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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 13h
Fun facts: Chris Rufo’s grandmother was an Italian immigrant who, I’ve heard from a reliable source, never learned to speak English fluently. Rufo’s wife meanwhile is an immigrant from Thailand. And the director of the Manhattan Institute who employs him? The son of Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh
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Fall colors
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Sunset with rabbit
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc...
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Underestimate @RahmEmanuel at your own risk.
He knows how to win. He knows how to fight.
And he knows how to message.
And no one will out work him. Regardless of whether he wins the Democratic nomination in 2028 he will make an impact on the race. You can be sure of that. Don't take your eyes off of him. At the minimum, learn from him.
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is obscene. ctmirror.org/2026/09/27/t...
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They served their time in prison. Then the bills arrived.
Hundreds of CT residents have had money seized through a law that allows the state to charge a fee for every day a person spends in prison.
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BanmarNJ @banmarnj.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ICE making propaganda film about the murder of Renee Good in Livingston, Montana www.tiktok.com/t/ZTySPERU3/
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.
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Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 20/09/2026
The days are so much shorter now…
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Still holds up today #MontyPython1975 IG: @thecinevoidclub www.instagram.com/thecinevoidc...
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Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 18/09/2026
No too many "front porch" days left for the rabbit (or us) this fall.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
PISTORIUS: Today I've decided to deliver urgently needed PAC-2 interceptors, AIM-9 air to air missiles and IRIS-T air defense systems from Bundeswehr stocks to Ukraine. These missiles are being delivered as we speak and will strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses before winter comes.
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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I need some real solidarity. On Friday, I published this article about why Zuckerberg should resign. It’s being throttled on Meta products and I’ve had several attempts to hijack my fb acct. Please repost this article, esp on your Meta accounts. #ZuckMustGo www.theguardian.com/technology/c...
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It’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta | Joan Donovan
The CEO is the throughline in a history of billion-dollar blunders that have caused real harm, culminating in last week’s settlement
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Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 06/09/2026
26 seconds of Long-billed Curlews (Numenius americanus) calling as an evening storm moves in.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 04/09/2026
What a horrific thing for our commander in chief to say about people who sacrificed their lives for our country.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Haha, a more fitting logo for Google.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Republican governor of Wyoming has asked the state attorney general to "start looking into" the conduct of Trump Justice Department election observers deployed to the state for last week's primary election — calling the behavior of observers "aggressive" and "irregular."
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Wyoming Governor Asks State Attorney General to Investigate DOJ Election Observers
Republican Gov. Mark Gordon called the observers’ conduct during last week’s primary ‘aggressive’ and ‘irregular.’
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
NEW: You don't see this everyday. Wyoming GOP voters rejected a ton of Republicans who wanted to crack down on voting. They ousted nearly all members of House Elections Committee, incubator of new restrictions. And: SoS primary was won by a man who rejects fraud claims + defends election workers.
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Wyoming Voters Oust GOP Faction that Wants to Crack Down on Elections  - Bolts
In a break with the Trump era, the winner of the secretary of state primary strongly defends election systems, and the far-right Freedom Caucus lost a lot of ground in the legislature.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/08/2026
This girl I used to waitress with in Austin, we moved to New York together in 2003 on a literal Greyhound bus. Shared a fifth floor walk-up studio that, when it rained, had more leaks in the ceiling than we had pots and pans. We used to get drunk and smoke off the fire escape and do “sad-offs.”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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mikespies.bsky.social @mikespies.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
My new story, about profiting from gun suicide: www.thetrace.org/2026/07/gun-... Published in partnership with @thetrace.org and @newyorker.com
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Parting Shot
Stormy Kay was born in 1961, when her parents were young newlyweds, unprepared and thrust into adulthood. Stormy’s mother cut meat at a grocery store and taught classes at a beauty school, and her fat...
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
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Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 24/07/2026
Just had a verbal (and friendly) skirmish at my front door with two Mormons on mission. They left disappointed: they just couldn't believe me that 1) people can be good and ethical and generous without being part of an established religion, and 2) their religion and calling was their own choice.
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Trump prosecutors surrender on NYT reporter probe: “The subpoenas issued by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton on July ​10 are the latest instance of the Trump administration seeking to force journalists to divulge their sources.” Via Reuters
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US prosecutors to drop New York Times subpoenas over Trump plane reporting
Donald Trump's Justice ‌Department will withdraw subpoenas issued to New York Times' journalists who reported on security concerns about the president flying on a Qatari-donated Air Force One, a prose...
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Bend the knee and you agreed to lose. Fight and you win. Always punch the bullies in the nose. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...
