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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"A group of pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere... to preach and sell white supremacy, antisemitism and patriarchy to angry young men..." religionnews.com/2026/09/24/t...

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The rise of the Jim Crow theobros

(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell ...

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MellyJane @melziejb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Putting their morals into action

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thousands of citizens gathered on the lawn in front of the Kennedy Center demanding that Trump respect court orders protect the building from demolition. wapo.st/4rkGlvP

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Thousands rally outside shuttered Kennedy Center, chanting ‘Hands off!’

The vigil took place at the end of a week that saw the doors to the marble building locked shut.

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MellyJane @melziejb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Am nervous about 10 am but hopeful that the court can stop them from destroying this key cultural center

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 07/09/2026

I found the best book: a 1963 dictionary of Italian hand gestures

Supplemento al dizionario italiano, by Bruno Munari, a white paperback with a photo of a hand giving the classic Italian finger-purse “Che vuoi” hand gesture

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Rep. Mark Pocan @pocan.house.gov · 14/08/2026

We ask our sailors to defend this country. The least we can do is provide them with clean water, working plumbing, basic supplies, and a break from more than 250 days at sea. These conditions are unacceptable. Hegseth must relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln ASAP. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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No supplies, a food shortage and dark thoughts: Families of sailors describe life on the USS Lincoln

Conditions on board are declining — and so is morale — after hundreds of days at sea, families say.

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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hongmentum is back, she’s within 0.4% now with ~34% votes left uncounted

Democrats
TOO CLOSE TO CALL
Candidate
David Crowley
Francesca Hong
Kelda Roys
+ view all candidates

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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I love Vernazza. Ever since I was a teenager, I’ve enjoyed a mindless stroll down my favorite Riviera town anywhere on the Mediterranean, Vernazza. Join me for two minutes of Cinque Terre delight.     This is my favorite piece of Mediterranean coastline — what’s yours?

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Governor Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

If you're one of the students who were just disenrolled from Howard University, Maryland has your back. We're working to provide expedited admission support to University System of Maryland schools, explore financial aid options, and provide an $800 credit for impacted students.

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I’ve seen several really suspiciously vehicles of guys in vests with guns who aren’t easily tied to an agency—be careful out there tonight DC

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🦌 The Deer Whisperer 🦌 @thedeerwhisperer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Created by Muckleshoot Tribe member Donny Stevenson, in the Salish tradition: #Jimothy

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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 24/07/2026

BANANAS, HUMANS, & ALIENS An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your first Alien Encounter” neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-0...

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"

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TofuNYG 🏈🏳️‍🌈🗽🇺🇦 🚫👑🖕🧊 @groguspeak.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

No better way to close things out than Alicia Keys performing “Empire State of Mind” 💙🧡 #nyknicks

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Being an American isn't about your ancestry or ethnicity. It's about fidelity to the meaning of this country - its revolutionary, threefold promise of political equality, economic opportunity, and personal liberty.

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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 07/06/2026

🌤️ Comfortable evening — humidity dropping, lows near 60–65. Stray storm possible south/east. Monday: Mainly bright, east breezes, lower humidity. Highs upper 70s to low 80s. 😎 📅 Heating up midweek. Late week: a few strong to severe storms possible Thu–Fri. Worth watching. 📸 Jeanne Stuart McVey

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21st Century Schizoid Tran @grayathena.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Pour one out for the Hilton staff who are working perhaps the worst shift in food service history rn.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

If you don't live in a "swing state," your vote counts less. But we can reform the Electoral College and fix that. Since we made this video, Maine and now Virginia have joined the National Popular Vote compact. Here's what you need to know. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXPwJqSdLfE

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How to Abolish the Electoral College | Robert Reich

Why should the presidential election always come down to the same swing states? Shouldn't your vote count as much no mat

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 08/04/2026

"Don't write your graduate thesis on religion and space" they said. "That's a ridiculous topic, and it's extremely niche, and you'll never use that knowledge in the real world" they said. HOW YOU LIKE ME NOW, HATERS?!

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 07/04/2026

This is: 1. Deeply moving. 2. The first time I've ever seen a real-life astronaut be anything other than serious or happy in space. Obviously they have been (they're human), but folks on earth have only ever seen this in movies or on TV. Imagine watching your tears of grief float around you.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Walz: The president said it's a bunch of radicals. You're damn right we've been radicalized. Radicalized by compassion, radicalized by decency, radicalized by due process, radicalized by democracy.

