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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 44m
While I'm enjoying the humiliation justifiably being heaped on Senator Eric Schmitt, I don't don't think enough mockery is being directed at his accomplice, Senator Kennedy, the Cornpone Clown, with this stupidly victorious expression as he smugly holds up the ridiculous "evidence."
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 5h
The AI bubble is even more precarious than you knew.
nytimes.com
How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 6h
Americans hate data centers. And they are paying for them through Meta’s tax dodging. It’s a good bet that Trump broke the IRS so badly, they’ll get away with it. Excellent piece from @kashhill.bsky.social, @jessedrucker.bsky.social et al: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h
If you’ve decided to start calling something by a new name because Donald Trump decided he wants everyone to call it something different, then you are in a cult of pathetic morons.
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 23h
guys, i needed the money! they didn’t tell me what i was modeling for! newrepublic.com/post/215973/...
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MAGA Furious Over Republican Ad Featuring White Man as Face of Welfare
Conservatives are pissed at Sarah Huckabee Sanders for choosing a young white man to portray welfare recipients.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The press wear “kick me” signs and wonder why Trump kicks them. If they had more self-respect, they’d get less disrespect. My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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The press wear ‘kick me’ signs and wonder why Trump kicks them
The White House is emboldened to disrespect journalists because journalists disrespect themselves
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I don’t think a good system of government would give the worst person to ever live the ability to murder every human on earth.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nicki Minaj is not a US citizen. She’s a green card holder. Her husband, Kenneth Petty, is a registered sex offender. Her brother, Jelani Maraj, was convicted of repeatedly raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter. So, of course, she’s MAGA.
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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ukraine is conducting a daring and heroic mission to bring aid to the residents in Russian-occupied Oleshky. So far 4,000 kg of food, water and medicine have been delivered to 100 locations. It's a race against time as Russia targets aid drops and civilians.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So far Trump has tried to rig the midterms by: 1. Attempted to nationalize voter registration & voting requirements. 2. Mid-decade gerrymanders. 3. Tried to use the USPS to obstruct mail-in balloting. 4. Used taxpayer money for ads. 5. Intimidation of election officials.
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God @thegodshow.com · 26/09/2026
This three-time Trump voter just learned that actions have consequences.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These people make Marie Antoinette look connected to the people and empathetic by comparison. They laugh at what their own voters are going through as they continue to mock them as they enrich themselves and have a great time.
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 26/01/2026
"ai" is not a genie that can't be put back in a bottle, it's a pillar of smoke that dissipates unless you keep burning money
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Albumism @albumism.com · 27/09/2026
Happy Birthday Bryan Ferry! album.ink/BryanFerryHBD
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Spineless wimps. They never learn.
nytimes.com
TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN
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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Kay4BlueTexas @kay4bluetexas.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
"How to Dismantle a Dictatorship" presents a concise nine-point plan for dismantling dictatorships, focusing on practical steps rather than theoretical explanations of why these structures work. georgiebc.wordpress.com/2025/07/01/n...
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New book! How to Dismantle a Dictatorship is here!
How to Dismantle a Dictatorship is a guide to dismantling a dictatorship (surprising, I know) from the perspective of Binding Chaos theory. Because dictatorships are power structures, and all power…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 26/09/2026
Remember the 37 pages? The woman interviewed by the FBI about Trump allegedly assaulting her as a 15-year-old received a settlement from these people. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Federal Prosecutors Open Probe Into Jeffrey Epstein’s Executors
Prosecutors have questioned potential witnesses about his longtime accountant and lawyer. Both of them have denied wrongdoing.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26/09/2026
We’ve paid down more than $12 billion in debt, eliminated the old bill backlog, and grown our Rainy Day Fund from near zero to more than $2.5 billion. We have given Illinois a stronger financial cushion to protect taxpayers, invest, and grow even during hard times.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY!!! Join the MAGA Resistance & make your voices heard. Accountability. Is. Coming.
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glsmd.bsky.social @glsmd.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Heather Marsh always seems to cut to the core of issues-this is terrifying-I don’t think they understand any of this…and we will continue to suffer because of it Currently, the US exists as a global power largely because of the world’s opinion of them.” georgiebc.wordpress.com/2026/04/10/t...
