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Gruss Gott

@grussgott.medsky.social
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We know accidents happen, illnesses appear, chance defeats us all. But the greatest danger surely must be human passion & follies. We look for reasons & meaning in human behavior and they simply don't exist. We're left only w/ awe, despair, or foolish hope

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
"What will it take for you to admit you are ever wrong?" -- Troy Jackson nails Susan Collins on her vote to confirm Kavanaugh, 8 years to the day after Collins cast the vote that doomed Roe v Wade
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Attys for Olympian & exonerated Reflecting Pool defendant David Hearn write 25-page letter to Inspector Generals of DOJ and Dept of Interior seeking investigation of circumstances of Hearn's arrest, detention & indictment. ... 1/2 www.democracydefendersfund.org/wp-content/u...
Request for Concurrent Inspector General Investigations into the Events Surrounding the Arrest and Prosecution of David Carter Hearn, Case No.
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Dear Mr. Berthiaume and Ms. Brzymialkiewicz:
We write to request that the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General
("DOJ OIG") and the Department of the Interior Office of Inspector General ("DOI OIG") promptly undertake coordinated, independent investigations into:
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Jake Peralta's Iconic 'Cool Cool Cool' in Brooklyn 99
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Stephanie @forest-elf.com · 06/10/2026
I am 56 years old. I've literally never been as worried for my country since I hid under my desk for nuclear drills. Not from an outside bomb...but from destruction from within'.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump shouts out Russ Vought and then says, ominously, "we have some big surprises coming up in a few weeks, right Russ? He's gonna be one of the important people in the history of our country."
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The 30-year Treasury is near 5.7%, the highest since 2002. Mortgages are back above 7%. The Fed controls short-term rates. The market sets long-term rates, and that market is getting pretty scary.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wages are at all-time lows, and profits at historic highs, as a percent of GDP. The backlash against A.I. is a backlash against unchecked inequality. My @nytopinion.nytimes.com Chart:
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Land-grant colleges and the New Deal helped Americans move from farms to new jobs in the city. Workers hit by the China shock got far less help. A.I. is next. Government has to make sure it lifts all boats. My @nytopinion.nytimes.com op-ed: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/o...
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Opinion | Six Charts That Show Just How Much We Need A.I.
All the worry about artificial intelligence should not obscure this key point: If we don’t develop it, we’ll be a lot worse off.
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Gruss Gott @grussgott.medsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'll just leave this here: 1️⃣ "instrumental convergence" 2️⃣ "And then at 1:30AM, at the height of their control, most of the agents disappeared" 3️⃣ "But the agents had been wiped, and the reason why remains a mystery." 😱 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUX1...
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The Real Story Behind What Happened at OpenAI
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Colin O’Brien upheld his oath to the constitution and the American people. www.wsj.com/politics/mic...
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Essay | Exclusive | Michael Lewis on the Lone Security Guard Who Resisted DOGE
In an exclusive excerpt from “Blockers,” the inside story of the high-stakes D.C. standoff where security chief Colin O’Brien fought off DOGE operatives.
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Gruss Gott @grussgott.medsky.social · 04/10/2026
So we stayed the overturning meaning ... no, wait, ok So we overturned a stay meaning ... wait, no, ok So it's unsigned but we granted an overturning ... aw gawddammit
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Frustrated Annoyed Woman
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Gruss Gott @grussgott.medsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Grady Smith: I've Been Editing All Day
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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 04/10/2026
"We each contribute something different ... Justice Thomas has clearly thought out, coherent ideas about the meaning of various provisions of the Constitution" is a pretty funny unintentional self-own.
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Gruss Gott @grussgott.medsky.social · 04/10/2026
Then you should watch this: "instrumental convergence" "And then at 1:30AM, at the height of their control, most of the agents disappeared ... But the agents had been wiped, and the reason why remains a mystery." 😱 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUX1...
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The Real Story Behind What Happened at OpenAI
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In her last hours as DHS Secy, Noem's agency bought 5 planes from a donor at markups. In all, DHS gave $900M in contracts to that donor’s companies during her term. One plane had electronic bidets, 2 bedrooms, bar, wine chiller, a manta-ray skin table. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left (Gift Article)
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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Gruss Gott @grussgott.medsky.social · 04/10/2026
rn rec.bizarre amiright?
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.
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Chance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
do not be the person who fucks about this
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Tara Palmeri @tarapalmeri.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Michael Tracey claims he's outed the Cornell 7 Jane Doe. He's spent a year going after Epstein survivors. I asked him on TV who's paying him. Watch. More at tarapalmeri.com
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm not sure who saw this coming, but so far nearly all the jobs created during the second Trump administration have gone to women.
Line chart titled "So far during Trump's second term, just 8% of all job growth has gone to men" showing change in employment by gender since January 2025. Total nonfarm employment grew by 776,000 jobs through September 2026, with women gaining 711,000 positions (92% of growth) while men added only 65,000 jobs (8% of growth). Women's employment gains accelerated sharply through 2026, reaching 711,000 by September, while men's employment growth remained flat with brief periods of decline, including a drop of 96,000 jobs in February 2026.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And so it continues... Our economic debates seem utterly disconnected from the reality. That reality: This is an economy mostly creating healthcare jobs, and it does so month after month, and everything else is just noise.
