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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Dems getting better at this
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Every single reporter working in Maine should be asking Susan Collins whether she will commit to voting against any Trump picked nominee to #SCOTUS if Alito retires during lame duck.
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Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When white nationalist are a part of your voting base
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🧵‼️🤣 MAGA has canceled Sarah Huckabee Sanders, accusing her of engaging in “anti-white racism” w/this ad promoting her state’s welfare-to-work requirement. 👉It portrays a *lazy white gamer guy* being forced off the couch & off to work. MAGAts would have been fine for it to be a POC woman w/kids...
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Not the least bit surprising but still extremely grim to read. time.com/article/2026...
Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
same org whose leader declared "war" on progressive Dems to NYT on Aug 6, right after El-Sayed won the primary. They have no constituency but DC media loves them cause they attack other Dems: “We are preparing for the next war that is coming,” said Jonathan Cowan, the president of Third Way
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No greater sign that they know their money is toxic than the broligarchs canceling millions in planned Super PAC spending lol www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Backs Out of Second $25 Million Donation to A.I. Super PAC
Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, said internally that the super PAC, Leading the Future, had become a “distraction” for the A.I. company.
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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Please read and share this article on the Cornell 7 and more broadly, the way entitled men get away with sex crimes. www.liars-ledger.com/p/from-corne...
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From Cornell To Trump: Stop Asking Why Powerful Men Keep Getting Away With Rape
Cornell is only the latest reminder of America’s long-running history of worrying more about what sexual violence will do to the powerful men committing it than the women they’re harming.
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Chat is it a sign of a healthy democracy when the second most-powerful elected leader is standing behind the president while two tech billionaires are seated on either side of him?
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pretty sure Jim VandeHei’s office is just a wall-to-wall display of framed “fell for it again” awards.
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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Palantir Chairman Peter Thiel has come out as pro-evil.
DOCS: Evil Quotes

"If you're evil, you're at least competent. If you're evil, you're not bad. ...maybe you're actually kind of good."

Peter Thiel
Net worth: $32B
Chairman: Palantir
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Jesse Lee @jessecharleslee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seeing some beltway horse race journalists itching to give Trump a comeback narrative. Take Playbook PM, which insisted Trump’s economy is “surging” despite Trump having both higher inflation & higher unemployment than when he took office. On manufacturing jobs: Biden: +775,000 Trump: -62,000
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Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This poll from Cook is bonkers. A *huge* plurality of voters (43% overall, 61% of Ds) want Dems to focus on changing the political system overall vs. just opposing (21%, 36% of Ds) or working with Trump (35%, 3% of Ds).
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ken Paxton: The criticism has been that I let a child predator out after one day. Well guess what? They served 60 days.
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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bad news for Exxon, and a win for the power of public pressure calling out the blatant corruption of the Roberts Court: Justice Alito is stepping down from further participating in Suncor v. Boulder, a week before oral arguments. We've been calling for his recusal from this case for YEARS: 🧵
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Who could have predicted that the leopards would eat the cattle ranchers fat, juicy faces lol
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike’s bosses - Trump and Musk - days partied with Xi Jinping at the Whitehouse dining over sesame-crusted sea bass and braised baby bok choy finishing it off with vanilla crémeux and White house honey ice cream.
Screenshot photo of Xi Jinping, Trump, Musk, and Melania Trump sitting at the same table at whitehouse state dinner.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
Mike Johnson says opposition to data centers "is a Chinese psyop. I really believe that. That's not a conspiracy theory."
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tom Cotton — GOP sexual hypocrite classic! The latest @mattcullen.bsky.social deep dive: 📺 youtu.be/j6O85SrUEDg?... "We’re separating what’s actually documented from what’s just gossip...looking at why these rumors keep resurfacing around one of the R party’s most prominent anti-LGBTQ voices."
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MAGA Anti-Gay Tom Cotton's Gay Past Just Got A LOT More Interesting...
YouTube video by Matt Cullen
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🤣 Tough time on the dating scene for Tech Bro$. 🎻 “I get nervous now. I don’t bring it up,” he added. He’s now fallen back on saying he works in AI — which also elicits “some pretty bad responses sometimes.” Ya think? No game works; they don't even get to flash 💵. 😆😵‍💫 🧾 trib.al/0BTvJL5
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Wealthy Tech Guys Can't Get Dates Because They're So Widely Hated That Not Even Money Is Making Women Grimace and Deal With Them
Some dudes who work for Big Tech companies complain that women won't talk to them because of who they work for.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
After Benjamin Netanyahu, who I believe is a war criminal, just came and went from New York, I’ve been thinking a lot about the world my first granddaughter is about to enter.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I mean …
Trump pointing at smiling John Roberts as they are shaking hands.
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 27/09/2026
Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. 593 (2024).
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cough…John Roberts did this…cough
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So Elon Musk can't attend at the launch of a product he's been hyping for a decade because he's... "with the president." His Super PAC has spent $17M for the GOP in under a month. Every reporter who credulously repeated that he was "done with politics" or "stepping back" should resign in disgrace.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Welp. According to Semafor, David Ellison has discussed bringing Elon Musk on as an investor in Paramount's merger with Warner Bros., which could mean Musk could have a stake in CBS News and CNN. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
semafor.com
Exclusive: Paramount weighs tapping Musk for equity investment
A cash injection from SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk could reduce investor Larry Ellison’s financial burden and bolster the deal’s investor base.
