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Steve Rose

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Persistent Defender of Earth, Democracy, Freedom, Truth, Justice. Opposing Fascism Daily! DMs disabled.

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WhiteTigerWarrior @whitetigerwarrior.bsky.social · 12h
youtu.be/W2pDosww6zw?... This does have have a good ending for the USA and all of this is making the USA weaker than ever before.
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Trump Threatens to “Annihilate” Iran. Bobby Jones Calls His Bluff.
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WhiteTigerWarrior @whitetigerwarrior.bsky.social · 12h
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Senator To Jack Smith: What If Trump's AG Appointed Special Counsel To Prosecute Political Opponent?
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WhiteTigerWarrior @whitetigerwarrior.bsky.social · 12h
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REPUBLICANS blocked my bill to ban congressional stock trading.
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WhiteTigerWarrior @whitetigerwarrior.bsky.social · 12h
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Iran JUST DID The WORST…19 SHIPS?!!
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11h
Marc Elias was called an alarmist for saying Trump would refuse to concede in 2020. Then came Jan. 6. “They want you to believe that Donald Trump may say some things, but in the end, he’ll accept the results,” Marc says. “I don’t believe that.” Stay in the know: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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WhiteTigerWarrior @whitetigerwarrior.bsky.social · 11h
AI is a program not a sentient being! Calculators can do math better than humans. So are calculators more intelligent than humans? Are calculators sentient beings? It was the developers that made them human like but it is still a running program
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George @gorgeousgeorge3.bsky.social · 23h
Trump is THE BIGGEST HOAX EVER PERPETRATED ON THE AMERICAN PUBLIC! FACT!
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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 20h
Wild news: "Paper Trail" is nominated for THREE Signal Awards — “Best Documentary,” “Best New Podcast,” and… shockingly… “Best Documentary Host.” Exciting, surprising, humbling especially when you consider that this is our FIRST YEAR. Please vote for us! I'll thread the links below
Signal Award logo and Paper Trail logo
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 20h
Antique leather-bound folding library pole ladder. IG: Vivre Interieur Authentique Netherlands www.instagram.com/vivre.nl?stk...
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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 11h
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more. x.com/MeidasTouch/...
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more. https://t.co/sljOtZisHd
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Steve Rose @mermansteve.bsky.social · 11h
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A VERY BAD Week for Trump, Legally AND Politically!
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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 22h
"Art is Human" Anti-AI mural seen in Denman Island, British Columbia
"Art is Human"
Anti-AI mural
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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 23h
💙🖤💙 Wed, Sep 30 There were orcas yesterday around Whidbey, but reports were few. Perhaps whoever they were stayed overnight. 📷 Cutie new calf who's been traveling w/T36A1 Tierna has won the hearts of us all. Here's another of them, opposite side from yesterday's share. By Bart Rulon 9/27. #psws
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Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 21h
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Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 20h
Moral is: Choose the Waterman
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ACLU @aclu.org · 19h
NEW: A federal court rejected many of the Trump Administration's arguments for keeping the memo justifying their murderous boat strike campaign a secret. This is an important step in ensuring the government is held accountable for these extrajudicial killings.
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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 22h
"Nuclear War is Bad for Kittens" Poster spotted in York University in Toronto, Ontario
"Nuclear War is Bad for Kittens"
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News 📰 @some-news.bsky.social · 13h
Scientists say such rapid melting is no longer surprising given the pace of climate change.
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Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss
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Denise DeGrazia @rddegrazia.bsky.social · 19h
These do: youtu.be/akv-WPxbq6A
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Real Whale Songs & Sounds 🐋 Deep Ocean Singing for Relaxing Ocean Sounds
YouTube video by Nature's symphony
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Palm Oil Detectives | #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#News: EU-approved pesticide FLUAZINAM linked to brain damage! 🧠🚫 New study shows it shrinks brains. it’s still legal in #UK until 2029! Regulators must ban it NOW to protect children. #BoycottPalmOil #BanPesticides @palmoildetect.bsky.social
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EU-approved pesticide found to have potential effects on brain development
New study on fluazinam’s neurotoxicity comes up with different findings from earlier report based on manufacturer’s data
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14h
Why do people make the "young men shouldn't have their lives ruined by being identified as rapists" argument but never the "young men shouldn't have their lives ruined by being identified as murderers" argument? Misogyny.
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Steve Rose @mermansteve.bsky.social · 12h
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Trump officials changed forms for overseas voters amid a GOP push to restrict voting
The Pentagon made last-minute changes to forms that many overseas U.S. citizens use for absentee voting, removing a category of citizens that Republicans have been pushing to block from voting.
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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 12h
newrepublic.com/article/2154... Oligarchs and their maga lackeys are working together to shield corporations from accountability for the widespread harms they do to the American people….
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The Right-Wing Plot to Make It Harder to Sue Corporations
Oligarchs and their Republican lackeys are working together to shield corporations from accountability for the widespread harms they do to the American people.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22h
Chuck Grassley and Far Right Propagandists Covering Up How Trump Defrauded MAGAts emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/c...
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Chuck Grassley and Far Right Propagandists Covering Up How Trump Defrauded MAGAts - emptywheel
Far right propagandists and Chuck Grassley are outraged that journalists' communications -- communications that showed Trump defrauding MAGAt voters -- were among the things Jack Smith obtained from t...
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pbgvsruletheworld.bsky.social @pbgvsruletheworld.bsky.social · 21h
This will go nowhere. They’re now grasping at thinnest of distractions. Are they looking to get this in front of Kamiresz (or w/e his name is, crazy dude vs mifeprestone) or Aileen Cannon, who are so in the tank, they’d Ok investigation of their cousins? No respectable judge will stand for this BS.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22h
And also charged people they claim are undocumented for voting. Remember: You're not supposed to do this during an election window.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22h
They did two things: One, launched a complaint against MN's District Judges, for CALLING OUT THE DEATH THREATS that Harmeet DHillon ginned up against those judges. www.justice.gov/sites/defaul...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22h
The other day, Andrew Bailey, who stepped down as MO AG in hopes of becoming FBI Director, stepped down. REMARKABLY, one report said he routinely told Kash he was violating the Constitution. Today, DOJ did something profoundly corrupt in hopes of politicizing 8th C, which covers MO, MN, and IA.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 21h
A scathing @emptywheel.bsky.social column: "Even the propaganda was too slovenly to get basic details right," like Trump signing his name as "President of the Unites States." Also, not the point; Greg Brockman's signature looks either truly psychopathic or that he scribbled it under duress.
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In the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" - emptywheel
Once you realize Trump's morally binding AI code doesn't even spell "United States" properly, the whole sham looks even more ominous.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 21h
Which two SCOTUS judges do folks think are paid subscribers to Erick Erickson's newsletter?
You are not alone.

