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Jayne Starkey

@jaynestarkey.bsky.social
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 2h
These guys have had their brains so cooked in their deranged media hothouse over the last 10 years that they can't imagine liberals as anything but villains in a cartoon written by 12 year olds. I really wonder if every now and then one of them says "Wait - are we just morons? Nah."
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 2h
President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call propaganda come under bipartisan attack. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/29/r...
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Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find • Ohio Capital Journal
President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call…
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2h
Trump's DOJ wants to deploy 1,000 election monitors for the midterms. But are they all trained personnel? “The same people that you saw on the streets in Minneapolis are the people who I am worried they are going to say are now the monitors from the DOJ,” Marc Elias says.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 1h
Would be better to try him here.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1h
The Trump administration is touting its recent rollback of Biden-era fuel efficiency standards as a win for American car manufacturers. It couldn’t have things more backward. trib.al/yQhxAST
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Trump Isn’t Helping Out the Auto Industry. He’s Helping to Tank It.
The Trump administration is touting its recent rollback of Biden-era fuel efficiency standards as a win for American car manufacturers. It couldn’t have things more backward.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1h
Trump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country.
Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump’s verified @realDonaldTrump account displaying a signed document titled “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.” The document outlines voluntary AI safety and oversight commitments for companies developing frontier artificial intelligence models. On the right side are signatures and company labels for leaders including Sundar Pichai of Google, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Elon Musk of xAI, and Jensen Huang of Nvidia. Near the center-right, Donald J. Trump’s large signature appears above the printed title identifying him as president. The title contains a noticeable typo: instead of “President of the United States,” it reads, “President of the Unites States,” misspelling “United” as “Unites.”
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 1h
I’m disgusted by today’s press coverage, which mostly just regurgitates the DOJ press release. The story should be that a) they indicted the guy who got shot, not the guy who shot him and b) previous attempts by ICE to blame shooting victims have all been lies, so no reason to believe this. Shame.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1h
Really something to have this be your takeaway from the last decade of American culture
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Opinion | I’m a College Professor. Writing Isn’t as Important as We Think.
If I do not treat writing as essential for achieving thought, it is not clear why I should force my students to.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 1h
“Local newspapers are dying, and I don’t think we’re prepared for a world without them…” tulsaflyer.org/2026/09/29/c...
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Battle in McCurtain County at the center of new Peacock documentary
McCurtain County Sheriff’s officials wanted a family-run newspaper dead — literally. A new Peacock documentary explores the years-long battle and what it means for press freedoms.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1h
The multinational owners of Canada's first large-scale liquefied natural gas export terminal have agreed to a C$33 billion expansion in British Columbia.
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Canada’s first major LNG export terminal plans to double its capacity
The multinational owners of Canada’s first large-scale liquefied natural gas export terminal have agreed to a C$33 billion expansion in British Columbia.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1h
The jackals are out, as they usually are for a woman who speaks up in a way that challenges patriarchy. (And a lot of why victims don't come forward or withdraw--as a Weinstein victim did--is because the misogynist public and legal system launch their own punitive assaults.)
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 1h
It may sound crazy, but one of the very best things you can do longterm for democracy is to subscribe to your local newspaper.
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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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h
“It wasn’t a mistake”🤔 “Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?” 🤔 @ericschmittmo pathetically attempts to play it off and act like he didn’t publicly humiliate himself in front of the nation today 🤡
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 59m
Despite hosting the World Cup, travel to the U.S. was DOWN this summer. We're on pace for overseas visitors to drop by 2 million from last year — down 20% from our '19 peak “We're the only major country in the world losing visitation, he told me. It's mind-boggling” www.axios.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Axios C-Suite: Even the World Cup couldn't stop America's tourism slide
"It's mind-boggling."
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 15h
1. Yes, the White House is calling them "public-service announcements." They are not. A public-service announcement promotes policy, like anti-drunk driving laws.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14h
The prosecution is struggling in oral argument over whether Judge Boasberg can conduct contempt proceedings; the judges are pointing out its position is contrary to its own internal rules. You can listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A1B...
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 14h
Today’s Jack Smith hearing should be treated by the press as a civics lesson rather than a spectacle. “As I appear before you today, it is my belief that the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we have experienced in our lifetime.” His opening remarks: www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 14h
Watch the returns on November 3. The worse they are for Republicans, the less the “heir apparent” talk will make sense. Maybe that is why Vance seems so personally desperate .. It’s his own political career that is hanging by a thread. And, as of today, it looks ready to snap.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
Jack Smith: "I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution from the President or others."
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 14h
For me, the hardest thing about stories like the Cornell gang rape case isn’t reading the initial details—although that is hard. What’s even harder is when men online, especially the journalists and pundits, start trying to combat the feminist outrage by purposefully seeding doubt and victim-blaming
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
SEN. WARREN: "They cut taxes and they always say ‘it's really going to pay off for you’ — every time academics come back say ‘What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.’.. this is the 20.0 version of this.” (H/T @atrupar.com )
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
this really picks up at the 26 second mark
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 16h
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14h
Here's a terrific NYT profile of the vital work @galvinalmanza.bsky.social is doing. (Note: This is also the subject of my forthcoming book!) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/h...
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Can a ‘Teach for America’ Model Save Public Defense?
Public defenders are overworked and underpaid. A growing corps of client advocates is helping defendants in communities across the U.S.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h
The arguments you've heard against California's billionaire tax are utter BS. Here to debunk them — and explain why you should vote YES on Prop 40 — is renowned economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."
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ACLU @aclu.org · 14h
We're in court today challenging the anti-trans Kansas law that bans trans people from bathrooms that align with their gender on government property, invalidates driver's licenses with updated gender markers, and lets people sue anyone they suspect of violating the law for damages up to $1,000.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14h
This weekend Trump ran political ads on your tax dollars. It's against the law, and it should make everyone mad.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 14h
After cutting FEMA staff and delaying disaster aid, the Trump administration has left communities more vulnerable when they need federal help most. bit.ly/4ypsAyP
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Administration’s Arbitrary, Unlawful Cuts to FEMA Funding and Staff Threaten American Communities
Grant cancellations, staff reductions, and other policy changes far overstep the president’s authority while limiting FEMA’s ability to respond to disasters.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 14h
The Trump administration has built a tool powered by artificial intelligence that its developers promise will serve as a “concierge” to the federal government on.wsj.com/4d9CGLH
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The Trump administration has built a tool powered by artificial intelligence that its developers promise will serve as a “concierge” to the federal government
America.gov website will test the administration’s ambitions to improve the online experience for citizens.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It is often weakened by attacks on the institutions in the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January of 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Haha yep. I’m still here.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
77-22, the Senate voted tonight to pass the Protect College Sports Act. This now goes to the House, which is on recess until the week after the Nov. 3 election; something to watch in the lame duck session.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Netanyahu made a trip to UAE yesterday, pleading with President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed to publicly deny Haaretz and NYT reporting that he personally warned him, 10 days before October 7, 2023, that Hamas was planning a major attack. The UAE refused. apnews.com/article/isra...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 29/09/2026
Iranians increasingly isolated after US sanctions on the country’s airlines
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Iranians increasingly isolated after US sanctions on the country’s airlines
As new US sanctions make international travel more difficult, Iranian authorities shut down the French Language Center in Tehran, further undermining Iranians' plans to study and move abroad.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 29/09/2026
Evidently facing consequences for their actions was a step too far. trib.al/IOrDane
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January 6 Rioters Claim They Were “Punished,” Demand Restitution
Rioters who attacked the Capitol now want compensation from taxpayers.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The billion-dollar question here is this: what was captured on-camera between Lindsey Graham and David Ellison, and will it ever see the light of day?
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In response to people going after him for this, Friedersdorf claimed that he genuinely had no idea Rufo had anything to do with the Haitians in Springfield slurs and then got mad at people for acting like he was being a complete rube.
BillielsTheOne 9/20/26 “Rufo? The dude who earnestly repeated the lie about cats and dogs being eaten in Springfield? He believes in colorblind equality?”

