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Retired crank(y). Dog lover. Tired of MAGAts. CBL_WV at the Bad Old Place.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12/10/2026
Elon Musk has been vocal against Alex Gibney's documentary "Musk," calling the filmmaker names like "idiot" and "horrible human."
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Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ has already gotten under Elon Musk’s skin. It goes nationwide this week
Elon Musk has been vocal against Alex Gibney's documentary “Musk,” calling the filmmaker names like “idiot” and “horrible human.”
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Veterans Against Trump @vetsat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
And they can immediately denaturalize and deport Elon Musk, who illegally overstayed his student visa and lied on his citizenship application. There is no statute of limitations for immigration fraud.
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Every day was a battle that by the end of the day you were physically and emotionally battered just by getting John to do any part of his job,” a former staffer said, describing the work as “soul-crushing.” share.inquirer.com/dxaACw
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How John Fetterman spends his time comes under more scrutiny as he weighs future in the Senate
The Pennsylvania Democrat has been labeled an absentee senator for years. As he floats the possibility of running again, what has he actually done?
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump has conned the media into not effectively acting as if that attack and the multiple Trump/Putin quid pro quos within it never really happened, even as they're being paid off in front of our eyes. They're still buying Trump's framing.
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Stop Calling This a Peace Deal
YouTube video by emptywheel
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CNN @cnn.com · 25/09/2026
Video shows waves surging across cracked North Carolina Highway 12 after ocean water spilled over protective sand dunes in the Outer Banks as a nor'easter starts to batter the Mid-Atlantic coast. Read more: cnn.it/3Vd4nx4
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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no? www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...
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Interactive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labels
Pork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The "secret" U2 gig to which 100 journalists got invites.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 24/09/2026
People are humouring and cheering on the founder of Quibi for a dumb essay about AI and Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta (a $1.9 trillion market cap company) just launched an expensive successor to the tamagotchi with an LLM attached. Everyone's asleep at the wheel and the tech industry is washed.
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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 24/09/2026
I love this story. I also learned something new today. And I barked out a surprised laugh at the end.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One of the funniest acts EVER on AGT. Original post
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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 24/09/2026
Good news: people in Texas are registering to vote. 🗳 🤠 Bad news: the Republicans are not processing them. An "unidentified problem" created a massive backlog in tens of thousands of registrations. In one county, 45,000 registrations have been backlogged. Hopeful. But suspicious. ☹️
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- County election offices throughout Texas are scrambling to process a massive backlog of voter registration applications stemming from an error at the state level, a headache that is hitting just as they are preparing for voting to begin in the midterm elections
The problem, which officials in the
Republican-controlled state have not publicly defined. This also could have disenfranchised people who wanted to vote in the state's March primary but whose registration applications were never processed, local election officials said during a news conference Wednesday
'This is really out of left field. Knowing that this one element of (state) applications didn't come through, and we had no insight on it," said Chris McGinn, executive director of the Texas Association of County Election Officials
The size of the backlog statewide hasn't been determined. but the association said it is in the tens of thousands for some of the state's most populous counties. In Bexar County, which includes San Antonio, the election office received about 45,000 backlogged voter registratior applications.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New: from 404 Media. The catastrophic FBI hack also exposed the FBI's own hacking unit. The Remote Operations Unit is a highly secretive part of the FBI, responsible for making tools to break into peoples' devices. Some of their names and addresses are in the data www.404media.co/fbi-hack-exp...
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FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit
The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The polls are so bad that a pro-ICE Kansas Republican is now preemptively begging ICE to not shoot one of his constituents now that they're active in his state
When ICE operates in Kansas, it needs to coordinate with our local law enforcement. Our sheriffs and police know these communities better than anyone, and working together keeps officers and residents safe.
I'm closely following what's happening in SW Kansas and have been in direct contact with Secretary Mullin and local law enforcement as ICE executes warrants in order to keep Kansans safe.
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Usually when Collins gets upset by media - and that is her standard procedure - media, especially Maine media back down Not ProPublica as you can see below - and they have the receipts to back it up So this has got to be a especially jarring for her and her team
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 23/09/2026
The sheriff of Pierce County, a blue county in Washington home to Tacoma, wants to help ICE and says state restrictions on local cooperation are unconstitutional. He’s one of many sheriffs in the state challenging state regulations.
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In Washington, a County Mulls Ending Sheriff Elections—and Ousting Its Right-Wing Sheriff - Bolts
The ballot measure in Pierce County follows controversies surrounding Sheriff Keith Swank, at a time Washington is grappling with poor oversight over law enforcement.
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Maddy @maddyann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Offs, almost no one has been proven to have OD'd *from* kratom, even when they have ACTUALLY INGESTED KRATOM! (kratom.org/guides/overd...)
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Can You Overdose on Kratom? - Kratom.org
It's possible to develop an addiction to kratom and even overdose — but it's rare. Kratom is perfectly safe and beneficial in many ways when used responsibly.
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Maddy @maddyann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Almost serves them (Politico) right, for using anonymous sourcing! Almost...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
For likely the first time in modern history, the Supreme Court decided more cases in fast-tracked, secretive proceedings than in open court. Watch us break down how a once-rare emergency process became the norm.
