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When did intelligence become a thing to be mocked? Why the glee when others suffer? Let’s change this! #Angret

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Laser focused on preparedness.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Do you love your dad? Do you agree with everything your dad has ever done? Obama was foundational to my ability to run for office.” @abdulelsayed.bsky.social answers why he will campaign with Obama despite criticizing him in the past — which Ben Rhodes makes clear Obama is well aware of.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This thing has made me go do a lot of reading tonight, and the Wikipedia page about the last public execution in the United States is well-written. It was Rainey Bethea, a Black man hanged in front of a crowd of 20,000 in 1936, a spectacle which embarrassed Kentucky enough that they ended hangings.
Hanna placed the noose around Bethea's neck, adjusted it, and then signaled to Hash to pull the trigger. Instead, Hash, who was drunk, did nothing. Hanna shouted at Hash, "Do it!" A deputy then leaned onto the trigger, which sprang the trap door. citation needed! Bethea fell 8 feet (2.4 m), and his neck was instantly broken.
Afterward, two doctors confirmed he was dead.
His body was taken to Andrew & Wheatley
Funeral Home. Icitation needed! He wanted his body to be sent to his sister in South Carolina so that she could arrange for him to be interred next to his father, but against these wishes, he was buried in a pauper's grave at Owensboro Cemetery (also known as City Cemetery and
"Potter's Field") in Owensboro. 14]It was estimated that a crowd of about 20,000 people gathered to watch the execution.!9! One man, 36-year-old Leonard A. Peters, was killed in a car accident while driving to Owensboro to witness the hanging. Three others, including his wife, were injured. 15. Afterwards, Hanna complained that Hash should not have been allowed to perform the execution in his drunken
condition. Hanna further said it was the worst display he experienced in the 70 hangings he had supervised. citation needed]
The spot where the scaffold stood
(approximately 37.775248° -87.116462°) is now part of a drop-off/pick-up lane in front of the Owensboro Convention Center. citation needed]へ
End of public executions in
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As the Kentucky General Assembly had been meeting in its biennial sessions at the time, the media circus surrounding the Bethea execution embarrassed members of the Kentucky
legislature. In spite of the humiliation, they could not amend laws regarding executions until the next session in 1938. However, the trial judges in two separate Kentucky rape cases ordered that the hangings of John "Pete" Montjoy and Harold Van Venison be conducted privately. Montjoy, age 23, was privately hanged in Covington on December 17, 1937.On January 17, 1938, William R. Attkisson of the Kentucky State Senate's 38th District (representing Louisville), introduced Senate Bill 69, repealing the requirement in Section 1137 that executions for convicted rapists be conducted by hanging in the county seat where they raped their victims. The bill was promoted in the Kentucky House of Representatives by Representative Charles W. Anderson Jr., one of the attorneys who assisted Bethea in his post-conviction relief motions.
After both houses approved the bill, Governor Chandler signed it into law on March 12, 1938; it became effective on May 30 of that year.
Chandler later expressed regret at having approved the repeal, claiming, "Our streets are no longer safe." The last person ever legally hanged in Kentucky was Harold Van Venison, a
33-year-old African-American singer, who was privately executed in Covington on June 3, 1938.
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Vibecession Forever @ghazelleberner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
He is 100% spot on correct. Best answer to this question I’ve heard from a politician.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If Donald Trump, with his record of corruption and law-breaking, is not impeached, we might as well strike impeachment provisions from the Constitution. He is the reason they exist and must be implemented.
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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 09/10/2026
🇺🇦 The Russian-occupied town of Oleshky is beginning to starve. Former residents and Ukrainian refugees say those left in the town face an impossible choice: stay and risk starving to death or leave and risk being hit by a landmine or drone. Watch the story ⤵️
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
Former President Barack Obama announces his endorsement of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, praising him for standing up to the “chaos, cruelty and corruption coming out of Washington.” “We need leaders like Josh Shapiro,” Obama says in a new video urging Pennsylvanians to vote.
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Alan Wessman @alanwessman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Adding to this: it’s not just that the Constitution allows for impeachment; it COMMANDS it upon the commission of treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors by federal office holders. The word “shall” is a command, not a plea.
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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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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Welcome home to all of the Sailors and Marines from the USS Abraham Lincoln. Thank You is not enough for the service and sacrifices you’ve made—including those no Service Member should ever have to endure. We are grateful to you, your families & all who serve. It’s time to end this war now.
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 09/10/2026
This isn't fringe talk—these creators reach hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Read the full investigation and watch the video clips on Confront The Hate. www.confrontthehate.com/p/the-distur...
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The Disturbing New Christian Nationalist Argument for Subjugating Women
How right-wing podcasters are leveraging a tragic Massachusetts case to push for patriarchy, end no-fault divorce, and repeal the 19th Amendment.
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Curt @mstinkerson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There are serious issues with our media. A 2023 Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 58% of American adults had never even heard of the CHIPS and Science Act, as it was barely a blip on the major outlets - they were all too busy hand-waving about Trump. #DemVoice1
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 08/10/2026
Is there an Intelligence Community equivalent of stolen valor?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026
"Our president is helping rich donors offload overvalued stocks onto children, who are forced to hold the stocks for five years whether they want to or not." And this is about one of his *good* ideas. The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social:
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Trump Accounts Were a GOOD Idea. He Just Made It an Icky One.
What started as a bipartisan savings concept now comes with stocks you can’t reject, a five-year lockup, and some very happy billionaires.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff on Kimberly Guilfoyle: "Why is she spending so much time with this Greek energy lobbyist? She's partying across Europe after begging donors to bail her out financially and conducted herself in a way that seems to be deeply unethical."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "on Marco Rubio's watch the world is on fire, we are hemorrhaging our munitions stockpile, the administration appears to be trying to coverup combat casualties ... and he's trying to soft launch his presidential campaign. These people are not focused."
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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The media calls him a “moderate”
Newsweek headline from 2023: “Republicans Choose Emmer, a Moderate, as their Third Speaker Nominee”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Really not a winning line for Susan Collins. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Micah @rincewind.run · 09/10/2026
troy jackson came to play, huh you love to see it
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Woah! "Through the end of June 2026, Trump meme coin investors have lost $3.81 billion." Poor folks fell for the grifter's scams. Via @snipy.bsky.social in @atrupar.com's PN:
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Trump’s meme coin grift hits a new low
Buyers have lost almost everything. He keeps pumping them anyway.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Later, he claimed Mamdani never commented about the recent stabbing of an NYPD detective. Mamdani talked about the stabbing several times, including the below statement where the mayor notes he visited the injured officer:
Earlier today, an off-duty NYPD detective was stabbed several times in the Bronx during what preliminary information indicates was an attempted robbery. 

