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Marisa Kabas

@marisakabas.bsky.social
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independent journalist, thehandbasket.co email: marisa@thehandbasket.co signal: marisakabas.04

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I attempted to put words to what's been going on in my life:
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My miscarriage
A personal update from Marisa.
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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 4h
One of the reasons I continue to do long form content when I can is to give time and space to unpack things I read, watch, play, and otherwise do. Some of us still appreciate when people take their time and I try to hold steady with that myself despite the pressure to condense.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4h
i’ve noticed recently that when i’m having an in-person conversation, i feel this internal pressure to make my point faster/a perception that the other person is growing impatient. and i realized it’s because we’re so used to getting info in quick clips now that a longer explanation feels foreign.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5h
these little freaks love playing dress up
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h
the idea that rufo has, at any point in his public career, been a sincere advocate for “colorblind meritocracy” is brain dead
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
karl rove, handbasket reader?
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Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 02/10/2026
How much does it cost to get more information about a cop who punched someone in the face? If you guessed anything lower than $2.5 million, you’d be wrong — at least according to the city of Eugene, Oregon. buff.ly/AlxYU8S
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
robert kraft screaming, crying, throwing up
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
i was asking a genuine question. not sure what the issue is. brave to turn off your replies tho.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I have never heard of any newsrooms with alarming practices like those described in this thread. If you have, I’d like to hear from you. Contact in bio.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
this reveals SO MUCH about legacy media
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
last night at dinner we were talking about how much tracey sucks and the server overheard and was like are you talking about michael tracey? that guy fucking sucks, and it was very satisfying
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Scoop: Podcaster Benny Johnson is being sued for defamation over his ICE ride-along videos calling protesters "terrorists." www.ms.now/news/benny-j...
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MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’
Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media.
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illumi @yallchemist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
lol one of our website designers used our organization's entire monthly claude credits yesterday and now half the company doesn't know how to do their jobs. it's october 2nd.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
we are so back
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Senator Heidi Campbell @campbell4tn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
spooky szn for real
james carville walking by earlier. or maybe the ghost of james carville. or maybe they’re one and the same.
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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Christa Pike’s attorneys said she was alive and in critical condition at a Nashville hospital Thursday afternoon, less than 24 hours after she survived the state of Tennessee’s attempt to execute her. nashvillebanner.com/2026/10/01/c...
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Christa Pike survives botched Tennessee execution attempt - Nashville Banner
Christa Pike survives a botched execution attempt in Tennessee; lawyers report she is in critical condition and are unsure of her prognosis.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
offline for most of the day interacting with humans IRL, no important news can happen, thanks in advance
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 01/10/2026
THEY'RE DEPORTING AN ISRAELI HASID FOR BEING ANTI-ZIONIST
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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I got back home a bit ago from Tennessee's execution of Christa Pike. We sat in the witness room for nearly 2 and a half hours as she received two rounds of pentobarbital. She was taken away in an ambulance shortly after that and I can't say for sure if she is dead or alive at this moment.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
abolish the death penalty
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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The tortuous, botched execution of Christa Pike is truly horrifying. And while it feels unique in some ways, in reality it is also only the latest in a history of botched executions going back years — YEARS — in numerous states. Please know: this is the reality of the death penalty in this country.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's hard to fathom that, let alone be OK with the fact that, the six people who allowed tonight to happen will start hearing cases next week, the outcome of which will affect us all.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
one time in my 20s i was passing through another city and crashed with a guy i knew who was in love with my friend so thought it was safe. but he made an advance and i said no, so he started arguing with me. i didnt sleep a wink that night and stared from the couch at the kitchen knife on the wall.
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Double Sided Media @doublesidedmedia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW from DSM: Today we come to you with the absurd news that the Eugene Police Department wants us to pay more than $2.6 million for two records requests. Our editorial ⤵
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EDITORIAL: The Eugene Police Wants DSM To Pay $2.6 Million for Records
Yes. You, dear reader, read the headline correctly. The Eugene Police Department has invoiced Double Sided Media for more than $2.6 million to fulfill two public records requests.  The grand t…
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
i’ve been in cambridge for literally 10 minutes and already saw elizabeth warren’s husband and her dog
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
extraordinary written and visual reporting.
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How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank
Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 30/09/2026
This is obviously disgusting in so many ways. Gonna highlight one: Servicemember beard exemptions are all on religious or medical grounds. They're either Sikhs (mostly South Asian) or have a skin condition related to shaving curly hair (mostly African American). "No beardos" is racist as hell.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
oh my god shut the fuck UP
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 30/09/2026
cry harder you drunk *HEGSETH: ANTI-AMERICAN, TREASONOUS US MEDIA UNDERMINES TROOPS
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
the only thing worse than a dumbass is an unrepentant one
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thank you @ilhanmn.bsky.social ♥️
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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 30/09/2026
A friend of mine was raped by football players at one of our college’s frat house in 1998. She went through the internal system, which exonerated the men and accused and blamed her. We wanted her to bring charges and a court case… but she was so broken by then. She dropped out. Burn it all down.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
especially if you work at the FBI
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The judges said they want to review whether her allegations of sexual abuse and rape as a child were fully considered before she was sentenced to death."
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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
remember how michael tracey (human worm) reacted when graham platner was found out? @marisakabas.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social and i remember! it was fucking disgusting
Michael Tracey @mtracey

Good luck being a heterosexual male Democratic candidate anymore with even a whiff of anything but the most pristine romantic/dating history, because wherever you might fall on the party's ideological spectrum, the minute you hit national notoriety, the knives are coming out hard
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One weird trick for getting Democrats to take bold, decisive action: Manufacture a sex crime

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Everyone must accept that American political affairs will be fundamentally dictated by a constant parade of rape claims — always and everywhere, rape rape rape — but also, you must not ever think too critically about it, or you will be declared as complicit in the constant raping
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The defenestration of Platner is one for the ages.
Received the highest Dem primary vote in Maine history less than a month ago. Then, BOOM: skeevy PR operatives get everyone to scream RAPE!!!! — and switch off their brains — and now Party chieftains get to pick their own nominee
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A fuckup so dumb even NYT homepage/headline writers have no choice but to describe it accurately
As Jack Smith Testifies, a Senator’s Accusation of Perjury Falters

A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
especially if you work at the FBI
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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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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
!!!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
you have to understand that all ICE does is lie literally 100% of the time
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning. Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
if you know anything about senator schmitt's monumental fuck up in the jack smith hearing, i implore you to reach out. can be anonymous. signal: marisakabas.04 email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid
senator schmitt and his two idiot staffers after making a generational fuck up
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this seems extremely plausible. some claude-pilled 22 year old on his staff was probably like “NAILED IT”
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
oh my fucking god, you have to watch this. eric schmitt just made himself the main character.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 29/09/2026
UPDATE: ICE says it bought four robot dogs for $1.3 million in part for cross-border tunnel operations. It also says the robots will help tactical teams, listen for movement inside buildings, and look on top of closets and bunk beds.
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ICE buys $1.3 million in robot dogs from Connecticut company
The agency bought the robots without seeking competing bids, and chose a version built to detect chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards.
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Dr. Sandwich, PhD @drsandwich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hi @marisakabas.bsky.social I found the street where Tom Homan lives
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