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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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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft

"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Trump administration is deliberately withholding and redacting documents that legal residents need to prove their status. Claiming they can't find the documents is bad enough. But to turn them over only after redacting them to the point that they're useless is another level of evil.

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Immigrants’ Lawyers Say U.S. Is Redacting Documents Proving Legal Status (Gift Article)

Many noncitizens need immigration records the government has to prove their legal stay and resist deportation. The government is redacting and withholding those documents, lawyers say.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I don't understand why more people don't connect Trump calling Somalis "garbage" with the Hutus calling the Tutsis "cockroaches" and the Nazis calling the Jews "vermin." We know where it starts, and we know where it ends.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Even industry leaders want A.I. regulation

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David Leftwich @davidleftwich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Cecilia Vicuña’s is one of my favorite poets and artists, but I’ve never seen her artwork in person, until now. These photos and video don’t do justice to standing in the middle of her monumental Quipu Desaparecido 2 / Disappeared Quipu 2, hearing the music and her chanting her poems. 1/3

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David Leftwich @davidleftwich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Rest in peace, rest in the peace of the soil Wendell Berry. Your poems, in particular The Mad Farmer Poems, were influential and important, especially when I was basically a kid from a rural farming community. Your poems helped me navigate my rural upbringing and gave 1/3

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Trump's Press Corps Approver @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

One thing refreshing about Ossoff is that he attacks his opponents directly and with specifics–no vague platitudes. A ton of professional Republicans are fundamentally horrible people, and Democrats need to tell voters that those Republicans are, in fact, horrible people.

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 25/08/2026

Although I should have done it long ago, I finally donated to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library & encourage you to do the same if Dolly & childhood literacy are important to you. Let's overwhelm them with donations in honor of our angel. imaginationlibrary.com

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

the guy who said he wanted to chair the harvard department of eugenics and race science??? people are signing a letter in support of his right to bully black men to death in pursuit of his dream of eliminating black people entirely?? just making sure i’m reading this right!!

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Anybody’s guess whether he’s covering up a nefarious secret or just can’t remember/has no idea.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The news media must force every Republican running for office to defend or repudiate this madness.

Trump posts a map of the Strait of Hormuz with the label "new U.S. territory."

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David Leftwich @davidleftwich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Thanks to Trump: “We’re facing a future where we are not going to have the information that we need to make decisions that will save lives and benefit American communities.” His administration is destroying data that doesn’t fit its agenda. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more

Health data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker shows

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David Leftwich @davidleftwich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The jazz recorded from 1945 to 1970 was so damn good, one of the most innovative 25 years in music history! Black musicians such as Davis, Coltrane, Vaughn, Monk, Bird, Mingus, Holiday, Dolphy, Tyner, Rollins, Fitzgerald, Blakey and so many more were some of the greatest artist ever.

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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A Trump administration plan for the 2030 census will likely change how much power blue states have in Congress and the Electoral College.

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We Finally See the Trump Administration’s Sweeping Census Power Grab Emerge

A Very Important Story (With Some Wonky Details) TPM’s Layla A. Jones...

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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The media and academia have an obligation to not remain neutral in the face of authoritarianism. These institutions need liberal institutions to exist in any meaningful way. Authoritarianism is an existential threat. Our devotion to "neutrality" will keep us from fighting for our own survival.

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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This Washington Post headline makes it seem like refusing to accept the rule of law is steadfastness, not criminal.

toadying headline du jour from the Post.

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David Leftwich @davidleftwich.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Beautiful poem from Lau’s chapbook Break a Part.

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anniempeterson.bsky.social @anniempeterson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

A note on Royce White, the former NBA player who says he's entering the WNBA draft, a judge ruled he abused his wife and teenage son in an April court order and determined he could not have contact with either of them for 50 years. Great way to "protect women's sports" transphobes.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

NEW: President Trump is taking aim at birthright citizenship again, this time with a narrower order aiming to deny citizenship to four groups of children. This new order is far less sweeping than the original, but may also violate the Constitution. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Continuing to Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where they...

