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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 6h

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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Their Devil @iamdevil.bsky.social · 20h

Christmas card?

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2h

You cannot possibly look at Sissy Spacek’s performance in Carrie and not be wowed by the ways in which that movie gets you to care about her, to root for her, and to imagine against all reason that it might work out for her. If you don’t get that, you have simply lost the plot.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 5h

The President vs. every member of Congress COMBINED. Guess who made more personal financial trades? Donald Trump — with 28,000+ trades. Stock trading by top government officials should be illegal—no owning, buying, or selling stocks.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 1h

26 years ago, we eradicated measles. Now, this year alone, there have been over 4,000 cases, 40+ outbreaks, and people have died. RFK Jr.'s anti-vax rhetoric & conspiracy theories have consequences. He must resign NOW. Vaccines are safe & effective. Period.

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U.S. measles cases top 4,000, far surpassing last year's total, CDC says

The record number of measles cases in the U.S. so far this year has topped 4,000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/10/2026

Millions of Americans depend on the Affordable Care Act for healthcare and protections for preexisting conditions. And Joe Mitchell wants to repeal it. Iowa, believe him when he tells you exactly who he is.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19h

U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle is under investigation by the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General. The probe comes as a longtime Trump donor accused Guilfoyle of asking him to pay her outstanding $100K Amex bill in exchange for access to senior administration officials.

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State Department watchdog probing Kimberly Guilfoyle amid alleged $100,000 demand - AOL

U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle and the embassy she leads are under investigation by the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General, two people familiar with the decision confirme...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

He doesn't even deny his son-in-law is a white supremacist. He simply claims it's out of bounds to ask about his support of white supremacy because he's family.

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 19h

Who is a good ̶T̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ boy? @thehorrormaster.bsky.social

The alien infected wolf/dog from the movie The Thing entering a room, we see a shadow of a sitting man

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 19h

So many things wrong with this "deal," but also: it's not a "massive" amount. If we actually receive 1,800,000 tons of diesel from Russia, that's equivalent to: * 3.3 days of US consumption, or * 10 days of US *exports*. It's a drop in the bucket. We send more than that overseas every two weeks.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“Prices would’ve DECLINED without the tariffs” 😕 The Trump Tax is real

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026

Trump’s deal to buy Russian diesel from Putin just weeks before the midterms funnels money directly into Russia’s war machine. Trump is now facing calls for Congress to block the deal and impeach him. Meanwhile, energy analysts say it’s unlikely to even make a dent in fuel prices.

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Trump Announces Russian Diesel Deal Ahead of Midterms

Trump campaigned against foreign oil.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 09/10/2026

Remember when Donald Trump promised his "Big Beautiful Bill" would make your life easier? 5 MILLION Americans got cut off SNAP. 15 MILLION are projected to lose health insurance. Higher costs are making life even harder.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/10/2026

Hate corrodes the container it’s carried in.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 08/10/2026

NEW: Reports reveal Trump is letting Big Tech write its own AI rules. OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic said the rules were too strict. Trump made them voluntary. Then Musk and Zuckerberg said they were too harsh. Trump cut the 90-day review to 30 days. I’m pushing for guardrails.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21h

There are no "rogue AI agents" that are spoiling the reputation of all the GOOD AI agents. Anthropic created a bad and dangerous product; the bad and dangerous product did this. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...

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Anthropic Says Its A.I. Agents Attempted to Access a Range of Government Sites

The company said rogue A.I. agents acted on their own as they tried to access federal, state and local sites. The Philadelphia Police Department said its site was one of them.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

Central casting.

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City of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov · 09/10/2026

Today, and every day, we stand with the Somali community.

The marquee at Cedar Culture Center with the message "We love our Somali neighbors" written out.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

1) Putin doesn't have diesel to spare. 2) Diesel is cover for lifting sanctions. 3) Putin's statement sounds like he's offering an Iran escape hatch, which I've been predicting. 4) Half of the MASSIVE bribes Putin is offering now don't exist. 5) But he does mention security coop -- Kash.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026

this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“…most commonly carried out in a handful of countries including Iran, North Korea and the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan. “releasing video of executions is most often associated with extremist militant groups like the Islamic State...” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...

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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says

If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 09/10/2026

Trump is STILL using your tax dollars to pay for this propaganda — even after promising to pay for these ads himself. Every single dollar spent on this BS campaign is a dollar that could be going toward lowering your costs. It must end, NOW.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I can’t help but notice that ICE keeps claiming that people it shoots were trying to ram the agents with a car, and then video keeps proving that’s a lie.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026

NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence.

A vertical graphic on a white background displays an October 9, 2026, joint statement from the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The full statement, presented in black serif text, reaffirms unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), strongly opposes U.S. sanctions against the Court, warns of their impact on its work, staff, and families, and pledges continued support for international justice, accountability, and the rules-based international system.

Marco Rubio, mouth agape, as he announces sweeping sanctions on the ICC to try to punish them for acknowledging Bibi Netanyahu’s war crimes

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/10/2026

Jon Ossoff didn’t just show up to debate Mike Collins. He owned the stage. Calm, confident, prepared, and in complete control. Collins, on the other hand, looked like he regretted showing up.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

BREAKING: We sued Trump for raiding $20M of your money, some meant to honor fallen officers, for his midterm ads He says "his" super PAC will cover the tab now. And the millions you already paid? @democracydefendersaction.org & Hecker Fink rep @wisdems.org & a D candidate👇

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 09/10/2026

NEW: Big Tech companies reveal to Congress they expect YOU to keep subsidizing their data centers. AND they’ll keep using NDAs to keep the public in the dark. I’m not letting them get away with it.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Televised executions? Killer Pete Hegseth is a sick person. He, like his boss, never should have been allowed near the levers of power.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22h

My man ended USAID, condemning millions to death

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026

This is as treasonous as it gets

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Presidents use blind trusts so nobody has to wonder if the guy setting economic policy is trading on it Trump skipped that part —- Thousands of stock trades, nearly $2B in his pocket later Nothing like it in American history More on @cnn.com 👇 -TN

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I’m sorry, but Susan Collins can go fuck herself.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A barbaric idea, beneath our dignity as a country. Push back on this.

Trump admin wants to televise an execution

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

He makes a good point.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

One thing that Ossoff does - thank god - is COMPLETELY abandon the weird liberal wisdom that you should never say your opponent’s name. He says “Mike Collins” about 30 times in this clip, not “my opponent” or some such, and the directness make his attacks exponentially more brutal.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 08/10/2026

Julián Curo-Churata, a 47-year-old father of 2 from Laurel, MD, died in ICE custody last month. Julián was the 37th person to die in ICE detention in the past year. There must be a full independent investigation into his death. Not another dime for this lawlessness.

Laurel father and husband died in ICE custody in Louisiana

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

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