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Joe Dudek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 1h
There are people who know the parlance of the law but for whom the words mean almost nothing.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h
RNC Chair Joe Gruters doesn't exactly push back on reports that the RNC is giving up on Michael Whatley in North Carolina: "Whatley is still in the mix, but ... "
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NC Health News @nchealthnews.bsky.social · 15m
Experts say this year’s record outbreak reveals strains on farmworkers, food inspections and disease tracking in a system where customers demand fresh produce all year round. Full story: www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2026/10/05/c...
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Documented @documentedny.bsky.social · 14h
Through KidsKnowRights, New York City teenagers step up to help immigrant families better understand their rights and the law.
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NYC Teenagers Step Up to Help Immigrant Families Know Their Rights
KidsKnowRights was founded by New York City high school students to help immigrants, young people and families better understand their rights and the law.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 02/10/2026
Public radio station forced to call Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” The University of Alabama at Birmingham is rolling over to Trump and his acolytes in the state, rather than stand up for editorial independence. More from @seth-stern.bsky.social and Clayton Weimers in @theintercept.com.
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Public Radio Station Forced to Call Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”
Rather than stand up for editorial independence, the University of Alabama at Birmingham is rolling over to Trump and his “Gulf of America.”
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13h
The New York Times asks the RNC for crowd sizes for Trump's events. Rather than provide numbers, the RNC issues a meaningless statement, and the NYT prints it! Why would the RNC answer a reporter’s questions when the NYT is willingly to reprint Republican propaganda instead?
Natalie Baldassarre, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, responded to a request for crowd sizes at each event by saying on Sunday that the rallies were “drawing some of our highest ticket demands to date,” adding that “our Republican candidates will continue to build off this momentum and drive voters to the polls as we approach Election Day.”
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Small town, big world . . . @jenniferdrolet.bsky.social · 12h
"The Trump administration has halted intelligence briefings, trainings, systems testing and other resources for states.... Only in recent days have federal agencies begun offering briefings to states, and it is unclear if any have taken place." Gift link
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With threats to midterms, states say Trump administration isn’t helping
U.S. spy agencies see Russia and others plotting to sow distrust and misinformation in the upcoming elections.
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Small town, big world . . . @jenniferdrolet.bsky.social · 16h
"Solving" a problem that doesn't exist
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NC Stories @ncstories.bsky.social · 20h
Colors starting to turn at Linville falls. (Photo by Chad Joyce)
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LuciSkyDyme @luciskydyme.bsky.social · 20h
Why hasn't Saturday Night Live had Jesse Welles on? He's one of the best modern folk singers... #SNL www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJxV...
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Jesse Welles: Keeping the spirit of American folk music alive
YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/10/2026
You can't get anyone in political media to say it plainly, but GOP strategy for several decades now has been built around the fact that its core goals/policies are *wildly unpopular*. Everything depends on a) polluting the information environment, b) cementing unfair structural advantages, & c) $$$.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump, 2016: "When we win ... we will be able to immediately repeal and replace Obamacare. ... And we will do it very, very quickly." Trump, 10 years later: "We will pass a truly great health care plan." Still no health care plan.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The fraternity brothers in the group chat who cheer violence? That behavior is being modeled by the president of this country. I cannot stress this enough — Trump is teaching young men how to be abusive every time he opens his mouth.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 04/10/2026
great strategy mister trump, i encourage you to travel to every battleground race and call the republican an asshole and a bum
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
🥊 Hassett gets his ass kicked by Tapper 🥊 Hassett's efforts to insist Trump's economy is the greatest ever and POTUS has never failed to deliver on his promises did not go well on CNN, as Tapper brought receipts to back up the feeling the majority of Americans have about how hard it is to get by
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Small town, big world . . . @jenniferdrolet.bsky.social · 17h
"The unprecedented blitz of self-enrichment by Mr. Trump, his family and his friends since he returned to the White House last year has become so extensive, so profligate and so brazen that he has effectively moved the goal posts of what is considered out of bounds."
nytimes.com
How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits (Gift Article)
The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.
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Joe Dudek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 22h
Then prove it in court. The only reason you were enjoined is because you would not provide basic due process on this question.
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NC Health News @nchealthnews.bsky.social · 22h
Despite increased state investment, North Carolina continues to lose childcare providers and classroom slots, particularly in rural communities, leaving families struggling to find affordable care. Full story: www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2026/10/04/n...
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE's shameless stupid cruelty continues unabated. Here's a truly wrenching account from our wonderful local Vermont newspaper, which I imagine could be multiplied a thousandfold every day across America. Many thanks to Liza Cochran, its author bravelittlevoices.substack.com/p/terror-in-...
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Terror in the Backyard:
ICE’s Shadow Surge in Vermont
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 04/10/2026
Classy.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
Trump tells his fans in Ohio that "refund checks for $500 each" from the government to them are "already in the mail"
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This kind of talk has always seemed to impress certain segments of the political class, but now that he’s imploding, they look like gullible suckers. He’s just a lout, nothing more. He insults people because he isn’t smart enough for anything else. He’ll become more loutish as he circles the drain.
