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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 12h

It’s so weird how when you tell the rest of the world to go fuck itself and fill your nation’s streets with gangs of armed, masked, and unaccountable armed thugs and terrorize people at the border…that people will decide to vacation elsewhere. Who could have guessed?

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A clear example of bad faith, and why it’s a mistake to indulge bad faith. “Weaponization of DOJ” was always a blatant lie, a made up accusation from people who were eager to do the very thing they were pretending to oppose. Indulging that helped the liars, and empowered them to end rule of law.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Laugh at Eric Schmitt and Co. for Hawkeyes/Hawks, sure. Their screw up is funny and they deserve the mockery. But also, this was the GOP and allied media geared up to defend a coup attempt with lies and jail a prosecutor because he tried to enforce the law against a criminal. How far we've fallen.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"In the Donald Trump White House, summits are hazardous excursions during which the interests of the United States are shoved aside by a president whose cringe-inducing admiration of dictators makes these meetings into rituals of American humiliation." Well, I can't disagree there. Alas.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oligarchs. The word for very rich businesspeople directly connected to the top of the government and playing a role in high-level government functions is “oligarchs.” Way beyond lobbying, donating, and advisory councils. Trump brought them on his trip to China too. America has oligarchs now.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wild stuff. Sheri Mecklenberg, career prosecutor accused of misconduct in Broadview 6 case, resigns from DOJ. The NYT obtained her scathing resignation letter, in which she says the U.S. attorney directed her to bring felony charges over her objection. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Read the document (Gift Article)

Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We’re at the “shipping container courts” stage of ICE’s mass expansion of the enforcement system.

Each detention unit would sit on asphalt or concrete behind an office's existing security fence, with a counter for processing people and a separate holding area fitted with a toilet and sink for detainees according to the draft work statement.
The agency also wants a 300-square-foot unit for interviewing people in custody and a 60-square-foot "Virtual Immigration Court Unit" for hearings run by the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Justice Department agency that operates the immigration courts.
Both must also be designed for their purpose before delivery.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We must be allowed to break laws with impunity so we can birth the machine god before others, and if we can’t steal and hack and crime, then the inevitable machine god won’t have the values we want and you’ll be sorry. Sounds insane, but that’s a prevalent, influential, respected ethos today.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 22/09/2026

Come to our reenactment of German military stuff. Also, my mom was in the Hitler Youth for Girls and she'll be selling her knitting! Just absolutely wild stuff apparently at the Rockford WWII Days event.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Communism has no place in America, the President declares the day before rolling out his new state television station.

The White House •
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WALLE HOUSE
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Communism directly opposes the United States
Constitution and American values.
While every Democrat voted against the largest tax cuts in American history and over 100 refuse to condemn socialism, President Trump will ensure that communism never has a place in America.
ПОЛЕННІ
COMMUNISM HAS NO
PLACE IN AMERICA

Benny Johnson • • Follow
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TRUMP TV IS OFFICIALLY LIVE 24/7
The White House just launched "TRUMP TV: The Essentials Station" — a nonstop stream featuring President Trump's speeches, major announcements, past highlights and administration updates, refreshed in real time.
The launch comes amid Trump's escalating fight with
CNN, MS NOW and Politico, which have sued his administration after being barred from White House access.
Americans can now watch the White House's own selected footage and announcements DIRECTLY,
24/7.
The media landscape just changed in a BIG way. •*
TRUMPOV

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johnturing.bsky.social @johnturing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I mean what are people going to do? Bypass their expensive service with any number of free pirated options? Folks were only paying to avoid inconveniences... which you're now adding more of. Brilliant move. Let's see what happens...

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Pirate Sabastian's Flag on a Misty Sea

ALT: Pirate Sabastian's Flag on a Misty Sea

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Nikole Hannah-Jones w/ a sobering follow-up on her decision yrs ago to enroll her daughter in a poor, majority-Black public school rather than a wealthier, whiter private school. You leave heartbroken for the kids being failed by this grossly unequal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...

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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It is profoundly un-American for President Trump to ban my colleagues from the White House grounds. In protest, I plan to give him a good ribbing about that when we break bread at next year’s White House Correspondents Dinner.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

When the US bombed an Iranian school, killing over 100 kids, it involved over-reliance on an AI targeting system called "Maven," which based it on outdated information. I called it in @foreignpolicy.com in April Now confirmed in @bloomberg.com report of Pentagon investigation

Keep Humans in the Loop
AI has a place in military targeting—but it needs safeguards.

By Nicholas Grossman, a professor of international relations at the University of Illinois, editor of Arc Digital, and the author of Drones and Terrorism.

