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In case you missed it, the New York Times this week fired its romance columnist simply because she shared a Bluesky post that was politely critical of the paper's failure to properly cover a credible Trump rape allegation (@marisakabas.bsky.social, @markjacob.bsky.social, @oliviawaite.com)

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The New York Times Is Simply Not A Credible Newspaper

The paper fired a columnist for the "crime" of simply reposting valid criticism of the paper's refusal to cover a new and credible Trump rape accusation.

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rickf - a cynical professor @rickf.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 4h

Accurate.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

Hakeem Jeffries is not YOUR leader. There are actually people leading the resistance well already. He is the leader of 255 incoming Members of Congress, more than half of whom are more conservative than you, than me, and even than Hakeem Jeffries. emptywheel.net/2026/11/05/o...

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On Congress - emptywheel

The division of labor in Congress guarantees that the people most effective at oversight -- people like Jamie Raskin -- are in the right places and already working on the oversight of the Trump Admini...

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 4h

turns out the brain rotting, expressly political project by the world's richest man was the filter bubble all along www.404media.co/republicans-...

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Republicans Learn X Is an Echo Chamber

It turns out you can’t post Malfoids and Anakin when diesel is $6 a gallon and expect America to vote for you.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 04/11/2026

tip: really take a few days to truly savor wins when they happen before catastrophizing or worrying about next steps. It's important for your mental health. Do it. That's an order!

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 22h

The biggest thing that did not go as hoped last night is that anti-trans ballot measures passed and are likely the beginning of a flood of them nationwide, a la the Defense of Marriage stuff, until more serious protections are in place. If you have any financial resources, here:

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Home - Transgender Law Center

Transgender Law Center Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. Since 2002 we’ve been organizing, assisting, informing and em...

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 22h

Absolutely unthinkable a couple of days ago and hugely consequential. The BoE has been a tool of Christian Nationalism in Texas for decades.

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John Quentin Heywood @jqheywood.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

My email inbox is soooo much emptier this morning

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 04/11/2026

Thread. We have to keep fighting. It's not over. Brace yourselves as you enjoy sweet victory.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 04/11/2026

It truly feels like a dream. Something most of us have never felt before, in fact. And thank YOU, Indivisible, for your tireless efforts. #NoKings, not ever.

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

And most of the people responsible for the smoothness with which this election proceeded are relatively anonymous, toiling away at the unglamorous work that quietly keeps democracy running. We owe them all a great debt.

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

It's really notable that none of the worst case nightmare scenarios involving ICE at polling stations, arrested election workers, seized ballots, postal shenanigans, etc. came to pass. And that's due to tireless work by legal advocates for states and NGOs, not to mention independent judges who […]

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 04/11/2026

Thread. Co-sign.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 04/11/2026

Well this got my attention.

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Sarah G. @sglassmeyer.bsky.social · 04/11/2026

my only regret is that neither of my piece of shit senators was up for re-election and we could have tossed at least one of them out also i hope you "fuck The South/Red States" people learned that there's a lot of blue in them states..

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John Quentin Heywood @jqheywood.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

So what’s the opposite of doom-scrolling?

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

I think had things gone differently tonight, we would be past a point of no return. Our country has been granted a reprieve, but there is still much work to do.

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Chilly :donor: 🛡️ :gayint: :ifin: @chillybot.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2026

Why yes I will be partaking in No Nazi November

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 04/11/2026

They spent billions of dollars They gerrymandered the living daylights out of these districts They stripped the VRA and all but sold it for parts And none of it was bigger than the people.

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.com · 04/11/2026

Words I want to hear: Accountability Subpoenas Hearings Impeachment Trials Words I don't want to hear: Bipartisanship Olive branch We go high Reaching across aisles Putting this behind us

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Aram Sinnreich @aram.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

Now we just have to impeach everyone, pack the supreme court, repeal a bunch of laws, tax the billionaires, and fix our foreign alliances. Easy peasy!

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rickf - a cynical professor @rickf.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

@aram If we can get a few more Senate seats and win the White House in '28, that's entirely possible. Until then? *shrug* Who knows.

