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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Only today, during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the stupid man in the Oval Office said he does not expect any moves by the US or China to put guardrails around artificial intelligence. What could possibly go wrong?
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/09/2026
AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...
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Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American Prospect
Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Now that JD Vance is again pretending El-Sayed smeared Usha/Papaw, reupping this: It is absolutely true that JD has compromised with some of the most vile racists in the MAGA coalition. JD hesitated before defending Usha against them. So El-Sayed is 100% correct: newrepublic.com/article/2149...
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driftglass @driftglass.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is why you can't have healthcare. www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigratio…
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ICE plans to buy robot ‘dogs’ for some immigration enforcement operations
The doglike robots are equipped with cameras and sensors that can detect chemicals and would be used in situations that
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 01/09/2026
A federal judge in Texas on Sunday paused a lawsuit seeking to revoke nationwide approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, saying the case won’t be heard until at least Dec. 1 and granting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s request for a stay to continue its safety review of the drug.
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Federal judge pauses case on mifepristone access until after midterm elections • Ohio Capital Journal
A federal judge in Texas on Sunday paused a lawsuit seeking to revoke nationwide approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, saying the case won’t be heard until at least Dec. 1 and granting the U.S.…
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
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batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,
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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I mean, yeah, of course we realize this which is why so many of us are lamenting the loss of physical media. This is precisely why the 'digital future' kinda sucks. I'd be more forgiving if it weren't basically just renting access. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-sa...
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Sony says ‘reasonable consumers’ know they don’t own the digital games they buy | VGC
It’s “not plausible” to suggest people believe they’re “obtaining ownership”…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/08/2026
New in PN: "Suckers & losers" as policy "Trump doesn’t see himself as a public servant. Rather, he sees himself as a king, entitled to the reverence, awe, & lives of everyone he surveys. Servicemembers aboard the USS Lincoln should spend even longer at sea just to prove what a great job he's doing"
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"Suckers and losers" as policy
The plight of the USS Lincoln lays bare Trump's disdain for the troops.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/08/2026
Trey Yingst: "I just got off the phone with President Trump ... the president told Fox News that Iran should raise the white flag of surrender ... the president said that if Oman gets in the way, 'we'll bomb the s**t out of them""
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
‘Not a safe place.’ Aid worker describes conditions in Haiti as Ohioans are forced to return ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/11/n...
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'Not a safe place.' Aid worker describes conditions in Haiti as Ohioans are forced to return • Ohio Capital Journal
A congressman said last month that forcing tens of thousands of Haitians to return to the violence-ravaged country will actually help it. But a humanitarian worker on the ground in the Haiti's…
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The racist anti-Indigenous movement in Canada is lead by pedophiles
Marc Emery posting "having pleasant conversations with voters about Land Acknowledge at the Sechelt Farmers market in front of city hall"marc Emery posting a picture of 14 year old girls with the caption "a gaggle of teenagers and their lovely legs"Marc Emery gave lsd ecstacy to underage girls say ex employeesMarc Emery at 50 flirting with a 17 year old who admired him saying "kisses to you my sweet breasted lady friend your prince Marc xxx
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Trump was impeached in 2019 for attempting to extort Zelensky. After taking office the second time, he sent Scott Bessent (nephew of Rep. John Jenrette who was imprisoned after the FBI's Abscam sting) to do it again.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/08/2026
Sarah Matthews: "There's a way to do immigration enforcement without all this chaos." Scott Jennings: "If people wouldn't interfere with law enforcement there wouldn't be chaos." Matthews: "Then why are masked agents going into communities and terrorizing them?"
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Devon Kay & the Solutions @devonkaysolutions.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Blueskyyyy, right? We still doin this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvDg...
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United States of Whatever - Devon Kay & the Solutions - (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Devon Kay & the Solutions
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The perfect MAGA "self-made man." Mom helped him lie to investors about a drug, giving patients false hope. He cashed out for $260m, and then the stock dropped like a rock. One teacher's union retirement fund lost $1 million. Dude made his fortune on the backs of Alzheimer patients and teachers.
