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Zamafir @zamafir.bsky.social · 5h
Your regular reminder that Carney's policies have kept affordable Chinese EV options minimal, and mostly only helping Tesla. Hopefully some of the frustration with the trade situation can motivate Canadians to demand returning to 2023/2024 EV/Climate competence.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 5h
“Elections Are Decided In November, But They’re Won In October." Some thoughts on the importance of Dems driving the early vote in these final few weeks 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/elections-...
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“Elections Are Decided In November, But They’re Won In October”
Today at 530pm ET - ASDC President and Nebraska Dem Party Chair Jane Kleeb joins us live!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
JD Vance: "You ask Ken Paxton a simple question and you will get a direct answer" NARRATOR: Paxton has refused to answer Qs about why he won't debate, why he went to England on July 4 w/ his mistress, why he went to Dubai with his mistress, his 15 homes, or how his net worth has increased 7,000%...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h
Vance certainly has gay acquaintances. Most obviously his mentor and most important political booster, Peter Thiel, is gay. But his mental model of Texas voters is that they are a bunch of redneck rubes, so a insinuating a straight candidate is gay will work.
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Senate Democrats @dscc.bsky.social · 5h
Republican Senate candidates have repeatedly voted to continue the price-spiking Iran War and drive up fuel costs. Meanwhile, they’re sending out fundraising emails begging their own constituents to pay for their gas. meidasnews.com/news/gop-sen...
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GOP Senate Candidates Have Been Fundraising For Gas Money
Dan Sullivan, Susan Collins, and Mike Collins voted for a war which spiked gas prices and are now asking their constituents to pay for gas for them to campaign
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 5h
“For a president who boasts about his unmatched intellect, negotiating prowess, and singular ability to end wars, Trump continually demonstrates an inability to think more than one move ahead."
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Trump’s Strategic Genius on Display Again
The president weakened pressure on Russia, threatened Ukraine, and still failed to solve the problem he was supposedly addressing.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h
Also, the VP suggests maybe the Texas Senate candidate is a pedo. No evidence, and maybe not a strong card for the Epstein administration to play. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Radio Free America @radiofreeameri.ca · 5h
Drone Strikes Didn’t Take out a Russian Bot Farm, But We Were Primed to Believe It.
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Drone strikes didn't take out a Russian bot farm, but we were primed to believe it 
A viral rumor illustrates people’s hunger to make sense of the division we see online. 
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 5h
It is worth looking at how tyrants stage and choreograph violence, and the place it has within their strategies of governance. Read the full piece at my Substack, Lucid.Substack.com.
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Lucid | Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Substack
A newsletter for big-picture thinking about autocracy and threats to democracy around the world. Click to read Lucid, by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscriber...
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 5h
My latest essay is about how President Trump and his MAGA accomplices use violent acts, speech, and spectacles to politically and emotionally re-educate Americans and transform institutions into vehicles of his authoritarian goals. lucid.substack.com/p/violence-i...
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Zamafir @zamafir.bsky.social · 5h
Looks like Tesla is trying to take the climate change misinformation and EV sabotage crown from Ford/GM/Toyota. Very happy to own Hyundai Motor Group and Geely EVs. Being a Conscientious Consumer is one of the biggest levers we have.
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 5h
One corrupt Trump official down, hundreds more to go: campaignlegal.org/document/tra...
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Tracking the Trump Administration’s Most Corrupt Transactions
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) has published a tracking resource analyzing the most egregious cases where President Donald Trump’s administration has corruptly provided major donors and supporters — incl...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 5h
Man, look at this. Trump is a titanic f-ck up.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 5h
The FAA rolled out a new AI tool for air traffic control in DC without publishing a safety evaluation or sufficiently consulting labor. @repaprildelaney.bsky.social and I are urging the FAA to stop the rollout until we have answers. Air traffic control leaves zero margin for error.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 5h
UPDATE on Trump’s violation of a court order to stop airing taxpayer-funded campaign-style tv ads: the Govt’s excuse - "our lawyers accidentally missed the email.” It's beyond time for contempt in all cases where the Trump Regime is giving the middle finger to the courts. youtu.be/2pg_33uqafs?...
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Trump DOJ CAUGHT Making SHOCKING Excuse After IGNORING Court ORDER!?!
