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Keith LaROCHELLE

@larochellekr.bsky.social
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2h
Most stand-up comics like to be interrupted by laughter
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 2h
no one wants to watch MAGA adjacent, dumbed down coverage
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2h
The US knows Ukrainian air defense relies on US early detection of Russian launches. Without telling Ukraine, the Trump White House (and Elon Musk's SpaceX) withheld that info and hindered countermeasures. The US just facilitated a Russian attack on Ukraine, making it more effective and deadlier.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 2h
They should also take up meth.
businessinsider.com
AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, says Palantir CTO
Some AI believers expect the technology to make smoking-related health risks like cancer a thing of the past, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2h
Kash Patel basically faking crime stats now, by pretending that arrests made by state/local law enforcement were done by the FBI. www.ms.now/news/crime-s...
ms.now
Crime stats touted by Kash Patel are bolstered by arrests made by state and local agencies, not FBI
An analysis of publicly available data from the Justice Department shows repeated claims made by the FBI director are false or misleading.
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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 3h
indeed crippling Ukraine's conventional capacity to defend itself will only encourage that big wartime economy and sprawling global intelligence presence to lean harder into wrecking Russian energy and economic interests.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2h
I mean she surprised me yesterday and she was speaking English
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 2h
Establishment Ds angst about the party brand is out of date: % of adults who say Ds too liberal dropped 9 percent, about right went up 6 pts. 50% of Americans now say the GOP’s political views are too conservative, up seven points from 2022 and the highest Gallup has recorded.
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The World Today @theworldtoday.org · 2h
Amid rising crime and high unemployment, anti-migrant groups have spread harmful myths across South Africa about foreign nationals causing unemployment, committing crimes and being a burden on services. Read @kirir.bsky.social's reporting for the autumn issue of @theworldtoday.org.
chathamhouse.org
Does South Africa’s anti-immigrant backlash signal the beginning of a new political era?
After a long season of vigilantism and protests against undocumented foreign nationals, November’s local elections will test whether anti-immigrant populism has appeal for an electorate dissatisfied w...
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Max Moran @maxmoranhi.bsky.social · 3h
I wrote for @thenation.com about centrists claiming Big Tech et al had no choice but to partake in Trump corruption because he “had a gun to their head.” Hannah Arendt had a lot to say about individual choice under fascism. What would she make of this claim? www.thenation.com/article/poli...
thenation.com
Making America Accountable Again
Corporate leaders say they should be shielded from congressional inquiries because they had no alternative but to collaborate with the Trump administration. History says otherwise.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 4h
This chart in this morning's NYT is awfully misleading. Suggested edits in red to avoid any confusion.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h
Night mayors are pretty common in Europe and catching on in States. But nowhere is there a better case for the need of one than SF. Which in some ways still runs like a village(s) www.voanews.com/a/why-us-cit...
voanews.com
Why US Cities Are Hiring Night Mayors to Govern After Dark
More American urban centers view nightlife as an economic asset rather than a nuisance
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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 2h
Turns out that incurring mountains of debt in not one, but two leveraged buyouts of companies that you grossly overpaid for might have negative downstream consequences.
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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 5h
This should set off a siren in every defence ministry in Europe: there needs to be much more urgency about developing autonomous capabilities, not subject to US caprices, for early warning of attacks, countering ballistic missiles, communicating with forces or controlling offensive weapons.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2h
Trump's decision to post a gruesome video of a tiger eating a man raises new questions about Joe Biden's mental state.
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This is an edit of segments from last week where the folks on Fox News seem to be coming to grips with the fact that the midterms will not go well for Republicans. Acceptance is the final stage of grief. If Trump tries to say the elections were rigged remember this clip.
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
just a casual reminder that inciting violence against his political opponents and others he dislikes has been a core feature of Donald Trump's approach for more than a decade. It is a defining characteristic of Trump and his movement, but rarely centered as such by corporate media.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/10/2026
Zelensky’s inspirational courage, Magyar’s organizing ability, Carney’s calm competence, and Pope Leo’s moral grounding. Is it too much to hope that we could combine some or all of these, if not in one candidate, then at least in one political movement?
lnk.thebulwark.com
Winning the Midterms Is Not Enough
One wave election won’t defeat Trumpism.
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Elon Musk bought the 2024 presidential election. Now he’s trying to buy the 2026 midterms. He won’t succeed this time. Still, there’s no good reason that one man - in this case, a far-right extremist like Musk - should have this much political power in America. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/12/e...
cnbc.com
Elon Musk gives $276 million to Republican groups, becomes biggest known 2026 midterm donor
Musk’s record midterm election spending comes as the Tesla and SpaceX CEO rebuilds his relationship with Trump and has business ties to the federal government.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Oh no. And poor Enrique Tarrio had assured us all he had an ETA exemption, in spite of his fraud and terrorism and gun crime convictions. Whatever injustice might have caused these travel difficulties?
Enrique Tarrio
@NobleOne
The UK has banned me from entering their country. I can’t even land to switch planes…

But it didn’t end there. I am now stuck in Warsaw because 
@British_Airways
 has an “issue” with me flying. I’ve missed two flights because of unknown reasons.

