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Jonathan Massaquoi

@jonathanmassaquoi.bsky.social
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 8m
Head Start is a critical resource for children in working class families, but the Trump admin is trying to force through an awful deregulation scheme.    I've joined dozens of colleagues to demand that RFK Jr. withdraws the proposal and HHS protects Head Start as required by law.
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Trump administration moves to deregulate Head Start, opening door for sweeping change
It would slim regulation of the 60-year-old anti-poverty program and aim to save money. Advocates worry the changes could undermine the early education program's mission.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1h
This is what women on the right say about another woman who was gang raped. These are the same people our current Dem leadership thinks should be allowed to participate in normal society after we wrest control from the psychos.
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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 8m
The Ukrainian campaign has been effective but almost every word of that WH post is a lie.
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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 6m
"Jones Act waiver period disproves China fearmongering, shows benefits of reform" thehill.com/opinion/fina...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h
good review and also, there is still something to be written about Sarah Palin as a key figure in creating the political space that trump seized just a few years later.
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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 2h
Originalism has always been inherently anti-precedent! Originalists adopted the One True Way™ to overturn the other side's constitutionalizing its political preferences as though they were constitutional heresies to be purified. But the movement became Gollum in pursuit of the ring. More at 21:00:
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Don't Let John Roberts Fool You (Neon Liberalism #93, with Mike Sacks)
How we need to think about court reform in the future.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 2h
The irony of course is that Originalism’s big selling point was supposed to be constraining the discretion or judges to impose their own political preferences as law. In practice the effect has been very much the reverse: Liberating justices from the constraints of stare decisis.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2h
Over and over some people demonstrate that racism IS a material interest in their decision making and that the racism supercedes everything else. But some refuse to take these folks at their word.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 2h
U.S. Senators won’t return to Capitol Hill until Nov. 9 for the five-week lame-duck session, when party leaders will have to decide which bills they want to negotiate during what could be the final days of unified Republican control.
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US Senate leaves nation’s capital in advance of midterms with much still undone • Ohio Capital Journal
The U.S. Senate adjourned Wednesday night and won’t return until Nov. 9 for the five-week lame-duck session, when party leaders will have to decide which bills they want to negotiate during what…
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 23h
New: As gay bars across the country say that Meta is flagging and deactivating their accounts without warning, I spoke to an Austin queer bar that says Meta nearly destroyed their ability to advertise events: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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How Meta's new content moderation upended a Texas gay bar
At least one LGBTQ establishment in Texas says the social media giant has incorrectly disabled its social media account, potentially hurting business.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2h
I think that @aselrod.bsky.social is right that the attention economy does bad things to our brains, whether or not those things qualify as addiction www.liberalcurrents.com/portraits-of...
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Portraits of an American Dopamine Eater
Our attention economy incentivizes the profane degradations of fame-seeking and celebrity culture.
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 3h
Yeah, this is a big time impeachment abuse of power.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3h
Again, a few months ago, the commonly held view was that Trump’s victory changed everything, and schools, law firms, entertainment companies, etc and even our own sense of principle had to change as a result of the new reality his election signaled. www.washingtonsun.com/congress/rep...
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Republicans in Safe Red States Are Breaking With Trump, Too
At least five GOP senators who are not on the ballot have criticized the president’s handling of the economy and policy priorities.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 03/10/2026
At least 57 people have died in ICE detention since the start of President Trump's second term — more than double the number of deaths recorded from the previous four years combined. ICE must be held accountable before any more lives are lost.
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Deaths in ICE Detention More Than Doubles Under Trump
Death rate could be higher if it includes hidden deaths of people released from detention that ICE is reporting under Trump administration.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 3h
The Trump administration's changing visa policies caused a sharp drop in international applications to Columbia University and contributed to the university pausing admissions to one of its journalism programs reut.rs/4rQ2suI
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump visa policies weigh on Columbia journalism program as admissions pause
The Trump administration's changing visa policies caused a sharp drop in international applications to Columbia University ​and contributed to the university pausing admissions to one of its journalis...
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 3h
The NYT is ok with extremist ideology as an anecdote in a profile—but highly allergic to any deeper examination of the ideology itself. No one gets to write an op-ed explaining any of this. That’s not allowed. But a billionaire can drop it in a quote as a passing comment.
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 3h
solid headline
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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 3h
No. Yall dont. Lol
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 3h
"I get to vote for the far right because I'm mad at the incumbent center-left and you can't criticize me for it" is the story of the decade, it seems
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 6h
Spain is calling early elections largely sparked by protests over its housing crisis. Really excited to get there in a few months and see why California's motherland is also refusing to do the obvious thing about it.
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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calls early election
Sánchez says Spain will head to the polls on 29 November after recent defeats on measures aimed at addressing the country's housing crisis.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 4h
The finances for the AI firms are getting crazier, good sign the bubble might be peaking cepr.net/publications...
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The AI Bubble Monitor
Is there an AI bubble? Some indicators point to one — and when bubbles burst, there can be massive shocks in housing and job markets that last for years.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 18h
"A national election, that of Brazil, which will affect the 8.3 billion people who inhabit this world. The Amazon, according to scientific evidence, is close to reaching a point of no return. Returning to the deforestation levels of 2022 (Bolsonaro) would be the final blow" x.com/ActisAndres/...
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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 4h
an active player promoting PREDICTIONS is a little more than “uncomfortable”, if you ask me…
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4h
I just finished a two hour meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Let me tell you about it.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 5h
Any Democrat who says something like this is likely corrupt himself and should be investigated.
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 4h
There is one—I think only one—remotely plausible hopium-pilled midterm scenario that stops MAGA cold, reverses our slide into fascism, and gives Dems a head start on reviving democracy in 2029. All the more realistic ones will require rough political conflict. www.offmessage.net/p/donald-tru...
