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Davis Bates

@davisbates.bsky.social
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Pro: Nature, Dogs, Arsenal, Bikes, Banjos, Bourbon, & Justice. Anti: Bigotry, Capitalism, Imperialism, & Fascism. He/Him. @lcv.org

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 22h
Good piece on the crime wave inside the Homeland Security Department emptywheel.net/2026/10/12/h...
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HSI Agents Ricky Patel, Ryan Ribner, Richard Berger, and Timothy Gerber All Made False Claims to Frame Democrats - emptywheel
There are at least 36 affidavits signed by HSI Agents -- like the goons who just searched Ilhan Omar's house -- who have made false claims to frame Democrats or other Trump opponents.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
its just weird how theyre never gaming out scenarios for curing cancer or anything like that, i couldve sworn they said that was one of their big goals
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
another one of those situations where Trump has so thoroughly positioned himself as anti-virtue that celebrating anything good or anybody who has lived a good life can be interpreted "sending a message to Trump"
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026
the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/10/2026
“A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in the victim’s car when ICE agents shot at it.” theintercept.com/2026/10/08/i...
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ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says
A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in the victim’s car when ICE agents shot at it.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Livestreaming an execution is basically copying ISIS
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Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 09/10/2026
lol El-Sayed dropped a “my guy” in the debate, @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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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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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Remember that I can do anything I like to anyone." - Caligula. Yes, literally the original mad emperor Caligula.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Again, <only Republicans> ever get to talk like this. If a single municipal level Democrat ever did, it would be a national outrage &spark a wave of “civility” discourse, & op-eds about how Dems must Respect Real Folkz & talk across difference. Democracy is incompatible with this double standard.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
But fossil capital's ability to slow energy transition and maintain a measure of political control is a problem with a rising body count, and the sooner we usher them out of relevance the better
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yesterday, Trump’s America dot gov site answered factual questions like “who won the 2020 election” accurately. Today, it no longer does.
Daniel Dale 
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X.com
Yesterday, asked about its chatbot's many debunkings of Trump, the White House said it "will continue to be updated to provide more features, resources, and the most accurate information from the federal government."
Today...lots of accurate answers have been simply forbidden, with the chatbot framing information like who won the 2020 election as forbidden "political commentary." x.com/ddale8/status/...

Daniel Dale * @ddale8 • 20m
Yesterday: Trump administration chatbot says it's not true that Trump inherited the worst inflation in history.
Today: Says it can't answer such questions...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
the game between South Alabama and Kentucky shows up abbreviated as a War of 1812 rematch
graphic reading