As much as I love Poland I’ve been away from home for two weeks. I wasn’t even given the common courtesy to be notified in advance about this issue. Now I’m stuck abroad.

@USAmbPoland
 can I get some assistance here?
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Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Sacramento is, by these metrics, the best value and some of the highest quality of life anywhere in the west. California incomes and sunshine with Portland’s prices and Denver’s access to nature is I guess a ranking-friendly combo?
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 13/10/2026
"Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered the country’s attorney general and the head of the Shin Bet security service to reveal the identities of soldiers and officers interviewed in the investigative documentary NAZA and prosecute them for causing “harm to Israel’s diplomatic and security interests”."
theguardian.com
NAZA: Netanyahu orders identification and prosecution of film’s interviewees
Israeli PM calls for criminal investigation into soldiers and officers interviewed in Guardian-produced documentary
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 13/10/2026
more and more people are asking about Elon Musk's busted junk allegations
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Trump openly lusting after John Husted tonight. He was more effective at hiding his proclivities back when his brain was less demented. www.rawstory.com/trump-husted/
rawstory.com
Trump buried in mockery for ogling male senator's rear end: 'Nothing unusual about this'
President Donald Trump's rally for Ohio Sen. Jon Husted went off the rails when he made a seemingly lustful comment about the senator's body."I don't do this with men very often," Trump told the crowd...
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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
One of the biggest recipients of Russian troll farm support on the X platform says that the theories of Ukraine's strikes on Yandex facilities having reduced Russian troll activity are nonsense, as he gets 35 likes among his 4,000,000 followers.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Paxton was partying in Dubai with a donor who was fleeing the US on health care fraud (like the real kind of fraud, involving millions embezzled from a hospital, not the stuff JD Vance says he is investigating).
As fireworks exploded over the Burj Khalifa skyscraper to welcome 2025, Paxton and his girlfriend Tracy Duhon watched from a luxury high-rise balcony full of people, according to a video of the gathering reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, details of which were contained in court filings and confirmed by people familiar with the matter.

