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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 1h
Philips P. OBrien: The fundamentals of the war are lost, what the US is now trying to do come up with the best way to manage that.
phillipspobrien.substack.com
Midweek Update #29: The American Distance Blockade: Establishing The Best Possible Terms For US Withdrawal
The Xi-Trump Summit, Keeping The US Fat, Weak And Consuming; Taiwan Should Be Nervous
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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 14h
"Ravi Ruia is a cofounder of the Essar Group, which owns Mesabi Metallics, the Minnesota-based firm that’s building the steel mill...A decade earlier, in October 2016, his brother Shashi was in the photo frame with a different president during the signing of another major deal: [] Vladimir Putin."
aljazeera.com
Indian firm building $15bn Trump-announced steel mill has deep Russia ties
Russian cash helped Essar, the firm behind the steel factory, manage major debts. Now the group's investing in the US.
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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 20h
Only the stupidest candidates need apply.
axios.com
Sen. Eric Schmitt is drawing buzz as a possible Vance VP in 2028
Vance views the Missouri senator as trustworthy.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026
Democrats vs. Republicans in a nutshell. This absolutely nails it.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
RepubliKKKans Are Bad For America, Vote Accordingly.......💙
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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The Census Bureau has proposed unprecedented changes to how the 2030 Census counts the country. Everyone who is counted, and everyone who relies on the count, can weigh in until October 13."
handsoffourcens.us
Hands Off Our Census
The Census Bureau has proposed unprecedented changes to the 2030 Census. Public comment closes October 13, 2026. Here's what's proposed and how to weigh in.
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Trump: "Super intelligence, or SI. And that's the official name in the United States. I'll be signing a very powerful executive order. I spoke to President Xi. He loves it ... 'Artificial intelligence' is like the news. Fake news. I'm going to call them artificial news."
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
The senator who mistook the Atlanta Hawks for the Iowa Hawkeyes and tried to accuse Jack Smith of perjury? He could be the most dangerous man in the US Senate. What to know about Eric Schmitt:
motherjones.com
Is this the most dangerous man in the US Senate?
Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri is pushing a tribalistic ideology suggesting only descendants of white Christian pioneers are true Americans.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Russia has moved to a new level of warfare - a regime of constant drone pressure that it can sustain continuously. In 2025–2026, the Shahed evolved from a relatively simple one-way drone into an entire family of systems with different missions⤵️
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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Infrasound at high volumes can directly affect the human central nervous system, causing disorientation, anxiety, panic, bowel spasms, nausea and vomiting...after just one hour of exposure, high levels of infrasound interfered with the heart muscle’s ability to contract properly..."
epawatch.org
AI data centers’ “infrasound” pollution linked to nausea, insomnia in nearby residents
AI data centers emit noise up to 96 decibels 24/7, with low-frequency “infrasound” that humans feel as pressure but cannot hear. Residents report dizziness, nausea, vertigo, insomnia, headaches and an...
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cynical-skeptic.bsky.social @cynical-skeptic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Back in Trumps first term he touted a Foxconn plant in Wisconsin that was to employee 13,000 but today only has about 1,000 employees. Foxconn was to invest $10 billion in it but ended up putting less than $750 million. Trump promises are lies and pipe dreams.
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Exclusive | Trump to Unveil Planned $15 Billion Iowa Steel Project
The announcement comes as the president is looking for wins ahead of a tough midterm election for Republicans.
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Michael @29xthefun.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Really is new levels of insanity. China help Iran kill Americans and Trump offers them weapons. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Trump asked Xi Jinping if China would like to buy US weapons, American ambassador says
David Perdue’s remarks come after a Taiwanese minister spoke of the ‘severe’ military threat posed by Beijing to the self-ruled island
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John Wilson @nevertrumpet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you live in his district… vote Burchett out in November!! l.smartnews.com/p-8zAyv2PC/E...
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MAGA lawmaker enrages with ‘let them eat cake’ moment: ‘How tone deaf can you be?’ (Raw Story)
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) was fiercely condemned Saturday after boasting about the “ride” he was provided by President Donald Trumpto the Tennessee-Texas foot...
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Sylvaners @sylvaners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.rawstory.com/tim-burchett...
rawstory.com
MAGA lawmaker enrages with ‘let them eat cake’ moment: ‘How tone deaf can you be?’
