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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 1h
Watchdog group @citizensforethics.org files legal challenge, asking court to block Jared Kushner from serving as Trump envoy They allege he's “breaking the law by acting as one of the country’s top diplomats without undergoing Senate confirmation or filing financial disclosures.”
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Jean-Michel Connard @torriangray.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A lot of guys who can mimic civility, like Cox here, are going to pivot to a “gee shucks can’t we all just get along” stance. The answer to that question is no. We cannot.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 2h
Feel free to correct me but I'm pretty sure he is the only politician in history where the actual words coming out of his mouth do not matter in the least to his supporters. Coherence is simply not a requirement.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 12h
Still trying to understand how Napster got shut down, but Anthropic is going public and still hasn’t paid us authors yet after stealing our work.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 4h
Being GenX/Millennial is such a trip. In our lifetimes, we saw people our age getting wild criminal penalties for pirating music and now have to sit and watch as companies gobble up our work with impunity.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 3h
Aaron Swartz, coding prodigy and hacktivist who helped develop RSS and was a co-founder of Reddit, died by suicide after facing $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison for felony charges, just for downloading pdfs of research papers with the intention of making them accessible to the public.
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 5h
I just keep coming back to the extremely depressing fact that Trump already went against Congress on Ukraine aid (appropriated military aid!) and got impeached for it, and...nothing happened.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 4h
It was reported in the U.S. media that FBI Director Kash Patel had allegedly arrived in Russia to take part in a planned meeting, but the purpose of his visit remained unknown. The FBI soon denied that such a trip had taken place.
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 8h
This is this promotional material that Netflix is using for Theo Von’s new special. Who is laughing at this?
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Florida Chris @chrislongview.bsky.social · 4h
I will need whichever Democrat who wants my vote and my help in the 2028 presidential primary to have a plan to unravel this man from our government and get him out of our lives.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 5h
We've lost track of how very un-ordinary ICE's current reign of terror is. We’ve already gotten used to a level of fascism, authoritarianism, and corruption that would be unthinkable and shocking to us just a short time ago. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-s-ty...
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Trump's Tyranny, Part I: ICE's Reign of Terror
A look at life in the very un-ordinary of times
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Paul Schmitz @paulschmitz1.bsky.social · 5h
It is insane for one rich demented individual who has no accountability to the public to be able to alter foreign policy and war. We need creative new policies to reign in the oligarchs - no one should have this power
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 5h
Elon's apparent cutting off of Ukraine's Starlink access underscores the dangers of the U.S. contracting with an unstable Nazi. There is no way a deranged civilian (or any civilian) should have that much power over an ostensible American partner.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 6h
It's already been said many times that the U.S., under President Donald Trump, was turning its back on Ukraine. But the past few days show something worse than abandonment: Trump is now actively helping Russia win the war.
kyivindependent.com
Editorial: Donald Trump is helping Russia win the war
It's already been said many times that the U.S., under President Donald Trump, was turning its back on Ukraine. But the past few days show something worse than abandonment: Trump is now actively help...
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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 8h
"Theo Gillibrand has said that CFTC officials were “very excited” by his proposals and that Trump’s financial regulators were more willing to listen than their predecessors had been." "A crypto ecosystem has developed around Senator Gillibrand’s office as well." 🎁 link⬇️ nymag.com/intelligence...
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Kirsten Gillibrand, Crypto’s Favorite Democrat
The senator says she set out to regulate a grift-y industry. Now, she’s in an ethical morass.
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 7h
Remember that Republicans absolutely asserted this wasn't true. They are liars to the bone www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
washingtonpost.com
Reflecting Pool liner failed in 85 places after flawed renovation, inspection found
The damage identified by inspectors the contractor commissioned is far more extensive than has been previously reported, a document obtained by The Post shows.
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 10h
A war run by two personalist dictators surrounded by oligarchs, with a democratically elected ex-comedian caught in the middle.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 11h
CBS: “US officials blamed “bad weather” for not warning Ukraine of Russian missile launches overnight which killed 6 and left more than 600,000 without power, sources tell CBS News. Ukrainian officials don’t buy the excuse, believing intelligence was withheld on purpose.”
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 11h
Musk unilaterally shut off a defensive capability just as Russia attacked power plants with winter approaching I don't know why anyone trusted him before, but certainly nobody can afford an Elon Musk dependency after this
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
my sources are telling me that ken paxton just checked into the Ligma Center
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Troy Jackson: "Sen. Collins says that she voted against it 9 times, but she didn't have the votes. Well, that sounds like then we probably ought to have Democrats in charge of the Senate so we have the votes to stop this war and hold Donald Trump in check. It sounds like Republicans won't do that."
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American Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
WATCH: Andy Harris has a crash out after his constituents laugh at him for trying to blame higher gas prices on... Democrats. "You are rude!" #MD01
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Meanwhile Merrick Garland would not even charge GOP members of Congress like Jim Jordan who were criminal conspirators in Trump's attempted coup. Next Democratic AG needs to have the guts required to prosecute Republicans in Congress for their crimes!!
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Joshua Wong is a modern hero.
