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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😳 On 9/29/26, Argentina’s Supreme cleared the way for President Javier Milei’s administration to scrap historical restrictions on foreign land ownership, opening the door to the likes of Peter Thiel & Sam Altman who have shown great interest in the region … 1/ share.google/t7nTsPAkbpC8...
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Supreme Ct clears way for Milei to scrap limits on foreign land purchases
Opposition parties condemn the ruling, question its scope and warn that it leaves the door open to unrestricted foreign ownership of rural land.
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
End of the world The Globe and Mail by @deAdder Substack: deadder.substack.com/p/end-of-the...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I questioned the government chatbot about Trump’s attacks on voting. Here’s what it said. newsletters.democracydocket.com/-17907830690...
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Even Trump's AI won't back his election lies
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (Published April 2023)
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Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This story brought me back to Kara, one of the mothers in my book, There Is No Place for Us. She was homeless with her four kids while driving for DoorDash. They had to pee in bottles so bathroom stops wouldn't make her late. After gas, she earned $6.50 an hour—75 cents less than the minimum wage.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Jack Smith gets what he’s been seeking.. a public hearing to answer questions about his criminal case against Trump. Tuesday. At the US Senate
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026
Citizens of Springfield, Missouri showed up to a city council meeting to discuss the city’s Flock contract. The mayor shut them down and arrested two people for ‘disruption of meetings of city council.’
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Woman Arrested After City Council Denies Residents Right to Speak on Flock Cameras
Citizens of Springfield, Missouri showed up to a city council meeting to discuss the city’s Flock contract. The mayor shut them down and arrested two people for ‘disruption of meetings of city council.’
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026
this is a genuinely crazy story
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW AD: Ken Paxton loves to make false claims about James Talarico’s record on China. But he’s been hiding his own. Paxton took an all-expenses-paid trip to China to meet with Communist Party leaders — then took massive donations from China-linked real estate developers.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Ossoff: "Georgians deserve to know the full extent of the congressman's ties to some of the nation's most notorious white nationalists. I am calling on the congressman to release these files in full."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Ossoff: "The congressman voted to accelerate the insolvency of Social Security so that he could pass anothe tax break for his wealthy donors and corporate America. And so step one to strengthening Social Security is to repeal the Collins-Trump law."
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Lotte Leicht @lotteleicht.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨 7 of 9 planetary boundaries breached, at the highest levels ever recorded‼️ 🚨Scientists have delivered an unambiguous verdict: the safe operating space for humanity is collapsing. Climate. Biosphere integrity. Freshwater. Land systems. Ocean acidification. www.linkedin.com/posts/lotte-...
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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn | Lotte Leicht
🚨 7 of 9 planetary boundaries breached, at the highest levels ever recorded‼️ 🚨Scientists have delivered an unambiguous verdict: the safe operating space for humanity is collapsing. Climate. Biosphe...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Susan Collins is a crook. Trump covered up for her. ProPublica has the story.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Peter Thiel has the wheel: “US Deputy Secty of Defense Stephen Feinberg has drafted a memo directing Defense Department subordinates to purchase up to $243.9 M in services from…[Thiel’s] Palantir…without a competitive bidding process…The memo’s subject line is called ‘Funding Palantir’.” 8/11/26…1/
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Give Palantir up to $244M through 2028, says internal Defense Department memo
Draft memo taps AI data analysis biz for help with military production efficiency
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I can’t believe how little media coverage any of this is getting. Russia is escalating across Europe, Poland is warning of possible Russian strikes on NATO countries, and Lithuania is preparing evacuation routes in the event of a military attack. You wouldn’t know it from our media
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Lithuania Prepares Evacuation Route to Poland in Case of Russian Attack
With warnings growing that Russia could launch a military attack against NATO countries, Lithuania and Poland are getting ready.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
First, Trump takes “steps to chip away at American Bar Association's power to accredit law schools” Now, the “university” founded by Bari Weiss & Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale is building the “future of legal education, w/ support from the Federalist Society” but without ABA accreditation. 1/
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University of Austin plans to sidestep American Bar Association with new law school
The University of Austin plans to launch a new law school in 2028 without the support of the American Bar Association, the national accreditor of law programs.
