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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11h
It appears that the National Guard shot and killed an unarmed man (in the back). www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Autopsy shows National Guard fatally shot Memphis man in the back
The report conflicts with the authorities’ initial account, which said Tyrin Johnson had been shot in the chest.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3h
ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM. A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 10h
An autopsy found that Tierra Walker of Texas (who repeatedly asked for an abortion to save her life only to be repeatedly told "the baby is fine") died of “hypertensive cardiovascular disease with superimposed preeclampsia.” The real cause of death was the Texas abortion ban.
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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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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2h
The leading bidder is a group involving Trump donor Todd Boehly, Qatar-based investors with business ties to Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, an Abu Dhabi fund linked to Sheikh Tahnoon and the US government. Putin sees it as a way to cement ties with the US.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2h
The endless grift continues. The Trump administration has been talking to Russia about a multibillion-dollar deal for Lukoil’s international assets, NYT reports.
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Anaideia @anaideia.bsky.social · 2h
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 12h
"Medical debt is linked to later-stage cancer diagnoses Higher burden of medical debt is associated with significantly increased incidence of late-stage lung, colorectal, cervical, skin, kidney, bladder, and head/neck cancer." radiologybusiness.com/topics/healt...
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Medical debt linked to later-stage cancer diagnoses
Higher burden of medical debt is associated with significantly increased incidence of late-stage lung, colorectal, cervical, skin, kidney, bladder, and head/neck cancer, new research shows.
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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 10h
Country singer Zach Bryan wore a “Free Palestine” shirt at his Gillette Stadium show in Massachusetts.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 1h
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 15h
The world must stop equating wealth with knowledge, wealth with wisdom, wealth with sainthood, or to any other redeeming quality.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 14h
You can read Jamal’s work here. It was the honor of my life to have been his editor at the Washington Post. Rest in peace, Jamal. And I’m sorry the Washington Post opinions page ended up betraying what we both stood for. www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-...
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Opinion | Read Jamal Khashoggi’s columns for The Washington Post
Jamal Khashoggi, a veteran Saudi journalist who Turkish officials say was killed in Istanbul after walking into the consulate of Saudi Arabia, had been writing a column for The Post since last year.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 21h
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Stephen Stirling @sstirling.bsky.social · 1h
Proud to be at a news organization where reporters help set the rules for how AI is used. 🤖 No AI generated imagery/videos 🤖 No AI mimicking employees 🤖 Right to remove byline from any AI-content 🤖 A guild-staffed advisory committee www.inquirer.com/business/phi...
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Philadelphia Inquirer employees secure new union contract with raises and AI protections
Under the new three-year contract, members will see healthcare costs increase for the first time in 20 years, the union said.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Palantir shifting from hiring only "Ivy or Ivy-equivalent" degrees to hiring only out of high school is an admission that "training" and "talent" were never factors at all. They were looking for packaging & prestige, and now they're looking for ignorance & impressionability.
Tech companies launching their own programs to train grads because they ‘can’t rely’ on Ivy Leagues
By Lydia Moynihan
Published Oct. 1, 2026, 6:00 a.m. ETAs the university system increasingly becomes a wildly expensive bastion of anti-Western sentiment, key figures in Silicon Valley are betting on alternatives to higher education. They argue that even the Ivy League is no longer producing the best candidates — nor are they even accepting some of the most qualified students.

“It used to be the case that you could rely on somebody who went to an Ivy or Ivy-equivalent to be top notch,” said Jordan Hirsch, who runs Palantir’s semester-long intensive Meritocracy Fellowship, which accepts high school graduates.“But that’s not the case anymore… we suspected that there was a lot of talent being missed.”
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 15h
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge just HALTED the destruction of Big Bend. This is a massive victory for the landowners, local communities, and everyday Texans who stood up to protect one of our state's greatest treasures. The fight isn't over, but today, the people won.
Graphic from the Center for Biological Diversity over a scenic view of Big Bend. Large text reads, “MASSIVE WIN FOR BIG BEND.” Below, it says a federal judge has frozen all destruction throughout the Big Bend region until the project’s legality can be determined in court. The graphic adds that the Center will continue fighting to save Big Bend and asks supporters to join them.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 21h
One of the largest Dutch eyewear retail chains said on Friday it had suspended sales of Meta's smart glasses in the Netherlands ​and Belgium amid growing privacy concerns. following the questions being raised about the conditions under which they can be used www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Dutch eyewear chain Hans Anders halts sale of Meta glasses, citing privacy concerns
One of the largest Dutch eyewear retail chains said on Friday it had suspended sales of Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses in the Netherlands ​and Belgium amid growing privacy concerns, in one of the first ...
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WIRED @wired.com · 15h
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h
Every time Trump is asked about people struggling to pay rent, buy a home, afford groceries, health care and gas and he responds claiming this is the greatest economy ever and people on Wall Street are making tons of money speculating on AI, Republicans go down another point in the polls.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19h
UPDATE: Despite being ordered by Judge Sullivan to produce a certified list of the contents of the Administrative Record by Oct. 1st, Todd Blanche once again has decided he doesn't want to comply. I explain why Blanche would want to avoid producing this court-ordered info: youtu.be/junhrisxRlg?...
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🚨AG Blanche IGNORES JUDGE'S ORDERS And TRIES To DELAY MY Epstein LAWSUIT!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 21h
It’s corruption on steroids in plain sight. He doesn’t even try to hide that he’s looting US and cashing in on insider trading. He’s the most corrupt president in American history.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15h
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 15h
BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled for the first time that a Flock search was unconstitutional and violated a woman's Fourth Amendment rights. Oklahoma cop pulled over a woman and searched her in Flock "because he saw her license plate was from California" www.404media.co/federal-judg...
