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Retired Cali public policy guy, recovering academic. Proud literacy tutor at my #PublicLibrary #CarletonCollege grad. #UCSD #PoliticalScience #PhD Long-suffering Minnesota sports fan No bio, no follow back.

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Stephen Hardwick @nonfinality.com · 4h
The NYTimes scans crowd footage and finds Jack Smith at the Hawkeye game. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
Photo of fuzzy photo of crowd in near-outside seats.  A white man with a beard is circled. The text in the photo is:

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The New York Times analyzed footage from the game and identified Smith in the crowd.
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 6h
Ben-Gvir, the minister of national security, literally had a portrait of a mass shooter of Palestinians on his wall, it’s literally the equivalent a U.S. Senator having a portrait of Timothy McVeigh or Dylan Roof in his living room
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ep46er.bsky.social @ep46er.bsky.social · 2h
Love to see campaign adds calling the republicans “full of Schmitt”.
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 1h
This has been an expensive, failed presidency…🗳️💙🗳️
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Mitch Jackson ⚖️ @mitch.social · 5h
Republicans in Congress got hours of free airtime in front of the American people. They spent it stating false facts as true and calling Jack Smith a dirtbag and a villain. Here's all you need to know, under oath.
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𝓙𝓮𝓭𝓲 𝓢𝓴𝔂𝔀𝓪𝓵𝓴𝓮𝓻 🇺🇸 🌊🌊🌊 @jedi-skywalker.bsky.social · 9h
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 2h
Nebraska, you good with this?
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 7h
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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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 4h
"As things stand, students who commit infractions like plagiarism — which typically has no real victims — are often punished more harshly than the male students directly responsible for making the campus dangerous for female ones."
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 4h
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Deborah Hollingsworth @hollingswordy.bsky.social · 4h
NC Republican Senate candidate youtu.be/Ok9FcK9UpNA?...
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Michael Whatley knew.
YouTube video by Roy Cooper
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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 3h
Democratic candidates are looking to kick Republicans teeth in this election and it is very good to see
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h
The internet is erupting in mockery after Eric Schmitt’s spectacular Jack Smith faceplant. Now people are openly speculating: Did his team plant the glowing 2028 story AND coordinate with MAGA influencers in advance, expecting a victory lap that blew up in their faces?
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Eric Schmitt Gets Mercilessly Mocked Over ‘Planted’ Story After Jack Smith Faceplant
A glowing 2028 scoop dropped just before Schmitt’s disastrous “gotcha,” while right-wing influencers appeared ready to celebrate. After it blew up, the internet noticed.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 6h
A fuckup so dumb even NYT homepage/headline writers have no choice but to describe it accurately
As Jack Smith Testifies, a Senator’s Accusation of Perjury Falters