Right now, staff in the White House, at least one cabinet secretary two cabinet secretaries, multiple senators and congressmen, two former Speakers of the House, at least one two Supreme Court Justices, a dozen Circuit and District Court Judges, six governors that I know of, a bunch of state legislators, Supreme and appellate court Justices and judges in multiple states, some really famous theologians, journalists, and public policy makers, and at least one Academy Award winner are all reading the Show Notes that went out at noon.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21h
Here's the WSJ report. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-d...
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The ‘Country Hicks’ Who Refused $26 Million from an AI Data Center
A Kentucky mother and daughter turned down a life-changing offer for their farmland. The ensuing drama has left the town divided.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21h
There was a WSJ report on organizing against data centers in KY that described they used hunting maps to figure out what Meta was buy. Hunting maps may save us all.
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 21h
DOJ's complaint about at least seven fed. judges in Minnesota for talking to the NYTimes about the Trump administration's mismanagement of immigration enforcement complains of these ten truthful statements on the ground that some immigration cases are pending appeal. www.justice.gov/sites/defaul...
A list of ten statements the judges made in this NYTimes article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/minnesota-judge-trump-immigration.html
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h
Looks like Eric Schmitt has a new website--I guess to campaign to be JD's VP. senatorericschmitt.com
Schmitt
Schmitt: (verb) \ˈshmit\

1. A sudden and urgent gastrointestinal revolt in which the body issues an unmistakable, nonnegotiable evacuation order that causes a considerable mess and great humiliation.