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How Vivek Ramaswamy’s mom manipulated Alzheimer’s data and made her son rich
Vivek Ramaswamy, a billionaire and the Republican nominee in Ohio’s gubernatorial race, served as the frontman for a dubious pharmaceutical company and then cashed out weeks before its dramatic crash.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
personally I think God is probably more in the 'sending the actual pope to tell you you are a sinner' camp than 'glass falls off wall'
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 02/08/2026
wtf kind of framing is this? "Arsonist predicted the town will burn to the ground if he doesn't stop setting houses on fire."
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/08/2026
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
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The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/08/2026
However horrible you think the Tate brothers are, I promise, it's worse than that. It's insane that Dems aren't making a bigger deal of the GOP embracing these grotesque monsters.
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The Tate Brothers' Should Be The Trumps' Second Epstein Scandal
The truth is much worse than most people realize, and they knew a lot of it.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 31/07/2026
"Can you imagine telling Americans that the number one villain during Covid wasn't the virus or the Chinese government — it was Anthony Fauci?" @saletan.bsky.social unpacks the Republicans' biggest lies from their Fauci show trial in the latest edition of Press Pass:
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 31/07/2026
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High school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates
Gaps in laws may help Pennsylvania high school escape AI nudes scandal.
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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 26/07/2026
Sony wants to abandon fans? Let's give them a small taste of their own medicine! Together with other creators we call for a 1 week #PSBlackout in August. No logins, no play sessions, no purchases on any of Sony's platforms.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
for the texas statewide position that regulates oil and gas, dems run a normal candidate. repubs run a guy who says his opponent killed the tsars! and we should be rhodesia now! and native americans are "third world savages" who should be kicked out of the US! www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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A GOP Nominee for Texas Office Keeps Peddling Fascist Ideas
Bo French was once criticized by members of his party for his offensive posts. Now that he’s the nominee for the Railroad Commission, they’re silent.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 21/07/2026
I kinda think it should be a career destroying scandal that the head of DHS (a department that shouldn't exist) is completely hallucinating hordes of drones that didn't exist that DHS didn't shoot down.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/07/2026
Todd Blanche yesterday did not sound like a public servant in a free country. That and more in today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4fs0vyO
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
A federal judge in Washington just blocked the U.S. Postal Service from carrying out changes to its delivery of mail-in ballots — writing that recent policies directed by Trump ran afoul of legal terms the agency accepted more than four years ago to ensure timely delivery of mail ballots.
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Judge Blocks Postal Service From Imposing Restrictions on Mail-In Ballots
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Matthew Snyder @mattsnyder.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The option for physical media was the main reason I’ve stuck it out for almost 30 years. Time to start looking somewhere else. Also, what does this mean for the disc consoles? What do you tell potential new customers now?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
There are dozens of actual far-right extremists in the House GOP caucus, people who have said and done racist, corrupt, crazy things. And you’ve never heard of them. Because the Times and other establishment media outlets have never negatively profiled them like this. The GOP gets a pass.
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Who Is Darializa Avila Chevalier?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/06/2026
The Declaration of Independence signed almost 250 years ago celebrated the freedom from a King. Two and a half centuries later, the American people are trapped under another King, acting like "America 250" aligns with his values.
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Trump’s Affront to the Founding
The president besmirches the highest principles of the Declaration of Independence while embodying the tyrannical rule it sought to overthrow.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/06/2026
I thought the war was over???
Wow! The Senate just changed its vote on Iran from 50-48 against, to 50-47 for. Rand Paul and Bill Cassidy changed. Thank you to Leader John Thune, Lindsey Graham, Bernie Moreno, and all. This vote puts Iran on notice! President DJT
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 24/06/2026
President Donald Trump derailed a housing overhaul that he was set to sign into law Wednesday, canceling a signing ceremony for the broadly popular bipartisan bill until Congress passes an election security measure. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/24/r...