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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 22/09/2026
"That said, Tesla Takedown...was successful, according to the documentary, in large part because it bruised Musk’s ego so much. He is desperate to be liked and loved by a critical mass of people." 😂🔥🤘 LFG! www.hardresetmedia.com/p/we-got-a-s...
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We Got a Sneak Peek at the Massive Musk Doc
Elon Musk is so insane that he must be a genius, we’ve been told. But is that true? Is he actually just … insane? A new film peels back the layers of his illusions.
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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is so fucking dark. Kalshi filed with the CFTC today asking for permission to let traders bet on margin, which means placing prediction market bets with borrowed money.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As Health Director for Wayne County, we put vending machines with free Narcan and fentanyl test strips in 100 locations. We hoped to make even a small dent in offsetting the opioid epidemic that Mike Rogers made even worse by voting with the pharmaceutical industry his entire career in Congress.
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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In other words, this is kind of like when AOL bought Time Warner right before the dot com bubble burst, converting evanescent wealth into a real company with huge political economic power.
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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
3. Paramount is funding this deal with a weird combination of Gulf money (somewhat imperiled by War in Iran) and Daddy's Oracle wealth (imperiled by likelihood an AI asset bubble will burst).
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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Things people are downplaying re Warnermount merger and Bonta: 1. Paramount was on the hook for a significant DAILY ticking fee starting in October; even if they WON a trial, they were going to be out $$$. 2. Paramount had ALREADY lost on the TRO, so we know the case was strong.
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Absolutely horrific: Thanks to a false intelligence "generated with the help of artificial intelligence," the US military nearly carried out an operation aboard a Chinese ship because the incorrect intelligence said it was carrying nukes, according to @cnn.com. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
bootlicking will not save you.
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Dan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Strong email from @aoc.bsky.social putting down a marker on how to deal with both the proximate economic risks from AI and the longer term ones.
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Lol how is Politico gonna run this shit without noting that Joe Lonsdale is one of the top funders of a $125 million Super PAC that's explicitly working to block federal regulation and preempt state regulation? JFC.
Lonsdale, the Palantir co-founder and venture capitalist, blamed well-funded AI companies and advocacy groups for fueling public fears in pursuit of tighter regulation. “I think laws are better than agencies because agencies are much easier to capture,” Lonsdale said, adding he “100%” supports Congress passing laws to protect children, strengthen liability for harmful AI outcomes and establish privacy and transparency rules.
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New York Focus @nysfocus.com · 17/09/2026
The Assemblymember behind the RAISE Act says states can’t wait for DC — and describes how the industry weakened New York’s landmark AI safety law.
nysfocus.com
‘It Is the Time to Go Bold’: Alex Bores on New York’s Role in…
The Assemblymember behind the RAISE Act says states can’t wait for DC — and describes how the industry weakened New York’s landmark AI safety law.
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Jacob Rubashkin @rubashkin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New Siena College/ReconMR TEXAS poll is absolutely brutal for Republicans—could be a generational wipeout if it comes to pass: SEN Talarico 49 Paxton 43 GOV Hinojosa (D) 49 Abbott (R) 45 Generic ballot R47 D46 9/8-11, 614 LV, live caller/text-to-web, MoE 4.3% reconmr.com/wp-content/u...
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Dan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Do any Dems in DC know how to read a fucking poll
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Dan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
JFC. Even the fucking Rs are running against Trump on immigration. Sherrod Brown, Turek still pathetically saying they want to work with him and do a bipartisan.
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Once again re-upping this piece from @gelliottmorris.com. People are sick and tired of the status quo. Today's swing voter isn't left or right, it's status quo vs something completely different. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/meet-ameri...
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
the list below to reform the Roberts MAGA #SCOTUS is incomplete without expansion. Pass it on.
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Remember the dude in Rochester whose home was visited by ICE agents with a "warning notice" after he emailed Todd Lyons that he would "never know peace" & called him "a monstrous human being"? Judge said that speech was protected, and ICE needs to leave him alone. @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social wins!
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Memorandum & Opinion – #25 in STREEVER v. MULLIN (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-02356) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION granting in part and denying in part 9 Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction, and denying the remainder of 17 Defendants' Combined Motion to Dismiss or Transfer not previous...
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Michigan Democrats @michigandems.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Epstein-associated donors gave nearly $4.7 million to Mike Rogers' campaign and political committees while he opposed releasing the Epstein files, arguing for more redactions to "protect somebody who got an airplane and rode with him." www.metrotimes.com/news/donors-...
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Donors named in Epstein files gave nearly $4.7 million to Mike Rogers and groups backing him - Detroit Metro Times
A Metro Times review found that donors named in the Epstein files have given nearly $4.7 million to Mike Rogers’ campaigns and groups supporting him.
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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
As @dylangyauchl.bsky.social and I warned a month ago: An AI Bailout Will Be a ‘Which Side Are You On’ Moment And to be clear: any absolution of legal liability for damages caused would also constitute a bailout. prospect.org/2026/08/13/a...
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An AI Bailout Will Be a ‘Which Side Are You On’ Moment - The American Prospect
If AI falls, Democrats can build an enduring political majority—but only if they reject handing a lifeline to Altman, Musk, and the rest of the industry.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
actually a fair and balanced media would spend far more time on Republican ties to Nazis than Democrats and DSA. The Republicans leading funder (Elon Musk) is a neo-Nazi.
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