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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 11h
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Elon Musk’s megaphone propels conspiracy theory about James Talarico
The billionaire has a history of elevating false claims like the one about the Democratic Senate nominee, but his control of X gives him outsize influence ahead of the midterms.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 16h
Good point -- after being a dedicated climate activist, she shouldn't be allowed to participate in campaigns on any other topics she cares about.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 16h
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Opinion | Making Rules for A.I. Is Hard. Tell Us How You’d Do It. (Gift Article)
It can feel as if we’re getting dragged into the future by a dangerous technology. But humans are still in charge.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 18h
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A Father’s Mission Is to Show the World ‘What Russia Did to My Family’ (Gift Article)
After a glide bomb killed his wife and younger daughter, Yevhen Ovcharov was determined to prevent other Ukrainians from dying the same way.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 19h
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Opinion | Democrats Need a Plan for Supreme Court Reform. Here’s a Start. (Gift Article)
Why Democrats must prioritize court reform.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 19h
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Trump Hands Victories to Putin, Who Offers More War in Return (Gift Article)
Russia has reaped a diesel deal and an increase in U.S. pressure on Ukraine as President Trump’s political needs align with his longstanding inclinations toward Russia.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 19h
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Ken Paxton took campaign funds from donors with interests before his office
The Texas attorney general and GOP Senate nominee received contributions from parties in cases he was involved in, some predating his current competitive race.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
An Ad Targeting Susan Collins’s Opponent Airs in the Wrong Portland www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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An Ad Targeting Susan Collins’s Opponent, Troy Jackson, Airs in the Wrong Portland
An executive with the Republican super PAC that paid for the ad attacking Troy Jackson, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, blamed its vendor for running the ad in Oregon.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Republicans Promoted a False Rumor That James Talarico Was in Ohio www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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Republicans Promoted a False Rumor That James Talarico Was in Ohio
The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely bef...
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13/10/2026
More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife on.wsj.com/4yKLe4d
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More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans. www.propublica.org/article/ecto...
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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After Russian Diesel Deal, Trump Faces New Crisis Over Ukraine (Gift Article)
President Trump’s surprise decision to suspend sanctions on Russian diesel fuel stunned Ukrainian and European officials, who were meeting with U.S. envoys at an exclusive golf club near Miami.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Trump posts a made-up quote from Denzel Washington praising him
The actor’s team confirmed that the quote is fabricated.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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He reached the Americas centuries before Columbus. Why doesn’t he get more credit?
Accounts of Leif Erikson’s voyage to present-day Canada were known to Europeans in Christopher Columbus’s time.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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They came to Washington to dismantle government. Now, they’re profiting from it.
DOGE alumni have leveraged their government experience, raising at least half a billion dollars for firms spanning cyberwarfare, AI and data centers, a Post analysis found.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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‘Furious’ judge halts tree removal, demands answers on Trump’s D.C. golf plan
The judge lambasted the Trump administration for ignoring her repeated pleas not to work on the historic East Potomac course: “There’s no excuse for this.”
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Trump Gives Putin a Hand in Russia’s Economic War With Ukraine www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/w...
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Trump Gives Putin a Hand in Russia’s Economic War With Ukraine
President Trump is moving to buy Russian diesel while also pressuring Ukraine to halt attacks on refineries, a lifeblood of Moscow’s war machine.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Opinion | A TikTok Tarot Card Reader Accused Me of Murder. My Life Turned Upside Down. (Gift Article)
If my face and name were not my own, who was I?
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Israel’s Destruction of Southern Lebanon Intensified After the Cease-Fire (Gift Article)
Much of Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon has been leveled, according to a Times analysis. The majority has been destroyed by Israel since the April truce.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Roger Marshall, a Kansas Senator Facing Re-Election, Settles a Bakery Bill 6 Years Later (Gift Article)
Senator Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican in a difficult race, paid an old campaign debt for cookies, muffins and brownies after a baker’s story went viral online.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans (Gift Article)
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Trump’s Zelensky attack, Russia diesel deal draw criticism in U.S. and abroad
Several Republicans objected to Trump's stance. “I do believe there’s a legitimate case for saying the president’s not following the law, said Sen. Thom Tillis.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Trump can’t stop talking about vomit and Texas barbecue
Republicans need President Donald Trump to use his swagger to hype up embattled U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton. He keeps talking about barf.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Opinion | The U.S. can’t win in Iran until Trump makes a decision
To get out of this quagmire, Washington must determine what it wants.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
One year ago.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇
Collage of 12 Republican posts on X opposing Russian oil purchases, 2022–2026. Senate GOP, 7/28/26: "Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." Senate GOP, 7/14/26: backing Graham's bill to hold "major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable." House GOP, 3/8/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil. Biden is fueling Putin's war on Ukraine." Rep. Garret Graves, 3/8/22: calling on the administration "to ban Russian oil." House GOP, 3/7/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/4/22: "Stop buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/3/22: "sanction the oil and gas industry in Russia." House GOP, 3/2/22: "Instead of buying Russian oil..." Rep. Steve Scalise, 3/1/22: "stop financing Putin's war with Russian oil." Marco Rubio: "Stop importing Russian oil... That's the plan." Rubio, 3/9/22, on Russian oil imports. Peter Navarro, 6/24/23: India "buying up bargain-basement Russian oil."
