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ERIC COOPER

@ericooper.bsky.social
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Urban Planner. Cyclist. Runner. Hurling. Skateboarding. Rochester, NY (Formerly Charleston, Buffalo, NF)

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 10h
Good bot.
A screenshot from the Trump administration’s new chatbot:

Q: Who won the 2020 presidential election?

A: Joseph R. Biden Jr. won the 2020 presidential election.

Official results
• Electoral College: Biden 306, Donald J.
Trump 232(270 needed to win)
• Vice President: Kamala D. Harris
• Popular vote (FEC): Biden about 81.3 million (51.31%)
Congress counted the electoral votes and declared Biden elected. He was inaugurated on
January 20, 2021.
Sources: National Archives, 2020 Electoral
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Tomato Szn @bskylife.bsky.social · 15h
It’s not the most important part of this story but there is a Reel with film of Smith at the Iowa game in question. www.instagram.com/reel/Dd4epJb...
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Senate In Session on Instagram: "We found the receipts. . . . . . @senericschmitt #jacksmith #proof #senate #hawkeyes #womenscollegebasketball"
436 likes, 41 comments - senateinsession on September 29, 2026: "We found the receipts. . . . . . @senericschmitt #jacksmith #proof #senate #hawkeyes #womenscollegebasketball".
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h
"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message."
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 14h
Can’t do student loan relief. Can’t mandate vaccines. Can’t help home owners. Can commit human rights abuses.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 16h
Jesus Christ dude
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 15h
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 18h
Is it too conspiratorial to wonder if there was some kind of link between this story appearing just before Schmitt pulled what he thought was going to be a big splashy gotcha moment that would elevate him to a national profile?
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Robert (Bob) Kubinec @rmkubinec.bsky.social · 17h
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Scooby-Doo Says Ruh Roh
Alt: Scooby-Doo Says Ruh Roh
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
More: www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/n...
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NIH funding cuts delayed a promising childhood brain cancer trial. Patients lost time they didn't have
A delayed clinical trial underscores the stakes of federal research funding cuts for children with DIPG, a deadly brain tumor with few treatment options.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 19h
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am advising you to keep saying this in public
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The sources added that Patel consistently kept Bailey at arm's length and cut him out of meetings the deputy FBI director should attend because Bailey was constantly flagging things that were unconstitutional." www.cbsnews.com/news/top-fbi...
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Top FBI official Andrew Bailey, who was once widely seen as Patel successor, resigns
Bailey was originally brought in to help ease tensions between former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.
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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 28/09/2026
You think we’re just going to move on from the secret police rounding up our neighbors?
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 28/09/2026
Eight U.S. Marines were injured this month when the nonmilitary vessel on which they were embarked was attacked by Iran, U.S. officials said, in an incident that was not publicly disclosed by the Trump administration.
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U.S. Marines were wounded in Iranian attack on nonmilitary vessel
The Trump administration has not publicly disclosed the incident, which occurred earlier this month and caused eight service members to be injured, officials said.
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ERIC COOPER @ericooper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This administration is literally evil. While they may be judged by their maker, it is our responsibility to ensure they face justice in this life.
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I struggled to finish reading this important and horrifying reporting www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I feel like society is running on Aldous Huxley software and the government is running on George Orwell software
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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ERIC COOPER @ericooper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The fascism is off the charts
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
absolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie
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Nick Kodama @nickkodama.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping at one point if he would to like to buy some American armaments, US Ambassador to China David Perdue says.
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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
preemptive pardons are a really corrosive thing, we really shouldn't allow them
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions.
Sen. Susan Collins • fAl
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@SenatorCollins
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Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration. This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress's Constitutional power of the purse.
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress's appropriations powers.
OMB is an agency of the executive branch. It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Jack Smith gets what he’s been seeking.. a public hearing to answer questions about his criminal case against Trump. Tuesday. At the US Senate
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ERIC COOPER @ericooper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Very respectfully asked a legitimate question of a potential Senator. By the non-response, his answer is clear.
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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NH Libertarian Party endorses ‘assassination’ of elected Democrats
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NH Libertarian Party endorses ‘assassination’ of elected Democrats
The state Libertarian Party has issued repeated calls for political violence in social media posts.
