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Kevin J. Allen

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We can’t all save the world, but we can all save the world a little bit at a time.

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 18h
🧵 Nearly 12,000 (11,982) books were banned in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, according to PEN America’s newly updated Index of School Book Bans. #BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek
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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 13h
Sources: TNT Sports CEO Luis Silberwasser is departing Skydance; CBS Sports CEO David Berson will lead a newly formed global sports group (Alex Sherman/CNBC) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 13h
Scoop: The White House is refusing to allow Politico on Air Force One today, which means the news outlet cannot fulfill its pool responsibilities. There's another show of solidarity in the works >>> www.cnn.com/2026/10/05/m...
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White House blocks Politico from Air Force One amid press access lawsuit | CNN Business
The White House is refusing to allow Politico on Air Force One on Monday, which means the news organization cannot fulfill its press corps pool responsibilities.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
seeing conservative men debate how to dress online is very funny. can't dress up or wear interesting casualwear bc you've made any visible interest in dress to be a sign of homosexuality. but you feel the need to dress better bc you've linked dress to respectability. a prison of your own making.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So you make him and the gop kill it. Pass good stuff that people want and make it explicit that the only thing standing between us and paradise is the gop
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 04/10/2026
Trump inherited an economy The Economist called “The Envy of the World" and ran it into the ground, just like everything else he inherited.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If there was truth in campaign advertising, Trump's message in 2024 would've been: "Vote for me so I can spend the next 4 years blaming all of our problems on people who aren't in power."
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So he did exactly what we thought he did -- instructing his aides to use taxpayer dollars to fund his propaganda ads. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency
The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.
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Kevin J. Allen @kevinjallen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@barackobama.bsky.social Happy Anniversary!
The Obama Presidential Center on October 3, 2026 with a “Will you Marry Me?” heart and red carpet on the lawn.
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Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Obviously I’m entirely made of Housing but a real good zoning reform we could make is re-legalizing corner stores on residential streets. Banned by the same 1957 code that banned ADUs, so maybe that’s next
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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 02/10/2026
Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy are out at Warner Bros, an insider tells The Hollywood Reporter.
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Michael De Luca, Pamela Abdy Out at Warner Bros.
Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy are out at Warner Bros, an insider tells The Hollywood Reporter.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Goodbye Warner Bros. Ich loved thee. Ich loved thee wyth myne entyre hearte. We will alwayes have Casablanca.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
With this monopolized media empire comes not just size but unprecedented power. The power to throw workers under the bus. The power to price-gouge because consumers have few alternatives. The power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told.
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Chicago Connected @chicagoconnected.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Pat Ryan speaks outside new Northwestern Ryan Field on opening day
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Pat Ryan speaks outside new Northwestern Ryan Field on opening day
Pat Ryan stopped to chat with CBS News Chicago on his way into Ryan Field, Northwestern University's brand new football stadium named after him, ahead of the Wildcat's first game there. They play Penn...
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 02/10/2026
Northwestern opens the new Ryan Field on Friday. Here’s what to know about the $875 million stadium.
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Northwestern opens the new Ryan Field on Friday. Here’s what to know about the $875 million stadium.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In announcing her decision, U.S. District Judge April Perry quoted both Spider-Man and the 7th Circuit. 7th Circuit: "The greater the power that defies the law, the less tolerant the court can be of defiance." Spider-Man: "With great power comes great responsibility."
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing
Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.
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Meghan Montemurro @mmontemurro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Craig Counsell after the Padres swept the Cubs: "When you're in this position, you're going to be disappointed. You're going to feel unfulfilled. That's just dominating everything you feel right now. Maybe as you reflect, I think I can get to some better places. Right now that's all I feel."
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
2023: White Sox lose 101 games 2024: White Sox lose 121 games 2025: White Sox lose 102 games 2026:
Pope Leo in a White Sox hat.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Well one thing I think about a lot is that there’s some research that says exposure to the outgroup reduces bigotries over time. The one thing that’s resistant is misogyny. There’s no one on earth who’s never met a woman.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In tonight's Ragebait, I look at how MAGA media has responded once the Schmitt hit the fan. After Hannity and other MAGA luminaries quickly covered up their tracks after initially cheering on Eric Schmitt's debacle, Fox News has all but ignored the fiasco. zeteo.com/p/what-snl-g...
Almost immediately after Schmitt finished his performative demagoguery against Smith, complete with props and smugly calling the former special counsel a “dirtbag,” several MAGA luminaries clipped the moment and boasted on X that Schmitt had “CAUGHT” Smith perjuring himself in a “deer-in-the-headlights moment.” It was almost as if Schmitt’s team had coordinated with these influencers in advance.

