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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 5h
This is also countless college newsrooms across the country. Go to any major college newsroom and it’s young ladies leading the paper.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 3h
In light of the news of Tennessee’s botched execution tonight, revisiting my colleague @laurengill.bsky.social’s piece on witnessing Alabama attempt to experiment with execution methods to kill a man. boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
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“Agony” and “Suffering” as Alabama Experiments with Nitrogen Executions - Bolts
Alabama said Alan Miller’s execution by lethal gas would be “more humane.” He writhed and gasped for air in his final moments.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h
Q: “Wherever you go you are the Attorney General…” Blanche: “That’s not what the law says…I’m allowed to go and support administrative priorities in my personal capacity.”
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 14h
Update on this: ICE took down these reviews, which they initially posted. The site where they were now just says "not found." But @prospect.org downloaded the files when they were first available, and you can read them at our story.
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Roxanne Darling 🌱 @roxannedarling.bsky.social · 15h
He seems captured by something, I don’t know who or what. My calls to his office and repeated sharing of facts make no difference. I also blame his staff. They are not up to the task. @heinrich.senate.gov
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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
7. This permitting deal is far worse than prior permitting reform deals. It is a capitulation to the demands of the aligned AI tech, energy, and finance industries. And in so doing, it is a betrayal of people & place. More to come.
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MB @mblaber.bsky.social · 22h
Why @heinrich.senate.gov thinks he should sell out our future when we’re so close to restoring a Congress that doesn’t require tragic compromises, I cannot fathom.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the Midterms
See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress.
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Ben Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Ever since we’ve posted the secondary coverage as well as the editorial, there’s been an absolute outpour of similar stories hitting my inbox and the sexual-misconduct tip line.”
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Auntie Smithbrainz @smithbrainz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
DAMN. I want whatever McSweeny's is having. 10/10, no notes.
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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The same question we ask every time this permitting reform bill refuses to die. The bad faith framing of this gets WORSE every year and yet, we are here once again. The reaction to bad faith stoppage of clean energy has been simply to allow it as a bargaining chip? EXCUSE ME? Just infuriating.
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Ryan Oehrli @oehrli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
County election board members across North Carolina have promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election and the Jan. 6 riot. More here in my latest story:
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Some county election officials in NC promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 outcome and the Jan. 6 riot
Local election board members across North Carolina have promoted conspiracy theories, including the lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from President Donald Trump. Some who shared fals...
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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 28/09/2026
Quite a clip here of the candidates in hotly contested #NC11 being asked whether GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards should resign, from Reuben Jones at Spectrum News. Dem Jamie Ager swiftly says yes. Republican Jennifer Balkcom pauses for 13 seconds before saying, "I'm not sure." x.com/ReubenJones1...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The mayoral race has all the headlines, but one of the starkest choices for Angelenos is further downballot: the race for city attorney. From enforcing tenants' rights to policing homelessness, this office matters matters on all sorts of things. Learn more in our new Bolts reporting!
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The Most Overlooked But Wide-Reaching Office on the Los Angeles Ballot - Bolts
In June, when Hydee Feldstein Soto became the first Los Angeles city attorney to lose a primary reelection race in nearly 100 years, her ouster put the spotlight on an... Read More
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ashley (ravens 2-1) 🌹 @clearlyashley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Andy Beshear forever, man
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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"it's not really "odd" it was totally predictable. Trump's chief of staff from his first term publicly condemned him and and warned that he was an unstable fascist in the run-up to the election but your newspaper ran the story about it on A14" bsky.app/profile/mtsw...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“From Bordeaux to Paris, via Rennes in Brittany and Die in the southeast, thousands – 120,000, according to organizers – turned out ‘for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.’”
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Sarah D. Wire @sarahdwire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
After a Supreme Court ruling weakened key Voting Rights Act protections, Black organizers in Louisiana are building a turnout movement they hope will reshape elections across the South. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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In Louisiana, a new voting rights fight takes shape as midterms loom
Louisiana organizers are launching a new effort to boost Black voter turnout after a major Supreme Court ruling.
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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 26/09/2026
See picture of news story on Instagram Tap profile pic to access ”link in bio” link Follow link in bio link Find story in link in bio page Tap story Not logged in in Instagram embedded browser; Open in external browser Logged out in external browser; must login 2FA into account Read story
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Republicans are the cause of your problems not the solution” is a winning message every election but they’re bringing literal receipts now
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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 25/09/2026
A hidden list of 100 abusers in Silicon Valley. Left unstated: some are abusing *men* Sam Altman used to date Peter Thiel, known for recruiting young men for sex (one died of suicide). Sam's sex parties are notorious for how hard they go, and the abuse. Three sources told me about this:
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Silicon Valley ‘sex assault list’ with ‘over 100 ‘ names circulated, warning female tech workers of predators to avoid
“Some of them were very prominent names, you know? People who were famous investors. Businessmen who were in the scene”
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Greg Burke @gregoryburke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Trump reportedly rejected building codes for his White House ballroom
“I am the code,” he told the architect, according to 'The Washington Post'.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
lol holy shit I wouldn't talk about literally anything else if I was the guy running against him. —"What do you think about trans kids in sp-" —"Did you hear my opponent had his patient, who was 8 months pregnant, arrested in front of her son because she didn't pay a $50 medical bill?"