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Miriam Rabkin @miriam2024.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#RFKJr "is consistently, relentlessly dishonest. Now into our 2nd year of tracking his falsehoods, we have no chance of running out of material...his statements consistently follow well-established disinformation techniques, the kind used by people whose job is to spread misleading propaganda."
medpagetoday.com
Opinion | Lessons From a Year of RFK Jr. Disinformation
His lies hide an ugly political agenda that is disastrous for public health
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Higher ed news out of Philly, Penn. This is very bad. To be clear, Title IX is the regulation dealing with gender discrimination and sexual assault on college campuses. Within the next 18 months, Title IX as well as the Dept of Ed, to which Title IX outcomes is reported, will be fully eliminated.
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Lisa 🇨🇦 @pinkmouse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Sexual harassment & assault continue to be pervasive in schools - we should be working to enforce laws that protect student survivors of sexual violence. McMahon & the Trump admin. have decided to ignore what survivors need, instead weaponizing Title IX to attack trans students.” #TitleIX #Blues
nytimes.com
Trump Officials Revise How Title IX Sex Discrimination Rules Are Enforced (Gift Article)
The change follows a court ruling barring Title IX from protecting L.G.B.T.Q. people and has angered advocates for sexual assault survivors.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A little context to add here: The fight for the soul of Title IX is longer than this post suggests. It started with attacks on sexual assault survivors in 2015. And that underscores OP’s central point. Schools capitulated then and look where we are now.
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mal vSpooky.0 👻🎃🦇 @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
This is important to note. While coming forward was difficult even with Title IX, the obstacles that survivors of campus sexual assault face now are truly staggering.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unearthed footage of Susan Collins defending government contractors from disclosing political contributions (Collins was under FBI investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a government contractor)
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 01/10/2026
The reopened criminal investigation into an alleged gang rape at Cornell University has sharpened scrutiny on voluntary intoxication laws. In 19 states, voluntary intoxication laws can make it harder to prosecute an assault when the person who was attacked chose to drink or use drugs.
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The Cornell case is exposing a legal gap around intoxication and sexual assault
In 19 states, voluntary intoxication laws can make it harder to prosecute an assault when the person who was attacked chose to drink or use drugs.
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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 01/10/2026
The 988 hotline's LGBTQ+ youth services have been returned over a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Advocates say this is a crucial step to address a growing mental health crisis among LGBTQ+ youth. bit.ly/3TAna4Y
Colorful artwork showing two hands holding phones, with a rainbow emerging from the screens. Text reads: "A critical suicide prevention hotline for LGBTQ+ youth is back. LGBTQ+ young people can once again press 3 after calling 988 to be connected with specially trained counselors."
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 01/10/2026
A new lawsuit by journalist @bubbaprog.xyz reveals that the DOJ secretly searched his digital accounts for a wide range of materials. And prosecutors failed to tell the judges who signed off on it about a federal law that protects the press from search warrants… again.
freedom.press
DOJ’s secret search of journalist’s accounts omitted press law
Journalist Tim Burke’s new lawsuit challenges the government’s search of months of emails, messages, files, and other information from his Google and Twitter accounts
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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Renowned studio makeup expert Pete Hegseth is focusing on quotas, identity, and image rather than experience and expertise. If you have a GOP senator up for re-election and live anywhere but Maine, you have a chance to vote out someone who enabled this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Hegseth confirms plan to cut 20% of US top military brass and rails at ‘beardos, weirdos and wimps’
Amid latest extraordinary attack on diversity, US defense secretary also suggests military is retaining service personnel at ‘record’ rates
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
throw an axe at Tehran they'll never see it coming
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pete Hegseth unveils the office of tactical thoughts and prayers, if you are looking for veterans benefits or protection from enemy drones, take it straight to the top and pray for it.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
hegseth: No beardos, weirdos or fatties. Also hegseth: These three will co-lead the military's Project Meridian.
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𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥🎃𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ💀𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We need students of western fashion and the pillars of good wardrobe choices. Leaders who understand that a gray 3-piece absolutely does not go with a pair of cognac loafers. The power and freedom of not having his spray-on tan be the exact same shade of shoe leather.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The countdown to the renaming of days of the week is progressing
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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
really confused by the physics of this
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
1. On Tuesday morning, Trump unveiled America dot gov, which he described as “the ultimate product.” Right now, it is basically a chatbot that draws data from official government websites. As a result it is brutally efficient at debunking Trump’s lies.
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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Small town, big world . . . @jenniferdrolet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Always gross in all ways
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: A free press is important. But partisan activism that intentionally smears the historic mission is fundamentally anti-American. It's sick. It's treason.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The flashback at the beginning of a dystopian film
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Only desperately insecure men act like this.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
this Pete Hegseth speech is indistinguishable from parody. words fail to describe the absurdity. here he's talking about governors coming to the Pentagon to grovel to him and Trump so they can be rewarded with a new military base
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After Eric Schmitt lied and was corrected at the Jack Smith hearing, the NY Times called it a “misunderstanding.” This might be fair if Schmitt had a record of honesty (he doesn’t) and if Schmitt didn’t repeat the same lie after the hearing (he did). What the hell is the NY Times doing?
Devlin Barrett and Charlie Savage
Reporting from Washington
Jack Smith, who as special counsel twice charged Donald J. Trump with criminal offenses after his first term, defended his actions in testimony before Congress on Tuesday, as a Republican senator accused him of perjury based on what appeared to be the lawmaker’s misunderstanding about a basketball game involving the University of Iowa Hawkeyes.
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North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Monsters
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