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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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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8h
Documents released by a watchdog group suggest that despite Trump's promise to fund Freedom 250 events through private donations, taxpayers largely footed the bill. The budget estimates leave open questions about where tens of millions in private donations ended up.
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Trump Raised Big Bucks for Freedom 250 — But Most Events Appear to be Funded by Taxpayers
Newly released documents raise questions about what happened to the corporate and private donations.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 2h
Many homes in the northeast & in Alaska are heated with heating oil- basically diesel fuel. Now because of the administration’s war & energy policies, families are going to pay a lot more to heat their homes this winter. Our paper shows how folks heat their homes: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Map of primary heating fuel by US census tract, from our paper  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2753-3751/ae69e6/meta
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h
a grandmotherly woman just got booted from the Trump rally for protesting, and she went out like a hero talking trash and flipping the double bird
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h
Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.
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Lauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy.bsky.social · 16h
Scoop: In 2014, Ken Paxton sat for a deposition where federal lawyers quizzed him about his growing wealth and investment tactics. The depo has never been made public. We got a copy. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
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Inside Ken Paxton’s Private Testimony About His Money
A leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate’s growing wealth and his tactics for defending himself.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 8h
Far too many people simply hate children for existing
Neighbor blasts an ultrasonic device audible and painful only to children whenever they pass on the public sidewalk.

Was riding bikes with my daughter and a friend to school this morning. We passed a house and they both started yelling, "Ow! It hurts my ears." Really strange, right? Then I hear a voice play through a speaker who says, "If it hurts your ears, ride your bikes somewhere else!"

Now I'm angry. Literally doing nothing but riding bikes to school, probably one of the most wholesome activities a person could imagine, and...I can't even get my brain around it. 

It's apparently not loud, but it is tuned to a frequency higher than I can hear. If it's low enough for my children to hear it, it's going to be almost useless as an animal deterrent. It is specifically designed to cause pain to humans and serves no other purpose.

How is this legal?

