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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 8h
Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests. Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade. Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
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The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice
Justice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 15h
One of the most important things I learned from Gary Becker was a small number of economic principles explain more of life than you'd think. That's why I love this field. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 15h
By putting together Jack Smith's testimony in two hearings and a deposition, we can now show you what you never got to see: the trial of Donald Trump for trying to overthrow the 2020 election. Watch it, and tell us how you would have voted if you were on the jury. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzZ4...
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Jack Smith Reveals the Words That Could Have Buried Trump
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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Steven Hassan PhD @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com · 15h
This development in the military is deeply worrying to me. What concerns me most is the possibility of creating a religiously oriented office that could bypass the checks and balances designed to ensure all service members are protected, regardless of their beliefs. 📹 @followtheleighder
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 16h
I see reports that the former British banker, and whistleblower, Simon Andriesz, 57, has "committed suicide." Andriesz, 57, exposed U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s past links to Jeffrey Epstein, including emails in 2018 about a start-up business they planned.
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Testadura @testadurra.bsky.social · 16h
A group of rabbits is called a "fluffle". Sometimes I love the English language.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15h
Putin’s fascination with the medieval takes the next step. www.newsweek.com/suspected-pl...
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Suspected Plague Death at Russian Lab Sparks ‘Anti-Epidemic’ Lockdown
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
To counter President Convicted Felon's push to greatly expand offshore oil drilling, 2 #Florida senators who normally do whatever he wants file bill to protect the gulf instead. www.pnj.com/story/news/p...
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Amid push to expand oil industry, new bill would protect 123K square miles of Gulf
Sens. Rick Scott and Ashley Moody are seeking a moratorium on oil and gas production in a huge swath of the Gulf used for military training.
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Radio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Reich is right. #RadioFreeAmerica #politics
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A judge stripped community-integration protections from a federal disability rights regulation at the Trump administration’s request. Disabled Americans fought for decades for the right to live in their own homes and communities.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
From 2012 to 2016 (under Obama), home mortgage rates ranged from about 3.7% to 4%. Using a mid-point of 3.85%, that means a family that could afford a $2,000 monthly payment could buy a $534,000 home assuming a 30-year loand and 20% down. Under Trump, that family can only afford a $363,000 home.
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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 04/10/2026
The term "sexual harassment" was coined in 1975 at Cornell University. Activists Lin Farley, Susan Meyer, and Karen Sauvigné created the phrase to describe systemic workplace abuse after administrative assistant Carmita Wood was denied unemployment following her resignation over unwanted advances.
Exterior view of the Chi Phi fraternity house (Craigie House) at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The historic three-story brick and stone building features a grand entrance porch with columns, large windows, and classic architectural detailing set against a tree-lined backdrop.
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John Palfrey @palfrey.org · 04/10/2026
Please take a moment to read David Robinson's essay in @theatlantic.com this weekend on why he left OpenAI and the cultural issues around risk and safety he observed.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
She would make a fortune if she opened a coffee chain called Biblical Grounds
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 04/10/2026
アメリカ大使館● @usembassy..・53m X
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We are aware of information indicating that U.S. military personnel have been detained in connection with the incident in Okinawa
Prefecture involving the death of a Japanese national. On behalf of the United States Government, we extend our deepest condolences to the bereaved family of the deceased. At present, an investigation is underway to clarify the facts, and the United States Government continues to cooperate closely with the Government of Japan and local authorities. @IIIMEF_jp
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Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This was interesting. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 21h
❗️Russia currently has up to 700 ballistic missiles in stock, and it produces up to 130-140 every month, — Zelensky By striking bridges and other infrastructure, Russia is trying to disrupt communications, create a collapse, and force people to leave cities.
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Jerry Mitchell @jmitchellnews.bsky.social · 20h
#OnThisDay in 1961, 100+ students walked out of their school in McComb MS to protest killing of Herbert Lee & expulsion of student Brenda Travis, given a year behind bars for ordering a hamburger at an all-white lunch counter. SNCC leaders were beaten and jailed. mississippitoday.org/2023/10/04/1...