2. To suffer a sudden, public, and spectacular political collapse, especially after overconfidently attempting a partisan attack.

3. To create such an avoidable mess that one’s credibility, message, and electoral prospects are left in tatters.

Example: “I ended up with that cyclosporiasis invection from tainted lettuce and I schmitted myself in the grocery store trying to buy some Pepto.”

Example: “During the hearing performance, he didn’t land a blow—he completely schmitted himself.”
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h
In case you were wondering, the AI summit yesterday REALLY was as much of a sausage fest as the seating charge made it look. David Sacks posted this.
Rich malicious people like Mark Zuckerburg and Elon Musk babysitting Donald Trump.A seating chart of the people at the AI summit. Trump's seat, marked POTUS, is marked in blue.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19h
By late November 2020, Trump was joking to others about how crazy Sidney Powell was. That didn't stop him from cashing a $300 donation with the memo line, "Release the Kracken." [sic]
A heavily redacted check dated 11-20-20 for $300.00 with an address of Greenville, NC. 

The memo line reads, "Release the Kracken."
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h
Someone from Scottsville, KY, median income $35,562, sent Donald Trump -- Trump!!!! -- $100 to use for "Fighting Corruption."
A check showing an address in Scottsville, KY, written on November 14, 2020, for $100. The memo line reads, "Fighting Corruption."
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h
By December 8, 2020, Trump's campaign officials were getting frustrated by all the lies Rudy was telling. That didn't stop them from cashing a check saying, Go Get Em Rudy!
A $50 check dated December 8, 2020 from Burien WA saying, "Go get em Rudy!"
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/i...
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In the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" - emptywheel
Once you realize Trump's morally binding AI code doesn't even spell "United States" properly, the whole sham looks even more ominous.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 16h
Among other oddities with the suit (Federalist propagandist Margot Cleveland is one of her lawyers), they filed it in MDTN, which is problematic for the subpoena, but especially problematic for the Special Counsel appointment.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14h
Reup: Yesterday Chuck Grassley claimed to be outraged that, along with all the other comms Jack Smith obtained when accessing devices of witnesses and criminals, he got journalists' request for comment. Chuck is trying to cover up how Trump defrauded MAGAts. emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/c...
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Chuck Grassley and Far Right Propagandists Covering Up How Trump Defrauded MAGAts - emptywheel
Far right propagandists and Chuck Grassley are outraged that journalists' communications -- communications that showed Trump defrauding MAGAt voters -- were among the things Jack Smith obtained from t...
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 16h
Skipped the Nazis, huh.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 16h
As many people have noted, Marsha Blackburn claims to be suing Jack Smith for obtaining a lawful subpoena to find out whether Rudy was criming with her. It's more a lawsuit trying to retroactively claim his appointment was illegal, Aileen Cannon-style. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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#1 in Blackburn v. Smith (M.D. Tenn., 3:26-cv-01398) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against John L. Smith and The United States Department of Justice (Filing fee $405, Receipt number ATNMDC-4686955), filed by Marsha Blackburn. (sm) (Attachments: # 1 Attachment - Civil Cover...
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Geneva 🇨🇦 @geneva1111.bsky.social · 14h
I saw the clip of Judge Judy too. I wanted to punch her through my phone
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naugtynonnie.bsky.social @naugtynonnie.bsky.social · 12h
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USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more.
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 15h
Every student should have the opportunity to learn, to succeed, and to build their own path forward. Read my plan here: amyklobuchar.com/academicachievement
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Prepare Minnesota’s Workforce for the Future - Amy Klobuchar for Governor
Amy Klobuchar knows there are many paths to success. As governor, she’ll make sure Minnesotans can get the skills they need to build a good life here at home.
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 15h
I have a plan to get student achievement up and screen time in the classroom down. That includes using evidence-based approaches to drive real results in reading and math, small group tutoring, and boosting attendance.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 20h
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