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Trump Administration Drops Subpoena Demanding List of Jews From Penn (Gift Article)
For more than a year, the Trump administration pressed the university for records about antisemitism complaints and a list of campus groups involved with Judaism.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Google has been deleting the reviews of ICE detention centers on Google Maps, according to a new study. The study found Google deleted reviews from dozens of ICE prisons, then blocked users from writing new ones. DHS says ICE never requested that Google do this. theintercept.com/2026/07/20/g...
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Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers
In the past year, Google Maps was deleting all the reviews for dozens of ICE jails, a new study found.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
BREAKING: A judge just BLOCKED the $110B Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros Discovery merger with a TRO — after 12 state AGs filed an emergency request The Ellisons wanted to rush this closed before a court could see the evidence, now the case gets decided on the merits #blockthemerger -TN
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
it actually brings me great pleasure to know that billionaires are so afraid of journalists that they’re trying to build whole new systems for justice to diminish our power. despite corporate consolidation, we continue to do something they can’t fully buy and it drives them mad. stay mad, assholes.
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A Peter Thiel-Backed Tribunal Is Putting Journalists on Trial. I’m Its First Target
The billionaire has reteamed with the legal strategist who helped him bring down Gawker to start an AI-powered appeals court for the rich and aggrieved.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Can you imagine if right wing media here in the U.S. ever had to do this?
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Alfred E. Neuman ( MAD Magazine ) @alfreds-mad-world.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Mitch McConnell Comics #madmagazine
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/07/2026
CEO Reveals How He Used AI To Build One-Person Company That's $1.3 Billion In Debt
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Danny Miller @danielmilleresq.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is so powerful. Inspired by the March of a Thousand Robes in Poland, retired and sitting judges in the United States walked down the streets of Columbus, Ohio to stand up for the Rule of Law. #JusticeinMotion
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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 08/07/2026
"They just want to turn it off." A fascinating story of the librarians who have started teaching classes showing people how to remove AI "features" from their phones and apps. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/m...
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These Maine librarians are helping patrons resist AI and Big Tech
Despite breathless reporting on how AI is going to change the world, Hannah Cyrus, a Bangor librarian, said that, in her experience, most library patrons aren’t finding it helpful.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/07/2026
RESPECT Every politician should be doing this. Mayor Coffman has spent every Friday night since February sleeping at Aurora, Colorado’s homeless center, serving breakfast in the morning, and learning firsthand what works and what doesn’t.
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Anthony's Spinning Circles here too! @circlesspinning.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Maga taking shelter in the National Museum of African-American History And Culture!
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
People who are unfamiliar with the UCMJ may not realize that for an active duty major to do this in uniform, the consequence can be court martial and incarceration. All of it is prohibited, but the wearing of the uniform was an intentional choice, and a likely forfeit of both his career and freedom.
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US service member arrested at Capitol after calling for Trump’s impeachment | CNN Politics
A US Air Force major was arrested on the steps of the US Capitol on Wednesday after delivering a speech calling for the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
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Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 02/07/2026
Good to see some people have scruples variety.com/2026/biz/new...
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‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Pulled Out of AI Ad Despite Offer to Make a ‘Nice Pile of Money’: ‘I Can’t Be the Poster Boy for AI’
Weird Al Yankovic revealed he was offered “a nice pile of money” to appear in a commercial but backed out after realizing it would involve AI.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
If there was any doubt that Gov Jared Polis’ legacy is freeing Tina Peters, the NYT reports Polis just fired the clemency board members who revealed he overruled their unanimous wishes www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...
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Colorado Governor Fires Officials Who Opposed Freeing Election Denier
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 01/07/2026
It's Trump's fucking fault, in case you had any doubt.
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Wrighty @wrightsnake.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Nice thing to see on my way home.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
So I just got a statement from California AG Bonta's office: "Paramount/Warner Bros is not a done deal. These two Hollywood titans have not cleared regulatory scrutiny — the California Department of Justice has an open investigation, and we intend to be vigorous in our review"
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Sean Burns @splicedpersonality.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
This is from THE CATO INSTITUTE, people. A right-wing think tank. www.cato.org/commentary/e...
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To End Abuses, Eliminate ICE and Give the Money to Police
Abolishing ICE would not end all deportations. But it would make them much more dependent on state and local cooperation, which would be a particular boon to “sanctuary” jurisdictions like Boston.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This is precisely what polling places were like for part of the 19th century. People often traveled long distances by horse to vote. It was a big deal when folks got together this way.
Painting of a crowded busy polling place in 1852.  “The County Election,” by George Caleb Bingham.
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