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@janemcmillan.bsky.social
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Journalists should be on the side of democracy. Proud CA/BayArea native currently navigating the North Star State. Springsteen heals. Dylan is forever young. Animals/nature = sentient beings.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1h
Time for this classic again.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 1h
Not to be a party pooper but a Democratic Congress is absolutely not going to lower costs; it just won't be in their power no matter how much they'd like to. Hard to tell what the political consequences of being unable to follow through on their central campaign promise will be.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 4h
Are there 4 scarier words in the English language than "Trump-backed nuclear plant"?
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 7h
Jack Smith explains that the phone records for some members of Congress "corroborated evidence that we had that the president, President Donald Trump and his co-conspirators were seeking to exploit the violence on January 6th in furtherance of their criminal scheme." www.youtube.com/live/zNc5VMP...
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LIVE: Jack Smith appears before Senate Judiciary Committee
YouTube video by Associated Press
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 9h
This is the compelling, moving, and no-brainer district court ruling the Supreme Court's six Trump acolytes just overturned. District court judges are routinely finding that Trump has violated the law. Then SCOTUS happens. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT MURPHY, J. This case is about whether the Government may, without notice, deport a person to the wrong country, or a country where he is likely to be persecuted, or tortured, thereby depriving that person of the opportunity to seek protections to which he would be undisputedly entitled.  The Department of Homeland Security has adopted a policy whereby it may take people and drop them off in parts unknown—in so-called “third countries”—and, “as long as the Department doesn’t already know that there’s someone standing there waiting to shoot . . . that’s fine.”1 It is not fine, nor is it legal.  Congress made it “the policy of the United States not to expel, extradite, or otherwise effect the involuntary return of any person to a country” where that “person would be in danger of being subjected to torture.”2  Congress decided that the Government “may not remove” someone to a country where her “life or freedom would be threatened” on account of her “race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.”3  These are our laws, and it is with profound gratitude for the unbelievable luck of being born in the United States of America that this Court affirms these and our nation’s bedrock principle: that no “person” in this country may be “deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 4h
If inequality hadn't exploded after 1979, middle-income households would be making $30,000 MORE per year. That's a second income. A paid-off car. A college fund. Instead, we're turning hobbies into side hustles just to keep up. The money didn't disappear. It went to the top.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4h
RFK Jr. says AI can offer patients “a second opinion that is much better informed than any doctor in the country” and has the power to “free us from medical tyranny.” He spoke at an industry-backed MAHA Summit, whose sponsors included AI companies. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...
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A.I. Is ‘Better Informed’ Than Doctors, Kennedy Tells Industry-Backed MAHA Summit
The health secretary, Vice President JD Vance and other top officials addressed a conference sponsored by corporations, including A.I. companies and others with business before the government.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6h
Peter Navarro launches incendiary attack against Canada and Canadians, accusing them of "election interference" for daring to talk about the trade war Trump is waging against them. This man is a psychopath. And he has an office in the West Wing.
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Navarro warns Canada against election interference
Trump's trade adviser also told Canadians lobbying on K Street to "get the hell out of our country" during an event in Washington on Tuesday morning.
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 18h
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 7h
In what advocates for lower drug prices called "a match made in hell," one of the pharmaceutical industry's most powerful lobbying groups is tapping former House GOP leader Eric Cantor to lead its political operations.
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'A Match Made in Hell': Former GOP House Leader to Head Big Pharma Lobby
​"Cantor, like PhRMA, is an experienced reverse Robin Hood, legislating money away from working families and toward giant corporations."
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 7h
How is it possible that we’re still here twelve years later
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h
It’s difficult to overstate how dangerous such a declaration would be for American democracy. It would mean a president is attempting to sidestep the Constitution, which empowers states to run elections, in order to prevent his party from losing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Could Trump take over voting by declaring a ‘national emergency’?
Advocates agree such an attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional but still worry that such an emergency order could suppress voting nonetheless.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 7h
Hegseth plans to axe a fifth of generals and admirals. It’s clear he’s planning to cause so much damage it won’t be repairable by whoever comes next.
