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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: Leah Litman, University of Michigan law professor and Strict Scrutiny co-host, joins Somil Trivedi of Court Accountability Action to discuss the Supreme Court's horrific order allowing the Trump Administration to send immigrants to random countries they're not from, without a hearing.
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Supreme Court Makes SHOCK RULING on Trump Case...
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I did not have "Donald Trump doxxing Tom Cotton over daylight savings" on my Bingo card. But I support it, I guess? Both making daylight savings permenant and making Tom Cotton miserable.
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Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social · 10h
With Hegseth in the news this week, I’ve noticed him using a particular rhetorical tactic: packaging highly ideological messaging to the military & public w/ (superficially) reasonable & substantive policy proposals. Before I explain what he is up to and why it matters, here are three examples:
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h
Part of that is our broken media. If people no longer read the NYT and WaPo, if they're no longer on a social media platform that tells them what to read, if no one watches TV anymore, then the old rules need to change. And part of it is that it cannot be JUST Congress.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 3h
Arguably the biggest democracy referendum next month: Virginia is one of only three states where the state constitution says people should lose their right to vote FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIFE if they are convicted of any felony. This measure would allow anyone to vote after prison.
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“It’s Time”: Virginians Will Decide Whether to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting - Bolts
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They'll also vote on abortion, gay marriage, and redistricting.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 1h
This is re: Brazil. Post below is “Hard to do anything when Facebook, X, and Instagram host all political discourse.” Yes. Media ownership matters. If we are going to fix US democracy we have to take on the challenge of prying media and platforms out of the claws of billionaires.
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Paul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 2h
That's right.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h
A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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Larry_in_WI @larry1504.bsky.social · 9h
The thermal expansion of water is too often overlooked. 71% of the Earth's surface is water. That's a huge volume of water! Melting glacial waters will add even more. What really concerns me is disruption of the global gyre that creates moderate temps around the world.
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Jamie MacKinnon🇨🇦 @jamiemackinnon.bsky.social · 19h
The “strongest El Niño in a millennium” is is seeing ocean “surface temps over 6 °C warmer than normal.” This Week in Collapse: “One scientist said, “this record breaking El Niño will double the amount of sea level rise we’ve seen from climate change overnight.” #climate
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h
The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger was officially approved this past week. Corporate concentration means more power for CEOs — and less freedom for everyone else. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
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The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
From your grocery bill to your paycheck, monopolies are making you less financially secure and ultimately less free. For
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 19h
Absofreakinlutely They Should......
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 9h
Really cool tool from @popular.info to crowdsource who is paying for what campaign ads. paidforby.info
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Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 4h
We speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru, who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind the global buildup of artificial intelligence.
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The Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit Gebru
We speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru, who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind...
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Pequeno Vira Lixo @leozinirreparavel.bsky.social · 4h
Its much worse. Lula winning in the second turn straight up doesnt matter anymore. The right basically doubled or tripled their presence in all seats of government. Its complete right wing control. Bolsonaro's party has 20 more seats then the next biggest party in the chamber of deputies lol
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
☠️ More Than Two Dozen People ☠️ Linked to Jeffrey Epstein Have Died Under Mysterious Circumstances (2025) www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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More Than Two Dozen People Linked to Jeffrey Epstein Have Died Under Mysterious Circumstances
Jeffrey Epstein’s mysterious death occurred six years ago this month — but the National Enquirer has discovered 22 people in the sketchy billionaire’s orbit have also died under murky circumstances, f...
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 8h
There are eerie parallels between what’s happening in Irkutsk and what happened in Wuhan in early 2020. Doctors claiming the government was hiding the extent of the spread. Masks being mandated. Schools being closed. Pay attention. Listen to independent journalists & locals:
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Researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection | CNN
Russian authorities are responding to an incident in which a dangerous infection was released as a result of a laboratory accident in Siberia and a researcher died.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 6h
The Trump administration is carrying out wide-scale family separations, far more than in the first Trump term. @caitlindickerson.bsky.social reports. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSXN...
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A ‘MASSIVE CRISIS IS UNFOLDING’: The hidden family separations happening under Trump’s second term
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Grijsje @grijsje.bsky.social · 13h
It’s weird to look up his linkedin account. Especially the part where he writes about his ‘personal cost’ lnkd.in/p/eYC_xjVc
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How US commerce secretary's Epstein links were uncovered by British whistleblower | Simon Andriesz | 18 comments
Whistleblowing is rarely a single moment. It's meant years of disclosures, regulatory engagement, devastating personal consequences and wondering if anyone was listening. I am very grateful to Andy V...