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) was fiercely condemned Saturday after boasting about the “ride” he was provided by President Donald Trump to the Tennessee-Texas football game, with several critics labeling B...
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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Republican Tim Burchett brags about his “ride” to Tennessee-Texas game This is Burchett’s “let them eat cake’ moment. Most of his constituents cannot afford a ticket to the game much less gas to get there but Burchett wants to rub that in their face while palling around with Trump #USDemocracy
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Gene Bryant @genebryant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) was fiercely condemned Saturday after boasting about the "ride" he was provided by President Donald Trump to the Tennessee-Texas football game, with several critics labeling Burchett's message as "tone deaf. www.rawstory.com/tim-burchett...
rawstory.com
MAGA lawmaker enrages with ‘let them eat cake’ moment: ‘How tone deaf can you be?’
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) was fiercely condemned Saturday after boasting about the “ride” he was provided by President Donald Trump to the Tennessee-Texas football game, with several critics labeling B...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
absolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie
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Sue in Rockville 💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋 @sueinrockville.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
SUPPRESSION, REPRESSION, CENSORSHIP You OK in 2026 America? Elon Musk Unmasked in Gibney Documentary: “Insane a Person This Chaotic Has So Much Power” Corporate Media stifling Free Speech 1- www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig... 2-Here's the trailer-Do Share www.threads.com/share/Ezkq-O...
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 26/09/2026
Meta's platforms have repeatedly been caught running ads for deepfake "nudify" apps that let you virtually undress real people without their consent, but they won't run an a trailer for an upcoming documentary that reflects poorly on Elon Musk. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
hollywoodreporter.com
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
hollywoodreporter.com
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The bottom line is that updated Covid vaccines roughly halve the risk of serious outcomes, and no new safety concerns turned up."
dailykos.com
Should you really get a new Covid shot in 2026?
Most of my patients are either getting updated Covid shots routinely, or summarily waving them off. Sometimes they stop me mid-sentence as I recommend them, their eyebrows furrowed, with a look of…
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Chaz Nuttycombe @chaznuttycombe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Rs didn't feel this pessimistic in 2018 or 2020, Ds didn't feel this pessimistic in 2022 or even VA Ds in 2021. And the conversations I'm having with Rs make it sound like some of us in the forecasting business are about to get our shit rocked.
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
See, even a Venn diagram has a good use. Always study your math.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
AP: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s inaction on the mFlusiva vaccine marks a break in longstanding practice. It’s also an example of how the agency’s vaccine review-and-recommendation process has been blown up in the past year, grinding decision-making to a halt.
apnews.com
CDC vaccine policy recommendations grind to a halt under Health Secretary Kennedy
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine recommendation process has been blown up in the past year, and decision-making has ground to a halt.
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prowo462.bsky.social @prowo462.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WIN: Virginia Democrats have officially banned convicted domestic abusers from purchasing firearms. Nearly every Republican voted against it.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Well, it’s only fair. Because I’m sure most Minnesotans are embarrassed that Michele Tafoya lives in their state
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I can tell you what Xi thinks of the Orange Chicken here
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump TV is a hilarious disaster for Trump and just another indication that whatever rizz he had has evaporated. Especially when you consider the strong possibility that the majority of these [checks notes] 556 viewers were hate-watching this car wreck.
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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Daily Kos: A former FBI counterintelligence operative told Reuters that the stolen data is “a foreign intelligence service goldmine.”
dailykos.com
FBI hack is even worse than it seems
The FBI got hacked, and boy, did it get hacked badly.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hoping American service members let her have it. She's basically saying it's cool to take the rights of women away bc they serve their nation.
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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From 15,000+ down to 185 down to zero -
newrepublic.com
DHS Witch Hunt Falls Apart as It Can’t Name a Single Noncitizen Voter
The Department of Homeland Security said it found 16,000 noncitizen voters in one state—but didn’t get a single name right.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 24/09/2026
A pro-Trump ad that said it was paid for by the U.S. government aired on Fox News in major TV markets. Ethics experts said it could violate federal law. on.wsj.com/4hm6XYW
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A pro-Trump ad that said it was paid for by the U.S. government aired on Fox News in major TV markets. Ethics experts said it could violate federal law.
