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Avowed centrist, rule of law disciple, (aka “extremist” to Left and Right cultists). Skeptic of professed values. Supporter of practiced values.

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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt is the DIRTBAG he claimed Jack Smith to be! 🤡🤡🤡
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/07/2026
Trump’s DOJ suffered its 18th consecutive loss in New Jersey as part of its nationwide crusade to force states to turn over sensitive voter data. This ruling is perhaps the most telling yet about the weakness of the DOJ’s case for unredacted voter rolls. Here’s why: demdock.com/4pRc1si
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
At least 52 people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to the White House. At least 23 people have been shot at by federal immigration agents. And thousands more have been caged, separated from their families, or shipped off to dangerous countries. The cruelty is endless.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/07/2026
HUGE WIN IN KATIE PHANG’S EPSTEIN FILES LAWSUIT: Judge Emmet Sullivan is making the DOJ prove its case. Todd Blanche must now submit the unredacted Epstein Files documents for in-camera review along with evidence supporting the government’s redactions.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/07/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The worst part about living in Donald Trump’s Washington has been seeing just how much fun he and all the MAGA vandals he brought to power have been having sacking and pillaging the place,” Sally Quinn writes. But lately, she says, “the vibe has shifted.”
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Opinion | It’s No Longer So Much Fun to Be MAGA in Washington
It’s a vibe shift.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/07/2026
Despite their oversight role, FCC members have accepted pricey gala tickets from CBS or its parent company, now Paramount. Seven of the 10 commissioners who served since 2016 accepted tickets worth more than $260,000, ProPublica found.
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FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I’ve never seen anything like this. The once storied office is in death throes: “The heads of all 7 sections of the Chi office’s crim division have left in the past year,” + many successors and deputies Failed Immigration Cases Leave Chi Prosecutor’s Office Reeling www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/u...
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Failed Immigration Cases Leave Chicago Prosecutor’s Office Reeling
Prosecutors have fled the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago, angry about the cases they’ve been told to bring against protesters and immigrants.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/07/2026
The Odyssey storms global box office with $264m opening
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The Odyssey storms global box office with $264m opening
Epic film marks Christopher Nolan’s best opening since 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises when adjusted for inflation The Odyssey has stormed the global box office, taking US$264m (£196m, A$378m) in its opening weekend, according to studio Universal Pictures. Starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway and Zendaya, the blockbuster is an adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek epic poem, which follows Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, as he makes his perilous 10-year journey home after fighting in the Trojan war. Continue reading...
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 16/07/2026
The Trump administration has spent the last year systematically slashing and reassigning staff responsible for detecting and disrupting foreign disinformation operations in U.S. elections. bit.ly/4pmBCJb
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Trump Administration Cuts Make Elections More Vulnerable to Foreign Influence and Disinformation
The depletion of staff and resources at various agencies leaves the government underprepared to respond to attempts to influence elections by China, Russia, and others.
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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The WSJ Polymarket piece is wild, h/t @alphaville.ft.com further reading www.wsj.com/business/med...
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They Looked Like They Were Getting Rich on Polymarket—but None of It Was Real
The prediction market has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators. ‘Is this just free money?’
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NPR @npr.org · 19/07/2026
If an undergraduate program's graduates don't earn more than workers who never went to college, that program could be cut off from federal student loans. But is a degree just about making more money?
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Under a new federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid
If an undergraduate program's graduates don't earn more than workers who never went to college, that program could be cut off from federal student loans. But is a degree just about making more money?
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
If Jared Kushner paid €110m to buy an island in Albania that has no fresh water from a guy who did not own it, it would help explain why his negotiations with Iran on behalf of the US have not been entirely successful
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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🚨SpaceX bond yields rocket towards junk www.ft.com/content/3a02...
Spreads over US Treasuries of 2056 SpaceX bonds. They've risen from +175bps at launch to +232bps close of business yesterday.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
SpaceX is short for SpaceXplode
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I have signed up. If you're in DC, log on and get a booking (if you can).
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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Federal agents “took off his pants and shirt, handcuffed him, and drove him 65 kilometers to the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, where he was fingerprinted, photographed, and jailed.” Sounds… fascist.
science.org
Guns and bulletproof vests: How federal agents arrested Fauci aide
David Morens, 78, was stripped and handcuffed for email violations
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Ignacio GHOULlup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
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Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial
Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This is medical malpractice
Paging Dr. Trump ... Dr. Trump. Paging Dr. Trump. [trump ignoring medical emergency to his side in oval office]
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 14/04/2026
NEWS! US doctors defend Trump, "This is how we all dress now" newsthump.com/2026/04/14/u...
