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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. with @texastribune.org
propublica.org
Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 09/10/2026
Gosh. What a surprise that Brendan Carr is a fucking coward. Comedians making jokes on late night TV requires an investigation into the "public interest" standard, but a literal execution is "not my job, go talk to Hegseth who is doing a great job."
A livestream falls outside of the FCC’s regulatory power, but the Pentagon feed is something that, absent restrictions, broadcasters could pick up. The FCC’s obscenity, indecency and profanity guidelines do not directly address executions, but under his tenure, Carr has launched investigations of networks on the grounds that they may not be meeting their public interest obligations. FCC guidance earlier this year emphasized, among other things, that stations must air programming that is “responsive to the needs of their local communities.”

“My understanding is it’s not on broadcast TV, so I don’t think there’s a role for the FCC one way or the other there,” Carr said on CNBC. “But I trust Secretary Hegseth. I mean, he’s implementing the laws and regulations that are relevant to the Department of War, and I think he’s doing a great job, and I trust that he’s making the right call on these issues.”
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New documents reveal Ken Paxton has grown his net worth up to $27 million since taking office. His yearly salary is just $153,000.
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Dan Hipp @danhipp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Brand New Doomsday
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 08/10/2026
All these guys spent all this effort to get "fuck you" money and can't even bring themselves, even once, to use it to say "fuck you" to Trump. Pathetic.
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thanks, John Roberts.
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deck.blue @deck.blue · 18/09/2026
deck.blue will always be free! as I said before, you only need to pay for things that actually cost me money (scheduling, repost queue and inline translations), but the main experience of having any number of columns and multiple accounts is and it will always be free
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/09/2026
ICE snatched up a Senegalese college basketball player with an ACL injury in a Kentucky airport. She’s “in so much pain” and needs surgery, but is being transferred from camp to camp with little more than ibuprofen. www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...
A picture of Amina Seck in her Kentucky State jersey on a basketball court.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 15/09/2026
Ah well then

Polymarket
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JUST IN: Anthropic says they’re highly profitable if you take out some of their biggest expenses.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Bo doesn’t know the backgrounds of any of these students. He doesn’t know their families. He doesn’t know their interests. He doesn’t know how much Texas matters to them. He doesn’t care to know. All Bo knows is that they’re not white." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/bo-doesnt-...
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Bo Doesn’t Know
The white supremacy of Texas Republicans.
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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Here's what I actually think these incidents reveal (instead of a rogue AI terminator situation): Much of the infra we expect to be hardened is actually being held together by glue and popsicle sticks.
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Fresh off their failure to turn Nolan’s Odyssey into a massive flop, the right-wing grievance machine is again looking to manufacture outrage over a highly anticipated blockbuster release, spinning desperate narratives about how Grand Theft Auto VI will advance the “woke” agenda:
wired.com
The Anti-Woke Right Can’t Figure Out How to Stop ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’
A subset of male gamers have spent years warning that the transgressive series has been neutered by progressive developers, but the backlash isn’t taking hold.
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Media reporting Trump’s $5,000 “pledge” following the scarecrow child structure almost perfectly fyi
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 01/09/2026
Pierre Damas Bel was a physiology and neuroscience student at Wright State who had dreams of going to medical school. He was a bright student and cherished community member. ICE’s cruelty is killing people.
Photo of Pierre Damas Bel with white and green text overlaid that reads: "Ohio Haitian student takes his own life after being fitted with ICE ankle monitor"
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
1) DHS asks a federal judge for a warrant to hoover up private data from journalists, activists, and trade unions. 2) Judge denies because it is an obvious violation of the 1st and 4th Amendments with no justification. 3) DHS issues its own "Administrative Warrant" and sucks up the data anyway.
theguardian.com
Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’
Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The Trump admin has made us a thoroughly dishonorable nation.
On board was a 24-year-old Afghan whose father, brother and sister worked alongside U.S. forces, said AfghanEvac, a U.S.-based group that assists Afghan allies, the American Civil Liberties Union and a person familiar with the operation who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Deporting relatives of Afghans who aided the U.S. military during its 20-year campaign in Afghanistan breaks a longstanding American commitment to protect wartime allies. Thousands of Afghans fled with their families after the Taliban overthrew the U.S.-backed government in Kabul five years ago.