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 12/10/2026
Trump’s Vendetta Against Ilhan Omar Now Involves Federal Agents Raiding Her Home Homeland Security executed a search warrant at the Somali-American congresswoman's home, reportedly in connection to a probe into her immigration paperwork. Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This explains why engagement has been slightly lower lately. Apparently Zelensky helped tank the Republican midterm messaging by taking out Russian bot farms. The Republicans will need to have a real message to convince voters now. It’s delicious. www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
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Russia's Yandex bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers — Ukraine intensifies bombing of Yandex data centers in response ...
The world is getting a break from Russian bots thanks to Kyiv.
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Jordan Wood @jordanwood.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Elon Musk’s super PAC is about to cross $1,500,000 to re-elect Susan Collins. Her response so far: “I wasn’t aware.” Not aware? Senator, it’s a public filing. Stop gaslighting us.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Was on Piers Morgan with cosplay Christian Crusader Andrew Wilson for the first time. For a person who teaches debates, he's shockingly not that good. Also not very bright.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Instead of an energy ceasefire, Putin has launched a massive campaign across Ukraine targeting six different energy sites. This is known in international law as perfidy, and it's a signature Putin move. In this case enabled by Trump.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The policy defines gender ideology as the idea “that self-assessed gender identity should replace the biological category of sex,” whereas race ideology “attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity, accuse them of being oppressors in a racial hierarchy or conspiracy, ascribe to them less value as contributors to society and public discourse because of their race or ethnicity, or assign them intrinsic guilt based on the actions of their presumed ancestors.” If a professor acknowledges the existence of trans people, they could be violating the first policy; if they describe race-based chattel slavery in the antebellum United States, they could be violating the second. Their livelihood might depend on how much time the governor of Texas is spending on social media that day.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/10/2026
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-pe…
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/10/2026
Emily Marris’ daughter got E. coli after drinking raw milk. So she texted the farmer, who said none of the tests showed “anything abnormal.” Marris later learned that the farmer hadn’t tested for E. coli; it seemed like she didn’t know how to.
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’ve spent my whole life in Mississippi and now I’m raising my family here. I’m running for U.S. Senate because I want my daughters — and every Mississippi kid — to have the chance to build a great life right here at home.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/10/2026
Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams.com , voting rights advocate, New York Times best-selling author, and political leader is now scheduled to speak at our Virtual & Accessible Get Out the Vote Rally on October 17th, 7pm ET!
Promotional poster for Stand Up For Science's No King Event: a Virtual and Accessible Get Out The Vote (GOTV) Rally that includes ASL and Spanish interpretation. Flyer features Stacey Abrams as a speaker. Photo of Stacey seated in a chair against a blue background. Event is on October 17th, 2026 at 12pm ET
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 12/10/2026
Secretary Rubio’s call for a fascist society is hardly a dog whistle. It’s a loud yell, and his Greece speech last week, where he complained about the Western world’s rejection of nationalism and “condemnation of our own history,” proved it. Tom Malinowski breaks it all down
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Marco Rubio’s Descent into Darkness, and the True Meaning of the West
He would do well to listen to John McCain: ‘Indeed, the entire idea of the West is that it is open to any person or any
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/10/2026
Mark Levin with a rare rebuke of Trump
Screenshot of an X post by verified conservative commentator Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow), published October 12, 2026, at 5:07 AM, with 212,000 views. Levin calls for Russian President Vladimir Putin to step down, writing: “Putin started the war.” He accuses Putin of rejecting peace deals, causing more than a million deaths, aiming nuclear missiles at the United States, and supporting Iran’s regime.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Chris Leece @cleece.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Say happy birthday to Charlotte in the best way, by making sure you are registered to vote!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/10/2026
Elon Musk and MAGA influencers tried to push a “BOMBSHELL” to destroy James Talarico. Then their smear fell apart under the most basic scrutiny. Now THEIR tactics are raising serious legal questions—and one admitted “public humiliation” was the goal. This backfired spectacularly.
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MAGA Sleuths' Talarico 'Bombshell' Blows Up in Their Faces
Elon Musk and his MAGA pals pounced on a supposed bombshell. Then came the inconvenient facts.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
(🔓) PROOF UNLOCKED: PROOF is now *unlocking* this major breaking news, because bots are swarming online lying about its contents. Here’s the truth, fully sourced: Trump agents working for Israel are covering up murders of Americans—and Trump refuses to stop this wartime Treason. Please SHARE this.
