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Bookish. Writerly. Sporty. Way gay.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 8h
She should be grilled about this at podium. No other questions. She is a deliberate liar and conspiratorialist and should be exposed as such. Nothing she says has any value
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New White House press secretary has a history of conspiracy-laced social media posts | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s incoming White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, repeatedly made baseless accusations of pedophilia against prominent Democrats and shared conspiracy-related content, inc...
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Jen Hand @jenhand.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Looks like Trump's bold strategy of committing war crimes has once again failed to win over the Nobel Peace Prize committee. Tough crowd.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Let books be. Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual observation started more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in attempts to censor or remove books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Sound familiar? Find ways to get involved and spread the word: bit.ly/4yvixbB.
LET BOOKS BE. Various line drawings related to libraries and books, including a hand holding a sign made of an open book that reads "Freed for ALL to Read," a tote bag that reads "Totes Resist" carrying a book, a full book cart with the head and tale of a horse with text that reads "A Wild Ride," and a closeup of two feet standing on a stack of books that say "A Soap Box" on their spines. Text at bottom reads "Protect the freedom to read. Banned Books Week, October 4-10, 2026." American Library Association. ala.org/bbooks
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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Did the Secretary of War's lifestyle taboo list in his speech last week make anybody else immediately think of his new BFF –– the trannyish, fattyish beardo and weirdo (multiple names & religions) wimp (no sports, Marine PR guy) a heartbeat away from being commander-in-chief?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 01/10/2026
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "I am incredibly skeptical of Florida, but I still think people should give money to Angie Nixon. It's a really tough race, but she's doing the work…She is an all-out grinder and she's also pretty funny. She's a good, charismatic candidate."
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 01/10/2026
My god, SCOTUS acted within hours to clear the way for this execution and Tennessee completely botched it and tortured her. She's still alive. This barbaric practice needs to end. www.tennessean.com/story/news/c...
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Court stays Christa Pike execution in Tennessee: Updates
Christa Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. A court stayed her lethal injection that was scheduled for Sept. 30.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They are playing in our faces
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Policy Vibe · by NoMAGA @policyvibe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The cruel part is that “stretching your dollar” turns a cost-of-living crisis into a household budgeting tip. The people setting prices and wages disappear from the frame.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hope #Florida, launched in 2021, was intended to to shift the burden of public assistance from the state onto churches & nonprofits. Today, the DCF division Hope Florida was built on top of is failing by nearly every federal measure. floridatrib.org/2026/09/23/h... via @thefloridatrib.bsky.social
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How Hope Florida quietly hollowed out Florida’s safety net
State records show the controversial initiative shifted priorities away from DCF’s eligibility division that has since failed federal standards and left Floridians cut off
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
sometimes you've gotta put the watercoloring brush down and give ruining the world another go
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Although #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous' Everglades concentration camp has closed, he's still blown billions in disaster dollars on immigration-related contracts. www.bradenton.com/news/immigra... via @livcaputo.bsky.social
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FL immigration contracts quietly surged to $1.4B in disaster dollars
Few of the contract amendments, worth hundreds of millions of dollars more after Alligator Alcatraz’s shutdown, were posted to the state’s transparency website.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"We've heard you complaining about how much a gallon of gas costs, and we've responded by making sure you'll need much more of them."
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/08/2026
Sophie Cunningham Claims Any Woman Who Averages More Than 8 Points Per Game Should Not Be Allowed To Play In WNBA theonion.com/sophie-cunningham-clai…
Sophie Cunningham Claims Any Woman Who Averages More Than 8 Points Per Game Should Not Be Allowed To Play In WNBA
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We need to stop calling them anti-vaxxers and start calling them pro-plague.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
big lesson to be learned in how Caitlin Clark had 37 and 10 last night while setting a career high in threes, but so much of the attention her stellar play was supposed to bring to the WNBA has been sucked up by all the transphobes, hatemongers, and fame-seekers she has tolerated and attracted
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Jen Hand @jenhand.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Great point.
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claudia 🕸️ @claudiiiii.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
guy who’s so passionate about protecting women’s sports he shows up to a professional basketball game to harass women playing sports
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Jen Hand @jenhand.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is fu¢ked up @wnba.com
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The grand jurors who refused to indict their Ohio neighbor for trashing a Flock camera fired the latest shots in a new American revolution, fighting for our humanity against AI and constant surveillance Why today's Luddites appear to be winning. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/vote...
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Fighting AI and Flock, today’s Luddites are the revolutionaries we need | Will Bunch
In an existential crisis for the American Experiment, public rage against Big Tech is a political earthquake no one saw coming.
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Jen Hand @jenhand.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Ummmm
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Jen Hand @jenhand.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
From the Mixed Up Files and Cricket were absolutely two of my favorites. Loved A Wrinkle in Time too.
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Freedom to Read Project @freedomreadproject.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Censorship doesn’t stop at school or public library doors. Incarcerated people face significant barriers to books and information, while prison librarians navigate restrictive policies, banned-title lists, and pressure to self-censor. bookriot.com/internal-cen...
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Censorship in Prison: Fulfilling the Writ of Librarianship: Book Censorship News, August 14, 2026
Prisons are rife with censorship. How can librarians provide strong service to those experiencing incarceration?