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James Boxall 🇨🇦🍁 @jamesgis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thank you @mapquest.com for the meme generator "rename Lake Ontario"...it's like a new toy for #geographers
Map from map quest meme generator. "Lake you voted for this so good luck."
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
BREAKING: Liam Tadeo was just deported by ICE.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
KBJ has them cold:
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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“They didn’t want them notifying loved ones," said a detainee's wife. Detainees at an ICE facility in Mississippi reportedly got “sick from a gas leak, complaining of headaches and other medical symptoms.” At the same time, a power outage left them without A/C for two days in 100-degree heat.
newrepublic.com
ICE Refused to Give Detainees Medical Treatment After Gas Leak
Detainees at a federal immigration camp in Mississippi were also forced to stand outside in extreme heat during the leak.
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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 11/08/2026
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I Think You Should Leave Hot Dog Suspect
ALT: I Think You Should Leave Hot Dog Suspect
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Goldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 05/08/2026
They stole ALL the Flock cameras in Winona.

WINONA MINNESOTA
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8/4/26
On 8/1/26, the Winona Police Department discovered that all eight of our city's Flock cameras were missing. That evening, an officer noted that there'd been no recent activity on the cameras. Officers subsequently checked the various locations where the Flock cameras were placed and found that the poles were cut down near the base. Officers located the poles nearby in the weeds, but the cameras had been removed. As of 8/4/26, the cameras have not been located.
The stolen cameras were stationed in the following areas:
Two near Hwy 61/Bundy Blvd
Two near Hwy 61/Hwy 14
Two near Hwy 14/Knopp Valley Dr
Two near Hwy 43/Homer Rd
The timeframe of the thefts appears to be between July 29th and August 1st.
The cost to replace each camera and pole is approximately $3,000.
The investigation remains active and ongoing.
Anyone with information related to the thefts can contact the Winona Police Department at 507-457-6302 or by calling Winona Area Crimestoppers at 507-457-6530. You can also submit a tip online through https://winonaare acrimestoppers.com.
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Hermione, Texas Granger @misterfungi.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
the Wikipedia entry for axolotls reads like a Cake song
Their heads are wide, and their eyes are lidless. Their limbs are underdeveloped and possess long, thin digits.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
BREAKING: Retired Republican County Judge Glen Whitley endorses James Talarico for US Senate: “I’m ashamed that Ken Paxton is even on the ballot. He’s the most corrupt politician Texas has ever seen.”
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 31/07/2026
When ICE tells you they’re targeting the worst of the worst, this is what they mean. ICE arrested Ameaka at BWI airport, and immediately moved her out of state to a GEO facility in Louisiana. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
Screenshot of two paragraphs of article text reading: "Ameaka began studying for a master's degree in public health in 2023 as a Fulbright scholar, according to her LinkedIn page. She's affiliated with the university's environmental health and engineering department and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, according to her faculty page on the university's website. She's also the founder of a peer education organization, BodyTalk, which aims to educate young women and girls about self-esteem, health and body positivity."
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Ken Ledbetter @kenledbetter.com · 29/07/2026
The pandemic expert has logged on.
Wikipedia excerpt about moronic senator: Moreno was born in Colombia to a family that soon immigrated to the United States, where he grew up in Florida. After graduating from the University of Michigan, he entered business and moved to Ohio in 2005, where he operated car dealerships predominantly in Greater Cleveland before becoming involved in blockchain companies.
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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 23/07/2026
Great work, Bill Cassidy.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026
Duckworth on Hegseth announcing testosterone screenings for troops: "It sounds like gender affirming care to me, so I'm glad he's come around ... this is just more performative bullshit from the least qualified secretary of defense in our nation's history."
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
imagine if this guy were running for public office or something lol
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
BTW, the constitutional remedy for a president (and other gov't officials) who conspired to steal almost $2 billion in taxpayer money is impeachment, removal, disqualification, and then criminal trials.