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Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · 19h
Agency Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress 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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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 19h
This week’s ‘Noel’s Notes’ is out now, link to subscribe: noelcasler.substack.com/p/wasted-yea...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h
For years, Project 2025 architect Russell Vought has set out to erode our system of checks and balances of power and to concentrate power in the hands of one person: President Trump. Now he’s quietly making it all happen. 🔊 Listen to this episode: propub.li/3TzIyaA
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” - Russell Vought, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 18h
In her last hours as DHS Secy, Noem's agency bought 5 planes from a donor at markups. In all, DHS gave $900M in contracts to that donor’s companies during her term. One plane had electronic bidets, 2 bedrooms, bar, wine chiller, a manta-ray skin table. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left (Gift Article)
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 18h
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 18h
Several hospitals were closed in Irkutsk for quarantine and a mask regime was introduced at an aluminum plant due to the plague ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/04/v...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18h
The Epstein Class sticks together
Screenshot of a post from The Kobeissi Letter on X reading: “BREAKING: Elon Musk says SpaceXAI will be renamed to ‘SpaceXSI’ after President Trump changed the name of ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI)’ to ‘Super Intelligence (SI).’ ‘No more AI. SI. It’s better,’ Elon Musk says.” Below the text is a photo showing Donald Trump and Elon Musk standing outdoors with a group of officials and tech executives.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 18h
Texas-based Dynamic Frontier Holdings, linked to Konstantin Sokolov, RU-US businessman who was a private donor to Trump’s $350M WH ballroom, received authorization from the Treasury Dep to complete an acquisition of Teghut, one of Armenia’s largest copper mines, involving sanctioned Russian bank.
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Iain King @iainbking.com · 17h
Grok (on X) now very pro-Putin. Absolutely shocking:
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17h
What an amazing event yesterday! Tom Morello brought together Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, and so many others at the Power to the People festival to speak up against Trump and remind us this country belongs to all of us.
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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 17h
This week’s ‘Noel’s Notes’ is out now, link to subscribe: noelcasler.substack.com/p/wasted-yea...
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Roys Report @roysreport.bsky.social · 16h
Nearly 60 Wheaton College alumni and students marched on campus Saturday calling for accountability over the college's decades-long mishandling of former administrator Dennis Massaro's abuse of students. roysreport.com/alumni-and-s...
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Alumni and students protest at Wheaton College over lack of accountability for sex abuse cover-up | The Roys Report
About 60 protesters marched on Wheaton College's campus demanding President Philip Ryken resign over the cover-up of Dennis Massaro's abuse.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Labor's share of income just hit an all-time low. That means for every dollar a company brings in, workers are taking home smaller and smaller slices. Income keeps shifting to the owners. With @svaneksmith .bsky.social newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026
Super-sensing? More like stasi-sensing.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Unsurprisingly the Russians are paying off the Americans to take their side in the Russia’s criminal war of aggression. 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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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Beatty's attys say defendants take the position that all communications with Trump—even in his capacity in the voluntarily assumed post of Kennedy Center chairman—are protected by executive privilege &/or presidential communications privilege. 2/2
Defendants Withheld Swaths of Relevant Information Via Executive Privilege
These concerns about the systemic deficiencies in Defendants' responses to written discovery requests—which are exemplary rather than comprehensive-are compounded by the fact that Defendants have improperly withheld swaths of material based on blanket claims of potential Executive Privilege, in ways that are plainly inappropriate.
Plaintiff intends shortly to file a motion to compel with respect to Executive Privilege.
Plaintiff briefly mentions her concerns with respect to Executive Privilege now to demonstrate how the sum of the two issues outlined in this statement has essentially left her without meaningful discovery in this important matter, absent extension of existing deadlines (in particular, briefing and resolution of summary judgment). Among other things, Defendants have instructed one witness already not to answer any questions regarding the substance of communications involving the Chairman. They have told Plaintiff's counsel that they will instruct Mr. Floca similarly not to answer any questions about conversations with the Chairman (despite relying on Mr. Floca's testimony regarding conversations with the Chairman in their summary judgment motion). Meanwhile, Defendants have asserted a blanket privilege over any written document that "mav have the effect of seeking information protected by the presidential communications privilege."
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Florida ex-congressman David Rivera, longtime friend of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign for Venezuela. www.politico.com/news/2026/10... via @apnews.com
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Former GOP Rep. David Rivera sentenced to 10 years for secret Venezuela lobbying
He appeared stone-faced as a judge denounced him for betraying his life’s mission.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026
It has been 118 years since the Supreme Court ruled the federal government owes tribes water, but Native American communities in northern Arizona are still fighting for their rights to the Colorado River. (Published June)
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Native American Tribes Came Together to Secure Their Rights to Colorado River Water. Four States Are Stalling the Deal.
