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@elviejonitido.bsky.social
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Humanist. Tree-huggin' nomad. Former journalist, historian-social scientist. Empathically using my talents to educate the next generations. "Tru master. You can check my credentials."

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 2h
Donald Trump’s street-level ICE surges and deportation obsession are wildly unpopular. That isn’t stopping the administration from continuing to target noncitizens over constitutionally protected free speech, including green card holders.
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Trump’s Politically Driven Deportations Are Quietly Rising
Donald Trump’s street-level ICE surges and deportation obsession are wildly unpopular. That isn’t stopping the administration from continuing to target noncitizens over constitutionally protected free speech, including green card holders.
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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 04/10/2026
this kind of chart doubles down on the dumb in “social science” and economics. the dumb comes from lossily compressing complex phenomena into rankable scalars, then using arithmetic and ranking to launder claims into “scientific” truths. 1/
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 04/10/2026
Robert De Niro has a message to share. The November is our time to shine at the polls. Fuck those ICE goons and just get there.
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Flooding the zone" with this stuff might be in order.
Post from Mark R Elias 

"I think I'm getting the hang of this."

Mark's question to America.gov

Does the president have the authority over the conduct of federal elections,?

Answer:
The Constitution does not give the president the power to run or set the rules for federal elections. States have the main job if administering them. Congress can change most of those rules by statue. The president's role is to enforce existing federal law, not to replace state or congressional election rules.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This one is doing the rounds
A picture of Elon Musk, via the London Economic. The quote says “If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what the heck was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes.“ – Nathalie Robin Justice. 
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
wired.com
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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elviejonitido.bsky.social @elviejonitido.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Here's why this is so grim. Folks expected jobs growth to slow to +80k, but we got -23k. Also downward revisions to the last two months subtracted a total of -103k. So over the past three months, the US economy created about -200k fewer jobs than we had thought.
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jlp2024.bsky.social @jlp2024.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It's endlessly sadly funny that the October 2024 economist accurately described the us economy but no major america media outlet did, and many outright misled the public because they preferred trump
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elviejonitido.bsky.social @elviejonitido.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.propublica.org/article/prop...
propublica.org
Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
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Euronews @euronews.com · 02/10/2026
The students say their school hours are excessively long, conditions inadequate including overheated classrooms, and that there are too many staff absences. #EuropeNews ➡️ l.euronews.com/pdSd
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
President Trump canceled over $800 million in funding that Congress approved and he signed into law. What was the funding for? Education, housing, small businesses, and health research. He wants ballrooms and arches for himself and cuts for everyone else.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Supreme Court endorses extreme cruelty toward helpless immigrants. The 6 Republican justices must think the Dred Scott decision is their precedent. Win the midterms and unpack the court.
theguardian.com
US supreme court allows Trump officials to resume deportations to third countries
Conservative majority temporarily lifts lower-court decision as liberal justices dissent from ruling
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Instant reference desk on the Dred Scott case: "Among constitutional scholars, Scott v. Sandford is widely considered the worst decision ever rendered by the Supreme Court."
britannica.com
Dred Scott decision | Definition, History, Summary, Significance, & Facts | Britannica
Dred Scott decision, legal case (1857) in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (7–2) that a slave who had resided in a free state and territory was not thereby entitled to his freedom, that African Amer...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 30/09/2026
Artificial intelligence is turbocharging scams in unimaginable ways, as millions of Americans report being targeted and victims of AI scams. Take this AP quiz and test if you know how to spot what's real and what's AI.
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Could you spot an AI-powered scam? See if you can tell what’s real.
Artificial intelligence is turbocharging scams in ways unimaginable just a few years ago. Ninety-eight percent of Americans say they have been targeted by scammers — many on a daily basis — according to a poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026
