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Danny Rivero @danielrivero.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

100 years ago, the afternoon daily paper in Angie Nixon’s hometown, the Jacksonville Journal (its morning rival was the Florida Times-Union), had a popular weekly column entitled, “What Socialists are Doing in Florida and Elsewhere.” Vance would export a sizable number of past & present Floridians.

A column entitled “What Socialists are Doing in Florida and Elsewhere” from the August 1, 1903 Jacksonville Journal.

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You have to wonder if this is going to make Black Floridians more or less likely to turn out to vote. The last high water marks for Black voter turnout in Florida: 2018 - when Andrew Gillum lost to DeSantis by less than half a percentage point 2012 - Obama victory 2008 - Obama victory

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Putting FBI agents to work for Nixon’s campaign: “The… request for… info was contained in a memo to the FBI from Geoff Shepard of the WH staff… Shepard's memo asked for information ‘in order for (presidential advisor) John Erlichman to give the President maximum support during campaign trips.’”

A March, 1973 newspaper article describing how White House aid Geoff Shepard put in a request for the FBI to compile information from field offices to aid President Nixon in his reelection campaign.

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“AI spending between 2025 and 2032 is estimated to gobble up… 3.6% of GDP. The only comparable booms (and busts) left permanent infrastructure like railroads and fiber… But AI in its current form does not leave permanent technology infrastructure that remotely covers its cost.”

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Tjeerd Royaards @tjeerdroyaards.com · 29/09/2026

“These chips don’t age like railroad tracks… they age more like milk… Most technology companies start depreciating GPUs after just two years and completely write them off within 5-6 years. The data centers don’t get better as new technology arrives; they get worse until you have to replace them.”

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In the Netherlands, acceptance of LGBTQ+ people has dropped sharply among Dutch youth. This is part of a worldwide trend where LGBTQ+ rights are increasingly under pressure. This cartoon was published in Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl on September 25.

Cartoon showing people on the ground on all fours, using their mouths to rip a rainbow flag to shreds. Meanwhile, one person is hiding in a closet, afraid to come out.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The image of deceased writer Maya Angelou is now an advertising puppet for a theft-based product: This will be played off as "a regrettable error in judgment," instead of what it actually is--a vivid and accurate representation of all that is wrong with AI, from theft to obliteration of consent.

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“A US permanent resident argued that evidence collected from a cellphone search at [JFK] Airport should have been suppressed at his…trial because the search was done without probable cause. The court…[ruled] that border officers don’t need reasonable suspicion to go through travellers’ cellphones.”

Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 25/09/2026

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I repeat: you should pay attention to what's happening in Mississippi

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“Minneapolis Public Schools enrolls about 30,000 students but has buildings capable of serving roughly 43,000. More than half of its 56 schools operate below 70% capacity. Since school funding is doled out per student, under-enrolled schools often struggle to afford electives and interventions…”

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Minneapolis Public Schools’ revamp would send thousands of kids to different buildings

Three proposals would close more than a dozen schools and redraw attendance boundaries in all parts of the city.

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“The California Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a sheriff to return more than 600,000 ballots he seized from election officials, finding that he lacked the authority to review them based on a thin allegation of fraud.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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California Supreme Court rules sheriff must return seized ballots

The court ruled unanimously in two cases stemming from a vote last year on a ballot measure.

fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Anti-DSA fundraising text from John Fetterman: “Sadly I'm pretty much alone on this side of the aisle.” The implication is that he might be much less alone on the other side where grass is greener. Anyway, there are plenty on “this side of the aisle” that are giving oxygen to disdain for the DSA.

But most of all, I think this is what happens when you clash with the Socialist movement "DSA!" that is hijacking the Democratic party.

They want to...

Abolish our borders

Abolish the Electoral College

Abolish Israel

Abolish the Senate

The bad news is the "DSA!" crazies have gone from the political fringe to controlling one of America's major political parties-and onto ballots across the country.

The good news is the hardworking, common- sense Pennsylvanians I talk to every day still aren't buying it.

I mean, a recent Rasmussen poll kind of proves it:

71% of Americans reject socialism

67% of Democrat voters reject socialism

While 82% of Republican voters reject socialism.

But here's the thing. The loudest voice in the room is often the one that looks the most powerful.

And I've got to say, the "DSA!" voices in Washington are loud and getting louder. The media is their megaphone.

Which is why you may be under the false impression that people really do want the "DSA!" and their extreme policies.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

I'm standing up to them.

But sadly I'm pretty much alone on this side of the aisle.

So, can I ask you a favor?

