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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 12h
Rick is calling this the GOP’s worst week in years—and the polls back him up. Texas and Ohio are tightening. Republicans are stepping on rake after rake. Bad polls. Brutal hearings. MAGA is in trouble. Democrats: stay on message. Everyone else: VOTE EARLY: WATCH HERE bit.ly/4ARtZ30
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 9h
"With 32 days to go until the midterm elections, Republicans’ closing strategy is obvious: They’re going all-in on trans. (It seems to have worked for them before, after all.)" - from @elainegodfrey.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The GOP’s Culture-War Hail Mary
Will it work?
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 22h
Gotta be about the kinda of jobs, right? Health aides etc. Lower paying…
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19h
Republicans are pulling money out of North Carolina to defend KANSAS. That’s bleak af for them and I Iove it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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Republicans Pull Money From North Carolina Senate Race As Midterm Prospects Dim
As the Republicans try to hold their majority, the Senate Leadership Fund is diverting resources to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 17h
Oh puh-leez
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
"I'm supposed to be tough. What happens if I faint?"- here's fun footage of Curtis Sliwa & Mayor Mamdani getting their flu shots together, including Mamdani offering to hold Sliwa's hand 😆 (Sliwa takes him up on it!) (Flu season is approaching and NYers can find free flu shots at nyc.gov/healthmap)
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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 16h
1/ I have some big news to share today: YLE is going regional! 🎉 On October 8, we’re launching YLE Northeast, a new newsletter translating timely public health data into useful, local insights for communities across the region.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 16h
“I will get my chisel and I will be right over there with everybody, tearing it down.” So proud of Third Act colleagues in the nation's capitol who organized a big protest against the proposed Arch www.arlnow.com/2026/10/01/c...
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Crowds, lawmakers protest Trump’s arch in Memorial Circle | ARLnow.com
A crowd of protesters joined several members of Congress and local officials this morning (Thursday) to protest plans for a towering arch in Memorial Circle. Speakers including U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
programming note -- i will not be watching tonight's Trump rally in Alabama because i have children who need attention from their dad, but i will be watching tomorrow night's Trump rally in Ohio because i am a masochist
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 15h
From me, most before paywall, contrasting long Playboy interview w Donald Trump in 1990 w long Time magazine interview this week. TL;DR His crabbed world-view is the same. But his cognitive terrain is alarmingly shrunken This only makes him more dangerous. fallows.substack.com/p/midterm-co...
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Midterm Countdown, 33 Days to Go: Language from Our Leader.
It’s not just your imagination. Donald Trump’s active vocabulary, his train of thought, his ability to filter are all in rapid decline. We’re watching a leaky balloon as it deflates.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15h
This is why technofascists, oligarchs, and their servants, such as JD Vance, hate this Pope.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 15h
Fortunately, people at NYT recognized that this was a historically bad sub-head for a story. It now reads: "is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants." But SOMEONE WROTE THAT ORIGINAL HEADLINE.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 14h
What could go wrong? Everything. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon
Two of the Defense Department’s biggest contractors will help lead a project that could directly benefit them.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 14h
In his new book 'Profiles in Cowardice,' Jacob Weisberg devotes his final chapter to John Roberts. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/b... -Preening to be seen as another John Marshall. -Destined to be known forever as this era's Roger Taney.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 14h
Everything is for sale, including American intelligence and national security. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Fixer, financier, spymaster: how the UAE’s Sheikh Tahnoon is setting his sights on AI dominance
The long read: The Emirati royal is increasingly influential on the world stage. Some see him as a visionary. Others compare him to a Bond villain. Who is he?
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15h
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21h
Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21h
Wow, these job numbers are TERRIBLE. Many people are saying we must have an “incompetent” president who is “asleep at the wheel”
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hegseth seems more intent on waging war against the Pentagon than against Iran. @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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Pete Hegseth Just Declared Victory in the Wrong War
The combative culture warrior in the Pentagon may soon be Congress’s top target.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Well, gee, this certainly makes $6 per gallon diesel worth it
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm concerned he may have misinterpreted some signs saying "F*** DONALD TRUMP”
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New York State Attorney General Letitia James has been named the special prosecutor by Gov. Kathy Hochul to investigate the Cornell 7. In other words: they are FUCKED fucked.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Read the full essay below
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Is sandboxing sufficient to contain rogue agents?