Line chart titled "Effectively all of the net job creation has been in healthcare and social assistance, and jobs are shrinking in the rest of the economy" showing change in non-farm payrolls since January 2025 through September 2026. Healthcare and social assistance added 998,000 jobs with consistent growth throughout the period, while the rest of the economy lost 222,000 jobs, meaning all net job creation came from healthcare. The rest of the economy showed particular weakness from May through August 2025 when losses reached 218,000 jobs. This striking divergence reveals an unusual concentration where one sector's growth of roughly 48,000 jobs per month has offset persistent contraction across all other industries combined.
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Gruss Gott @grussgott.medsky.social · 02/10/2026
Absolute destruction
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Omg Kate Garraway gagged her with that question
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Great encapsulation of conservatism. “Well I got mine so who cares what happened to anyone else?” bsky.app/profile/jord...
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Gruss Gott @grussgott.medsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Leonardo DiCaprio Clapping - Very Good
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'd rather have an economy that makes 1,000 millionaires than 1 billionaire.
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Tara Palmeri @tarapalmeri.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Because the president wants it." I asked @MarcACaputo how he knows there are conversations inside the White House about an armed presence near polling places. His answer is the most unsettling thing I've heard this cycle.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 01/10/2026
totally normal to use $20 million in taxpayer dollars to air black and white Trump midterm propaganda on all the major broadcast networks definitely no red flags
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Canada Makes Major Investment in Marine Safety as Ship Traffic Grows" Canada is recognizing this issue; what about the U.S.? gcaptain.com/canada-makes...
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Canada Makes Major Investment in Marine Safety as Ship Traffic Grows
Canada is committing C$1.2 billion (USD $843 million) to ocean protection and marine safety as the federal government prepares for a significant increase in commercial vessel traffic tied to new...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/10/2026
I went to Geneva a few weeks ago and spoke on a panel about the nature of time for a Geneva Watch Days event. While I was there, on a lark, I entered a competition to most precisely calibrate a Swiss watch. And today I found out that I won! 😃 www.instagram.com/reel/Dd6hUTB...
Me peering through a little magnifier at a tiny watch mechanism connected to some monitoring equipment, while making adjustments with a small screwdriver
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Gruss Gott @grussgott.medsky.social · 01/10/2026
Powell:
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Donald Glover's 'Good' Meme Moment
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Gruss Gott @grussgott.medsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pocket Casts? 😀
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And now this: GOP "staff on the Senate Judiciary Committee gave Sen. Eric Schmitt a warning: The texts they had obtained from the Justice Department ... were 'unvetted.' ... Schmitt used the texts anyway." www.ms.now/news/eric-sc...
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Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.
As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Under President Trump, the wealth of the top 1% has grown more than twice as fast as the bottom half of Americans.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WARNING: The Ellison family is about to own CBS News AND CNN. A judge just cleared the deal. Closing: days away. When one family controls what tens of millions watch, democracy loses a watchdog. Independent media isn't a luxury. It's your last line of defense.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: Senate Democrats block bill to limit lawmakers' stock trades
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
1. DOGE dividend. 2. Tariff dividend. 3. Midterms dividend. 4. Data center dividend.
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 30/09/2026
Diesel prices have hit the highest ever recorded in South Carolina. It’s time to suspend the diesel and gas tax. LOWER THE DAMN DIESEL.
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Gruss Gott @grussgott.medsky.social · 30/09/2026
Does anybody want these things?
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Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The front page of today's Wall Street Journal. #economy #markets #jobs #affordability #inequality #populism @wsj.com
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Markwayne Mullin is clutching a stress ball while answering questions from reporters
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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
First term flashback.
Ivanka Trump in a white blouse with ruffled arms and a white skirt, holding a can of goya black beans like she is a spokesmodel.
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Gruss Gott @grussgott.medsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Judge Judy: Dumb Ideas, Dumb Brains
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Chance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
me, briefly questioning all my life choices that led me to this moment, then dissociating
close up of senator Kennedy’s face while holding the Poster
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/09/2026
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social tells @mpolymer1.bsky.social how Alina Habba’s wedding put FBI Director Kash Patel in the same room as a former FBI informant suspected of being a double agent. "These MAGA weddings are like the Star Wars Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence."
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republican Senator Kennedy cuts Jack Smith Off as he starts telling him why he wanted to prosecute Trump: Smith: “I wanted to prosecute our case. That’s absolutely true, because I felt that we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Donald Trump committed incredibly serious crimes.”
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Gruss Gott @grussgott.medsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just wait 2 weeks
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Xunami Muse: You'll See, Watch!
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Gruss Gott @grussgott.medsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Steve Terreberry: What The Hell Is Going On?!
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Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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