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This is a glorified single-source interview with the head of Third Way. It quotes far more moderates saying they support the progressive candidates in the general election. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...

Moderate Democrats Prepare for ‘War’ Against an Ascendant Left
One moderate group says the progressive wins are “deeply troubling” and is planning a $15 million effort against democratic socialism.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 06/08/2026

Third Way, a professedly "center left" group, is spending tens of millions of dollars to convince voters to vote for Republicans in November

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026

Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.."

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A White House report has defended the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, pushing back against its characterization by a Smithsonian Institution exhibit that the law was racially motivated. www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

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White House Defends 1882 Immigration Law Excluding Chinese Immigrants

The Trump administration is defending the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act against the charge that the law had a racist intent.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Issa Kohler Hausmann at Yale Law School. "What’s missing from the news coverage, and from universities’ capitulation, is that the legal rule supposedly compelling this surrender doesn’t exist. The whole campaign rests on invented law and distorted statistics." news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchan...

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A Yale-Trump Settlement Would Concede Live Constitutional Issue

Opinion: The precedent Yale University would set in settling with the Department of Justice matters for every institution navigating the murky waters the Supreme Court left behind with its 2023 ruling...

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The MAGA plot to subvert the 2026 midterm elections is coming into focus. 1. Declassify docs to claim 2020 was stolen. 2. Declare a "national emergency" to seize control of the election apparatus. 3. Hope the "national security" predicate keeps courts out. www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...

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MAGA media's laughable propaganda about Trump's popularity is instrumental to the plot to subvert elections

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David Leftwich @davidleftwich.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This would be another big win for “meritocracy.” [insert sarcasm emoji]

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Trump approved disaster aid requests from six red states last week. Two days later, he rejected aid requests from four blue states. Not only is he punishing states who didn’t vote for him, he’s playing politics with people’s lives. Despicable.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/07/2026

Suddenly, all the sanewashing of Trump and breathless coverage of Biden's age and Hillary's emails doesn't seem like it was a good idea.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The Trump administration has rolled back a major protection under the Endangered Species Act by repealing the long-standing definition of what counts as prohibited “harm” to endangered species.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A total violation of international law. Eswatini is imprisoning people from multiple countries no crime, based on no violation of law in that country, and with the direct knowledge and acquiescence of the United States.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

After getting tariff relief. Happening right in front of us.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This is bone-chilling. A conservative hedge fund manager wants to require little girls to pass genital inspections for their “safety.” And it’s only for girls’ sports. There’s a clear link between transphobia and child sexual abuse.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/07/2026

JD Vance criticizes Dems for not working on bipartisan housing legislation as Trump tanks bipartisan housing legislation

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Rep. Tom Kean (R-N.J.) voted to give tax breaks to billionaires and pay for it through cuts to Medicaid -- cutting people's healthcare, increasing cost of medications including those that treat mental health issues, and closing hospitals.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The Roberts court has been dedicated for decades to restricting the vote and unleashing money as the decisive force in American politics.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

With this ruling, the birthright issue is not going away. The right hasn't really begun *organizing* around getting rid of the citizenship clause. Like Roe, this will be their fight for a generation. And if the Democrats just say "we won" and ignore it, like Roe, the Republicans will eventually win.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

First case is West Virginia v. PBA. "Coach" Kavanaugh --who famously touts that he coaches girls basketball even though he's been accused of attempted rape-- writes WVA is allowed to exclude trans girls from sports.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Birthright Citizenship is in. The court strikes down Trump's executive order. It's 6-3, with Roberts, the liberals, Kav and ACB. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Slaughter is an earthquake: SCOTUS has overturned a 90-year-old precedent that facilitated much of modern governance by granting many agencies meaningful independence from the president. Now SCOTUS crushes that independence ... for seemingly every agency except the Federal Reserve.

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

OMG Roberts: "To “discharg[e] the duties of his trust,” the President must have the assistance of officers he can trust." He's literally creating constitutional protection for loyalty tests. Sweet heavens to Murgatroyd

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