Quick caveats: this is a post on AI safety, written by a cryptography professor. If that troubles you, you should read something else. I try hard not to work on AI (except when the topic occasional…
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Software engineers see AI agents as tools. We have decades of experience restricting tools with least privilege and access controls. AI researchers have a dual hubris, they’re creating a smarter-than-human god that can defeat any sandbox, but believe they can teach it to obey. So far, not great. 🥴
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026
Weeks after Russell Vought told Congress that Bilt had fixed its problems without the need of CFPB enforcement, nearly 1,900 Bilt customers received mistaken debt collection notices saying they owed hundreds or even thousands of dollars on their cards.
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The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.
Rather than investigate a buzzy fintech startup for throwing users’ accounts into chaos, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trusted that the company was “back on track.” Custo...
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I tend to joke that a lot of bad decisions made both by the U.S. government and corporate America seem like leaders getting bad ideas from Claude. I was wrong. It’s bad ideas from Grok.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)
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Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Misspelling the name of your own country in a document about super intelligence is an impressive feat 😂😂😂
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Eric Schmitt thought he was Tom Hanks in the Da Vinci Code when in reality he was Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump.”😂
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AI Leaders Sign Trump's "Self-Policing" Pact & Eric Schmitt's Ambush Backfires | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I know this cost them a grip of money, but it's such a great way to launch an athleticwear campaign: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D35m...
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On | Zendaya in your new favorite action movie 🎬
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Trump: "Nobody knows that dumb has a B on the end"
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So familiar a framework.
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The She Made Him Do It Theory of Everything
The rhetoric and logic of the abuse of power operates similarly at all scales, which is why I've found feminism such useful equipment for understanding authoritarians in public and political life. Bec...
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And the WHCA says wut?
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And one more time, prescient JP Stevens dissent: “Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year’s presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the Nation’s confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law”
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I said at the time, “Milhoan wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread. “This is so dangerous as to approach criminality”. And here we are, with RFK Jr. conducting his experiment on Americans.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As more people die of measles, I’m reminded of this quote from RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan: “What we’re going to have is a real-world experience of when unvaccinated people get measles. What is the new incidence of hospitalization…of death?” They are running their experiment.
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US committee is reconsidering all vaccine recommendations
Move is dramatic departure for advisory group under Kirk Milhoan, who says he dislikes the term ‘established science’
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Trump: "We have inflation totally in control and we've done a great job. The thing I haven't done a good job with is explaining it to people. We have the most successful period of time for a president in the history of our country."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026
i suppose i’m not surprised that it is difficult to make people care about something that is low visibility — the vast majority of people have no idea who piker is — and low salience. i think we’re also going to find, for similar reasons, that the anti-trans messaging isn’t working either.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You really can’t make this shit up.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And on it went, with Hegseth spinning one bad idea after another, and managing to insult any number of Americans in the process. A bad idea hamster www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Pete Hegseth, Idea Guy
His State of the Force address was a partisan disgrace—with a few good ideas buried in it.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nixon went down in the end because his own party turned on him. they ran the numbers and decided he was a bad bet. I think now they’ve simply decided as long as they never break ranks again and it’s always them against the Democrats, they can keep this going forever without consequences
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I mean yeah, a decade of no one holding Trump accountable for his much more obvious crimes, combined with both Nazi and Confederate rehabilitation projects on the right, was always going to lead to “actually we’ve never done ANYTHING wrong and you guys owe us apologies for every check on our power”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
gramps is posting crazy stuff on social media again
I stated, numerous times, that it would take 4-6 weeks to get rid of THE IRAN NUCLEAR THREAT, and I did it in one night! The rest of the time is just to make sure it stays that way. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 01/10/2026
⁨Arizona was hit hardest by SNAP cuts. A 52% reduction in recipients - that's 400,000 people, including hungry children, who have been kicked off assistance. Juan Ciscomani voted for this in the BBB and expects Arizonans to forgive him?⁩
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026
OMG you have GOT to be kidding me
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Chris Wright blames Biden for high fuel prices in October 2026
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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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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026
This is crazytown. Why are they taking our money to run illegal ads? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump buys ads on CNN, MS NOW as he fights to bar them from the White House
Taxpayer-funded ads denouncing the “deep state” and “globalists” aired locally on the two cable networks Trump has sought to ban from White House grounds.
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