Beyond the fact that it’s incredibly illegal and corrupt to use taxpayer dollars to run political ads on television, there’s another problem with re-running old ads like this: the messaging only reminds everyone what a fraud you are.
Black-and-white image of Donald Trump standing in a hallway from a recent ad he ran on TV with taxpayer funds. White subtitle text on a black bar at the bottom displays what Trump’s voiceover says in the ad: “we will expel the warmongers from our government.”
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𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊 𝑻𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒓 🐈‍⬛✨ @frittitailchaser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Something to think about. Facebook has an inside view of at least 71% of Americans bc they still use it. If you're serious about this whole 'fuck the oligarchy' thing get the fuck off it.
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Jazz Emu: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth
ALT: Jazz Emu: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/09/2026
TODAY: Andy McCabe and I discuss the Judge Aileen Cannon dilemma that could result in either her violating her own court order or releasing Volume II of Jack Smith's final report. All ahead of Smith's testimony on the Hill Tuesday. Always free. Occasional swearing. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Marge finally realizing the Republican caravan fearmongering stuff (@MarshaBlackburn loves to peddle) has always been bullshit
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elviejonitido.bsky.social @elviejonitido.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Former Texas resident of 8 years. All while the ignoramus feudal vassal of the oil and gas oligarchs in the lone star state in the middle served his masters. Anyone who believes the GOP needs more time in power to "fix" Texas is a masochist.
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The AI build-out is on track to become the biggest economic bet in U.S. history, dwarfing the investments made to fund other huge U.S. infrastructure projects such as the railroads, the highway system and the plumbing for the internet. www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
wsj.com
The AI Build-Out Is Becoming the Biggest Economic Bet in U.S. History
Data-center spending is greater than that for canals, railroads and grid combined—creating jobs and stock-market wealth, while boosting inflation and crowding out housing.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨A technical error at the Texas Department of Public Safety has created a major backlog of voter registration applications, with some incomplete records dating back to 2025. If you recently registered to vote in Texas, now is a good time to double-check that your information is actually on file.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 24/09/2026
With AI, he says, ‘in order to save you, they’ve got to hurt you first.‘ www.theverge.com/tech/1000140...
theverge.com
Jensen Huang talks about AI and climate change like a supervillain
It’s giving Thanos energy. 
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."
nytimes.com
From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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elviejonitido.bsky.social @elviejonitido.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Greed. Greed and greed. All wrapped up neatly in a gospel of wealth package.
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Laura Kowalski Linden @samoart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Actual headline: Trump WH ignores court orders and constitution
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elviejonitido.bsky.social @elviejonitido.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Oligarchy is expensive.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Welp. According to Semafor, David Ellison has discussed bringing Elon Musk on as an investor in Paramount's merger with Warner Bros., which could mean Musk could have a stake in CBS News and CNN. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
semafor.com
Exclusive: Paramount weighs tapping Musk for equity investment
A cash injection from SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk could reduce investor Larry Ellison’s financial burden and bolster the deal’s investor base.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 22/09/2026
Billions in dark money are flooding the election — and voters don’t know who’s behind it. bit.ly/4d1GYVr
brennancenter.org
$1 billion in Secret Cash Is Reshaping the Midterms
We may never know where most of the money came from.
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elviejonitido.bsky.social @elviejonitido.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
These headlines are barely a blip in the dumpster fire of nonsense www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...
theguardian.com
‘I needed an IV’: shoes melt as turf temperature reaches 157F in Eagles-Titans game
The Tennessee Titans were happy to get off the field on Sunday, and not just because they lost their second game of the season
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 21/09/2026
Paramount just reached a settlement with the states challenging its Warner Bros. merger, clearing the way for a deal that will further concentrate power over Hollywood and media. One headline concession is an “independent editorial board” for CNN. But we should be skeptical of that remedy. 🧵
bloomberg.com
Paramount to Settle Lawsuits, Paving Way for Warner Bros. Merger
Paramount Skydance Corp. has reached a settlement with California and other states suing to block its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., according to a person familiar with the matte...
