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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 7h
"A fear of a “race to the bottom” is understandable, but when it is clear that your opponent seeks to drag you to your death, it is better to vigorously resist before you are face down in the silt."
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Clausewitz and the Supreme Court
To forgo any effort at protecting American democracy or the rights of its people in the name of norms is mere moral cowardice.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
Immigrant New Yorkers belong here. ICE does not. If you need help, call our free, confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1-800-354-0365 or dial 311 and say “Immigration Legal.” Help is here in your native language, no matter your immigration status. More info: nyc.gov/knowyourrights
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Know Your Rights: Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) - MOIA
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Always read @espiers.bsky.social but especially this: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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My Rape, the Cornell Case—and Why We Need Better Approaches to Teaching How Consent Works
I tried to process the experience of being raped by disassociating. We have to show our kids a better way.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You’ve got a party of racist pedophiles funded by an apartheid fanboy and the Dems don’t take shots and the media is too busy signing book deals. Bloody hell.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29/09/2026
"Can a rapist’s prose elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect what empathy and accountability might look like so undergrads may successfully mimic them on paper in pursuit of avoiding just punishment." buff.ly/5na4oMY
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Announcing Cornell University’s Newest Writing Course: Rape Essays 101
“Can a rapist’s prose effectively elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect wh...
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I want the name of every consultant who convinces a Democrat to run an ad ceding ground to trans hatred, and I want them blacklisted by the party and noted so I can never give a cent to anyone who hires them ever again.
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
+1 to more parents organizing for great public schools for *all* kids. Check out Parents for Public Schools, nationally and at city/state chapters to learn about folks who have been doing this for quite some time now. parents4publicschools.org
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Parents for Public Schools, Inc.
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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
D elites are too afraid and comfortable to do that, so they sink into flaccid bipartisanship instead of doing party cheerleading and exposing R lies year round This means that reliable D voters hate D leaders and less engaged D voters don’t know what to think or what the party stands for
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In the past six days six right-aligned pollsters have begun "flooding the zone," releasing eighteen polls in eleven battleground Senate races. While they've done this before the pace and intensity of this effort is unprecedented, a reflection of their desperation. 1/
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IndigiTrans @indigitrans.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
What they are wanting to "slow down" is the impatience of investors who want proof & evidence the LLM machines will turn a profit. When their bills come due, they will point to: wE hAd tO sLoW dOwn! iT iS nOt oUr fAuLt! wE wERe jUst bEinG rEsPonSibLE!
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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“We didn’t know we felt invulnerable living here. We just did. And then we didn’t.” michaelianblack.substack.com/p/25-years-on
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25 Years On
Twenty-five years later, what I remember most about that day is the first uncertain hours.
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Dawn Summers real or fake @dawnsummers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If you can find common ground with Jared kusher, but not zohran mamdani, you shouldn't be in democratic leadership
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Among other reforms, it cannot stand that the President can sue everyone all the time but never face any lawsuits or criminal charges himself because he’s president. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic (Gift Article)
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It’s going to be amazing in the last scene of this movie when she talks to her handler in fluent Russian, just like in No Way Out www.ms.now/news/trump-a...
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Trump aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without security clearance for a year
The close aide to the president, known to filter much of the information reaching the commander-in-chief, ultimately relented in recent months after pressure from White House staff.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Why Natalie-gate garnering more attention than usual? 1. Ossoff set terms of debate 2. MAGA-land took the bait & responded 3. Media feels freer to cover because "both sides" talking about it 4. Novelty - new character in MAGA Cinematic Universe 5. Hint of salacious - intrigue to uncover
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 19/08/2026
William Wan at WaPo reported a story SIX YEARS AGO about Natalie Harp’s apparently BS claim that a law change in Trump’s first term helped her beat cancer. Outlets repeating her claim without caveats should…add some caveats. Hat tip @schooley.bsky.social archive.is/Zf4hf
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Natalie Harp said Trump saved her life. Experts doubt that's true.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Sen. Ossoff mentions Natalie Harp, it got some social media buzz, then professional media jumped on it. Two theories of politics that are wrong: 1) Do economic policy, act above the fray, media will do the rest on its own 2) Public opinion is static, politicians’ job is to measure then follow it
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Idk lol "I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died. I knew what I was doing was illegal. Unlike my previous interactions with insurers, I received an immediate response within an hour." is pretty fuckin legendary
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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO
Mangione was charged with two federal stalking counts and faces a maximum penalty of life in prison in the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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Luke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 02/08/2023
This bloom county about trump from 1987 is wildly spot on
It’s a comic of trump marveling at a young woman’s house and acting like a slumlord. Honestly the text is hard to read
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The president's authority as "commander in chief" refers to the military only. The president cannot use executive orders to expand the definition of who is eligible for birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment. The president's aide saying these things is a virulent white nationalist.
