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Les Guthman @lesguthman.bsky.social · 13h

“Justice Alito was the author of opinions…marking him as the court’s most prolific defender of Mr. Trump’s crackdown on immigration. At the same time…he has been an effusive defender of the immigrant experience of his fellow Italian Americans.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/o...

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Opinion | Samuel Alito and New Jersey’s Fallen Columbus Statue

Justice Alito has a history of nudging the boundaries of judicial rectitude.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The right wing crash out over asian students celebrating at a UT football game reveals that all along the true goal of reactionary colorblindness was never “meritocracy” but resegregation. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

Color-blind meritocracy was, for many years, a successful rhetorical strategy for undermining antidiscrimination law and excluding Black people from selective schools and prominent positions. That’s why so many former segregationists seemed to suddenly embrace the concept in the 1970s. For them, resegregation—not color-blindness—was always the goal. As long as the success of some immigrants could be used to paint Black students as undeserving, color-blind meritocracy was good. But now many on the right see a new problem: too many Asian Americans in elite spaces. Their success, therefore, must be portrayed as a sinister theft of real (white) Americans’ birthright.

The declining “social trust” that the administration warned against is, of course, not the fault of these students. The problem is bigots like Bo French who cannot accept into their community people who do not share their race and religion, and those who monetize or otherwise profit from that bigotry by spreading it through social media. Like the proverbial child who kills their parents and asks for mercy as an orphan, they are responsible for the problem they are decrying.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

And an OMB official says the $20m for the ads came from funds originally appropriated under the Working Families Tax Cut Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We can’t just move past what SCOTUS has permitted this Administration to do to people who have lived and worked in the U.S. for years and even decades.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trump says 'Let them take out Los Angeles.' Recall this map: The *entire states* with population smaller than LA County. Among them they have 80+ US Senators. LA is about 1/3 of Calif's population, which has 2.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time

“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 02/10/2026

the long shadow of the war on terror

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This breathtaking NYT story about Trump's Russian entanglements includes three people who've been part of the operation to cultivate Trump since 2015: Bryan Lanza, Sheikh Tahoon, and Kirill Dmitriev. This is literally the culmination of the original plan. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

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Money Power Politics with Stephanie Ruhle @moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A New York Times report reveals that Meta is telling the IRS that their A.I. data centers are a giant experiment or “pilot models” allowing the company trim almost $4 billion off its tax bill last year. #meta #irs #tax #money #a.i. #datacenter #markzuckerberg

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CNN International PR @cnnipr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Jared Kushner's private equity company is the largest shareholder in an Israeli firm with Israeli military links, a CNN investigation has found. He is also negotiating a deal for Gaza. New reporting from CNN's Katie Polglase, Allegra Goodwin, and Majlie de Puy Kamp edition.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...

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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN

At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.

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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NEW: A US appeals court has refused to halt a Florida federal judge’s decision to penalize President Trump and his lawyers for “bad faith” conduct in pursuing a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and reaching a deal to end it buff.ly/OXdHNe2 Order: buff.ly/tgeDcj4

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Read @courtwatch.bsky.social review the stories that don't get told as corporate media (in this case, McClatchy) lays off all the legal journalists. www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...

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The Rabbit Hole: Covering What McClatchy Will Miss

With the private equity-owned newspaper chain laying off 90 reporters, we look at the court stories they’ll miss.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“National Park Service Deputy Director Frank Lands visited Grand Teton National Park this week and looked at three potential locations for a baseball park within the park’s boundaries” WTF 🤬 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park

Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️

Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy

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Les Guthman @lesguthman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Watch Yale historian David Blight’s brilliant talk, “How the Aftermath of the Civil War Helps Us Understand Trumpism,” on YouTube. Stay for the Q&A. Given during Trump’s 2nd impeachment trial, with its clear crimes, and in the middle of COVID, with its profound fears. youtu.be/O-AXog9w-IE

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How the Aftermath of the Civil War Helps Us Understand Trumpism with David W. Blight

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

White-nationalist "Remigration" envisions mass removals of nonwhite immigrants in service of ethnic cleansing. The Office of Remigration's activities have now been exposed by a good WaPo investigation. Its deportations are unfolding under indefensible conditions. 2/ newrepublic.com/article/2157...

