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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. HAHAHAHAHAH. Eric Schmitt just accused Jack Smith of lying about going to an Atlanta Hawk's basketball game. Smith went to see the Iowa Hawkeyes.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Dolly Parton becomes the only artist in history to occupy the entire Top 10 of US iTunes with different songs.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/07/2026

Whoopsie daisy. 🤣😂🤣😂

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Statement from Annie Farmer on meeting with Todd Blanche: "After meeting with Todd Blanche, I feel even more confident in urging senators to vote against his confirmation as the United States' Attorney General. "I found him abrasive, condescending, and intentionally noncommittal to survivors."

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Most corrupt administration in American history!

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Buttigieg: We gotta get out there and build that new governing vision, not by preaching to the choir, not by only talking to everyone who already agrees with us, but by finding the people who haven’t always voted our way and changing how they see us by showing that we see them.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/07/2026

We raised our son to be respectful, but we also raised him to be careful. So when you see the reaction from Black people to the Nolan Wells case, understand that it comes from a long history of lived experience, not from nowhere. 5/6

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I do not think there is sufficient appreciation for how catastrophic yesterday’s decision in Slaughter is for this country. As Justice Sotomayor said in her dissent and she intoned from the bench yesterday, “today the majority reshapes our Govt.”

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Big week over at The Onion. — Thursday: InfoWars launches live at 8 p.m. ET on YouTube, Twitch and wherever you watch video. New handles and everything. Expect surprises. It is insane. — Friday: An entire history of the country, AMERICA: Birth of a Nation, airs at 8 p.m. ET on all Onion channels.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/06/2026

Massie: "I think it's ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we're yelling 'election fraud'? I mean, we won all the damn elections."

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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The World Cup is proof that if not for our leaders, the vast majority of the world's people would get along just fine.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/06/2026

genuinely crazy to watch these people freak out over what is essentially 21st century new dealism

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Friends, they’re not even trying to hide their voter suppression. ⬇️

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/06/2026

Book bans make a lot more sense when you realize some of these politicians aren’t big readers.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Every president needs advisors who can give them candid advice. When you start to think you have all the answers, that’s how you end up paying $300 billion dollars and siding with Hezbollah to end a war you started.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

It was great joining Njideka Akunyili Crosby—a gifted Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist—to unveil our first portrait together. This piece reflects so many chapters of Michelle and my story, and we’re thrilled that it will be on display at the Obama Presidential Center starting this Juneteenth.

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The Dutch doing this in fuckin Dallas, Texas is very funny to me, an American who has seen Cowboys fans who represent one of the most valuable sports teams on earth never approach this level of enthusiasm this century.

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Kris M Beal @krismbeal.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Yep. I watched it in real time. It really took off and is taking hold.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 14/06/2026

Kharkiv art museum is burning as the enemy tries to destroy culture at any cost. This is Kharkiv mayor helping to evacuate the art pieces

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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 14/06/2026

Zohran fighting that hangover with everything he has and doing a great job. Beautiful segment.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/06/2026

Mamdani on the viral "my mayor's Muslim" Knicks fan: "Thanks to him, there are a lot of people who have just been running up to me over the last few weeks just shouting, 'My Mayor's Muslim!' I said, 'It's true. I am.'"

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14/06/2026

Trump’s name finally came down from the Kennedy Center, and I think this man speaks for a lot of us: “Let me go down here and see for myself when they pull this down, so I can see the beginning of his end.”

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The administration’s rapid response account is… mad at the Weather Channel. For reporting the weather.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

BREAKING: DOJ inexcusably blows deadline, begs court for 12 more hours, says name will be off by "early morning hours" They had weeks! But they swear the name is coming off

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/06/2026

Musk's father is fully a Kremlin asset. Now he's meeting with Tommy Robinson in a luxury hotel bar in Moscow while Robinson incites pogroms from his X account.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/06/2026

Elon has been stoking this all day on Twitter. bsky.app/profile/esqu...

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 10/06/2026

"Grand juror called 'Broadview Six' case a 'crock of sh*t' before it crumbled." A federal judge ordered the release of the bombshell transcripts today. Full story with linked documents on All Rise News www.allrisenews.com/p/broadview-...

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Grand juror called 'Broadview Six' case a 'crock of sh*t' before it crumbled

A federal judge ordered the release of the bombshell transcripts today to investigate potential prosecutorial misconduct.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Trump: I call the shots, Netanyahu doesn’t call the shots. Trump: don’t attack Iran tonight Israel: so anyway we’re gonna bomb Iran Now he looks even more pathetic. Our allies don’t respect him, our enemies don’t respect him.

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Kris M Beal @krismbeal.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

@velshi.com hey Ali! Hard to interpret CA! 1 lots of dems voted late 2 lots of dems may have only voted for 1 (instead of 2) 3 lots of ballots outstanding Go, Ali, Go!

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Kris M Beal @krismbeal.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

News Not News: We’ve always known he’s a pig.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

This is how the mob works.

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Kris M Beal @krismbeal.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Was it worth it Sen Cassidy?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/05/2026

The top of the pack is solidifying. Becerra, Hilton, and Steyer are separating themselves while everyone else keeps splitting the remaining vote into tiny pieces. NOTES: 📌Chad Bianco sitting at 11% is not some fringe curiosity anymore. People know who he is and he’s still polling too high. 1/2

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

BREAKING: Trump's DOJ — negotiating with itself — may hand Trump $10 billion of YOUR money from his IRS lawsuit We need to shout this grift from the rooftops -- Trump has already raked in billions on the side Now he wants taxpayers to fund his retribution campaign too ... Why? -TN

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DOJ Plots Giant Payout for Trump in His $10B Taxpayer Shakedown

The White House and DOJ are holding secret settlement talks.

