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Heather Martini

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Great story by @gillianbrockell.com about progressives on the Chicago city council forcing a private equity firm trying to buy city parking meters to divest from Omni Air International, the charter airline that did ICE’s longest & cruelest flights. The spun-off Omni is now in huge financial trouble.
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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect
In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a city contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We’re living through a time when far too many men — including privileged young men at a frat house in an Ivy League university — feel impunity when it comes to attacking women. I don’t think it unrelated to the impunity felt by the man now occupying the highest office in the land.
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Cornell, Rape, and Misogyny in the Age of Trump
Friends,
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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Putin has told military leaders to abandon rules of war.” - President Zelenskyy Since Putin’s order in September, russia has intensified its strikes on Kyiv, including attacks on schools, hospitals, grocery stores, gas stations and data centers.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In retrospect, it’s kind of incredible that Elon Musk couldn’t resist juicing Grok’s racism, even if was at the expense of the autonomous thinky machine fiction he’s selling. 
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday.
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 02/10/2026
🚨TRIGGER WARNING🚨 Discussion of rape/sexual violence & strong language. ☑️ Bear ☐ Man This spoken word poem stopped me in my tracks The bear was never really the point. The point is why so many women understood the answer immediately Listen to her words. They matter. —Claire Donohoe🐻💜 #SheShed
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hard to disagree with this.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A couple of additional points. 1. Trump is intrigued by the Insurrection Act, and loyalists are urging him to invoke it. He might try to. Are we ready? 2. Hegseth is a man of overweening ambition. He wants to be president. He'll try, by means fair or foul. www.thebulwark.com/p/not-to-ala...
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Not To Alarm You, But Trump’s Brain Is Melted
And Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Fascism is both a permanent temptation, and, as history teaches and current events show, a powerful one. As history also teaches, it can be defeated. But first one has to recognize it for what it is. Trump and Hegseth have helped us in this task." www.thebulwark.com/p/not-to-ala...
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Not To Alarm You, But Trump’s Brain Is Melted
And Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open.
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Pete Livengood @plivengood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And…there it is.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Between the Christianity of this land and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference.” — Frederick Douglass bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Still amazed that Eric Schmitt made the MAGA media rounds as if he wasn't thoroughly humiliated. Like Wile E. Coyote doing a press victory lap fresh off smashing into a painted tunnel.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We haven't seen much of Judge Jeanine lately, have we?
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Liberals🇨🇦🇺🇦 @saynotobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The facts 👇
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"It was nice of Trump to throw the glitzy lunch for the AI guys and sign off on their no-safeguards policy. It should make it even easier for Dems to say that Trump and his party are bought and paid for by big AI. The tsunami forecast could turn out to be right." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-ai-b...
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Trump + AI = Blue Tsunami
It doesn’t take super intelligence to realize the GOP is screwed.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. Seoul had expressed its regret to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ‘that what was reported today went beyond what had been agreed,’ he said.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. They’ve already started building,” Trump said. “.. That’s not true, according to TV6 Investigates’ review of Lee County land records. The review found no major property purchases tied to the project this year.” @kwqc.com #Iowa www.kwqc.com/2026/09/29/t....
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 30/09/2026
Trump’s new AI chatbot wasn’t hallucinating, he lost the 2020 election. But when the newest rollout from the White House contradicted Trump’s rhetoric, they pulled the plug. Now when asked about it, the AI tool says “I do not offer political commentary on elections” and dismisses the question...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way…
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you didn't already hate Meta, Mark Zuckerburg, and data centers, Meta is using the latter to cheat on their taxes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. How has MAGA Inc. raised an unprecedented amount of money? Let’s review:
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I was explaining this at a political meeting last night. Stephen Miller has smartly decided to fly below the radar after the backlash to Minneapolis, Chicago, and other outrages. But by many measures things have gotten worse.
