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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Fun facts: Frances Stonor Sanders, who died this week and wrote the definitive study of CIA art funding, ghostwrite Eartha Kitt's memoir "Confessions of a Sex Kitten," and... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/b...
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Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Detailed C.I.A. Propaganda, Dies at 60
In a 1999 book, she chronicled the spy agency’s secret backing of Cold War culture projects to manipulate public opinion against Communism in Western Europe.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Conditions at #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous' other concentration camp, Deportation Depot, are just as inhumane as the ones at his now-closed Everglades camp. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @lauracmorel.bsky.social
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Ron DeSantis: Holding Back Tears?
ALT: Ron DeSantis: Holding Back Tears?
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This guy is a hero 👏 That ending was peak unnecessary police overreach.
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 25/09/2026
Paulina Borsook described the tech industry in a way it didn’t (and still doesn’t) want to see itself—an extremely hierarchical environment, led almost exclusively by white men who were ideologically right wing, despite their left leaning marketing (which has long since disappeared).
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY…
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 25/09/2026
Manchester City has been found guilty of nearly all 115 charges for breaking Premier League rules, in a seismic ruling that could be a massive hit to one of the world’s top football clubs. Read more: bloom.bg/4xOzMU2 📷: Naomi Baker/Getty Images
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Jane Doe @waywoke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Well, when you're seen pulling up to the U.N. like this, what do they expect
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The purest xenophobia www.npr.org/2026/09/18/n...
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A DHS email raises new questions about the Trump administration's election plans
A heavily redacted email from last year, reported first by NPR, reveals that DHS personnel shared a list of jurisdictions that offer election materials in non-English languages. It's unclear why.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 17/09/2026
President Trump last month authorized the duty-free importation of 660 million pounds of cheap beef trimmings that will get mixed in with other cuts to make ground beef. “This meat is some of the meat most likely to be contaminated,” says Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026
enjoyed making this one youtu.be/zGYmIwM4T90
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Smart Answers to Stupid Comments About Slavery
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 09/09/2026
The mystery surrounding 660 million pounds of imported beef exposes a much larger story about money, deregulation, food safety, and who Trump’s billionaire-run government really serves... hartmannreport.com/p/a-brazilia...
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A Brazilian Meat Billionaire Walked Into Trump’s Oval Office. What Happened Next Should Terrify Us All…
The mystery surrounding 660 million pounds of imported beef exposes a much larger story about money, deregulation, food safety, and who Trump’s billionaire-run government really serves...
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@dennis74.bsky.social @dennis74.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This will clear up everything!
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Dolly with her parents and seven of her siblings performing In The Pines in '76. 😭
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“One of the most deferential, fawning, oleaginous and sycophantic interviews in modern broadcasting history” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Sycophancy in stereo as former Trump hater Michael Cohen loses his nerve
Fawning, deferential, oleaginous – this was the Untruth and Reconciliation Commission as Trump called in to 77 WABC
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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This came on the radio in my car today and with Bose surround sound, I cranked it up full volume and began rocking my head radically like Mike Myers & Dana Carvey, thinking to myself that I am still young! Who knew that at 70 your ears bleed? 😉🙄😂 #LifeAt70 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfpn...
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (2006 Remaster Full-Length)
YouTube video by Iron Butterfly - Topic
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Cirenzi @cirellan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Big Mama Thornton introducing her own “Ball and Chain”: “made famous by me and Janis Joplin.” 😂 Then Buddy Guy’s Blues Band kicks in. 1970. This is the real stuff. Buddy Guy — guitar Phil Guy — guitar A.C. Reed — sax Jack Myers — bass Fred Below — drums www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Otv...
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Buddy Guy and Big Mama Thornton • “Ball And Chain” • 1970 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]
YouTube video by ReelinInTheYears66
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 23/07/2026
French theory, as taught in American classrooms, has acquired a reputation of forbidding difficulty and hauteur. A new history seeks to surface its human side. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The Men Who Made Theory French
French theory, as taught in American classrooms, has acquired a reputation of forbidding difficulty and hauteur. A new history seeks to surface its human side.
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Brief rundown on the real breakdown in law & food policy. What let this Cyclospora outbreak get as big & un-trackable as it is? It's not DOGE! Decades of lobbying by the food industry has gutted ALL KINDS of regulations, for years. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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The Real Trump Scandal in the Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak Story
So much of what’s known points a finger squarely at Taylor Farms.
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Two of John Roberts’ Biggest Decisions This Term Directly Contradict Each Other
There is no principled way to square these blockbuster opinions.
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
“A form of folk finance [with] its own concepts, vocabulary & prophecy structure: There is a strong resemblance to religious tradition, complete with sacred texts in the form of canonical DD posts and screenshots, rituals, slogans and daily reaffirmations of belief.” www.noemamag.com/this-is-not-...
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‘This Is Not Financial Advice’ | NOEMA
How finfluencers prey on economic desperation.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Substack: How the GOP donor class bought #Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds and billed It to the American middle class steveedwardfarley.substack.com/p/the-81-mil...
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The 81 Million Dollar Coronation: How the GOP Donor Class Bought Byron Donalds and Billed It to the American Middle Class
Yass, Uihlein, Wiles, Power, Helmich, Erika, and the sheriff prison cartel built a closed loop that extracts from the American middle and launders it through a MAGA puppet.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Please RT this piece and share on other social channels talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...
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Exclusive: DOJ Taps Gang, Terrorism Prosecutors to Crack Down on Political Groups
The Department of Justice has tapped two prosecutors with expertise in organized...