I visited the detective and his family at Jacobi Hospital with Police Commissioner Tisch. 

He is thankfully in stable condition, and I am hoping for his quick and complete recovery. I am confident that the NYPD will identify and apprehend the suspects and that the people responsible will be held to account.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 09/10/2026
“His words are dangerous and incite hostility” seems like it’d more applicable to Trump calling on Minnesotans to “fight back” against their Somali-American neighbors.
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R Subramanian (he/him) @rsubramanian.com · 09/10/2026
"Kao sent an initial $150,000 to the super PAC using a shell company... Weeks later, Kao told his team Collins committed to getting the company $32 million in naval contracts."
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Caolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The russian plan to encircle Donbas is completely fucked. Ukrainians sent waves of ground drones into their positions and blew them all up. Totally ingenious
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
That's the problem, Mike. It's not just that you've hired half the Third Reich to staff your Congressional office, and you have promoted neo-Nazi content online, it's that you're robbing your constituents to subsidize your donors.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
All these years later.... I'm STILL a member of The Resistance.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I’m sorry, but Susan Collins can go fuck herself.
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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Wow Chuck Lorre is pissed! Lol and I’m loving it 😍 #Pinks #USDemocracy
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Farmers emerge as pivotal voting bloc What happened to all the money donated to Trump's Freedom 250? Democrats demand Sen. Eric Scmitt's (R-MO) "records" about Jack Smith Some of the DOGE cuts put local schools at risk DAY AHEAD is live: macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/day-ahead-...
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Lauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is for my own entertainment! Enjoy 😊 #Pinks #USDemocracy
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/10/2026
Millions of Americans depend on the Affordable Care Act for healthcare and protections for preexisting conditions. And Joe Mitchell wants to repeal it. Iowa, believe him when he tells you exactly who he is.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Meet Francis, the scooting pup with his own set of wheels. After a car accident left his back legs paralyzed, he found a home at Safe in Austin. Today, he meets children who use wheelchairs just like his, giving them a little friend they can see themselves in. #AGoodPlace
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🚨The House battlefield is moving sharply toward Democrats. Current forecasts point to at least 15–20 Democratic gains, with a much larger landslide possible. But don’t just watch the polls — volunteer, donate, and vote. Close races are decided by the people who show up. #BlueWave2026
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mamdani is 💯 right. You’ve got guys dressed up as construction workers wearing masks, and you have no idea if they’re a federal agent or just a violent thug. THIS FUCKER OPENED FIRE INTO A CAR WITH A FIVE-YEAR-OLD KID IN IT! ICE needs to get the fuck out of New York City and never come back
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe. And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.” ~Pete Buttigieg
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Seriously 👇
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. with @texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ken Paxton is corrupt as fuck.
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Truth hurts, eh Mikey? Mike Lawler is hot under the collar & gets all emotional when opponent Cait Conley lays down some truths at his MAGA feet. #NY17 Watch the video! Vote for Cait! #Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Agree With Abdul El-Sayed.......
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.
A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drinkThe console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders. In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🇬🇧 @mrjamesob.bsky.social : “Live-streaming an execution is absolutely medieval. These people (Hegseth, Trump, etc) claim to be Christians — it’s like they’re doing a tribute act to ISIS.”
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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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