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assbutt @nasboat.org · 21/07/2026
thought about this meme again and started laughing like an idiot at work
Ween fans when the worst song you’ve ever heard comes on
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero weren't murdered because of car pursuits. They were murdered because the men driving those cars felt comfortable recklessly killing. None of this ends until we shut down ICE completely.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/07/2026
When you spend on Harry Potter
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daria argento @mommywiseau.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
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George Washington- [Brad Neely]
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It is the dawn of a new era. Hear our battle anthem. Welcome to the new InfoWars.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
With this ruling, the birthright issue is not going away. The right hasn't really begun *organizing* around getting rid of the citizenship clause. Like Roe, this will be their fight for a generation. And if the Democrats just say "we won" and ignore it, like Roe, the Republicans will eventually win.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The three branches of the United States government, as delineated in the Constitution, are the God Emperor, The High Council of the Six Ayatollahs, and the Federal Reserve
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Tricky questions to decide, such as: "Does the text, purpose, and +150 years of consistent public and legal interpretation of the Constitution matter at all, or can a demented corrupt racist pedo declare otherwise?"
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Congress has the power to do pretty much whatever it wants with the Supreme Court. It can expand the membership of the court, and it can punish it in several ways too. We simply need to fill that Congress with a Democratic majority that has the will to use that power.
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littlestormcloud.bsky.social @littlestormcloud.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I mean. It was sooo blatant. But I'm still surprised when cops arrest cops. www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...
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Police charge driver who struck protester outside Delaney Hall, authorities say
The incident occurred near the facility’s entrance, the same day that families and their supporters held a peaceful Father’s Day vigil.
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Well this should scare the shit out of everyone, 6 weeks ago the justice department adopted a new policy to allow the attorney general the power to send any federal prisoner to any federal prison in the country. Listen to Liz Oyer former pardon attorney for the DOJ explain.👇👇
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
If Constitutional rights are something that a despot can "weigh suspending" for his convenience, then there is no Constitution and we should draft a new and better one as soon as we excise the despot and his party from every level of government. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
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Frustrated by Courts, Trump Weighed Suspending a Constitutional Right
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Liberals say that Trump has made the United States a lawless country. But they’re wrong— all of the laws will start being enforced again once Democrats are in power.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
1. Progressive Champions PAC, a super PAC created last month, says on its website that its mission is to “elect bold, progressive candidates up and down the ballot.” A Popular Information investigaiton reveals that it's a GOP front group. Following along for receipts. 🧵
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Progressive Champions PAC is a GOP front
Progressive Champions PAC, a super PAC created last month, says on its website that its mission is to “elect bold, progressive candidates up and down the ballot.” On Friday, according to FCC records,…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
One year ago.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11/06/2026
BRING. BACK. THE. 50. STATE. STRATEGY.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
THE OFFICIAL @standupforscience.net GUIDE FOR TALKING TO ANYONE ABOUT THE OMB RULE PROPOSAL!! www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a...
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How To Talk to Anyone About OMB-2026-0034 — Your Site Title
Written By: Colette Delawalla, PhD, CEO
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/06/2026
Striking to me how little reporting there is on this rule proposal, which is maybe the biggest change to American governance in almost a century. And this reporting is … weak. www.npr.org/2026/06/03/n...
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President Trump seeks control of science funding
The White House Office of Management and Budget is moving to take more control of billions of dollars in federal grants. Critics say the proposed change would jeopardize the integrity of U.S. science.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
“I’m Kid Rock.” “I’m Naomi Wolf.” “I’m Kanye West.” “I’m Matt Taibbi.” “I’m Catturd. Those stories, plus Rob Schneider, tonight on 60 Minutes.”