Pictured: A woman passes an art installation featuring portraits of some of the school girls killed in an apparent U.S. strike in February, in Tehran.on April 12. MAJID SAEEDI/GETTY IMAGES)

https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/14/ai-targeting-iran-school-airstrikes-pentagon-anthropic/

APRIL 14, 2026, 1:57 PM
In the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, airstrikes hit an elementary school in Iran, killing at least 175, most of them children.

From: https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/14/ai-targeting-iran-school-airstrikes-pentagon-anthropic/

This time, AI may have played a role, perhaps relying on old information. The school was adjacent to Iranian naval facilities and had once been a part of them. A large language model like Claude or ChatGPT could make that kind of error by consuming outdated information at a higher volume and giving it greater weight than more current info—or perhaps by failing to spot something a human might have caught, such as a school sign or children playing.

From: https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/14/ai-targeting-iran-school-airstrikes-pentagon-anthropic/

The public doesn’t know if AI chose the Iranian school, but we know the U.S. military is using an AI-powered system called Maven in Iran to help identify targets. Similarly, the Israeli military used a system called Lavender to identify targets in Gaza. Both wars featured a record-high rate of precision strikes compared to previous air campaigns.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/14/ai-targeting-iran-school-airstrikes-pentagon-anthropic/

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Why is anyone analyzing Trump’s blatant lie about checks as if it’s a real policy or has any chance of happening, thereby advertising fake benefits? If I claimed I could fly to Asia propelled by my own farts, you don’t need multiple pieces like “Grossman’s Plan for Inexpensive Flight—Will it Work?”

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Staff also reported that time spent in the small metal enclosures is closely monitored, and
detainees are not locked in, even though we observed locking mechanisms on the enclosures.
Figures 11 and 12. Small Metal Enclosures; Observed January 21, 2026

Underneath is a picture of a metal cage that is 4 feet 3 inches wide by 4 feet 3 inches long, and 7 feet 9 inches high. The cage itself is placed on a tiny spot of fake turf, and then surrounded by another chainlink fence with razor wire on top. The cage is covered by a roof, but it's entirely exposed to the outside otherwise, meaning mosquitos and no air conditioning.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Jared Kushner is not "on the other side of the aisle." He's not an elected official. He's not an administration official. He's the president's son-in-law and a private citizen. You do not, in fact, have to take meetings with relatives of the president. Some might even say you should *not* do that

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Mr. Trump’s choice to lead a mass pledge of allegiance to himself, followed by commanding his followers to cheat in the upcoming election, was unusual by presidential standards.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

you can be arrested if you give water to people waiting on line to vote

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It’s been a steep uphill climb making the argument that the people in this photo and many who voted with them genuinely wanted mass deportation. Not expressing “economic anxiety,” nor upset they haven’t heard “kitchen table” enough. Adults who chose, and repeatedly communicated, what they want.

2024 Republican convention with audience holding up “mass deportation now!” signs

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Awfully similar to Russia, yes. Start an aggressive war while making existential threats, kill a lot of them, then whine that it’s so unfair they fought back instead of bowed down, claim victimhood, so now we have to bomb them (like we’d already been doing), look what they made us do. I hate it.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

No matter what you think of AfD, it’s weird for the US president to publicly comment on a subnational election in Germany, and cheer for a party getting a plurality. The specifics—neo-Nazis, transnational fascist solidarity—make it extra bad. But it’s not normal, and shows where his priorities lie.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026

You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.

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Mike Maihack @mikemaihack.com · 07/09/2026

💣 Harley vs Kara ❤️

Watercolor drawing of Harley Quinn, giant bomb in hands, about to drop off the ledge of a building mid-pursuit of a floating Supergirl; finding herself in a very looney Coyote vs Roadrunner situation.

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johnturing.bsky.social @johnturing.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My brain when CNN tries to charge me extra on top of my cable bill to sell me their far-right normalizing slop. "Which one of you dancing clowns is 'trusted' and which one of you is 'journalism?' Because you're both wrong!"

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Unpopular opinion: When someone is factually wrong about something important—eg vaccination—telling them that they’re wrong is treating them with respect. The condescending thing to do is indulge them, act like they have a point, as if the thing you know to be wrong might be at least somewhat right.

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Jill Bernard @jillybee72.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Screen shot from a Mitchell & Webb sketch with nervous soldier in a similar uniform captioned “Are we the baddies?”

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Regime change! OK, no regime change. Unconditional surrender! OK, no surrender. Nuclear deal! OK, no nuclear deal. But we control Hormuz! OK, we don’t control Hormuz. But we’re squeezing them economically into concessions! OK, no concessions. But maybe a future president can get something, IDK.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As somebody who grew up during the era in which there was a massive public push to reduce teen pregnancy, it’s absolutely wild to me to see people on Fox News now complaining that not enough teens are getting pregnant.