Among those at the event with Texas’ top law-enforcement official were two Americans who had been indicted months before on federal healthcare-fraud charges but failed to return to the U.S., Anosh Ahmed and Sameer Suhail, according to the court records and people familiar with the matter. Ahmed, a healthcare executive, had donated $190,000 to Paxton, campaign finance records show, including $25,000 days after he was indicted.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“Among those at the event with Texas’ top law-enforcement official were two Americans who had been indicted months before on federal healthcare-fraud charges but failed to return to the U.S., Anosh Ahmed and Sameer Suhail, according to the court records and people familiar with the matter.”
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 13/10/2026
⚡️French Navy intercepts Russian shadow fleet tanker in Indian Ocean. The tanker DF Peak, previously named Kaliningrad, has falsely sailed under the flag of Benin and is sanctioned by the U.S, EU, Switzerland, Canada, and Japan.
kyivindependent.com
French Navy intercepts Russian shadow fleet tanker in Indian Ocean
The tanker DF Peak, previously named Kaliningrad, has falsely sailed under the flag of Benin and is sanctioned by the U.S, EU, Switzerland, Canada, and Japan.
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 13/10/2026
Top Trump officials have accused the Somali-born congresswoman of immigration fraud without evidence. Here’s what we know about the search so far.
bit.ly
Ilhan Omar’s home was searched. What to know about her immigration story
Top Trump officials have accused the Somali-born congresswoman of immigration fraud without evidence. Here’s what we know about the search so far.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This is psychosis. He is profoundly mentally ill. He is not fit to be in any position of power over anyone or anything. He should not control nuclear weapons.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Sounds like Ken likes to party. I hope he's been enjoying himself. Soon he'll have more time to enjoy it.
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Darren Gasser @dgasser.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ossoff is probably doing it the best, but I've been gratified to see a number of Dem candidates reading the room and straight-up calling their opponents corrupt, racist shitbirds this cycle. The dueling clips with the GA and MI debates tonight have been great.
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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There's a reason only Republicans who are losing their races have agreed to debates.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Susan Collins, one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the midterms, faced a humiliating reality check last night during her debate against Democratic challenger Troy Jackson. In the first of four televised debates, Collins struggled to defend her efforts to rein in Trump’s disastrous policies.
newrepublic.com
“We Can’t Eat Road Salt”: Susan Collins Crashes and Burns in Debate
The incumbent Maine senator gave a dumpster-fire performance.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
recalling now that Ossoff came in throwing sufficient high heat in the 2020 debates that Perdue opted to no-show the last two
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I just can’t. Ossoff is calling him a nazi and Collins looks like he’s hurrying to finish a test he didn’t study for
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You know what I don't see on the agent who shot a dad with a military assault rifle? THE BODY-CAM THAT THE TRUMP ADMIN HAS PROMISED TO PUT ON ALL ICE AGENTS.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump Admin Gears Up for Post-Midterm Crackdown on Abortion Drug talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
talkingpointsmemo.com
Trump Admin Gears Up for Post-Midterm Crackdown on Abortion Drug
A Calculated Delay The Trump Justice Department has mapped out its coming...
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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In the old days several hundred or maybe even thousands would gather at the scene. This is that but just with a digital town square and the potential for much bigger crowds.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026
vance is more like the reincarnation of alexander stephens, one of the Contemptible Little Pig Men of the 19th century american history
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026
Good candidates definitely matter. And “good” candidates can look extremely different from each other.
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These Democrats Are Good, Actually
The candidate gap is real. And it’s spectacular.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Seamless transition from lying while working for Trump to lying while working for Fox since the job description is the same.
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lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
did someone put uppers in the dnc's water fountains or
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Flydubai pilot was deep into manosphere content, routinely used derogatory sexual slurs about women, and wanted a tradwife Misogyny is a gateway drug www.ft.com/content/a92b...
ft.com
The online life of the Flydubai attacker
[FREE TO READ] Co-pilot of flight 1073 gravitated towards the ‘manosphere’ and expressed misogynistic views
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy accuses U.S. of inaction as Russian strikes kill over 70 in two days www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10...
japantimes.co.jp
Zelenskyy accuses U.S. of inaction as Russian strikes kill over 70 in two days
Ukraine’s president criticized Washington’s effort to pursue economic ties with Russia while also seeking to mediate the more than four-year war.
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 09/10/2026
Sen. Jon Ossoff evoked Nazi Germany, saying Senate challenger Rep. Mike Collins 'hired half the Third Reich' during a televised debate Thursday night.
talkingpointsmemo.com
Somehow, Mike Collins Was Completely Unprepared for Questions About His Neo-Nazi Ties During Senate Debate 
Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) failed to answer a question about who won...
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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Robert F Kennedy Jr allegedly allowed over $800,000 in taxpayer money to go to a research project with ties to the Siberian lab behind the possible Russian plague outbreak. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
dailymail.com
Russian plague lab reportedly received research funding from RFK's HHS
The death of a worker from the lab last week caused concern worldwide and is said to have killed at least one other person since and has many curious about the Siberian lab.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My kids have measles, I can’t afford diesel, I lost my job, and my country just lost a war to Iran. But at least now I can watch firing squad executions on TV.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This thing has made me go do a lot of reading tonight, and the Wikipedia page about the last public execution in the United States is well-written. It was Rainey Bethea, a Black man hanged in front of a crowd of 20,000 in 1936, a spectacle which embarrassed Kentucky enough that they ended hangings.
Hanna placed the noose around Bethea's neck, adjusted it, and then signaled to Hash to pull the trigger. Instead, Hash, who was drunk, did nothing. Hanna shouted at Hash, "Do it!" A deputy then leaned onto the trigger, which sprang the trap door. citation needed! Bethea fell 8 feet (2.4 m), and his neck was instantly broken.
Afterward, two doctors confirmed he was dead.
His body was taken to Andrew & Wheatley
Funeral Home. Icitation needed! He wanted his body to be sent to his sister in South Carolina so that she could arrange for him to be interred next to his father, but against these wishes, he was buried in a pauper's grave at Owensboro Cemetery (also known as City Cemetery and
"Potter's Field") in Owensboro. 14]It was estimated that a crowd of about 20,000 people gathered to watch the execution.!9! One man, 36-year-old Leonard A. Peters, was killed in a car accident while driving to Owensboro to witness the hanging. Three others, including his wife, were injured. 15. Afterwards, Hanna complained that Hash should not have been allowed to perform the execution in his drunken
condition. Hanna further said it was the worst display he experienced in the 70 hangings he had supervised. citation needed]
The spot where the scaffold stood
(approximately 37.775248° -87.116462°) is now part of a drop-off/pick-up lane in front of the Owensboro Convention Center. citation needed]へ
End of public executions in
Kentucky
As the Kentucky General Assembly had been meeting in its biennial sessions at the time, the media circus surrounding the Bethea execution embarrassed members of the Kentucky
legislature. In spite of the humiliation, they could not amend laws regarding executions until the next session in 1938. However, the trial judges in two separate Kentucky rape cases ordered that the hangings of John "Pete" Montjoy and Harold Van Venison be conducted privately. Montjoy, age 23, was privately hanged in Covington on December 17, 1937.On January 17, 1938, William R. Attkisson of the Kentucky State Senate's 38th District (representing Louisville), introduced Senate Bill 69, repealing the requirement in Section 1137 that executions for convicted rapists be conducted by hanging in the county seat where they raped their victims. The bill was promoted in the Kentucky House of Representatives by Representative Charles W. Anderson Jr., one of the attorneys who assisted Bethea in his post-conviction relief motions.
After both houses approved the bill, Governor Chandler signed it into law on March 12, 1938; it became effective on May 30 of that year.
Chandler later expressed regret at having approved the repeal, claiming, "Our streets are no longer safe." The last person ever legally hanged in Kentucky was Harold Van Venison, a
33-year-old African-American singer, who was privately executed in Covington on June 3, 1938.
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