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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 20h
The Trump Civil Rights Division exists mostly to encourage racial discrimination rather than prevent it bsky.app/profile/carl...
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Martín Soto, a primary organizer of people detained at Delaney Hall who went on hunger strike to demand their release and to improve conditions, has been released. Soto was detained for more than 9 months, 4 of which were spent in solitary confinement. Via: www.instagram.com/reel/DeLIuSe...
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today is the first day of the Supreme Court's term. My yearly print preview of all the things the Republicans will take away from us this time, is now avaialble on Al Gore's Internet in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The People vs. the Supreme Court
This term the Supreme Court has plans to trampleeven more of our rights. But we, the people, are not powerlessin the face of their power grab.
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Michael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.)
Dear [name],

For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!

With this Historic Action, my Administration is taking the surplus funds that accumulated from the Obamacare ''Premium Tax" and issuing a one-time $500 REFUND to Americans who use the HealthCare.gov platform to purchase their health insurance, but who do not receive Taxpayer Subsidies to help pay for their Coverage. You have paid into this flawed System, and now you are finally getting something back.

Healthcare Dollars should benefit Patients, not Insurance Companies or Government Bureaucrats. Since returning to office, I have fought to lower Healthcare Costs, increase Accountability, and Put Patients First. Through TrumpRx, we are delivering massive discounts on Household Prescription Drugs, and my Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Agreements have already saved Americans more than 1 Billion Dollars on much-needed Medications. We also secured an unprecedented 50 Billion Dollar investment to transform Rural Healthcare, expanded access to Health Saving Accounts for millions of people on Obamacare, and restored Pnce Transparency, all while roofing out the Waste, Fraud, and abuse across our Healthcare System.

I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the American People FIRST, restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Healthcare.

May God bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America!

Sincerely,

[signed] 

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
John Yoo is the legal architect of George Bush's Iraq War torture program. That UT Austin contracted this bloodthirsty freak to be part of the new right-wing Civitas Center is an inidication of the very dark path this university has started down.
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Using data from The Deportation Project, L.A. TACO broke down the nearly 4,000 logged apprehensions in L.A. County by neighborhood and city. The full story: lataco.com/ice-kidnappi... By @eltragon.bsky.social
A shot of the L.A. skyline taken from a park.

Headline reads "ICE Kidnappings By Neighborhood In L.A. County"
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Update on this: ICE took down these reviews, which they initially posted. The site where they were now just says "not found." But @prospect.org downloaded the files when they were first available, and you can read them at our story.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meta is tapping "into a tax credit intended for research and experimentation. It’s an aggressive interpretation of the tax break, which Meta embraced to claim billions of dollars in tax credits for data center expansion."
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Incredible chutzpah from a Congress whose one major legislative act was a budget bill that among other things imposed significant new administrative burdens on Medicaid recipients
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
when your country's new accord on “super intelligence” misspells the country's name
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Brutal graphic on the amount of money everyone at Trump's AI roundtable contributed to Trump's Super PAC and vanity projects. It comes to $227 million. www.citizen.org/news/tech-ex...
CEO's donations paid off: Here's who had a seat at Trump's luncheon.
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Western Environmental Law Center @westernlaw.org · 29/09/2026
According to all sources sneaking information out, this "permitting reform" bill will be the largest rollback of environmental laws in American history, affecting the Clean Water Act, NEPA, Tribal sovereignty, and more. All to benefit deeply unpopular AI hyperscalers and the fossil fuel industry.
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Meg Jackson @megjackson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
John Arias raped his estranged wife. Her children (in the next room) heard it all. Then he kidnapped the kids & left her bound & gagged. As Governor, Pete Ricketts pardoned Arias (restoring his gun rights) without informing the victim. Even after Arias admitted threatening to kill her from prison.
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A Tough Ad Reminds Nebraska Voters About a Brutal Crime and a Pardon (Gift Article)
A group supporting Dan Osborn, the independent Senate candidate in Nebraska, is airing an ad attacking Senator Pete Ricketts, a Republican, for pardoning a man convicted of sexual assault.
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abewilson.bsky.social @abewilson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Central Park Was Her Home and Her Studio. She Was Killed There. (Gift Article)
Francis Lee Rogers painted birds in the park, her home for decades. She was found dead on Sunday, beaten and stabbed, shaking a community of friends and collectors of her art.
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Tucson Tom T @democracythirst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Smug ignorance
Smug ignorance
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 29/09/2026
Once these mountains are carved up and their aquifers depleted, there’s no putting them back together. The Patagonia Mountains are worth far more as a thriving ecosystem than they’ll ever be worth to a giant mining company. Full story 🔗➡️ bit.ly/4rEAUbv
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I like that in becoming a nazi, you get glowing coverage as a brave iconoclast, and then when you stop being a nazi, you’re get glowing coverage as a brave dissident. Money coming and going. Only way you lose is having normal opinions like “racism bad” bsky.app/profile/trac...
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I just saw a film about the AI-enabled apocalypse. Only it's not science fiction. It's not even in the future. It's in the present. The film is called NAZA. See it. @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com youtu.be/98xLCdc7t7E
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Apocalypse is here
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Google has started updating satellite images of Gaza. Holocaust. (📸 Barry Andrews MEP, European Parliament)
A single building is left standing amidst utter carnage. Every single building has been levelled across a few square miles pictures. Google maps identified one pile of rubble as a school.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 25/09/2026
tucker carlson is a foppish frozen TV dinner empire heir, a virulent bigot, and a grotesque opportunist/propagandist. it's embarrassing that NPR editors think he needs more attention for his phony-ass pivot away from a nightmare he helped build
NPR headline for tucker carlson interview: "Tucker Carlson has reconsidered Trump. And quite a bit else."
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What is always left unsaid with this man is that he prefers their messaging...
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 24/09/2026
Don Jr.-backed drone-parts manufacturer congratulates Eric Trump-backed drone manufacturer on winning a DoD contract.
Unusual Machines
@UnusualMachines
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More momentum for XTEND. 🚀

