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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 11h
Right-wing online influencers: We can't prove Talarico *didn't* go to a rehab in Ohio NYT: We can, we saw video proof WSJ: Speaking of, we saw video of Paxton partying at the Burj Khalifa with his girlfriend and two men under federal indictment for fraud, one of whom donated to Paxton's campaign
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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 10h
Repubs giving up on the governor’s race is bad news for Rogers/NRSC.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 9h
A year later, in 2010, I got to speak with Moises Kaufman for Arena Stage's production of The Laramie Project — about the town's response to Shepard's murder — and The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later. www.metroweekly.com/2010/11/stor... We talked some about Judy, and this is what Kaufman said:
MW: What has your experience been with Judy Shepard? Obviously, she’s been a strong source of that narrative that resulted from her son’s murder.

KAUFMAN: My experience with Judy has been that of witnessing an activist being born. As she herself says, she was a mom. And because she was thrown into this position, she had two options: She could demand her privacy and go home and keep this a personal catastrophe for herself, or she could take arms and own the spotlight that was shone unwilling on her.

And she owned it. She became a spokesperson. She trained herself to be able to speak publicly and to speak from her heart. And it has been really inspiring and magnificent witnessing the transformation from a very private person into a very public figure that speaks so eloquently and beautifully about social justice and issues of equality and identity.

For many years, she didn’t see the play, she wasn’t able to see the play – and I completely understood. And, then, she finally saw the play. And, then, we made the movie, and she came to see the movie. And, since then, she’s become an ally to Tectonic Theater Project. And, many places where they do The Laramie Project, they invite her to come speak. So it’s really proved, for the Matthew Shepard Foundation and for her, a very helpful tool, which is very encouraging.

MW: When you talk about the importance and creation of narrative, The Laramie Project and, as you said, ”the birth of an activist” of Judy Shepard almost seem intertwined as narratives at this point.

