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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 2h
It is now widely understood that AI is an industrial tool directed primarily to create profit for digital corporations and their shareholders, not altruistically to augment human intelligence, nor to ease the burden of production.
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AI as War, Surveillance, and Environmental Disaster
The creators of AI are so enamored of their products that they have lost sight of their responsibility to insist upon the ethical, moral, and environmentally sound use of all applications and ends.
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 2h
Yes, WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST is basically the same as Radical ISLAM. 🤬😈
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2h
Are Kimberly Guilfoyle’s days as the US ambassador to Greece numbered?
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Kimberly Guilfoyle's grifting scandal keeps getting worse
Trump's ice-cold response to the "honey" packed corruption allegations is pretty telling.
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 2h
Ukraine got rid of the MAGA Bots & the Misinformation Bots when they hit a data center in Russia. So Russia was behind most of the garbage that was being spread on the Internet about the Democrats.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 2h
New York ICE Shooting Illustrates  Deliberate Policy of Harm and Medical Neglect | It is not normal for a democratic nation to institute this level of warfare against its own people.
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New York ICE Shooting Illustrates  Deliberate Policy of Harm and Medical Neglect
It is not normal for a democratic nation to institute this level of warfare against its own people.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 09/10/2026
If you praise the Confederacy, everyone knows what you're doing. If you praise Rhodesia, though, you still get that little frisson of naughtiness, the little tingle of rebelliousness that can power you through the drudgery of your eight-hour shift at your dad's car dealership.
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How a defunct white supremacist state became a cult favorite on the Right
From battleground candidates to Elon Musk, Republicans can't stop posting wistfully about Rhodesia.
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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I wrote about Christa Pike, and the urgency of our mandate to dismantle the prison-industrial complex and grow the world we need. Let's push ourselves to imagine and build the life-affirming vision that abolishes death penalties of all kinds. truthout.org/articles/we-...
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We Must Move Beyond the Era of State-Sponsored, State-Celebrated Murder
Let’s build a world in which the torture of Christa Pike — or anyone — is unthinkable.
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 1h
This is where I'm from. I'm so glad that I don't live there anymore. This is MAGA Country, so most people in the area are ok with this. Back in the 80s, KKK was big in the southern part of the county.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 20h
this kind of civic celebration of official violence seems designed to implicate as many people as possible in the crimes of the state, which prepares the ground for more violence
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h
I mean, what more reason do they need? Light this asshole up
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h
X is the platform of choice for these smears. Musk himself pushed this conspiracy from his own account three times. Democrats need to go to war against Musk because he's already attacking them. He's deeply unpopular. And, as we saw in Wisconsin, voters recoil when he becomes an issue in a race.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2h
Talking about the push to livestream an execution, a guy on MSNOW said: "This is not who we are." But this is *exactly* who we are right now. If you don't want to be this, vote against all Republicans and ask your family and friends to do the same.
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Anne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social · 2h
The "revolving door" becomes a golden escalator. Excellent investigation from @washingtonpost.com about grifty DOGE veterans becoming fat cat government contractors. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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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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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2h
"Elon Musk has quietly funneled more than $276 million into Republican groups and his super PAC since the start of July, building a huge turnout operation to help the party battle headwinds in the midterm elections."
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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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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Where Are the Iran War Protests?
Trump’s war with Iran is deeply unpopular, but a mass movement for peace hasn’t materialized. Still, efforts to resist are alive and well.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Pete Hegseth’s Military of the Future: Defined by AI and an Utter Lack of Oversight theintercept.com/2026/10/08/h...
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Pete Hegseth’s Military of the Future: Defined by AI and an Utter Lack of Oversight
In announcing Project Meridian and a new Autonomous Warfare Command, War Secretary Pete Hegseth is inviting conflicts of interest.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 3h
It is hilarious how a fake Talarico story promoted by the prediction markets revealed how much garbage information prediction markets provide
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 2h
Trump Wanted Minneapolis 15 Case to Be Another Prairieland. Instead, Twin Cities Rallied Behind Anti-ICE Activists. theintercept.com/2026/10/12/m...
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Trump Wanted Minneapolis 15 Case to Be Another Prairieland. Instead, Twin Cities Rallied Behind Anti-ICE Activists.
The mainstream of Minnesota’s left-of-center politics — including unions, the backbone of Democratic power — are behind the Minneapolis 15.
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Amy B @abbarsha.bsky.social · 2h
Regardless of what Trump says, him needing to buy Russian oil is a good sign that he's losing the war with Iran.
