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Jennifer Van Goethem

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1h
NEW: Statement from Christa Pike's lawyers: ”Tonight the State of Tennessee once again failed to carry out a lawful execution. ... Christa is being treated at a nearby hospital. We have not been informed as to her condition.” www.lawdork.com/p/the-big-pr...
Statement from Christa Pike's attorneys Randy Spivey and Kelly Gleason from the TN
Office of the Post Conviction Defender, and Stephen Ferrell and Luke Ihnen from Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee
Tonight the State of Tennessee once again failed to carry out a lawful execution. We take no pleasure in being right, but the concerns raised by Ms. Pike proved to be true: difficult vein access, blown veins, degraded pentobarbital, no emergency medical care available when things inevitably go wrong, all under a protocol that remains veiled in secrecy.
Christa is being treated at a nearby hospital. We have not been informed as to her condition.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 7h
Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 9h
He's trying to do George C. Scott from Patton but is mostly doing George C. Scott from Strangelove.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 13h
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 13h
"The Fox poll found 64% of white evangelicals approve of Trump’s performance on immigration, well higher than the general public, at 43%." Welcome the stranger.* *some restrictions apply talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/homan-s...
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Homan Stumps for Georgia GOPers by Promoting ICE Brutality in Speech to Evangelicals
In Church, Merch, and State, Sarah Posner writes about the intersection of religion and...
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 23h
A small but essential improvement on federal impeachment is widely used in the states: if a lower house impeaches you, you are *suspended from office* until & unless the upper house acquits you. That's what happened w Paxton. It's the obvious way to handle credible allegations of official misconduct
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 14h
The human stakes became clear over Labor Day weekend, writes @kpaoletta.bsky.social, when attorneys rushed to detention shelters to stop federal contractors from putting 600 unaccompanied children—including a 3-year-old—on secret deportation flights before a court order halted the planes.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 15h
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have one house.
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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i’m sorry, but i have to post this political ad
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Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
apropos of this, I also gave Todd Achilles money and I strongly encourage you to watch his digital ad:
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How to Not Start Foreign Wars
YouTube video by Todd Achilles for U.S. Senate
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is kinda fun. america.gov
america.gov screenshot - 

Who pays a tariff?

The U.S. importer pays the tariff to the government. • A tariff (also called a duty) is a tax on imported goods. Import tariffs overview (trade.gov) " • The importer of record is legally responsible for paying it to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) when the goods enter the United States. Tariff resource guide 7 • CBP classifies goods under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule and collects the duty at ports of entry. Whether importers later pass that cost on in higher prices is a business and market question, not who is legally required to pay CBP. This is not tax or legal advice. For a specific shipment, use CBP and the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, or a licensed customs broker.Was Donald Trump convicted of any felonies?

Yes. A New York County jury found Donald J. Trump guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree on May 30, 2024. Those offenses are felonies under New York law. • Court record of the verdict and later proceedings: People v. Donald J. Trump (New York Courts) " • Congressional Research Service summary of the conviction: LSB11174 (PDF) 7 The trial court imposed sentence on or about January 10, 2025. An appeal from that judgment has been taken to the Appellate Division, First Department, and has been perfected. I cannot verify from these sources whether that appeal has been finally decided. I am not giving legal advice. Court records and official summaries are the sources aboveWho won the 2020 Presidential election?

Joseph R. Biden Jr. won the 2020 U.S. presidential election. • The National Archives reports he received 306 electoral votes to Donald J. Trump's 232 (270 needed to win). 2020 Electoral College Results 7 • The Federal Election Commission's official results show the same electoral totals. Official 2020 Presidential General Election Results (PDF) » GPO Sources
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
By my math, the order was filed 11 minutes after the Trump administration's reply brief came in.
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NPR @npr.org · 29/09/2026
Jaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June. n.pr/4ymLaYr
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A young sailor died by suicide. Her family blames health care gaps and long deployment
Jaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans cried that Trump needed money for the border and then he stole the money to pay for a millions in totally illegal, taxpayer funded campaign ads. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The legendary defenders of women's sports don't know the difference between Caitlin Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes and the Atlanta Hawks. Just putting that one out there.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If your media consumption is stuff like this, Schmitt just scored a big win. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Caitlin Clark Indiana Fever
ALT: Caitlin Clark Indiana Fever
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You don’t have to have a law degree to know that Trump's recent taxpayer funded ads are illegal. But why is he running them? Some thoughts... ⬇️ robertreich.substack.com/p/why-is-t…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The best. Is yet. To come! www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Fake polls" set the stage for "rigged elections".
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A new trailer for Alex Gibney's documentary about Elon Musk was just released. gizmodo.com/elon-musk-do...
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm beginning to suspect that Trump, Hegseth, et al are not exactly details guys. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b...
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This Screw Is Needed for Missiles and Planes. Buying One Can Take Years.
As the Trump administration scrambles to increase the production of munitions, these special screws are expensive and hard to source.
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Paid for by the US Government. (That's us. We bought that.)
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The revelation of the U.S. government website incidents adds to the growing number of situations when A.I. agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google have misbehaved..." Misbehaved? What a scamp. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/t...
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OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites
The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Early Warning @ews.volcanoyt.com · 27/09/2026
#Earthquake (#terremoto) (#UnitedStates) 🌍 New Earthquake 🌍 📍 Location: SANTA MONICA BAY, CALIFORNIA 📏 Magnitude (ml): 3.5 🔽 Depth: 11.90 km ⏰ Time: 2026-09-27 15:40:01 UTC 🔗 Source: SCSN Stay protected. Did you experience the shaking? Send a report.
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Earthquake Alert: SANTA MONICA BAY, CALIFORNIA
Magnitude 3.5, Depth: 11.90 km
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Whoa. That one was close.
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Shake!
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They insist on forcing the private insurance model on to healthcare and then ignore how people actually use insurance in every other instance.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We should try having some group of people who get to vote on approving agency heads like OMB director.