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Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h
NYT claims it employs professional journalists to write its headlines. I'm skeptical.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14h
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 9h
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The Ptriot: Nearly
Alt: In The Patriot (2000), a British officer says wryly to another: “Nearly”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h
It's difficult to keep track of all the ways in which Laura Loomer is an incendiary racist.
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 15h
The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
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Alicia @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 9h
Trump used taxpayer money because he knew it would be a front page story. He did this in hopes people will forget about the horrible economy and his illegal war...
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GOP senator blocks resolution that criticized Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads | CNN Politics
A GOP senator blocked a resolution on Tuesday that criticized the Trump administration’s recent taxpayer-funded ads promoting President Donald Trump.
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Sloan Ashton @ashton7sloan.bsky.social · 10h
Zach Bryan and his band walked into Robert Kraft’s Gillette Stadium wearing “Free Palestine” shirts tonight. I love the chutzpah…as they say.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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aRemedy @aremedy.org · 9h
This guy is a fresh breath of reality. youtu.be/LzfVc4TtX-8?...
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The Quiet Exit Has Begun...
YouTube video by Tom Scryleus
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 9h
Not beating the allegations that all his regular spots need to be labeled like it's a taxpayer funded federal nursing home.
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Josh Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social · 12h
Loooooooong line out the door for tonight’s sold-out event with Heather Cox Richardson, me, and 700+ Iowans.
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 20h
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 11h
Pete Hegseth needs impeached. Obsessing about beards while losing a war
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Grumpy in Michigan @teddyz56.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Vote Safe.Org" is not safe. It was created and setup by Musk to steal your voter information and then subsequently get your voter registration information erased from your states voter files. By the time you find out......it will be too late.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 9h
Jared Kushner is that sleazy guy at school, whose Dad owns half of your town, that you know you can't say anything bad against for risk of your single-mom losing her house, but you know he is as dirty as he is lanky.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 11h
Americans: you are not outraged enough about this. Christians: this is absolute blasphemy www.cnn.com/2026/10/02/p...
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‘God made Trump’ ad and at least 12 others are part of controversial taxpayer-funded ad campaign | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has created at least 13 campaign-style ads as part of its controversial taxpayer-funded, multi-million-dollar effort to promote President Donald Trump and his policies.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 18h
This corruption must be investigated.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 9h
Coverage like this doesn't happen without support from our readers. Subscribe for free or become a member to back our work directly: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10h
Trump won’t take no for an answer. Not from voters or the loyalists he’s surrounded himself with. “He is assuming there will be no one in his administration to tell him no,” Marc Elias says. Attacks on voters work best when no one's watching. Keep an eye on Trump: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
The Dems getting better at this
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13h
This guy is a hero 👏 That ending was peak unnecessary police overreach.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 10h
Stay in line. VOTE.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13h
Trump has stopped using the Flying Bribery Palace. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Stops Using Luxurious But Defenseless Jet He Solicited From Qatar
The president has for his five most recent trips, including Friday’s, used the real Air Force One built for that purpose. The White House refuses to explain the switch.
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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 11h
The former Secretary of State, who took Kim Jong Un uncritically at his word, who got irate that Mary Louise Kelly could find Ukraine on a map and he couldn’t, is getting a teaching fellowship at an Ivy League school. Hm.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 14h
Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA faculty
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h
Friend of Putin oligarch Konstantin Sokolov makes a nice fat donation to Trump's ballroom project, and gets relief from Treasury Department sanctions in exchange. This is known as a quid pro quo transaction. It's a felony. www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 15h
ICE’s new tactic, witnessed repeatedly at the federal building in MN: when a detained immigrant makes a successful habeas petition, release the immigrant for a few steps outside the building… then tackle and re-arrest them, and claim the habeas petition has been honored and nullified
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 14h
Will is 100% right. Has happened to multiple clients of mine. One judge (not my case) has said that this isn't really release and ordered the person *actually* released. But it's forcing us habeas attorneys to win our cases twice (or more)
On September 9, 2026, Respondents permitted Pablo F. to exit the building where 
he was detained, but he was immediately swarmed by four ICE officers and handcuffed as 
soon as he stepped outside. (Doc. No. 25-3 at 4:48:45–4:49:26.)3
 The officers drove him
to the back of the Whipple building and returned him to a holding cell. (Doc. No. 21 ¶¶ 8–
9; Doc. No. 25 ¶ 5.) During this encounter, officers dislocated Pablo F.’s shoulder. (Doc. 
No. 21 ¶ 7.)4
 Pablo F. now bringsthis Motion seeking to enforce the Court’s Order granting 
the Petition.Again, Respondents make no attempt whatsoever to support their assertion that 
Pablo F. was released. Absent any such argument, the Court cannot agree that a reasonable 
person would have felt free to leave when exiting the detention facility and immediately 
being stopped by ICE officers. Likewise, absent some argument, the Court necessarily 
concludes that Pablo F. was subject to restraints not shared by the public generally when 
he took one step outside of the detention facility and was immediately stopped by ICE 
officers who forcibly returned him to a detention cell. Because Respondents do not make 
any legal argument that Pablo F. was ever meaningfully released from custody, the Court 
grants the motion and orders Pablo F.’s release.6
6 To be clear, Pablo F. is not arguing, and the Court is not concluding, that an order of 
release in a habeas matter renders unlawful any future arrests. Rather, the Court reaches 
the narrow conclusion that because Respondents advance no legal argument in this case to 
support their assertion that Pablo F. was released from custody, and because the 
uncontested facts show that ICE officers immediately swarmed Pablo F. as soon as he 
stepped out of the building, Pablo F. was not released from custody.
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