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season of the bitch @m01r4.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

strongly believe leo should excommunicate vance + court members for even countenancing the firing squad stuff.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

democrats, literally the only thing you should be talking about for the next 3 days is donald trump lying about being a 9/11 hero. i dont care if the question is about the economy or gas prices or about how sexually attractive you are, you steer that answer to trump lying about being a 9/11 hero

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Donald Trump did NOTHING for New York after 9/11. He was never at Ground Zero. He sent no construction crews. And there's no evidence he donated a single penny to help As we mourned our family, our friends, our city, Trump's only "contribution" was to brag that he had the tallest building downtown

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It's a pretty big fucking problem that no one can say for sure whether the President of the United States knows this is AI

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Good morning. Trans people and immigrants aren’t why your grocery bills are high, your gas is expensive, and you don’t have universal health care. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to figure out the real reason, and vote for those who actually want to fix it. 🇺🇸

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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

again i am just not that interested in debating whether human rights should theoretically extend to robots and ai when we currently don't even extend them to all humans

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 11/08/2026

🧵 Nearly half of recorded history lives on fragile 78rpm discs. 🎙️🎶 From music & comedy to speeches & firsthand accounts of world events, these recordings shaped what future generations could know about the past. 📚 Read “On 78s” by George Blood in VANISHING CULTURE 🔗 archive.org/details/vani...

Greenish-black graphic quoting George Blood, Audio Preservation Expert, for the Vanishing Culture series, with the question "Why preserve 78rpm recordings?" and the quote "78rpm discs were the way we learned about each other and entertained the world."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026

My takeaway from that speech is that we are headed down the road of Trump trying to outright rig elections. It probably won't work, but he's going for it.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 17/07/2026

Rather than repeating debunked election conspiracy theories, in a better world, a President would be addressing... this:

Air Quality index:
747 Chicaco
678 Aurora, Colo.
534 Toledo, Ohio

Heat Index
Dangerous: Jacksonville, Fla
Dangerous: Phoenix
Extreme caution: New York

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/07/2026

To every New Yorker: this rule is not yet in effect. The earliest it could take effect is Sept. 18, 2026. New York City will use every tool at our disposal to fight this attack on immigrant families and the communities that make our city the greatest on earth.

CBS Headline reads: DHS could weigh immigrants’ use of Medicaid, food and housing help in green card decisions

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Any book about Trump that describes him as "unconstrained" or "norm-breaking" is a coverup. Any honest account from "inside the presidency" would report that he is deranged, dysfunctional, flighty, ignorant, bigoted, and a sociopath. The big question it could answer is: Is he lying or is he deluded?

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

As the government raids “antifa groups” in Minneapolis with the SAME charges levied against myself and the rest of the Broadview Six, we need to be asking how they got this indictment. And as charges (hopefully) get dropped, we must remember the process is the punishment.

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

God, please do the funniest thing ever

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/06/2026

WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged "You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her" "I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Happy Pride, Y’all. The DC Circuit has just enjoined Pete Hegseth from enforcing his anti-trans policy. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Proposed NDA language goes well beyond draft regs. NDA unconstitutionally tries to bind federal employees from disclosing any info post-employment. This goes against existing & well-settled case law. No one should sign. And we will sue to protect 1st Amendment rights.

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Mark Tavern @marktavern.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

So he’s fencing intellectual property.

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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Make this make sense. This seems to be the definition of white privilege and entitlement.

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David Seligman for Colorado Attorney General @seligmanforag.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I’m calling on the General Assembly to vote to reconvene for special session to impeach or censure the Governor. Governor Polis commuted Tina Peters’ sentence after the legislative session, likely in an effort to avoid accountability for misconduct. The people of Colorado demand accountability.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

This is insanity: Trump's DOJ is about to "settle" his lawsuit against the IRS by creating a $1.7 billion slush fund to pay off victims of Biden "weaponization." I talked to Jamie Raskin about this. It's even more corrupt than it first appears. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2105...

