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L.J.

@leftwardup.bsky.social
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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A man picking up his kid from school is far less dangerous than our government that routinely jeopardizes the safety of our communities by exciting violence and even murdering people in the streets
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Trump regime quietly handed a $26M lease to cronies for an ICE facility on a contaminated farm. How a federal judge caught them burying the environmental review and delivered an "absurd" smackdown: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-dare...
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The House voted earlier this week 216 to 211 to block California from regulating the emissions of ships docked at ports. Congress shouldn't have a say in that at all. It's such an abuse of power (and attack on the environment as well). Cuellar, Davis, and Gonzalez joined Republicans.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's easy to forget that the whole purpose of the Republican Party is to distract voters daily with such irrelevant nonsense that we never have conversations about how to actually move the country forward. Can you imagine a US politician who was only willing to discuss *policy*?
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And you know who spent the last 40 years convincing us that politics should be entertainment? For-profit corporate media. That's right—if you work in corporate media, you're the reason this country is collapsing. You gave us entertainment when what we really needed were leaders.
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We live in a world where the incumbent HHS Secretary delivers a keynote at a conference that attacks the polio vaccine and where our incoming surgeon general owns stock in tobacco companies and sells “herbals.” This is deeply abnormal. Save our ship. @nicollewallace.bsky.social
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 18/09/2026
A group of U.N.-backed experts has found "reasonable grounds" to believe that U.S. forces committed war crimes during the conflict against Iran, pointing to two airstrikes including one that hit a primary school.
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U.S. strike on Iranian school may be war crime, U.N. panel says
The group also blamed the Iranian government for “gross human rights violations and crimes against humanity,” including in recent violent crackdowns.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Expanding the Supreme Court is a popular idea, pass it on
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
*snort
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Guessing we'll be seeing a lot of this in the coming months www.wsj.com/tech/ai/hack...
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Exclusive | Hackers Used Anthropic’s Claude to Break Into OpenAI
A bug-hunting independent security research team was able to access OpenAI’s internal code system, exposing growing risks in automated cyber threats.
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Timothy Ciesielski @timcies.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It is time for Bob Kraft and Ed Sheeran to find out. Do not buy patriots gear. Boycott every advertiser that works with his stadium (especially Gillette - and tell them why - publicly) Don't go to any Ed concert. Being a genocide supporter is about to have financial and social consequences.
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bari Weiss has plunged CBS News into ratings calamity. —"Evening News" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —"CBS Mornings" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —And now "60 Minutes" has posted worst ratings of 21st century More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
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Bari’s ‘60’ Bust
Bari Weiss blew up “60 Minutes," ostensibly to create a better show. Instead, her revamped premiere just suffered its worst debut ratings of the 21st century—what one longtime TV executive told Status...
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
They can self-regulate, says the guy who shares a porn accountability app with his son.
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Axios @axios.com · 17/09/2026
Mike Johnson's decision to send the House home early — again — is fueling an increasingly bitter feud with GOP Rep. Thomas Massie over whether the speaker is using the calendar to dodge politically painful votes.
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Johnson-Massie feud boils over: "Why are we taking days off our calendar?"
"Speaker Johnson has vacated Congress. Like I don't need to vacate Speaker Johnson," Massie told Axios.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
No company, and I mean NONE, should ever have the right to surveil us to decide what to charge us for a good or service, or to market their good or service to us. That should be 100% ILLEGAL! No company needed that shit 15 years ago. They don’t need it now.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 17/09/2026
Kash Patel Gets Tangled in Bestiality Questions & Don Jr. Gets a Blushing Bribe youtu.be/VqtAdUtLGeA
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Kash Patel Gets Tangled in Bestiality Questions & Don Jr. Gets a Blushing Bribe | The Daily Show
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 16/09/2026
As children around the world begin a new school year, 2.6 million Afghan girls remain barred from secondary education—and the Taliban is reshaping what boys learn, too.
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Five Years Without a Classroom: Afghan Girls Cannot Wait Any Longer
Five years after the Taliban banned girls from secondary school, 2.6 million Afghan girls remain excluded from education.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Startling speech by a city council member after newsroom cuts at the Lexington, KY Herald Leader. Urge you to watch, listen and learn of the bond that a good newspaper can create without losing its independence. Owner: Hedge fund Chatham Asset Management kiesow.net/how-to-talk-... via kiesow.net
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How to talk about the local news crisis: We are all worse off.
