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Lizzy Boredom

@lizzyboredom.bsky.social
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Dog is my copilot and we’re just here for the politics and science. Arkansas, I wish I knew how to quit you.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 1h
It’s even more transactional than that. He basically says that Trump officials won’t give the Times scoops unless it continues to euphemize and sanewash their anti-democracy lies and lunacy.
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 1h
Tesla is only alive because of it stock valuation. Every year Elon Musk comes up with some new PT Barnum bullshit to goose the stock. But it’s not real. This is the latest.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 2h
At this point, Donald Trump is delivering more strategic wins for Russia than its own military.
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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 2h
It's as clear as it can be.
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 16h
also: bsky.app/profile/doug...
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
these are all serious crimes and the executives involved in this corruption scheme need to be prosecuted, not just the government officials. dems will need to decide whether we have rule of law or not. letting them go means we do not
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
NEW: Trump Says the Border Is Secure. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Keeps Declaring an Emergency. by @perla-trevizo.bsky.social and Lexi Churchill w/ @texastribune.org
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Trump Says the Border Is Secure. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Keeps Declaring an Emergency.
Since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott first declared an emergency at the border in 2021, he’s renewed or amended the proclamation at least 69 times. The proclamation has greatly expanded his powers without goi...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/10/2026
If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 15/10/2026
Iran has hit Gulf infrastructure dozens of times in precision strikes, blunting the US war effort. Gulf governments have often hidden the extent of the damage. reut.rs/4yhRH5L
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
a high ranking official (probably miller, blanche, or vance) is openly admitting this is a fishing expedition in national news. they just can't help themselves
The investigation is seeking information to see where it leads, the
source said. For example, if records, representations related to age
and immigration status contain false information, that would
provide material for investigators to scrutinize further. They could
also examine communications related to such matters.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 14/10/2026
BREAKING: We just sued Jared Kushner for unlawfully acting as one of the country's top diplomats without undergoing Senate confirmation or filing financial disclosures. It’s abundantly clear that he should be blocked from performing this outsized role: www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This is a) a really great and specific policy proposal that b) addresses a real problem for government efficiency and c) also American democracy, by potentially reducing the clout of megadonors like Musk
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
elon musk sabotaged a Ukrainian military operation to help putin.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It's really hard to say "The richest man in the world is constantly calling for a race war as he almost singularly sponsors the Republican Party and millions will die because of his brief tenure in government, where he likely looted private data from all Americans." But we're getting closer.
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 14/10/2026
‼️ Starlink restrictions deprive Ukraine of effective defence against jet-powered Shahed drones
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Starlink restrictions deprive Ukraine of effective defence against jet-powered Shahed drones
Starlink restrictions are affecting Ukrainian interceptors used against Russian jet-powered Shahed drones, depriving Ukraine of one of its few effective defence options.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
SpaceX’s Starlink speed cap is confirmed at 60-70 km/h on Ukrainian terminals which kills connectivity for all medium-range kamikaze drones: FP-2, Darts, Hornet, RAM-2 and others. It also impacts Ukraine’s drone interceptors that rely on Starlink to shoot down Russian Shahed-type jets.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 14/10/2026
As Israel moves Gaza’s Yellow Line westward, displaced families in Shujayea face renewed danger.
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Israel's Yellow Line in Gaza advances, leaving displaced with nowhere to go
As Israel moves Gaza's Yellow Line westward, displaced families in Shujayea face renewed danger.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
We discuss why the diesel deal would legally implicate the U.S. in supporting Russia's aggression in Ukraine. We also draw from USG statements on how oil purchases support Russia's war machine. Statements by the U.S. intelligence community, Secretary Rubio and more.
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Fueling Russia’s War: The Russian Diesel Deal and International Law
By lifting export restrictions on Russian diesel, the United States arguably bears responsibility for aiding Russia's unlawful use of force.
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Carpe-Snarkum @carpe-snarkum.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
😱😱 Only if you want to be a shithole country. Send Elon back to Hell.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This may be what JPM meant last week when they wrote: “October is beginning to look a lot like April.” @bobeunlimited.bsky.social ⛽️ substack.com/@bobeunlimit...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/10/2026
is there anyone thinking/writing about the actual mechanics of disentangling the US government from elon musk?
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
could
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11/10/2026
JOB CREATION Elderly leaders need more staff. They require vote prodders, computer starters, password rememberers, just-in-time press-conference enders, and auto-pen activators. buff.ly/c7QsYAg
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Twelve Upsides to Gerontocracies
“Late-stage capitalism is an absolute grind. Gerontocracies remind us that short-term, medium-term, and long-term disability insurance policies exist for a r...
