to paint Black students as undeserving, color-blind meritocracy was good. But now many on the right see a new problem: too many Asian Americans in elite spaces. Their success, therefore, must be portrayed as a sinister theft of real (white) Americans’ birthright.

The declining “social trust” that the administration warned against is, of course, not the fault of these students. The problem is bigots like Bo French who cannot accept into their community people who do not share their race and religion, and those who monetize or otherwise profit from that bigotry by spreading it through social media. Like the proverbial child who kills their parents and asks for mercy as an orphan, they are responsible for the problem they are decrying.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026
"If you look at what the data itself is showing us, it sure looks like we’re in the process of seeing a fairly major repudiation of Trump and the deeper ideologies that he represents"
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Trump’s collapse with indy voters, explained by Greg Sargent
“This is the center of the electorate completely turning on Trump.”
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
One key point @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social makes here is that if Dems win the midterms (and win in 2028), deploying congressional power creatively to unwind Elon Musk's sway over the government (contracts, etc) will be essential to any reconstruction: www.ms.now/opinion/elon...
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Opinion | Oligarchs like Elon Musk are tightening their grip on the Pentagon
A new initiative named Project Meridian is just one way GOP donors’ influence over defense policy is increasing.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
New primer about the news from the last few hours that the US is getting back to business with Russia. This is not Trump being erratic, it is not about diesel, it is not a small move. It is about the US moving to a more active position of helping Putin. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/this-is-ab...
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This Is About Much More Than Just Diesel
What Really Matters From The Last Few Hours
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