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Hegseth to cut more generals, admirals in bid to remake military’s top ranks — The Washington Post
The defense secretary is expected to announce that the number of top officers will be reduced by as much as 20 percent, officials said.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 10h
Jack Smith made it crystal clear that his investigation was sound and lawful, that the president had committed crimes and that the GOP attacks on him were the actual weaponization of our justice system. He showed courage and moral clarity and continues to be one of the heroes of this moment.
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andykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 8h
At least someone in this administration is willing to admit the devastating health care losses for Americans caused by Trump and Congressional Republicans.
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NPR @npr.org · 8h
Jaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June. n.pr/4hTdlIv
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A young sailor died by suicide. Her family blames health care gaps and long deployment
Jaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h
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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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 8h
The current wave of stories on OpenAI's safety failures is all about hacking that appears to not have caused real-world harm yet (fortunately) — but meanwhile, my new investigation uncovers how ChatGPT fueled a school shooter who killed and harmed many people 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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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 8h
America spent 80 years building diplomatic power, and we're dismantling it in months. State fired more than 1,300 people in a single day, including officers with years of language training. Korea ambassadors recalled. The NSC stripped down. USAID dismantled. Read here: zurl.co/alfNk
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13h
BREAKING: Israel snatched an American teen from his West Bank home in the middle of the night — just days before his birthday and during his critical national exams. He's now been held for 3 months, with no charges. Netanyahu just came to the US for the *eighth* time since Trump took office.
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First Draft: Israel Has Kidnapped Another American Teenager
Abdalkareem Issa Ahmed Safi has Texas roots but languishes in a notorious jail, one more victim of Benjamin Netanyahu’s cruel impunity. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is losing some of his most ardent fans.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 9h
Just a reminder that this is the same Sen. Schmitt who repeatedly claimed that Chief Judge Boasberg was receiving a disproportionate share of Trump-related cases because he confused the D.C. Superior Court (which has 62 judges) with the D.C. district court (which has 15).
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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not long ago, a source told me David Ellison was caught on camera in this doc, making remarks about the WBD acquisition. I reached out to documentarian Alex Holder and got no reply. If Paramount is offering big bucks for this thing, it sounds like my source knew what he was talking about. 
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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cops are great
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KJG @00kjg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There were 57 men in the Cornell group chat that knew those 7 men were raping that woman for hours. They did nothing. 57 men did not help her. 57 men did not stop it. 57 men did not report it.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/09/2026
EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social joins Spectacles to discuss the AI integrated surveillance towers that line the US-Mexico border – and that could be coming soon to a city near you.
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Something Worse than Flock is Coming.
YouTube video by Spectacles
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GIFFORDS @giffords.org · 28/09/2026
We know that safe storage laws save lives, but Florida has no laws that require unattended firearms to be stored in a certain way. Florida lawmakers must act now to pass safe storage laws and protect our kids from such devastating violence.
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GIFFORDS @giffords.org · 28/09/2026
This summer, a four-year-old boy climbed onto a stool in his Florida home, found a gun in his mom’s purse, and fatally shot himself with it. There is nothing inevitable about a four-year-old finding a gun and killing himself.
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4-Year-Old Boy Dies After Finding Gun in Mother’s Purse, Shooting Himself in the Face
A Florida woman has been charged with negligence, several months after her 4-year-old son accidentally shot himself with a gun that he found in her purse. Investigators with the Manatee County Sheriff...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"To say that we're gob smacked is an understatement" Cultural Landscape Foundation blisters Team Trump for shutting down public comment on Trump Monumental Arch Group says Trump Admin has deemed 1000's of public concerns about Arch to be "meaningless, unimportant & of no value whatsoever"
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“All of a sudden—and, in my view, far too late for any version of redemption or forgiveness—rats are fleeing the sinking ship. They are jumping overboard in the vain hope that they won’t sink along with Trump.“ www.americaamerica.news/p/rats-are-f...