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Dr. Carlie Trott @carlietrott.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Given the fates of the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times — where the reactionary politics of billionaire owners have undermined editorial integrity — it’s fair to ask whether Politico is next."
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/09/2026
@timmiller.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social react to a taxpayer-funded TV ad praising Trump, complete with “Love Me” playing over footage of the president. “This is just pure cult propaganda paid for by us.”
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Texas GOP has been persecuting Crystal Mason for years; you've heard of her being sentenced to years in prison for voting while on probation. She says wife of the DA who's been trying to keep her in prison knocked on her door to ask her to vote for her husband! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That wild detail aside, this is part of really big news: Texas' highest court on criminal issues finally resolved the case in Crystal Mason's favor today! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Texas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error case
Crystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Looking back at this - simply disgraceful and reckless reporting and framing from POLITICO. They should be ashamed of themselves and offer followups noting how the fu*ked up but ofc they won't bc no one cares about accountability for political/media elites in DC www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
"Ahead of Trump speech, DHS says it found thousands of noncitizens on voter rolls
A draft press release viewed by POLITICO said noncitizens were registered in California, Nevada, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 25: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin testifies before the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. Mullin answered subcommittee members' questions about his department's FY2027 budget. FEMA disaster assistance, detainee deaths in immigration detention and other subjects. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The draft press release by DHS, headed by Markwayne Mullin, does not indicate evidence was found that noncitizens voted or explain how it reached a number that appears to be higher than previous reviews have found. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

By John Sakellariadis and Maggie Miller"
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I think of the climate harm AI poses the same way: the threats are not theoretical or in the future, but unfolding all around us now.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 24/09/2026
Oooh, Copper has released the 2.0 version of Charlie, its electric induction range. It now can plug into a normal 120V outlet! Bigger battery, more power. NYC is gonna buy a bunch of these for public housing, help bring the cost down.
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Charlie - battery-equipped induction range
Meet Charlie, a powerful battery-equipped induction range that plugs into 120v and 240v outlets. Ranges are built in the U.S. and installed across the country.
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MB @mblaber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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MB @mblaber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Riverside County Sheriff's seizure of 650,000 ballots ruled illegal by California Supreme Court: www.desertsun.com/story/news/p...
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Sheriff's seizure of ballots ruled illegal by California Supreme Court
California's top court ruled the Riverside County sheriff broke the law by seizing 650,000 ballots after allegations of vote count irregularities.
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April Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Y’all heard me. NO CONTRACT. NO COFFEE. ☕️ Support the boycott. Support the workers. 💜 #BoycottStarbucks @sbworkersunited.org
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Western Environmental Law Center @westernlaw.org · 22/09/2026
NM's @heinrich.senate.gov appears willing and eager to make a deal with the Republican supermajority BEFORE midterms to roll back the nation's bedrock environmental law. WELC Executive Director @riogranderift.bsky.social explains why that's a bad idea in this op-ed. 🌎
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Opinion: Heinrich urged to protect New Mexico lands
An environmental advocate warns permitting reform could favor data centers and fossil fuels over public lands.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026
I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It is bad that the White House demonstrates casual disregard for the rule of law.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
CNN pulled a clip of Michele Tafoya recently saying "I've never said I was embarrassed to be from Minnesota" and then displays an unearthed and deleted tweet of her saying "I am embarrassed to be from Minnesota" 🥴
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Erick Adam Gaines-Sanders @erockcle1973.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The answer, at least in part, is simple: this week, Paramount Skydance gets to take over Warner Bros Discovery. Fewer owners owning more media, meaning fewer voices to speak up.
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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 21/09/2026
I remain deeply fascinated by this, because I guarantee that other issues have come up that have impacted him, personally, as much (if not more) than a data center. It's like someone turned on the subtitles for policy implications--but only for data centers. Just data centers. Nothing else.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Swans might have one of the most underrated landing techniques in the animal kingdom. Original post
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/09/2026
Under Trump, the government isn't just withholding data it doesn't like; it's killing its own capacity to produce reliable data. @crampell.bsky.social from the archives:
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Trump’s One Weird Trick for Eliminating Bad News: Delete It
The disappearance of inconvenient facts and the remaking of reality.
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dan solomon @dansolomon.com · 23/09/2026
for talarico/paxton, most interesting split is that paxton is winning rural voters in the poll 61-36. seems like a lot! but ted cruz won rural texans 73-27 in 2018 and still only beat beto o’rourke by 3 points. haven’t done the math but it’s hard to imagine paxton winning if that’s the final margin
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Marist now has a Texas poll (after their Iowa poll last night). It has Talarico leading Paxton 50/44. And Hinojosa leading Abbott 49/46. (All among registered voters.) maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/2026-m...
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you’re exhausted by legacy media sanewashing the news,Public Notice is the antidote. @atrupar.com puts in the relentless hrs to give us incisive, daily analysis with zero corporate filter. Easily one of the best investments you can make in independent journalism.Happy early 5th anniversary,PN! 🎉
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BluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez on Paramount-Warner Bros merger: “This settlement appears to pave the way for yet another massive media consolidation deal that could raise prices for consumers, reduce content diversity, and weaken editorial independence”
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