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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 12h
10/5 The bizarre story of how #Maine Sen. Susan Collins lost Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Action 66 days before her vote for Brett Kavanaugh... over stickers at a college graduation. Today is the 8th anniversary of her speech saying she supported him. #MEpolitics
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 8h
As he plans the next chapter of his career, the Naperville native is leaning into theater. Next up: He's heading from Broadway to a play in Champaign about an alien invasion.
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He’s writing. He’s acting and documentary filmmaking. But Bob Odenkirk yearns for the stage.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 11h
Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointee in New York, rebukes ICE for arresting two people erroneously — including a U.S. citizen — and later claiming "mistaken identity." "ICE agents falsified official records," he says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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kathmitchell.bsky.social @kathmitchell.bsky.social · 11h
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 14h
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h
Spot the difference
Side-by-side comparison of three social media posts announcing the death of former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert at age 84. On the left, Fox News posts, “BREAKING: Dennis Hastert, longest-serving Republican House speaker, dead at 84,” above a photo of Hastert raising his hand at a microphone. In the center, CBS News posts, “Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died,” above a photo of Hastert walking through the U.S. Capitol. On the right, MeidasTouch posts, “Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, has died at 84. Hastert admitted in federal court to sexually abusing boys he coached as a high school wrestling coach. A federal judge called him a ‘serial child molester.’ He was a registered sex offender.” The MeidasTouch post includes an image of Hastert speaking from the House floor with a C-SPAN chyron identifying him as Speaker of the House.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17h
From @theathletic.com: LeBron James will make nearly four times as much promoting the Polymarket prediction market as he will from playing basketball. The deal may not break NBA rules, but it raises uncomfortable questions.
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LeBron’s Polymarket deal may not break NBA rules, but it raises uncomfortable questions
LeBron James will make nearly four times as much promoting a prediction market as he will for playing basketball.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h
NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.
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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.
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treb @treblaw.bsky.social · 16h
this story is well reported and really sad.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 17h
Econ 101
Person one: Taught my kids how socialism works. Let them trick or treat while I stayed home. Then took all their candy. Socialism 101.

Person two : The socialism part is where the community came together and fed your kids for free. The capitalism part is where you made them do all the work and stole from them.
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PacifistCell @peacefulbrevard.bsky.social · 16h
This is SO COOL! And it's free. Popular Information is releasing PaidForBy.info, a web app that gives you unprecedented insight into who is really sending you mail — and who is paying for it. All you have to do is take a photo of the front and the back of the political mailer and upload it.
paidforby.info
Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17h
Over a dozen states have important voter registration deadlines today. Check your registration and make a plan to vote at IWillVote.com. Then ask friends and neighbors to do the same.
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 16h
Interesting analysis from The Downballot; b/c so much GOP spending is from 3rd party PACs, they’re costing much more than candidate ad rates, resulting in less of an airwaves advantage than the dollar amounts might suggest.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A whole political movement should be stood up against this arrogant and sociopathic bullshit www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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VictoriousYankee @victoriousyankee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nobody Mansplains like wealthy conservative christian assholes.
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Madame Hardy @madamehardy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Few things are less abstract than "oh, shit, I'm pregnant".
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kathmitchell.bsky.social @kathmitchell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Boston.com @boston.com · 05/10/2026
The campaign was created in response to reports of racist encounters experienced by student-athletes at away games. trib.al/FryRadB
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Worcester schools launch antiracism campaign after student athletes targeted during away games
The campaign was created in response to reports of racist encounters experienced by student-athletes at away games.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"With nearly 85% of votes reported, Flavio led Lula with 48.47% of the votes to the president’s 43.49%. A candidate must pass 50% in order to win outright...surveys in the run up to the election had forecast Lula leading the first-round vote by around 3...points." www.cnbc.com/2026/10/04/b...
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Brazil election headed to runoff, projection shows, as Bolsonaro lead narrows
Flavio Bolsonaro led Brazil’s first-round presidential vote as more than half the ballots were counted, with Datafolha projecting a runoff.
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kathmitchell.bsky.social @kathmitchell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
this is why we don’t do “poor Melania” or write fanfic narratives where the wives of these men are victims. they wake up every day of their marriage and choose this
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/10/2026
Polish activists launch abortion pill locker to bypass near-total ban
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Polish activists launch abortion pill locker to bypass near-total ban
‘AbortOmat’ in Warsaw offers novel way to challenge country’s restrictions and allow women swift, anonymous access They call it the “world’s first parcel locker for abortion pills”. Polish campaigners have launched a new means of distribution as part of their ongoing effort to skirt the country’s near-total ban on abortion. Painted pink and framed by zebra-striped curtains, the 22-compartment “AbortOmat” in Warsaw allows women to access the pills swiftly and anonymously using a six-digit code. The service was envisaged for those who cannot or do not want to wait days for mail delivery due to a missed miscarriage or health complications, or who worry about receiving the pills at home. Continue reading...
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Mike Reiss @mikereiss.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Off to Buffalo and appreciating the “Game Changers” exhibit in the B Terminal at Logan Airport … with acknowledgment of Pete Frates — a profile in courage and true champion.