Last week, McClatchy rolled out the latest round of destructive cuts to its local reporting staff. The cuts themselves are barely newsworthy within the industry at this point, though the futility of '...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Family of Texas pregnant woman who died sues Texas AG Ken Paxton, alleges denied abortion led to death
The family of a pregnant woman who died sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and others on Tuesday, claiming she was denied an abortion that could have saved her life.
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If only it had been this way. Justice denied 👇 👇 👇 👇
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is not law enforcement. This is unchecked and unlawful violence by agents of the federal government. Chasing down, pepper spraying, and beating up teenagers—who are U.S. citizens—does not keep our communities safe. This brutality must end. www.thedailybeast.com/horrifying-v...
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Horrifying Video Shows ICE Attack Teens on Way to Enlist
The teenagers said they repeatedly told ICE agents who were attacking them that they were U.S. citizens, but were told that the agents “don’t give a damn.”
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
33 Dems voted to cannex our Constitutional free speech rights to protect Israel. All 32 should be primaried big time in 2028. For now, we focus on winning every race and defeating every Republican. But 2028 is coming. And we won’t forget what these Dems were willing to do to us.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/09/2026
“WE HAVE TO SHOVE ACCOUNTABILITY DOWN THEIR F***ING THROATS.” 🔥🔥 Katie Phang delivers a fiery sign-off on today’s episode of Sidebar with Katie Phang: “I don’t want any of you to ever think that we can’t get through this. But I want us to thrive, not just survive.”
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L.J. @leftwardup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe told Democracy Docket that it hasn’t received an invitation from the Trump administration to observe the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Exclusive: These international observers have monitored US elections for decades. This time, the Trump admin didn’t invite them
It’s the latest ominous sign that the U.S. is backsliding on democracy — and adds to concerns that the administration wants to undermine the vote.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026
He's not got any idea what he's even voting on. He has to be told how to vote. He's incapacitated. He's incapable of representing the people of Kentucky who are currently being taxed without representation.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In Alligator Alcatraz, detainees were forced into small outdoor cages for hours at a time. In Camp East Montana, detainees report beatings from guards and denial of medical care. In Delaney Hall, detainees report unsafe drinking water and retaliatory abuse for speaking up. Unimaginable cruelty.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just a random reminder that it's a moral outrage we're the only industrialized country without paid family and medical leave.
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L.J. @leftwardup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
THIS!!!!!!!!! Colin Kaepernick is absolutely on point!!!!!!!!!!!
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
KAEPERNICK: The part that I hope people take away in this moment is what Robert Kraft and what they’re saying by denying Macklemore is they are openly colluding. They also want people to know that if you take an action that they don’t agree with, they will come for you.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Massie exposes the hypocrisy: Some members get to vote against bills they know will pass, giving them a convenient campaign talking point without changing the outcome.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Russia has been providing Iran targeting intel to blow our bases and assets to smithereens, while also paying for the asshole Jr.’s wedding. Square that circle for me.
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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 16/09/2026
Folks don't hate the NFL enough, tbh
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026
The man who won't let you have paid sick leave or health care returns to Congress after getting free health care and 90 days paid sick leave
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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ed Sheeran is now Kraft Single
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ed Sheeran is proof you can be worth hundreds of millions of dollars — and still be an indentured servant to wealthy supremacists.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 15/09/2026
Macklemore said “Free Palestine” onstage. Days later, he was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour. Sheeran says he’s “apolitical.” But when billionaire Robert Kraft demanded Macklemore be removed, Sheeran complied. He didn’t stay out of politics. @kaivanshroff.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/ed-sheeran...
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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ed "I don't take sides and do politics" Sheeran
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Absolute suck sh*t, Ed Sheeran
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W. Kamau Bell @wkamaubell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Macklemore and Ed Sheeran. One stands up. The other stands down.
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Macklemore Stands Up For Palestine & Ed Sheeran Stands Down for Billionaires
Who’s corny now?
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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“I am not complicit.” - Ed Sheeran “Yeah, whatever, dude.” - all the artists refusing to appear with Ed Sheeran
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
At this rate Ed Sheeran is gonna be the house band for 60 Minutes
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Lukas Graham, another support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour, also now withdrawing from the tour.
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 16/09/2026
My advice for Ed Sheeran regarding Macklemore and the Palestinian people.
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maryjane @maryjanelane.leftis.best · 16/09/2026
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