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The US cost of the Iran war
Step 7 of How to Dismantle a Dictatorship was Cultivate external allies. In that chapter, I explained how particularly important this was for the US. I wrote: “Russia is an empire based on its cont…
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karanormal activity 💜 @deadontheoutside.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
tech bro is short for technically broken
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Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Martial law doesn't magically cancel elections. The threat is institutional capture: a president pushing the limits and a Congress willing to follow him off the cliff. That's what people should be watching. psychopete1.substack.com/p/the-coming...
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The Approaching Storm
Part 1: Identifying the threat
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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.
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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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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and Jeff Bezos: Men we are *told* are brilliant businessmen, but every time they open their mouths they prove themselves to be ridiculous idiots.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS SHOULDN’T EVEN BE IN QUESTION AT THIS POINT And we definitely need more reporting on this issue: HEAT Data centers devour electricity and water, dump heat into communities, and Big Tech is building them faster than lawmakers are dealing with the consequences.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 24/09/2026
Filmmaker Alex Gibney has shared the first trailer for 'Musk,' a two-part, four-hour deep dive into Elon Musk that Rolling Stone called “a nonfiction horror movie” following its film festival debut earlier this month. Watch ↓
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Elon Musk Is in the Business of Selling Dreams in Trailer for New Doc
Filmmaker Alex Gibney has shared the first trailer for 'Musk,' a two-part, four-hour deep dive into Elon Musk.
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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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Apple @hardciderblues.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I am very leery of the current media Trump-Dump. I don’t trust the media and feel like we’re being setup for something.
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dransct.bsky.social @dransct.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Stop using Amazon #BoycottAmazon Yes you can!
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump has failed miserably at everything he has attempted to do. If we are vigilant and show up to vote, expect Trump‘s election meddling to be a total failure as well..
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Impeach Trump ❤️🤍💙🌊 @potusvpotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
TRUMP ENCOURAGED ZELENSKY TO GO TO MOSCOW TO GET WHACKED! #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #Trump #EpsteinFiles #POTUS
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dransct.bsky.social @dransct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 Don't let Elon Musk buy elections! 🧵
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You Republican dipshits know Trump's buddy here is a communist, right?
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m glad ProPublica is rebutting Susan Collins’ dishonest attempts to explain away allegations that her campaign took a bribe from a defense contractor and Trump killed the FBI’s probe into the scam.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 24/09/2026
Cleaning up the mess requires two critical steps: Transparency so people know what happened. Consequences for breaking the law. Let's gooooooooo! #InvestigateDOGE www.aol.com/articles/adv...
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Advocacy Group Demands Congressional Pledges To Investigate Elon Musk’s DOGE - AOL
An advocacy coalition known as the Investigate DOGE campaign is urging congressional lawmakers and midterm candidates to commit to formal investigations into the Department of Government Efficiency, t...
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hey Democrats, if this is your consultant’s advice... FIRE THEM.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So take whatever you imagined your lifetime earnings would be and reduce that number by 3%-6%. Then write up a thank you card to express your enormous gratitude to Donald Trump and THE ENTIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY for making this happen to you. And to all of us. NEVER FORGIVE THEM.
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dransct.bsky.social @dransct.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The ONLY reason Republicans run for office.
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Xi's China is reaping the benefits of Trump’s damaging foreign policies. Trump needs to stop handing Xi gifts he didn't earn. michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/when-xi-me...
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When Xi Meets Trump, He Should Say Thank You
From war in Iran to threats against allies, China is reaping the benefits of Trump’s damaging foreign policies.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 24/09/2026
Embarrassment on the world stage
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Everyone ready? We only had 10 years of people saying that this was their endgame. If it doesn't happen by November, it'll happen before January 2029. Either way, these creeps have no intention of allowing our democracy to survive or ever leaving power.
theatlantic.com
The Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the Midterms
Trump’s advisers have been working for months to move his focus away from baseless theories of election fraud. A group of outsiders is making that difficult.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We have never looked weaker or more pathetic.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Trump's first term has been memory-holed. His dirty deeds are treated as discrete acts instead of a continuum of crime with recurring players. His prior decades of illicit activity have vanished from the public domain: because there is no public domain." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/gutting-th...
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Gutting the Fourth Estate
The US media were willing cogs in Trump’s machine. Now he’s tearing it down.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Exactly right. A country that does this is the very antithesis of a free country. And the fact that this has been going on in America for the past 20 months and EVERY American is not fucking up in arms and raising hell about it is a huge shameful stain on this country.👇
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When Chinese leader Xi Jinping meets Trump, the first thing he should say is: thank you. Trump's foreign policy decisions have systematically weakened America's global position while strengthening China's. Here's how. 🧵 1/10
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