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Greg Ferguson 🎏🌈🌻

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Prct Committeeman [ret.], LD 9, Tucson, AZ; Rootless Cosmopolitan; Proud Internationalist; cleave to allies, not tyrants. ---- Born 10/27/1948 Studied: UChicago ---- Specialize in Ambition, Distraction, Mortification & Derision [my ed.] 👍

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
An ICE agent fired at least seven shots into a man's car with his 5-year-old son in the back seat, sparking protests across New York City and a growing showdown between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Trump administration.
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ICE agent shoots father with 5-year-old in back seat, igniting NYC backlash
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is very true. A huge theme in a lot of recent coverage that AI is a bit like Saving Private Ryan. Everybody's gotta step up and adopt AI to get it across the goal line.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. whenweallvote.org
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Whenever someone poses, "The [insert ethnic group] Question," the answer is always "racism"
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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is among the worst cancer because it killed Bill Hicks, but also because you can have it with no real symptoms until it's too late and then a few months later you're dead. So anything that does early detection is good news.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Killing women can't fail, it can only be failed"
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026
NEW: Oregon’s top housing official failed to report her husband’s involvement with projects that her agency funds. She disclosed this only after we asked. “In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need ProPublica for this kind of thing,” a former official said.
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Oregon Housing Director Failed to Report Husband’s Related Business Interests
Andrea Bell, executive director of Oregon Housing and Community Services, filed amended state ethics paperwork after ProPublica asked about her husband’s work at a firm that’s consulted on projects re...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The worst-ever approval rating for Trump in the AP-NORC data, across both terms.* His previous worst was -34% in late 2017. Even more monumental is that Americans are giving him a -47% rating on the economy! *caveat that they didn't do a post-January 6 poll
AP-NORC Approve Disapprove The economy 

09/24-28/2026 (N=2,140) 26% approve, 73% disapprove
07/23-27/2026 (N=1,165) 32% approve, 66% disapprove
06/11-17/2026 (N=3,040) 33% approve, 66% disapprove
05/14-18/2026 (N=1,117) 33%, 67% disapprove
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The fact that OAN is reporting this … (a) damn!, and also (b) this sort of thing is very good for democracy because it prepares the most partisan Republicans to understand and (maybe) accept election results that go against them
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A Dandelion @onedandelion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It is insane that Sam Altman talks about AI safety as though it is an option. If his crap causes damage, his shithole company is out of business, and he could well be going to jail. This is not a choice for him to make substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Sam Altman is Driving Drunk, Let Him Face the Consequences
People need to face consequences for criminal negligence
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The idea that people want AI oversight to happen "all of a sudden" ignores years of research, warnings, and policy efforts. The delay hasn’t been a lack of awareness; it’s been because of years of industry lobbying against regulation, political resistance, and inaction.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING WaPo: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson just slammed the Supreme Court's use of its "emergency docket" — suggesting the court has misused the process in allowing the Trump admin to move forward with a host of controversial policies while challenges play out in lower court.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes Supreme Court’s use of emergency docket
In a public appearance, Jackson said the high court’s use of the emergency docket was “problematic” and called for more restraint from her colleagues when using it.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Downballot is doing something fairly (entirely?) new in election analysis. Lots of people have tracked primary TURNOUT, which has some relation to election outcome. But they argue that tracking CHANGE in primary turnout is a far more reliable predictor of election outcome. Which could mean blowout.
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En Buen Ora @enbuenora.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Economist Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social takes you through the fake bubble "economics" of the AI "industry" in which there's basically no plan for these companies to ever actually turn profitable (apart from weird circular spending, stock boosting, & hype). www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKww...
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Frontier AI is getting rejected by businesses | Dean Baker
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Remember gov's response: Hegseth“completely misrepresented.” Navy:no increase in suicide attempts. Trump: Lincoln had been deployed “not nearly long enough.” www.wsj.com/us-news/eigh...
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Eight Navy Personnel Assigned to USS Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao divulged the number in response to questions from a Democratic senator.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nukes 👏 on 👏 all 👏 DC 👏 traffic 👏 islands 👏 now
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Oh, this is a useful set of statistics. You can use it to assess just what sort of numbers of JOBS the Government means when it says we need the data centres in Ireland for the JOBS. You’d create more employment running a small chain of centras.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directly intervened by asking the CDC to remove Pennsylvania fatalities from the agency’s online national measles tracker.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
ICE shoved a Denver-born citizen onto a deportation flight and assumed nobody would check his papers. The paperwork his legal team just dropped on the desk of those federal agents is fierce: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news...
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Russian drones attacked in two waves: about half an hour after the first strike, rescuers at the scene were targeted in a second attack. Pure Russian terror.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Kelly: Trump knows nothing about this stuff… He's a marginally failed real estate developer with multiple bankruptcies. He shouldn't be weighing in on systems on aircraft carriers.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/08/2026
It’s still hard to believe that mofo tore down the East Wing without permission. And somehow, it’s gotten THIS far. Leave it an open pit until the East Wing can be resurrected.
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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This is a really interesting story, and good news! It's also well written.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Hegseth is one of those rare people who actively wills the bad, like Kristi Noem and Donald Trump.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/08/2026
The FAA predicted Elon Musk’s Starship would cause “minor or minimal” disruption. Then the rockets exploded twice in three months over busy airspace. Flight data reveals how many planes scrambled to protect passengers and avoid burning debris. (Published January)
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“We're Too Close to the Debris”: How SpaceX Rockets Put Passenger Planes at Risk
The FAA predicted Elon Musk's Starship would cause “minor or minimal” disruption. Then the rockets exploded twice in three months over busy airspace. Flight data reveals how many planes scrambled to protect passengers and avoid burning debris.
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Lynn @lynnf.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social I want a bill passed that requires that East Wing be restored and Trump to pay for the restoration!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/08/2026
We could've made this montage of liars an hour long but you get the point
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 31/07/2026
Trump takes IRAN'S side as U.S. water systems come under attack, his own DOJ admits they LIED about Reflecting Pool vandals, major warning signs for the economy, and more. Your bulletin is here:
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 430. 7/31/26
… Hack DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro was forced to dismiss the case today against former Olympian David Hearn, who was falsely accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool in DC.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"He may not be a TV guy, an investigative guy, or even a news guy – but he is one of America’s best-known conservative opinion journalists" says @sulliview.bsky.social. On its Foxification journey, the last thing CBS wants is another one of those pesky truth-seeking journalists.
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McSpocky™ @mcspocky.substack.com · 01/08/2026
A guy was charged with a felony for using a duress password that wiped his phone during a border search. He’s an activist. Agents said they were looking for child abuse material, but his lawyers call it a fishing expedition. This sets a scary precedent for privacy. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
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A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge. (Gift Article)
Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.
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Scott Clevenger @scottclevenger.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Gallant got plenty of sleep and was on time and alert for their friend's funeral. Goofus stayed up all night and is a sleepy greasy fuck.
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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Hegseth Is Pushing Testosterone. The VA Has Already Struggled With the Treatment. theintercept.com/2026/07/24/h...
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Hegseth Is Pushing Testosterone. The VA Has Already Struggled With the Treatment.
“Men who take testosterone will have a reduction in their sperm counts,” one medical professor said. There’s no stated plan for continuing care.
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
To secure victories during this realignment, the RNC launched “Operation Eagle Eye” in 1964. Under the guise of “ballot security,” they deployed thousands of volunteers to minority voting precincts to challenge voter registrations at the polls, slowing down lines and intimidating voters. /4
Members of CORE protest the Repub National Convention at the Cow Palace in Daly City, Calif., July 13, 1964. The activists targeted presidential nominee Barry Goldwater for his opposition to the landmark Civil Rights Act. Thousands of demonstrators, local church groups and labor organizations marched to protest the Repub party’s shift toward “conservative” racial politics. Photo credit: John McBride / The Chronicle.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/07/2026
completely pathetic stuff on CNN from Sen. Cassidy, who claims RFK Jr "made concessions" to get his support for RFK Jr's latest CDC hack, but he doesn't detail what they are
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
“Racism is good and policy should be designed to reflect that principle,” couched in euphemism, is an acceptable opinion in the anglosphere leadership class but “racism is bad and policy should be designed to reflect that principle” is wokeness gone amok and unacceptable bsky.app/profile/okwo...
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026
Admirable clarity @science.org
The Trump administration hates academic science funding, full stop. They hate where that money goes, and they hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them get elected and to steer yet more money and more power back into their hands.