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Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today, billionaires yet again bribed, censored, and bullied their way to the top. As a result, a billionaire media company closely allied with the president will soon own one of its closest rivals, including some of the nation’s critical news outlets. Saudi Arabia will co-own those outlets, too.
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Nick Hanauer @nickhanauer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Essay | America Made Me Very Rich. There’s a Pro-Market Way to Give Back.
To defend markets from radicals on the left and the right, it’s time to arm ourselves with a new economics.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Defund ICE. Take its entire budget and devote it to a Manhattan Project that can devise and implement sound guardrails for AI, and figure out how to stop what can and should be stopped in the way of superintelligence and recursive self-improvement. AI is far, far more dangerous than immigrants.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
OBAMA: “Imagine if I had kicked out Fox News”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Heads up: The Russian government has been targeting Americans with covert online disinformation operations seeking to undermine public confidence the midterms — using a familiar playbook in an attempt to inject chaos into the voting season, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
nytimes.com
Russia Aims to Inject Chaos Into Elections, U.S. Intelligence Finds
The Kremlin is once again seeking to undermine confidence in American democracy with online influence campaigns, U.S. officials said.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I’m not so sure Republicans are going to agree that a president has the authority to do all the things that Trump is doing when a Democrat is in the WH. Just a hunch.
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elviejonitido.bsky.social @elviejonitido.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What I've been saying since 2024.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/09/2026
When Red Sox legend David Ortiz used his influence to help block reforms that would rein in lenders’ ability to prey on baseball families, it was unknown outside of the Dominican Republic that the Hall of Famer had a financial interest in keeping the system broken.
propublica.org
How the Dominican Baseball Factory Traps Young Players and Their Families With False Promises
Teams make handshake deals with players as young as 11 while moneylenders prey on their families. The industry is corrupt, but Major League Baseball and the players union have done little about it.
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elviejonitido.bsky.social @elviejonitido.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This person achieved a *checks notes* bachelor of science degree in ECONOMICS from the Wharton school of the University of Pennsylvania. Now, I'm a Nittany Lion. We got our share of boneheads. But this drivel below is not a good look for y'all, my dear Ivy League neighbors @upenn.edu
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A key point made here that I've noticed: by shifting MAGA Inc funds into neutral-sounding affiliated Super PACs, Trump is hiding his own brand from midterm advertising. The only other org that has done such concealment on a widespread scale is AIPAC. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
nytimes.com
Who Will Win the Midterms? Republicans Are Reeling.
The party is putting up a costly defense of states and districts that President Trump won easily in 2024. And in places like Georgia, strategists wonder if it’s too late.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026
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bloomberg.com
Trump Made 29,000 Securities Trades, More Than All of Congress
Donald Trump made nearly 29,000 securities trades in 17 months — more than every member of Congress combined. The stock-purchasing ban he’s pushing would leave him exempt
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/09/2026
Ed Sheeran? Change the channel, at least according to AOC. The New York representative recently weighed in on the Macklemore-Ed Sheeran dispute, highlighting the real conversation here: Billionaires will be a threat to free speech when they want.
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kristinekenyon.bsky.social @kristinekenyon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Republicans would kill us all for a dollar. bsky.app/profile/kris...
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I want to talk to you about an article @wired.com's @telliotter.bsky.social published yesterday that should be getting a LOT more attention than it currently is -- It's all about how the US Census Bureau is overrun with staffers from a notable MAGA think tank.
wired.com
The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Seems like every Democrat (+ Republican) should be calling out that this is not a “SALE” if WE 🇺🇸 pay for the 2000 pound bombs (🇮🇱 will use to ☠️ more innocent people/kids) as @chrisvanhollen is here If you stand by it @washingtonpost, please “sell” us a car by paying for it yourself and give it to us
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elviejonitido.bsky.social @elviejonitido.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Say what you want about his music (I happen to like a few of his songs), but Macklemore is a real one. This interview, along with his stances on human issues, convinced me of this. youtube.com/shorts/oFDau...
youtube.com
Rapper Macklemore on why he’s “a guest” in the hip-hop world #shorts
YouTube video by CBS Mornings
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Insane. The most corrupt president in American history, with no close 2nd. 🏆 🇺🇸
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