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

heavy handed metaphor alert: sinkhole on the national mall

Brilliant sunset behind the Washington monument, a giant pile of dirt, and a sign reading we are making DC Safe and Beautiful Again

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Dave Dildine @dildinedave.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Three different spellings for one block… the most DC thing today

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BART @bart.gov · 17/03/2026

We got a DM the other day with a fun request from a local family: Could we find this nice BART train operator who always waved and beeped at this special little rider? And if we found him, could we deliver him a thank you card!? So we got to work …

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/03/2026

real life or a leak of tonight SNL's cold open? You decide

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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Our Gentoos are proudly representing themselves and HIMI in the Para Olympics.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/03/2026

Sharpton: "We're still here! We've come this far by faith. It was against the law to read and write! It was against the law to marry, but we've come this far by faith. I don't care what they do in Washington, I care what we do in the community. We've beat people bigger than Trump!"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/03/2026

Obama has the crowd at Jesse Jackson's eulogy hanging on his every word

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/03/2026

Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/03/2026

Biden: "Jesse kept hope alive for us, and we've gotta continue to do it in our lifetime for our children. Because there's nothing beyond our capacity when we work together. So stand up! And finish this job."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/03/2026

Sharpton: "The problem is not Trump. The problem is us. What happened to us?"

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

And, the story of the mystery man. www.lawdork.com/p/lamberth-c...

A man with the government has been at the last two hearings relating to the contempt claim. Both times, he sat in the section of the courtroom open only to parties and counsel. Although not at counsel’s table, Littman and Jean Lin, the other Justice Department lawyer present at both hearings, has repeatedly consulted with him during both hearings.

After today’s hearing — and after not being able to figure out for myself who he was after the last hearing — I asked him who he was.

I had my press pass visibly displayed and identified myself as a reporter. He said he didn’t want to do that.

I suggested that he must be a government official or employee, sitting where he was, and, if so, I asked incredulously if he really was not going to tell a reporter at a hearing who he was.

He said no.

Then, the people leaving — myself included — got to the elevator. Littman, Lin, mystery man, and two other people sitting with mystery man on the government side of the courtroom during the hearing on Wednesday were getting into the elevator.

Some of them were already in the elevator. When I stepped in, mystery man said he would wait for the next elevator. Everyone else then got out of the elevator.

Left in the elevator alone, I looked at these five adults — all of whom I believe have to be government employees, hence, paid by the public and allegedly working for the public — and was some combination of bemused and appalled.

“You are all ridiculous,” I simply said.

The door closed.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

WOW This will mean a lot to some US Capitol Police families Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) just now at hearing: "All those thugs have actually been pardoned, yet we haven't thanked the Capitol Police officers"

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Lucy V @lucyvilchis.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

When you're sending out those hot takes and sarcastic comments, remember that by and large the US military is filled with 18 year olds who had very few options. Most of them did not enlist to go kill people. They enlisted to get out of poverty, to have health insurance for the first time.

Tweet from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on March 1, 2026 at 0949 EST:

CENTCOM Update

TAMPA, Fla. – As of 9:30 am ET, March 1, three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five are seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury.

Several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being returned to duty. Major combat operations continue and our response effort is ongoing.

The situation is fluid, so out of respect for the families, we will withhold additional information, including the identities of our fallen warriors, until 24 hours after next of kin have been notified.

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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

What a time to be alive

“Rutherford Statement on Operation Epic Furry”

“Furry” highlighted by me

http://rutherford.house.gov/media/press-releases/rutherford-statement-operation-epic-furry

Google result showing the presser for Rutherford’s statement on “Operation Epic Furry” was posted 11 hours ago

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This is amazing. www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 27/02/2026

This is a big one. A newly uncovered document has revealed the existence of a mystery Epstein investigation. It was spearheaded by the DEA and involved drug trafficking and money laundering. Epstein was one of 15 targets. The other 14 names are redacted. I've got questions.

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Senator calls for DEA to provide info on "incredibly disturbing" Epstein drug investigation

Federal drug enforcement investigators targeted Jeffrey Epstein and 14 others in a yearslong probe first reported by CBS News.

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