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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 20h
High Court exposing Attorney-General Rowland’s poor judgement Rex Patrick reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/high-court-expos…
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 10h
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 8h
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Big Beautiful Bill cut corporate income taxes pretty substantially. Corporate tax revenues came in even lower than expected.
corporate tax revenue was at around 1.7% of GDP when BBB was enacted. Now it's down to 1.2% of GDP.
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Sandi @slb-7.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Stay positive. Love is more powerful than evil. Light eliminates darkness! Keep Shining ✨️✨️✨️✨️
Stay positive. Love is more powerful than evil. 

Light eliminates darkness. 

Shine Bright ✨️✨️✨️✨️
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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
IMO, This is the whole ballgame. Money corrupts absolutely. Josh Turek: "We need to have campaign finance reform to get dark money out of politics. I want to sponsor a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. We can have oligarchy or we can have democracy. We can't have both."
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h
There appears to be no appetite at all in MAGA media to reflect on how the Tates have been treated as podcast-friendly bad boys rather than prolific alleged sex criminals and pornographers. Curious, isn't it?
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Republicans Have an Andrew Tate Eel-Sex Problem
Horrifying new allegations put the spotlight on the media stars and Trump insiders who championed him.
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Openly Gay Animals 🌈 @openlygayanimals.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
😂🥹🥹
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 20h
New bystander footage shows aftermath of ICE shooting in Marble Hill, NYC
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KMJeezy @kmjeezy.bsky.social · 9h
He’s mastering not being a bitch Bill.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This.👇
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 9h
The Trump admin announced that winter oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve will be exempt from environmental reviews. That includes seismic surveys, building temporary roads, and drilling exploration wells. Our public lands keep paying the price…
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/10/2026
"When one side rejects pluralism, electoral legitimacy, or epistemic accountability, then 'reconciliation' & even 'civility' function less as neutral civic virtues than as asymmetric constraints, & they risk unilaterally disarming pro-democracy forces." Gonna link to this piece every week, forever.
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Frontiers | The problem with polarization research in an age of extremism
"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block i...
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Add Karen Smith to my list of badasses whose mouthy approach I respect. Actions usually speak louder than words. This is a hero, Y'all. Well done, Ma'am. You're gonna kick ass in your new position. ✊📖
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 08/10/2026
Student loan borrowers now have until the end of 2026 to enroll in auto pay and have their interest rate reduced by 1%. to.pbs.org/4Ba0iKC
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Student loan borrowers have more time to reduce interest rates. Here's what to know
The original deadline was Sept. 30, but the U.S. Department of Education extended it to give borrowers more time to enroll. The rate reduction will last through June 2028.
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Bill Stedman @steddybirds.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Perhaps one of the #UnsungBirds for the Alt theme, this gray catbird thinks it could be a main theme #BirdSupermodel if given the chance! #BirdOfTheDay #birds #catbirds #backyardbirds #birdphotography #ECK 🪶
A gray catbird, with its black cap, faces the camera but has its head turned to look slightly up to the right.
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Keith Williamson @kwilliam8.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I think this is an immature golden-crowned sparrow, but if anyone has any other ideas, I would love to hear them.
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Mila 🐺 @mila83.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Voters loathed the Tory party when they booted them out in 2024.They really needed to shake off their disgrace with humility and better ideas. They haven’t. They’ve doubled down. More Brexit, more austerity, more anti-immigration ugliness, more tedious arrogance… and no good reason to vote for them.
Party seems to have learnt nothing from 2024 defeat
John Oxley

The Conservative Party is keen to show it is now ready to return to government, two and a half years after a
historic defeat.Their self-soothing explanation posits that defeat came from not being able to do what they wanted 

