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Suzanne P. @seastar3.bsky.social · 14h
Takes someone from Jersey to hold their feet to fire of lies and hypocrisy. Way to go, Cory! youtube.com/watch?v=7p17...
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WATCH: Sen. Booker questions Jack Smith on Trump investigations
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 15h
One of the things to come from GamerGate was the gamification of torturing real, live women...hounding them out of their homes, making them look over their shoulders for years. It was treated as a joke, nbd, the work of a few bad apples--as all terrorism against women is--& that failure leads here.
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Cynthia Brumfield @metacurity.com · 29/09/2026
Where do we stand on litigation regarding this? Scoop: Trump's hand-picked, taxpayer-funded ads about to ramp up www.axios.com/2026/09/29/t...
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Scoop: Trump's hand-picked, taxpayer-funded ads about to ramp up
President Trump is personally selecting which government-funded ads his administration is airing.
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The_Lady_Red @theladyred.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think about Emma Sulkowitz and her response to her SA. For those who might not be familiar, Carry That Weight was her senior thesis and she carried that 50lb mattress everywhere on campus for the entire year. 1/3
Photo of Emma Sulkowitz, Carry that Weight, Columbia University, 2014. Photo by Andrew Burton

Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight)
Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images
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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
At Cornell, one person— Christina Liang — handles every disciplinary case, including the Cornell Seven’s and the suspensions of over 40 protestors. Liang wrote in 2025 that “2024 was one of the most challenging years of my career…and it helped me learn that caring less is okay.”
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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.
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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 28/09/2026
Dartmouth is conducting a review of Provost Santiago Schnell after he admitted to using AI to write academic articles and newspaper opinion pieces. chroni.cl/4rCxBl8
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Dartmouth Opens Review of Provost Over AI Use in Scholarly and Public Writing
The college is conducting a “rigorous, objective review” of Santiago Schnell after he admitted to using artificial intelligence to write academic articles and newspaper opinion pieces.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Gone are the mass raids and militarized metro operations. Gone are the pomp and pageantry. But ICE arrests have hit record levels. ICE operations are no longer concentrated in large American cities. Immigration enforcement officials are also working in suburban and rural areas, all across the US.
A map of the United States that shows immigration arrests per 100,000 people since ICE's new enforcement strategy began under DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
At the height of the ICE raids earlier this year, agents in armored military vehicles rolled through residential neighborhoods. Masked agents patrolled public parks and stationed themselves outside elementary schools; squadrons of ICE agents snatched pedestrians off the streets. 🧵
Federal agents line up in front of community members at the scene where federal agents fatally shot a man while trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 24, 2026.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Air travel will become worse. The enshittification of America.
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Israeli settlers divert occupied West Bank spring water devastating Palestinian farmers. apnews.com/article/isra...
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Far-right settlers divert West Bank spring water as Israel backs heritage site takeovers
Israeli settlers have intensified efforts to seize natural springs and heritage sites in the occupied West Bank.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’ve now reached the point of “black site” hearings – secret, illegal hearings as part of Trump & Stephen Miller’s wretched crusade to detain & deport our immigrant neighbors. Quite literally: hidden tribunals that disappear people.
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DHS Opens ‘Black Site Docket’ for Immigrants Without Lawyers at 26 Federal Plaza
A reporter from The City Reporter was threatened with arrest while attempting to observe comings and goings from the new courtrooms, which have left advocates mystified and fearing the worst.
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 26/09/2026
We could reduce US fossil-fuel pollution (climate & local air/water) ~25% by cleaning up the grid, ~25% by electrifying ground transport, and ~25% by electrifying heat (for space/water/food/many industrial processes). The last ~25% - everything else - is important but no reason not to do the 75%.
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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A 48% drop in employees at National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Yikes.
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Michael Mishak @mjmishak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Online sportsbooks say they do not want business from problem gamblers. So @propublica.org's Jake Pearson spent 10 weeks on DraftKings testing how the company would react to someone displaying all the hallmarks of a compulsive bettor. Spoiler: It made him a VIP. www.propublica.org/article/draf...
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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kristinekenyon.bsky.social @kristinekenyon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For those asking what can we do besides voting, if Trump declares martial law (or “marshall law” like some Republicans spell it), we grind everything to a halt. No violence, just stop the economy in its tracks. bsky.app/profile/kris...
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
NEW: Denver is once again considering a mass surveillance system contract just under the amount that would trigger City Council review. @spencersoicher.bsky.social reports:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Ossoff: "Sen. John Thune is coming to Georgia to campaign for the congressman. The senator therefore needs to answer whether he will denounce Mike Collins's extensive ties to white nationalism and neo-Nazi ideology."
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Dr ShinyGoth @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Using generative AI means that you can't answer the most basic element of research, which is "where did you get this information?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Hannity's list of "TRUMP'S TOP ACCOMPLISHMENTS" includes restoring Confederate names to military bases and releasing dietary guidelines
cap from Hannity
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Law Dork @lawdorknews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here’s a note on this from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social at Law Dork: substack.com/@chrisgeidne...
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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So much of Trump's campaign in 2024 will continue to age more and more poorly but this will always infuriate me.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@ariberman.bsky.social and @pemalevy.bsky.social have a damning new story about how the Roberts Court is reviving Jim Crow, relying on the same legal tactics used to undermine the Reconstruction. A must read to understand the stakes of this election. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Cover of Mother Jones issue on the new Jim Crow
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My entire life I've heard centrists scolding leftist candidates with "oh, but how will we pay for all that? isn't your agenda unreasonable? shouldn't we run on a modest proposal for means-tested tax rebates?" Then Mamdani gets elected and makes it all look pretty easy. No wonder they hate him.