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Why are we treated like cars by the law, but like obnoxious and unwelcome obstructions by people in cars?" Flyer for the very first Critical Mass ride, which took place on September 25, 1992 in San Francisco. Critical Mass rides have since been held in hundreds of cities around the world.
Flyer for a Critical Mass bicycle ride featuring an illustration of some bicycles and text. Text includes: Reduce Invisibility! Join the monthly ride home together! Aren't you sick and tired of having to fight for your life on city streets? Why are we treated like cars by the law, but like obnoxious and unwelcome obstructions by people in cars? Where are we supposed to go?
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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/09/2026
it's remarkable just how much worse the interest rate situation makes the housing crisis my wife and I bought our house in 2013 and we have a 3.6% mortgage rate if I plug 7.5% into the mortgage calculator our payment jumps over a thousand dollars a month
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Cato Institute @cato.org · 25/09/2026
The Jones Act waiver has moved more energy than official numbers show, reports Cato’s Colin Grabow. With the waiver set to expire in November, Congress should treat these results as a compelling case for more durable Jones Act reform. ow.ly/bnQc50ZQEs9
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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The Simpsons: We've Tried Nothing
ALT: The Simpsons: We've Tried Nothing
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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 25/09/2026
If the ballroom construction is such a sensitive national security matter, why is Trump inviting the Chinese delegation on a tour???
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Now that homeownership rates for young people really have fallen, as opposed to under Biden when they hadn't but the media reported on it anyhow, where are the news stories on young people giving up on homeownership? cepr.net/publications...
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Where Are the Articles About Young People Giving Up on Homeownership?
Young Americans’ homeownership rate has fallen below its pre-pandemic peak, raising questions about why the media is paying less attention.
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ERIC COOPER @ericooper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The City of Ithaca (NY) Mayor is looking for a YIMBY to be their next Director of Planning and a Development
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump has raised $850 million supposedly for campaign ads but instead he's keeping the money and billing U.S. taxpayers for a spot Pure Mafia stuff
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 24/09/2026
During Tuesday’s @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social hearing, Sean Murphy, the attorney for Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero’s family, revealed a gut-wrenching detail: One of the bullets that ICE fired at Johan Sebastián pierced his 3-year-old daughter Dulce’s car seat. Thank god she wasn’t in the car.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jon Husted just voted to continue the Iran war for the 14th time. While Ohioans are paying record high costs at the gas pump and the grocery store, Jon Husted is voting for more war – and costing you more money – every chance he gets.
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 24/09/2026
Americans may not be able to afford to buy a home, but at least they also can’t afford gas or groceries
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Mortgage Rates Hit 7% as Iran War Fallout Crushes a Weak Housing Market (Gift Article)
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the United States jumped to 7.03 percent, putting pressure on housing affordability.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 24/09/2026
Oooh, Copper has released the 2.0 version of Charlie, its electric induction range. It now can plug into a normal 120V outlet! Bigger battery, more power. NYC is gonna buy a bunch of these for public housing, help bring the cost down.
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Charlie - battery-equipped induction range
Meet Charlie, a powerful battery-equipped induction range that plugs into 120v and 240v outlets. Ranges are built in the U.S. and installed across the country.
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Reconnect Rochester @reconnectroc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
These hearings are the LAST CHANCE to weigh in on the city zoning code. Even if you have already spoken to your local government about this, it is critical to attend!
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Jacob Schriner-Briggs @jschrinerbriggs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This point has been exhausted, but it really is worth sitting with: under any other administration in recent memory, the ejection of disfavored news outlets followed by flagrant disregard of court orders would get wall-to-wall coverage and end political careers.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 24/09/2026
Defying court orders
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 24/09/2026
How many members of the public would show up to stand with the reporters as they exercise their rights in the face of White House law breaking? Where's Tom Brokaw? Peter Jennings? Would anyone broadcast it? Only one way to find out.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Page One in Milwaukee: @mcbridetd.bsky.social
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Holy City Sinner @holycitysinner.com · 24/09/2026
Charleston authorizes nearly $1.4M to repair city’s sinking ballpark once again www.postandcourier.com/charleston_s...
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Charleston authorizes nearly $1.4M to repair city’s sinking ballpark once again
During the offseason, the city will pay $1.3 million to once again repair and maintain the Joseph P. Riley Jr. ballpark.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That's not possible. In 2025, the smartest person in history took complete control of federal government IT and his "DOGE" modernized and secured everything. Right? Surely that wasn't just a data heist by a billionaire white nationalist and a bunch of 20-year-old freaks from neo-Nazi chatrooms?
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Hackers Say They Stole Thousands of Sensitive F.B.I. Personnel Records
The compromise, if confirmed, would be the latest in a string of cybersecurity failures at the F.B.I., which said it was investigating the matter.
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