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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 16h
I don't really know what to do with these pieces, because: 1. They refuse to used "illegal" & "unconstitutional" & "corruption" in the heds, deks, ledes, or body text 2. They disappear from the front page/headlines within 36 hours & never become THE NARRATIVE, contra EMAILS & BIDEN IS OLD, etc.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 22h
Hanging on to a high profile job when you've clearly demonstrated that you are unfit is the kind of thing Bari Weiss' 'free press' would be writing countless scorching opinion columns about (without labeling them opinion, of course).
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bevan notes this the same day Jack Smith reminded everyone that on J6, Trump committed crimes against America beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump has insisted on so many flyovers of DC that they are regularly interrupting normal air traffic and also crowding the ones DC used to have for service member funerals. And insane price tags for all of this: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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From birthday celebrations to murderous dictators, Trump brings out the jets
The President's military flyovers are torturing DC-area residents.
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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
AG Nessel on the MI race in light of Hegseth’s trash earlier today.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 29/09/2026
Feel like we don't talk enough about the 50,000 North Koreans fighting in Ukraine.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: It's hard these days for members of Congress to transcend the news cycle with viral moments in committee hearings. Sen. Schmitt today raised the bar with an allegation against Jack Smith that imploded in real time. w/ Chris Marquette www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Republicans wanted Jack Smith to give them a smoking gun. They got a gaffe instead.
The former special counsel’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee was marked by personal insults rather than new revelations.
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failbot.bsky.social @failbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They all deserve the guillotine for treason, but somehow think demolishing the Capitol and threatening the lives of MOCs and VP Pence is worth compensation.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Elon Musk is shutting down the Catholic Bishops in Brazil account on X to help the right-wing win the election there paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...
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X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula
Polls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Elon Musk, famous anti-communist, praises Xi Jinping's glorious leadership to Chinese state media: "The increased prosperity of the average Chinese citizen has increased tremendously ... it's happened under President Xi ... so he's clearly done an excellent job and is very capable."
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Frank A. Spring @frankaspring.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The bicep-forward handshake from predator meme, with John Mateer and Xerxes son of Darius clasping hands as both are Done in Athens
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s been 210 days since Trump started the war in Iran – with no end in sight. In the Senate, I’ll fight to end this illegal war. Michele Tafoya will tell Minnesotans to keep a stiff upper lip.
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William Lawrence @wewill2026.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yesterday, veterans in my district gathered to protest Trump’s war in Iran. This illegal war, voted for by Tom Barrett, is raising gas and grocery prices, while our VA funding is being cut. We need to put a stop to this stupid war and bring that money home to Michigan.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 25/09/2026
@uaw.org says Mike Rogers’ claim that he “built” cars on an assembly line is “stretching the truth.” ❌ “The facility he claims he worked at didn’t assemble cars ❌ The car he claims he worked on didn’t even exist yet ❌ UAW has no record of him being a member” michiganadvance.com/2026/09/24/m...
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Mike Rogers claims he was an assembly line worker. The UAW said that is stretching the truth. • Michigan Advance
Rogers says he built Chrysler vehicles on an assembly line. Records show his work was at an aftermarket facility that modified vehicles after they left the factory.
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failbot.bsky.social @failbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Don't get me wrong, I would also not stay awake for Xi's visit, but I wouldn't have invited him in the first place.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The racist thing. The most racist thing he can think of is “the kind of thing Trump likes to do.”
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failbot.bsky.social @failbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Murkowski and Collins doing their thing of acting defiant when they know the vote is already sealed so they can feign independence
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEWS @status.news: The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance. The full story: www.status.news/p/white-hous...
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The Source Behind The Ban
The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The SNAP stuff was the part that they allowed to take effect before the midterms. That gives you a sense of just how awful the Medicaid stuff they are holding until after the midterms will be.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
People are pointing out what a disgrace it is for the UN to invite an unrepentant war criminal to address its body. But enough about Donald Trump! Let's talk about that fellow corrupt war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Be your own pollster. Ask people you know what's the first word that comes to mind when they think of Donald Trump. I can almost guarantee you it's a word you never see in the New York Times. presswatchers.org/2026/09/what...
