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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt just days before unveiling a new space-travel policy. The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by the Trump admin's actions — and led by Elon Musk.
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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yes this is stupid but it’s also a corrupt transfer of taxpayer money to a political ally www.washingtonsun.com/agencies/fbi...
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FBI Is Angling to Hand the UFC a No-Bid Contract to Train Agents
The contract would expand an existing partnership between the Trump administration and the UFC.
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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...
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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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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/10/2026
Hate corrodes the container it’s carried in.
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Elliskatz @elliskatz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"While Hasan has exhausted his direct appeals within the military justice system, he can still challenge ⁠his underlying ​conviction and sentence in the federal civilian court system... Even if unsuccessful, such an could stall the execution, ​potentially for years." - Reuters
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Elliskatz @elliskatz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is what I've been wondering about. Also what about the many platforms like Youtube etc that have policies against posting certain types of violent content? Seems like it'd be hard for them to justify letting this go through.
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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It just feels so right that so many Trump appointees look like cartoon villains.
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Elliskatz @elliskatz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Our current administration may be depraved but we don't have to let them turn the rest of us into the depraved inhumane creatures that they are.
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Janai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
America, they are trying to desensitize you to violence. They want us to dehumanize one another so we become numb to their attacks on our liberty. They wish to normalize total state control thru visual terror. Attention is currency. Don’t invest it in evil. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be executed by firing squad on 3 December
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
All of NYC stands with the mayor on this. This ICE office is guilty of reckless endangerment of a 5-year-old and a raft of other felonies. He should be in prison. bsky.app/profile/mayo...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles’ daughter posts a pic at a training camp with a pro-Russian militia in Bosnia that specializes in destabilization… totally normal stuff! “The photo raises Q’s about White House links to the pro-Russian politician”🤔 www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-...
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 08/10/2026
Is there an Intelligence Community equivalent of stolen valor?
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Elliskatz @elliskatz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This "good idea" was always a Trojan Horse from the get-go.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A barbaric idea, beneath our dignity as a country. Push back on this.
Trump admin wants to televise an execution
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/10/2026
imagine being so horny for austerity that you talk yourself into believing that the hundreds of thousands of developing world deaths and total gutting of life-saving medical research were unfortunate excesses of DOGE and not the entire point
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
San Yixu is a unique form of Su Embroidery that shows different images on each side of the same fabric, without visible knots. Every stitch is precisely balanced, creating flawless, double-sided designs that blur the line between front and back. #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
George the wombat was just four months old when he lost his mother in a car accident. Rescued from her pouch, this little survivor was thriving just months later. #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...
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ᴄ ꜱᴛᴜᴀʀᴛ ʜᴀʀᴅᴡɪᴄᴋ🛸 @cstuarthardwick.com · 09/10/2026
The ACA did FAR more than create insurance marketplaces. It also imposed protections on traditional health insurance, including employer plans. It protects millions of Americans who have never purchased insurance through an ACA marketplace.
The ACA did FAR more than create insurance marketplaces. It also imposed protections on traditional health insurance, including employer plans. It protects millions of Americans who have never purchased insurance through an ACA marketplace.
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It would really be great if folks not affiliated with the Trump Administration could stop using "Department of War." The Department of Defense is a statutory creation, and the name is statutorily given--the administration cannot unilaterally change it.
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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And his workers have to rely on welfare & medicaid
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hegseth got the job not because of his clown antics on Fox News but because during the first term he made it his personal crusade to get Trump to pardon war criminals who had murdered civilians and desecrated corpses. That’s who he is and it’s what Trump hired him to be.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The American white collar workforce started working from home three days a week for like six months a year into COVID and executives so thoroughly lost their minds over this that they installed Trump II. If anything, AI will create the 7-day workweek.
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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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Elliskatz @elliskatz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
All the Senators who confirmed Hegseth should be deeply ashamed of what they have enabled.
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Livestreaming an execution is basically copying ISIS
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
* Goldman’s Special Bonus for Top Brass Set to Exceed $500 Million @bloomberg.com $GS
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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Petition for Jamelle Bouie to replace all headline writers in the US.
YouTube. Video with title

I cannot emphasize enough that the president has pudding for brains
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th
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Jerrad Christian @jerradchristian.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🚨LEAKED RECORDING🚨 Last night, Rep. Balderson (my opponent) revealed his plan to lower insurance costs: make Americans wear health monitors. Guess which "expert" he got that idea from.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“.. defense companies backed by the president's sons, including Anduril, have now raked in more than $6 billion dollars in active or promised government contracts since those investments were made, according to the government's official contract reporting. abcnews.com/Politics/tru...
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Absorbing the sunshine, deep in thought: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/10/2026
Stand Up for Science is proud to endorse Jamie Ager for North Carolina's 11th congressional district. A Stand Up for Science endorsement lets you know that a candidate is a champion of science who will keep political and ideological influences out of the scientific process.
Campaign poster for Jamie Ager who is running in North Carolina's 11th District. 

On the right hand side is a photo of Jamie with his hands in his coat pocket, smiling. 

To the left is text that reads "A vote for Jamie is a vote for science and democracy." and "Jamie is a fourth generation farmer concerned about community recovery from natural disasters, affordability for working families, and preserving our environment and culture."

Bottom left corner is a logo that reads "Stand Up For Science Endorsed"
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Yeah, sorry your kid died or whatever. What do you think about my chandeliers?"
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Very worthwhile to follow @zacheverson.com if you're trying to stay up to speed on the Trumps' crypto machinations.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Econ 101
Person one: Taught my kids how socialism works. Let them trick or treat while I stayed home. Then took all their candy. Socialism 101.

Person two : The socialism part is where the community came together and fed your kids for free. The capitalism part is where you made them do all the work and stole from them.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Three U.S. citizens arrested and detained by immigration agents are the first Californians to sue federal officers under the No Kings Act, hours after it was signed by Gov. Newsom last week.
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wilber was finally able to undergo surgery on Thursday—11 days after he was shot. “When ICE can shoot a man in the back and then barely give him any medical treatment and let him suffer, there’s a reason for that because we have gotten to a point where we see people as less than human.”
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Austin man has surgery 11 days after being shot by ICE agent
The surgery on the Venezuelan national, who has been in custody since his Sept. 20 run-in with an immigration officer, removed the bullet lodged in his back.
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Elliskatz @elliskatz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
His brain's regressing to toddlerhood. Just a matter of time before he starts sticking his fingers in his ears and going "la la la la la I can't hear you!"
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@oregoncoastaquarium captures video of a sea otter grooming its fur in the water: #AGoodPlace
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We will never again be a democracy if we don't get the big money out of American politics. There should not be any higher priority. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/one-priori...
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One Priority Above All Others
We Must Drain the Poison Out of Our Body Politic If There Is to Be a Better World After Trump
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We murdered four more people in a boat today
U.S. southern Command: On October 4, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists. @DeptofWar
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Unsurprisingly the Russians are paying off the Americans to take their side in the Russia’s criminal war of aggression. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Roy Cooper @roycoopernc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Great morning in Cabarrus County with Justice @anitaearls.bsky.social It’ll take all of us to get across the finish line so let's show up for her and each other at the polls. Make sure you’re registered to vote by Friday, October 9th. Check your status at iwillvote.com.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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