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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16h

Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing.

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#VeryAsian Eric @ektaka.bsky.social · 14h

Every accusation is a confession when it comes to the Republicans...

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 14h

Look, Ontario. Our healthcare system cannot withstand anymore funding cuts. People will die. And Ford will cut up the carcass of our once functional system and sell it off to the highest bidders, and then none of us except the millionaire class will ever be able to get healthcare again.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 14h

There is a cottage industry on that other site of people in official government legal jobs affirmatively misstating or misrepresenting what rulings are about and then expressing surprise that anyone could possibly disagree. Just the latest example—from the Solicitor General of Iowa:

“Can President Trump use lawful authority granted by Congress to deport illegal aliens to third countries? The Supreme Court has stayed an order saying no twice, now stayed a permanent injunction for a third time. Oddly, 6-3 despite a similar posture to the Missouri First map”

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 14h

No one is contesting whether third-country removals are *ever* permitted; the litigation is over whether individuals are entitled to notice & an opportunity to prove that they face torture or other mistreatment in that country before they can be removed. Good luck figuring that out from the tweet.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 14h

Later in the thread. Two problems: (1) many of these folks are *not* undocumented—they’re just removable; and (2) in any event, whether they received the process that is due before being deported to somewhere they might be tortured is, in fact, much of what’s *actually being litigated.*

“To be clear, this is a big win for President Trump and gives him an important tool to ensure that illegal aliens are promptly removed after receiving all process due.”

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Mike Futter | Wishlist The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham! @futterish.fsquared.biz · 14h

The Mayor of Ithaca, NY (in which Cornell is located) is taking decisive action against the college. What Cornell's administration has done is unforgiveable. Every single person involved in that decision should be held to account.

Late last week, I learned of the heinous and sickening allegations made against the Cornell students who, according to a former undergraduate student identified as Jane Doe, drugged and brutally raped her at the Chi Phi fraternity house. Despite the severity of these crimes, Cornell University administrators and police failed to contact or coordinate any response with the Ithaca Police Department.
Furthermore, the University failed to hold the perpetrators to account. This is a miscarriage of justice and continues to pose a significant threat to students and residents who may be victimized at unsafe and under-monitored on- or off-campus student events.
Given this appalling response from university administration, I have no choice but to declare a new policy directive and corresponding Common Council resolution, implementing an immediate moratorium on all student event and special event permits, including, but not limited to Greek life and other student group gatherings, until such time as the University conducts an accounting of its protocols to prevent and prosecute crimes of sexual violence and publicly releases new standards and practices to keep our community safe.

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JLMeyer @jenniferlmeyer.bsky.social · 13h

Artist! Quote with your art with the best shadows!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.

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bjkeefe @bjkeefe.bsky.social · 14h

I got the same Google result, and if I click the link, I get the tweet from Mamdani which says something completely different.

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David Mack @davidmack.pro · 15h

One soul haunted by guilt… one driven by grief… and one who sees the shape of Fate and understands that all we do in this universe… =ECHOES IN ETERNITY= an all-new novel celebrating Star Trek’s 60th Anniversary COMING OCTOBER 27 — pre-order now! davidmack.pro/writing/echo...

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David Mack - Echoes in Eternity

The Enterprise crew visits a remote world three times in three decades to complete a mission that challenges their understanding of the cosmos itself.

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David Mack @davidmack.pro · 15h

Utterly contemptible—and just what we’ve come to expect from the Fascist Six on the corrupt, illegitimate SCOTUS.

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SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social · 23h

Got into it with a tech bro "You're gonna get left behind if you don't embrace AI, ppl aren't always gonna read your books" Me: maybe not but it will always be me writing them" 😎

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Cait Conley @caitfornewyork.bsky.social · 17h

Last year, Mike Lawler looked you in the eye and said “I will not cut Medicaid.” Then he was the deciding vote for Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill,” enabling the largest Medicaid cut in American history.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17h

🚨BREAKING: The Republican National Committee (RNC) is piloting a training program for Wisconsin election observers to identify discrepancies with voting machines, as the GOP piles additional scrutiny on voting processes in the swing state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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GOP trained Wisconsin election observers to target voting machines in pivotal swing state

The new RNC program appears to mark an escalation from typical poll watching activities.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 29/09/2026

Jodorowsky's Dune (unproduced, circa 1975): Harkonnen Castle on Giedi Prime, art by H.R. Giger Although this film never saw the light of day, this artwork, which predates Alien (1979), inspired both Prometheus (2012) and Dune Part 1 (2021).

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16h

Texas, the voter registration deadline is coming up next week. If you live in Texas and want to vote, be sure to check that you are registered properly — even if you you think you did what you had to. A statewide database to check: goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/...

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Harlot🔞 @harlotprincess.bsky.social · 17h

just so everyone knows, the title IX changes also made it even harder to report sexual assult as well as making it legal to descriminate against trans people. anti-trans means pro-rape. every time.

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Somil Trivedi @somilbtrivedi.bsky.social · 17h

SCOTUS just agreed that Trump is *irreparably harmed* by not being able to disappear folks without a hearing to places like South Sudan, even though they’re already locked up & argument is in a couple months. A friendly bonus scoop of cruelty, from the Justices to their favorite little boy.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

it is crazy that he did a straight-up supervillain monologue about how he had planted this in right-wing media and that the NYT was going to pick it up, right in front of the NYT, and they did

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 22h

This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇

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Karen Osborne @karenosborne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What they don't tell you about getting published: just HOW MANY TIMES you have to read your novel again even though you are on to the NEXT novel SO MANY TIMES

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

God I hate being right.