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Zoe Washburne Rebel Scum @zoewashburne.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Fucking monster. Step #1: Complain about the media calling you a racist. Step #2: Deliver a racist tweet worthy of the Racist Tweet hall of Fame. Step #3: If it's a day of the week ending with the word "day," be Laura "Jigsaw" Loomer every minute of it.

“The media will clip my language about Angie Nixon, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and call me RACIST. I don’t care.

“These women are all ghetto, entitled, race-obsessed, destructive black BITCHES who are completely unfit for the power they hold.

“If you campaign with Hasan Piker who said America deserved 9/11, and endorse AngieNixon after she called supporters of resolutions honoring Charlie Kirk ‘tools of white supremacy,’ you have no standing to lecture anyone about offensive language and ‘racism.’

“I’m so sick of watching Republicans refuse to speak out forcefully because they are terrified of being called racist or Islamophobic by ghetto black and Muslim communist bitches. You feelz me?” – So-called “Trump whisperer” Laura Loomer.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Voters got Orban out. Voters got Bolsonaro out. Voters got Trump out in 2020 (though other voters put him back in). Further back, voters got Pinochet out. You have to willfully shove your head in the sand to say voting can't do anything about this. In fact, it's probably the best way.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Maybe some of those "why are you campaigning with an antisemite?" questions could go to Republicans backed by a Sieg Heiling white nationalist. The silence is especially deafening because Musk's involvement helped Republicans lose in WI in 2025, so the press even has its preferred horserace frame.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Darline Graham said that because her own parents died when she was a kid, people today shouldn't expect "government health care." So I dug up the real story of the death of Darline/Lindsey's parents. It makes a strong case FOR government health care. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2148...

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What Darline Graham’s Ugly, Viral Outburst About Death Really Reveals

The senator’s parents died when she was a kid. That’s tragic. But it’s also tragic that she’s against the kind of care that could help untold numbers of people avoid that fate today.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Sen. Bill Cassidy MD’s argument for being the decisive vote to confirm RFK Jr. was essentially “thank you for lying to me, no matter how transparently, that’s what I needed to do something I know is awful to stay aligned with my party, which I value much more than childrens’ lives.” Everyone knew.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/08/2026

DHS repeatedly said that an aggressive Chicago apartment raid was prompted by intel on a Venezuelan gang takeover. Records reveal the real story behind the raid: targeting alleged squatters with the landlord’s blessing. 👂 Listen to the full episode:

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The True Story of Why Immigration Agents Raided a Chicago Apartment Building

Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · August 20 · 42m

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Fantastic new report that delves into the way that local police are collaborating with ICE, even in places where it’s not authorized under state law. Worth your read!

But the records unearthed in Illinois show a pattern of continued collaboration with federal immigration agencies that raise questions about the limits of such laws: Sheriffs honoring ICE detainers the law forbids them to honor. Police departments emailing federal agents the home addresses, employers, and daily whereabouts of people stopped for speeding. A local detective asking ICE to run the immigration status of an armed-robbery victim. Officers with a local badge and an ICE email address, sharing immigration data that's supposed to be off-limits to them. Jails releasing people directly to waiting ICE agents, at the federal government's direction.
The TRUST Act came with exceptions: Police can act on a federal criminal warrant, volunteer someone's immigration status, or release an arrest report on request. And it left shared databases untouched — simply running a name through a law enforcement database is enough to trip a federal alert, the way it did the night Torrez was pulled over.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

US Government’s Pro-Measles Policy Sees Increasing Signs of Success

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/08/2026

here is the thing. if you tell me that you believe that race is a biological category and that it is a guide to the objective superiority and inferiority of groups of people, i am not calling you a racist to *insult* you, i am calling you a racist because it best describes your beliefs.

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johnturing.bsky.social @johnturing.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If anyone was confused on whether Jeff Wilson's folksy schtick was a cover for the fact that he's an unhinged far-right fascist nut job. "Common Sense" was also the name of an "anti-communist" newspaper from 1946-1972 that published far-right, antisemitic, fascist, and neo-Nazi material.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I place a lot of value on viewpoint diversity (the real one) and on free speech (the real one). It sucks how both concepts have been hijacked to mean “everyone is under a moral obligation to elevate and disseminate discredited claims if today’s political right is into them.”

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

We are unquestionably sending people to their deaths, all because the President and his appointees are making policy based on pure racism and bigotry.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Dear American Beef Producers, I made a special deal for foreign sellers to undercut you. My tariffs and other actions raised prices, and I want burgers to look cheaper ahead of the election. Also, expect extra high feed and transportation costs next year due to my war. You're welcome. Best, DJT

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