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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 21h

A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 19h

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
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Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
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shanley @shanley.com · 29/09/2026

Shut down all fraternities. That shit should've BEEN over

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

Justice Jackson’s “bright side” on mass voter purges depends on Republican election officials following federal law, and on the Supreme Court holding firm if election deniers try to purge voters. If the past is prologue, the signs are not hopeful, Marc Elias writes: demdock.com/4xM2nJP

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What’s it going to take to stop the media both-sidesing? I would have thought over taxpayer-paid Trumpian propaganda. But WRONG. So I imagined how these guys would cover Trump actually shooting someone on Fifth Avenue. The first 3: presswatchers.org/2026/09/the-...

The New York Times, under the headline: “A Shooting on Fifth Avenue, This One By the President,” reports four paragraphs down: “Some ethics experts have argued that the shooting could violate laws against assault with a deadly weapon.”
The Washington Post reports: “Democratic members of Congress and former prosecutors say it was done by a person using a gun against someone else, and therefore a potential violation of state law.”
The Wall Street Journal, calling the shooting “unusual” in a subhead, reports: “On Saturday night, a local CBS News reporter in New York City noticed something unusual on Fifth Avenue: Donald Trump shooting someone.” Then, a few paragraphs down: “the shooting could violate state law, ethics experts said.”

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You can tell, with all of the explicit ethnic cleansing making everything worse and more expensive, the GOP's next target is just to go all out on gender wars. Everyone on X or Rumble is complaining about nagging women 24/7, with brief respites for holocaust denial. Full 4chan incel GOP incoming.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In what world is it the purview of the President/Executive branch “to force conservative cultural changes on academia‘? And why end the paragraph without noting that there is no legal justification whatsoever for Trump and his minions to “force cultural change” on institutions of higher education.

Inside the White House, some of Mr. Trump’s top lieutenants have expressed frustration about a perceive slowdown in the adminstration’s attempts to force conservative cultural changes on academia.

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Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is Nazi rhetoric. Not similar. Not Nazi-like. It’s straight up lebensraum.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The random civilian who illegally stole everyone's data & dismantled large chunks of the federal government, in an end run around Article I of the Constitution, should be jailed for life & not have large govt contracts, the ability to contribute to political campaigns, or stakes in large media orgs.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just a remarkable choice, this headline. No other leader of any other country in the history of the UN would get that headline after giving an address with that quote.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ProPublica got the literal check Collins was bribed with.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21/09/2026

🚨 BREAKING: In a loss for Missouri voters, the 8th Circuit rules the GOP's congressional gerrymander should be used for the midterms. The ruling puts the federal court in direct conflict with the Missouri Supreme Court. Now SCOTUS must decide for a third time which map will be used in November.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 21/09/2026

if you're a moderately competent desktop computer user with the means to buy a few hard drives i think you have a duty to your iphone friends to become "the plex guy"

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

one common thread (among the horrifying many) between the numerous ICE shootings/murders is that no first aid was administered to the victim. armed combatants of the government shot to kill, and if they didn’t kill right away, they gave time for it to happen anyway. it is absolutely grotesque.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

One of the great unappreciated authorial decisions in sci-fi history is when Westwood Games had their Mysterious All-Powerful Alien antagonists be revealed, in their own campaign, as a bunch of hillbilly bluecollar miners working for an exploitative mega corporation and way in over their skis.

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Ed Sheeran saying "I'm in love with the shape of you" while looking at a map of Greater Israel

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 14/09/2026

One of the more insidious phrasings I've seen with the Dems/trans rights discourse lately is the idea that trans people are being greedy and demanding a "maximalist" approach to trans rights. No, you cannot call the state of rights American trans people had as recently as 2023 "maximalist," sorry.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector editor in chief @journalist-sherman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

On private school vouchers, Masterson says it's not fair to leave kids in position where the only option is a failing public school, where they will learn generational welfare and that crime pays. Holscher: "I don't know what you'd expect. You defunded our schools" #ksleg #ksed

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

W/o getting drawn into the "seriously or literally" / "it'll never happen" trap, we need to stomp *hard* on the continuing effort to undermine Article 1 power of the purse by saying that this or that revenue stream makes something outside the normal budget process. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

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Lutnick says Trump’s $5,000 checks for Americans wouldn’t rely on taxpayer funds