USA vs. UK
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Meta Pervert Amulet™️
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them. Here is my journey
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The open houses at the edge of disaster
What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 25/09/2026
LCV was grateful to partner with Saad Amer and @feminists.bsky.social to hear from political leaders, creators, and grassroots organizers on the front lines of fighting for climate protections. Thanks for your leadership @repdexteror.bsky.social and @billmckibben.bsky.social! PC📸: Jess Tran
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sheriffs & DAs have huge powers over criminal justice, e.g.: often deciding how much local assistance ICE gets. So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most. NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.
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The 25 Sheriff and Prosecutor Races Set to Shape Criminal Justice and ICE Collaboration - Bolts
Voters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats
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David Ornstein @david-ornstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
nytimes.com
Manchester City found guilty on almost all Premier League charges relating to financial breaches
City were charged by the Premier League in February 2023.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Anyway since we’re talking Weezer, here’s that video of Say It Ain’t So but with just the vocals of their original bassist Matt Sharp isolated
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Davis Bates @davisbates.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
great let’s do fracked gas next
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026
i mean, just look at how the populists talked about the railroad barons and others like them. "The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes, unprecedented in the history of the world, while their possessors despise the republic and endanger liberty."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026
one thing that is worth remember apropos this useful piece is that novel technologies do not necessarily require novel political solutions. americans have had to deal with fast-moving, disruptive technological change in the past, and they did so through collective, democratic action.
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Opinion | Bernie Sanders, Steve Case and Others on What Washington Should Do Now on A.I.
How can the government reel in the technology? Here are six ideas.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 16/09/2026
Here is the reality. We have the votes to impeach Pete Hegseth tomorrow. Mike Johnson knows it, we know it. So he’s sending us all home to avoid the vote. www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/p...
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House to adjourn early, stave off Hegseth impeachment vote | CNN Politics
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced he is sending members home from Washington early for their seven-week campaigning recess ahead of the midterm elections, a move that will stave off a vote o...
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Macklemore says “free Palestine” and the ADL applauds him losing gigs for it. Kanye West puts out a song called “Heil Hitler” the org can’t be bothered to have an opinion on it. Instead, they insert themselves into the concert venues to do trainings on hate symbols.
In addition, the ADL has been working to put together a "best practices" guide which will include training venue workers on anti-Semitic symbols, statements and other totems. Those materials will be available to workers at both of Ye's shows.
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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: When elected officials and advocates in Danbury, Connecticut, said ICE arrested a parent at a school bus stop Aug. 26, federal officials denied their accounts. I got video that appears to show such an arrest. My latest at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
ctinsider.com
Video appears to show ICE arrest near CT school bus stop, despite federal denials
ICE has denied it made an arrest at a school bus stop, but confirmed it made 118 arrests in Connecticut that week.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026
I cannot overemphasize that Trump Jr is actively being bribed by a literal babystealer:
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Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 14/09/2026
A massive, important read from @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu:
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Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“why are all the ai ceos all of a sudden saying this weird thing?” burning man was last week and this may actually just be the explanation
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ACLU @aclu.org · 11/09/2026
In the months after 9/11, Congress hastily passed unconstitutional laws like the Patriot Act that supercharged the mass surveillance state we're fighting against today. 25 years later, it's time to rein in the government's out-of-control spying and reclaim our right to privacy.
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9/11 launched a new era of surveillance. 25 years later, AI is making it smarter
Flock cameras and other controversial policing technologies grew out of the post-9/11 shift toward mass data collection.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 11/09/2026
The degree to which 9/11 completely normalized our surveillance state is wild—it is sometimes genuinely hard to remember how different the world was before the PATRIOT Act.
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Reversing post-9/11 surveillance won’t be easy, advocates say
Twenty-five years after the U.S. government launched the war on terror, the “terrorist” profile is widening
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In my new piece for @politico.com, I look at the 9/11 legacy of DHS and how 25 years later, former DHS secretary Jeh Johnson is calling for his former dept to be abolished: www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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It’s Been 25 Years Since 9/11. What Has DHS Become?
Even former secretaries now agree the department needs to be refocused or dismantled.
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
MAXXED OUT at $9.999!! GasBuddy data showing 5 stations in California that have hit the limit and are selling diesel at the dispensers highest possible price: $9.999/gal
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Davis Bates @davisbates.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
there’s also one other small problem with this “pledge”
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Remember when they promised everyone a check from all the “savings” made by DOGE
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026
For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Kind of gets lost in the drive-by here, but deeply annoying to me (a pedant) that Rs pretend Talarico wants "a welcome mat on the border." He said the border should be like your home: Welcome mat on porch, lock on door. They just cut out the second part to fabricate his position
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
MAGA got a huge return on gaslighting the elite into treating Trump's <2 percent popular vote plurality as a permanent repudiation of liberalism. The midterms represent an opportunity to propound an inverse but true narrative of American rejection of MAGA. But Dems have to frame it that way first.
offmessage.net
How To Undo The Great Lie Of 2024
Trump’s second election wasn’t a verdict for all time, but the coming midterms might be one.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/09/2026
under remarked on aspect of trump is his deep hatred of natural beauty and the natural world.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Futurism @futurism.com · 07/09/2026
"You better believe that they are watering their entire green with so many sprinklers that it's literally making a giant pond."
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Data Center Caught Watering Its Lavish Lawn While Human Neighbors Are on Year-Long Water Restriction
A viral clip captured sprinklers watering the massive lawn of a brand new data center in Denver's Elyria-Swansea neighborhood.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I think MAHA is very straightforwardly the triumph of the snake oil salesmen and the way we beat it is the same way you always beat snake oil salesmen: regulate their claims
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anna walsh @annamccachren.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"The Rio Grande is one of the most threatened rivers in the country—more imperiled than the Colorado, which tends to generate all the headlines. The crisis is worse—significantly worse—than most realize." Urgent, propulsive reporting by @jherrerx.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/interactive/...
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Millions Depend on the Rio Grande for Water. Some Could Run Out as Early as Next Year.
The Colorado River crisis has been in the headlines this year, but our diminishing border river is in an even more severe state of collapse. This is the story of a water crisis without precedent in Am...
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