By Lily Kepner, Staff Writer
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I am proud that today Elias Law Group filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the DSCC and 37 Democratic Senators opposing the Trump administration's misuse of government data as a part of their voter suppression scheme.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Apparently it is of no concern to any Republicans that Trump and Bessent are taking in billions of dollars from plundered Venezuelan oil and nobody knows where the money is, where is has been going, if anyone is getting proceeds, with no accounting of any of it made available.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
y’all are bad
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/09/2026
NEW: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito mounted a failing defense of President Donald Trump’s effort to restrict mail voting after the majority of the Court refused to let the restrictions take effect before the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Alito, Thomas stand by Trump mail voting rule the rest of Supreme Court rejected
In a dissent joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, Alito offered the high court’s only defense of Trump’s attempt to clamp down on mail voting just weeks before the midterms.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a major win for voters, the Supreme Court Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to reinstate its mail voting restrictions ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to revive mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms, in huge win for voters
Read more here.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14/09/2026
Some Dems are running away from trans people. Abdul El-Sayed, Dem Senate Candidate in Michigan, is running towards them. When asked, he fully and unequivocally support trans youth care as a matter between parents, patients, and doctors. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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"The Decision Ought To Be Between A Patient And Their Doctor," Says Michigan Senate Candidate El-Sayed On Trans Care
Even conservatives “agree that the decision about healthcare ought to be between a person and their provider,” El-Sayed said.
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Russia has started generating disinformation and fake content to attack US midterms. The same Matryoshka bot network involved in attacks on recent elections in Europe has now shifted focus. Will do Something this week to explain it in detail. theins.ru/news/297094
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Бот-сеть «Матрёшка» начала кампанию по вмешательству в выборы в Конгресс: «знаменитости» призывают не голосовать за «демократов-педофилов»
Российская бот-сеть «Матрёшка» начала кампанию по вмешательству в промежуточные выборы в Конгресс США. Исследователи проекта «Блокировщик ботов», отслеживающие…
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For over 10 years, Trump has delegitimized elections through propaganda and lies. We must not fall for his antics as we get close to the midterms. The most important thing any of can do is reject his lies and turn out loudly and proudly.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14/09/2026
NEW: Democrats accused Trump of trying to "rig the election" after a whistleblower revealed DHS agents were directed to build cases against noncitizen voters at a rate of five cases per hour. “Americans should not have to fear being targeted by their own government,” Sen. Schumer said.
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Democratic senators blast Trump scheme to ‘rig the election’ by illegally accessing voter data, following whistleblower claims
“It’s unreliable data, combined with data they couldn’t get through failed litigation, being used to manufacture allegations and misidentify individuals as an ‘unlawful voter’ and that false label has...
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jay gibbs @jaagibs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In Florida this is considered woke
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Florida driver applying deodorant crashes pickup, ends up on concrete barrier, FHP says
According to FHP, the driver was traveling through a curve while simultaneously applying a stick deodorant.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies. May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism. This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs. Vaccinate your pets please.
Worries about vaccination rates in dogs
As rabies seems to be spreading more in wildlife, veterinarians are especially worried about vaccine hesitancy spreading among pet owners, a dangerous trend that could lead to more dogs - and their owners
- becoming infected. A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in nationally representative
sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BREAKING NYT: Investigators may have broken state laws under the direction of top Trump Homeland Security leaders by posing as voters as part of an expansive effort to find noncitizens on the nation's voter rolls, according to a federal whistleblower's account just released.
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Whistle-Blower: Federal Agents May Have Broken State Laws in Search For Voter Fraud
Agents expressed concern about being directed by top Homeland Security leaders to use private information to look up voter records in state databases.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: A whistleblower is alleging that immigration agency USCIS directed officers to misrepresent themselves to access state voter records, then label people "unlawful voters" — including U.S. citizens — using unreliable data. Story to come.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Seriously though are Republicans ever asked about Musk’s support in tandem with quoting his most racist or anti-Semitic tweets?
