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Hafiz 🇵🇸 Rashid

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
One indicted Macalester prof, on Signal, allegedly urged people who knew organizers to "ask them to focus on Whipple and not downtown". Another was allegedly "helping to maintain a database of license plate numbers belonging to vehicles used by ICE." [@elizabethweill.bsky.social @theappeal.org]
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Trump’s Crackdown on Dissent Comes for Minnesota Anti-ICE Organizers
Federal prosecutors charged 15 people with conspiracy, painting their political speech, protest activity, and alleged antifa ties as evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
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Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Spot-on piece by @perrybaconjr.bsky.social. NYT's sensibilities are out of sync with leftward-moving political landscape and current crises. Perry notes,"We need changes on the scale of Reconstruction and the New Deal," not those prescribed by NYT moderate liberalism. newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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Liberals Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly Too
The paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today.
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Americans get it: Pew poll shows that negative of Israel are as high as negative views of Netanyahu personally - even slightly more negative (within margin of error).
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The transcript of a Nov. 14 interview she gave also contained more definitive language that the police omitted from her statement: “I can say with 100 percent confidence I was raped.” <—- www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/n...
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D.A. in Cornell Rape Inquiry Declined to Review Additional Evidence
Records show that campus police officers informed Tompkins County prosecutors that they had conducted additional interviews beyond taking a statement from the woman who said she was raped.
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I wrote about the Trump ads newrepublic.com/post/216153/...
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Trump’s Illegal Campaign Ads Are an Admission of Defeat
Even as the administration pummels the airwaves with slopaganda, Republicans are panicking about the president’s drag on their electoral ambitions.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026
Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
seems bad for journalism www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/colu...
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Columbia Journalism School will pause its M.A. program (and launch an online degree)
The Columbia Journalism School will pause admissions for its Master of Arts program, dean Jelani Cobb announced on Thursday. The country's most prestigious journalism school also announced a new onlin...
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Freedom2B @freedom2b.cryptoanarchy.network · 01/10/2026
NSPM-7 regards as "terrorism": "anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the United States Government; extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality"
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/10/2026
“To claim that he’s an antisemite is the peak of absurdity,” said Yehonatan Ovadia’s lawyer. trib.al/M5RJviC
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Trump Tries to Deport Hasidic Jew Who Protested Israel
“To claim that he’s an antisemite is the peak of absurdity,” said Yehonatan Ovadia’s lawyer.
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Hafiz 🇵🇸 Rashid @hafizr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For @newrepublic.com, @drboguslaw.bsky.social asked every Democratic governor if they’d allow state police to work with the FBI on the Trump administration’s free speech restrictions (NSPM-7 and the like). Most didn’t respond, and the ones that did praised the FBI. newrepublic.com/article/2159...
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Blue-State Governors Are Rolling Over for Trump’s FBI
We asked Democratic leaders what they’re doing to prevent the president’s Orwellian attacks on political speech. Their answers were not heartening.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
“Lexington has 125 flock cameras, which the city says it uses to gather leads for investigations.”
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Mathew Helman @mathelman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Terrific editorial from @stltoday.com calling out the grandstanding idiocy of Senator Eric Schmitt. "Eric Schmitt airballs with 'dirtbag' attack" www.stltoday.com/opinion/edit... #MOSen #Missouri #EricSchmitt #JackSmith @missouridemocrats.bsky.social #Hawks #Hawkeyes
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Editorial: Eric Schmitt airballs with 'dirtbag' attack
Editorial: What felt like an especially cringey episode of the HBO political comedy “Veep” began when Schmitt went after former special counsel Jack Smith during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This just keeps getting bigger.
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OpenAI bots meddled with US government agencies, including SEC and Census
OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Lessons from Labour: Toby Buckle explains why no small amount of bigotry will ever mollify the bigots. "In today’s environment, where fascism has largely captured the right, once you show a willingness to back down, the pressure on you will increase, not decrease." newrepublic.com/article/2155...
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Centrists Won’t Tell You Where “Moderating” on Trans Rights Ends Up
The recent example of the U.K. Labour Party shows that “compromising” rarely stops at some acceptable midpoint.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Awful: Trump's Office of "Remigration" has just been exposed making sordid payments to authoritarian governments to take third-country deportees, leading to serious abuses. Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/ New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2157...
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Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks
Sordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down.
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
THREAD. Did you know that Minneapolis police deployed 101 personnel to a 7-person vigil held one morning at Renee Good's memorial? The cops generated $1.92 million in overtime cash for themselves.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Crypto is going to dump $30 million to sink Sherrod Brown, per: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
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The Crypto Industry Targets Sherrod Brown of Ohio, a Top Democratic Senate Candidate
Angry after the defeat of a major crypto bill last week, the industry is planning to spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown in Ohio.