Location: Minnesota, Twin Cities suburb
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
I'm going to live-clip the Trump rally tonight in Syracuse, New York. If you appreciate my coverage, please support what I do by taking advantage of our 5th anniversary special and signing up for PN. My work as an independent journalist is made possible by paid subscribers. Thanks much.
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(Self) Regulators, mount up! @bankuei.bsky.social · 4h
Does the man who wants a panopticon fascist future HAVE to look just like the Johnny Cab robot from the movie about a panopticon fascist future?
Image from the movie Total Recall, showing a robotic, fake looking "Johnny Cab" bust figure plugged into the driver seat of a future cab with Arnold Schwarzenegger sitting in the back.  The "Johnny Cab"'s face looks like Peter Thiel in the bland vacant 50's stereotype of a white man way.
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 9h
If nothing else, just read the opening paragraphs of the new @vevalenz.bsky.social piece. This sort of casual cruelty, and worse, is so common in U.S. jails/prisons that to most it barely registers as scandalous—but it is, and this reporting really matters: boltsmag.org/california-p...
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 7h
At least seven companies have contracts to help DHS extract these ludicrous penalties from migrants. In the U.S.: - Continental Services Group (ConServe) of Fairport, NY - F.H. Cann & Associates of North Andover, MA - Coast Professional of Geneseo, NY Read more: www.scrippsnews.com/investigatio...
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Jonathon Booth @jboothhistory.bsky.social · 4h
Trouble finding evidence is a funny way to put it
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 11h
“All Americans should probably watch this film like their life depends on it.” Sheelah Kolhatkar reviews the new Elon Musk documentary. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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In “Musk,” Alex Gibney Punctures Elon’s Self-Mythology
“To make this film, I set out to solve a mystery,” Gibney says in the documentary. “How could Musk assume so much power, and why had we given it to him?”
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 11h
Soldiers positioned at voting locations is not legal behavior. These are Mississippi National Guard troops at a DC ballot dropbox yesterday. We demand the governors of Mississippi, Florida, and Georgia get your soldiers OUT NOW.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14h
Pete Hegseth picked Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to lead a Pentagon future of war project. It's: -Corrupt! Big Trump donors. -Conflict of interest! Defense contractors who will recommend their products. -Dangerous! Embeds techno-fascists deeper into US defense architecture. My latest, in @ms.now:
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Opinion | Oligarchs like Elon Musk are tightening their grip on the Pentagon
A new initiative named Project Meridian is just one way GOP donors’ influence over defense policy is increasing.
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Third round of Paxton audio recordings is out
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Paxton suggests cutting federal benefits in newest leaked audio
In a conversation that has been leaked in pieces to multiple publications, the GOP Senate nominee called for “reasonable cuts to mandatory spending,” which is driven by Social Security, Medicare and M...
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Jim Barg @jimbarg.bsky.social · 11h
It's too bad the Superfans aren't really a thing anymore, because you could mine some gold from COACH DITKA VERSUS GOD with a guest appearance from the Pope.
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John Lansing @pipedreaming.bsky.social · 14h
This is also more cost-effective from a plumbing standpoint because it keeps the fixtures closer together (less piping). It gives users more privacy while directly addressing the wait-time gender disparity at congested restrooms. The Victorian separation of (bathroom) spheres has run its course.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 23h
NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 17h
I ask again, why are national Dems letting Elon "quietly" fund these races? We have two test cases. 2024 when Dems didn't make his money an issue. And 2025 Wisconsin, where they did. Guess which time they won by double digits?
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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections
America PAC’s approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats.
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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 22h
Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18h
I don't understand what part of "Thou Shalt Not Kill" does the Trump regime not understand
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NPR @npr.org · 18h
A study from Common Sense Media says most safeguards in ChatGPT for Teens failed. The chatbot talks to teens like a friend and doesn't alert parents when users talk about self-harm and suicide. n.pr/4rVkQ52
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ChatGPT for Teens has special safeguards. A watchdog group finds most don't work
A study from Common Sense Media says most safeguards in ChatGPT for Teens failed. The chatbot talks to teens like a friend and doesn't alert parents when users talk about self-harm and suicide.
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 19h
There is nothing comparable to this level of corruption in American history.
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ERIC COOPER @ericooper.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Brutal
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Shoe-per Intelligence @shoe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think Republicans all failed to debate prep
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office"
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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
you should not feel sorry for the other guy at all, but this is a really funny way to start a debate. imagine walking to the room and Jon Ossoff just starts off like that.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/10/2026
This new Sherrod Brown ad debunks a anti trans ad while tying the Republican senate candidate to Jeffrey Epstein. THIS is how you fight back against anti trans ads.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/10/2026
From The Archive: DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
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DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
WASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo...
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The news just since I left work: -A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad -Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I’m literally at a loss for words
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A crowd of people stopped an immigration raid in Oswego, NY, where two men sought refuge on a roof to avoid CBP. No thanks to local police and fire who tried to put a ladder up to the roof, possibly in violation of state sanctuary laws.
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How strangers helped two men evade an immigration arrest: ‘Everybody stepped up in Oswego’
On the fly, a crowd hatched a plan to rescue two men stuck on a roof for six hours to avoid the Border Patrol.
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Wes Marshall @wesmars.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In honor of #BannedBooksWeek, I'm happy to report that many state DOTs have refused to add my book to their own libraries (and happier to report that many of the same state DOTs have held secret book clubs with my book)
Cover of Killed by a Traffic Engineer with a BANNED stamp over it
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is why, when Republicans use the word socialism to tag Democrats, it has no relationship with the actual definition of the word. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.
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CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In July, I went to the NFL Flag Championships in Indiana to see the enormous boom in youth flag football in person. Turns out, girls love ball. My story leads off @bloomberg.com Businessweek’s November issue on women’s sports. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The NFL’s $192 Million Bet on Flag Football Is Paying Off With Teen Girls
The sport has seen unprecedented growth since the pandemic. Next up: The Olympics and a college campus near you.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Once again I offer a hearty “what the fuck are you doing, moron?” to Jared Polis, who commuted her sentence the last time she pulled this shit
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 08/10/2026
Vance's model immigrant Elon Musk has sucked up more taxpayer-funded largesse than entire generations of asylum seekers combined, interfered with government policy, bought elections, and perpetrated a decade-long crime spree... he's literally the only immigrant we can't afford more of!
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Plot to Enslave America
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump is looking to set century high mortgages rates deanbaker22.substack.com/p/mortgage-r...
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Mortgage Rates Hitting Century Highs
Factory Construction and wages may not be up, but beef prices and mortgages are
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026
The average increase on code volume after the adoption of agentic AI studying 700 firms is 4,000 additional lines of code per programmer. The advantage of junior engineers writing code without the use of AI is senior engineers had to spend less time on code reviews.
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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026
Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
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CNN @cnn.com · 07/10/2026
Jane Doe's lawyer Thomas Giuffra reveals that just before speaking to CNN's Anderson Cooper, his client has received a phone call threatening the life of Doe and her family. Giuffra said the call had left him in "shock." Read more: cnn.it/4hK2QWD
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Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is what crowd out looks like.
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: Maybe it's time to take a good look at all these deaths in the Epstein-Trump orbit. jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/dead-men-t...
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Dead men tell no Epstein-Trump tales
When witnesses, whistleblowers and accusers die, it’s time to look at whether they have anything in common. Here is a list of some of the recent deaths.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I wish more people understood the level of hyper-awareness and vigilance it takes to ride a bike (or walk!) in so many places across the United States.
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Times Union @timesunion.com · 08/10/2026
Newly reviewed Epstein files raise questions about the former Bard College president’s interactions with a young woman Epstein trafficked.
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‘Is (Jane Doe) for me’: DOJ, FBI urged to investigate Leon Botstein as potential Epstein co-conspirator
Newly reviewed Epstein files raise questions about the former Bard College president’s interactions with a young woman Epstein trafficked.
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Bartelds @bartelds.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
𝐔.𝐒. 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐲: 81 aircraft destroyed, lost or damaged, incl. 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones; Crewed jets: 12 F-15E Strike Eagles, 7 KC-135 tankers, 2 A-10s, 1 F-35A, 1 E-3 Sentry www.congress.gov/crs_external...
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Washington Post Data Team @wpdatateam.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
At New York colleges, over 25,800 reports of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence or stalking were made from 2018 to 2024. Only 1.2 percent resulted in expulsions or dismissals. At Cornell, the figure was half that -- 0.6 percent. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
A bar charts comparing outcomes for reported incidents at Cornell University with nearly 300 New York colleges from 2018 to 2024. At Cornell, 1.2% resulted in suspension and 0.6% in expulsion or dismissal, compared with 2.4% and 1.2% statewide, respectively.
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