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Graham Edwards

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Old Uncle Dave @olduncledave.bsky.social · 3h
“Brazil's Federal Police is now officially investigating the US intervention in the election,” www.rawstory.com/brazil-26780...
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Suspected Trump election interference sparks police raids in Brazil: report
Computer equipment and communications were seized in Brazil’s largest city as part of a new Brazilian investigation announced Sunday into “possible external interference by the United States” in the n...
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2h
The announcement follows reports that Meta’s new general-purpose AI agent has been snooping on users' iMessages, calendars, and emails without permission: arstechnica.visitlink.me/5s02-A
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Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
Meta says FDA isn't sufficient to Muse reading messages. Apple begs to differ.
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 2h
This is insane.
In December, Dr. Rachel received a letter from the attorney general's Consumer Protection Division demanding her vaccine purchase records over the past 10 years. "The division believes that you are in possession, custody or control" of material, "involving potential misleading or deceptive acts regarding incentives associated with the administration of childhood vaccines," it said, adding that such acts could be in violation of the state's deceptive trade practices law.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2h
If Trump keeps using public money to fund campaign ads, I might be able to persuade my Democratic friends that taxation really is, under some circumstances, theft.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...
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We Have No Supreme Court
The philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 3h
It turns out that it’s a lot easier to proof-text whatever outcome you want into the 18th century historical record (or, failing that, British common law) than it is to upend a series of judicial precedents directly on point.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 3h
The irony of course is that Originalism’s big selling point was supposed to be constraining the discretion or judges to impose their own political preferences as law. In practice the effect has been very much the reverse: Liberating justices from the constraints of stare decisis.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4h
Donald Trump's ballroom is "an enormous separation-of-powers problem that, if left unresolved, essentially renders one of Congress’s major functions meaningless."
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Why You Must Care About the Ballroom
Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4h
“Digger,” starring Tom Cruise, opened to only $12 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo. With a production budget well north of $100 million and a seven-figure marketing budget, it’s on track to potentially lose $150 million.
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‘Digger’ is Tom Cruise’s biggest opening-weekend flop in almost 20 years
The movie is on track to lose Warner Bros. $150 million, all on the eve of the studio’s acquisition by Paramount Skydance.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 5h
Ken Paxton says he doesn't control his own campaign. If he reaches the Senate, who will control his vote? Stephen Miller? Elon Musk? (And isn't it interesting that audio keeps leaking from Paxton events. Some of the people closest to him hate him.)
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 8h
I don't know who needs to hear this, but the autonomous vehicle developers who most vocally argued that society must accept a certain number of deaths to enjoy the technology's safety benefits (Tesla & Uber ATG) were the only ones who killed people and never actually delivered on their promises
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 4h
It’s wild because they are just committing serial killings on the ocean and they kidnapped people and dumped them in foreign torture prisons without any process. Some of the matters need investigating, others are black and white.
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 5h
I think one unifying thing for Dems is no one giving a shit what Rahm Emmanuel has to say about anything. But the media will hype him.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 6h
The NY Times uses words like “fierce,” “steely,” “nimble” and “homegrown star of the Trump White House” to describe Karoline Leavitt, who just got a Fox News gig. Not a single mention of her relentless lying to the American public. Reporter Michael M. Grynbaum and his editors suck.
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Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News (Gift Article)
A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump’s former press secretaries to join the cable news network.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 6h
I don't want to minimize concern about Iran's nuclear bomb-building program, but Iran does not currently possess an ICBM capable of delivering one to the United States. The immediate concern would be Israel or Saudi Arabia, not the US, which he implies.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 7h
I choose to take it as a hopeful sign that the most viable career option for someone whose resume consists entirely of "lying on behalf of an autocrat" is limited to "working for the autocrat lies factory."
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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
And the supposedly “conservative” “textualist” Supreme Court Six are fine with it. It literally was all a lie.
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Graham Edwards @grahamedwards439.bsky.social · 18h
Hearing about the various twists in Digger all I can say is I obeyed my instincts and avoided the film. I’m stunned that it was ever made, on any budget.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18h
NFL looking into line judge appearing to curse out Cardinals’ Trey McBride during game
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NFL looking into line judge appearing to curse out Cardinals’ Trey McBride during game
The NFL is looking into the circumstances of an official swearing at Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride during the team’s loss to the New York Giants
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 19h
We murdered four more people in a boat today
U.S. southern Command: On October 4, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists. @DeptofWar
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Graham Edwards @grahamedwards439.bsky.social · 19h
A MAGA TV ad links a candidate to Mamdani and then says, “You know what happens when a socialist is elected!” Yes, I do. The potholes finally get filled.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 22h
Rahm Emanuel should focus on shutting up and going away.
NBC: Rahm Emanuel says Democrats should focus on ethics reforms rather than impeaching Trump
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The officer in this case did not have probable cause "Freedom from persistent, dragnet-style surveillance while in public is not a foreign concept in our society, and it is an expectation that society already accepts."