KAUFMAN: I think so. Look, I want to be very clear, I’m not saying that because of The Laramie Project, she became an activist – she became an activist because this was a woman who underwent to take on the transformation, and she made decisions at each step of the way that, as difficult as they were, were noble. She would fight me on that – she would not allow me to call her noble, but I think there’s nobility in Judy Shepard.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 11h
Sharing this because NYers who are unenthusiastic about casting a vote for Kathy Hochul need to know that the alternative, Bruce Blakeman, is a genuinely evil piece of shit. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/n...
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Blakeman Launches Graphic Attack on Mamdani in Meeting With Hasidic Jews (Gift Article)
While seeking support from Hasidic leaders, the Republican candidate for governor, Bruce Blakeman, said Mayor Zohran Mamdani would not act if riots hit their community.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 12h
More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife on.wsj.com/4yKLe4d
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More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h
Yes, yes, the authoritarian president is leading a hate-filled rally in which he urges his followers to physically assault protesters but do NOT call any of these people Nazis or you will make David Brooks sad.
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 13h
just a casual reminder that inciting violence against his political opponents and others he dislikes has been a core feature of Donald Trump's approach for more than a decade. It is a defining characteristic of Trump and his movement, but rarely centered as such by corporate media.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10h
When you've lost Youngstown ...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10h
Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Trump on Jon Husted: "I don't do this with men very often. I started examining his body, because I didn't know he was a great athlete ... I looked at his ass"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11h
I love that this might be the thing that tanks Paxton, and not the biblical divorce or letting a child rapist out early.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11h
lol my god are they really gonna lose Texas www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race
Trump backed the scandal-plagued Paxton in one of the riskiest bets of the midterms
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 22h
Anyway. Happy Every Day is Indigenous People's Day. For NYers who desperately want to celebrate an Italian who never set foot in North America, I suggest changing Columbus Circle to Artemesia Gentileshci Circle, complete with a new statue in direct conversation with the eponymous rapist tower.
Artmesia Gentileshci's painting of Judith slaying Holofernes. A woman in blue holds his head down while she cuts through his throat with a dagger, while he unsuccessfully resists her accomplice in red
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 22h
I realize it often feels like nothing matters anymore, but a comedian going on SNL and calling women whores— calling the ordinary women he sees at the gym *whores* — because of their clothes matters to me. It’s really gross, and I’m glad Levy said something.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22h
Sen. Schatz gives his elevator pitch for the Democratic Party: “We’re the party that gives a shit about regular people and what they’re going through.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h
imagine if Joe Biden ...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21h
BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) — Omar says she will 'not be silenced' and calls search of her home 'latest escalation' in Trump's 'intimidation' campaign.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 20h
For those complaining that this isn't enough. Stop it. I'm sorry that actual judges understand the importance of doing what they're doing correctly because these things, inevitably will be appealed. Judge Reyes is doing an incredible job of immediately obtaining a robust record here.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 20h
Hey, who’s gonna be live in the studio in New York for an hour today on MSNOW at 4ET?
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Chris Elliot: It's Me! I'm The Guy!
ALT: Chris Elliot: It's Me! I'm The Guy!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23h
After Jan. 6, 2021, many Trump loyalists headed for the exits. But not Russell Vought. He told the president, I’m going to work night and day to get you back in the White House in four years. Then he and others began working on a plan: Project 2025. Listen to our latest "Paper Trail" episode 👇
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Who’s the Shadow President?
Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · October 1 · 36m
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h
Back in the day we used to wait around for Dem Party leaders and mainstream media to rapidly debunk things like the Talarico hoax and rage as they did nothing. Now we do it ourselves because they aren’t coming to save us. Just do a search to see the lack of stories from them on it.
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The most darkly comedic irony of the micro-mass-hysteria event that was the attempted Talarico smear on Twitter this weekend is in the last Congress there were two Republican members who literally were in mental health facilities including one who had secretly been there for six months.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2026
Zelenskyy on Fox News: "If President Trump wants to change the leader in Ukraine, he has to know that only our people can change ... [but] now we have attacks each day. We're speaking about thousands of drones, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles. How can people vote?"
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Better late than never, I guess. But what a travesty. 😩 Gift link wapo.st/4B0AQqP
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Judge halts tree removal at D.C. golf course that Trump has proposed overhauling
Plaintiffs had said “hundreds more” were slated for the ax, and the judge ordered a stop to all tree removal until 7 a.m. Tuesday or until she issues another order.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
My probe into how local cops in Pa.'s York County teamed with ICE to bust 500-plus immigrants on busy highways, terrifying the Haitian community and shattering families over a busted headlight 287(g) has made York the worst place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. www.inquirer.com/opinion/york...
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How York County became the most dangerous place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. | Will Bunch
Local cops working with ICE in York County, Pa. have made hundreds of arrests, with many more afraid to leave home.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Q: President Trump said that you and Ken Paxton should debate... What are your thoughts on that? James Talarico: I agree with President Trump. I think Ken Paxton should debate. I know Ken Paxton has asked for proof of life from me. I'm asking for proof of spine from him.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Where’s James Talarico?” they screamed when he took 12 days off the campaign trail due to the flu. Yet they remained silent when Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) was absent for four months and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) missed more than three months.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/10/2026
The MAGA influencer crew just tried to pull a massive smear campaign on Texas senate candidate James Talarico claiming they had a recording of a hospital employee at the Ohio based Lindner Center for Hope where they claimed he was hospitalized for mental health issues. It fell apart immediately.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/10/2026
The allegation that James Talarico disappeared to a mental health facility was a malicious lie. But on the bright side, Paxton and his right-wing cohorts just handed Talarico a TON of free media attention and publicity. Complete idiocy. 🤡
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"The 2.25m barrels of diesel Putin offered Trump will have zero net impact on the world price of diesel. But accepting them will collapse the US-led sanctions regime on Russia—and align Trump with Putin against Ukraine's attacks on Russian energy production..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin
The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Thank you for having me last night, Kacey Musgraves !
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Rob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Dressing in the skin suit of religion"--I have never heard a more obvious bit of projection.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Sen. Chris Murphy: "Right now members of Congress are being denied the ability to see the damage at these bases because there's a coverup underway. There's a coverup underway to try to hide the cost of this war and the debacle it has caused in the region."
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I think I have a good point here
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“There is no excuse for a mistake of this magnitude...” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Pentagon raises official toll of troops who died during war with Iran to 21
The Post exclusively reported last month that the number of service members lost was greater than what the Pentagon was reporting in its public database.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 11/10/2026
⁨Texas voter: I feel as though I buy 5 things and it's already up to $100, so that's definitely the toughest thing⁩.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"People sometimes get involved in elections because they are skeptical of how they work. Then they discover that the problems they expected to find are not there..." www.votebeat.org/national/202...
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How Monae Johnson went from MAGA darling to endorsing a Democrat
South Dakota’s Republican secretary of state once questioned vote-counting machines. Four years later, she is defending them and backing a Democrat to replace her.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/10/2026
Do you know how hard it is to lose the war if you're the United States? It's about as unlikely as bankrupting a casino.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 11/10/2026
Impeach
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Talarico: I've heard credible reports that Ken Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice. People are concerned. He has asked for proof of life from me. I'm asking for proof of spine from him.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Republican Party is chock full of Nazis. The government has Nazis in senior administration positions. The Republican Party’s largest donor is a neo-Nazi. David Brooks might not want to admit it, but that’s why it’s long past time for him to shut up.
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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
When the Auschwitz Memorial has to fact check the new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia for being a nut.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/10/2026
DHS claims the man ran in front of their SUV. You be the judge.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Guilfoyle also said she was being blocked from attending a dinner for Eric Trump, and she wanted an American businessman on the guest list to get her in the door.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "If President Trump really wants to have elections, tell Putin give us two months, 60 days of total ceasefire -- 60 days -- and we will organize elections. Of course, we will be ready for any choice of our people."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I’m old enough to remember when the Treasury Secretary would only weigh in on things related to the economy. And this is a good reminder of why that used to be true.
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