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 04/11/2026

Sam Forstag won in Montana! We have a smokejumper in Congress!!

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 04/11/2026

going to go clear the street corner just in case the taco truck shows up tonight

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 04/11/2026

It’s not just Talarico beating Paxton. It’s Abbott losing. It’s Dan Patrick losing. It’s Mayes Middleton losing. It’s Bo French losing. It’s every single statewide race in Texas—including four (of the nine) seats on the Texas Supreme Court. Holy. Shit.

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 04/11/2026

North Carolina is one of those states where the legislature removes all the power from a Democratic governor, and then restores the power when a Republican is elected. So this is a big deal.

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rickf - a cynical professor @rickf.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

Amy beats Vivek for OH gov! So. Much. Winning....

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Sarah G. @sglassmeyer.bsky.social · 04/11/2026

<touches earpiece> hearing reports that Fox News is showing Swan Lake?

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rickf - a cynical professor @rickf.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

The MAGA gerryblundering really backfired on them, didn't it?

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Sarah G. @sglassmeyer.bsky.social · 04/11/2026

Hell yes.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 04/11/2026

I forgot how fucking good it feels to win.

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

Remember, it isn’t over until the president declares it was rigged.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 03/11/2026

I mean, Google search is already a mess. We don’t have to go back to cabinets of filing cards and the Dewey Decimal system, but also pushing students away from Google likely isn’t bad. Honestly, feel like Big Tech WANTS to lose the Butlerian Jihad as soon as it can.

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 03/11/2026

This is literally him!

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rickf - a cynical professor @rickf.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2026

The great news is that there are plenty of other monitors watching the DOJ election monitors.

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John Quentin Heywood @jqheywood.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2026

The print WaPo has a Style (really?) article about the Collins side with the racist & misogynist Xitter account...the headline is ok ("X account linked to former Collins aide posted slurs, calls for violence"), but the inside continuation headline, "Capitol Hill staffer says he isn't linked to […]

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 03/11/2026

THIS IS VERY GOOD

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CodeRedTO @coderedto.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/11/2026

A TTC streetcar *looks* big, but its total space footprint in traffic replaces just 5 stopped cars or ~2 moving ones. A street car can be nearly empty and still be more efficient than cars. From @cbkemp.bsky.social #TTC #Toronto #TOPoli #Transit

Diagram from above showing five private vehicles in one lane and a TTC streetcar in the adjacent lane, taking only the same space as the five SUVs.

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Mark Ingalls 🎄🎅✨ @ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/11/2026

I was laid off today. First time I've dealt with something like this. Not much else to say at this stage. If anyone has meteorology work of any kind, please let me know. I'm pretty tied down to Hermiston for now, but open to some forms of hybrid work in the Pacific Northwest.

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Sarah G. @sglassmeyer.bsky.social · 02/11/2026

Back to comfort reading Nicolae Ceaușescu‘s Wikipedia entry…

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/11/2026

Guys? Broadview 6 Judge April Perry is not happy that Stan Woodward is dicking her around. 7 pages like this. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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A motion for clarification is the proper procedural tool when a party is unclear about the scope of a court
order. Motions for clarification are of course best filed shortly after receiving the court order, rather than
three weeks later and seventy-five minutes before the close of business on the date that compliance with
the court order was requested. The timing of the Government’s filing could easily lead one to conclude
that the goal of the filing was not to cure genuine confusion about the Court’s order, but instead to inject
unnecessary delay into these proceedings.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/11/2026

Yesterday, in a hostile 60 Minutes interview with a Bari Weiss acolyte who once called trans kids a “social contagion,” El-Sayed refused to budge on trans rights. “A failure to show up and fight for that right is a failure to show up and fight for your own.” Subscribe to support our journalism.

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El-Sayed Refused To Hedge On Trans People Again In Hostile 60-Minutes Interview

Understand that a failure to show up and fight for that right is a failure to show up and fight for your own

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rickf - a cynical professor @rickf.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/11/2026

Happy Morris Worm Day to those who celebrate…

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