Of course, it didn’t take long for Schmitt’s supposed bombshell to blow up in his face, leaving his GOP colleagues absolutely crestfallen. (That tends to happen when you confuse a women’s college basketball team from Iowa with the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks.) And once the online mockery went into overdrive, the MAGA chorus that had been singing Schmitt’s praises quickly began covering up their tracks.

Whether it was Fox star Sean Hannity, serial plagiarist Benny Johnson, Mark Levin’s producer, or the far-right aggregator Overton News, they all deleted their tweets celebrating Schmitt placing Smith “on the spot.”Furthermore, instead of spending Tuesday night and Wednesday morning soaking up adulation from Fox hosts while making multiple on-air appearances, Schmitt’s performance was all but ignored by the Murdoch-owned conservative cable giant. Outside of ‘Special Report with Bret Baier,’ which did cover Schmitt’s screw-up, Fox has largely ignored the entire affair through Wednesday afternoon, according to a transcript search by media monitoring service TVEyes. (Hannity, while devoting much of his show to the Smith hearing, acted as if Schmitt wasn’t even there.)

Besides Schmitt’s post-hearing appearance on ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’ (yes, it is still called that), which saw the oblivious hosts give the senator his “flowers” for leaving Smith “dumbfounded,” Fox’s smaller on-air competitors have tried to downplay Schmitt’s blunder while criticizing the liberal media’s coverage of it. (The ‘Charlie Kirk’ hosts tried to clean it up on Wednesday afternoon, shrugging off Schmitt’s rake-stepping as a “little faux pas” and “diversion.”)

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“Meanwhile, Democrats accused Republicans of spreading conspiracies about Smith’s actions. Typical crap,” One America News host Dan Ball huffed last night. “As usual, Democrats defending him time and time again, trying to shield him from any scrutiny, including during a line of questioning from Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt at one point.”

“Now, clearly there wasn’t a good moment for Senator Eric Schmitt, but the leftists at MS NOW spent more than five minutes on it this morning, like it was the only thing that came out of this hearing,” Newsmax’s Marc Lotter complained earlier today.