A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 4h
You have to laugh at something like this because reality doesn’t make you cry anymore - it hits cold & hard because this is the America your mothers, sisters, aunts, nieces, daughters, friends, & wives grew up in. A country that rips away women’s bodily autonomy is also one that supports rapists.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 4h
Man, Altuve stands way out in the box.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 10h
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 7h
Paid for by the U.S. Government
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026
A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions.
Aten installed Muse on both his iPhone and a Mac mini that he uses to test out various Al agents and tech. It took Meta a single day to begin "helpfully" pitching article ideas based on texts he'd sent to a podcast co-host.
When he asked Muse how it got the information, it said that it read banners from incoming texts. But that's not true, either.
After doing a little digging, Aten says Muse synced 187,000 lines from his Messages database, despite Full Disk Access being Off.Unless Aten is the most popular person on the face of the planet, I sincerely doubt he'd gotten 187,000 lines of text in roughly 24 hours. What happened is that, without permission, Muse went into the app and downloaded the information.
He had not given Muse permission to access Messages, and full disk access was not enabled. It just went ahead and uploaded those texts anyway.
Muse can take "unexpected actions" indeed.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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politiburb @politiburb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Talking about why Rahm Emanuel is a bad candidate on the merits and actually going into his record is giving way too much credit to Rahm Emanuel. When your 5 year old says he's going to drive a car to Saturn you don't explain why cars can't achieve space travel. You say "cool, sounds fun!"
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The clearest example of that is George Santos.” Why David Flippo’s failure to file financial disclosures is raising red flags for campaign finance experts. Previously unreported records add new questions about major loans he has reported to his campaign. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The mysterious millions powering a Nevada Republican’s bid for Congress
David Flippo, who has reported funneling nearly $2.5 million to his campaigns, has repeatedly failed to file financial disclosure forms since 2023.
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copernicium1473.bsky.social @copernicium1473.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Babe Ruth would have been in the Hall of Fame as one of the greatest pitchers. Honestly, he is the greatest all around baseball player there ever was.
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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He is a legend in Chicago. He packs his cooler with his own excellent tamales, then goes from bar to bar near closing time. He is based from Logan Square, but travels. Some people call him Santa Claus. A sweet guy. He’ll never be mugged—the mugger would be in the lake by morning.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm no fan of the Whities, but this cool. Well done, Southsiders.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Not because they oppose fascy immigration enforcement, but because they ain't getting paid.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 28/09/2026
A Minnesota Star Tribune analysis shows the state has lost 20 hospital-based obstetrics units in the past dozen years. As a result, roughly 67,000 women of childbearing age now live more than a half-hour from a hospital obstetrics unit, a figure that has increased by more than 30%.
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Minnesota’s disappearing delivery wards leave pregnant patients far from care
As rural hospitals struggle to make childbirth services financially sustainable, doctors warn that mothers and babies are bearing the risk.
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Notorious VOG @notoriousvog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
While corporate corruption dominates the Maine Senate race, this ad against Susan Collins is a lethal hit. It keeps her deciding vote to strip away healthcare and destroy Roe v. Wade completely front and center. No more hiding. Hold her accountable.
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R. Charan Pagan @rcharanpagan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
RFK/MAHA linked Tylenol to autism because they promised to find the cause of autism by 09/2025. When they didn't have the answer, they made one up! This is the level of irresponsibility, deception and grift in the Trump/Epstein administration.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good times for Ken Paxton and Roger Marshall
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keven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Gee I can’t imagine why Trump might believe he’s immune from any kind of legal limit ***cough John Roberts cough***
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pathetic collapse of journalistic solidarity. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business…
nytimes.com
TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)
The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable.
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🦋 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖊® @thorchrs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
👇🇺🇸"Fireworks loom as Republicans deliver 'big break for Jack Smith' with hearing" #SenateJudicialCommittee #JackSmith
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Fireworks loom as Republicans deliver 'big break for Jack Smith' with hearing: analysts
Senate Republicans' plan to grill former special counsel Jack Smith next week could backfire on them, according to legal analyst Michael Popok.Smith is set to testify Tuesday before the Senate Judicia...
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
chat is this good?
all construction dropping massively.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 27/09/2026
Who is Mr. "Free Speech Absolutist" gagging this time?
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yeah, where are all of your stupid truck caravans NOW, MAGA? Hmmmm???
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The public square."
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
reminiscent of spacexai (xai) in greater memphis…
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yes, Michigan deserved what they just got.
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@daveamp.bsky.social Watching Iowa at Michigan on OTA broadcast. Seeing anti-Turek adverts by some PAC. How many Iowa voters are there in NorCal anyway?
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
X is blocking the Brazilian Catholic Bishops' Conference account as polling shows Catholics backing Lula. The Church has denounced outside interference in the election
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X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula
Polls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTyrbvHLQ/ THIS is the reason Susan Collins went along with everything the asshole wanted to do. He had kompromat on her and she owed him.
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The Susan Collins corruption scandal is bigger than you think. Thanks to @ProPublica’s William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden and Kirsten Berg for the incredible reporting!
TikTok video by Jess Craven
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doc brianS @docbs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When you've lost Karl effing Rove....
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
amazing -- Karl Rove lists Paxton's scandals: "The corrupt business guy gives him a fake Uber account and the records of that are now in his impeachment proceedings, so we know how often he went to have sex with Laura Olsen. I mean, can you make this shit up?"
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Breaking in the middle of the night: "Federal Judge Timothy Kelly has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate CNN, MS NOW and Politico’s access to the White House after they were banned from the premises by President Donald Trump." www.cnn.com/2026/09/24/p...
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Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate White House access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico | CNN Politics
Federal Judge Timothy Kelly has ordered the Trump administration to immediately reinstate CNN, MS NOW and Politico’s access to the White House after they were banned from the premises by President Don...
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23/09/2026
I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What a brutal fact-finding - Texas prisons have tried harder to get decent conditions for hens than for inmates.
The lack of temperature controls in the majority of TDCJ’s inmate housing stands in 
contrast to the agency’s approach to other areas of its operations—including in parts of its 
agricultural program. For example, TDCJ has spent millions of dollars to ensure that poultry are 
housed in safe temperatures. 174 TDCJ’s documentation specifies that “[t]he regulation of air-flow 
within a poultry house is of great importance because excessive moisture and heat buildup can 
adversely affect the overall productivity of a laying flock” and that “great care must be taken to 
maintain a comfortable environment for the flock,” with the optimal temperature range for laying 
hens being 45 degrees to 75 degrees.175 These protections do not exist in inmate housing facilities.
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