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What’s the opposite of ‘very stable genius’? | Press Watch
Part Two of my essay on how Trump is an idiot, and the mainstream press is covering up for him
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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I've had life insurance for years. Haven't used it once.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As an addiction scientist:
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Cartoon Eye Twitch
ALT: Cartoon Eye Twitch
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s the 20s and America is ready for an anti-vice campaign to sweep the nation.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 23/09/2026
Just ban these evil companies already.
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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
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failbot.bsky.social @failbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nobody cares about all the rigors you went through, all the trials and tribulations, if you don't actually use that knowledge in a position that is valued for that knowledge and wisdom to do the right thing. You simply devalue your own accomplishments and the university by proxy.
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failbot.bsky.social @failbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
While every university is scrambling to contain AI and to draft rules and regulations for it around their students, citing ethical and potential legal issues due to AI being theft, here is a provost at a prominent university just bulldozing all of that and making it impossible to govern its usage.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Some Dartmouth context for our provost alleged to have used AI extensively in his academic & public writing. Also worth noting that our administration has invested heavily in AI, without faculty consultation. www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...
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Opinion | My Students Hate AI. But They Can’t Stop Using It.
Big Tech has gotten them addicted to cheating, and they’ve internalized the blame.
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failbot.bsky.social @failbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I first read it as they're dead and that probably doesn't feel different
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Even if you think you know the whole Kennedy Center story, this is enlightening and enraging. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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failbot.bsky.social @failbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Even the grossest AI out there told Scalise he was wrong
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/09/2026
“The secretive, close relationship between the son of a sitting U.S. President and a member of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s inner circle raises serious national security and public corruption concerns,” Rep. Robert Garcia wrote.
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Top Oversight Dem Opens Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian Oligarch-Funded Wedding
Rep. Robert Garcia said the revelations that Umar Kremlev had bankrolled the wedding raise “serious national security and public corruption concerns” and requested the president’s son provide financia...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The judge asked the govt if the Kennedy Center is going bankrupt. You should've seen them backpedal Why so fast? If it's broke, a court puts someone else in charge & they lose control of it @cnn.com👇 -TN
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I am very tired of people saying “inevitable” about problems that are entirely avoidable. drilled.ghost.io/the-unbearab...
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The Unbearable Bleakness of "Inevitability"
My entire adult life people who are supposedly sensible have been telling me some catastrophe or another is “inevitable.” Nuclear war, climate change, and now the AI takeover. Apparently the “end of r...
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
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A Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter Fraud
His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It just never ends.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
LinkedIn removed my post about my latest story because the images of Republicans doing Republican things violated their community guidelines. Imagine being such assholes that even LinkedIn is like "nahhh that's too much."
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward
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failbot.bsky.social @failbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In UPenn's defense, tiny though it may be, does Trump strike you as a good student or someone that just skated on by because daddy was rich? Maybe they improved their standards since then since I doubt anyone that "taught" Trump is even still alive
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just one question Mr President, if "DEFICIT is just a fancy word for LOSS," doesn't that mean your federal budget deficit has caused $3.7 trillion in losses to the country since you became President in January 2025? 🤔
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failbot.bsky.social @failbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
And the second most honest way to talk about it would at least be year over year, where you're at least on the same part of the ag cycle
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failbot.bsky.social @failbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Can't speak out against the billionaires when you aspire for them to be colleagues. But then you look at them constantly being criminals in finance, employment law, or just sexual trafficking a la the Epstein Files and you have to ask yourself why you'd want them as colleagues.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Mitch McConnell nearly voted “no” with Democrats until Republicans stepped in and reminded him which way they wanted him to vote.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 16/09/2026
Here is the reality. We have the votes to impeach Pete Hegseth tomorrow. Mike Johnson knows it, we know it. So he’s sending us all home to avoid the vote. www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/p...
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House to adjourn early, stave off Hegseth impeachment vote | CNN Politics
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced he is sending members home from Washington early for their seven-week campaigning recess ahead of the midterm elections, a move that will stave off a vote o...
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Do they actually care about ratings tho? Or was the fascist takeover and red pilling everyone the whole point, like Twitter?
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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Once again for the people in the back. Bari does not have any talent. She can throw a good party and chat you up but good, and people mistake that for ability. It was fine enough to open her empty vessel of a newsletter. It can't run a real organization.
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