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jamil Jivani and the Very Masculine™ Jacob Mantle think that acknowledging homosexuality in schools is "a threat" as they spout debunked "gender ideology" bullshit, while calling people traitors. Yeah, the Conservative Party is headed down a really healthy path, guys. Yikes. #canqueer
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ADAMS: Inside the Restore the North event at Liberty Church
Inside a church in his own riding, the fury Jamil Jivani has spent a year channeling finally turned on a constituent who asked the wrong question
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/09/2026
George W. Bush had plenty of opportunities to speak up. January 6th. The January 6th Committee. Trump’s return to power. Mostly silence. But now he’s stepping back into politics to help Republican senators get reelected? Yeah. I have some thoughts.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Because if Americans disapprove of Trump, then we really need to get rid of this democracy nonsense... bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ukrainian Defenders managed to carry out one of the largest drone operations to deliver food to residents of occupied #Oleshky, where Russia has created a humanitarian catastrophe&continues to hold around 2,000 residents hostage,including nearly 50 children 📹Kherson Regional Military Administration
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Are the very good wars in the room with you now?
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
DOJ Intervenes in EU to Help Elon Musk Defraud Users emptywheel.net/2026/09/27/d...
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DOJ Intervenes in EU to Help Elon Musk Defraud Users - emptywheel
DOJ is now colluding with Elon Musk in fraud, all to export far right extremism into the EU.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One thing that should definitely boost Musk’s box office, the prospect that the new MAGAHBO would bury it.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They are playing in our faces
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
💥Ok I see other platforms are blocking this. I met Alex Gibney moons ago at ABCNY (the Association of the Bar for the City of New York). He’s the real deal. Here’s the trailer for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk. Let’s Streisand Effect this: www.firstshowing.net/2026/must-se... 👋🎥
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Must See Full Trailer for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Doc About a Fraudster | FirstShowing.net
"Do we even know this man at all?" Bleecker Street has launched their main official trailer for the must see new documentary film titled simply Musk, about the uber-wealthy tech giant megalomaniac Elo...
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Twitter not laughing at your jokes, buy Twitter. HBO owns streaming rights to an unflattering exposé, buy a piece of HBO. Government regulations threaten your businesses, buy the government. Elon Musk seems determined to be a case study in the problem with unfettered wealth.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Still unfathomable to me given the horrendous destruction of DOGE and how unfathomably heinous he continues to be on his social media duchy, that he can shovel cash to Republicans, go to a state dinner, and the press still doesn't treat him as remotely problematic as Hasan Piker.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Bulwark crew was in Dayton last night for a show to raise money for the Haitian Support Center. More than 1,000 people came to stand with Springfield, where we’d had a moving visit earlier in the day. What our government is doing is beyond shameful. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Trump Shuts Out the Press, ICE Opens Fire, and We Stand with Springfield
Plus: What You Missed This Week From The Bulwark
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"So Trump is consistent. He won’t offend Putin. He will suck up to Xi. Our petty presidential bully is cowed by the big-boy bullies of the real world." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-kowt...
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Trump Kowtows to China
He rolled out the red carpet . . . literally.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and his government has committed genocide in Gaza. The United States should stop all military assistance to Israel. Saying this is not antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I spent much of this week talking with foreign officials who are in the U.S. for United Nations meetings. I was curious to know how they’re strategizing about the United States in the future. Here’s what I learned... robertreich.substack.com/p/what-to-…
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There is no Republican "split" with Trump. It's catnip for access media, but the desperate ploy to align with the supermajority of voters who can't stand the president is tissue-thin. The same people saying the Iran war needs to end voted yesterday to keep it going. #Realtalk here.
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Republicans Had 690 Days to Oppose Trump - The American Prospect
They’re trying to cram all the opposition into the last 40 before the election.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Foreign head of state goes to UN to slander an elected U.S. leader with transparently false claims. Which wouldn't be a big deal if he didn't claim to be an ally, & if we weren't pouring in money to prop his profoundly corrupt regime. The U.S. helped pay for this attack on a U.S. leader.
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
this is framable
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