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2026’s October Surprise Has Arrived—and It’s a Treason Conspiracy Involving Trump and Israel
On both sides of the partisan divide, voters are angrier about the Iran War than anything—as reporting suggests Israel forced us into it. Now the issue is about to become a political atomic bomb.
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Congresswoman Sara Jacobs @sarajacobs.house.gov · 12/10/2026
This report from the New York Federal Reserve just found that without Trump’s tariffs, the cost of many everyday items would have gone DOWN in the last year. Instead, as we all know, prices have shot up. Trump is choosing to make your life more expensive.
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Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed says
Tariffs added 2.9 percentage points to inflation in 67 categories of goods by February 2026, researchers at the New York Federal Reserve found.
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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov and his guests basked in the glow of the diesel deal with America and predicted that Trump would help Moscow to get rid of Zelensky. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvN2...
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Russian state TV pundits discuss the diesel deal with America
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/10/2026
ProPublica designed a reporting experiment to demonstrate how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. We succeeded in opening two schools. No credentials or background checks required.
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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.
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Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Petition to get Clankers out of the neighborhood 
Poster applied to a traffic pole about the delivery robots with a QR code to where you can sign a position to get rid of
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 12/10/2026
Thank you, Admiral.
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Admiral McRaven: Public Execution Is Shameless and Ignoble
A government livestream of Nidal Hasan’s killing would put America in extremely poor company.
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Shriram Krishnamurthi @shriram.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Signals and Threads episodes are bangers, but this may be the first to become part of my PL course's "text". About 50% is a compressed version of my GC lectures, about 30% is modern updates, and 20% is @yminsky doing his thing w/ Stephen Dolan. (-: signals-threads.simplecast.com/episodes/mem...
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Memory Management with Stephen Dolan | Signals and Threads
Stephen Dolan works on Jane Street’s Tools and Compilers team where he focuses on the OCaml compiler. In this episode, Stephen and Ron take a trip down memory lane, discussing how to manage computer m...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This and his other talking points are all made in the Kremlin.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Again, I never again want to hear the Republicans claim the mantle of, or be referred to as, the "party of national security." This, as with threatening to invade our NATO allies, should have long ago immediately ended his presidency. It also should again now.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In any normal parliamentary democracy, the no confidence vote would be taking place tonight.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/10/2026
Ken Paxton’s records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan. with @texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
AI and the climate crisis pose existential risks. The law offers a way to reduce them. My latest for The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
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AI and the climate crisis pose existential risks. The law offers a way to reduce them | Robert Reich
Liability lawsuits have held tobacco, oil and pharma companies to account in the past. AI investors won’t ignore this th
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Trump Unilaterally Ends American Sanctions on Russian Energy Products and Announces That America Will Now Help Finance the Genocide Against Europeans in Ukraine; Russia and America Now Co-Rogue States, with America Funding Two Genocides and Russia One
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 08/10/2026
Musk has spent a decade saying lidar is "a crutch," while relying on a much bigger "crutch" in the form of human supervision, so now his engineers have to wallow around in the toxic fallout of their boss's cognitive meltdown here's a thread covering how that's going:
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NPR @npr.org · 09/10/2026
The first hurricane of the Atlantic season was forecast to intensify rapidly and cause dangerous conditions in the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and southern Mississippi when it makes landfall late Friday or early Saturday. n.pr/4rT7dUh
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Isaias strengthens into Category 2 hurricane on collision course with the Gulf Coast
The first hurricane of the Atlantic season was forecast to intensify rapidly and cause dangerous conditions in the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and southern Mississippi when it makes landfall late Friday or early Saturday.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 08/10/2026
Wall Street and corporations have schemed for decades to stack the bench with judges who rule against consumers and workers. Result? Federal courts have distorted the law to further rig the economy—and you're paying the price. Democrats must be clear-eyed about this challenge.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
DOJ is actively seeking a federal criminal indictment against former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, for lying to Congress in her testimony to the January 6th Committee hearing @anntelnaes.bsky.social (archives 8/29/25)
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