Whatever your party affiliation is, can I ask you to stand with me against the daily barrage of hit-pieces?

If you can donate just $25, it would be a big help to me.

But it will also send a message. It will show the truth that the "real numbers" are on our side here in Pennsylvania, as well as around the rest of America.

You know, I recently stood in front of the iconic U.S. Steel Mill and recorded a video talking about how my friend Dave McCormick and I banded together with President Trump to save this facility and the larger steel industry. But I'm not backing down.

Even though I know the media... the "DSA!"... and the party bosses... are going to try even harder to defeat me:

"Fetterman Draws Shadow Primary From Democrats Eager to Replace Him: The Pennsylvania senator has long irked members of his own party" ~ Bloomberg

If you'll stand with me today, I know we can show them that we're not backing down and that the real numbers are on the side of common sense and putting hardworking Pennsylvanians first.

The GOP parade passed with little discernible attention from families going in and out of shops with many Pride banners and merch with plenty of nods to the anti-GOP bent of the town, despite the county's redder hue. And Sand is ahead — but the Senate race, between Turek and Hinson, is a tossup.

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At present, the are two prominent offices for Democrats in Decorah, including one, "Winn Dems" (for Winneshiek County) that's lively and full of activity in the lead-up to the midterms. Local gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand's mom hosts weekly phone banks here: www.instagram.com/reel/DdFj343...

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In 2022, a solitary GOP storefront along the main street — "Club 45" — displayed Trump flags and other area campaign material along with a poster promoting a showing of Matt Walsh's "What Is a Woman" film. It was still there in 2024, but google maps now says "permanently closed." (This is correct!)

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The short procession was led by just four military veterans. This happened in the context of a family weekend held by the aforementioned Luther College, which saw hundreds of parents descending on the town to spend time on campus and strolling the town with students. The GOP "parade" was a blip.

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The procession included an anti-choice, "RESPECT LIFE" banner — "from conception to natural death" — and also the "An Appeal to Heaven" pine tree flag, along with a Betsy Ross flag & "Don't Tread On Me," natch. @sethcotlar.bsky.social has written much on the "Appeal" flag: bsky.app/search?q=fro...

fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🧵 Decorah, a blue, NE Iowa town — plaque in the old hotel commemorating Obama's visit, Rob Sand's hometown, anchored by a liberal college — had a brief visit from the area GOP on Saturday. A float featuring Trump and praising the "constitutional sheriff" movement led just a few cars up the street:

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From the 2024 CDC press release linked in my second post below (still archived at CDC, albeit with a few data corrections): In the last year, "the percentage of U.S. kindergartners with an exemption from ≥1 vaccine increased to 3.3% (the highest percentage ever reported)." bsky.app/profile/flux...

A screenshot from a 2024 CDC press release (still on their site) highlighting decreasing kindergarten vaccination rates and concluding, "Decreasing vaccination coverage and increasing exemptions increase the risk for vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks. Efforts by health departments, schools, and providers are needed to ensure that students begin school fully vaccinated."

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Lars Fischer @fischblog.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Motel owners in the tiny border town of Sweet Grass, Montana will be reading this report with interest.

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People have this perception that #HIV is kind of defeated and under control these days. It's very much not. It took a lot of time, money and effort to suppress it to the current level, and if we drop the ball, HIV can surge back to disaster levels really fast. I fear it will.

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“The government estimates that one in every 60 adults in Fiji is now living with HIV. ‘Five years ago, the estimate was one in 167.’ Home to less than one million people, [Fiji] is facing one of the sharpest increases in new HIV infections globally… New infections spiked 12-fold betw. 2010–2025.”

On Trump's attitude to religion, all one has to do is consult that trusted oracle, former Trump fixer (and current Trump supplicant), Michael Cohen: bsky.app/profile/flux...

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"NIH is using a troubling list of 235 keywords as proxies to identify grants or researchers likely to express or support perspectives this administration does not like. Forbidden terms include 'equity,' 'advancing diversity,' 'racist,' 'gender,' 'Latinx,' 'climate change,' 'pregnant individual'..."

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Paging Orrin Hatch! "We must use a judicial, rather than a political, standard to evaluate Judge Roberts' fitness for the Supreme Court. That standard must be based on the fundamental principle that judges interpret and apply but do not make law." (Roberts hearing, 2005) bsky.app/profile/flux...

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"If we want a president who can be prosecuted for his crimes and who cannot purge the civil service or send masked agents into our neighborhoods, then Congress must be able to bind the presidency with laws that stick. Sticky laws require limiting the court’s power to dissolve them."