No such pivot is happening at the current conference. The Tories have come to Birmingham calling for a return to orthodoxy, with similar lines about cutting benefits and regulation. Even so, they seem trapped by the same contradictions
- pledging to cut benefits, but not the winter fuel payments and triple lock on pensions that go to their voters.
There is no "hug-a-hoodie" moment in Birmingham. The Conservative Party is not indicating that it has changed or seeking to broaden its appeal. It is doing the opposite: it is a party returning to its core, restating all the old ideas voters have rejected but louder.
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Ernesto Unionista @ernestounionista.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'll be showing up IN PERSON to vote if they have to wheel me in on a gurney with an IV bottle! Fuck the feds.
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Lady-Rain @lady-rain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Art begins when the eyes see a flower and the imagination finds a universe… #FollowYourImagination #nature #photography #ArtInNature #Curiosity
A hibiscus bud reminds us that art is not always something we create, but something we learn to see.
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naugtynonnie.bsky.social @naugtynonnie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Dben Andromeda @malin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Since the fake media refuses to report your good news, we will. 😂😂
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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 07/10/2026
Arizona and Virginia, both of which are governed by Democrats, are ending Medicaid coverage of care for trans youth, Transitics has learned. The bans, which go into effect on October 13th, mark the most significant Democratic capitulation to Trump's anti-trans demands yet. Cowards.
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Democrat-led Arizona, Virginia Quietly End Medicaid Coverage of Care for Trans Youth, Acquiescing to Trump Demands
The policy changes, which go into effect on October 13th, see Arizona and Virginia join Kansas as states where Democrats have needlessly opted to restrict Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care.
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bratschewurst.bsky.social @bratschewurst.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There are some great instruments owned by orchestras and loaned to their musicians though.
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bratschewurst.bsky.social @bratschewurst.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It’s called chest buster, maybe you’ve Hurt of it.
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Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We just can't quit these Big Fancy Men of classical music. I promise you, there *are* outstanding conductors, music directors, & instructors who did *not* pal around with the likes of Jeffrey Epstein and did not invite and/or benefit from the largesse of sex traffickers. Hire one of them instead.
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Leon Botstein Remains at Bard College Amid Scrutiny Over Epstein Ties
Leon Botstein is no longer president of Bard College, but he continues to teach and play a prominent role in the school’s signature music programs.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Trump on Venezuela: "It was a violent, incredible, beautiful raid"
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rroigphd.bsky.social @rroigphd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today’s #Wordle results… just lucked into that 3 ( if luck can be defined as spending long moments pondering what possible word could fit the letters and positions I knew at the time) Wordle 1,935 3/6* 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ 30 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #wordle_nyt
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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/10/2026
the supreme court: "stop saying we declared trump a god-king, presidential immunity was a limited and reasonable ruling" trump, constantly: "I am absolutely a god-king and I can do anything I want at any time"
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026
yeah, the reason republicans are just not going to budge from texas is the reason why armies try not to abandon their capitals. it isn’t necessarily a strategic defeat to lose the seat of power, but it is a profound blow to morale.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Talked to @therickwilson.bsky.social youtu.be/QSIAkDFGjFg?...
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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 06/10/2026
Pete Hegseth must be held accountable. He endangered the lives of our servicemembers by recklessly sharing classified info, oversaw corruption at the Pentagon, and led us into more forever wars. He's not fit to lead.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've played poker at dozens of casinos in my life, from the fanciest palaces in Las Vegas to crappy riverboats in the Midwest, and I can say that the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City was -- by a fucking mile -- the dirtiest, dingiest, cruddiest casino I have ever experienced in my life.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/10/2026
he’s got a 30% approval rating and this one is ridiculous even for him, you craven sycophant
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
Creating an "AI" avatar of your dead loved one w/o their input or consent, & saying that it counts "the same" as the dead loved one— ESPECIALLY as evidence in a MURDER TRIAL— is both a massive misunderstanding of what "AI" is & how it works, & a hugely dehumanizing insult to said dearly departed.
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is just a relentlessly horrific story. It’s hard to adequately contextualize the moral desolation of this unfolding in the midst of a midterms against a ruling party helmed by inveterate rapists and rape apologists. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Bob Heffernan @rvh55vt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 06/10/2026
Of course there's a new 5CD archival box set from Zappa just been announced. It's been a whole week and a half since the last one came out.
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Why is it not a bigger story that our president not only regularly spouts easily-disproven lies ("I settled eight wars") but also regularly claims outrageous feats of fancy that should land him in a mental institution (I stopped the total obliteration of the world")?
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"An American polity increasingly turning against Trump has started to connect the degradations of his presidency to the Court that enabled many of them."
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Opening Day at a Court That Never Closed
The Justices face sharp public disapproval from identification with Trump’s autocratic rule.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“...in the court’s polite idiom, the government took a whupping. Nearly all observers, including me, anticipate an opinion permitting Boasberg to resume his contempt investigation.”
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A Hawk’s Eye View of a Week’s Good News
Four developments worth savoring as the week ends.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It was inevitable. The Supreme Court has agreed to review an issue that has flooded the lower courts and gone overwhelmingly against the Trump administration:whether they can detain anyone, even here for decades, as an “applicant for admission.“ Tortured position, but court could well allow.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Trump and Blanche built this scheme to keep any judge from getting a look at it. Now one has; she doesn’t like what she sees; and she’s just getting started." My latest:
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Eleventh Circuit Smacks Down Trump’s Bid to Block Sanctions in IRS Case
They're now stuck in the last place they wanted: Judge Williams's court.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
TODAY at 7pm ET/4pm PT I'll be on the @talkingfeds.bsky.social Substack for our weekly LIVE Q&A for paid subscribers. Subscribe here (bit.ly/TFSubstack) and comment your questions below this post
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Talking Feds Substack with Harry Litman is a series of dispatches from the front of a constitution in crisis. Harry explains how the maneuvers of Trump and his circle transgress constitutional norms a...
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This by Jack Goldsmith in @theatlantic.com is on target, situating Alito exactly where he and his jurisprudence sit on the Court. Goldsmith captures the fracturing of FedSoc regulars and the new right, something I'm writing about in my book. Here's Goldsmith: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Zombie Originalism
Samuel Alito’s efforts to revamp the conservative legal philosophy reveal that a new movement is ascendant.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
For those of you who are buying into Justice Alito's self-congratulatory book tour/media onslaught....
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Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How will AI change legal scholarship? How will AI change the job of being a law professor? I enjoyed discussing these questions with @nitafarahany.bsky.social and @daniel-solove.bsky.social in the 40-minute video below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB2B...
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AI in Scholarship: Yes, Sometimes, or Never?
YouTube video by Solove on Tech
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Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fifth Circuit oral argument today on whether use of Flock cameras is a Fourth Amendment search, an issue on which federal district courts have recently divided in the wake of Chatrie. Link to oral argument audio, and an AI-generated transcript, here. www.courtlistener.com/audio/106726...
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Oral Argument for United States v. Brownlee – CourtListener.com
Oral Argument for United States v. Brownlee
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