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The bravery of Joshua Wong
Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists, turns 30 today. He is locked up in jail
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Again, imagine if the national media covered American politics through the lens of which party actually competently staffed & governed the country when it was in power, instead of covering it as horse races, theater, & grading on a curve for the One Special Boy & the far right authoritarian party.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Erik Prince's mercenaries wounded in Africa on a private contract are being treated at Walter Reed—at least 20 of them—just as if they were US uniformed service personnel. Outrageous. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
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At least 20 killed or injured, including popular UFC fighter in Africa
Blackwater founder Erik Prince's private security forces suffered a devastating ambush in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving around 20 people dead or wounded.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 12/10/2026
It really is time for this entire generation of democratic leadership to retire. We get it: you’re rich, tired, and don’t give a shit anymore. Go away.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12/10/2026
One of the funny (?) undercurrents in politics right now is that the right is super-paranoid & projects its own vindictiveness onto the left, which means the whole crew is convinced that Dems are going to hunt them down & jail them all if they take power. They view the elections as existential.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
In case facts still matter… Trump’s pointless war of choice spiked your diesel prices, not Ukraine defending themselves…
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This right wing ratfucking effort is blowing up over on X and will almost certainly be all over Fox and other outlets tomorrow. Steven Miller and Benny Johnson are already pushing it. Two "journalists" claim to have called a rehab center in Ohio who told them that Talarico checked out recently.
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Christopher Armitage @carmitage.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In America, you’re only as guilty as you are poor.
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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Listening to David Axelrod tell @jonfavs that corruption arguments against Susan Collins are inadvisable demonstrates that a perpetual class of affluent consultants are ill-suited to a populist moment with widespread cynicism. Elites can't see each other's corruption!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that."
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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"I think we need to be really honest about the fact and say it with some frequency that oligarchs control the media in the United States of America" says Chicago veteran news exec, reporter, and producer, @newsjennifer.bsky.social jenniferschulze.substack.com
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
a lot of people are replying with 'what are you going to do about it,' and while every level of government could do more, the powers the *DC City Council* has in this situation are comparatively limited. This isn't just voter intimidation, but an argument for statehood for the District of Columbia.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Status reports that ABC News deleted that explosive story about the Trump kids getting billions in federal contracts for their companies. ABC hasn't explained why they nuked the story, even as Trump has crowed about its deletion, sparking a firestorm behind scenes. www.status.news/p/david-elli...
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 09/10/2026
I wrote about Jim Bakker, whose parasocial style of grifter evangelism seemed freakish to mainstream society in the 80s and is now the machinery by which mainstream society operates
theringer.com
The Death and Afterlife of an American Con Man
Jim Bakker’s vision of the future came to pass. Just not in the way the disgraced televangelist imagined.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An amazingly stark example of how the US economy has broken: Zaslav clears nearly a *billion* dollars amid a CEO tenure where he made basically anything he touched worse, harmed multiple prestigious brands, led huge layoffs—but delivered a corrupt merger for shareholders. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
variety.com
David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
David Zaslav will receive $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company's merger with David Ellison's Paramount was completed.
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Why Does Gavin Newsom Keep Helping the Oligarchs?
In opposing the California wealth tax and helping push through the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger, the governor is doing the bidding of billionaires.
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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 09/10/2026
next dem president and congress need to seize every dime he claimed in office
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/10/2026
"When one side rejects pluralism, electoral legitimacy, or epistemic accountability, then 'reconciliation' & even 'civility' function less as neutral civic virtues than as asymmetric constraints, & they risk unilaterally disarming pro-democracy forces." Gonna link to this piece every week, forever.
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Frontiers | The problem with polarization research in an age of extremism
"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block i...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026
jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
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Mike the Mad Biologist Who Is Raising Serious Questions @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
More Democrats don’t have to specifically call the Republican Party a fascist formation, but it’s good to see some of them acting and speaking as if they are.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office"
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hugo Chavez-linked PR flack Michael Shellenberger — a random guy with a Substack who rakes in donations to fight a “censorship complex” that he created — would like you to know that journalists reporting on his attempts to smear people are propagandists.
Lithuania's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment. EU Disinfolab declined to comment.
"If you believe that emailing questions to government officials and others constitutes
'pressure,' then you are a propagandist and a toady and should stop misrepresenting yourself as a journalist," Shellenberger told Rapporteur.
An EEAS spokesperson said: "The reason for the request to remove the logo of the EEAS was that organisers chose to frame some of the discussions in a way which does not align with the official positions held by the EU. "
Global Affairs Canada did not respond to questions about its decisions to withdraw support.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
also much of intelligence/influence is bullshit and we're getting some great insights into how that works
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 08/10/2026
It looks like the FBI took down the video we filed a Hatch Act complaint about earlier this week. This rampant lawbreaking cannot continue, even if they backtrack when called out.
thehill.com
FBI post featuring El-Sayed runs afoul of Hatch Act, experts say
A new video from the FBI has spurred complaints the bureau has violated the Hatch Act by labeling Democrats — including current Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed — as part of the “defund the…
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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
100% a legacy defining black eye for Polis that he commuted an unrepentant and malicious person like Peters who is still fixated on trying to disrupt elections, tho. Should earn him an open ended blacklisting from Democratic politics going forward.
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