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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 6h
Angie Nixon is the change we need! But don't take it from us, take it from your neighbors! Sign up to volunteer or donate at AngieNixon.com, because change can't wait! #AngieforFlorida
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Natalie Korach @nataliekorach.bsky.social · 6h
New: Weeks after McClatchy gutted local newsrooms across the country, staffers told Status leadership has gone silent about the future Meanwhile, days after the layoffs, the company touted new execs and hires for its controversial AI innovation lab www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
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McClatchy Goes Mute
Weeks after gutting local newsrooms, McClatchy leadership has offered staffers virtually no explanation of what comes next, Status has learned, as the company builds out its controversial A.I. operati...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h
What a lie. Some of these people are being imprisoned indefinitely in squalid condition in African prisons. Others report being beaten and arbitrarily deported in violation of international law back to their home countries, where they face persecution or torture.
The indefinite nature of their confinement has taken a severe toll. In October 2025, a Cuban man who was on the July flight went on a hunger strike for a month-until he started showing signs of organ failure —to protest the conditions of his detention, including his ongoing confinement and lack of access to legal counsel.
Terrified of being imprisoned in Eswatini forever, another man repeatedly told his attorney that the prison there never lets people go. One man told his attorney that he feels like a caged animal with no end in sight. The prison does not have air conditioning, making the hot, humid summer months especially uncomfortable for the men.
Food is insufficient, medication is scarce, and requests often go unmet or are belatedly met.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h
What better way to spent valuable time on a Sunday show a month before enormously consequential midterms than national political media demonstrating yet again how out of touch they are by continuing their relentless promotion of Emanuel’s presidential aspirations.
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Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Two authors have sued the city of Los Angeles over the Los Angeles public library’s (LAPL) cancellation of a Read Palestine Week event where the writers were scheduled to discuss their books featuring Palestinian stories." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Dangerous precedent’: authors sue LA library over cancelled Palestine event
City of LA faces free speech suit after public library officials scrapped two writers’ Read Palestine Week book talks
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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 16h
It's been months since Alex Pretti was killed. Across Minneapolis, however, it can feel as though little time has passed. buff.ly/UqwIjHr
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Minneapolis activists used encrypted group chats to outmaneuver ICE. Now the feds want to prosecute them.
"I think courts are going to be very suspicious of how broad this is," one Minnesota lawyer tells Reason.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 5h
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The first recipient of the grant is Machine Gods, NPR’s new video podcast from former Hard Fork hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, which is receiving a $480,000 grant from the organization. Tarbell is also separately backing NPR’s “Power and Influence” desk, giving the public media outlet $250,000 to help expand its coverage of how AI intersects with politics, money, and power.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 5h
so many kinds of lunacy and unreality at once in this story www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Court Tosses ​​Sentence After A.I. Video of Victim ‘Forgiving’ His Killer Is Played
An appellate court in Arizona threw out the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter after an A.I.-generated video of his victim was played in court.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 5h
The $Trump meme coin is offering buyers (min $1M purchase) a new “exclusive” opportunity to meet the president. (The Sun)
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An evening with 3 Legends and President Donald J. Trump
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h
Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump. We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 5h
We speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru, who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind the global buildup of artificial intelligence.
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The Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit Gebru
We speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru, who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind...
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David Lebo @leboism.bsky.social · 12h
For those not following NJ politics, please know that the Lt Gov resigned a few days ago because a report came out saying he did serial harassment, and yesterday he went on TV to say "i put that report through multiple AIs and they told me it wasn't sexual harassment." Former university president
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 7h
Whenever I see a current or former university president in the news for sexual misconduct, I think of this chart from 2015. (ABC seems to have pulled down the original Five Thirty Eight article, but here’s a Feministing blog about it.)
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Chart of the Day: College presidents think rape is only a problem at other schools
According to Inside Higher Ed’s annual survey, US college and university presidents demonstrate some very wishful thinking when it comes to sexual assault. While about a third believe that it is preva...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 5h
Doctors noted in their records she was at a “high” risk of death. The 37-year-old requested an abortion twice. She was denied and discharged. trib.al/RzISmSA
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Paxton Sued by Family of Woman Who Died After Being Denied Abortion
Ken Paxton is facing a historic lawsuit over Texas’s abortion ban.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 5h
Fitness influencer, 46, faces court on Monday after his arrest in Noosa at the weekend
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Former Bachelor star Sam Wood charged with domestic violence
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 5h
Last week, I was invited into the homes of Jewish New Yorkers across the city to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot.
Mayor Mamdani stands in a sukkah with Brad Landwr under warm lights and strings of pomegranates. Mayor Mamdani and Asm Claire Valdez and Sen Jabari Brisport join New Yorkers for Sukkot.Mayor Mamdani visits New Yorkers for Sukkot.Mayor Mamdani sits in a sukkah with New Yorkers.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h
Justice Alito is confusing a desire to reform the court with an effort to intimidate it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026
NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 5h
More performative killing at sea.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 5h
"A series of deadly heat waves from May to August overwhelmed Germany’s healthcare and emergency response systems and led to an estimated 16,000 heat-related deaths during the summer, the most heat mortalities ever recorded in the highly developed country."