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US doctors defend Trump, “This is how we all dress now”
Donald Trump has been defended by the US medical industry, with thousands of doctors insisting they all dress now like a deity who dispenses medicine like it’s all a magic trick.
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Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
This is most certainly true. Orban had paralyzed (European) Council politics wherever unanimity ruled — and tried to exert influence beyond by threatening vetos on key unanimity issues (eg Ukraine). This will change. It will not be dramatic, but significant.
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Earth Regalia @earthregalia.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Great news for democracy!!! 🗽 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result apnews.com/article/hung...
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded defeat after what he called a ″painful″ election result, ending 16 years in power for a powerful figure in the far-right movement allied with U.S.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
If I were in Trump's Cabinet, I would spend Easter calling constitutional lawyers about the 25th Amendment. This is completely, utterly unhinged. He's already killed thousands. He's going to kill thousands more.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/04/2026
Reminder: Trump said his decision to launch the Iran war was shaped by conversations with Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Pete Hegseth, and Marco Rubio. Not one active military commander. Not one. Expect more of this, since Hegseth is firing the people who actually know better, the generals.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
If Iran does not capitulate, Trump says, "we're blowing up the whole country." He isn't satisfied with murdering 100+ Iranian schoolchildren in his illegal war. He wants more blood. The 77 million Americans who voted for Trump committed a crime against humanity.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Supreme Court holds that Colorado may not prohibit a Christian therapist from undertaking therapy to change the sexual orientation or gender identify of an LGBTQ youth. Justice Jackson reads from her long dissent from the bench, a sign of vehement opposition.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Scream this from the rooftops.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/03/2026
NEW: Late last night, the Senate passed a bill that funds most of DHS, but with zero dollars for ICE and Border Patrol. This is good news — our pressure on Congress is working. If passed, the bill is a good first step towards reining in these out-of-control agencies.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 17/12/2025
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 27/03/2026
Late last night, Republicans caved and let the Senate pass a bill that funds all of DHS except ICE and Border Patrol (as Democrats long demanded). This is what’s possible when Democrats unify and refuse to bend to the regime's demands. We are now watching the House to see if this gets done.
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Politico @politico.com · 25/03/2026
Newsom: Social media verdict should be ‘moment of reckoning’ for Big Tech
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Newsom: Social media verdict should be ‘moment of reckoning’ for Big Tech
Newsom said two recent rulings against Meta and YouTube are “two big, tectonic decisions that will have profound impact.”
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Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I am amazed by headlines such as "American Credibility Is on the Line in Iran" Don't you understand that the US has no credibility as long as it has a president who is a patent liar? Start thinking! www.wsj.com/opinion/amer...
wsj.com
Opinion | American Credibility Is on the Line in Iran
If Trump leaves the job unfinished, it will do to the U.S. what the Suez crisis did to Britain and France.
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ArizonaTerry.bsky.social @arizonaterry.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The Economist nailed it. #TrumpIsAnIdiot #TrumpEpsteinFiles #TrumpDistractions
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
7 years ago, we learned about Bob Mueller’s conclusions. Today, there are a lot of posts on social media claiming it was a farce, or worse, a fraud. But those posts are disinformation. Here is the actual information, with links for those who want to do a deep dive. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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What Was Actually in the Mueller Report
There is an enormous amount of misinformation circulating about former Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s investigation into Russian attempts to influence the 2016 U.S.
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Daily Beast: The Cato Institute accused Trump, Marco Rubio & Kristi Noem of charging migrants $1.3 billion in fees for visa processing & other services they had no intention of providing. Critics call it “the largest fraud in the history of the U.S. immigration system.” #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 21/03/2026
Bloomberg insiders blow the lid: Netanyahu and Rupert Murdoch bullied Trump into the Iran war while Vance and Rubio cowered, as a fuming State Dept sputters denials.
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State Dept. fumes after insiders reveal who ‘motivated’ Trump to launch Iran war: report
President Donald Trump's decision to kick off the U.S. war against Iran last month was motivated, in part, by “pressure from outside allies,” multiple insiders told Bloomberg in its report Saturday, a revelation that sparked a fierce rebuttal from the Trump administration.Speaking with Bloomberg on ...
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ToasT ♨️🍞♨️ @toast-arts.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Marco Rubio cannot be allowed to escape when the reckoning comes
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
We talked to eyewitnesses about the ICE takeover of American airports:
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ICE Invades Airports Across the US
Agents from ICE are being deployed to over a dozen airports around the country, including New York, Atlanta, and Chicago.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/03/2026
Breaking news: The Supreme Court appeared likely to embrace a conservative challenge to tallying mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, a move that could upend election procedures as voters prepare to cast ballots in the midterms.