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Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Caitlin Clark, today's celebrity guest picker on ESPN's College GameDay (bit.ly/4hKfJQF), shows off her Nike shoes in Iowa City (and tosses a few autographed shoes to fans). 🏈🏀🎙️
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Basketball Reference @basketball-reference.com · 03/10/2026
17 days until the 2026-2027 NBA season starts
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/10/2026
Trump even lies about the most obviously false shit. It’s a disorder.
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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 03/10/2026
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Don Henley really wants to see his native Texas turn blue for the first time in more than 30 years. bit.ly/4jCsfnJ
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“There are always people who profit from war or government policies. The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy. And that is what is happening here...” www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN
At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861
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kathmitchell.bsky.social @kathmitchell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is amazing
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
every day it seems like a brand new sentence is written to describe the bonkers state of the world
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Hill reviewed the texts from which Eric Schmitt invented his conspiracy. They never mentioned the Hawks OR the Hawkeyes. thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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Smith’s game-day texts reviewed by Schmitt never referenced basketball team names
Text messages obtained by The Hill show former special counsel Jack Smith’s staff didn’t reference any basketball team names, adding to the confusion around why Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) errantly a…
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Rebecca 🦋 @rebecca79903973.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When white nationalist are a part of your voting base
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 02/10/2026
Let's not lose sight about the big picture here. Courts keep telling Trump that he's defying the constitution—trying to end-run Congress and the judiciary—to keep his top prosecutors in half a dozen states. All to have loyalists decide who to criminally charge with what in a DOJ under his thumb.
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
via wiktionary
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The North American Leshy @northamericanleshy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The real reason is that maga is cruel.
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Edward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Monhegan Landscape - 1916 botfrens.com/collections/173/conten…
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Let me say a couple words about paywalls. They’re annoying. I feel that (as a news consumer) and know that (as a news publisher). But asking for your email, either to read an article or even to access a gift link (someone said this happened to them a a Times gift link a moment ago) isn’t some …
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The entire interior U.S. should be alarmed as Canada fast tracks a new crude oil pipeline from Alberta to Canada's West Coast that will push more of Canada's oil away from U.S. refineries that rely on it, and could negatively impact U.S. refineries.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Trump: "The greatest ballroom ever built -- it's also a tremendous military complex with a drone port on top. Be careful. Don't fall over the edge. And only a Hispanic could survive that fall."
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 30/09/2026
Watchdog finds no criminality in Fed renovation that drew Trump’s scrutiny
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Watchdog finds no criminality in Fed renovation that drew Trump’s scrutiny
The Fed’s inspector general did fault the central bank’s board for mismanaging costs. Trump blamed ex-chair Jerome Powell and said he “should be forced to resign.”
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And who knows the private healthcare industry better that Rick Scott, former CEO of Columbia/HCA? www.justice.gov/archive/opa/...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CRM/CIV
THURSDAY, DECEMBER14, 2000
(202) 514-2007
WWW.USDOJ.GOV
TDD (202) 514-1888
HCA - THE HEALTH CARE COMPANY & SUBSIDIARIES
IO PAY $840 MILLION IN CRIMINAL FINES AND CIVIL DAMAGES AND PENALTIES
Largest Government Fraud Settlement in U.S. History
WASHINGTON, D.C. - HCA-The Healthcare Company (formerly known as Columbia-HCA), the largest for-profit hospital chain in the United States, has agreed to plead guilty to criminal conduct and pay more than $840 million in criminal fines, civil penalties and damages for alleged unlawful billing practices,
Attorney General Janet Reno announced today.
Today's agreement is the largest government fraud settlement ever reached by the Justice Department.
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...
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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.
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Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not enough people take seriously "funding delays"/"bureaucratic nonsense can kill people" but here it is right here. If I was mad when a patient died because it took a few extra months for lawyers to try to look for a legal basis for an international data transfer, I'm incandescent, now.
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NIH funding cuts delayed a promising childhood brain cancer trial. Patients lost time they didn't have
A delayed clinical trial underscores the stakes of federal research funding cuts for children with DIPG, a deadly brain tumor with few treatment options.
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Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump accepting defeat, here memorialized www.nydailynews.com/2026/09/29/t...
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Trump formally accepts defeat in $5 million E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse lawsuit
The July 9 release of funds to Carroll was triggered after the nation’s highest court declined to take up Trump’s appeal at the end of its term in June. Trump tried to claw back the money and asked th...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today wasn’t the first time Eric Schmitt tried to use sports to go after someone only to have it blow up in his face because he knows nothing about the teams he’s talking about.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And he got dunked on so hard that he deleted it
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Nicole LaFond @nicolelafond.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Congress’ top Democratic appropriators demanded answers from the Department of Homeland Security and threatened investigations Tuesday as more details of the egregious shuffling of taxpayer dollars surfaced.
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Dems Vow to Investigate Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Midterms Ads Promoting Himself
‘Shockingly Corrupt’ PSAs House and Senate Democratic appropriators are unleashing on the...
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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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