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Jems

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"I wish it need not have happened in my time" said Frodo. "So do I" said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." Wonkette fan! No DMs pls!

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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 6h
👀👀👀👀👀👀 Please have a listen.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 5h
“If your concern for women disappears the moment accountability becomes socially inconvenient, then protection was never the principle to begin with. Performance was.”
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 2h
I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 3h
Want to learn about the history of our city?  Well you’re in luck. This month, we’re hosting a massive scavenger hunt across the city — all about the history of organizing in NYC. Sign up at organize.nyc.gov and come see the city through the eyes of the people who built it.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 5h
PURE CORRUPTION: A CNN investigation has found that while Jared Kushner acted as a key Middle East peace negotiator, his private equity firm held the largest stake in an Israeli company backing businesses tied to Israel's military campaign in Gaza, including its largest arms manufacturer.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 11h
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 7h
It's called 'discernment,' and it comes from basic human decency and intelligence.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h
Thanks Reagan 😕 The Republican agenda for the past 45 years in one chart 👇🏽
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MJ @mudgesd.bsky.social · 5h
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 19h
TMZ asked Sen. Eric Schmitt about his Q&A with former special counsel Jack Smith. Schmitt said, “The only NBA game that was going on that night (February 3rd, 2024) was in Atlanta. So, I asked him if he was there.” NBA games that night:
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 19h
I just donated again to Doug Jones. If you've got a dollar or two, please donate to him; let's turn Alabama blue 💙 "As of today, billboards in the Mobile, Alabama, area ahead of Trump’s visit draw attention to the fact that not one, but two, um, Florida men will be in the state on Friday."
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Florida Men
This Friday, Donald Trump will be in Mobile, Alabama, the place where his first campaign really started to gain traction after then-Alabama Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III threw his support ...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h
Pretty clear Hegseth’s primary mission is to transform the military ideologically by overtly indoctrinating troops with Christian nationalism and apocalyptic holy war messaging while rooting out those who don’t want to participate and just want to serve their country admirably.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19h
Impeach Hegseth on January 3. I don’t care if you don’t have enough senate votes to convict and remove.
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Veronica 🌶️ @chilepepper.bsky.social · 17h
Just occurred to me that it’s a good thing Jack Smith was actually at a basketball game that day and they could prove it during the hearing because they were all gearing up to feast on the headline for weeks if not years. The headline was all they were after anyway.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h
Will it actually make any difference if Democrats take control of Congress after the midterms? Historian and expert on authoritarianism Timothy Snyder shares his thoughts.
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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 16h
Happy 91st birthday to the legendary Julie Andrews.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h
Trump says a war is not a war, therefore the War Powers Act doesn’t apply. Trump says political ads are not ads they are “public service announcements,” therefore the laws banning the use of taxpayer $ don’t apply. The gangster govt changes the meaning of words to avoid the law
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 9h
Hegseth makes a bigoted, unhinged rant and this is how axios covers it up
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 17h
we all are 57 men were on that text chain women have been reporting they have been dismissed or even blamed “Victim blaming" by law enforcement is cited in 25% of cases as a reason why survivors stop cooperating 98% of rapists will never spend a day in prison #cornell
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Gwendolyn Corvid @gwendolyn-corvid.bsky.social · 19h
Transphobia is not popular www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-f...
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New Poll From The 19th News Shows Public Turning Against Republican Anti-Trans Healthcare Bans
The poll even shows faltering Republican support for such bans.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 30/09/2026
Trump officials seem to have realized their AI chatbot was fact-checking the president’s biggest lies. trib.al/G5rU7c2
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Trump Reprograms Government AI Chatbot to Stop Fact-Checking His Lies
Trump officials seem to have realized their AI chatbot was correcting the president’s biggest lies.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
here's today's post: "Are you smarter than the White House’s new AI chatbot? Let’s find out." — Also: Jack Smith is definitely smarter than every Republican. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
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Are you smarter than the White House’s new AI chatbot? Let’s find out.
Also: Jack Smith is definitely smarter than every Republican
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you need a refresher about the issues involved in release of Vol. 2 of Jack Smith’s report, you’re not alone. The case was briefed months ago, but has been sitting on the court’s docket waiting for oral argument. I wrote about it back then: joycevance.substack.com/p/trumps-pas...
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Trump's Past Is Catching Up With Him
We’ve discussed Trump’s ongoing efforts to prevent the release of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on the now-dismissed classified documents prosecution against the president.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
*chef’s kiss* 💋 perfection
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Most TV is just this now.
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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 30/09/2026
All The Hairballs Fleeing ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Investigation Into Everybody Who Ever Investigated Trump www.wonkette.com/p/all-the-ha...
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All The Hairballs Fleeing ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Investigation Into Everybody Who Ever Investigated Trump
Dangit, is it all falling apart?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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ray 鄺羡華 @raykwong.lol · 29/09/2026
Good morning and happy Tuesday to everyone. Once again, the liberal plot to make Republicans look stupid, also known as ‘Operation Just Let Them Speak,’ is working splendidly.
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026
If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
how fucking nutso is it that Donny considers the revenue that our government takes in to be 'profits' for his personal use? and it's insane that the press just goes along with it. thank you for your attention to today's post, in which I explain just how insane it all is. link is here: bit.ly/4AC7UFc
And it’s just fucking weird that Donny considers money taken in via taxes and tariffs to be profits. they’re not — they’re revenues.