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026
The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Terry Strada spoke at the 25th anniversary ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial in NYC. While reading victims’ names, including her husband’s, she went off-script, accusing Saudi Arabia of supporting al-Qaeda and criticizing US administrations for shielding the kingdom from accountability.
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susanj357  💙🇺🇸 @susanj357.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The face and posture of an abuser. #inners
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Commerce quietly deleted its own rules against political interference in federal statistics.⁣ ⁣ Now Census and BEA data can legally be delayed, reworded, or manipulated.⁣ ⁣ newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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The Rules Changed. The Numbers Didn’t.
And I’ll tell you the day that stops being true.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’ve spoken to many reporters who are frustrated that even though they sometimes mention that the extreme events they’re reporting on are due to climate change and make the link to fossil fuels, people get upset when they don’t. The solution is to mention it every time, even if it seems repetitive.
Emphasize the impact of climate change
Ho said there is a frustration that climate scientists feel when they see reporting that doesn't mention climate change and doesn't mention how climate change is
caused by the burning of fossil fuels.
"Even though it's super boring, it's worth saying it in every article just because some people don't read every article," said Ho. "It's not a bad thing to mention that every time."
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I recently spoke to reporter @amalahmed.bsky.social, climate scientist @davidho.bsky.social, and editor Taima Kern about how journalists can better cover flooding, the different dangers, and the devastating impacts on communities: emergencymode.news/how-journali...
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Floods and more floods - how to better cover them
A reporter, an editor and a climate scientist on how to better cover floods and their impacts
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Russia’s former prez Medvedev threatens to nuke America while the son of his alleged “wallet” owns a $72 million property in Silicon Valley and is planning to build skyscrapers. Why California?
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Why Is the Son of Medvedev’s Alleged “Wallet” Building in Silicon Valley?
As Russia continues its genocidal war against Ukraine and escalates its attacks against NATO countries, a Russian businessman whose family has repeatedly been identified as a financial “wallet” for Dm...
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
2°C by early winter?! It’s possible, depending on what seasonal model you use. The US CFS model forecast’s a monthly peak mean global surface temperature of +2.1°C (above pre-industrial) in February. If so, it would be the first time the Earth has breached the 2C “monthly”average… 1/
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
JUST IN: preliminary calculations suggest Summer 2026 was Earth’s Hottest on Record 🥵 🌍 ERA-5 data reveals June-July-August 2026 was the hottest summer on record for the Globe. In fact, ALL the hottest summers have been in the last decade! Europe, the US, and the El Niño Ocean region. 1/
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This 11th paragraph ought to be the first or second. And every article about Covid should include a summary of Trump’s idiotic and calamitous mistakes, and his death toll. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/h...
Many scientists see the federal government's investigative effort as an attempt to punish political enemies and deflect blame from the first Trump administration for the catastrophic effects of the pandemic.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 04/09/2026
nice quote from Mandami comms person Emilia Rowland to the New York Times
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/09/2026
ChatGPT took our stories. We’re suing.
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ChatGPT took our stories. We’re suing.
Guess whose side he's on?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: DOJ has asked the Supreme Court to lift a temporary court order against the Postal Service’s new mail voting restriction as the federal government tries to put President Donald Trump’s anti-voting executive order into effect before the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ asks Supreme Court to lift pause on mail voting restrictions as judge weighs stronger block
The extraordinary request could be rendered irrelevant at any moment by a pending lower court ruling.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/09/2026
NEWS: Billionaire Leon Black is SUING the House Oversight Committee to block subpoenas in its Epstein investigation and is refusing to appear for testimony today. Black paid Epstein more than $158 million over six years. Rep. Robert Garcia is now calling for Black to be held in contempt of Congress
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Empress Nikki @curioushobbit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“The Air Force recently told me that because we haven’t officially declared war, my kids and I aren’t eligible for some benefits,” Libby Klinner wrote.
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Family of Alabama airman killed in ‘war we can’t call a war’ are ‘missing’ benefits, widow says
Major John (Alex) Klinner was among six Air Force crew members killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq.
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