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Les Guthman @lesguthman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Harburg also collaborated with Norman Corwin on several of his famous star-filled radio dramas on CBS in the 40’s. www.amazon.com/Corwin-Guthm...

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Les Guthman @lesguthman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thanks! Not sure how that happened. CORWIN - www.amazon.com/Corwin-Guthm...

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Les Guthman @lesguthman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I love this display of banned books @strandbooks.com in my Manhattan hood, showing why, when and where the books were banned.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/09/2026

POWERFUL MOMENT Americans forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center to protect a national memorial from a president threatening to tear it down. JFK’s niece, Kerry Kennedy, called on people to show up, and they did. This will never be the Trump Center, in the people’s eyes.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

In countries as varied as Canada, Denmark and Brazil, companies and media linked to Trump are operating on behalf of MAGA interests, replacing the diplomats and officials who conducted US policy in the past. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Empire of Grift

Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

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Les Guthman @lesguthman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“…the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia was the most effective instrument the international community has devised since …Nuremberg to hold accountable those responsible for great crimes.” www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...

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An Exception in World Affairs | Aryeh Neier

Ratko Mladić’s death last week at eighty-three in The Hague—where he was serving a life sentence for committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.

Ruby Bridges flanked by three U.S. Marshals on the steps of her school

Norman Rockwell’s painting depicting the event, “The Problem We All Live With,” originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 issue of Look magazine.

Ruby Bridges talking with President Obama as they look at Rockwell’s painting while it was temporarily displayed at the White House in 2011.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Eric Schlosser ties the shitty beef that will undercut US ranchers to -- you guessed it! -- more Trump corruption.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Elias Law Group is currently litigating 89 voting and election cases in 42 states plus the District of Columbia: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026

Did you know if we add four seats to SCOTUS in 2029, we could bring back the charges against Trump for January 6? They could overturn the immunity ruling and consider tolling the statute of limitations for the duration of Trump’s presidency. We could also resurrect the classified documents case.

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Les Guthman @lesguthman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“the incident had all of the hallmarks of a worst-case scenario: AI models launching sophisticated hacks over the course of days, in coordination with one another and without their human creators’ knowledge.” www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

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The Singularity Is Not What It Seems

Whatever the AI future is, we’re in it right now.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/08/2026

NEW: We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks. “They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.

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Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”

Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration, allowing its executive order targeting mail-in voting to move forward ahead of the 2026 midterms. youtu.be/fyR0OYHQyNw?...

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BREAKING: Supreme Court Backs Trump's Attack on Mail Voting

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bjkeefe @bjkeefe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In case others are wondering: "I asked a wide range of crypto experts about the Trump family’s involvement in the industry, and more than half pointed me to an independent analyst, Molly White ..." gift link, if anyone wants: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/o...

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Opinion | ‘A Blatant and Gargantuan Conflict of Interest’ (Gift Article)

The Trump family’s crypto business exemplifies all of the sleaziest aspects of the president’s code of conduct.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

EXCLUSIVE: Committee Review Finds Trump Pardons Have Cost Crime Victims $1.7 Billion and Enriched Trump Allies macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Has anyone checked on whether the reason Elon Musk is so eager to colonize the moon (or is it Mars?) is because he is pre-planning for something horrific? Because this season of The Silo … and the billionaire dude … and Iran …. man, this is just too close to home.

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Bringing manufacturing jobs home was a core campaign promise for President Trump. Yet the data shows little progress toward that goal. Factory jobs peaked under Biden and have declined by over 60,00 since Trump's inauguration. Read more in my op-ed for @nytopinion.nytimes.com: nyti.ms/4xOJVR6

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to compel Minnesota to provide access to its statewide voter registration data. Another victory for my firm and our clients. DOJ is now 0-23. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/minnes...

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🚨 United States v. Simon

Learn more here.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

At least some of this was public in real time. But consider -- what has Bessent demanded from the other countries he has intervened with, like Argentina and Japan?

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This is in the heart of suburban northern Virginia.

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