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Grant DeLaney

@laney502.bsky.social
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“Fanaticism turns into a means of salvation, enthusiasm into epileptic ecstasy, politics becomes an opiate for the masses... & reason veils her face” -Thomas Mann(1930)* #BLM * Twitter Refugee * #FBR *If you’re part of the #Resistance, I want to follow you

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 3h
Not being glib or facetious. I honestly think Leonard Leo has some sort of agreement w NYT senior editors or corporate to not cover him, except in positive and Leo approved ways. Nothing else explains 15+ years of NYT giving Leonard Leo cover. medium.com/@thcarter123...
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A decade of failing to persuade the New York Times to pay attention to Leonard Leo
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 3h
"OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman told employees he won’t make a pledged multimillion-dollar donation to a political group working to elect members of Congress who support pro-artificial intelligence policies."
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OpenAI President Backs Out of Pledged $25 Million Donation to AI Super PAC
Greg Brockman has faced backlash from employees who support stronger AI regulations
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3h
Sikorski: “Europe is not a global empire and does not intend to become one. We don’t need military bases in every corner of the world. “We need to be strong enough to deter Putin.”
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3h
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski at EuropeFuture Forum: “I once did a quick calculation of where Russia would be if she developed since 1913 at the pace of Canada. “She would have the economy of the United States. “It has the economy of less than Italy now.”
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4h
Kremlin: “Russia’s warning about the consequences of possible attempts to blockade Kaliningrad should not be seen as a confrontational statement.”
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 3h
Mystery Flock cameras discovered in Florida community: "Meanwhile, some residents in St. Lucie County have been dismayed to learn an unknown entity might have been watching them." wapo.st/4ACHFOZ
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Florida county discovers mysterious Flock cameras with no obvious owner
Officials say they don’t know who installed the controversial cameras or how the data was being used. Residents are unnerved.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 3h
Today, Russia struck a school in Kyiv with a drone during the morning hours. At the time of the strike, about 100 schoolchildren and 60 staff members were in the shelter; fortunately, no one was hurt. Who does that? What kind of barbarians attack children on a school day?
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2h
"At the risk of understatement, Trump has never been one to think all that many moves ahead. But his impulsive decision to ban media outlets spawned unintended consequences that derailed his own plans. Again. That’s been a real theme for much of this year."
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join me today at 12:30pm ET on Thinking Live... to talk with @jessicatarlov.bsky.social about disagreement and persuasion ahead of the midterms — and beyond. snyder.substack.com
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Thinking about... | Timothy Snyder | Substack
Opening the future by understanding the past. Click to read "Thinking about...", by Timothy Snyder, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Watch out… / Party’s over / Cool baby, 14 is what they were after Fuck maga 3-hundred sixty-five Degrees Oh fuck the fuck off — get out our house. youtu.be/EtvKvmTIaQU?...
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"Burning Down The House" - David Byrne feat. Stephen Colbert (LIVE on The Late Show)
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · 9h
Pray. Prey. Prey. @jesseduquette.bsky.social
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I Miss Molly Ivins @meepmeepboxer.bsky.social · 5h
Florida Men
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Florida Men
This Friday, Donald Trump will be in Mobile, Alabama, the place where his first campaign really started to gain traction after then-Alabama Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III threw his support ...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10h
The pitcher, the hitter, and the catcher in the NL wild card series are all immigrants right now. #GoPadres
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · 9h
To the moon, Alice. 🌙
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18h
Hegseth prayed to God for help in violently destroying the Iranians, and said that God does not answer the prayers of the enemy Then Hegseth discovered that God doesn't answer his prayers, either
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17h
New piece from me on James Talarico leaning into the immigration debate in the Trumpiest of border states:
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22h
"Talarico is running in a state Trump carried by 14 points in 2024. Yet he’s actually leaned into the moral issues around immigration more aggressively than most other Democrats. He makes an expansive moral case that immigration is good for our country." newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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Virginia Heffernan @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social · 20h
As if the diesel class needed more reason to turn on Trump, he's now praising China at the expense of CANADA. Idiocy. I spoke to @gregsargent.bsky.social for TNR's Daily Blast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Trump’s Fury at Canada Takes Darker Turn as GOPers Quietly Sound Alarm
Podcast Episode · THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent · September 30 · 21m
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15h
Dems now leading GOP on every issue Quinnipiac polled, including the economy, national security, and immigration:
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To the moon, Alice. 🌙
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18h
Only in a completely upside-down world would the U.S. defense secretary announce he was banning all weirdos from the military yet giving a big job to Elon Musk.
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Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The most hard-hitting language, which surely means Manchester City must face the hardest-hitting sanctions Expulsion, and the independent football regulator looking at a forced sale Given the stridency, can normal football business even go on? www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Man City’s staggering rule-breaking has left the Premier League with only one option
Found guilty on all but one of more than 100 charges, the club’s behaviour casts doubt over an entire era of football. How, Miguel Delaney asks, can they be allowed to remain in the top flight?
