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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/10/2026

wrote on saturday that trump was not going to let democrats avoid the question of impeachment and here we are with an offense that would have had a president impeached, removed and *at least* exiled if it had happened at any point prior to now.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

ok heres one democratic senator being clear and unambiguous about this. anyone else want to step up?

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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Donald Trump is going after his political opponents. The raid targeting Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is an abuse of power. Last week, Trump attempted to incite a race war against the Somali community, and today he’s abusing his power by going after our congresswoman. Jason Chavez

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/10/2026

most of the headlines about this are complicit with the fascists in power, but let’s be clear: they raided her house because of who she is, not because she’s done anything to justify this treatment. the president shouldn’t be able to weaponize the government against his political enemies.

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US immigration authorities raid Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar's home — Reuters

US authorities conducted a predawn raid on Monday on the Washington-area home of Democratic US Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, an outspoken critic of Donald Trump who has been the target of po...

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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A good fresh Star Trek take on those fake isekai title jokes

A tumblr screenshot showing a post and two reblog responses, reading:
1. "star trek would be the ideal fictional universe to get trapped in because you'd explain your situation and they'd be like yeah makes sense. no further questions. fortunately we can use the mysterious warp signature emitting from this system's icy moon to counterface with the solar radiation and slingshot you back home"
2. "I'm from a universe where your world is all a work of fiction." Benjamin Sisko, nodding. "That happened to me once."
3. "I Got Isekaid Into The Star Trek Universe And They Quickly Understood What Was Happening"

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Writing something where I will be liberally citing @lilymasonphd.bsky.social's latest and realizing that I can't cite every single thing I would like to because then I'm just reprinting her work. So, I've gotta thread about it instead. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Screenshot of the article website. Title is: Polarization Is Not the Problem. Author is Lilliana Mason. Journal is the Journal of Democracy, Volume 37, Number 4, October 2026. From Johns Hopkins University Press.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 10/09/2026

For me, the biggest takeaway from the WSJ opinion page's genuinely funny "Supreme Court expansion is actually SECRETLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL" column is that conservative pundits are terrified of Supreme Court expansion and desperate for ways they can prevent it

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“Is Court Packing Constitutional?” and Other Questions Easily Answered By Reading the Constitution

The Constitution empowers Congress to set the number of justices on the Supreme Court. Only one columnist dares to ask: What if it didn’t?

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Too bad it’s now illegal to teach Marx at most universities because I feel like this is something he mentioned at some point

nytimes.com

Opinion | Why Labor’s Share of Wealth Is Shrinking

Workers’ share of our national income is declining rapidly but we’re not sure why.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Musk is already underwater in polls and if Democrats lean in they can make him even more toxic. He's declared open war on you all and is pushing a toxic, destructive, racist agenda. Maybe it's time to push back? I don't know, I'm just spitballing here.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

ok but "the future" they are promising is "we destroy your jobs and maybe build a dark god of genocide" so perhaps winning these people back is not the wisest electoral move

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 09/09/2026

AI companies: This technology we’re developing is dangerous and might destroy humanity and we don’t know how to stop it Other people: So we should strictly regulate it, create legislative guard rails, and monitor its development? AI companies: lol no the opposite of all that & give us more money

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Streets.mn @streets.mn · 28/08/2026

A Neighborhood Greenway Is Coming to 34th Street. It Could Be Amazing.: streets.mn/2026/08/28/a-neighborhoo… As the City of Minneapolis' Public Works department embarks on the 34th Street Neighborhood Greenway project this summer, Mi...

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 26/08/2026

So Elk River. A place I only know for traffic jams going to lakes & ruby-red politics. How red? Gun-toting popinjay Eric Lucero is the state senator. Walter Hudson reps the next-door house district. Big Lake. Otsego. Albertville. If you see a Strib letter from there, you cringe. A DFL dead zone. 1/

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Michael Senters the Sigillite:ABD (Uma 7th Next Week) @mikesenters.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“I know nothing about the horsegirls, please do tell!” is legit a funny line both with and without context.

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I generally reject re-written C&H, but I gotta say this is about as on-point as I’ve ever seen one be. (I’ve commented elsewhere with this, but it retains its relevance, alas)

A four panel Calvin & Hobbes strip, with the dad saying:

There are only two industries left in America: gambling, and fraud
Derivatives? Gambling.
AI? Fraud.
Video games? Gambling.
Social media? Fraud.
The stock market looks like gambling, but it's actually fraud.

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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

👋 Media expert here! This isn't cute or funny actually? Comms teams only do this when they're in extreme distress www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Early this month, The Washington Post reported that at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing Flock cameras and other surveillance systems, including to stalk women.

In August alone, local officials in four states decided to pull the plug on Flock cameras in their cities, at least temporarily.

The Independent has reached out to Flock for comment, but its media team said it was currently “taking a break” from responding to requests.

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

the fact that john ossoff can kick off a two-day media cycle by saying that the president is uninterested in doing his job and is sleeping through meetings and traveling around with a young blonde, suggests that not enough of these guys are speaking plainly and effectively about these assholes

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“I was asked not to mention the Times at all. I’m choosing not to honor that norm, b/c silence abt how accountability journalism gets suppressed is itself a form of suppression.” Read the back story of how @nytimes.com and @thebulwark.com killed @adambonica.bsky.social’s piece. What a mf badass.

data4democracy.substack.com

With Fear and Favor

Institutions don’t have courage. They have incentives.

