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Brooks is a prof who teaches civil-military relations. It's a readworthy thread.

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"What's new here is the nakedness of the profiteering." And the DJT oligarchs/billionaires have no respect for "sovereignty, for countries". It truly is a "SMASH and GRAB" we are all being subjected to.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The crypto industry is really pushing to take over our financial systems. Keep pushing back.

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AI is being used to... -Facilitate online scams -Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials -Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing -Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future. They're already here.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Criminal Prez' wet dream. NOT ONE WORD OF DISSENT.

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GOP ads right now are all about attacking trans people. Over, and over, and over. I was a gay teen in 2004 watching the Bush campaign try to win on attacking gay marriage, but the resort to this hate drive in campaign ads feels so dialed up now. I can’t imagine being an lgbt kid watching tv today.

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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 04/10/2026

4 men in plain clothes kidnap a woman—they claim to be ICE. Woman's name is Angel Zhao. She lives in Huntington Beach, California—originally Shanghai, China.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Since this summer, ICE has been arresting asylum applicants at airports. Many came legally, then applied for asylum. They have been here for years just stuck in a massive line, working and paying taxes while they wait. No prior admin would have arrested them. Their “overstay” is due to DHS delay.

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So. Now a teacher of special needs kids.

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I propose that billionaire TechBros might accept some discomfort (like paying their share of taxes) for the benefits of maintaining a strong, healthy middle class in the USA.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/10/2026

The attorney for Disability Rights Nebraska travels the state, investigating the quality of nursing homes and assisted living facilities....She also offers voter registration forms... " to ensure that ALL have the right to vote. Criminal Prez proposes to cut the funding for her(and others') work.

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Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent and branded a “domestic terrorist” by DHS — all for just warning her neighbors and speaking her truth during Operation Midway Blitz. She deserves true justice and accountability from the federal government.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fascism is a complex phenomenon. But this author catches one aspect that should receive more attention: that the demonization of "the OTHER" goes hand-in-hand with the flattery and self-praise/glorification of the PERPETRATORS of demonization. See 1st comment for fundamental linguistic strategies.

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The most corrupt administration in the history of the US by far. You could add up all instances of corruption by every other admin in US history and it will not equal the amount of corruption perpetrated by this one in less than 2 years.

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Interviewee at The Bulwark argued recently one of Vance’s most important projects is to signal to MAGA base that—despite being married to the daughter of immigrants and the father of mixed kids—he, too, is a true believer in the myth that immigration poses an existential threat to white America.

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It's Criminal Prez' m.o., over & over & over & over & over again. Endless war, endless grift.

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"In US law, [entrapment] it is defined as 'the conception and planning of an offense by an officer or agent, and the procurement of its commission by one who would not have perpetrated it except for the trickery, persuasion or fraud of the officer or state agent'".[2] (Wiki) Perjury is a crime.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

COLORADO timeline for voters. And please be smart: best to use a DROP BOX for returning your mail-in ballot rather than USPS. And VOTE EARLY, please. Both measures add to the likelihood your ballot makes it into the count. Let's roll!

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Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.

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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Everything that is wrong with everything. Last I checked the U.S. population is 50.9% percent female. And look at this image. What a travesty. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...

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Who Attended Trump’s AI Luncheon, and Who Sat Where

A seating chart of the meeting illustrated growing divisions within the artificial intelligence industry and how it is viewed by the White House.

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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 01/10/2026

>> @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom on the Trump Administration’s AI meeting and the claim that the industry can self-regulate: “What I heard in Washington DC yesterday is bullshit and that should scare the hell out of everybody.”

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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh hell, HELL no. Unaccountable, unanswerable supra-power? Elon "I am the richest man in the world so I must be the smartest" Musk? Newt "Contract With America" Gingrich? And Palmer "how is this not insider trading" Luckey? Will even Congressional Republicans buy this? thehill.com/policy/defen...

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Hegseth puts Musk, Luckey, Gingrich in charge of military future warfare review

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced that SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk, Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey and former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) will lead a new Pentagon effort to study…

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Kathryn Ruud @kathrynruud.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Truly. It is up to people in democratic countries WHO ARE ABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR WILL via the VOTE to get AI firmly under human control. The elites will not do it.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 01/10/2026

Pierre Damas Bel was an honor student & part of his college's ROTC program. He was also a TPS recipient. After Trump's attacks on TPS, he was forced to wear an ankle monitor that isolated and humiliated him. Pierre died in an apparent suicide. He was 20.

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Kathryn Ruud @kathrynruud.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

$20M so far... To Criminal Prez, OUR money is HIS money.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026

Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding. In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls. Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection. (Published May)

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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth

A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026

Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Commentary: Eric Schmitt’s Hawks-Hawkeyes blunder and the politician he’s become • Missouri Independent

Great OpEd from the Missouri Independent. Schmitt is an OPPORTUNIST. He used to promote bipartisanship but has become a MAGA trash talker. Eric Schmitt’s Hawks-Hawkeyes blunder and the politician he’s become missouriindependent.com/2026/09/29/e...

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Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over a Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up, highlighting how his political style has changed.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Weakness - and complicity with the Russian dictatorship by our Criminal Prez - invites aggression. We cannot get DJT out of office soon enough.

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I have one house.

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OUR $$$$ for HIS PROPAGANDA. 😡

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