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them. Here is my journey
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The open houses at the edge of disaster
What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
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jakemadtown.bsky.social @jakemadtown.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This bounces off the @hafizr.bsky.social article about how Republican campaigns have no enthusiasm. Which is why they're relying on out of staters hired by the Uihleins who DUI when trying to get support for Tom Tiffany and other GOPs in Wisconsin. www.jsonline.com/story/news/p... @wisdems.org
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Canvasser who worked for conservative group charged in Washington County hit-and-run
A Texas man canvassing in Wisconsin with a group hired by a conservative political action committee faces hit-and-run charges in Washington County.
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Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️ @arif.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
the only source of this information in the article comes from Kraft's official statement and not any further reporting. I would argue the statement does not commit Kraft to a pledge or suggest he plans to pledge $2M so in that respect I'd argue this headline is inaccurate
Headline at the Athletic that reads "Patriots owner Robert Kraft pledges $2 million donation after Macklemore outcry" and a picture of Robert Kraft with a caption that reads "Robert Kraft has supported numerous Israel-related causes, though he did not say who will receive his promised donation. Jane Gershovich / Getty Images"A statement tweeted out by Gillette Stadium titled STATEMENT FROM ROBERT KRAFT that reads:

I have dedicated much of my life to building bridges between all people. I believe deeply that all lives are worth protecting. Earlier today, before Macklemore challenged me to match his donation, Ed called me and asked me to commit $2 million to match his donation to aid in the region to fight this humanitarian crisis, Ed now plans to reach out to other venue owners and our goal is to continue to work together to build bridges.

In addition, I'd like the people who are speaking in support of the Palestinian people to know that for decades, I have supported efforts that create opportunity for Palestinians and have brought young Palestinians and Israelis together to build businesses, create jobs, and forge relationships.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
KAEPERNICK: The part that I hope people take away in this moment is what Robert Kraft and what they’re saying by denying Macklemore is they are openly colluding. They also want people to know that if you take an action that they don’t agree with, they will come for you.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/09/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Why is the Trump administration, which is indifferent to discrimination against so many other minority groups, hypervigilant about antisemitism?” James Loeffler writes. “The answers lie in an underappreciated fissure in American life.”
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Opinion | For Trump, Jews Are Proving to Be a Very Useful Tool
Debates about Jews are never just about Jews.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/09/2026
NEWS: Colin Kaepernick says Trump tried to get him to visit the White House after publicly attacking him and targeting his NFL employment, an outreach Kaepernick viewed as an attempt to co-opt him and create the appearance Trump was working for Black Americans. Kaepernick rejected the invite.
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Colin Kaepernick Rejected Meeting With Trump During 1st Term
The NFL QB stated he refused to be co-opted by someone actively targeting his NFL employment.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 16/09/2026
The kids in the Texas Longhorns student section understand what America is better than Bo French ever will. And a political movement that looks at those beaming faces and sees a threat has told you everything you need to know about what’s actually in its heart. (Link below)
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Eliz PhotoClique @elizphotoclique.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#StopTheWar #StopTrump #StopHegseth . Pentagon Watchdog Reveals Devastating U.S. Losses in Iran War The Defense Department’s inspector general reports a major munitions shortfall—& damage to U.S. bases throughout the region @hafizr.bsky.social . newrepublic.com/post/215423/... via @newrepublic.com
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Pentagon Watchdog Reveals Devastating U.S. Losses in Iran War
The Defense Department’s inspector general reports a major munitions shortfall—and damage to U.S. bases throughout the region.
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Local Observer 🇮🇶🇵🇸🍉 @observer46664.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Last time I went to Al Mutanabe Street in Baghdad was in 2012 when I took Robert Fisk there. 14 years later here I am leaving it and going back home at 9 PM Baghdad time. The situation in Baghdad used to be drastically different back then; too much death everywhere, terrorism, sectarian conflict.
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
For some time, the trend in Israel has been that younger Jewish Israelis are more hardline than older ones. In 2015 Pew poll, younger Jewish Israelis were a bit more inclined to support expelling Arabs from Israel than older ones, as I wrote a decade ago here: www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Trump administration is investigating the Utah lieutenant governor because she didn’t hand over sensitive voter data. She says other election officials told her they’re being investigated too. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
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Trump’s DOJ is investigating Utah’s election chief for refusing to hand over voter data, it says in letter
The Justice Department has warned Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson that she is under investigation for not complying with the Trump administration's demands for voter information. Meanwhile, Henderson has we...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/09/2026
Trump: "If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate...I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000."
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Whoa. The Bills have announced that the U.S. and the Canadian anthems will be played prior to the start of next Thursday night’s game. www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
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For the first time, Bills will play Canadian and American anthems before a home game
The Buffalo Bills will be opening their new home with a special welcome to their neighbors from the north.
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Hafiz 🇵🇸 Rashid @hafizr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
DHS already has a predictive policing division. I wrote about it yesterday: newrepublic.com/post/215177/...
