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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026

Trump’s new AI website believes he is the “former” president and acknowledges his criminal indictments

Screenshot of America.gov answering, “Has a president ever been criminally indicted? If so, who?” The response says former President Donald J. Trump has been criminally indicted and that no sitting president is shown in the cited sources as having been indicted. It cites Trump’s August 1, 2023 federal indictment on four counts related to conduct after the 2020 election, as well as Congressional Research Service information noting additional New York and Florida indictments.

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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership.

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NPR @npr.org · 28/09/2026

President Trump announced plans to cancel $810 million in Congressionally approved spending, a move that some in his own party are calling illegal. n.pr/4iMlJdT

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What to know about the $810 million in spending canceled by President Trump

President Trump announced plans to cancel $810 million in Congressionally approved spending, a move that some in his own party are calling illegal.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I guess the hundreds of millions Republicans are getting from billionaires for ads in the midterms aren’t enough so they are just going to steal taxpayer dollars to run more of them.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lotta talk right now about the President using public money to push political propaganda. It didn't start with these TV ads. Let me remind you of the political nonsense he forced the Census Bureau to publish: newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/how-to-fak...

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Who Put the Census Bureau in the Propaganda Business?

A once-trusted agency has dressed up partisan election claims as official statistics—and hidden the evidence needed to test them.

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.

Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 27/09/2026

“Strong Men & Women in Virginia History,” a traveling exhibit highlighting the contributions of pioneering African Americans in VA, is making its way across VA, allowing communities to learn about individuals whose work reached far beyond the pages of history books. www.nvdaily.com/nvdaily/exhi...

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Exhibit highlights African Americans who shaped Virginia communities

A traveling exhibit highlighting the contributions of pioneering African Americans in Virginia is making its way to libraries and historical institutions across the Commonwealth, allowing communities ...

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ask three boring questions: can it be stored, what else is made with it, and are we creating supply? Those punch three big holes in Trump's diesel export ban newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Speaking as a professor of public policy who studies housing policy: Trump take house.

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Politics and Health 🗳️ 🩺 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

So fuc*ing infuriating and sad. The CDC used to be the crown jewel of the world's scientific firmament. Other countries came to us for help fighting deadly diseases. Its disease detectives learned what caused illness and helped change practices to prevent them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...

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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Yes on 3 campaign (jungle primaries) keeps saying that Q3 will lead to more candidates running. They fail to understand the actual barriers potential candidates face and will make those barriers even greater.

I have been volunteering for candidates up and down the ballot for 14 years, and what I always tell people is that the two biggest barriers for any candidate considering running for office are TIME and MONEY.

If you want to see more people run for office, you need to tackle the barriers of TIME and MONEY. Both are barriers that hit working-class candidates, grassroots candidates, women, and people of color especially hard.

Question 3 (all-party primaries/jungle primaries), by contrast, would increase the TIME and MONEY involved in running for office. That doesn't increase competition: it artificially constrains it by limiting who will even consider running for office in the first place.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Newsom being Newsom. Someone is already teeing up to insist it's a misunderstanding or that we can't count him out because *snore*.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'll give $100 to the reporter who plants the idea of a Trump tour of swing states to save the party. "Mr. President, many experts are saying that only *you* have the raw charisma to turn this problem around. Will you go work your magic for endangered Republicans?"

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What I can't get over is the Dems out there trying to transphobia their way out of these numbers. Just out there riding the crest of the wave, doing morally unsupportable pandering to bigotry at a time when it is also strategically foolish, just for love of the capitulation game.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The vicious and corrupt cycle of monopolization: 1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market. 2) Use their monopoly power to price gouge consumers and shaft workers. 3) Use profits to make political donations. 4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement. 5) Repeat.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Ellisons are threatening to leave CA unless the AG's cave on their case to block the Paramount-Warner's merger I call BS together with leading antitrust experts @contrariannews.org 👇 The AG's and the unions should not fall for it

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AGs Must Not Cave to Paramount’s Empty Threat to Leave California

No company should be allowed to bully a state into abandoning its job of protecting consumers.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Return of the Cmonmacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is a very good point and the thing to understand is that’s not what’s happening on either side. The republicans are identifying all the people they want to target for degradation and a repeal of their civil rights. The democrats are giving a list of who they’re okay to do that to.

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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

REALLY well said by @milesgrant.bsky.social: "Reporters could just say that, but they don’t because they’re trained to describe Republicans how Republicans want them described, and Democrats how Republicans want them described" bluevirginia.us/2026/09/sund...

