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Soon you could buy a gun online and have it shipped to your door without ever setting foot in a gun store—if a Trump administration proposal is finalized. Donald Trump Jr. is a shareholder and board member of a company that says it’s “uniquely positioned” to capitalize on the opportunity.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 33m

Ronald Reagan ratfucked the middle class, as did Bush, and then Trump, by channeling More and more of our our nation's economic proceeds to the rich, far beyond what their talents and accomplishments warranted.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 1h

It's nuts the GOP nominated Paxton. The guy is a train wreck of a candidate.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 1h

The US spends WAY, WAY more on its military that most Americans—and often, their lawmakers—realize. That's because military expenses are tucked into a host of other agency budgets. (These figures include some funds appropriated in earlier fiscal years spend in FY2025.) Full story below. (1/2)

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WIRED @wired.com · 30/09/2026

In her new book on biological warfare, Annie Jacobsen didn’t even discuss AI because scientists can already warp Mother Nature to create extinction-level events. www.wired.com/story/you-do...

wired.com

There Are Plenty of Reasons to Be Concerned About Bioweapons Development—Even Without AI

In her new book on biological warfare, Annie Jacobsen didn’t even discuss AI because scientists can already warp Mother Nature to create extinction-level events.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 7h

Let's see, how else can we fuck over federal workers??

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

These fuckers just really don't understand the Constitution, do they?

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Well, that's the understatement of the year. And also, they absolutely SHOULD be providing Holiday Inn-level accomodations for immigrants who haven't committed any crime other than being here.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What was that Hegseth said about beardos and weirdos?

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And yet Congress is still just letting him do anything he goddamn wants—the ridiculous arch, the Kennedy Center fiasco, the opening of protected wilderness to extractive industries, the blatant, unprecedented corruption.

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 01/10/2026

Oh so an immensely powerful man isn’t allowed to enjoy carefree vacations, just because some of his neighbors notice that he has presided over a rollback of their rights and the destruction of the constitutional order? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...

nytimes.com

John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him. (Gift Article)

After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.

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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 01/10/2026

68% of voters want the US to take ambitious action on climate change!

Respondents were asked to choose between two statements related to the U.S.’s role in global climate leadership, with a bipartisan majority (68%) selecting the following statement: “The United States should take ambitious action to address climate change, even if other countries do not. We should lead the world on this issue and set the example for other countries to follow suit.”

In contrast, just 25% of voters prefer the following statement: “If other countries do not take action to address climate change, the United States should not either. It is not fair for us to act while other countries contributing to the problem are sitting still.”

Despite political polarization reaching a historic high in recent years, Americans aren’t divided on ensuring clean air and water for every community. As the U.S. celebrates Earth Day, many Americans say the holiday holds personal importance and want the U.S. to prioritize clean air and water for all and take ambitious action on climate change.
https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2026/4/22/this-earth-day-two-thirds-of-voters-say-ensuring-clean-air-and-water-for-all-should-be-a-top-priority

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 01/10/2026

Yesterday I tried to fast track my bill to ban data center development on public lands, like this one in Oregon. Republicans blocked it. In case there was any doubt, it’s clear Republicans are all in on Trump’s plan to hijack your public lands for data centers.

oregoncapitalchronicle.com

Data centers proposed on federal land in eastern Oregon, western states • Oregon Capital Chronicle

A data center proposed on BLM land near Hermiston would be the first on federal public land in Oregon, one of dozen proposed in six western states.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

US military spending isn't just DOD. As David Vine writes in @motherjones.com, it is spread across at least 15 other federal agencies, and the total likely exceeds the combined military budgets of every other nation on Earth. These figures are "likely to stun most Americans,” notes one expert.

motherjones.com

Think Trump’s $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget request is outrageous? This'll blow your mind.

We already spend at least that much on the US military each year, and maybe a lot more.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That expression you have while witnessing spectacular incompetence.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026

This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

With tens of millions of dollars in funding withheld, the bottom quickly fell out of a number of organizations. Lawyers cut clients adrift. “They were like, ‘No new clients’—and not only no new clients, but ‘No consultations, no pro se workshops, and withdraw from every single pro bono client.’”

motherjones.com

First Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.

How legal aid groups survived the administration's attacks—barely.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is called election interference and it’s illegal.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The richest guy on the planet sure is dumb.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's reasonable and acceptable if you're a jackass. I would far rather have a considerate next door neighbor who speaks no English than an asshole who does.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In my book, I covered the Real Estate Wealth Expo—basically Life Surge w/o the religion. Among the speakers helping them peddle sham seminars: Rudy Giuliani, Al Gore, Sir Richard Branson, Magic Johnson, Joe Montana, Pitbull, A-Rod, Sly Stallone, and their biggest headliner, Donald Trump.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 27/09/2026

The affordability crisis looks very different from their table.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My god, the man just won't stop forcing his warped worldview down our throats. Chasing a buck may be his top priority in life. It doesn't have to be everybody's.

newrepublic.com

Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees

Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026

This is an entirely new phenomenon because before the vaccine, most women who survived measles were immune because they had it when they were young. But now, idiots who refuse to get vaccinated are giving birth to babies with measles. Two babies have died. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

nbcnews.com

America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.

Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

To refer to the people affected by "millionaire" taxes as mere millionaires is, in most cases, a wild understatement. The WA income tax applies only to people who report at least $1M in ANNUAL taxable income after credits and deductions, and only to earnings in excess of that. They are VERY rich.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Fraud is a huge problem, but how are we to trust the accounting of an administration led by a man with a history of defrauding the federal government & others, who gave clemency to one of the top Medicare fraudsters in history, and who facilitates fraud by the rich via defunding of IRS enforcement?

nytimes.com

White House Claim of Finding $250 Billion in Fraud Uses Questionable Numbers (Gift Article)

The ledger used by a task force created by President Trump is difficult to verify and includes cases that were identified and went to trial during the Biden administration.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

NYT: In a phone call days before Oct. 7, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Hamas was considering a major attack. Days later, on Oct. 1, 2023, Netanyahu met with his security chiefs but never mentioned the warning www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/w...

nytimes.com

Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7 (Gift Article)

The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials sai...

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wild stuff. Sheri Mecklenberg, career prosecutor accused of misconduct in Broadview 6 case, resigns from DOJ. The NYT obtained her scathing resignation letter, in which she says the U.S. attorney directed her to bring felony charges over her objection. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

nytimes.com

Read the document (Gift Article)

Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Used in this manner, SAVE has produced an extraordinarily high error rate," as @popular.info noted. Ditto the Kansas Interstate Crosscheck, which red states have favored over the only effective election integrity tool: ERIC. But integrity isn't the goal. The goal is to rig the elections.

motherjones.com

Supreme Court allows Trump to use flawed database to vet voter citizenship

While the impact on the midterms might be minimal, Justice Jackson warns some eligible voters could be disenfranchised.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In which I school author and (now) bioterror expert Annie Jacobsen about the band Devo. It turns out "devolution" is an actual thing the US government plans for. Totally wild!

motherjones.com

How the author of a bestselling book on biological war feels about AI

The plague in Annie Jacobsen's latest scenario makes Covid look like child's play.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I caught up with Annie Jacobsen, and I may never sleep again. "Where we are now, with [advanced] genetic engineering, with gain of function research, with AI-enabled bio" she told me, "you have a situation whereby everything is on the table in terms of pandemic potential."

motherjones.com

How the author of a bestselling book on biological war feels about AI

The plague in Annie Jacobsen's latest scenario makes Covid look like child's play.

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Kiera Butler @kieraevebutler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am a sports ignoramus and knew nothing about Tim Tebow till I started work on this investigation with @pablo.show into the Christian investment seminar events he speaks at like 10x/year. It was quite the introduction to him! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh7s...

youtube.com

We Investigated the Christian "Scam" Fronted by Tim Tebow | PTFO

YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NEW: I came across a bookseller who was afraid that a mysterious company trying to buy some of his rarest books was going to use them to train AI models. I went down the rabbithole with him, and was confused and altogether existentially weirded out by what I found www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.com

A bookseller confronts a mysterious company hunting his rarest books

Was a Kentucky retailer targeted by a destructive AI "predator"?

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/09/2026

Two thing can be true. The WH kicking out media it doesn’t like is absolutely a First Amendment violation. And There is little journalism of value to be found in the highly controlled, substance-free halls of power—wall-to-wall navel-gazing about one’s access probably being of the least value.

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Mamdani meeting world leaders vs Mamdani meeting trump.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Side note: The first time American TV viewers ever so much as heard a toilet flush was in 1973. Before that, TV characters didn't go pee-pee or poo-poo. But Archie Bunker couldn't hold it.

motherjones.com

N.C.'s transgender skirmish is just the latest in a long history of bathroom freakouts

Let us take you back.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As @davidcorn.bsky.social reports, Putin's trolls are again messing with US elections on behalf of Trump and the GOP, now by creating deepfake videos branded as coming from legit news outlets, including @motherjones.com. Be careful what you ingest, people. If something seems off, it probably is.

motherjones.com

How Russia is attacking the midterms with a Mother Jones deepfake.

Putin's trolls are again looking to help Donald Trump and the GOP.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yep. I watched this video. Pure Trump hype propaganda. Illegally funded by tax dollars. And supporting right wing propaganda networks.

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