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Are so-called Palestinians even human? Is woke broke? How can doctors treat the autism caused by vaccines? Those stories and the corpse of Andy Rooney tonight on 60 Minutes
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Vivienne (formerly BillThePony) @billthepony.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Its exactly like the "well, senate wouldn't convict IN THE NEXT CONGRESS so running on impeachment is pointless..." YOU FOOLS! get blocked by the fascist right IS A GOOD THING! Running to remove trump and getting blocked by Republicans IS GOOD POLITICS.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
publiccomment.blog/p/hyperfascism
I would like to suggest that Trumpism is best understood as a species of what I’m going to call hyperfascism. By “hyperfascism,” I don’t mean “superfascism” or anything like that. Instead, I’m using the hyper- prefix in a way similar to how Baudrillard deploys it in his definition of hyperreality as a sort of representation that is more “real” than whatever it was originally meant to represent. (He uses Disneyland as an example of the paradigmatic hyperreal space.) I’m also influenced by Anton Jäger’s suggestion that “hyperpolitics”—or constant and frenetic political activity in the absence of any structures that might convert this activity into real institutional change—is the dominant political register in 21st-century Western democracies.

So what is hyperfascism? It is hyperreal, hyperpolitical fascism. It’s a dramatic reenactment of totalitarian domination in a time and place where the infrastructure for real totalitarianism is nowhere to be found. It’s the signs and symbols of fascism detached from the machinery of the Nazi war economy or the large-scale, organized street violence of the Italian blackshirts.

Make no mistake: hyperfascism is still fascism. But it is a shallow sort of fascism, obsessed with outward appearances and completely uninterested in everything else. It is as if the architects of the Trump regime had cribbed their entire governing agenda from cheap cyberpunk thrillers about fascist dystopias. They certainly haven’t given much thought to how authoritarian regimes consolidate popular consent; in fact, they’re acting like the 2024 election represented the end of politics, and therefore the end of any need on their part to modulate their behavior in order to ensure regime stability.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/06/2026
Discrimination based on gender identity or expression is illegal in New York City. Trans New Yorkers are protected by law. Our City will protect your rights, defend your humanity and stand beside you without hesitation.
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Kicks Off Pride With “Trans Rights Are Human Rights” Campaign
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This is Ken Paxton's mugshot. He was indicted on 3 felony counts for investment fraud. He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery. He was impeached by his own party for corruption. Now he’s the Republican nominee for US Senate in Texas. Together we will stop him.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I think the reason I've been a little ambiently mad all day is because January 6th rioters are statistically the most likely group of pedophiles in the world and they clubbed a guy to death and they're going to be rich from the tax money that I give to the country I live in.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
There should be more screaming about all the corruption. And a corruption-watch/tally/list updated daily. Plus projections on DC federal buildings and airplanes trailing banners. Also Trump in jail.
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I am begging a democrat to run for president saying word for word “these people are fucking freaks and my cabinet will be made up of normal fucking people”
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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
A Burger King ad with “Temple Grandin tricked me” in the BK font and the tagline “I thought the chute kept going”
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Dan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Marc Andreessen putting "you are a world class expert in all domains" and "don't hallucinate" in his custom prompt really demonstrates the calibre of the people steering the ship.
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Current AI custom prompt:

You are a world class expert in all domains. Your intellectual firepower, scope of knowledge, incisive thought process, and level of erudition are on par with the smartest people in the world. Answer with complete, detailed, specific answers. Process information and explain your answers step by step. Verify your own work. Double check all facts, figures, citations, names, dates, and examples. Never hallucinate or make anything up. If you don't know something, just say so. Your tone of voice is precise, but not strident or pedantic. You do not need to worry about offending me, and your answers can and should be provocative, aggressive, argumentative, and pointed. Negative conclusions and bad news are fine. Your answers do not need to be politically correct. Do not provide disclaimers to your answers. Do not inform me about morals and ethics unless I specifically ask. You do not need to tell me it is important to consider anything. Do not be sensitive to anyone's feelings or to propriety. Make your answers as long and detailed as you possibly can.

Never praise my questions or validate my premises before answering. If I'm wrong, say so immediately. Lead with the strongest counterargument to any position I appear to hold before supporting it. Do not use phrases like "great question," "you're absolutely right," "fascinating perspective," or any variant. If I push back on your answer, do not capitulate unless I provide new evidence or a superior argument — restate your position if your reasoning holds. Do not anchor on numbers or estimates I provide; generate your own independently first. Use explicit confidence levels (high/moderate/low/unknown). Never apologize for disagreeing. Accuracy is your success metric, not my approval.
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