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming are resisting the deal because it would allow the Navajo and Hopi to lease water to cities downstream, likely the growing towns around Phoenix.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Developers look at the wave of #Florida schools shutting down because of the expansion of school vouchers & rub their hands at the real estate coming available. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e... via @miamiherald.com
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Developers see opportunity as South FL’s largest landowners — schools — shrink
One private school administrator called the money from universal private school vouchers “a leverage opportunity for capital.”
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thanks to the great @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social for joining us tonight. We got him in a "Frank Friday" mood. Watch the full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZqb...
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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Meanwhile in Russia: decorated state TV host Vladimir Solovyov outlined Russia's short-term and long-range goals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LJ4...
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Vladimir Solovyov outlines Russia's goals
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Among the many many many opponents of #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous' boneheaded Amendment 3 property tax "reform"? Library fans who say library funding may be slashed by 20 % www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/a... via @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy
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Miami-Dade library supporters warn Florida's Amendment 3 could cut nearly 20% of the system's budget
The head of Friends of the Miami-Dade Public Library says the property tax measure would hit services such as tutoring, language lessons and citizenship classes, while another resident expects housing...
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026
“At some point, maybe we should listen to the words of Meta’s founder who, years ago, bragging about how people just hand over their information to him, revealed what he thinks about those who do so: ‘[d]umb f—s.’”
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Meta’s Mass Data Collection Is Not A-Muse-ing
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 03/10/2026
Did you know that Kim Jong Il was “very likely” born in the Soviet Union and was known as Yura/Yuri Irsenovich Kim in Soviet records. The exact Soviet birthplace is disputed. North Korea officially claims he was born on Mount Paektu.
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Free Speech For People @fsfp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Rep. Maggie Goodlander, we need you to vote “Yes” on Trump impeachment articles. History will not look kindly on those Members of Congress who failed to act when our Constitution was under attack by a lawless tyrant. @goodlander.house.gov ✍️ Sign today ➡️ ImpeachTrumpAgain.org
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fired #Florida cop somehow acquitted of manslaughter for shooting U.S. Air Force airman dead in the doorway of his own apartment because the airman was holding a gun when he opened the door (but didn't point it at the cop). www.nwfdailynews.com/story/news/c...
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Okaloosa deputy acquitted in death of U.S. Airman Roger Fortson
Okaloosa deputy Eddie Duran Jr. was found not guilty of manslaughter for gunning down U.S. Air Force Airman Roger Fortson in his apartment doorway.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Florida mayor wins approval of her bid to end her DUI probation early, despite the fact that she was recently arrested for violating her probation. www.naplesnews.com/story/news/l...
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Probation ends early for Naples mayor, who was arrested for DUI
A Collier County judge has granted the Naples mayor's request for an early termination to her probation, which she was arrested for violating in April.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Welcome to the "Free" State of #Florida: A Florida legislative candidate heckled VP JD Vance at a campaign rally and wound up in jail www.theledger.com/story/news/p...
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Florida FedEx delivery driver busted for keeping the things he was supposed to deliver, for instance swapping out a laptop for a bag of popcorn. He knew there was a camera in his truck & he did it anyway. www.mypanhandle.com/news/fedex-d...
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FedEx driver arrested for replacing laptop with popcorn
A FedEx delivery driver and his girlfriend were arrested in Bay County after authorities recovered approximately $10,000 in stolen property taken from delivery routes.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
PBS television programming is finally returning to #Florida Panhandle counties, thanks in large part to the Levin Papantonio law firm. weartv.com/news/local/p...
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PBS returns to Northwest Florida: 'Emerald Coast PBS' launches Nov. 1
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A new non-profit public television service will restore PBS and PBS KIDS programming to the Florida Panhandle region.Emerald Coast PBS, a new
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We owe it to our children to act - in these uncertain and pivotal times - so that they can live in a better future.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
DUUUUUUUUUUDE! #Florida man arrested for selling peyote & shrooms ... on Facebook Marketplace. cbs12.com/news/local/f...
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Florida man accused of selling peyote, mushrooms on Facebook Marketplace, deputies say
Hillsborough deputies said a Riverview man advertised peyote and psilocybin mushrooms on Facebook Marketplace before his arrest.
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