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Trump spikes housing bill at last minute, refusing to sign until SAVE America Act passes • Ohio Capital Journal
President Donald Trump derailed a housing overhaul that he was set to sign into law Wednesday, canceling a signing ceremony for the broadly popular bipartisan bill until Congress passes an election…
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 22/06/2026
🎥 NEW: The DOJ sued 31 states to seize your most sensitive voter data — but they're tallying at zero wins so far. Marc Elias breaks down why Trump's voter data obsession isn't just a PR stunt, but an effort to build a national voter list he can control to decide who gets to vote in 2026👇
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Trump's Voter Data Obsession is More Dangerous Than You Think
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Matthew Snyder @mattsnyder.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Love how a list of members belonging to a secret club that conspires to influence and control society is behind a fucking paywall. Like, I get you need to keep the lights on, but shouldn’t something like this be public knowledge? Fuck this whole timeline.
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NPR @npr.org · 13/06/2026
Through an innovative program, parents in Senegal had easy access to a therapeutic food that's a boon for malnourished kids. Now there are shortages. Health specialists say U.S. aid cuts are to blame.
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A plan to get lifesaving food to hungry kids was working well -- until it wasn't
Through an innovative program, parents in Senegal had easy access to a therapeutic food that's a boon for malnourished kids. Now there are shortages. Health specialists say U.S. aid cuts are to blame.
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Matthew Snyder @mattsnyder.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Why is #Bendy and the Ink Machine for #PS5 broken? This one game has caused my console to repeatedly overheat and crash. I tried emailing the developers about it, but have heard nothing. Yes, my box is clean. No, I don’t have this problem with any other game. Just this one.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Endless corruption: “A group of lawmakers demanded answers from the White House following a ProPublica investigation revealing a top aide to the president intervened to secure a $620 million Pentagon loan to a startup linked to his eldest son.” www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
In consultation with my attorneys, this is my official response to Trump putting me on his enemies list:
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 20/05/2026
Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’ 🎓 Most Talkative: ICQ & Hotmail The beginning of being always reachable…for better or worse. See more of the Class of ’96 ➡️ blog.archive.org/2026/05/07/c... #Classof96
Yearbook-style page labeled "Most Talkative" featuring retro screenshots of ICQ and Hotmail, decorated with doodles, stickers, and speech bubbles; caption notes how ICQ pioneered instant messaging while Hotmail brought free email to the masses.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
From Texas to Virginia to Minneapolis, people at No Kings protests agree: It is probably not great news that The Onion is doing so well right now.
Minnesota sign: "So tired of living in an Onion article."Virginia sign: "So tired of living in an Onion article."Austin, Texas sign: Tired of living in an Onion article.The Onion Should Not = Reality sign
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Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
And, now, we KNOW that it needs to be investigated ASAP.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Donald Trump letting you know how the authoritarian capture of the media is going, in case you missed it. Unlike other authoritarians in places like Hungary and Poland he has no worries about advertising his authoritarian take over of the media.
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Matthew Snyder @mattsnyder.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The fate of Dogday still upsets me.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Senior DHS officials double down on arresting and detaining refugees in new memo. Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.
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Exclusive: Senior DHS officials double down on arresting and detaining refugees in new memo
Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/02/2026
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
AXIOS: “The Trump administration is closer to a major war in the Middle East than most Americans realize. It could begin very soon.” Is Iran in the Epstein files? www.axios.com/2026/02/18/i...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
New reporting by Democracy Docket suggests that Patriot Grassroots’ canvassers also crossed a line in Missouri, where volunteers gathering signatures to put a GOP-backed gerrymander to a statewide vote said they were harassed by out-of-state paid agitators. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Missouri volunteers say they were harassed by paid GOP canvassers. It’s likely the same group accused of forging signatures in Utah
“They were like, ‘Actually, no. We’re here to stop you from getting signatures.’”
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One Liberal Citizen @onelibcitizen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Fact check true 👇🏽
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