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Supreme Court appears ready to limit mail-in balloting ahead of midterms
The high court appeared poised to embrace a challenge to the tallying of late-arriving mail-in ballots, which could upend procedures in a number of states.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I'm receiving reports from airports all over the country about ICE sightings. I'll be sharing updates here as I get them. ⬇️
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 23/03/2026
BREAKING Voice of America staffers say in a new lawsuit that the Trump admin and Kari Lake have “censored news coming out of Iran,” including “stories about anti-government protests” and opposition to the regime. They’ve sued over a breach of the statutorily-protected editorial firewall.
Among other things, the President has launched an undeclared war on the Islamic
Republic of Iran, ostensibly with the goal of encouraging opponents of the Iranian regime to rise up in counterrevolution. The Administration—acting through Defendants Michael Rigas, Kari Lake, and other political appointees at Defendant United States Agency for Global Media (“USAGM”), the federal agency that oversees VOA—has censored the news coming out of Iran: interviews, video footage, and stories about anti-government protests within Iran have been suppressed. Reporting on certain elements in opposition to the Iranian regime have been banned from VOA’s Persian Service, rendering untrustworthy a once-respected source of independent news about Iran
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23/03/2026
NEW: The fate of mail ballot grace periods remains unclear as the Supreme Court appeared split on the question of when a vote is actually made — when a ballot is cast or when election officials receive it? If it decides the latter, tens of millions of mail voters could be disenfranchised.
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Fate of GOP’s attack on mail voting in the balance after Supreme Court argument
"I am a little upset — not a little, a lot upset — by many of the statements in [the DOJ's] brief quoting historical sources out of context,” Justice Sotomayor said.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
NEW: We have seen DOJ secure a search warrant to seize ballots in Georgia and a subpoena to seize ballots in Arizona. Now a sheriff is seizing ballots in California. This is a crisis unfolding in real time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP sheriff seizes 650,000 ballots in challenge to California redistricting vote
The California attorney general has informed the sheriff that it is “unacceptable” for the sheriff’s staff members to conduct a hand count of the ballots without training or experience.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/03/2026
MPs urge UK government to halt contract giving Palantir FCA data access
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MPs urge UK government to halt contract giving Palantir FCA data access
Awarding US spy-tech company deal involving sensitive financial data is ‘huge error of judgment’, Liberal Democrats say MPs have urged the government to halt its latest contract with Palantir, after the Guardian revealed the US spy-tech company is to gain access to a trove of highly sensitive UK financial regulation data. The Financial Conduct Authority, the watchdog for thousands of financial bodies from banks to hedge funds, has hired Palantir to apply its AI systems to two years’ worth of internal intelligence data to help it tackle financial crime. Continue reading...
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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 23/03/2026
As the partial government shutdown enters its sixth week, WCK teams are still serving meals to TSA agents working without pay. Hear from WCK's Naomie about our work and the importance of caring for our neighbors here: world-central-kitchen.visitlink.me/OCFz0O #ChefsForFeds
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Andrew Kinsey @andrewkinsey.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
This is hell
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WIRED @wired.com · 19/03/2026
The strikes have sent global oil and natural gas prices soaring again, and represent a major escalation in the ongoing conflict.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 19/03/2026
My colleague and friend Jared Moskowitz was the target of an assassination plot by an armed and dangerous fanatical antisemite who was just sentenced to 25 years in prison. The convergence of antisemitic and racist hate with gun violence is a continuing threat to American democracy.
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Becoming a target hits home for Rep. Jared Moskowitz
Not far from Rep. Jared Moskowitz’s home, police officers found body armor, smoke grenades and firearms inside the house of a convicted felon, along with a handwritten list of “targets” that included ...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Here is what is going on in court: Active Voting Rights Cases: 165 Active Redistricting Cases: 50 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 91 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 71 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 32 Track them all by signing up to Democracy Docket now! bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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NPR @npr.org · 18/03/2026
Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebounding from a blown eighth-inning lead to beat the United States 3-2 Tuesday night on Eugenio Suárez's tiebreaking double in the ninth n.pr/4bhC325
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Venezuela beats U.S. 3-2, wins first World Baseball Classic title
Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebounding from a blown eighth-inning lead to beat the United States 3-2 Tuesday night on Eugenio Suárez's tiebreaking double in the ninth
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 18/03/2026
Israel called him the 'de-facto leader of Iran', but with the assassination of Ali Larijani, has any chance of a diplomatic solution to the war ended?
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Will Larijani Killing Weaken Chance of US Exit Strategy for Iran War?
Assassination of Iran’s national security adviser takes away diplomatic off-ramp to end war, say analysts.
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