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 12/07/2026
Lindsey Graham’s obituary—written while he was very much alive by @saletan.bsky.social
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/07/2026
NEW: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.” with @texastribune.org
propublica.org
Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent yo...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/07/2026
Supreme Court Trans Sports Ruling Adopts Originalist Vision For JV Volleyball Rosters
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Supreme Court Trans Sports Ruling Adopts Originalist Vision For JV Volleyball Rosters
WASHINGTON—In a judgment the majority of justices said reflected the intentions of the Founding Fathers, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling this week that upheld state bans on transgender athl...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I like my chances against Mike Rogers😊
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 01/07/2026
Donald Trump is a very stupid fucking person who genuinely has no idea how anything works and the U.S. press should never be allowed to live down their failure in communicating this mercilessly and clearly to the U.S. public
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Talarico: Ken Paxton was born in North Dakota, raised in California, and has a place in Hawaii. What makes a Texan is not in the boots or in the truck, it's deep in the heart. These billionaires and their puppets have the wrong state of mind. Their hearts and their dreams are just not big enough.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Just turn this into a 20 second ad on TikTok. Raw and unfiltered.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Racist Announces He's Not Ashamed of Racism
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Ken Paxton says he often doesn’t want to be in Texas and prefers spending time in California, where he grew up, instead: “I like places in California, even though I don’t like to admit that I go to California, but it’s beautiful.”
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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
That's right, friends! STARLOG is back and I'm the editor-in-chief. We have so much good stuff for you in our first issue, coming this November!! Science! Sci-fi! Fantastic weirdness! Plus you can subscribe now to our podcast hosted by @jhoffman.bsky.social and @da7e.com!
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
ICE/Geo drove into a demonstrator today.
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Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Listen as a New Jersey judge orders a newspaper (New Brunswick Today) to delete a security video the school district wanted deleted from the internet -- and orders the newspaper not to write about it *at all.* This is a prior restraint in violation of the First Amendment.
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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Where I join @geraldoborges.bsky.social and pop back to Marvel for four issues of AvX (Not that A). This has me cackling when I was offered it, when I pulled together a synopsis, when I've scripted it and whenever art has arrived. Alien vs X-men. What could go wrong? www.marvel.com/articles/com...
Alien vs Xmen cover by  Ryan Stegman where X-men fight some Aliens.
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Ken Ledbetter @kenledbetter.com · 15/06/2026
You know they have nothing when this is all this corrupt scumbag can come up with.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
If the leopards would eat MY face, it belatedly occurs to me that they would eat ANYBODY’S face.
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The former, top elected Republican in Tarrant County (Texas’ largest red county) is putting out on an ad urging Republicans not to vote for Ken Paxton. Ad will air tomorrow on the radio in Houston, where the Texas GOP is holding is convention.
spectrumlocalnews.com
Former GOP official breaks with party in ad to play during Republican convention
The one-minute ad featuring former Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley will be on conservative airwaves in Houston on Friday and Saturday during the GOP’s state convention.
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Joe Rogan is losing vaccine debates to Terry Bradshaw, who can barely formulate a sentence.
New: Joe Rogan debates NFL legend Terry Bradshaw on whether or not Ivermectin should be taken by humans:
ROGAN: "Ivermectin won the Nobel Prize for use in human beings. It's an anti-parasitic with antiviral properties."
BRADSHAW: "I used to give Ivermectin to my cattle. It's a cattle dewormer."
ROGAN: "It cured me when I had Covid so CNN started attacking me because they wanted everyone vaccinated. They put a green filter over my face to make me look sick."
BRADSHAW: "I had a brain surgeon recommend Ivermectin to me. I could never rationalize that kind of thinking."
ROGAN: "It is a dewormer, but it was actually invented for humans. We're mammals so we have similar medicines. It stops viral replications."
BRADSHAW: "Is it actually proven though? | wasn't going to take that no matter what. I'm married to my doctor and she says we're not taking that."
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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The anti-woke president
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