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 13h
💥 The Whistleblower Who Caught Howard Lutnick Lying About Epstein Is Dead at 57 (Simon Andriesz). Supposedly another 'suicide' #EpsteinFiles
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TommyBoy @tampatom69.bsky.social · 4h
Two Rock Stars. No Kings!
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Flamingogrrl @flamingogrrl.bsky.social · 4h
Protests in Seattle, across WA call for pause on AI data center boom www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Protests in Seattle, across WA call for pause on AI data center boom
At least 19 protests across the state called for a moratorium on big data centers, amid a slew of concerns around AI, privacy and resource consumption.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h
Interesting Buttigieg profile. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
Buttigieg was welcomed in places where candidates shunned some of his potential rivals. He campaigned with Rob Sand and Josh Turek in Iowa as they run for governor and senator, respectively. He backed Brandon Dukes in his special election effort to flip a Pennsylvania state House seat that Trump won by 18 points. He was alone among his peers in endorsing Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin in his victory over longtime Rep. John Larson in Connecticut.

“If I can help give voice to what people are after in diverse geographies, including very conservative areas,” he said, “turns out that’s my best use of time.”
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 11h
⚡️Plague death triggers quarantine, mask mandates in Russia's Irkutsk region in Siberia. The measures come after Darya Shipilova, a lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, died after reportedly contracting plague on Oct. 2.
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Plague death triggers quarantine, mask mandates in Russia's Irkutsk region in Siberia
The measures come after Darya Shipilova, a lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, died after reportedly contracting plague on Oct. 2.
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 4h
This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 5h
Alito is a second-rate mind doing first-rate misogyny.
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 5h
Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests. Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade. Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
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The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice
Justice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 4h
WTF does Jay Clayton know about AI? www.npr.org/2026/10/04/n...
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Trump names national intelligence chief Jay Clayton as new AI czar
Trump said Clayton will lead the White House's new "Super Intelligence Force," which will coordinate government engagement with artificial intelligence.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 4h
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8h
Blumenthal: Tether is a crypto company that has a stablecoin known as USDT, and it is the major means of Iran avoiding and evading sanctions. What we’ve also exposed is that Cantor Fitzgerald has a major financial tie. Cantor Fitzgerald was owned by Howard Lutnick. It’s still run by his family.
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Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 6h
Steller’s Jay #birds #jay
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SaraAAAGHH A GHOST!!! Ford 🐍🎨👻 @angeloslh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A NEW FIGHTER HAS ENTERED THE ARENA
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Gang of eight sperm whales sink yacht after ramming boat in South Pacific
Crew described terrifying encounter as they were woken up by “loud thud” as the 52ft vessel was struck
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 6h
Had the BEST conversation with Florida Senate Candidate Angie Nixon. I’m telling you, we can flip that seat and actually get a senator who puts the people, not the president first. Let’s go!! AngieNixon.com FULL INTERVIEW HERE--- youtu.be/tM51JFEAPQI
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 9h
A goal of this administration being achieved: “American pre-tax corporate earnings have grown by $1.2trn, or 30%. … And yet taxes on corporate profits have collapsed.” www.economist.com/finance-and-... h/t @talsmith.bsky.social
The unplucked goose
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 8h
Morgan is a national treasure and if you don’t follow her whisper videos you should. She is like the narrator in my head.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 15h
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13h
“And then the Senator with brain damage switched parties so that the senile president could keep appointing drunks and rapists to his cabinet…” Explaining this all to future generations will be tough.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 8h
Nobody is prepared for the world of drone warfare that is coming, in fact is already here www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats
The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Micah @rincewind.run · 9h
man I would like one fucking electorate - one! - to remember that fascism is bad for more than five minutes at a time
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 17h
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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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 22h
Free weekend update is out. Russia has a strategy for this winter--massive war crimes to make Ukraine unlivable. We need to speak the truth on that. One reason they need to do this is that they are struggling in other parts of the war--see Vivaldi. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...
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Weekend Update #205: Russia’s Strategy In Two Words: “War Crimes”
Operation Vivaldi, Even More Robots; The Trump-Putin Quid Pro Quo
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h
Justice Alito is confusing a desire to reform the court with an effort to intimidate it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026
you bet! @autonomynews.co is such a great resource on what's going on in the repro justice world, and I like to nod to both the work that activists are doing and the people whose thinking/writing informs my own thinking/writing
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13h
Where does ACTUAL power reside? How do people build more of it? These are the key questions of this moment and not raising them ALL OF THE TIME is malpractice.
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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 14h
Again, this is not about the literal taxes. This is about power. They have no problem paying the tax. They wouldn't feel it. What they are worried about is a well-funded government, and a well-to-do middle class. They can't have that.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 17h
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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