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JoseyRider

@joseyrider.bsky.social
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Democrat. Retired. Politics matter. Pay attention. TX to Rosebud Rez, SD to Ecuador. Sharing AI slop gets you blocked. Won't click or share anything on SubStack.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 4h
“Patel is apparently planning a trip to Russia, a country that (a) is no friend of the United States nor the FBI specifically and yet (b) is quite friendly with Patel, including via a ‘Russia-linked production company’ that evidently previously paid Patel $25,000 to appear in an anti-FBI TV series.”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h
🚨BREAKING: The Republican National Committee (RNC) is piloting a training program for Wisconsin election observers to identify discrepancies with voting machines, as the GOP piles additional scrutiny on voting processes in the swing state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP trained Wisconsin election observers to target voting machines in pivotal swing state
The new RNC program appears to mark an escalation from typical poll watching activities.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h
🚨BREAKING: Plaintiffs fighting North Carolina’s newly passed absentee ballot rules filed for a preliminary injunction that would block the rules they called “disenfranchising” for the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Voting advocates keep fighting North Carolina mail ballot restrictions with midterms underway
The PI request comes as the county boards of elections across the state are set to start weekly meetings to process absentee ballots. There have been 93,402 mail ballots requested and 13,495 counted i...
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 9h
By my math, the order was filed 11 minutes after the Trump administration's reply brief came in.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 9h
#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal).
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h
NEWS: GOP candidate Brandon Herrera defended massive CEO salaries, mocked renters as “bums,” joked about people who don’t “tip their landlords,” then compared being called a “renter” with a hard R to a racial slur.
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Brandon Herrera Defended High CEO Salaries, Joined Mocking of Renters
GOP candidate: "Did you really call me 'renter' with a hard 'r? It's 'renta' to you."
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 5h
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Miss Dfies @missdfies.bsky.social · 3h
He's responded: "I also don't hide behind anonymity, so if you freaks want to dig up my old addresses, knock yourself out 😂" By framing her doxing as a challenge ("let's see if anyone has the balls"), he turns the harassment of a SA victim into a game for which he is only a bystander. Balls indeed.
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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 4h
She was doxxed by a Chi Phi alum who implored his followers to “help a Chi Phi.” Just in case anyone thought that organization was remotely redeemable.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 3h
Tonight, 47 Senators supported my resolution to get accountability for the 9 Americans killed on the West Bank & for Palestinians who face injustices daily. That's more support than we've ever had in this fight. Republicans blocked us, but we won't stop until we get justice.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 3h
Black text that reads:

229 new affordable homes are coming to the Bronx.

We just broke ground on Sol on Park:
• 80 homes for current NYCHA residents
• 69 homes for formerly homeless seniors
• 79 homes for low- and middle-income seniors
• 8,000 sq. ft. of community space, including a health and wellness center 

This is what’s possible when we invest in NYCHA and use the power of government to build a City where New Yorkers come first.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h
According to leaks, Anthropic reported a $42B net loss in 2025. This was revealed as Anthropic is preparing a massive IPO and even bigger investments in AI infrastructure. How worried should we be about the AI bubble bursting?
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Brace Yourself for the AI Bubble
Are we watching an AI revolution, or a slow-motion economic disaster?
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 7h
NEW AD: Today on House Hunters, Ken Paxton is shopping for a new house. Will he buy the three-story luxury lodge in Oklahoma? The condos at a wellness resort in Utah? The ocean-view property in Hawaii? (Spoiler alert: He won’t take one — he’ll take 15.)
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Secrets and Laws @secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 9h
🚨Exclusive🚨: I have exculpatory evidence in what is easily the dumbest congressional oversight episode of the year...maybe the decade. I was at the Iowa v. MD game & just looked at my pics & sure enough, someone who looks like Jack Smith is sitting in Sec 109, Row 1. Complete & total vindication!
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h
omg. yes, they actually have video of him at the game. when does marshall mcluhan walk out and dunk on sen schmitt?
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h
this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4h
Nothing but super intelligence all around at the White House.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6h
"Hunter Biden was on a board in Ukraine" was enough to whatabout away Trump family corruption And "Twitter made exceptions for Trump but got a request from a Dem they rejected" was enough to "prove" bias *against* the right So "Smith was in Georgia, where Fanny Willis is" should've been enough too
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 4h
Even if Smith had been in Atlanta, there really was nothing to Schmitt’s false accusation that he met Willis that day than that he happened to be in one the nation’s biggest cities?!
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 4h
trump's "friend" kim jong-un tortured US citizen Otto Warmbier to the point where he suffered a neurological injury and died shortly after he returned to the U.S.
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 4h
Dude screwed up so badly, he is getting murdered on the other site.
Screenshot of an X post by Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt), timestamped 6:54 PM on Sep 29, 2026. The post reads: “Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?” Below it, a Readers proposed context note says: “Still gathering ratings” and “Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury during his congressional testimony because Eric did not know the difference between the Hawks and Hawkeyes,” followed by a truncated NBC News link.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h
NEW: The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge brought by the Democratic National Committee that could determine if state judges can extend polling hours after election-day disruptions threaten voting access. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear case on expanded voting hours during Election Day disruptions
The DNC is asking the justices to clarify whether Wisconsin courts can extend voting hours when election-day problems threaten voters’ constitutional right to vote.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3h
NEWS: A unanimous 11th Circuit just REFUSED to halt sanctions stemming from Trump’s $1.8 billion insurrectionist “slush fund” saga
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Trump Loses Bid to Freeze Sanctions Over His IRS Scheme
A unanimous Eleventh Circuit panel left Judge Kathleen Williams free to enforce restrictions born from her finding that Trump used a federal lawsuit to manufacture judicial legitimacy for an administr...
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 6h
its worth asking why posts like this — a purported leftist warning others not to trust elected left-wing politicians — consistently do so well on the site where racist Trump ally Elon Musk controls the algorithm that chooses what posts people see
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 9h
BREAKING: Fox News agrees to host a debate between me and Ken Paxton — because the people of Texas deserve it. They're just waiting on Paxton to agree. Ball's in your court, Ken.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
Q: Trump is traveling to red areas, Republican strongholds, not battlegrounds. How is that helpful for Republican chances? THUNE: They're figuring out where they think he can make the biggest difference. He needs to turn out his voters.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 6h
Even America.gov agrees: Donald Trump drove up your gas prices.
In one Word, did Donald Trump's war in Iran drive up gas and diesel prices for Americans?