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.

data4democracy.substack.com

Hook and Squeeze

How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/08/2026

Why wait

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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Forgive me father, for I posted. I wrote about why pundits seem so completely unable to understand the Minnesota Election. wburdine.substack.com/p/why-are-we...

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Why are we baffled about Minnesota Elections?

What are we even talking about here?

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

See, this is an issue for me because in many ways Metro Surge went pretty poorly. I, for one, have a fairly negative view of the whole thing, really. I suspect others may feel the same way.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I think part of the pundit crack-up has been that they missed the big call of their lifetimes about which was the bigger threat to America: wokeness or authoritarianism. And rather than admitting that, they are doubling down on wokeness, while ignoring an authoritarianism that does not threaten them

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

If we don’t sweep up DraftKings and FanDuel in the wake of destroying Kalshi and Polymarket, what the fuck are we even doing?

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

You'll never find the words to convince people who don't want to be convinced. Terminology only matters to a receptive audience. An audience with a preconceived notion that things are fine will find issue with anything you say about how they are not. You will burn all your energy on White moderates.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 13/08/2026

Oh no baby why are you making this judge learn about prompt injections

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
COURT SANCTION FOR
PLAINTIFF'S USE OF PROMPT-INJECTION
This matter comes before the Court on its own Order to Show Cause. In reviewing the plaintiff's recent filings, the Court identified text that had been formatted to be invisible to a human reader while remaining fully legible to any software that reads the document's text. That concealed text is a set of instructions addressed to artificial-intelligence systems, directing any such system that reviews or analyzes the filing to produce output only favorable to the plaintiff's position and to treat a prior clerk's ruling as an error to be corrected in their favor. The Court issued its Order to Show Cause so that the plaintiff could be heard before the Court determined whether this occurred and, if so, what sanctions, if any, should follow.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 12/08/2026

Objective Journalism, folks

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It’s so generous of Fox News to help their older viewers try to understand why their adult children might have cut ties with them. Many people are saying that the host of this segment will be wearing a hot dog suit for some strange reason.

Fox News Health • • Follow
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PATH TO RECONNECTION: When a parent and adult child stop speaking, reconciliation can feel out of reach - but research suggests estrangement isn't always permanent.
One psychology researcher says the best approach isn't trying to "win" the disagreement. Instead, it can mean listening before defending yourself, focusing on specific behaviors rather than labels and being willing to make changes.
Here are 5 steps that may help create better conditions for reconnecting - while recognizing that reconciliation is never guaranteed.
/FOX NEWS
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CUT OFF BY YOUR ADULT CHILD?
EXPERT REVEALS WHAT PARENTS
SHOULD DO NEXT

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 12/08/2026

By cartoonishly wrapping herself in the Politics of Law Enforcement, Angie Craig got the reckoning we all wanted for Jacob Frey.

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Formerly Libraryben on Twitter @bbtwlvloonspr.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Lisa Demuth and the MNGOP knowingly invited a moronic, souless grifter to our home to create a BS story as an excuse for The American Gestapo to terrorize our family. Many were and are suffering. At least two were murdered. She has blood on her hands.

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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I am truly honored and humbled to be Minnesota’s Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. Thank you, Minnesota – for everything.

I love you, Minnesota! Miigwech, thank you for everything!

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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Rural +6 and strong areas for Trump +4 god Angie never had a chance

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1st Minnesota Volunteers Stan Account @himdogson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

let me paint a picture for you. imagine angie craig is james longstreet's rebs streaming into the gap in the union line foolishly left by dan sickles the useless wastrel. now imagine peggy flanagan is the men of the first minnesota

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Vengeance is going to be a winning platform

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Jason @jasonsamuels.net · 12/08/2026

Current mood

C'mon, do something meme over Hennepin County on election results map

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Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We do love to see it don't we folks

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Josh @joshnorthsouth.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Happy do a quick google of @naomikritzer.bsky.social’s blog from the ballot booth day to everyone who celebrates!

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I just finished telling my colleagues that the performance of “free thinking contrarian” demands a foil. These fools have run all of theirs off and so they go around trying to bully people into fighting them.

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Monster Mash (10 Minute Version) @randballsstu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The lack of opportunity in outstate is a legitimate issue, but I'm going to guess "Come home Braelyn, they're hiring at the concentration camp" won't do the trick.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

look how i'm treated for making a tongue-in-cheek joke 😔

Dan Crenshaw tweets: "I can't believe I live in a world where my only lunch option is a $20 burrito."

I reply: "not true. republicans eat donald trump's ass every day for free."

Someone named "The Noooticer" replies to me: "You're brown and larping."

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

ThisIsFine.Gif

The growing risk is not just to Ellison and Oracle, but to the U.S. economy itself.
The A.I. boom has been driving the entire U.S. economy. Since the release of ChatGPT, A.I.-related stocks have been responsible for as much as 75 percent of the returns of the S&P 500, and data centers now account for a vast majority of America’s G.D.P. growth.

Oracle and the other hyperscalers also now dominate the debt and equity markets, and investors and analysts are increasingly asking whether the huge investments being made in A.I. are sustainable and will ever return the promised profits.

Americans are more heavily invested in the stock market than ever before. By one estimate, an A.I. crash could wipe out $20 trillion in American wealth — far more than the dot-com crash in 2000 or even the 2008 financial crisis.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

the next president has a duty to the country to prove that “tax immunity” is a completely made up thing that doesnt exist. they need to do this through intense prosecution to signal to future leaders what will happen if they try this

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It turns out insurance companies believe in climate change whether you do or not

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Vaccination Rates Wane www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/w...

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