This is a fundamental mistake that all these shit-gibbons who insist that ‘government should be run like a business’ make. Governments are not businesses. The revenues that a government takes in are — in any sane country — used to provide for the public well-being of its people. They’re not profits, for some tinpot fucksnoot like Donny to hoard for his own personal use.

And what’s all this nonsense about ‘Democrats don’t have any income’? There aren’t two treasuries, one for each major political party. There isn’t Republican money and Democratic money. It’s just money money.

Not only is it fucking insane that Donny believes this, it’s insane that every worthless scribbler of the corporate-controlled press just sits there and nods their head and goes, ‘well, I guess if Donny says so.’

None of this shit is normal. Is it really too much to ask of our media to stop treating it as if it were?
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29/09/2026
"Can a rapist’s prose elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect what empathy and accountability might look like so undergrads may successfully mimic them on paper in pursuit of avoiding just punishment." buff.ly/5na4oMY
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Announcing Cornell University’s Newest Writing Course: Rape Essays 101
“Can a rapist’s prose effectively elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect wh...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. Eric Schmitt booked this show as a victory lap for his "gotcha" moment revealing "proof" that Jack Smith was at an Atlanta Hawks game. 2. That "proof" blew up in Schmitt's face. 3. Instead of cancelling this appearance, he dishonestly colludes with the hosts to pretend he did have that proof.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
JANUARY 1 IS COMING That’s when massive new Medicaid work requirements are scheduled to begin across much of the country and will leave MILLIONS of Americans uninsured. The midterms are NOVEMBER 3. Americans deserve to know BEFORE they vote what could happen to their healthcare AFTER they vote.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr...
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Jems @jems16.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The GOPer senators who have testilied during this hearing seem to be VERY upset that their messages and phone calls might be tracked. What are they hiding? (We all know what they're hiding.)
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 29/09/2026
Some old school Wikipedia here. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Sc...
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Jems @jems16.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Josh Hawley's whole problem seems to be that he wasn't able to "assert [his] privileges" to hide his own phone records.
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Jems @jems16.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The sight of Lying Josh Hawley accusing someone else of twisting the facts is really insane.
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Jems @jems16.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh look... it's Sprinter Hawley pretending that there was no evidence of Trump's involvement in illegal activity that led to Joshie running for his fucking life on January 6th.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So funny. Facts do not matter to these people. They’re just gonna lie their way through it in their alternate universe
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
wow -- Darline Graham cuts off Jack Smith just as Smith start explaining how her brother Lindsey in fact denounced Trump's lies about the 2020 election on the Senate floor
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Wonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Get In Losers, We're Stockpiling Mifepristone www.wonkette.com/p/get-in-los...
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Get In Losers, We’re Stockpiling Mifepristone
Nannystaters want to take away your reproductive rights again.
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Jems @jems16.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So good to see that Darline is as slimy as Lindsey was.
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Jems @jems16.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ted Cruz making a strong bid to reclaim his title as the Senate's Biggest Asshole.
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Jems @jems16.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ted Cruz is pretending to be an absolute moron. He seems more motivated by outrage that someone would DARE include him in any investigation. He is pretending to be SHOCKED that the investigation of a GOPer conspiracy would involve GOPers.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ONLY thing the republicans care about is that their stupid crimey toll records were gathered. By law. Because they talked to a fucking criminal. I can’t believe it’s not embarrassing to the GOP.
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Jems @jems16.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So I guess Katie Britt doesn't use Fundie Baby Voice when she's lying while attacking Smith for not knowing what was in someone else's mind? Did Thibault even ever work for Smith?
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