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Andy Beshear @andybeshearky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Democrats are going to win big this November. Even more important, we're going to deliver results that make the American Dream real again for hardworking families.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

GOP Consultants : what do you mean she just fucking tweeted it out

Marjorie Taylor Greene
We have not seen a caravan headed to the U.S.
southern border in several years, why now?
Oh yeah, there is an election coming and the
GOP needs to scare you into voting because
nothing else is working.

Anthony Aguero Live
Over 400 aliens predominantly from
Honduras entered Mexico on Thursday,
ready to make their way to the US southern
border ... Here's footage of the caravan.
Someone is incentivizing this movement, t ...

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today, in Russian propaganda:

Schaeffer Marlyse. @Schaef... • 6h
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I am a French mother with beautiful children.
I did not give birth to them for them to be sent to the trenches.
French and Russian mothers do not want their children to fight against each other.
We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemy

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I'm a Dutch mother with beautiful sons. I did not give birth to my children to be sent into the trenches. Dutch and Russian mums don't want their boys fighting each other. We are not enemies. #RuslandIsNotMyEnemy

Nadja @EuropaNormal • 9h
• Translated from German Show original
I am a German mother with a beautiful son. I didn't give birth to my child to send him into the trenches. German and Russian mothers do not want their boys to fight against each other. We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemy

Dday @DdayohneZiffern • 12h
I'm a German mother with beautiful sons. I did not give birth to my children to be sent into the trenches. German and Russian mums don't want their boys fighting each other. We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemy

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Joanne Rixon @joannerixon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Details are filtering in about friends who were taken today--two people I was joking with this morning. There's this sense of doom heavy over the city www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever

After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere

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VeeDahVandal @veedavandal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

2026 WILDIN'

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I would never have been able to get an advanced degree without student loans. The new aggregate loan limits already nuked my chances at switching careers through the MLIS—this new rule would be catastrophic for the working class At this point it wouldn’t be a waste to explore alt. higher ed design

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David Mack @davidmack.pro · 29/09/2026

Um… Ken? That ain’t the flex you seem to think it is.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/09/2026

Pastor-theologian Douglas Wilson advocates theocracy, the restriction of the franchise from women and nonbelievers, and much else—and he is closer than ever to real power. From the archives:

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What Pete Hegseth’s Spiritual Mentor Wants for America

Pastor-theologian Douglas Wilson advocates theocracy, the restriction of the franchise from women and nonbelievers, and much else—and he is closer than ever to real power.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026

Mamdani: "To have a potential governor who embraces ICE and has gone so far as to create effectively a private militia in Nassau County, that is in many ways the antithesis of what people hope for is the future of the state, and yet that is exactly what Blakeman is offering."

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Can Hamilton Nolan kick it? Yes. Yes, he can.

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David Mack @davidmack.pro · 28/09/2026

THIS is why I don’t think Texas will go blue this year, or any year: because the TX GOP will blatantly cheat and steal the election in broad daylight, and the Democrats will be too weak and cowardly to stop them.

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Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In 2020, Ken Paxton stole Texas for Trump by blocking 2.5 million mail-in ballots in Harris County [Houston]. And he can do it again. The attack on mail-in ballots and drop boxes, unseen by the media, will determine the midterms nationwide. gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/how-paxton...

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How Paxton Will Steal Texas

The Senate candidate stole it for Trump, he can do it again.

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026

NEW: After we published an investigation into Brown Brothers Media, a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, we got a tip that completely gobsmacked me: one of the brothers has extensive connections to Ghislaine Maxwell futurism.com/artificial-i...

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You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell

Ideapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Every thriller and scifi writer in America: "Um, am I in trouble for having this in my Notes for like ten years?"

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Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In 2020, TX AG Ken Paxton confessed to stealing the vote for Trump. "Confess" is the wrong word, perhaps, because on the Steve Bannon podcast, Paxton proudly crowed about his felonious attack on Black voters. It’s unbelievable, but if you watch our video, you’ll have to believe your eyes and ears...

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The mayoral race has all the headlines, but one of the starkest choices for Angelenos is further downballot: the race for city attorney. From enforcing tenants' rights to policing homelessness, this office matters matters on all sorts of things. Learn more in our new Bolts reporting!

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The Most Overlooked But Wide-Reaching Office on the Los Angeles Ballot - Bolts

In June, when Hydee Feldstein Soto became the first Los Angeles city attorney to lose a primary reelection race in nearly 100 years, her ouster put the spotlight on an... Read More

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yes this is a nothing burger, but people did specifically say they voted for Trump because they were sure he was going to send another stimulus check, make something like IVF completely free or not deport the "good" immigrants. So you know don't underestimate the power of the dumb voter.

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David Mack @davidmack.pro · 28/09/2026

I think that if the Democrats are serious about wanting to win back the presidency in 2028, Andy Beshear should be the candidate. YMMV, and I could be wrong, but so far he seems willing to stand and fight for what’s right—and that’s really important, especially now.

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PSL_4Loko @psl4loko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The whole speech is good, but this part in particular is particularly relevant now. www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/publ...

A screenshot of a section of the linked speech by former President Harry Truman:

I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign.

But when a Democratic candidate goes out and explains what the New Deal and fair Deal really are--when he stands up like a man and puts the issues before the people--then Democrats can win, even in places where they have never won before. It has been proven time and again.
We are getting a lot of suggestions to the effect that we ought to water down our platform and abandon parts of our program. These, my friends, are Trojan horse suggestions. I have been in politics for over 30 years, and I know what I am talking about, and I believe I know something about the business. One thing I am sure of: never, never throw away a winning program.
This is so elementary that I suspect the people handing out this advice are not really well-wishers of the Democratic Party.

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PSL_4Loko @psl4loko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Looks like Beshear knows what's up. bsky.app/profile/psl4...

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