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Lauren Berns

@laurenbrns.bsky.social
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Anti-fascist, all day long. Race isn't real, but racism is pervasive; act accordingly. #WeAreOne #TheNewHumanity

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 7h
Wages are at all-time lows, and profits at historic highs, as a percent of GDP. The backlash against A.I. is a backlash against unchecked inequality. My @nytopinion.nytimes.com Chart:
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 4h
I don't mean to make waves or anything, but as a journalist, I am definitely opposed to the president talking about arresting journalists.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 7h
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When did "efficiency" become the highest value?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h
🗣️Ex FTC Chair Lina Khan on A.I. Regulation: “The idea that just because we have new technological capabilities there’s some blanket exemption from the laws on the books is totally laughable.”
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Don't ever let Trump or the GOP claim to be "the Party of Law and Order" or that they "back the blue." Never forget what they did on January 6th and never forget Trump's despicable pardons on his first day in office. #ResistTrump
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 02/10/2026
Pope Leo speaking into a mic while closing his eyes and cradling the mic as if he's hitting the hook on an epic ballad during a holy karaoke session
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Nicole @rolypolycoly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My grandmother worked at the Main Street store for years and Mr. Marcus always talked to my dad when he was a kid. He always emphasized to my dad that business was something you learn on the job so if you go to college, do something in the liberal arts or fine arts to expand your mind.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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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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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some good news for a change: Overcoming a massive and aggressive tech lobby and a squeamish, Silicon Valley-friendly governor, the labor movement has managed to pass a raft of first-of-their-kind AI laws aimed at protecting workers in California.
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California just passed the strongest AI labor laws in the US
Finally, some good news
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A federal appeals court ruled Trump can’t put his name on the U.S. Institute of Peace building…despite his having already added it last December in removable letters. Middle schooler carving his name into a desk energy.😣 #USDemocracy newrepublic.com/post/216076/... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump Denied Another Chance to Carve Name Into Something
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit just said the president can’t put his name on the Institute of Peace building.
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Lauren Berns @laurenbrns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Election board seeks to make elections impossible...
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“The profound moral question is not, 'Do they deserve to die?' but 'Do we deserve to kill them?'" - Sister Helen Prejean
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You really can’t make this shit up.
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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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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Congresswoman @replamonica.bsky.social just gave birth to her second child, a baby girl. The weaponized Trump DOJ is prosecuting her for simply doing her oversight job. She has been threatened with 17 years in federal prison. people.com/rep-lamonica...
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Rep. LaMonica McIver Gives Birth as Trump’s Justice Department Threatens Her With 17 Years in Prison Over ICE Incident
Rep. LaMonica McIver gave birth to her second child, a baby girl, on Oct. 1, her office said in a statement. She currently faces prosecution by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department for allegati...
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Viktor Orbán Yahya Jammeh Slobodan Milošević Hastings Kamuzu Banda Kenneth Kaunda Augusto Pinochet Ferdinand Marcos What do these names have in common? They're all dictators or authoritarians who lost power after voters turned against them. We can do it, too. VOTE.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Obscene public corruption. They don’t give a damn because they don’t think the American people give a damn.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The moment a drone or missile whistles nearby, 🇺🇦 women instantly become a shield for their children—covering them with their bodies, holding them tightly, covering their eyes and ears, comforting them. Every Ukrainian mother, sister, & grandmother is always ready to become a shelter. Thread 1/5🧵
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Super Intelligence"
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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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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is a country of delusional people who believe they may one day be rich. The California Wealth Tax has less than 50% support right now. We have to tell the truth about the propagandized voting public. It's incredible.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection to reject the peaceful transfer of power & deny the people's will. He never should have been able to run again. GOP senators condemning Jack Smith for conducting a fact-based investigation as politics & worse are engaged in treachery of the worst order.
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 29/09/2026
Hey hot take but I actually don’t give a fuck if expelling a rapist from school “ruins his future”
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The funniest thing about the Schmitt rake stomp is that if it'd been a Dem we'd have a week of think pieces about how Dems lack of hoops literacy was alienating them from real America.
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Lauren Berns @laurenbrns.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good stuff.
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Putin warns Trump about Canada
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Marlene Robertson🍁🇨🇦 @marlenerobertson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is historical fact, and all the gaslighting in the world will not change that. Instead of jailing the treasonous fuck, you handed him the very Office he attempted to steal.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Petisia @petisia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Democrats, Take Notes! You’re Witnessing a Master Class: A public servant standing firm in his oath, refusing to be intimidated—even when threatened with jail by POTUS. "While fear may be contagious, courage is as well.” ― Jack Smith Live Updates―Gift Link👇🏾 www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09... #PINKS
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Official monthly data is in, and US solar power generation hit a new record high, up 21% compared to this time last year!
a graph of US monthly solar generation
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
HOLD MEN ACCOUNTABLE.......💪🏻
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The warning signs are dropping. More people are hungry and fewer people can afford to help.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
“After her release, Mason turned her experience into voter outreach, starting an organization called Crystal Mason: The Fight Against Voter Suppression and registering voters alongside members of her family.“
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‘Victory is the outcome,' Crystal Mason speaks after acquittal
As a nearly decade-long fight over a provisional ballot that was never counted comes to an end, Mason continues her focus on mobilizing voters.
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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump doubles down on misogyny and attacks on the press. Again! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump tells female MS Now reporter to ‘be quiet’ amid questions on press pool ban
US president doubles down on criticism of CNN and MS Now as Akayla Gardner questions attempted White House ban
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Greatest trick AI leaders have pulled is convincing many people—especially influential people in govt, media, and business—that their software is intelligent, independent, yet never culpable. Humans build it, humans deploy it, but no one bears responsibility for the things that happen when they do.
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Lauren Berns @laurenbrns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This f'in guy... Of course, he's wrong, I prosecuted a few evil people who were not competent. Criminal masterminds are exceedingly rare.
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Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The mom in that viral Giants clip would like everyone to stop making assumptions about her and her husband. Also, the reason she was carrying the kid was because it was cold and the baby was warm, so she didn't hand the baby off to the husband when she went to use the bathroom and get food.
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My nuclear reactor “went rogue”. Sorry to the people of Chicago but there was nothing to be done to control Artificial Energy
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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