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Democracy Matters! @democracymatters.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Susan Collins is a criminal who put Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court. 'Incredible Story of Corruption': Bombshell Report Puts Susan Collins at Center of Massive Bribery Scheme | Common Dreams www.commondreams.org/news/incredi... #ChooseTroyJackson #SusanCollins #Maine #GOPCriminal #USPol
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'Incredible Story of Corruption': Bombshell Report Puts Susan Collins at Center of Massive Bribery Scheme | Common Dreams
ProPublica reported that the US senator from Maine, now running for a sixth term, was the "most important patron" of a defense company accused of bribing members of Congress for federal contracts.
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LeftonMain @leftonmainst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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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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JamCraze @sammatt00.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As the curtain falls on her long political career, there will be no grand finale for Susan Collins. Her misdeeds have now been exposed. But, insulated by Drumpf, he had repeatedly gotten his pound of flesh in votes. Nothing is free with Drumpf. It explains why she capitulated when it mattered most.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What drives Trump's decision not to regulate AI in any way is a desire for personal profit. That's obvious to everyone in the industry. But corporate media choose to look the other way, with a few exceptions.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Gas prices hit $4.46 a gallon today — a gain of 17 cents over the previous week and $1.26 higher than the same point last year. Diesel prices are up more than $2.74 from a year ago. Families, farmers, and truckers are all getting squeezed. Meanwhile...
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026
This guy who assaulted a sitting member of Congress got 28 years and 10 months less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE reason.com/2026/06/25/t...
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Texas man gets 30 years in prison for transporting 'anti-government' pamphlets
The case stems from a violent anti-ICE protest, but critics say the government's prosecution threatens First Amendment rights.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 13/09/2026
This will be bad for: - the students - the research progress - the universities - the towns the universities are in - the companies hiring students - the states the universities are in - the national economy - national security - the country - the world
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 13/09/2026
This will devastate our research+innovation capacity, bedrock of the 21st century economy. 35% of *all* employed people in the US with STEM PhD degrees are both foreign-born *and* graduated from a US university. —> nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/292... Shutting them out is extremist folly.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026
This new, shocking action by the US Administration just one part of a portfolio of severe taxes and restrictions on high-skill immigration to the United States. The resulting blow to our ability to attract global talent, and thus for the US economy to innovate & grow, will be terrible & permanent.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026
This colossal new tax will likely be charged to the university (!). Few universities — obviously — will pay. That will mean a collapse in access to OPT. That in turn will kneecap international enrollment at US universities, because the bridge OPT provides is a major reason students come—>
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OPT Reforms and the Relative Supply of STEM Skills
(May 2026) - Since the late 2000s, reforms to the optional practical training (OPT) program have allowed international STEM graduates to work in the United States for up to three years after graduatio...
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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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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026
NEWS: France’s Epstein investigation is expanding, with prosecutors identifying multiple potential recruiters and at least 13 previously unknown victims as they trace his trafficking network across the country.
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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I finally read C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social's The Score. It's as brilliant on games as you've heard. I didn't expect how vital his ideas are for anyone who cares about metrics, standardization, grades, tests, & all the other ways we enrich & flatten our knowledge about the world with scores.
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Georgia O'Keeffe, "Lake George, Autumn", 1927, Oil on canvas, 17" x 32"
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's not a real political party, folks It just isn't
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is spectacular, folks. We live in a moment in American history when the president and his administration are so racist and dumb that a toy company has to put out a statement saying: "OUR GIANT ROBOT THAT TURNS INTO A TRUCK DENOUNCES RACISM AND HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT."
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Cedichou @cedichou.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Test: how many news reports will mention Jan 6 as the proper context to the "cheat like hell" remarks. I'm betting none.
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Cedichou @cedichou.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Yet, no headlines. No front page coverage. Two evenings, two desperate, illegal, impossible measures: a trillion dollar vs. cheating. One is discussed seriously, the other pretty much ignored. Sanewashing in action.
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Cedichou @cedichou.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
On Thursday, he invited his supporters to "cheat like hell" for the midterms. A president encouraging supporters to cheat? One who pretends to be concerned about election integrity to pas the SAVE America act? That's another desperate move to swing the election.
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Cedichou @cedichou.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Let's all admire some incredible sanewashing. The US media is trying to push @froomkin.bsky.social over the edge. A tale of two evenings....
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This thread asks why Trump saying “I'm going to try to cheat like hell..." isn’t getting as much media attention as his obviously farcical $5,000 proposals. They ignore it when he says crazy things that are true, and take seriously the crazy things he says that are not. Sanewashing. 
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Trump lunges toward and growls at a reporter (a woman) who asked him about why he's offering money to voters if his economic policies are working (Andrew Harnik/Getty)
pic of an orange-faced Trump leaning forward with an angry look on his face as he snaps at a reporter
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So the GOP is celebrating a guy who created a darknet marketplace for heroin and meth, and put out multiple muder-for-hire contacts to conceal his crimes.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This “gift” from Qatar, like the ballroom and everything else Trump wanted and promised was free, is costing us a fortune.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Republicans making it clear that they are happy to accept votes and money from Muslims, Jews and Hindus, but they are a Christian Nationalist party and you will never really be part of the club because you are all going to hell.
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