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Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New Copa Independent podcast, with @lawrenceostlere The great Manchester City sham youtu.be/aiQgglL5c7Y
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The great Man City sham
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Matthew D. Taylor @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social · 11h
Hegseth is a peacock & a buffoon, so it's easy to laugh or write him off. But I fear that when the history of the collapse of Amer democracy under Trump 2.0 is written, Hegseth's ideological & relig consolidation of the military may be one of the most devastating & consequential developments. 4/
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Matthew D. Taylor @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social · 11h
In a religiously diverse democracy, military should come from, represent, & defend every community. Hegseth's ongoing use of relig imagery sends a clear message: "Hardline Christian nationalists welcome. Others not." This ideologization of the military is one step toward a future military coup. 2/
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Matthew D. Taylor @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social · 11h
In his "State of the Force" speech today, Pete Hegseth managed to wedge in 2 notable Christian nationalist phrases: "appeal to heaven" & "putting on the full armor of God." Both of these represent a very dangerous & anti-democratic conflation of military service & religion. 1/
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13h
Impeach Hegseth on January 3. I don’t care if you don’t have enough senate votes to convict and remove.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Because how have the oligarchs ever led us wrong in the past, right? And look at the cast of people that we're talking about. Zuckerberg? Musk? Thiel? These guys... Jeff Bezos? Yeah, Jeff Bezos. When have any of those people ever led us wrong in the past, right?”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19h
Part of me secretly hopes that members of the 11th Circuit were cool to have arguments for releasing Volume II of Jack Smith's report in January, but watching Schmitt's colossal fuck up made them move the arguments up to Nov 2.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16h
JUST IN: A federal judge has denied DOJ's effort to obtain Georgia's complete, unredacted voter list, the latest in a string of more than two dozen defeats for the Trump administration in efforts to obtain state voter rolls. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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#146 in United States v. Raffensperger (N.D. Ga., 1:26-cv-00485) – CourtListener.com
ORDER. It is ORDERED that Defendant Raffensperger and Intervenor-Defendant's BVMF's Motions to Dismiss (Docs. 16, 23 ) are GRANTED IN PART as set forth in this Order. Intervenor-Defendants' Common Cau...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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William "Chip" Nagel @cto1usn.bsky.social · 23h
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 21h
53 years ago, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Now, the Bronx School of Hip Hop is preparing a new generation of artists to shape what comes next. I sat down with Nas to talk about the past, present, and future of hip-hop in NYC — from the turntables to our classrooms.
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Mayor and Nas sit down to discuss the past, present and future of hip hop in NYC
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · 21h
Fascinating, spot on Adrian. @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social I’m thinking @migueldelaney.bsky.social would agree with all of your major takeaways here. You guys should compare notes and discuss this together. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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The State of Manchester City
Podcast Episode · Byline Times Podcast · September 27 · 33m
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 19h
We hear Stephen Miller is absolutely Führer-ious that Trump’s new AI chatbot isn’t racist enough to cook the books on this one.
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · 18h
You Get What You Get When You Elect Fascist Shit. @billbramhall.bsky.social
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Clown Show Meets Snake Oil Salesman 🐍 👨‍💼 —
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mike Rogers has the audacity to lie to you about his plan like he didn't vote 4 times to stop you from getting cheaper medication from Canada, take $1M from Big Pharma, and vote 19 times to keep prescription drug prices higher. GTFOH.
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David R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Update: The America.gov chatbot now refuses to answer "political" questions or offer "judgments about past elections" 🤔
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · 20h
MURDER by Trump and Hegseth — Soon to be Exposed.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 20h
A federal judge ORDERED the Trump admin to privately show him the memo purporting to justify boat strikes that have killed 234 people in the Caribbean and Pacific. Judge Engelmayer rejected several rationales for withholding the memo from the public and will determine whether to release it.
The Court directs defendants to file the declaration(s), and to arrange for the Memo to be available for in camera review, within two weeks of this decision. See ACLU II, 2016 WL 889739, at *6 (ordering Government, within five days, to produce document at issue and “advise the court who has received [it] (including persons who received it from its original recipients) and for what purpose”); Elec. Frontier Found. v. U.S. Dep’t of Just., 826 F. Supp. 2d 157, 172 (D.D.C. 2011) (directing agency to “provide further explanation regarding whether it shared with non-Executive Branch entities the responsive documents that it withheld from the plaintiff”). Defendants are authorized to make appropriate redactions in the declaration as publicly filed, while filing the unredacted declaration under seal. Upon review of these materials, the Court will determine whether to commission supplemental briefing.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 20h
The ACLU's Jeffrey Stein called the ruling a "huge step in the right direction." “The public deserves to know how our government is justifying the cold-blooded murder of hundreds of civilians." 🔽
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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The whole country is watching and is expecting a proportionate sanction..." Sports law expert Dr Jan Zglinski on the 115 charges faced by Manchester City - latest @bylinetimes.bsky.social podcast @goldbergradio.bsky.social Listen: pod.fo/e/65c01d Watch: youtu.be/e-eGJ5g2lic?...
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The State Of Manchester City
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Adrian Goldberg @goldbergradio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Question 1: If #MCFC are relegated for cheating, why should the EFL accept them? The Premier League doesn't 'own' the EFL. Question 2: If owners are found to have cheated and been less than candid, isn't this a case for tough intervention by the Independent Regulator which licenses clubs?
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Adrian Goldberg @goldbergradio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wondering how we got to state where the integrity of entire Premier League seasons is being called into question???? Fear not, I've written a book about it. Louder Than War called it "an enthralling read". Alistair Campbell loved it too. Buy it here. subscribe.bylinetimes.com/product/wtmg/
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Where's The Money Gone? – Byline Times
Where’s The Money Gone? The Battle for the Soul of English Football By Adrian Goldberg Oil sheikhs. Hedge fund billionaires. Media moguls. How did the so-called ‘people’s game’ fall into the hands of ...
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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 30/09/2026
One thing I love about France is that they're always 100% France. They know what they're about and they follow through at all times
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 30/09/2026
Trump rallies: now with complimentary down-ballot damage.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026
⚠️ Trump’s DOJ has not denied that the administration has considered plans to seize ballots during the midterms. It has also not produced any records about such plans — despite a lawsuit requiring the department to do so.
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Trump DOJ responds to DNC lawsuit, offers no records on ballot seizure plans
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) 13-page answer did not deny whether the Trump administration has considered such plans, identify whether responsive records exist or offer a timeline for producing th...
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · 22h
“Welcome, stranger.”
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