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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Many, many people are surprised to learn" this principally because it isn't true. Montesquieu is cited more times (11) in more essays (4) than Plutarch (3, 3). Heck, the Abbé de Mably is cited as often as Plutarch. And what do citations even tell us? Locke isn't cited at all...
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Barchart @barchart.com · 08/10/2026
U.S. Treasury just auctioned 10-Year Treasuries at a yield of 5.3%, the highest level this century 🚨 🚨
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
From Steve Rattner Data centers are booming... all other private construction is shrinking.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
25th Amendment when?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 26/09/2026
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Dr. Talc @drtalc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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ukjarry.bsky.social @ukjarry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Have you seen the original artist Russ Heath's comic strip reply to Lichtenstein:
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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
From @allrisenews.com. Whenever anyone asks a Democrat about a twitch streamer, they should counter with this, which is only one among several dangers to children that Elon has introduced to this world.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Cost of diesel for a typical Los Angeles-to-Dallas truckload: $1,430 — up about $600, or 72%, from the day before the Feb. 28 strikes on Iran.” @bloomberg.com ⛽️
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026
ICYMI, Dylan Byers was name-checked as the reporter who amplified Reddit conspiracies about the identity of the Boston Marathon bomber and ruined the lives of the family members of the late Sunil Tripathi www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...
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The Real Story of Sunil Tripathi, the Boston Bomber Who Wasn't
A new documentary seeks to tell the full story of Sunil Tripathi, mis-identified as a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bari Weiss has plunged CBS News into ratings calamity. —"Evening News" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —"CBS Mornings" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —And now "60 Minutes" has posted worst ratings of 21st century More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
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Bari’s ‘60’ Bust
Bari Weiss blew up “60 Minutes," ostensibly to create a better show. Instead, her revamped premiere just suffered its worst debut ratings of the 21st century—what one longtime TV executive told Status...
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Dr. Talc @drtalc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Iran War Energy Cost Tracker
Tracks the extra cost paid by U.S. consumers for gasoline and diesel since the Iran conflict began on February 28, 2026, compared against a no-war counterfactual baseline.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 15/09/2026
the reason my likely presidential candidate tier list has two people at the top - Ossoff and AOC - is that they are by far the most effective messengers of I Am Fucking Furious And There Must Be Consequences, which is the most deeply held conviction of the Dem base
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
LEFT: Donald Trump today, dozing off as the names of those who died on 9/11 are read. RIGHT: Joe Biden today, paying respects to those lost on 9/11. Who's "sleepy" now, loser?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“.. The Atlanta Fed calculates that as of May, a household would need income of $124,674 a year to afford a median-priced home … that is 45% more than the median household makes.” - Schwab
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Dr. Talc @drtalc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Fact checkers didn’t help. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Harris repeats claim that Project 2025 is Trump's plan. That's still not right.
While the former president has said he's not involved in Project 2025, he has both former and current staff members who have contributed to it.
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Michael Podhorzer @mikepod.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Unions are the only major institution that has gained and not lost support since the Great Recession. Yet after Labor Day, the people who write about “the working class” for a living will manage not to say the word “union” out loud again for 364 days. www.contrariannews.org/p/labor-day-...
Unions: The only institution to recover from the Great Recession
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Dr. Talc @drtalc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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Iran War Energy Cost Tracker
Tracks the extra cost paid by U.S. consumers for gasoline and diesel since the Iran conflict began on February 28, 2026, compared against a no-war counterfactual baseline.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This man delivers a no-bullshit takedown of Trump and his MAGA supporters, no fucks given. We should all be this mouthy and vocal. And I love his hat.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Feel free to share and screenshot.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A rusting U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in Thailand: An embarrassing testament to the gross incompetence of Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Losing, for all the world to witness. China must be giddy at our shameful demise.
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A parable: Yesterday, a whistleblower provided us a blueprint of Trump's plan to cheat in the midterms by trashing (disproportionately Democratic) mail ballots by the truckload. Hours later, House Democrats provided the decisive votes to fund Trump's government. www.offmessage.net/p/stop-donal...
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Hoping Someone Else Stops Trump Is Not A Plan
A whistleblower exposed his illegal scheme to cheat in the midterms, and House Democrats turned around and funded his government. It’s a bad omen for 2027.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Note on pieces like these, not only is there no suggestion that Republicans should distance themselves from him, there's no hint that there's a reason to. No recap of his CSAM machine. No inflammatory racist quotes. No mention of the DOGE death toll. No history of his fabulist quotes.