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Secret DHS Unit Pulling People Over Based on Their Financial Data
A shady unit at the Department of Homeland Security is using “predictive policing” to try to find evidence they don’t have.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
HAARETZ asking Israelis a question that also applies to Americans...
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Opinion | The question Israelis refuse to ask: What has Netanyahu done to our conscience?
After so many years under the leadership of a corrupt politician whose public life embodies a moral void, Israelis have stopped caring about universal moral terms
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New York News @newyorktopnews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Rights groups urging #Congress to remove #Section219 of 2027 defense bill, which would expand U.S.-Israel defense technology cooperation. The provision passed the House & awaits Senate action, amid declining support among #Democratic voters. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Rights groups urge US lawmakers to drop provision to deepen defense ties with Israel
Dozens of civil rights and advocacy groups are urging Congress to scrap a defense bill provision that would deepen U.S.-Israeli military technology ​ties, according to a letter seen by Reuters, at a t...
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brian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
dear god.. a flavor scientist at the Cheetos factory has published a blog post saying no one is prepared for how "dangerously cheesy" they are
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 08/09/2026
This story is incredible. Haaretz is reporting not only that UAE President warned Netanyahu a week and a half before Oct 7 that a major Hamas attack was coming, but that he did so at the instance of SINWAR. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefs
In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ramzi Kassem is a CUNY law professor and elected member of ALI who served in Biden's White House and has more federal appellate experience than half of SCOTUS, but rather than say that NYPost and Fox News describe him like he's the Saul Goodman for Al Qaeda.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
In NYC, Mayor Mamdani has launched the Office of Worker Power, designed to connect workers who want to unionize with education and resources. Former US Labor Sec Julie Su is overseeing the effort & the executive director comes from the UAW. "When workers can organize, everything changes," said Su.
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Mamdani Opens Office of Worker Power - The American Prospect
The new city agency intends to connect workers who want to unionize with resources and organizing contacts, and use worker stories of exploitation to inform policy.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 05/09/2026
Mother Jones reports on the police departments buying Flock cameras with opioid settlement funds:
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Police are spending opioid settlement funds on Flock cameras
Historic opioid settlements were supposed to be a lifeline for underserved communities. But much of that money is flowing to law enforcement.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/09/2026
A Post analysis of campaign finance disclosures found that 39 congressional candidates reported paying for an OpenAI subscription this election cycle. Two had used the subscription for advertising, even though the company’s policies prohibit it.
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ChatGPT bans campaigns from using AI to make ads. They’re doing it anyway.
A Washington Post review found 39 campaigns that disclosed payments to AI companies, but consultants say many more do it and don’t disclose it.
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
There is something kind of bleakly funny about how much time and ink was spilled about how we'd moved past the GWOT and Forever Wars and come to terms with our mistakes and entered a new phase of politics and then every time a Muslim shows appears on TV the media snaps back to 2003 instantly.
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Hafiz 🇵🇸 Rashid @hafizr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In every single war in the Middle East, the U.S. military eventually bombs weddings
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Adolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 30/08/2026
Why young people hate AI even more?
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The industry is incapable of any self-reflection, but it should be obvious why this would be the case. Older gens saw Big Tech innovations that changed people's daily lives for the better and/or were at least mixed bags. Personal computers, internet, mp3 players, smart phones, etc. Someone who is 18 has seen.... what? NFT scams and crypto rug pulls. Web 3.0 hype that went nowhere. Gig economy apps that exploit workers and still charge too much for poor service. Zuckerberg's metaverse. A bunch of crap that massively enriched some billionaires without seeming to improve people's lives. Why should any young person look at big tech companies hyping GenAI—who were all pushing metaverse/crypto/etc. a few years ago—and think it would help them?
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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian government roles. They include Rob Maness, Kurt Schlicter and Tom Anderson, better known as Cynical Publius. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles
Conservative veterans with large social media followings have been hired by the Defense Department and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s culture-war fights.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Peter Thiel is getting a very cold reception outside his new mansion in the exclusive Barrio Parque neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentinians are chanting: “Out, out, Peter out.”
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I remember people being like “how did Trump get them to sell it so cheap” 🤣
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Freedom Fuel owner didn't pay for nearly $4 million in gas, lawsuit claims
An owner of Freedom Fuel gas stations is being sued for not paying for nearly $4 million in gas, and the supplier says the cheap prices were at its expense.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Seems bad www.statnews.com/2026/08/28/l...
In an ideal world, all mothers would have easy access to reproductive psychiatrists. The reality is that only about 500 reproductive psychiatrists are practicing in the United States. As a result, general psychiatrists (as in the Clancy case) and OB-GYNs are often the frontline providers for perinatal mental illnesses. Both are trained to assess and treat these disorders but do not have a dedicated focus on them.
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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 30/08/2026
Trump says NBC News host Kristen Welker will be reported to the FCC "for rebuke or punishment" after she talked about his "mixed" endorsement results (Elliott Davis/The Hill) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
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