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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 20h
I’m not always negative. Really. In August I saluted some of the heroes of pro-democracy news and commentary.
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25 must-follow people in pro-democracy media
One way to fight negativity is to lift up inspirational voices
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20h
The war has been going on for 7 months now btw
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
Xavier Becerra put the Steve Hilton contradiction right on the debate stage: enforce Trump’s federal immigration laws, but ignore California’s own protections? Then he dropped the hammer: “You seem to welcome immigrants who look like you, but deport immigrants who look like me.”
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anyway. I hope with all my heart that Jane Doe finds healing and justice. None of this is her fault.
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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Calling AI “Superintelligence” isn’t better. For one thing, adding “super” as an adjective to emphasize a noun does not suggest hyper smarts; it suggests a poor vocabulary. link.axios.com/click/477327...
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Trump, CEOs try to shed AI's toxic branding
The new SI label is part of an effort to shift the narrative.
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today is the feast day of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, known as Little Flower of Jesus, she died in 1897. "A word, a kindly smile, will often suffice to gladden a wounded and sorrowful heart." “The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of its scent...
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
...nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.”
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The Calitaliano Kid 😎🇺🇦🗽 @moved2italy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The purging of Top Generals from the U.S. Military by Hegseth, as with the purging of the FBI by Kash Patel and the wholesale destruction of the DOJ by both Pam Blondie & Todd Blanche, is NOT making you any safer! Sycophancy and blind loyalty to a regime, … www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Hegseth confirms plan to cut 20% of US top military brass and rails at ‘beardos, weirdos and wimps’
Amid latest extraordinary attack on diversity, US defense secretary also suggests military is retaining service personnel at ‘record’ rates
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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Prosecutors presented evidence that Mr. Trump shared a highly sensitive 'plan of attack' against Iran to visitors at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., in July 2021--and was recorded on tape describing the material as 'highly confidential' and 'secret'." www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06...
nytimes.com
Trump Indicted: Special Counsel Unveils Case Against Trump (Gift Article)
The special counsel, Jack Smith, released an indictment describing how the former president hoarded documents concerning nuclear programs and attack plans after leaving the White House.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Eric Schmitt fully deserves to be ridiculed for his embarrassing display-attacking Jack Smith But don’t let MAGA Senator Kennedy-who eagerly rushed to help Schmitt-off the hook for his own farcical performance during the same hearing The funniest thing is, these two stooges thought they had Smith
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Not “mind-boggling.” Trump has made our once-beloved country an unwelcoming place and an unsafe place for foreign visitors.
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Dan Benbow @danbenbow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sen. Husted was a major champion of data centers as Ohio's lieutenant gov. Now that he's getting hammered on the issue, he's sponsoring a token bill that asks states to CONSIDER making data centers pay their own way. Too little, too late. Let's get real #GuardrailsForAI.
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𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗱 @photoframd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Student Journalists At The Cornell Daily Sun Never Let the Cornell Assault Case Go, covering the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024. #Cornell7 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
nytimes.com
Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 01/10/2026
NEW: As Texas’s top attorney, Ken Paxton has the power to challenge election outcomes — including the U.S. Senate race he’s the GOP candidate for. If Paxton loses, legal experts say he could try to weaponize his power. But they also have confidence in the courts: demdock.com/4jvWgFM
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 01/10/2026
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is how a foreign government's energy policy can have major consequences for a U.S. election without firing a shot or casting a single ballot. Whether intentional or not, Beijing's decision just made Trump's fuel-price problem even harder to solve.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 01/10/2026
The US wants the EU to release 120m barrels of diesel over the next 6 months. The U.S. push is heavily influenced by domestic politics. High diesel prices are impacting American farmers during harvest season, creating a political vulnerability for Trump just ahead of the November midterm elections.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 01/10/2026
Looks like Trump's charm offensive & lavish state dinner didn't persuade Xi to help. The Chinese government ordered its refiners to suspend October fuel exports. This will further drive up diesel prices worldwide and will put a wrench in Trump's midterm plan. uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese...
uk.finance.yahoo.com
Chinese refiners suspend October fuel exports, one cancels cargoes, sources say
By Trixie Yap, Siyi Liu and Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Chinese refiners have suspended exports of oil products to regions beyond Hong Kong and Macau until further notice from Beijing,
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 01/10/2026
Latvia has detained two of its citizens since June on suspicion of spying for Russia's military intelligence agency and using a private aircraft to surveil an army base hosting NATO forces, authorities said.
politico.eu
Latvia detains couple suspected of spying for Russia
Authorities allege the pair collected information on NATO forces, military aircraft and Latvia’s support for Ukraine.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
South West Water pleaded guilty to sewage dumping, fined £8m, a decade after the events. Yet govt introduced more deregulation. England's water industry controlled by organisations with criminal convictions. None has licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Customers fleeced.
bbc.co.uk
South West Water fined almost £8m for sewage spills
South West Water previously entered guilty pleas to pollution offences spanning six years.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 01/10/2026
“Ukraine has demonstrated that mid-range drones, cruise missiles, and even ballistic missiles can be produced in large numbers by mid-sized countries; one should of course also put Iran in the same category.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-return-o...
liberalcurrents.com
The Return of the Cutting-Off Way
Structural changes are driving us towards a more chaotic world, defined by "neither peace nor war, but conflict."