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Exclusive: Musk plans massive push for GOP in midterms
Musk is resuscitating his America PAC, which spent more than $260 million in 2024.
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James Neckbeard III @qsalt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The guy who hires Nazis. www.metrotimes.com/news/u-s-sen...
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U.S. Senate candidate Rogers taps students who defended Hitler group chat and spread misogynistic comments - Detroit Metro Times
U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers’s newly announced student outreach team includes a member who complained about women in politics and another who defended a leaked Young Republicans group chat filled...
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Dr. Talc @drtalc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The irony of posting this on Musk’s app. techcrunch.com/2026/08/15/w...
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Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery | TechCrunch
The woman claimed that AI tools are "taking everyday life and turning it into child sexual abuse."
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I... was not ready for that paragraph
The 43-page investigation found Fultz had posed for pictures as Adolf Hitler, freely used racial slurs in texts, masturbated on camera in his police vehicle, took pictures of his ex-girlfriend with his service weapon in her mouth during sex, repeatedly broke the law to generate clout online for his motorcycle themed Instagram and TikTok accounts, and used Flock to stalk his ex-girlfriend.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Still mad about the Star Trek muppet fiasco. Like, if you're going to quote *that* Star Trek scene, you need the audience to be *completely* on your side already, and boy o boy was I not, so my reaction was genuinely "how *dare* you?"
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 21/08/2026
you can write a lot of thinkpieces about the structural problems with american governance but also "don't elect grandpa cheesebrain"
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Dr. Talc @drtalc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
He is lazy but also fishing for an invite to a speak at some coporate meeting hopefully in the Bahamas. Only Flock will pay for that.
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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In Star Trek people often complain that replicated food is not as good as naturally produced food, which is weird when replicators are presumably using the same technology as transporters, which can perfectly replicate Spock every time. But is Spock getting less flavoursome over time? In this essay,
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Annihilation on Collider's list of the top 10 American novels of the past 15 years. collider.com/best-america...
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The 10 Greatest American Books of the Last 15 Years, Ranked
Pulitzer Prize-winning works like The Underground Railroad and complex gems like The Goldfinch are among the best American books of the last 15 years.
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Dr. Talc @drtalc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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The Insane US-Japan Currency Bailout
YouTube video by Patrick Boyle
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Dr. Talc @drtalc.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Some of the HR videos I’ve watched could have been titled - “How to get away with sexual harassment.”
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
You may know that I try to show newsrooms that they have an alternative to the horse race model in election coverage: "The citizens agenda." It's the campaign season and I am starting to get examples sent to me. Roanoke: roanoke.com/news/local/g... Cascadia: www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jul/16/...
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What are your top issues in November's elections? Inform Roanoke Times coverage
The Roanoke Times is taking a closer approach to election coverage this fall by asking our audience directly: What do you care about most?
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Dr. Talc @drtalc.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Will the next Dem president prosecute the people who carried it out or “turn the page “?
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Technically, they’re Remains now.
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Bill McBride @calculatedrisk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Wages growth is slowing (real wages are negative)
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Bill McBride @calculatedrisk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"Both nonfarm payroll employment (-23,000) and the unemployment rate (4.1 percent) changed little in July". Previous 2 months revised down. Very weak report.
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Dr. Talc @drtalc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Is this the district that banned Alex Haley’s Roots?
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Dr. Talc @drtalc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Elon Musk?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
To O’Mara, the diet is not just a temporary means of losing weight but a way to eat for good. He has been doing it for 10 years, and credits it with turning his life around. At one point in our conversation he pulled up the Bristol Stool Chart, which ranges from Type 1 (“separate, hard pellets”) to Type 7 (“watery, no solid pieces”). O’Mara is consistently delivering Type 4 (“smooth, soft, like a snake”), with pointed ends, indicative of healthy rectal function, he told me. “When you start eating healthy, you don’t need toilet paper,” he claimed. “Animals in the wild have no residual stool on their anus.” He described a proper bowel movement to me this way: odorless, wipe-free, over in three to seven seconds and “nearly orgasmic.”

“I could have a bowel movement behind a sheet at a dinner party in the corner of the room,” he said, “and nobody would know.”
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Dr. Talc @drtalc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Keyword “may”
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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 02/07/2026
Long form version of my postmortem on the birthright citizenship case (tldr just listen to Justice Jackson), courtesy of the fine folks at @theunpopulist.net www.theunpopulist.net/p/there-is-n...
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There Is No Originalist Rationale for Denying Citizenship to the US Born
So the conservative dissenters on the Supreme Court ditched their own preferred approach in the recent birthright ruling
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
My response to Elon Musk.
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