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Scott Stevens

@dustysexton.bsky.social
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Transplanted Michigander in southern Appalachia.

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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 8h
To the woman's credit: she defied the court and shared the footage anyway, which shows a state trooper blowing away two trained police dogs as they trotted to him, in response to an active break-in where the dogs were detaining the burglar Cops are great
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 8h
I mean he personally authorized the guillotine for his own VP so this should not surprise anyone.
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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I mean, quite aside from the barbarism of live-streaming this, I actually can't think of anything more stupid from a counterterrorism perspective. Showing this online - where it will likely be replayed for many years - has no deterrent value and would be useful only as anti-US recruitment tool.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 11h
When will America wake up to how badly Putin has kicked our ass? Kushner and Witkoff want to finish the sellout of Ukraine, our allies, and freedom.
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When will America wake up to how badly Putin has kicked our ass?
Kushner and Witkoff want to finish the sellout of Ukraine, our allies, and freedom. We can still stop them.
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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 12h
Not gonna happen. Russia doesn’t have any diesel to spare. “Trump says a thing” is utterly meaningless.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h
There’s always a tweet
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11h
1) Putin doesn't have diesel to spare. 2) Diesel is cover for lifting sanctions. 3) Putin's statement sounds like he's offering an Iran escape hatch, which I've been predicting. 4) Half of the MASSIVE bribes Putin is offering now don't exist. 5) But he does mention security coop -- Kash.
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 09/10/2026
There should be a political party that wants to stop this and punish the people doing this
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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just to be clear: we are fine in Minnesota. We are not being taken over, though there are more rabbits in our yard than some years. Also we still need to address creeping bellflower. But otherwise all good. Don’t need rescuing or another murderous occupation.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The death penalty on its own is morally indefensible; Turning it into a public spectacle is an abomination
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He makes a good point.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
these people would say it was "unclear" why more people in germany didnt openly identify as jewish in 1942
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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/10/2026
the supreme court: "stop saying we declared trump a god-king, presidential immunity was a limited and reasonable ruling" trump, constantly: "I am absolutely a god-king and I can do anything I want at any time"
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
me, looking for el sayed's response to this mike rogers post/ad
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Omg Excited: Can't Wait!
ALT: Omg Excited: Can't Wait!
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 07/10/2026
there's a lot going on right now, but the ability to buy elections in order to stay out of prison is on the ballot whether you realize it or not
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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Very much enjoying the story of AI bros going to religious leaders and asking them to say that machines have souls, only to be told: a) no they obviously don’t and b) if they did then what the AI guys are doing is literally slavery and that would be BAD.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I wrote this hopium post for two reasons: 1) I think there’s a small but nonzero chance of it happening for the reasons listed in the post; 2) It’s an argument that will infuriate the nihilists On Here and I am down for that kind of juice. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-post-m...
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The Post-Midterms Scenario No One Believes Will Happen... But I Kinda Sorta Think Maybe It Will Happen
Call me crazy, but I think this this scenario has a chance.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If only there had been an agreement in place already that was carefully negotiated over the course of two years….
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We used to have a federal agency devoted to investigating and prosecuting abuses by law enforcement, but Americans voted for the "let cops do crimes" candidate instead bsky.app/profile/kevi...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
CIA report warns of civil conflict and 'collapse' in Israel: Report - www.middleeasteye.net/news/alternat…
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CIA report warns of civil conflict and 'collapse' in Israel: Report
The agency's 'alternative analysis' notes Israel's domestic fissures over conscription, settler violence and mental health of returning soldiers
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
I remember when Obama criticized Fox News and all of DC's Very Important People spent *weeks* taking to their fainting couches at the horror of it.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This goes from the interviewer trying to tie him the Muslim brotherhood to her defensively saying, no, she is not cheerleading the war.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026
[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!
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Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many
Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.
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Scott Stevens @dustysexton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I threw together a quick “9 albums that made me” list. Didn’t overthink it. It would be different each time I tried.