Congrats to the team on another important U.S. defense milestone. Proud to be an investor and supplier. 🦅

$UMAC $XTND #Drones #DefenseTech
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XTEND
@XTEND_XR
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XTEND has been awarded Phase III of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Modular Kinetic Lethal Drone (MKLD) program.

The award follows XTEND’s recent Gauntlet II top-performer selection under the Drone Dominance Program.

Read more: xtend.me/xtend-secures-…
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 22/09/2026
Overall, the Fish and Wildlife Service lost 1,900 scientists, including fish and wildlife biologists, foresters and fire managers. This brain drain will be hard to undo now that the Fish and Wildlife Service has lost so many expert scientists who helped save #EndangeredSpecies.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife staff tumbles by a quarter in Director Brian Nesvik’s home state of Wyoming
In 2024, the National Elk Refuge had 11 full-time employees helping to feed elk and bison, greet 300,000-plus tourists at its visitor center and steward 24,700 scenic acres just north
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He got pressure from the whole CA Democratic political establishment (Newsom, Becerra, Bass). And ultimately he's a product of the machine too, appointed by Newsom. The CA machine is among the worst in the country precisely because its decision-making is so critical to the country.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Here's our story on Rob Bonta's disappointing settlement of the Paramount-Warner Bros merger. Just an awful decision. prospect.org/2026/09/21/b...
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Bonta Gives Up on the Paramount Case - The American Prospect
Why would California AG Rob Bonta settle the Paramount–Warner Bros. lawsuit when he’s winning?
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I was deputy M.E. at the WSJ when Murdoch took over, with a similar “editorial independence board.” Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy. That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done. If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want.
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
People really downplay how evil Newsom is.
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 19/09/2026
"On Thursday, organizers launched the @dropthegenocide20 pledge: A “baseline accountability commitment pledging to not hire, consult, or otherwise promote top Biden White House officials who were responsible for promoting, lying about, and covering up the Gaza genocide,”
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump banning media outlets from the WH over their coverage is unlikely to affect their reporting much, but it is yet another example of how the right wing definition of “free speech” is that they can say what they want and you can say what they want. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Speak at Your Own Risk
Donald Trump’s attacks on the First Amendment
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Maggie @maggieoconnell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
yum yum contaminated mystery meat coming your way... youtu.be/VNxd3QmNB-8
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"Fast Food Nation," Mystery Meat & Trump's Dismantling of U.S. Food Safety System: Eric Schlosser
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Thanks to @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social and @connectwithjacob.bsky.social for highlighting our newest venture: the L.A. TACO POST. With help from the legendary artist Robbie Conal, we are turning to print to take a stance against Rupert Murdoch’s incursion into our city.
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Want to know if there's an election denier running for office in your state this November? Now you can, thanks to data from @statesunited.org and the incredible work of @regret.bsky.social Try out our interactive map here: www.wired.com/story/hundre...
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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Macklemore just announced he’s donating the $1 million he made from Sheeran’s tour to 6 organizations to support Palestinians and he’s asking Robert Kraft to match it. This is just the first part announcing it.
With everything that has happened over the last 48 hours, I want to bring the conversation back to where it belongs: to the Palestinian people who are still being killed, still living under military occupation, and still fighting for their freedom.
I will be donating the entire $1 million of my net earnings from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour to six organizations working directly to support the Palestinian people. And I invite Robert Kraft to match my donation. Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting. A Palestinian life is no less valuable than any other life on this earth.