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“I'd missed his involvement in that and agree that, whatever it says about his beliefs, it reflects badly on him.”@josephgfrancis, 9/21/26
“just incredible how people paid to write about politics for major publications can be more ignorant than random twitter users who didn't have to search hard to find this”

Conor Friedersdorf, 9/21/26 “Maybe I saw it and forgot. Or maybe I wasn't on X that week. You people are unbelievable--as if anyone has perfect recollection of every post relevant to something they do a quick x post about. Of course the hive mind of X collectively recalls more things than I do individually.”
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/09/2026
In the middle of a workday, a Russian drone struck the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv, setting the top two floors on fire and forcing people to crawl out of windows to await rescue. The attack killed at least two people and injured six.
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Russian Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Science Academy, Causing Fire in City Center
A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 29/09/2026
A man who spent decades on Utah's death row has been released after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence doesn't link him to a 1985 killing.
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A man who spent decades on Utah's death row is released and awaits a new trial in a 1985 killing
A man who spent decades on Utah's death row has been released after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence doesn't link him to a 1985 killing.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ohio has seen progress with its infant mortality numbers, though the numbers still remain well above the national average, and communities of color continue to see disproportionately high rates. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/28/o...
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Ohio's work to lower infant mortality rate shows progress, but certain communities still struggle • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio has seen progress in infant mortality numbers, though the numbers still remain well above the national average, and communities of color continue to see disproportionately high rates.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 28/09/2026
Exclusive: President Trump will announce a Minnesota company’s plan to build a $15 billion steel mill in Iowa, as he looks to counter voter frustration with the economy ahead of the midterm elections.
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Trump to Unveil Planned $15 Billion Iowa Steel Project
The announcement comes as Trump is looking for wins ahead of a tough midterm election for Republicans.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 28/09/2026
Big Tech is building its AI empire by consuming water, straining energy systems and taking over land, while billionaires pocket the profits and communities pay the price. But people everywhere are resisting. Our future is not theirs to exploit.
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‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre
Plans for one of Europe’s largest AI campuses in a Unesco-designated reserve have sparked a fierce local backlash
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’d missed SG Sauer’s sly attempt to impugn Justices Jackson in his DHS v D.V.D petition. Thanks for lifting that up @stevevladeck.bsky.social . open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
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253. Introducing “The Court We Need”
My second book about the Supreme Court offers a more nuanced diagnosis of exactly what’s wrong with the institution—and how (and why) we should fix it.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“.. Very good one sentence summary of the economy.” - Kyra Scanlon
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"An admission that the American president offered to sell arms to China is extraordinary. The Communist-ruled nation is considered by most policymakers and legislators of both parties to be the greatest military, economic and diplomatic rival of the United States..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Yes, there are rats fleeing the sinking ship, but Trump’s poisonous influence will still require a major cleanup operation if & when the Democrats regain control in Congress…The only way we truly overcome this dark chapter is by refusing to forgive & forget.” 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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Michael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New Column: Yes, Trump is uniquely stupid about the economy. But in another sense, he's just one more Republican president f--king up the economy, which is standard operating procedure for them. newrepublic.com/article/2158... via @newrepublic.com
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The Last Recession Wasn’t Trump’s Fault. The Next One Will Be—Utterly.
Trump is following one of the Republican Party’s long-standing traditions: burning the economy to the ground.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Seems bad!
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