A top White House official suggested Congress would use a budget process to fund them. Vice President JD Vance had said tariff revenues.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/09/2026

Once again this isn't like gay marriage. We're not asking for something new. We're asking not to lose rights we've had for decades. When Dems say they agree with enacting new restrictions on trans people, that's a betrayal. They are actively going out of their way to harm trans people.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

(centrist adviser): "Sir, what our voters want most is someone who'll fight! Who'll fight for them and not back down! Who'll fight to defend freedom! And, sir, that's why I'm urging you to make sure you tell everyone that you're willing to sacrifice a trans kid playing soccer."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Dear Democrats, You will never be able to triangulate your way through racism/sexism/transphobia, because pushing a lighter, politer form of bigotry is always a lose-lose proposition. The bigots want the uncut stuff, while normal people aren't drawn to cowards who sell out. Stand your ground.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11/09/2026

You can become a journalist to be a TV star or to join the elites or to write an American canto or you can become a journalist to challenge power and advocate for the powerless.

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helen @homotoptheory.northsky.social · 11/09/2026

*texting your ex* so it’s kirkmas, which got me thinking about what YOUR throat can do—

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In what universe would a white Mayor be told he could not attend a commemoration in Oklahoma City because "Timothy McVeigh?"

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “The word "remigration" is nothing other than a synonym for ethnic cleansing based on origin and skin color.”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Any news outlet that spent even one segment or one article on "Joe Biden is old" in 2024 should be going wall-to-wall with stories about the dementia-ravaged 80-year-old who keeps posting AI garbage and telling insanely obvious lies about himself. And yet

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I continue to maintain my deeply unpopular position that this man’s time & our democracy would be better served by fewer glib speeches & jokes about “faculty lounges” & more direct denunciation of the lawless authoritarianism & blunt calls for Trump’s immediate impeachment, removal, or resignation.

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 08/09/2026

Banning all trade with Israeli settlements within the first few months of the new presidency is the obvious bare minimum promise that should be extracted form everyone of the potential Democratic nominees

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 06/09/2026

Weekends. Workplace safety protections. Child labor laws. Retirement security. Paid time off. These are things we enjoy today because workers fought for them and won. This Labor Day, let's get inspired and keep fighting for better for working people ✊

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Bonnie @bonniefitz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I cant believe this wasn't/isn't bigger news. Like, wtf!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/09/2026

given the number of people who email me with "b-b-but what if republicans do it too" when i call for court packing, i think this timidity is bottom-up and top-down

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/09/2026

"you don't have medicaid because trump wanted to build the arch" and "you don't have SNAP because he wanted to build a ballroom." make republicans have to sputter and say "well actually it is private donations"

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 04/09/2026

If you're wondering what the actual crux of the article is, it's this. "The administration regularly sends the influencers memos on the mayor’s priorities" The mayor sends out press releases... That's it. That's where taxpayer money is going supposedly. On writing press releases. How terrible.

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Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

High-level university administrators, even a few department chairs I’ve met, live in a reality dissonance bubble almost as severe as billionaires. It’s why they can’t stop acting like the federal government is working in good faith even after nearly two years of groypers relentlessly trolling them.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/09/2026

You have this asymmetry where the White House can make video games on government websites about brutalizing immigrants but a random Democrat has a few old tweets and the latter carries the news cycle. It's all such incredibly performative bs.

A screenshot of an X (Twitter) post by Andrew Kaczynski (@KFILE) dated September 4, 2026.
The text reads:
"NEW on CNN: “Fuck you..hurry up and die.” Will Lawrence, a Democrat running in one of swing seat that could decide control of Congress, deleted hundreds of old posts before launching his campaign. They show him backing a world without police and prisons, “forced nationalization” to end fossil fuels, abolishing the Senate, open borders, and bashing nuclear family homes."
Below the text is a link preview to a cnn.com article titled "KFile: Swing-seat Democrat deleted posts envisioning ‘a wo...”, featuring an image of candidate Will Lawrence speaking at a campaign podium surrounded by supporters holding signs.

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 04/09/2026

Has any Western publication called these people 'hostages' yet

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

the best thing a new administration could do to cut Big Tech down to size is offer a bounty and immunity to employees who provide evidence of crimes committed by their bosses.

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