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The Supreme Court Changed. What Now?
YouTube video by ProPublica
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is a common lie from DHS press flacks. They claim that people who came through CBP One — who registered for an appointment through a government app, went to a port of entry, and were issued a grant of humanitarian parole by a CBP officer letting them enter — "entered illegally." Total nonsense.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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Maddy @maddyann.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"For all its advancements, [generative AI] technology remains, fundamentally, “Mansplaining as a Service” — a fluent, confident explanation of anything, on demand, with no particular relationship to whether it’s right...."
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A massive group of demonstrators is currently forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center following Trump’s threats against it
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Michael Hollywood @mhollywood.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The backlash against FLOCK grows apace: boltsmag.org/jefferson-co...
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A Rural Florida County Quietly Built a Flock Camera Network. Now It's Dismantling It. - Bolts
The local sheriff ended his county’s Flock partnership, just hours after Governor Ron DeSantis ditched the technology. They’re part of a growing group of GOP leaders turning against Flock.
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Al Hirschfeld Foundation @alhirschfeld.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#RIP Peter Max Image: Peter Max, 2001
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
RIP Peter Max
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Peter Max, Trippy Artist of Counterculture Era and Beyond, Dies at 88 (Gift Article)
With work that breathed the spirit of the 1960s, he became fabulously wealthy from licensing his paintings and posters in all their euphoric Day-Glo glory.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 16/09/2026
Farewell to Peter Max. 🙏🏻
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Rep. @aoc.bsky.social : “To see what Patriots owner Robert Kraft did to line up all the stadiums to censor speech in that one specific way… this isn’t just about one artist.”
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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Nice to see this getting some attention. It's completely true, and I dearly wish more journalists understood where these common narratives about AI actually come from.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026
There are no trans women in the WNBA, and no history of any playing in the league. This week on B*tch, Listen, I trace the manufactured panic behind Sophie Cunningham and Enes Kanter Freedom's fight to "protect" women's sports. 🎧B*tch, Listen. Out now. Wherever you get your podcasts.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Justice Connection, a group of former Justice Dept employees, issues a warning about public safety: “Agents and analysts that Patel fired during his tenure resulted in the loss of more than 1,000 years of combined FBI experience”
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026
Have you subscribed to my new legal micropodcast Baby Boom! Lawyered!? 7 minute episodes! Explaining the law for people who had the sense not to go to law school. Carrying on the tradition Jess Pieklo and I started a decade ago. Now with bite-sized episodes. Find it in the Boom! Lawyered feed. 💥
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thank you for your attention to this matter...
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Maddy @maddyann.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ooh, this is nice: fatcousin.com (Thanks, @doctorow.pluralistic.net !)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/09/2026
Ossoff: "We also need to ensure that the leaders at these AI labs are testifying before Congress in a setting where they are bound by law to tell the truth, because we need to understand what's really happening within these companies, and we need to understand what their motives are."
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You take a job somewhere called “Reuters Legal” and you just never expect to have to write this sentence
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Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I watched Macklemore’s speech at the concert. He didn’t say anything remotely hateful of Jews. He criticized the Israeli government, but explicitly reached out Jews in the audience to say he loved them. That he was opposing genocide, not Jews. Outrageous that big arenas canceled him.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Google is killing journalism: "At Truthout, we anticipate a loss of roughly $500,000 in online revenue as a result of this massive traffic plunge in the next year alone."
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We’re Already Living Through Journalism’s Dystopian Future
AI is devouring our industry and undermining access to factual information. We all have a duty to fight back.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We don't let pharmaceutical companies release untested drugs, and we don't let airlines fly without fail-safes. Tech executives should not be allowed to deploy autonomous systems they cannot shut down. Tell Congress to mandate hard limits: 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Stop AI oligarchs from building machines humans cannot control
Contact Congress today!
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is an admission of Cheating….
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Still, I think the Republicans won on their essential goal, which was CHAOS. Put it like this: *I’m* sure as hell not going to mail in a ballot. I might still vote early, but in-person for sure.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I'd like to enter this into the "best thing I've seen on the Internet this month" contest. This racist piece of shit called ICE after these fellas built his fence to avoid paying them. They handled their business. And I love the music this is set to. "You've been, THUNDERSTRUCK!"
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Yikes, if this is accurate, its basically the owner class using their power to shut down dissent. The Patriots Robert Kraft told Sheerhan his concert would be cancelled if Mackelmore stayed on the your, and that other stadium owners would follow suit.
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
RIP Bob Mackie. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/s...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
When they allege that the 2020 election was interfered with, they have no proof. When we allege that the 2024 election was interfered with, THEY are our proof.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Look at this photo. Look at this photo and tell me he isn’t a fucking monster.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
$16 million later, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was supposed to be open by July 4. Instead, it looks like this.
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Shawn "Smith" Peirce @silversmith1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
So… it looks like an *armed* MAGAt Republican supporter attacked the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, and hurt multiple people. And then Dr. Acton stuck around and helped care for the injured.
Amy Acton, Democratic nominee for governor of Ohio, helping someone who was injured by an armed attacker, who accosted her at the Canfield Fair near Youngstown, and injured several people
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