Indeed, why not use that airtime to cover more pressing topics, like non-existent trans athletes in the WNBA or the latest offhand remarks made by a leftist Twitch streamer from California?
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wfbnews @newznow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Shooting reported at Oakbrook Center shopping mall
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Shooting reported at Oakbrook Center shopping mall
OAK BROOK, Ill. – An isolated shooting was reported Wednesday afternoon at Oakbrook Center shopping mall in the western suburbs. The post Shooting reported at Oakbrook Center shopping mall appeared first on wfbnews.
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Paramount entered the final stages of merging with Warner Bros. Discovery this afternoon, when a federal judge approved last week’s settlement of an antitrust lawsuit filed by state attorneys general... www.cnn.com/2026/09/30/m...
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Paramount-Warner Bros. merger moves forward after judge approves settlement | CNN Business
Paramount entered the final stages of merging with Warner Bros. Discovery on Wednesday afternoon, when a federal judge approved last week’s settlement of an antitrust lawsuit filed by state attorneys ...
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Kevin J. Allen @kevinjallen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s also important to note that the members of his audience for this screed was again specifically picked out for their appearance. The DOD’s continued obsession with people’s looks is definitely weird behavior and the overwhelming urge to purge women and non-white men from command is very radical
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Meghan Montemurro @mmontemurro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cubs-Padres less than two hours away from Game 1 getting underway, currently 79 degrees on a clear night
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: Appeals court rejects bid by Trump & his lawyers to immediately lift sanctions over IRS leak lawsuit that judge found collusive & crafted just as vehicle for settlement. 3-0. Judges Jordan (Obama), Rosenbaum (Obama), Newsom (Trump) www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to block sanctions over IRS settlement
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Funniest part to me is Jack Smith using 110% of his lawyer brain. He avoids making the connection himself; he doesn't even say "Hawkeyes," he just says "Iowa." He knows it's better to let everyone figure it out on their own. He also knows from Klobuchar's grin that she'll dunk it for him.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Lindsey Rosenthal @eventsforgood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OMG, I just realized he changed the name because he thought people didn't like AI because it was called "artificial." 😂
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Both Benny Johnson and Sean Hannity have now deleted their tweets claiming that Eric Schmitt put Jack Smith "on the spot" and set him up for perjury charges with his faceplant.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AMAZING! Sean Hannity’s Twitter account is trying to frame Eric Schmitt's embarrassing screwup as a win, claiming he put Jack Smith "on the spot."
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm not the audience for the Smith hearing, but the main political issue here is that Republicans want the world to know that Smith subpoenaed congressional phone records as he investigated Jan. 6 etc, and nobody outside the Senate can explain to you why that's bad.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid
senator schmitt and his two idiot staffers after making a generational fuck up
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Gosh Shammgosh @goshshammgosh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think it's important to note Schmitt has staff he relies on from both his personal office as well as the well-staffed Committee's majority office. This *big-Hawks-game-plan* had to have gone through a dozen people first and no one caught it as being, well, the dumbest god damn thing of all time.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith reminds John Cornyn that he dismissed the Florida case because of policy not the case itself. He also takes a shot at Judge Aileen Cannon for her decision. x.com/donkoclock/s...
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Donk Media ♻️™ (@donkoclock) on X
Jack Smith reminds John Cornyn that he dismissed the Florida case because of policy not the case itself. He also takes a shot at Judge Aileen Cannon for her decision.
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Black Voters Matter Fund @blackvotersmatterfund.org · 28/09/2026
The Trump administration just rolled back Title IX protections for LGBTQ students. This is about what happens when a student reports harassment, and whether schools are still required to respond. bit.ly/46Q0m49
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Education Dept. Formally Removes Title IX Protections for LGBTQ Students
A forthcoming amendment would define sex as an ‘immutable biological classification as either male or female.'
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 28/09/2026
Pope Leo XIV urges European unity to fight 'lies and deceit'
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Pope Leo XIV urges European unity to fight 'lies and deceit'
On the final day of Pope Leo XIV's four-day visit to France, which has drawn crowds of French Catholics, the pontiff decried the 'increasingly uncivilized' state of international relations and urged Europe to help 'break this cycle.'
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Indie Aut. Stuart Miller📖✍️🤓 Believe in yourself & your potential @stuartmiller1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Posted 5 hrs ago by "chicagosuntimes: #Protesters gathered near Medinah Country Club in suburban #Chicago against President Donald Trump, who is expected to attend the Presidents Cup golf tournament event Sunday. They chanted, “No Trump. No KKK. No fascists USA,” while carrying signs calling..."
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Todd Blanche says it's unfair for the media to quote things that Trump says.
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#Nov2026 🌊🌊 Vote for Democracy 🗳️ - ICE❌ @kdjs-1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump using US government funding to air a political ad is straight up ‘Deep state’👿☠️ Never forget #Vote🌊🌊
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Very grateful that the press corps caved on the WH’s pool restrictions. Imagine how uninformed we’d be if we had only a transcript, not a video, of these remarks
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