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Trump’s $10 Billion Shakedown of IRS Takes Unnervingly Corrupt Turn

The president’s “settlement” with the IRS appears set to give him a slush fund of $1.7 billion to dole out to allies. How unconstitutional is it? Jamie Raskin counts the ways.

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Mark Tavern @marktavern.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Wait until the temper tantrum where they push ALL of them.

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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

This would constitute one of the most brazen, most appalling acts of corruption in U.S. history. I know we’re numb to all of this but this is a seven-alarm fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...

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Justice Dept. Officials Consider Settling Trump Suit Against I.R.S.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 12/05/2026

The Confederacy rises again.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This is dead on. If the Democrats retake the House and Senate--or even just the House--it could mark the beginning of the end of a 50-year Republican project. If they can't? The GOP will spend the next 2 years destroying all remaining guardrails. Most important midterms of our lives, no question.

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Mark Tavern @marktavern.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

And it was absolutely amazing to hear his version because it cut through that put-on schlockiness. The power of hearing a songwriter perform their own work!

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Mark Tavern @marktavern.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

For me January 12, 2024. And your analysis is spot-on. It is thought of as a schlocky, but I think that misses the underlying message about who the “gambler” was. And it’s that character-driven narrative that makes it so good, in a way that is a credit to Schlitz’s quiet songwriting prowess.

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Mark Tavern @marktavern.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Got to see Don sing The Gambler at Opry at the Ryman only a couple years ago. Chills.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

But the Pope is weak on crime.

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Mark Tavern @marktavern.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Why do we have to continually ask “wait, what did the president do?”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

$2 million per ship — to cross a Strait that was free six weeks ago. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/w...

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

AOC: “This is a threat of genocide & merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing & cannot be trusted. To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., attends a news conference in the U.S. Capitol. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

We pack a handful of folks into a tin can loaded with explosives. The computers are running Windows and the toilet is malfunctioning. We hurl them at a distant rock. Everything about where they are is deadly. And it is sublimely beautiful, one of the greatest things we’ve done as a species. #Artemis

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Mark Tavern @marktavern.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The National at Mercury Lounge. Was tipped by a kid I worked with who wanted to pitch them to be signed. Big miss on my part.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2026

Mark Jacob on how the press ignores the biggest Trump story: “The president of the United States is clearly mentally unfit for office."

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Mark Jacob on how the press ignores the biggest Trump story

"The president of the United States is clearly mentally unfit for office."

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain. Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow. #NoKings

An image of a list of the 27 grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 20 of them in whole or in part, condensed into the list below:
1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation …
3. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people.
4. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; … obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners …
5. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice …
6. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices …
7. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
8. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
9. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
10. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution … giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
11. For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
12. For protecting them … from punishment for any Murders which they should commit …
13. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
14. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
15. For depriving us … of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
16. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
17. For … abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
18. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
19. He has … destroyed the lives of our people.
20. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us …

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

mind-boggling to me that i still have yet to see a single democrat utter the phrase “every republican president of your lifetime has destroyed the economy and started a war”

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Caroline Baxter @convergingriskslab.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Education and Training for three years before the office was disestablished last year. I owned the policy on professional military education for all five services. I have listened to Secretary Hegseth's announcement. I have thoughts. 🧵

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/03/2026

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account

Original tweet from @EndWokeness - “less than 25 years apart”
Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001
Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar at city hall

Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - “the enemy is inside the gates.”

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors
or surrender accepted;
(2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such
that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted;
(3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable
ability to accept surrender would exist;
(4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate
forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and
(5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I don't care that Kash Patel somehow wormed his way into the US Men's hockey team's locker room celebration. I care that this ridiculous person is the director of the FBI and had lied to Congress about Trump, Epstein, and all global elites he has been corruptly paid to run interference for.

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Dean Haddix @doctoreon.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

“Hanging that banner should put to rest any doubt that Donald Trump has hijacked the independence of the Justice Department. He — not the American people — is the only client DOJ’s current leadership serves.”

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