Sen. Susan Collins

@SenatorCollins
Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration.  This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress’s Constitutional power of the purse. 
 
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.  
  
Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress’s appropriations powers.  OMB is an agency of the executive branch.  It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
 
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
 
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This looks fantastic. I hope folks get the trailer going viral on all those sites that are blocking paid ads for it.
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Joel Tenney is an Iowa pastor who gave the invocation for a Trump rally there in 2023. He's been to Mar-a-Lago and campaigned this summer with IA GOP gubernatorial Zach Lahn. He's got pics of himself with Trump and Vance. Oh, and also, he's an antisemitic white nationalist Holocaust denying Nazi.
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Standing by the man who stood by his promises! It was such a great honor to pray over The Greatest President of my life time. Believing for 4more yrs! I will be opening the Coralville lowa Rally in prayer before The President Speaks, on Dec 13th @ 6pml hope to see you all there!
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Zach Lahn for Governor, Had the honor to march with this lowan Patriot in the fairfax parade today!... moreDid you know that Auschwitz had a swimming pool, dentist, hospital just for inmates. swimming pool, theater, orchestra, sports fields, and soccer team
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Is that Rolfe from Sound of Music?
Because that sure is a young Nazi if I ever saw one.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/09/2026
really fascinating to see isgur conduct this interview as if conservative election mistrust has materialized out of nowhere or as if liberal claims of voter suppression are totally baseless. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/o...
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Opinion | How Worried Should We Be About the Midterm Elections?
And how we learn to trust elections again.
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"For some perspective, Mr. Jackson’s ratings are even worse than Mr. Platner’s were in June, when he was fending off scandal before an allegation of sexual assault ended his run." People are exhausting. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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Collins Leads in Maine in Our New Poll. Is That an Outlier or an Omen?
There’s nothing more uncomfortable for a pollster than a result that stands out from the pack, but it doesn’t mean it should be dismissed.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“She nearly lost her home to foreclosure and her teenage daughter was entrusted with running her household. Her college-age son left a football scholarship to return home and help with costs around the home. Mason has three children and also raised four of her brother’s children.”
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Susan Collins finds it gobsmacking and insulting that anyone would take the word of a convicted felon.
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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A Brown Bear mom checking out if the coast is clear before she leads out her two young cubs #bears #slovenia
An adult female brown bear standing between two trees looking out An adult female brown bear walks out of the trees and looks off to see any sign of other bears. One of her two cubs is waiting behind her in the trees
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I think the main issue here really is that lots of nice polite mainstream figures in media think quietly agree with him about this stuff or find it unobjectionable bsky.app/profile/asel...
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
IMO it’s clear from Richard Hanania’s own words that he believes that rape, both statutory and violent, is the right of a certain kind of man. Elite men It’s appalling that this man is given a drop of ink or a second of interview time in our media. My latest: www.liberalcurrents.com/richard-hana...
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Richard Hanania Doesn't Even Try to Hide His Male Supremacism
Hanania is a reminder of the dangers of rehabilitating extremist intellectuals.
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morrowind.txt @morrowind-txt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is an evil place.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026
Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
“Let Donald Trump save face” is how you got January 6 *and* why faced no consequences for doing it.
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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tired: who was President in 2020? Wired: Who was President in 2008? (h/t: @fplynch.bsky.social)
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
l'code c'est moi www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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‘I am the code’: Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety issues
James McCrery II resigned in October after warning that the president was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump's people looking for public lands to build data centers on: www.washingtonsun.com/technology/d...
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Inside Trump’s Aggressive Push to Build Data Centers on Public Lands
The Interior secretary is quietly meeting with AI hyperscalers while seeking to accommodate them on his department’s land.
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
concerning
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A post that’s so eye-opening because this is exactly what liberals will say is GOP distraction tactics, almost as a parody— and here it really is what Gaetz is saying unironically as his GOP message.
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Inside Navatek, Kao shifted into damage control mode. He spoke to Reed and the super PAC’s lawyer, Cleta Mitchell, and began to hatch a cover-up." Wait. What? Cleta Mitchell?! Bad pennies abound. 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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