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Don’t Bet On The Fever Breaking
Democrats have to be ready to box Trump in, even if Republicans in Congress close ranks around him, the way they always have.
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Özgür Öğret @ozgurogret.bsky.social · 5h
The disinformation law was designed to be a one-size-fits-all tool to prosecute journalists for reporting information that the authorities would rather the public did not know. cpj.org?p=625579
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Inside Turkey’s Lawfare: How Turkey uses its disinformation law against journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists
Istanbul, October 5, 2026—Turkish authorities have weaponized the country’s disinformation law to stifle independent reporting by repeatedly detaining and arresting journalists on charges of spreading...
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 5h
🇰🇪 🇺🇸 HIV deaths on the rise in Kenya since US aid cuts At least 24 HIV-positive sex workers in Kenya have died since aid was slashed by the United States in early 2025, despite being in good health until then. The Trump administration has restructured support away from NGOs in Kenya
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Michael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social · 5h
Forty-three states have passed 63 bills this year alone impinging on the rights of transgender people. In one poll, nearly half of trans respondents said they had moved or wanted to move to a more hospitable place. trib.al/n1SipKU
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Pathetic Republicans “Trans”-ition to Their Vile Closing Argument
A month out, the GOP is all in on playing the anti-trans card. Here’s how the Democrats need to answer it.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 5h
i feel like it would be very easy to draw a link between the pedo speaker of the house the republicans repeatedly covering up for pedos jeffrey epstein and donald trump but instead the media still treats the GOP like its a normal party
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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 5h
OH GREAT
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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 5h
Here's the adult voice that we need badly at the moment #ConsumerProtection #CyberSecurity #AI
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 6h
The White House press pool need not platform lies Or sanewashing macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/access-jou...
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“Access journalism” and Sanewashing at the White House Won’t Save Corporate Media
The White House Press Pass isn’t a silver bullet for shrinking legacy media
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 5h
It’s not just dishonesty. Andrew is saying it’s okay for this kind of violence to occur as long as it’s his side doing it. It’s a normalisation of violence that’s just one step away from calling for - or at least excusing - mass violence with actual deaths and injuries
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h
Wasn’t there something else that he did which was really, really evil?
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 6h
Fierce and nimble.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 6h
Mississippi has the highest percentage of Black residents out of any state in the country and U.S. Census data reports over 36% of Mississippi residents identify as Black. Despite this, three of Mississippi’s four congressional districts are majority-white. buff.ly/oxAULFs
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Mississippians Condemn Redistricting Efforts During Gulfport Hearing
Mississippians on the Gulf Coast were mostly negative on any redistricting proposals that may come from the Mississippi Legislature.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 6h
I choose to take it as a hopeful sign that the most viable career option for someone whose resume consists entirely of "lying on behalf of an autocrat" is limited to "working for the autocrat lies factory."
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Of course the Super Intelligence Force is filled entirely with people who don't know their own addresses.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 6h
Dennis Hastert, the disgraced former speaker of the House who eventually went to prison for concealing hush money payments to children he molested, dies at age 84. cbsnews.com/news/dennis-hastert-dies-former-house-speaker-illinois/
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Dennis Hastert, disgraced former House speaker, dies at 84
Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 6h
At this point I actually don’t really care if they do impeachments that won’t remove him anymore but why would you frontload an “ethics reform package” when the option to launch hundreds of aggressive investigations that at minimum gum up the works and slow down a violent fascist White House is…
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 7h
“We humans have a natural impulse to adapt to reality. It has been essential for the survival of our species and the development of civil society. But now, that same normalizing impulse is putting us in serious danger…we are under attack from an enemy within.” www.americaamerica.news/p/we-are-und...
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We Are Under Attack From an Enemy Within
By listening to our founders and refusing to go along with this, we can name and defeat the ongoing danger to our constitutional republic
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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 7h
As Houthi militants attacked ships in the Red Sea last year, top U.S. officials gathered at the Pentagon to prepare military options for President Donald Trump. Their meetings repeatedly grew tense, over both end game and resources to be used. Our story today:
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 7h
In 2010, I sat in on a patrol brief for a BCT in eastern Afghanistan that claimed “pashtunwali revenge” was responsible for why they faced so much violence. When I asked him to remind me why we were in Afghanistan in the first place, the colonel got frustrated and asked me to wait for them outside.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 7h
In apparent violation of a court order, the Brooklyn Democratic Party just sent out an email announcing a newly elected executive committee. Deepest shame on everyone involved. This won't stand.
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Congratulations to the newly elected executive committee members 2026-2028 term

AD47 Donald Day Secretary
AD56 Kenesha Traynham-Cooper 1st Vice Chair
AD60 Nikkii Lucas Chairperson
AD51 Feliz Ortiz 2nd Vice Chiar
AD55 Chris Durosinmi Assistant Secretary
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Five-byline alert: 🚨 “.. In the last hours of Kristi Noem’s tenure as the homeland security secretary, her agency delivered a windfall to one of her political donors by buying five airplanes from the man’s firm at a substantial markup ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h
“.. Whatever the reasons were for going in, from an economic point of view the war in the Middle East has been a disaster. .. It’s been disastrous from a cost-of-living point of view, for Australians and indeed for people right around the world.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Henry Snow @henrys.now · 20h
"unlike my main competitor I specifically believe our products justify some suffering" is not very good marketing
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h
“.. 2,000 trucks x $20,000 in fuel savings per year x 20 years. That works out to $800 million in total savings, for a whopping ~166% ROI.” @electrek.com electrek.co/2026/10/03/f...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h
“.. seven strikes on vessels around the waterway since Sept. 28.” @wsj.com ⛽️ www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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