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Mass Heat Wave Deaths in Europe Show Climate Extremes Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts - Inside Climate News
As preparedness lags, many regions around the world could be overwhelmed by rising temperatures, climate experts warn.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 5h
In other Bolsonaro family news: Carlos (Jair's son) was elected senator, Michelle (Jair's wife) was elected senator, and Jair Renan (Jair's son) was elected as federal deputy.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 5h
The US (federal govt and corporations) has been meddling in Brazil's democracy and economy for a long time now, trying to tip the scales in favor of the far-right. bsky.app/profile/ians...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 4h
Ivy League school’s president promises action after woman alleged she was drugged ⁠and raped by fraternity members
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Cornell University to take ‘serious look’ at fraternities after rape allegations
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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 5h
Is it a bad sign that the PDF copy of the U.S. Constitution that has been available at house.gov now 404s? uscode.house.gov/static/const...
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Under Maintenance
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4h
Might be good to listen to Brazilian people and Scholars of Brazil to understand the election.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
An excellent documentary with an especially powerful final sequence and clear parallels to the US variety.com/2024/film/ne...
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‘Apocalypse in the Tropics’ Review: Petra Costa Offers a Sobering Look at the Evangelical Age of Brazilian Politics
Five years after her Oscar-nominated 'The Edge of Democracy,' Petra Costa takes stock of the far-right Bolsonaro era in 'Apocalypse in the Tropics.'
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Flamingogrrl @flamingogrrl.bsky.social · 5h
Protests in Seattle, across WA call for pause on AI data center boom www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Protests in Seattle, across WA call for pause on AI data center boom
At least 19 protests across the state called for a moratorium on big data centers, amid a slew of concerns around AI, privacy and resource consumption.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 4h
for reference, in the Dobbs opinion, Alito was like, women generally don't _plan_ to get an abortion, so how could they have a reliance interest in abortion? which is kind of an extension of 'you want health insurance? what, you plan on being sick?'
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4h
“The day after I lost $1,800 on basketball in one night … an email popped into my inbox. ‘Welcome to the DraftKings VIP Showcase,’ the subject line read. I couldn’t believe it. My night of loss chasing was being rewarded.”
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and…
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026
the inevitable consequence of blocking people from ending their pregnancies is that pregnancy ends people’s lives ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Tierra Walker’s Death Was Preventable. The Conservative Legal Movement Made It Predictable
Republican politicians have made Texas doctors increasingly afraid to provide lifesaving abortion care.
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 4h
Been looking back at the early @runforsomething.net docs lately - in the plan we put out on 1/20/2017, we said: We need authentic candidates who fit the place they were running; we would not play purity police. Back then, this was a hot take. Now it's conventional wisdom. Wild!
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 4h
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h
I really hope whatever is happening in Russia stays in Russia, because the Trump admin isn’t equipped for a public health emergency. 📌 A worker at an anti-plague research institute in Siberia died after developing pneumonia of unknown origin. Nearly 200 people are reportedly under observation
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FOX 5 DC | Local News, Weather, and Live Streams | WTTG [Unoffi… @fox5dc.com.web.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
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UMD student, 22, reported missing, last seen in campus parking garage
Police at the University of Maryland are looking for a student who's been missing since early Friday morning. Dilan Shaan Ashar, 22, was last seen on Oct. 2, according to the University of Maryland Police Department. Ashar's parents reported him missing to the Prince George's County Police Department, saying that they were worried about their son. Ashar was leaving his residence around 2 a.m. on Friday, and was captured on security camera at Terrapin Trail Garage on the UMD campus. He was last seen wearing a black University of Maryland hoodie, gray sweatpants and white shoes. Ashar is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs about 185 pounds. University and local authorities are continuing their investigation. Anyone with information about Ashar's whereabouts is asked to contact the UMPD.
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Sameer Ashar @sameer-ashar.bsky.social · 10h
This is my nephew, please forward to your networks, esp any University of Maryland students.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...
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We Have No Supreme Court
The philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court.
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Allen Davis @allenrdavis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Want to know more? Read, or listen to, the excellent “The Originalism Trap”.
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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I highly recommend listening, as author Madiba Dennie narrates it herself and her voice is both clear and hopeful
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3h
NEW: The Supreme Court is starting a new term—even though SCOTUS stayed in the news all summer. The justices return to court for a key case that could block one way of confronting climate change. Tonight, at Law Dork:
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The Supreme Court is starting a new term—even though SCOTUS stayed in the news all summer
The justices return to court for a key case that could block one way of confronting climate change. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5h
We murdered four more people in a boat today
U.S. southern Command: On October 4, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists. @DeptofWar
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 11h
"First time Trump voter" five days after the January 6th Coup attempt:
Jack Buhring: Donald Trump we all stand with you. You have more people on your side than you know. If you can't get it done its hard to tell where this country will end up. Keep fighting!!!
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Amy Littlefield @amylittlefield.bsky.social · 5h
I wrote a whole book about the complexity of the motives behind the overturn of Roe and how misogyny wasn’t the only factor but moments like this make clear IT SURE WAS A BIG ONE
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 4h
We will never again be a democracy if we don't get the big money out of American politics. There should not be any higher priority. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/one-priori...
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One Priority Above All Others
We Must Drain the Poison Out of Our Body Politic If There Is to Be a Better World After Trump
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 15h
AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h
A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3h
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3h
Among the more notable documents is a redacted version of a report produced by Cornell’s disciplinary hearing panel. It sheds additional light on the university’s investigation and summarizes the panel’s findings. Here’s a link to the doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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John Doe v Cornell University Hearing Panel Decision and Report
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3h
The US State Department said on Thursday it has waived human rights ​conditions for more than $300 million of military aid to Egypt in light of Cairo's "helpful role" since the launch of the US war ‌with Iran.
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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is about as savage a takedown of question 3 as I've heard, and I live with the No on 3 Chair ( @blackjew.bsky.social )
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