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Rats Are Fleeing the Sinking Ship
But they have waited too long and are still too few in number to change the outcome of a likely Democratic tsunami
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Constantine @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kidnappings & raids are happening at a greater scale now than last year. They're happening in smaller cities and rural areas, mostly out of sight and in places where they have the cooperation of local LEOs. We didn't win, we shifted the battlefield to places with less visibility.
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ICE Detention Trends | Vera Institute of Justice
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/09/2026
Nobody wants to be on camera everywhere, all the time. Tell the world you’re saying “NO” to warrantless mass surveillance with this striking new EFF sticker; proceeds help us keep fighting for your privacy.
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Surveillance Is For the Birds Sticker
Your movements are your business. Show your opposition to invasive surveillance with this bold EFF sticker. Featuring a striking black, white, and red design, it’s a reminder that our movements should...
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ICE signs contracts worth up to $7.3B to expand detention in 5 states With its warehouse plan stalled, ICE is building on land it already owns, and one of the companies it hired is tied to a developer who worked on its earlier property deals. www.projectsaltbox.com/p/ice-signs-...
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ICE signs contracts worth up to $7.3B to expand detention in 5 states
With its warehouse plan stalled, ICE is building on land it already owns, and one of the companies it hired is tied to a developer who worked on its earlier property deals.
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janemcmillan.bsky.social @janemcmillan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Kidnapped their president. Snatching up their oil, and now their gold. At this point, I’m amazed that the ballroom/bunker isn’t inside a volcano. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
nytimes.com
Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump is not himself the disease of our politics. He’s just the worst symptom. The disease is the system that allows corporations to buy and sell politicians so they can rig it against the rest of us. Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All.
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janemcmillan.bsky.social @janemcmillan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An unholy union.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is 13-year-old Oleksandr, Russia killed him in Kharkiv region💔🕯 The boy passed away in the hospital today from severe injuries after five Russian drones struck Katerynivka in the Lozova community on September 21.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: "The Venezuelan man shot by federal immigration officers after a traffic stop in Texas needs surgery to avoid losing feeling on the left side of his body, according to his supporters."
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Venezuelan shot by ICE in Austin needs surgery to avoid losing feeling in body, supporters say
Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez has bullet lodged in back as accounts differ over events leading to traffic-stop shooting
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026
NEW: After we published an investigation into Brown Brothers Media, a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, we got a tip that completely gobsmacked me: one of the brothers has extensive connections to Ghislaine Maxwell futurism.com/artificial-i...
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You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell
Ideapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good morning from Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay, site of the offshore war court where a defendant may not go free even if his death-penalty jury were to declare him not-guilty. My latest dispatch here. @justsecurity.org www.justsecurity.org/158987/guant...
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Guantanamo Dispatch: Innocent or Guilty, Accused USS Cole Bomber May Never Go Free
Even if the jury were to acquit him, the U.S. military could still continue to hold the suspect in the USS Cole bombing case indefinitely.
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janemcmillan.bsky.social @janemcmillan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Joan Walsh @joanwalsh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So f’ing sick. To do this, you would have to know enough about the foster care system to understand the concept of “aging out,“ yet still think these kids were some kind of fraudsters.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
between this and Medicaid and more, trump and his party have set up for so much of this country to fall off a very steep cliff starting next year. It is going to be really bad. We are going to stay on top of it at @zeteo.com
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
DA going to take another look at case, says lawsuit varies a lot from what was alleged at time, but that seems to have been mediated by Cornell police abcnews.com/US/district-...
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District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'
Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lotta talk right now about the President using public money to push political propaganda. It didn't start with these TV ads. Let me remind you of the political nonsense he forced the Census Bureau to publish: newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/how-to-fak...
newsletter.platypuseconomics.com
Who Put the Census Bureau in the Propaganda Business?
A once-trusted agency has dressed up partisan election claims as official statistics—and hidden the evidence needed to test them.
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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Californians, this is why you need to vote #YesOn40
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Pope reminds me of a version of Catholicism I knew growing up as a young man attending anti-war and anti-death penalty protests, where I met elderly Catholics who shared their version of faith with me. I learned that Catholicism was about love and mercy for the weak, the condemned, and the poor.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here's an excerpt -- read the whole column and tell me what you think
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