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 16h
#Maine You have a chance to trade up this election. A truly decent, working class guy, or Corrupt Collins-that’s your choice. If you want better, you have to vote for people that will work for you, not for Trump, or for wealthy donors. Choose integrity. Choose Troy Jackson. #ProudBlue #Pinks
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slongx.bsky.social @slongx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Two FBI counterterrorism officials determined that allegedly harassing calls to Stephen Miller’s wife did not warrant a terrorism investigation. Trump’s FBI ousted them for putting the law before loyalty to Trump and his people. #PayToPlayPresident
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 15h
This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 7h
There is, writes @davidfrum.bsky.social, an "implicit quid pro quo in these lucrative deals offered to Trump’s family and friends: If you compel Ukraine to surrender, we will enrich you beyond reckoning" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin
The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 3h
By the time the European fascisms of the previous century were fully recognized, it was already to late.
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It Has a Name: Fascism
Fascism must be recognized and called by name. Meaning in the headlines. Regarding it simply as a weakening of democracy, as so many are quick to concede, is a recipe for doing nothing.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 4h
While people are talking X, let me talk about X OFF. Two big ideas: 1. Get everyone possible off of X, especially for the news (at least) until every vote is counted 2. Tell your elected reps and candidates to stop sending people there and go X last (at least)
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X OFF
Until every vote is counted, get your news somewhere other than X, and ask the people running for office to publish it somewhere else too.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h
Every single word of this thread:
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 11h
Darline is dum(b).
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slongx.bsky.social @slongx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump waited until days before the fiscal year ended to cancel $810 million Congress approved, a pocket rescission the GAO has already said the law doesn’t allow. The same week, taxpayers were paying for Trump TV ads. Funny how his priorities get the money. #PayToPlayPresident
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 16h
What ever happened to the pursuit of happiness? It requires a stable government and a stable society. We don’t have that in the US right now, but other places in the world remind us that it is possible.
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 15h
The silver lining of Trump’s relentless attempts to rig the midterms booker4ky.substack.com/p/the-fate-o...
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The silver lining of Trump’s relentless attempts to rig the midterms
We can take back the Senate, rebuild our democracy, and fight Trump’s agenda.
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 15h
I am watching Darline Graham lie through her teeth right out of the gate. Check how she votes! She added her name to bills already written. She has never voted to stop spending or the insanity from the White House. #WeKnowThemByTheirVotes
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manahatta.bsky.social @manahatta.bsky.social · 15h
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Opinion | Fill the government with barbarians, you get barbaric government
Pete Hegseth wants to morally instruct America with a public execution? The proper response is revulsion.
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manahatta.bsky.social @manahatta.bsky.social · 15h
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Opinion | Fill the government with barbarians, you get barbaric government
Pete Hegseth wants to morally instruct America with a public execution? The proper response is revulsion.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Darline Graham's cowardly response to Trump's anti-trans slur: "It’s probably not something that I would have said, not the way that I would have put it, but..."
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Darline Graham responds to Trump’s anti-transgender slur post
While sitting down with WYFF News 4, Sen. Darline Graham commented on an anti-transgender slur posted Monday by President Donald Trump.
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yes, we were at war with Afghanistan for twenty years & as soon we pulled out it went back to the way it was before the war, because of the Convicted FElon in his first term with his crazy peace deal that released all the Taliban prisoners, which took control as soon as we left. "It's Biden's fault"
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Republican super PACs are flooding the airwaves in once-safe states, and pulling down ads for races that look like lost causes. Trump, his approval ratings near record lows, is popping up in some of America's reddest states.
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Axios AM - 1 big thing: GOP's brutal triage
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#GoodTrouble in TX
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
'He’s Not Making Sense’: How Trump Has Alienated Voters for the G.O.P. Signs are emerging that dispirited Republican voters may stay home in November, bringing a Democratic surge without many conversions.
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‘He’s Not Making Sense’: How Trump Has Alienated Voters for the G.O.P. (Gift Article)
Signs are emerging that dispirited Republican voters may stay home in November, bringing a Democratic surge without many conversions.
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manahatta.bsky.social @manahatta.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel (Gift Article)
A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.
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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From Houston to Dallas to Austin to San Antonio, a humble headline suggestion for Texas news media covering Trump's support of Ken Paxton.
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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 07/10/2026
“I should not have had that 5th Tanqueray last night…”
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
He is a real American Hero for justice.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/10/2026
From @theathletic.com: Victor Wembanyama said "absolutely not" when asked whether he would be interested in an endorsement deal with sports betting or prediction brands. "He is setting a standard higher than his 9-foot-7 standing reach," our columnist writes.
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The weight of Victor Wembanyama saying ‘no’
It isn't virtue signaling when a superstar resists betting endorsements. It's damn near a public service. But there's always an audit.
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So the ICE FUCKS, who created kaos in Texas, moved to San Diego. One of the cities that the Convicted FElon wants to destroy by Iran.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Trump says he has a call set up today with Putin for his birthday
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is exactly what this Regime is doing with Project 2025 & the Convicted FElon's executive orders.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/10/2026
As always with Rs, the sense is not so much that they deny the physical phenomenon of climate change as the presence or absence of the phenomenon simply never enters their thinking. They interact with it *purely* as a partisan matter, something libs care about. No awareness of a world beyond.
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