Miles Grant: "MA Republican Gov. candidate Mike Minogue is super enthusiastic about inspecting your kids’ genitals

Reporters could just say that, but they don’t because they’re trained to describe Republicans how Republicans want them described, and Democrats how Republicans want them described"

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It’s not “third-country deportation,” it’s an extraordinary rendition, complete with torture and enforced silence by the “host” country’s thugs. And it’s a direct consequence of never imposing punishment on the CIA for doing this during the War on Terror.

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A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees

Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“Others were being punished for watching smuggled South Korean dramas. Some inmates were so desperate that they ate maggots from corpses.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/w...

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The Hidden Human Cost of Kim Jong-un’s New Power

The North Korean leader’s financial and diplomatic leverage rests on the brutal exploitation of his own people, from coal miners to diplomats, at home and abroad.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NYT: “Two men deported to Equatorial Guinea by the Trump administration were hooded, bound, beaten with guns and shoved down a flight of stairs recently by police officers at a remote hotel where immigrants are being held indefinitely.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...

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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

More than 220 people have lost their lives in these strikes without ever facing a trial. Their families and the American public deserve answers. Hold Hegseth and all others accountable under the law, which they should have applied to the people whose lives were taken. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/09/2026

Late last month, ICE put 12 Somali men on a plane and told them they were being deported to Somalia, according to interviews with community leaders, friends, and family members who are in touch with the detainees. Instead, they arrived at the notorious US military base in Cuba.

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The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants at Gitmo

“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 17/09/2026

NEW: Trump brought in at least $2.2 billion from his business dealings in 2025. This clear profiteering undermines democracy and harms Americans—it must stop. Here's how to *actually* ban presidents from earning outside income.

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Stopping Trump’s profiteering: How to actually ban presidents from earning outside income - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

It is imperative for Congress to make it a priority to address President Trump’s dangerous conflicts of interest.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

giving $10 to a rich asshole to receive $1 in return is trickle down economics summed up in one 2 minute video

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is a nightmare for writers

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Trump’s and his real base of support — billionaires, Big Oil, Big Tech, defense contractors, & Wall Street — are looting the country at an unbelievable rate. They are pumping money into the Nov 3 midterms because this election may limit what they can get away with moving forward. Know the stakes.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026

We really can't let ourselves get accustomed to this. He's telling the people of NC that he's going to let them die if they don't vote how he wants.

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Matt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 15/09/2026

There are people who care deeply about delivering good government services working on figuring out what to do next, but you should know that this is happening. You should know how this administration is trying to make it harder for you to access the services and information to which you're entitled.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This seems to be slipping by. Even Trump officials acknowledge his stupid arch will harm historic sites but they don’t care.

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Keira Havens @highcountryrose.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Democrats have two articles of impeachment for Hegseth just sitting in the Judiciary Committee waiting to die (HRes 935 & HRes 1109). They both could have been brought to a vote before this. Instead they waited to let someone else do it.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year

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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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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Very difficult to communicate two things without one getting lost: 1. Midway Blitz was unsuccessful. It did not destroy Chicago’s identity as a sanctuary, its neighborhoods, its peoples. 2. Midway Blitz was and is traumatic. It destroyed many lives and livelihoods. And the feds have not left.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

W/o getting drawn into the "seriously or literally" / "it'll never happen" trap, we need to stomp *hard* on the continuing effort to undermine Article 1 power of the purse by saying that this or that revenue stream makes something outside the normal budget process. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

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Lutnick says Trump’s $5,000 checks for Americans wouldn’t rely on taxpayer funds

A top White House official suggested Congress would use a budget process to fund them. Vice President JD Vance had said tariff revenues.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The plan is to fund individual scientists directly and fast, and cut what universities are paid to support their research. In practice that means no infrastrucutre, no shared equipment, no lab manager, no institutional home if a study runs long or a result takes years to pan out.

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I think a lot of things go wrong when we mistake programming metaphors for how the computer works. You might have object-oriented programming but it is only one computer; it's just a way of keeping track of how the program works. Similarly, we'd think about AI differently if rather than "agents"...

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

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Bad Moog Baldwin @badmoog.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

That pittance will surely make everyone feel better they switched to buying rare books and shredding them.

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Sean Sublette @subletteweather.com · 07/09/2026

Monday morning RVA weather brief: All systems go for a nice Labor Day. Humidity stays low for the next few days, and the next chance of rain comes later Thursday or Friday.

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Stellar Labor Day in RVA

Break in humidity for a few days

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It’s been almost 90 days since the American people have seen or heard from Mitch McConnell. We’re still paying his salary.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 28/08/2026

The 1963 March on Washington wasn’t just about civil rights. It was also about economic prosperity. In the words of MLK, “what does it profit a man to sit at an integrated lunch counter if he can’t afford the meal?”

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Undaunted

Still fighting Jim Crow 63 years after the March on Washington.

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