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Pentagon Again Increases Number of U.S. Casualties in Iran War www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/u...
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Pentagon Again Increases Number of U.S. Casualties in Iran War
In an unannounced change, the Defense Department is now acknowledging troops who died or were wounded in support roles.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Opinion | Medicare-for-all is back. The hard questions remain unanswered.
Democrats are reviving an old idea. Now they have to define it and pay for it.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Trump fumes at ‘stain’ on Norway after missing out on Nobel Peace Prize
The president described the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay as “disgraceful and embarrassing” and said he would “not forget.”
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Opinion | Trump Is Begging to Be Impeached (Gift Article)
The president’s despotism is itself a constitutional offense.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Introducing Donnie's List! Have confidence in your con man #DailyShow #Trump #MAGA
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Asked if he approved live-streaming execution, Trump says ‘absolutely’
The Pentagon said this week that the execution by firing squad, scheduled for Dec. 3, would be live-streamed for the public to watch.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026
huh, interesting that vance thinks this is the worst terrorist attack and not oklahoma city
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It doesn't count for JD if it's not committed by an adherent of Islam.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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He Left Behind Millions. Who Would Get It — His Family, or the D.S.A.? (Gift Article)
When a New York University professor died in 2024, it set off a legal dispute over a quietly accumulated fortune.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Millions Lose Private Medicare Plans and Face Rising Costs www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/b...
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Private Medicare Plans Are Raising Costs And Forcing Millions To Find New Insurance
As enrollment for Medicare Advantage begins this month, older Americans are confronting fewer options because insurers are discontinuing coverage in many areas.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Cornell Case Exposes What We Can’t Say www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/o...
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Opinion | The Cornell Case Exposes What We Can’t Say
We are unable to recognize and critique bad behavior outside of a narrow definition of criminal sex.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump Administration Hits International Criminal Court With Severe Sanctions www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
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Trump Administration Hits International Criminal Court With Severe Sanctions
U.S. officials announced the new, sweeping punishments just hours after the Nobel Peace Prize committee gave its annual honor to a former court judge.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Paxton Said in Deposition That Donor Gave Him Stocks to Please God (Gift Article)
The leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate’s investments and his tactics for defending himself.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Want to Avoid Another Jan. 6? Defeat These Republicans. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/o...
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Opinion | Want to Avoid Another Jan. 6? Defeat These Republicans.
The 2028 election is on the ballot right now.
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Congresswoman Madeleine Dean @repdean.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Desperate to escape the consequences of his failed Iran war, Trump is preparing to stab Ukraine in the back and buy diesel from Putin. He's helping fund Russia's war machine, while our allies pay the price. Read more, here: loom.ly/WZHRac0
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Trump says US to get diesel from Russia, relaxing pressure on Moscow to ease prices before midterms
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So let's get this straight: Russia just murdered over 65 people in Ukraine in less than 48 hours. Crushed a building on top of sleeping families to celebrate Putin's birthday. And today, the U.S. announces that they are lifting sanctions on Russian diesel and planning to buy some,
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.
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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I spent my career helping to build DHS during the Bush, Obama, and Trump years. We must abolish ICE. It’s lost all public trust. It must be eliminated. We can never again allow an agency to become the president’s “secret police.”
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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‘Breathtaking,’ ‘Devastating’: Mathematics Reels After New OpenAI Release (Gift Article)
Hundreds of new A.I.-generated findings moved the frontiers of higher math in a single day — dispelling any doubt that the field is forever changed.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is why, when Republicans use the word socialism to tag Democrats, it has no relationship with the actual definition of the word. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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This Photo Is an A.I. Fake. Can You Tell? (Gift Article)
We want you to look closely — very closely — at this fake image and spot any errors.
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ljmarx.bsky.social @ljmarx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code (Gift Article)
The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.
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