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Marty Olliff @martyolliff.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

It’s telling that Alabama took 14 years to implement Brown (you MUST desegregate) and < 14 days to implement Callais (you CAN eliminate Black districts if you call them Democratic, but you don’t HAVE to).

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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

“Why are we allowing them to concentrate on intent?” Tennessee Rep. Joe Towns Jr. said of the proposed redistricting that would split Memphis into three districts. “If I’m hit by a pickup truck accidentally, or if I’m hit on purpose, I’m still dead.” ✒️: @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social

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Critics say redistricting plan disenfranchises Black voters - Nashville Banner

Tennessee lawmakers rush to pass a proposed congressional map, fracturing the state's last Democratic seat and raising concerns of racial gerrymandering.

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

What local white elites could not see—behind the veil of Jim Crow—was what Black educators were actually building. College-trained teachers used accommodationist cover to build leadership networks, organize communities, and cultivate the civic capacity that would later fuel collective action. 4/

A black-and-white photograph of students and teacher gathered in front of Pee Dee Rosenwald Colored School in South Carolina, a one-story wooden school building with large multi-pane windows and a chimney, raised slightly on a brick foundation. In front of the building, a large group of Black children and a few adults stand in rows facing the camera. The children wear simple clothing typical of the early 20th century—dresses, overalls, and shirts—and appear to be students posed outside the school. The setting is rural, with trees visible in the background and a dirt ground in the foreground.

Between 1912 and 1932, approximately 5,000 such schools were built across the rural South through a partnership between Black communities, the Julius Rosenwald Fund, and local public authorities. Photo: S.C. Department of Archives and History

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Excited to share new paper w/ @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social: "Veiled Power: How Rosenwald Teachers Quietly Shaped the Civil Rights Movement" The puzzle: did ~5,000 segregated schools built in rural South emphasizing “manual labor” strengthen or weaken Jim Crow? 🧵 omarwasow.com/wasow_grumba...

Veiled Power: How Rosenwald Teachers Quietly Shaped
the Civil Rights Movement

Omar Wasow∗ Jacob M. Grumbach∗

April 1, 2026

Abstract
What precipitates the collapse of seemingly durable social orders like Jim Crow? During the 1920s, approximately 5,000 “Rosenwald Schools” were built across the rural South through a partnership between philanthropist Julius Rosenwald and Black communities who raised matching funds, donated land, and petitioned local governments. Local elites saw vocational training that would preserve the racial order. We argue Black educators used this accommodationist cover to build veiled capacity: organizational infrastructure for collective action behind a veil
of compliance. Counties with more Rosenwald Schools show greater civil rights protest in the 1960s. Mediation analysis reveals that pre-existing social capital predicted protest through Rosenwald teacher placements, not enrollment. Instrumental variable models suggest the effect is not driven by community selection. Moving from no Rosenwald teachers to the 75th percentile predicts 45% more protest. The political effects of education may depend less on what elites intend than on what educators build where elites cannot see.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/04/2026

🚨 Xavier Becerra is surging. Check this new poll. Turns out experience, competence, and not sounding like a crackpot still has a market with sane California voters.

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Xavier Becerra @xavierbecerra.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I have spent my career expanding access to care for those who need it most. With Trump’s attacks on our health care, it is more important than ever to have a fighter in Sacramento who knows the ropes.

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Xavier Becerra @xavierbecerra.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

No matter what the Supreme Court does, we will continue fighting to protect the voting rights of every Californian.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/04/2026

📌 Becerra defended California’s clean car rules and zero-emission standards while the oil lobby fought to kill them. That’s not doing oil’s bidding, that’s blocking them!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/04/2026

Reality check: if Xavier Becerra were “in bed with Chevron,” why did he spend years suing oil interests, blocking their deals, backing climate liability cases, and defending clean car rules they opposed? 1/2

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 25/04/2026

So an F5 actually bombed a US air base in Kuwait????? Are you friggin serious?

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 24/04/2026

Yesterday, a U.S. soldier was arrested for placing a bet on Polymarket for the capture of Maduro and winning $400K. Clearly insider knowledge and clearly a national security issue that needs to be addressed.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Alex Jones yesterday, April 22nd of 2026, is once again saying the Sandy Hook massacre was a false flag done by "professional shooters." It is imperative we take over that studio as soon as possible.

https://www.mediamatters.org/infowars/alex-jones-discusses-sandy-hook-mass-shooting-all-big-setup

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

ICE has violated almost 100 court orders. Let me say that another way. 100 times ICE was caught brazenly ignoring the law. 100 times a court told them to immediately stop. And 100 times they ignored the order. That's an out-of-control agency that shouldn't get another dime.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22/04/2026

A Colorado prosecutor said Wednesday that an immigration officer has been charged with third-degree assault and criminal mischief following an investigation into the treatment of a protester seen being put into a chokehold.

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Immigration officer is charged with assault after protest outside Colorado ICE facility, DA says

A Colorado district attorney has charged an immigration agent after a protester was seen being held in a chokehold during demonstrations against the detention of an immigrant father and two children.

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