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Mark Schmitt @mschmitt9.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In a way, it's useful to be reminded that Hastert's abuses became known b/c the W Bush-era FBI noticed he was "violating banking laws." Is there any chance that if Kash Patel's FBI spotted Mike Johnson or another Trump loyalist rep making fishy transactions that they would follow that lead?
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 04/10/2026
The Times put a visual pun A1 above the fold.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 03/10/2026
“he’s a piece of shit, but he’s our piece of shit, and it’s our duty to eat it” is quite the message pulling into the final stretch
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Discontinued FoOoOods! 👻🎃 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
At the risk of being crass, this is the single greatest bathroom book of all time. Nothing will ever come close
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
there’s too much likability in this photo, you can’t look directly at it
Yo-yo ma being embraced by Zohran Mamdani
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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
HAPPENING NOW: Protesters have gathered in Ohio in anticipation of Donald Trump’s arrival to his midterm rally 📍Vandalia, Ohio
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Don’t stop being mad about our rapacious health care system. It doesn’t have to be this way. It is not this way in any other wealthy or even middle tier country www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLdxJ3gC/
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This is a summation of the U.S. healthcare system. #healthcare #finance
TikTok video by The LA Globe
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Scott Stevens @dustysexton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Seems like Brady Hoke is coaching Michigan again.
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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Please, please, it’s too much winning…”
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In Springfield, OH, nearly 1,400 workers were laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally. Layoffs were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area. apnews.com/article/trum...
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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
President Donald Trump is trying to rally voters in the Dayton, Ohio, area on Saturday. But days ago, 1,400 workers were laid off from a truck factory there.
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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Eight years ago today the Saudi government murdered WaPo columnist Jamaal Khashoggi. Today they own 49.5% of the biggest media/news company in America.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026
We’ve got the inside story of how Trump’s displeasure with seeing homeless people in D.C. became the first domino in a series of actions that culminated in the administration’s stunning decision to weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans to live in their homes and communities.
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s not just anonymous sources (tho we are in the business of citing people who know what they’re talking about); one of Trump’s top pollsters is on the record throwing cold water on the GOP-wide 2026 anti- Hasan piker electoral strategy which is still going strong at the NRSC, etc. He then…
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ironclad rule: if Trump is the first to announce something, he’s doing that because he’s lying and wants reports of his announcement not what has actually been done
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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 01/10/2026
'Apocalypse was the record the group had been building up to. But its messages were their most controversial and the presentation of them the most risky the band had yet attempted...' Many Happy Returns to #PublicEnemy's Apocalypse 91 The Enemy Strikes Black, which turns 35 today! buff.ly/UYNVV0x
Public Enemy's Apocalypse 91 The Enemy Strikes Black album cover.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The life philosophy of Roy Cohn is now baked into the DNA of the Republican Party via his disciple Donald Trump. In many ways it is Roy Cohn’s Republican Party now and reflects his values.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
RFK Jr does 1/3 of a pull-up and walks away
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
36 minutes before the hearing started.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I love that the U.S. government now has ideas so dumb that the fact checks are simply “yeah this isn’t a parody, it’s real”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Took my son to see AC/DC in Philly last night and I can report that Angus Young has fully transformed into David St. Hubbins from Spinal Tap
An old man in a kids uniform rocking out
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New from me: I unpack what happened at the Jack Smith hearing, and offer a theory of what the hell Senator Eric Schmitt thought he was doing. And yes, an inability to tell the difference between the Hawks and Hawkeyes really did seem to be a big part of it. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-happe...
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What happened at the Jack Smith hearing?
A guide for the perplexed. And yes, it does say something about the state of the Republican Party
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Schmitt's big gotcha was that Smith was in the same city as Willis? Why did he think this was enough? In MAGAland, the idea that Willis and Smith were coordinating is seen as a) a big conspiracy that must be proven and which b) vindicates Trump instead of a) who cares? and b) no it doesn’t.
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