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Tulsi Gabbard dumped a pile of docs & claimed they were evidence of a vast plot by Fauci to manipulate intelligence, cover up the lab leak, & conceal his role in creating Covid. They weren’t. In reality, Gabbard’s documents undermine her. Here’s what they say… www.lawfaremedia.org/article/tuls...
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Tulsi Gabbard’s Fauci Files Don’t Prove What She Says They Prove
Gabbard’s declassification theater is a case study in politicizing intelligence.
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En Buen Ora @enbuenora.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social on the harms done by the late Allan Greenspan, now on Majority Report @majorityreport.bsky.social with Sam Seder @samseder.bsky.social and Emma Vigeland @emmavigeland.bsky.social : www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOlE...
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Alan Greenspan's Monstrous Legacy w/ Rick Perlstein | MR Live
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
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Sally The Luddite @calamityjane516.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Please read!!! open.substack.com/pub/wisewolf...
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The 'New World Order’s Party Planning Committee' Just Got Hacked & What They’re Planning is World War 3
The most powerful people on earth are flying to Ireland this August for off-the-record workshops on building cults and navigating the apocalypse. You weren’t supposed to know it exists.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This is a nice illustration of what I was getting at in this piece -- the celebration of sports as a community of different cultures coming together in joy
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A Tale of Two Cities
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, i...
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
#Florida club owner's real "Art of the Deal" has no art in it at all.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Cartoon: What's in President Convicted Felon's Situation Room NOW. Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Number of flesh-eating bacteria cases in #Florida rises to eight. www.pnj.com/story/news/2...
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Vibrio vulnificus cases rise to 8 in Florida; teen hospitalized
Two new Vibrio cases in Florida bring the 2026 total to eight, including a hospitalized teen in Okaloosa County.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I had an absolutely fascinating and wide-ranging conversation with former CIA agent turned whistleblower and now podcaster @johnkiriakou.bsky.social about Trump, Epstein, Israel, Iran, abolishing the CIA, Dems to watch in 2028, and more. Full interview: zeteo.com/p/former-cia...
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Diane Roberts, formerly BadDebutante on the twixxy thing @dkroberts.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Sing it with me, children: "We don't need no ejucashun . . ." floridaphoenix.com/2026/05/28/r...
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Red snapper fish fight highlights Florida governor’s disdain for science • Florida Phoenix
One of the great joys of living in Florida is our access to fresh seafood — shrimp, scallops, grouper, you name it. I grilled some on Memorial Day and it was delicious! The source of all this bounty, ...
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
With JP Cooney and Andrea Bernstein: A former Jan 6 prosecutor and a corruption expert on why the slush fund isn't just illegal; its a democracy wrecking ball.
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Trump’s Slush Fund Is Even Worse Than You Thought | Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts
A former Jack Smith prosecutor and a veteran corruption reporter map the vectors for lawlessness that many have missed
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
If you have the stomach, I strongly recommend that you listen to the audio of this meeting. It’s online. You will be moved to action, if you’re not already.
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Who is Kevin F. McCumber — and why might he turn out to be the most important person in the United States in 2027? www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-vra-ru...
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The VRA Ruling Might Have Handed Republicans a Weapon to Attempt a Jan. 6-style Midterm Coup
An outlandish scenario to refuse to seat newly elected blue state representatives just became more plausible
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
"The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has the power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not necessary." -Ursula K. Le Guin, *A War Without End*
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Mike Brock 🇺🇸 @brockm.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Alright, I've seen enough. We are all very confused about this AI thing.
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We Haven’t Invented Artificial Intelligence at All
A Radical Intervention
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
"Subscribers buy a product. Members join the cause." That's the title of the post at my site, PressThink. pressthink.org/2026/04/subs... If you read it feel free to comment. If you're moved to join TPM let us know. talkingpointsmemo.com/memberships
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Subscribers buy a product. Members join the cause. - PressThink
When Josh Marshall asked me if I would participate in TPM’s membership drive, I said yes because… well, because it’s TPM! And Josh is one of my heroes. I have been reading and writing about his site s...
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The Green Entente taking shape
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Patricia Bastos @patmat.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Corporations that align with repressive regimes for profit should expect consequences—even decades later. Brazil holding firms accountable for dictatorship-era abuses (incl. Volkswagen) sets a necessary precedent. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Volkswagen Brazil found liable for ‘slave labor’ after priest’s long struggle
In the 1970s, a Catholic priest began investigating forced labor on an Amazon ranch. Now a Brazilian judge has ordered Volkswagen to pay $30 million in damages.
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
"The absence of consciousness in AI is not merely a philosophical finding.... It means that every human-AI system must be architected to preserve the human’s capacity for meaning-making, judgment & coherence-holding, because no one else in the arrangement will do it" www.noemamag.com/what-the-ai-...
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What The AI Consciousness Question Conceals | NOEMA
In the human-AI arrangement, value lies not inside the machine, not inside the skull, but in the configuration between them.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 25/03/2026
absolutely incredible. Trump might have done more damage to American imperial power than anyone ... ever?
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The central faultline of the emerging post-liberal international order will be a geopolitical struggle over what metabolic-industrial system will dominate the 21st century — with smaller powers struggling to avoid total alignment with either bloc. My latest: foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/23/c...
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The New Metabolic World Order
Opposing the petrostates will be the Green Entente.
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Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 19/03/2026
For those unfamiliar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp1E...
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The Wire - 40 Degree Day HD Remastered
YouTube video by rkbiker89
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
As my forthcoming piece argues, the essential question being posed to the Middle Powers is, do you want to join the Green Entente or stay in the Axis of Petrostates…
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 13/03/2026
this is shocking only if one is not remotely familiar with the history of Palantir, Thiel and Karp newrepublic.com/post/207693/...
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Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power
They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.
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