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Four full-time immigration judges at the Fort Snelling Court in Minnesota have a backlog of 33,000 cases. The national backlog is 3.1 million. The MN court implemented a brutal schedule of hearings with up to 100 cases per judge each day and a “rocket docket” for cases involving Somali immigrants.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“Trump is part of the 44% of Forbes 400 members who have donated less than 1% of their fortune… Last year, 39% of the list had given less than 1% - meaning that, as the richest Americans' net worths have shot up, their generosity has not increased.“

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One of Oregon’s most followed “Patriot/MAGA” streamers (and Enrique Tarrio’s former girlfriend) reposted white nationalist content with swastikas in it. If you’re wondering, Kim Coulter is Ann’s white nationalist niece.

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“A 2022 study of 50 cities where U.S. embassies began monitoring air quality found that it led to significantly lower air pollution… ‘The…program provided high quality and credible information to the public about the state of their air, often where there were no other sources of such information.’”

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“The Trump administration halted the program that published independent air quality data at more than 80 U.S. diplomatic sites in March 2025, citing budget constraints… Later that year, local air pollution levels increased by between 24 and 33 percent in 46 of those cities.”

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Back in November 2024, @gregsargent.bsky.social wrote that we were about to endure, under Trump 2.0, “an extraordinary spree of unrestrained malfeasance.” Sen. Ron Wyden spoke of a four-year “smash and grab.” And those stark assessments still don’t begin to describe the current level of corruption.

Trump campaigned expressly on a platform of authoritarian rule, but this also applies to corruption: He didn't disguise his promises to govern in the direct interests of some of the wealthiest executives and investors in the country-and he won anyway. Trump and his allies will likely interpret this as a green light to engage in an extraordinary spree of unrestrained malfeasance.
There are several reasons to fear this could amount to a level of oligarchic corruption that outdoes anything Trump did in his first term. In short, conditions are ripe for right-wing elites to try to loot the place from top to bottom.

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“In the days leading up to Trump Jr.’s wedding, Kremlev was in China as part of the delegation accompanying Putin, according to Chinese state media. The month before, Putin had bestowed him with a state honor, the Order of Friendship. The Ukrainian government has imposed sanctions on Kremlev…”

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Lone Progressive Dissenters have the highest batting average of being correct in history, yet that does nothing to change the widespread conviction that today’s Lone Progressive Dissenters must be crazy wackos.

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“We had reporters at almost every hospital in the city, waiting for the injured to arrive in droves. They never arrived, because that was the thing about 9/11 – either you survived and staggered home, or you perished. For… people deeply expert in covering disaster, this was profoundly disorienting.”

Heading the list: 1) Affordability 2) Economy/Jobs 3) Housing … followed by Crime.

Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 08/09/2026

“All federal agencies’ seals depict the peacetime eagle facing the palm leaf…No U.S. agency has [shown the wartime posture] since World War II. Not even the ‘Department of War’… There’s something very creepy about our government seeing America as a battlefield in ways it doesn’t even see overseas.”

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OpenAI’s top scientist, in a blog post on Sunday, warns that artificial intelligence is evolving so rapidly that it is becoming increasingly difficult for humans to understand and control it. Here is the post: openai.com/index/an-ali... And a couple of small excerpts--clear warnings.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Reminder that Lewandowski was a Special Government Employee with a zero dollar contract. Because he saw govt as a graft opportunity for much bigger bucks

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Caldwell's fiction is uniquely fascinating for its portrayal of white supremacy in the South, his interest in working class issues, and his sense of humor. There's also his marriage to Margaret Bourke-White, and he even reported from Ukraine. So much of his work is ripe for exploration today. 2/2

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A couple of decades ago, I devoured two dozen or more of Erskine Caldwell's books. I think the non-resolution/lack of progress you mention in your piece about Close to Home is present in much of his fiction, but I kind of interpret it as a "how about that?" that makes one sit back and reflect. 1/2

fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

All’s for the best, in this best of all possible worlds!

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“… to take power away from capital, period. Everything from reforming labor law to increasing union density to regulating corporate behavior to campaign finance reform to Medicare for All to Social Security to tax policy to AI policy to immigration policy is a part of this larger goal.” 2/2

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“Every dollar of profit that every business makes ultimately accrues to either the people who do the work (labor), or the people who own the place, including shareholders (capital). For decades now, capital has been taking a bigger and bigger piece of the pie… The real political project is…” 1/2

A graph showing a significant decline in the labor share of output that accrues to workers in the form of compensation, measured over the past few decades, showing a reduction from roughly 62% down to 52%.