The unusual ad, which said it was paid for by the U.S. government, aired on Fox News in major TV markets.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
So this story is WAY wilder than I thought The Trump post I flagged this morning because it includes Natalie Harp is actually based on the Getty photo you can see below. But there is one key difference -- MONICA CROWLEY'S FACE HAS BEEN EDITED TO LOOK LIKE NATALIE HARP'S WTF is going on here?
Getty pic of Xi and TrumpTrump TS post featuring the mentioned edit of Monica Crowley's faceoriginal pic image of MonicaTrump TS post which shows Natalie's face where Monica's is on the original. very weird
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
"Was Trump’s call for MAGA voters to cheat in the midterms another mere trigger-the-libs comment? Maybe. But this is the same Trump who in an infamous call in January 2, 2021, asked Brad Raffensberger to 'find' 11,780 votes — one more than his deficit to Joe Biden in the state’s popular vote."
publicnotice.co
“Cheat like hell”
Trump is proof that cheaters often win.
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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
An alien imperial guard, one glove, half a brain....
AI altered photo of tRump and Xi
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
nytimes.com
F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Carole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Having lived through those years, I remember the fear many reporters faced but carried on despite all. Thank you.
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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a group of Democratic state attorneys general rolled over and agreed to stop trying to block the $111 billion takover of Warner Bros."
dailykos.com
Rightwing Billionaires Aren’t Just Buying CNN and CBS: They’re Seizing the Power to Shape Reality
“The Freedom of the Press is one of the great Bulwarks of Liberty, and can never be restrained…” — Founder George Mason, 1776 A CNN insider told Variety magazine yesterday that the mood inside CNN…
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When historians look back on Trump's foreign policy in a century, I bet these are their verdict on his most famous policies: The support of Russia--the most evil. The pillaging of Venezuela--the most corrupt. The decision to go to war with Iran--the most incompetent.
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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Major Kong speaks:
dailykos.com
Chemtrails!
Our glorious Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), RFK Junior is quite a piece of work. In addition to everything else, he is apparently a believer in chemtrails and has…
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Going to be confusing when every geographic feature is named “America” and every cultural institution is named “Trump” www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
ms.now
Trump aides explore attaching president’s name to Ford’s Theatre
The playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president’s name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW.
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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just the E-3G Sentry alone will cost half a billion to replace:
twz.com
Every American Aircraft Lost Or Damaged During The Iran War, Visualized
New reports from the Pentagon and CBO, combined with open-source intel, paint the most complete picture yet of the damage Iran has inflicted on U.S. airpower.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW AD: Ken Paxton loves to make false claims about James Talarico’s record on China. But he’s been hiding his own. Paxton took an all-expenses-paid trip to China to meet with Communist Party leaders — then took massive donations from China-linked real estate developers.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 22/09/2026
UPDATE: I just listened to the press conference with Oz & Vance...and sure enough, just as I suspected, they're apparently relying heavily on AN AI MODEL to "decide" which ACA enrollees meet the financial eligibility standards and which ones don't.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Troy Jackson responds: “This is corruption of the highest order. Susan Collins delivered millions in taxpayer dollars for a corrupt donor bankrolling her campaign, & then Donald Trump helped her cover it up. No wonder she voted with him 96% of the time & has rubberstamped his agenda to hurt Maine.”
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Corruption in politics @anita2surf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=O1rO... A massive story was revealed by Pro Publica;, FBI Anti-Corruption Investigators targeted Susan Collins in Bribery probe-but then Trump happened . Republican corruption is insane 🤒
youtube.com
🚨 BOMBSHELL: Trump ENDS FBI probe into GOP Senator
YouTube video by Pondering Politics
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smcphail.bsky.social @smcphail.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Must read piece in Pro Publica on the reality of today’s campaign finance system that shows the false promises SCOTUS made that got us here. 🧵https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-susan-collins-navatek-campaign-donations-investigation
propublica.org
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So confused. How was Pro Publica able to uncover and report this bribery scandal and administration cover-up without being at the White House and having the president assuring them they are stupid piggies? hhttps://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-susan-collins-navatek-campaign-donations-investigation
propublica.org
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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