America.gov: yes
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h
The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. (Published March)
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Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump
Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h
There really is this rash of very weird GOP defenses. Like when Paxton said the guy didn’t do one day in prison. That’s a lie! I put him in for a hard 60 days! Or Marshall saying he didnt get the pregnant woman arrested for late bill. It was for not showing up for the lawsuit over the late bill!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
Q: Are you concerned at all that your continued support of data centers could hurt Republicans in the midterms? TRUMP: I just have to do what's right
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 5h
Sure Google, that's the take away here.
Google headline: Senator Eric Schmitt accuses Jack Smith of
perjury during hearing
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 5h
I'm profoundly against this depraved record and want to do the exact opposite: pass Medicare for All.
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Mike Rogers voted against children’s health coverage over and over - Detroit Metro Times
Mike Rogers repeatedly voted against efforts to expand health insurance for children of working families.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
Trump: "You're gonna see that data centers are gonna be very popular"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
Trump's responses to questions about AI safety are totally non sequitur
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 5h
Black text on a white page that reads as follows: 

Too often, homeless New Yorkers cycle from our hospitals to our streets — making it harder to continue treatment and find long-term stability. 

The City's Bridge to Home program in Manhattan ends the cycle by providing a safe place for New Yorkers to live while they receive medical care, apply to jobs, and find an apartment. The program has been a massive success.

Today, we’re expanding Bridge to Home to Brooklyn and Queens, so more New Yorkers get the help they need.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 9h
FBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...
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The Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part II
A quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality).
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
Elon Musk corrects himself: "I think it's worth highlighting the positive benefits of AI -- SI, pardon me. I think by far the most likely outcome is major abundance."
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Kate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 4h
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 4h
He had all afternoon and this is the best he could come up with. Great ratio!
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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 7h
It's a bit of a bummer that the story today has been "look at this absolute doofus of a senator" and not "Jack Smith once again credibly accuses the president of many serious crimes"
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6h
Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Riley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding Claims
Gaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6h
WSJ Exclusive: The Trump admin used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance those controversial pro-Trump ads that started airing on TV. The taxpayer money used to fund the ads came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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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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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 11h
Trump has said the Iran war is almost over at least 60 times. It's been 212 days. 19 service members are dead, 800+ wounded, $43 billion gone. We counted every broken promise with @votevets.org.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h
Again, gas prices spiked in 2022-23 because Russia invaded Ukraine which caused a major disruption in global supply. Then they came down. Biden didn’t cause it. Gas prices rose in 2026 due solely to the stupidity of Trump who started a war in the Middle East.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
when you need to be cut off from the Diet Coke refills (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
Trump, looking extremely orange with his eyes barely open, with Zuckerberg today at the WH
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Justin @justinlawguy.bsky.social · 4h
You, if you weren't an idiot?
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 4h
Former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn found guilty of wife's murder #UPI
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Former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn found guilty of wife's murder - UPI.com
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jimrissmiller.bsky.social @jimrissmiller.bsky.social · 5h
Trump demonstrates again that he only cares about himself and nothing nor nobody else. nbclosangeles.app.link/8u4TBiE7P6b
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Trump’s border wall construction cut into an ancient ground carving older than Stonehenge
The Las Playas intaglio carving of a huge fish is at least two thousand years older than the first Egyptian pyramid, according to recent estimations.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 4h
In today's adventures in the non-unitary executive...
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MayhemMel! @melindameyer.bsky.social · 4h
www.samsung-news.com/articles/tK2... Americans are in an affordability crisis self made by Trump. So to boost slumping sales they're gojng to use AI to raise prices and push what Americans are willing to pay. When your in a busy drive thru lane you don't have a choice. Never again McDs. 🤬
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