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Baba O’Really @babaohreally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs
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Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs (Gift Article)
The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The new California Oligarch Index identifies the big-money interests that explain why a purportedly deep-blue state has so much trouble making progress. The 99 biggest donors to state candidates & causes spent $5.8 billion since 2005 on politics, more than the bottom 99.9% of CA residents.
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Why Some California Democrats Step Up to Fill the Republican Void - The American Prospect
How corporate pressure led legislators to kill a bill that would curtail surveillance pricing
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Eamon Javers @eamonjavers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is a subhed for the ages in the WSJ this morning: “Talk of heading off artificial intelligence’s potential role in destroying humanity hurt some stocks and helped others”
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 15/09/2026
USAID was one of the world’s largest environmental donors. A new analysis finds that its demise led to spikes in illicit activity, backsliding on climate efforts and programs gutted in dozens of countries.
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How the End of USAID Eroded Global Environmental Goals - Inside Climate News
An analysis finds the cancellation of $1 billion in annual funding weakened protections around the world and undermined U.S. interests.
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Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NEW: Trump’s pick for a tiny federal agency that advises Congress and the president on Arctic research policy is a MAGA venture capitalist with no science background. The job put him on a global stage, where he’s pushed for closer ties with Russia. www.propublica.org/article/thom...
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How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser
As head of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Thomas Dans has backed a takeover of Greenland and other items on President Donald Trump’s list. But it’s not always clear where the administration’s ag...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/09/2026
NEW on “Paper Trail”: You may have heard that President Trump did not attend his eldest son’s wedding. But you know who did? A Russian oligarch with close ties to Putin. And he didn’t just attend the wedding — he bankrolled it. 🎧 Listen to how we found out:
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The Russian Benefactor Who Funded Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding
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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 15/09/2026
All of Ed Sheeran’s opening acts and his touring band have dropped out of the remaining dates of his ‘Loop’ tour in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026
Read the full story for more details on the wedding and Kremlev — including his earlier years in a Russian government-backed bike gang called the Night Wolves:
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Gasoline is nearly $10/gallon in the Netherlands, but the difference between them and us is that they've connected their neighborhoods, cities, and regions with multiple options for efficient, accessible, and affordable transportation. The US went cars-for-everything and got us to where we are now.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Excellent, disturbing reporting from Sarah Kliff. Seems like, among other horrifying things, this lawsuit abuser left a placenta in a woman and then charged her twice to remove it.
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Absolutely incredible reporting from @sallyhayd.bsky.social The details of what happened on the boat trip are deeply harrowing, but everyone should read them and understand the reality of what is happening www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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‘It was day 13 or 14 when people started dying’: More than 200 set sail for Europe. Only 36 survived
A harrowing story of death and survival on the Atlantic migration route from west Africa, ‘the deadliest in the world’
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 31/08/2026
I can no longer in good faith recommend anyone to study in the US, or stay stateside for work and further education after completing degree programs they had started during the Biden era. US higher ed is unrecognizable even compared to a year ago when ICE was kidnapping students from their homes
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
this is classic neera in that it’s extremely racist but also substantively incorrect: bin Laden was interviewed repeatedly pre-9/11.
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