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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 21h
Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
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veery @veery.bsky.social · 19h
yes you could say i’m a centrist
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h
John Roberts' friend and defender is quoted in the piece, saying they shouldn't be shaming Roberts for the wreckage and ruin he's brought to this country because of "civility." The bullies always cry "civility" when the victims push back in the slightest.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18h
When I say John Roberts is a liar, hack, anti-democracy ideologue, and enemy of the Constitution, I do so in a civil manner. No yelling or cursing here. But since he will be remembered as an utter disgrace who tried to destroy the republic but failed, some in the future might say it less civilly.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h
His vocabulary is so limited it’s like reading a transcript of Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, if Koko were a white nationalist
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 20h
AP NORC: Trump approval at 31 points. A majority of Americans, 51%, *strongly disapprove*. AFAIK, strong disapproval crushing overall approval by 20 points is unprecedented. There is no political downside to opposing authoritarianism.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 17h
Riiiiiiiiiight.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h
This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office.
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donnayoungdc @donnayoungdc.bsky.social · 20h
WHY are U.S. media companies accepting what they KNOW are STOLEN funds & running ILLEGALLY paid for ads on their networks? This is media being complicit in helping Mobster Trump & his Nazis STEAL American taxpayers' money to fund propaganda ads. Media DON'T have to take the money/run the ads!
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HawaiiDelilah™ 🌊 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧 @hawaiidelilah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
But. Her. Emails. Man, I’ll never forgive any of you Hillary haters. Ever.
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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 01/10/2026
Entire generation of tech nerds never realized that talking to the computer on star trek was a narrative device and it is very rare that anyone wants to so this except necessary hands free situations
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
I read a couple hundred death penalty cases for a case once and I think you’d all be shocked at how often this happens. The death penalty is one of the cruelest things in our system, an obvious violation of the 8th amendment cruel and unusual punishment clause, but we just love to kill.
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 19h
True not just in publishing/writing. Look at how this new Meta Muse basically jumps into the user's shit, mixes it around, gets it everywhere. Shares their address. Lies to their contacts. Sells their stuff at a low price. Do not let the vampire in. Hang garlic. Sharpen stakes.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every Pete Hegseth speech just sounds like the worst kid in middle school fell asleep watching Patton and forgot he had to give a book report in English class the next day
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Those in attendance...received a book called “The War Department Field Manual,” a compilation of Hegseth’s past speeches. In a forward written by President Trump, the troops were told: “As your commander in chief, I will not ask you to fight dumb wars.” Perfect www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Five Takeaways From Hegseth’s Speech
The defense secretary gave a “State of the Force” address to hundreds of officers and enlisted servicemembers at a Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This would be the equivalent of sports coverage devoting itself to reporting on gambling markets instead of the game. Because real reporting on real stories is hard.
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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
bro what do their internals look like
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Kragar @kragar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Salary for POTUS? $400k a year Amount spent on White House "renovations" under Trump? $423 million How much has he earned? www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Trump boasts about making billions since returning to office: ‘I’m doing it for the country, not me’
President Donald Trump posts stock trading meme and gripes: ‘I’ve made Hundreds of Billions of Dollars on Stocks, and many other type Holdings, for the U.S.A., not myself, and all I do is get criticiz...
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Tremendous Kielbasa @rsaltasaurus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is incomplete reprint designed to provoke. The bill had voter ID attached to it in order to get it killed, making it so Republicans could run this exact headline.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 30/09/2026
This is obviously disgusting in so many ways. Gonna highlight one: Servicemember beard exemptions are all on religious or medical grounds. They're either Sikhs (mostly South Asian) or have a skin condition related to shaving curly hair (mostly African American). "No beardos" is racist as hell.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Bible actually does have something to say about this: Exodus 20:16: "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Skipped the Nazis, huh.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Alito's holding in Glossip was literally that it is legal for the state to torture people to death in direct violation of the Constitution unless the defendant could identify a more humane execution method. Sadistic and illogical even by his dismal standards, and this is the result
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I love that the U.S. government now has ideas so dumb that the fact checks are simply “yeah this isn’t a parody, it’s real”
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
something something brown m&ms h/t @brendannyhan.bsky.social
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Superintendent: SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THERE'S
A MEMO THAT MAKES CLEAR IT IS LAWFUL FOR YOU TO JUST KILL PEOPLE IF YOU THINK THERE ARE DRUGS ON THE SAME BOAT?

Principal Skinner: yes

superintendent: May I see it?

Principal: no
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Is it?
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dems now leading GOP on every issue Quinnipiac polled, including the economy, national security, and immigration:
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GOD SUEDE YOU! BLACK EMPEROR @suede.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Honestly, a powerful tool most men weirdly don't seem to to comprehend is "playing dumb so they have to explain". You don't have to be an evangelist or a 'hero', it's honestly as simple as tactically employing the following: "I don't get it" "That's weird" "Wait, but why?" "Isn't that ___, though?"
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Ben Winters @benwinters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
that chatbot doing that unsafe/violative thing is not it 'going rogue' or an 'unfortunate incident of unintended consequences,' it’s the logical and devastating consequences of an unsafe product put out by irresponsible companies that have been conditioned to believe consequences dont exist for them
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Ben Alpers @benalpers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Democrats do not only need to "go all in" on higher education. The party needs a genuine reset on its understanding of it. The last three Democratic administrations contributed to creating the crisis that higher ed is facing today.
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Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And it might even be good business - www.startribune.com/iowa-republi...
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Perry: Republicans fought ‘indoctrination.’ Now they’re telling students what to study.
The conservative attack on higher education in states like Iowa is hard to watch. But it also provides an opportunity for blue states like Minnesota.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the media would have a collective orgasm over a Democrat Not Knowing Sports
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
it is important to realize that many reporters for mainstream outlets are enthusiastic cogs in this elite-coordinated propaganda machine. don't print lies in the newspaper
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One, this hilariously outs who all got the talking points in advance and how blatantly they parrot those. Two, Schmitt really thought today he'd launch himself to the VP nomination and with that a decent shot at the presidency down the line. Instead this is the only thing he'll be remembered for.
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 29/09/2026
Every study of voter fraud has shown that it’s statistically nonexistent. But the Republican Party continues to spread the outright lie that it’s rampant, widespread, out of control, and we need new laws to stop it. It’s all bullshit.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 29/09/2026
surprised by how much damage control is being expended in defense of a newbie senator from missouri with negative charisma who makes jd vance seem empathetic.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 30/09/2026
judging just by what i have seen in brief snaps on the TL today, republicans are catastrophically unprepared for what’s going to be coming at them
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????
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