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
What an absolute clown.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The Republican Party has gone full mask-off Nazi; meanwhile the media narrative being pushed 24/7 is “ahhh! Democrats are being taken over by socialist radicals!!” and their terrifying examples are Miss Rachel, a doctor who wants you to have healthcare, and the friendliest mayor in American history.
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Jen Hand @jenhand.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Not if you're a @orlpride.com fan 😞
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Well, this adds up. No wonder she’s always “concerned.” Financial disclosure records show that Susan Collins received campaign contributions from men whose names have appeared in the Epstein files!
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More Donations from Epstein Contacts to Susan Collins Uncovered
Collins took money from men on the Epstein list before voting against releasing the files
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Is Susan Collins the grande dame of the Epstein class? Financial disclosures show that Susan Collins was taking checks from some of the men named in Epstein Files. meidasnews.com/news/more-do...
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More Donations from Epstein Contacts to Susan Collins Uncovered
Collins took money from men on the Epstein list before voting against releasing the files
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20/07/2026
NEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home. newrepublic.com/post/213277/...
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Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home
The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Trump in the Star Wars medal scene.
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Jen Hand @jenhand.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
So crazy! And with no warning!!?!
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
So far this year we've had: the warmest winter on record in the mountain west, a record-shattering heat wave in Europe, once in a thousand year rainfall and flooding texas and forest fire smoke blanketing the mid west and the north east. Feels like something's going on with the climate!
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
what an essay by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social. send it to your friends, family, and every elected democrat representing you. bostonreview.net/articles/truth-without-reconciliation/
That lesson is perhaps put best by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, a writer and son of a Brazilian congressman who was tortured to death by secret police during the regime. In a 2015 interview quoted from in Disputed Pasts, Paiva argued that “not having a Nuremberg trial in Brazil in the 1980s contaminated the process of democratization and our current democracy.” By the same logic, to reverse the trajectory toward authoritarianism in the United States, we must make every effort to count, tally, and record the crimes of the current administration. After all, our day will soon come, as it did for the Brazilian left and the many recovering from the sting of state repression in the aftermath of Operation Condor and its many cousins. And on that day: no amnesty.
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Bike lanes and speed cameras disappear from the DOT's list of proven safety measures The Federal Highway Administration quietly stripped bike lanes and other safety recommendations from a key list of best practices. Critics say those measures are proven to cut crashes and save lives. ...
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Bike lanes and speed cameras disappear from the DOT's list of proven safety measures
The Federal Highway Administration quietly stripped bike lanes and other safety recommendations from a key list of best practices. Critics say those measures are proven to cut crashes and save lives.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
There's a common type of victim blaming where people like to lecture cyclists about how they need to be hyper aware and on alert, but the reality is that cyclists are *already* hyper aware. We're always on alert because unsafe infrastructure makes it necessary.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Live your life in such a way that, when you die, people don’t have to rush to say, “Please be polite!”
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Jen Hand @jenhand.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
MooMoo and her new bestie fish
Fat tuxedo cat with a stuffed fish toy
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
You're going to get left behind if you don't use Al." Leave me then. Leave me with my critical thinking skills, my ability to read and write long- form, and books without needing Al summaries.
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@br0wnson @visualc0mfort.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Mitch McConnell is getting more health care privacy as a corpse than women seeking reproductive care
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I suspect that Mitch McConnell is being stored in the shower room at Mar a Lago
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"I have a very glad feeling about this... " #DitchMcConnell
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Senator Mazie K. Hirono @hirono.senate.gov · 01/07/2026
$1000 that could've gone toward retirement. $1000 that could've gone into your savings. $1000 that could've gone toward groceries. $1000 that could've gone toward a house payment. $1000 that instead paid for Trump's illegal war with Iran. www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-wa...
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Iran war has cost Americans $1,000 per household, economist estimates
The Iran war has significantly driven up the cost of fuel, airfare and other U.S. goods, according to Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Trump's Reflecting Pool fiasco is directly linked to his ballroom, the arch, and his bottomless corruption, says @mjtoma.bsky.social. It's all about erasing republican governance and replacing it w/the imperial court of a "czar." On the pod Mike is great on all this: newrepublic.com/article/2121...
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Trump Rages over Reflecting Pool Fiasco—and Arrests over it Get Darker
As arrests for vandalism of Trump’s Reflecting Pool project raise fresh questions, TNR editor Michael Tomasky explains how this saga captures the unhinged, dictatorial nature of his presidency.
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angela @angelalalah.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Fun fact: I never turn on the sound for these videos of him speaking out of his bungholio mouth. My assumption is that every video says, "I am stupid and I am a liar and I'm stupidly lying right now" So much easier than clicking on the unmute button!
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This is what happens when you put people who don’t read in charge.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
solid headline www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Flesh-eating maggot outbreak puts Trump administration response under scrutiny
As screwworm cases spread across Texas and New Mexico, some officials fear the outbreak may be larger than confirmed counts suggest. Internal debates and interviews reveal growing concerns about wheth...
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Jen Hand @jenhand.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I mean... tbf that was 862 news cycles ago 🙄
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/06/2026
Make it make sense… Trump says he needs a $200 million ballroom, bulletproof glass, and a security fortress to keep him safe at the White House. Then he hops on a plane and heads to a packed Knicks game in New York.
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