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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I too would like to have a salary and benefits but not do my job.
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kaj123.bsky.social @kaj123.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
👏🏽👏👏🏼
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kaj123.bsky.social @kaj123.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I can’t.
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Slugworth @slugworth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Let’s build one in his neighborhood.
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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A Democratic senator (currently running for governor) personally figured out this mystery in real time, debunked Schmitt's claim, and humiliated him. And the DNC apparently thinks it'll be more viral to attribute her work to Fox News.
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kaj123.bsky.social @kaj123.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Between 💔 and 🤦🏻‍♀️
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
Read this thread 🧵
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John Bisognano @johnbisognano.com · 30/09/2026
“Nightmare” implies this was an uncontrollable event. GOP knew what they were doing was extremely unpopular, & yet they pushed forward. The people of Missouri did not stand for it. It’s like calling it a “nightmare” when you get arrested for stealing. www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/mi...
washingtonsun.com
Missouri Is a Nightmare Come True for Redistricting Opponents
Because of legal battles over district lines, some of the state’s voters will cast a ballot in a different district in November than they did in the primary.
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kaj123.bsky.social @kaj123.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 30/09/2026
there's just a parade of these stories helping the President pretend he's erecting useful guardrails for AI none of them think it's important to mention Trump has taken a brutal hatchet to U.S. corporate oversight and consumer protection regulators
axios.com
Trump's AI "constitution" crowns day of accelerating ambition
The terms were simple: Press ahead, project optimism and police yourselves.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026
We are publishing the name of the alleged shooter because we believe transparency in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s killing is of vital public interest as investigators, lawmakers and the public seek to understand what happened and how ICE operates more broadly in this state. Read more here:
texastribune.org
ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
texastribune.org
ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@kennyjacoby.bsky.social on X: NEW: I analyzed seven years of Cornell's sexual violence case data. Expulsions are very rare. 1,216 reports of sexual assault, DV and stalking, 2018-2024 162 formal investigations. 51 findings of fault. 14 suspensions. 7 expulsions or dismissals.
usatoday.com
Cornell rarely expels students in sex assault cases | Exclusive
A third of undergraduate women say they've been sexually assaulted. But on average, Cornell reported expelling just one attacker per year.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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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kaj123.bsky.social @kaj123.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thank you for sharing this!!
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Laura Kowalski Linden @samoart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
$20 million while Americans starve and lose their homes
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la-crystal.bsky.social @la-crystal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So he defunded CBP in order to run useless ads that actually reminds everyone he campaigned on 'no wars' while he's failing miserably in a war HE started. Genius.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 30/09/2026
Submitted five FOIAs—to OMB, ICE, and the Coast Guard—for more info on these shenanigans, on behalf of @publiccitizen.bsky.social.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
SIXTH! Medical records data is such a challenge to work with. Double the team, double the time you think you need to clean the data, slice your projected sample size in half lol. Green ass newbs.
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Narnia's Deep Magic Lion Quote
ALT: Narnia's Deep Magic Lion Quote
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
But of course, none of this has to do with real, quality science. It's the bullshit pseudoscience machine that exists as a grift to make a small group of people very rich off our suffering. If any of these fuckers cared about making America healthy, their SINGULAR goal would be healthcare for all.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Forth, WHO IS GOING TO DO ALL THIS RESEARCH???? You're destroying our scientific infrastructure and workforce! Fifth, RFK JR LITERALLY STOPPED NIH, CDC, AND FDA TO STOP COLLECTING DATA ABOUT SPECIFIC THINGS. Ok I'm going to stop, this isn't good for my blood pressure so early in the morning.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
data collection is DIRECTLY TIED to policy decisions made by the people in power?? HUH FUNNY HOW THAT WORKS. Third, there's actually a nation who has already leveraged their population level medical data to investigate if vaccines cause autism...it's Denmark and they don't.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
First off, BASIC ethics training teaches that you can't DIVE INTO PATIENT DATA FOR A FISHING EXPEDITION. These are real people. Second, oh "science isn't political?" So then riddle me this...we kick millions of people off medicaid and then use the remaining data? Meaning...
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Ducati5 @ducati5.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
CNN has a better photo: bsky.app/profile/char...
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kaj123.bsky.social @kaj123.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🎯🎯🎯
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marikosegawa.bsky.social @marikosegawa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #ONEV1 #DV1 🗣U.S.House CA22 ✅ @villegas4congress.bsky.social is an educator, activist, & proud son of immigrants. He vows to back working families rather than corporate interests. Read his issues: villegasforcongress.com/issues
Randy Villeges: a candidate for the U.S. Congress (California CD22). He’s determined to back working families rather than corporate interests.
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kaj123.bsky.social @kaj123.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
May his memory be a blessing🕯️
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kaj123.bsky.social @kaj123.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cult and totalitarianism
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Pitchfork Economics @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Companies don’t need to steal a lot from you if they know you can’t fight back. @brendanballou.bsky.social explains how forced arbitration makes small-dollar ripoffs harder to challenge—and turns corporate power into legal power. 🎧 ➡️: bit.ly/3TdDVmt
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