That’s it. That’s the story
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The decimation of our federal agencies has upended the lives of thousands of workers. These are the people who oversee food safety, public health, and much more. The squalor of this moment is bringing us back to basics — and reminding us of what our priorities should be. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I guess it was pretty stupid of the US and Israel to kill the old leader, huh?
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Iran’s New Leader Is More Open to Pursuing a Nuclear Weapon, U.S. Intelligence Says
The previous supreme leader, who was killed early in the war, had renounced nuclear weapons. U.S. spy agencies believe his son is more interested in building a bomb.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
yeah, I mean, there's a reason the Niemoller poem has "first we came for the communists" in there. and a reason that that is the line that is rarely if ever quoted.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
When we challenge Trump family self-dealing in court—like the $1.8B slush fund—we win Now with red flags surrounding Trump family business ventures, Congress & state authorities must investigate I explain on @ms.now w/ @NicolleWallace.bsky.social👇
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I don't know how to explain to Donald Trump's Pentagon why every service member killed in war should be counted.
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Kyle Mizokami @kmizokami.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Is this Saudi nuclear deal a real thing? Why would Trump and Saudi Arabia announce such a deal when they’re both trying to get Iran to denuclearize? (I know the answer is, “Because he is stupid,” but hold on for a second.) Do we know if this deal is real or an effort to exert pressure on Iran?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I'm finding it amusing that Elon Musk, a wildly misinformed white supremacist dork, is pretending that he ever read Homer. That's as likely as semi-literate Donald Trump reading Pliny the Elder.
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Betty Kraken of Florida @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Sweet fancy Moses, I look forward to the day when it’s no longer necessary to parse this walking collection of untreated personality disorders multilayered pathologies!
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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
He needs care.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This kind of John Birch Society rhetoric used to be the sort of thing most Americans laughed at. Now it’s just standard issue GOP talking points.
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THE BARBARIANS ARE INSIDE THE GATE!
We are fighting right now in Congress over whether we're going to maintain our status as a constitutional republic OR trade that in, dismantle the foundations and GO DOWN THIS DARK ROAD OF DEATH TO COMMUNISM.
THAT is the question.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Acting AG Todd Blanche has brazenly committed violations of the preliminary injunction entered against him in my Epstein Files lawsuit. I walk through my latest filing in detail explaining the legal strategy & describe the specific asks I am making of the court: youtu.be/VZojLQ2iXyw?...
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🚨 AG Blanche PANICS as Judge Weighs CONTEMPT In MY Epstein Lawsuit!!
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