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Tikkun Olam
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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Impeach him for this too
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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Sad to say but she’s right. There was a time when providing economic support to a rogue nation supplying targeting data and offensive military equipment to an enemy of the U.S. would be considered grossly unpatriotic, traitorous, impeachable. But this’ll be forgotten by Monday.
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H. John Tran @johnhtran.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🔴 Trump eased sanctions on Russian diesel hoping Putin would give something back. This is what he got. Five glide bombs on Zaporizhzhia. 12 people dead. 3 children. You don’t reward Putin and call it leverage.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What the actual ….
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Lizzy Boredom @lizzyboredom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So we’re funding both sides of the Ukraine invasion and supporting Iran’s ally, who’s helping target US troops. JFC.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I ask again, why are national Dems letting Elon "quietly" fund these races? We have two test cases. 2024 when Dems didn't make his money an issue. And 2025 Wisconsin, where they did. Guess which time they won by double digits?
wired.com
Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections
America PAC’s approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is spot on - accountability by unmasking the corruption: www.ms.now/opinion/demo... "While making several multimillion-dollar contributions to the president’s projects, Chevron has gained the rights to vast oil reserves in Venezuela while families pay more than $4 at the pump.
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Opinion | Corporations can be Democrats’ secret weapon for holding Trump accountable
Some Democrats are worried about using investigative authority too broadly against corporate America. That’s a mistake.
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I went the NHS emergency room in London over the weekend, it was free. Free to anyone. I'd have been charged only if I was admitted to the hospital. A cart in the waiting room went by me with some nice sandwiches, and I chose one. Before I could try to pay, the cart moved on. Sandwich also free.
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
As American democracy backslides, fundamental principles of constitutional government give way. Here, we see a dictatorial administration freezing out congressional oversight *of the military*, which represents a major step in an autocratic revolution of US-style civilian-military relations.
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WBUR @wbur.org · 07/10/2026
Israelis are gathering Wednesday to commemorate the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that killed 1,200 people. For Palestinians, the anniversary brings another day living in ruins with the results of Israel's retaliatory campaign in Gaza that has killed more than 74,000 people.
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Israelis mourn on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 as Palestinians grapple with war it sparked
Israelis are gathering Wednesday to commemorate the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that killed 1,200 people, and sparked a devastating war in Gaza that Palestinians still grapple with.
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Russian pneumonia case underscores “that at a time when we need strong systems capable of detecting biological threats around the world, the United States is weakening parts of its own public health and scientific infrastructure.” www.statnews.com/2026/10/06/r... via @statnews.com
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Infectious disease expert: The mysterious pneumonia in Russia deserves attention, not panic
Chill out about reports about plague in Siberia, writes infectious disease doctor Krutika Kuppalli.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks to Polis
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
MIT Media Lab’s Kevin Esvalt: “Russia's five-hospital quarantine, FSB involvement, and…hazmat use in response to the death of a single researcher at a weapons-lineage Irkutsk lab are inconsistent with a lab-acquired plague infection, which would have been treated with prophylactic antibiotics.
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 04/10/2026
Let’s see if this works
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The kids these days will hardly believe it, but a mere two years ago, the mental & physical (lack of) acuity of Elderly Presidents was the Great Issue of Our Time. Someone should tell Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson, so they can write a book on it.
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H. John Tran @johnhtran.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🟠 We’re finding out this morning that U.S.-Russia peace talks also included a multibillion-dollar oil deal. Putin raised it with Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin. Peace talks. Business talks. Same room. Convenient.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 03/10/2026
"I should get to sit down when I work but you shouldn't" is a great high level summary of labor disputes
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 02/10/2026
oh so it's defund the police now?
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Some morning musings on AI. We need to stop talking about this as technology issue. It's an ethics & law enforcement issue. Thread:
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If anyone can open a private school, why not us? We started our own private schools. In Arkansas, all it took was $45 and an American flag. Welcome to our Curiosity Academies!
propublica.org
Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Every country has these people, in roughly the same proportion. The problem is our deeply broken, wildly anti-majoritarian electoral, legislative, & judicial institutions: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That’s sad. I also nearly stopped my neighbor’s house from burning down, when I got ticked off at the arsonist. But I didn’t, instead I gave him matches and lighter fluid. But I was kinda peeve for a bit, there! This makes me look good.
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