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Federal judge rules warrantless Flock camera searches may violate 4th Amendment
An Oklahoma federal judge ruled Friday that warrantless searches using AI-powered surveillance camera data — such as what Flock Safety’s hallmark technology collects — may violate the Fourth …
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I have been a Republican poll watcher before. The idea of sending masked armed men to “guard” polling places is an abomination.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Somehow we’ve survived 250 years with the military not being called in to oversee elections.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
America is literally deporting people to countries they have no connection with, countries they’ve never been to. This is wildly unlawful. It’s cruel. It’s un-American. It’s evil.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Justice Department (DOJ) filed a law suit against the state of Maryland over its new law barring federal law enforcement officers including, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), from wearing masks and requiring them to identify themsel... TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
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Justice Department sues Maryland over federal agent mask ban
The Justice Department sued Maryland on Thursday over a new law barring federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks and requiring them to identify themselves while working in the Old Line S…
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 04/10/2026
"He's an investor, not an inventor." Filmmaker @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how Musk, like Trump, built his name on work he didn't do. Watch the full discussion: zeteo.com/p/this-filmm...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So, eventually ya gotta ask yourself - like, why even interview a guy like this?
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I have no words🤬🤬 This is what russia is doing to Kyiv. The moment of a direct strike on the Northern Bridge. Cars were driving across it at the exact moment of impact. There may be casualties. This is a bridge full of civilians.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
RAPE GANG OR ICE? BOTH? No ID. No badges. No uniform. Masks. An unmarked van. How are you supposed to know? PAXIS.app explains your rights during ICE encounters. Free: GoFundMe.com/PAXIS This is the shit we grew up hearing about in dictatorships. Now it’s here. Record EVERYTHING.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In new NYT/Siena poll of AK, IA, KS, OH, & TX, all won by Trump by > 10% in 2024, Trump approve-disapprove: AK: 41%-56% (June was 47%-49%) IA: 40%-58% (June 44%-54%) KS: 40%-55% (no poll in June) OH: 38%-59% (June 44%-54%) TX: 40%-58% (June 44%-52%) Blue wave city. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Toplines: September 2026 Times/Siena Poll of the Likely Electorate in Iowa
Results of a New York Times/Siena poll conducted among 606 voters from Sept. 22 to Oct. 1, 2026.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Whether it’s Obama saying “yes we can” or Donald Trump say “we’re gonna shove it up their ass” both presidents adopted divisive slogans.
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David Combest @decombest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Innocent Couple Confused When Armed Cops Surround Their Home Following a Wild Tip From a Flock Camera futurism.com/future-socie...
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Innocent Couple Confused When Armed Cops Surround Their Home Following a Wild Tip From a Flock Camera
A family in Lexington, Kentucky is demanding answers after police descended on their homes with guns drawn following a lead from an ALPR.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A hypothesis likely to make a lot of BlueSky mad: A large part of Mamdani’s popularity is that his bark is WAY bigger than his bite, and he actually hasn’t done (or been able to do) much that is really THAT radical, leaving his largely likeable persona.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“.. With nearly $100 million more spent on marketing — Mr. Cruise only flies private — the studio could lose $125 million to $150 million in total, making it one of the biggest flops of the year.” @nytimes.com $WBD www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/b...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“He’s gotta resign. … We have to let our own people and everybody else know why it had to be done—because of what’s on the tape, because he lied.” — White House speechwriter Patrick J. Buchanan to White House chief of staff Alexander M. Haig, August 2, 1974
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Man, the country and we as a citizenry have fallen so far.
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Graham Edwards @grahamedwards439.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Literary Walk in Cebtral Park would be such a heavenly place on Saturday afternoons if the buskers would just turn down their volume—especially the drums. Getting drums at over 100 dbs from both sides right now.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A woman has just died of plague in Russia, allegedly after breaking a test tube in a lab. This article doesn’t specify, but others have said that it is pneumonic plague, which can spread between humans via droplet transmission. 200 people with whom she had contact are now under medical observation.
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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Senate Races in Republican States Tilt Toward Democrats, Polls Find (Gift Article)
Democrats are performing strongly in five reliably Republican states where they are trying to flip Senate seats to win control of the chamber, new New York Times/Siena polls found.
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Graham Edwards @grahamedwards439.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Democrats May Have Found the Recipe for Flipping Red-State Senate Seats (Gift Article)
Five new Times/Siena polls continue a run of strong results for Democrats in states that President Trump won easily in 2024.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Totally not a conflict of interest at all.
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Mike @mike-umbkm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A new VA report has a shocking revelation: more than half of all VA medical centers are now reporting severe staffing shortages. ... 97% of facilities can't fully staff their doctors, and 58% can't hire enough psychologists. "The Trump administration cut roughly 30,000 VA jobs."
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump and his allies are mimicking Putin and his.
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Canuckstan 🇨🇦 @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#via Canadian cartoonist Dave Whamond #CanadaSky #USpol
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The New York Times has a choice of whether to cover Trumpism as A) an amusing and colorful example of the oddity of American politics, or B) an existential threat to the future of everyone you know and love. Over and over, they choose A. They trivialize themselves.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here's your reminder that border czar Tom Homan, who is terrorizing hard-working immigrants, took $50,000 in an FBI bribery sting. The Trump regime killed the probe, and there’s no indication that Homan paid the money back to the taxpayers – or even paid taxes on the "income."
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Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is huge: a judge ruled a Flock search was 'indiscriminate mass surveillance' and unconstitutional. Says the search by a cop, who did it because a passing car had a plate from a different state, violated the driver's rights. Meaning, Flock should require a warrant www.404media.co/federal-judg...
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Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
Republicans are pulling money out of North Carolina to defend KANSAS. That’s bleak af for them and I Iove it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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Republicans Pull Money From North Carolina Senate Race As Midterm Prospects Dim
As the Republicans try to hold their majority, the Senate Leadership Fund is diverting resources to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party.
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