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Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/10/2026

SC Dem Senate nominee Annie Andrews released an ad calling trans women "biological men." She embraces sports and surgery bans for youth. Her campaign even says she won't work to overturn the HRT/blocker trans youth ban. She once argued against capitulation. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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SC Dem Senate Candidate Annie Andrews Releases Ad Calling Trans Women “Biological Men”

She also said she would not change the youth HRT and puberty blocker ban in South Carolina.

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Esther Gin (she/her) @esthergin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This man's eyes look like they were placed especially close together to enable the use of tiny binoculars.

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Esther Gin (she/her) @esthergin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Lois Lane: "Let's do the fucking news!"

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Esther Gin (she/her) @esthergin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Wow now we have to fight and I'm still mourning

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Esther Gin (she/her) @esthergin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I should really find some people who think I am sub-human, my marriage is not real, and I am mutilating myself and my children and just _talk_ to them.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...

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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics

Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/10/2026

There are new and specific numbers in this story, so it’s worth reading. I continue to resent the lack of credit to Nick Schwellenbach at @pogo.org, Dan Friedman at @motherjones.com, and me, who have previously reported every other aspect of this story, including that the sale prices were very high.

Kristi Noem's Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She
Left
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.

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Kassie Navarro @kassien.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Susan Collins claims that @propublica.org’s reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word. That’s not true. We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records. 📽️ Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyi...

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We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan Collins

YouTube video by ProPublica

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Esther Gin (she/her) @esthergin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Please won't someone think of the rapists!

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit

David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Palantir shifting from hiring only "Ivy or Ivy-equivalent" degrees to hiring only out of high school is an admission that "training" and "talent" were never factors at all. They were looking for packaging & prestige, and now they're looking for ignorance & impressionability.

Tech companies launching their own programs to train grads because they ‘can’t rely’ on Ivy Leagues
By Lydia Moynihan
Published Oct. 1, 2026, 6:00 a.m. ET

As the university system increasingly becomes a wildly expensive bastion of anti-Western sentiment, key figures in Silicon Valley are betting on alternatives to higher education. They argue that even the Ivy League is no longer producing the best candidates — nor are they even accepting some of the most qualified students.

“It used to be the case that you could rely on somebody who went to an Ivy or Ivy-equivalent to be top notch,” said Jordan Hirsch, who runs Palantir’s semester-long intensive Meritocracy Fellowship, which accepts high school graduates.“But that’s not the case anymore… we suspected that there was a lot of talent being missed.”

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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Gender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com · 01/10/2026

As hospitals across the country cave to the Trump administration’s threats to cut federal funding and abandon trans youth, actor Elliot Page speaks out. In New York City, NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, and NewYork-Presbyterian abruptly ended care for trans kids in response to these threats.

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

i would rather remove my eyeballs than witness an AI tingler cover

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026

Trump campaigns for Ken Paxton in Texas: "He can be a pain in the ass sometimes, I'll be honest. Is he here, by the way? Oh, there he is. I didn't even know if he was here! I don't care."

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Emily Crockett @emilycrockett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hey @politico.com can you explain why @thirdway.bsky.social is the source for what the Democrats' SCOTUS platform will be, when they don't even have the word "Democrat" in their name and routinely diss the party? I'll wait.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/10/2026

New York's economy grew by 4% in Q2 — more than any other state. Want to get your business off the ground? Hire only the best? There's one place to do it: New York. www.newsweek.com/new-york-lea...

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Map shows which state economies are growing and shrinking ahead of midterms

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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 01/10/2026

i am having trouble articulating this but a system that excuses gang rape as a youthful error on behalf of college men with ~ bright futures ~ does so because it is served by producing older men who are comfortable with, even enthusiastic about, torturing people at the system's behest

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I love living in a country where a politician can sign a law banning the health care I need to live and be greeted as a hero of comity and good sense

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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/09/2026

Man Confident He Would’ve Been Brave Enough To Send Thumbs Down Emoji In Cornell Group Chat

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 30/09/2026

Jesus Christ Cornell

What use was it to bring the writer and activist Chanel Miller to campus in the spring just for fraternity brothers to scroll, bored, on their phones as she movingly shared her experience as Emily Doe, the victim of Brock Turner? As I wrote at the time, I was floored and dismayed as I sat in the audience with one of my brilliant undergraduates; we heard Miller’s shattering account of being sexually assaulted by Turner behind a dumpster at Stanford University after a fraternity party. Her talk was riveting, and there was so much to learn from it. And yet many of the male students who hailed predominantly from fraternities — 15 percent of each chapter was required to be in attendance — were so tuned out that Miller commented ruefully: “You know, this has been my hardest gig, because they didn’t turn down the house lights. I’m not sure how you professors do it, because it’s so hard looking out at this sea of mildly disgruntled faces. I mean, I’m sure you’re all very moved, but …,” Miller smiled. The implication being, it didn’t seem like it, from her angle.

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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing

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Esther Gin (she/her) @esthergin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Interesting how others don't qualify for the same treatment and consideration from such a moral man, others such as trans kids.

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Esther Gin (she/her) @esthergin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@pablo.show Tim Tebow the most trusted figure in sports?? Bruh

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Well, you see, I have to stay on the White Supremacist Child Porn Rape Victim Doxxing site because that’s where my community is”

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Esther Gin (she/her) @esthergin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Can you imagine if your professional social media brand were built around that juiceless bullshit? Man that would suck. Glad that hasn't happened to anyone that sucks shit.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have zero sympathy for the Mueller people who were gigantic babies at the end of the day, but we should let this Jack Smith guy get a second crack at it.

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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026

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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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

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Esther Gin (she/her) @esthergin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Jesus Christ I just read the thread and this is hilarious

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Ben Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don't love dunking on folks but it's so fucking funny to me that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies 2 years ago, faced no punishment, and went on to win the presidency a second time and journalists are still like, "hmm, I have an inkling that maybe he believes he's above the law for some reason."

Post from NYT reporter Eric Lipton

"What an odd moment in United States history.

A U.S. president is running an overtly political campaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government.

Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yeah, it doesn’t seem like the NYT has given any coverage to the frat gang rape scandal at Cornell. Not as important as Oberlin’s banh mi or Harvard’s eating clubs I guess

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