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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 4h
When a foreigner killed 1 American citizen—MAGAs unanimously voted FOR the Laken Riley Act. As Israel kills 9 American citizens—MAGAs unanimously voted AGAINST a resolution requiring an investigation into Israel’s actions. MAGAs aren’t protecting US citizens—they’re protecting an apartheid state.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h
The manager was right — some longtime shoppers closed their accounts in protest — but Marcus stuck with his decision. At the time of the flagship's closure, the Main Street store had been open for 112 years.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h
These victories were achieved through the efforts of Civil Rights activists, along with support from Neiman Marcus president Stanley Marcus, who was an early advocate for desegregation. The Neiman Marcus Dallas store manager purportedly warned Marcus that he would destroy his business this way.
A Black man protesting in front of a department store in San Diego, California. He's wearing a suit and holding a sign that says "We March Protesting the Indignity and Humility of Jim Crow." There are some people behind him. Stanley Marcus smoking a pipe. He's wearing a striped suit.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h
The downtown Neiman Marcus flagship was one of the first major Dallas businesses that broke with these practices. In 1961, the company desegregated its Zodiac Room, a swanky lunch spot frequented by Dallas elites. Later, they welcomed Black shoppers to come and buy clothes without restrictions.
The Zodiac Room restaurant on the sixth floor of Neiman Marcus in Dallas. The photo shows a bunch of tables covered in white tablecloth and leather covered seats.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h
For instance, they had to try on clothes over their clothes, put on protective covers when trying on hats, or weren't allowed to make returns once they brought the clothes home. These policies stemmed from racist fears that white customers would refuse merchandise previously worn by Black shoppers.
Department Store, Mobile, Alabama, 1956

By Gordon Parks

Promised gift of The Gordon Parks FoundationJoanne Wilson, one of the Thorntons’ daughters, is shown standing with her niece in front of a department store in downtown Mobile. The pair is impeccably dressed in light, summery frocks. The jarring neon of the “Colored Entrance” sign looming above them clashes with the two young women’s elegant appearance, transforming a casual afternoon outing into an example of overt discrimination. Notice the fallen strap of Wilson’s slip. Though this detail might appear discordant with the rest of the picture, its inclusion may have been strategic: it allowed Parks to emphasize the humanity of his subjects.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h
We’re living through a time when far too many men — including privileged young men at a frat house in an Ivy League university — feel impunity when it comes to attacking women. I don’t think it unrelated to the impunity felt by the man now occupying the highest office in the land.
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Cornell, Rape, and Misogyny in the Age of Trump
Friends,
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just a massive human trafficking ring, forcing vulnerable people from place to place, ruining their lives, all to make a buck
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026
The Department of Homeland Security has already promised that it will flout any law attempting to ban the gloves.
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California bans ICE’s favorite shock gloves
A DHS spokesperson has said the agency “will not abide” by any state ban.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
These corporations need to pay their fair share -- not get more tax breaks they don't need. Read more: www.cnbc.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft draw Sen. Warren questions about AI tax subsidies
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking the leaders of Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft about AI and data center subsidies authorized by GOP legislation.
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Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
One of the biggest winners from President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" were the largest tech and AI corporations, who are already worth billions of dollars. It's why I joined @warren.senate.gov to demand a full accounting of how they've taken advantage of those tax loopholes and deductions.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“When our government laid siege to the city of Minneapolis with wanton violence and the killing of those who had spoken up in resistance, we were outraged.” “We could not believe that the mask had become the new symbol of American justice.” — Cardinal Robert McElroy
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Network solidarity against Trump's attack on the 1st Amendment lasted less than one week. Pathetic. On the bright side for CNN, moving forward Bari Weiss can make changes to ensure there is no more friction with the White House. Support independent media. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I have been preaching this for years now: people need belonging and joy to get into and stay in the work!
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
oh my god?
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
this is nuts, imagine a bank thinking “theyre gonna love seeing their friends in bed with random strangers” lmfao bsky.app/profile/leba...
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oligarchs. The word for very rich businesspeople directly connected to the top of the government and playing a role in high-level government functions is “oligarchs.” Way beyond lobbying, donating, and advisory councils. Trump brought them on his trip to China too. America has oligarchs now.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A quick refresher on correlation vs. causation (something some people clearly need a refresher on right now) youtu.be/PXf0iEBhUaw
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
$17 million! WTF?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter. (Published Jan. 2025)
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A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
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DPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to counties
Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
By killing the VRA, John Roberts has set the stage for Black voting power to be wiped out at every level of politics. Black people in affected districts will still technically have the right to vote, but no real ability to elect candidates they support and who represent their communities.
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: The Trump administration’s third-country removal policy is blocked. The First Circuit says the third-country removal final judgment from Judge Murphy is back in effect. “Consistent with this court's September 18, 2026, Judgment, the March 16, 2026, stay pending appeal is dissolved.”
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
1/ In May, I wrote: “The real fraud is the con that this is about fraud at all.” I warned fraud claims could become cover for cutting benefits. Four months later, 760,000 ACA enrollees are being removed in an anti-fraud sweep. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026
404 Media's @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social wanted to know why Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music pages of dead musicians and indie artists were publishing AI slop music. So, he tried it out himself on a band's official page. It was horrifyingly easy. Watch more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KI3...
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Hellishchildren @hellishchildren.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump hasn't given up on trying to alter the Census information. Sep 15, 2026 WIRED has found that the two authors are part of a larger team, made up almost entirely of America First Policy Institute members, who have been detailed to the Census Bureau and given access to its data.
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The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NYT statement: @nytimes.com
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s hard to explain to non-parents and non-involved parents how often a caring mom second-guesses every single decision she makes as a parent. Most of us are doing the best we can and making the best decisions we can at the time.
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It is such a weak and fragile god who needs a political party, a president, a Supreme Court, and a nation to defend them and fight their battles for them. God does not need your defense. The poor, the hungry, the sick, the disabled, the children, the immigrant, and the powerless do.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The word complicity doesn't do this participation justice IMO.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The media outlets that are breaking all of these Irregular incidents into separate headlines and making it sound like all of these companies are making Terminator film-like strides are participating in the political project of AI, just as many are participating in Trumpian fascism.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When you hear a fantastical story about AI, you should ask yourself, "How does this serve the political project of AI?" Because, as others have pointed out, that's what AI really amounts to: a political project.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The most generous assessment is that this was shitty, lazy engineering; the more in-character scenario is that the sandbox was intentionally breakable because of the story it would generate. Whichever you believe, the story is not "OMG, they made AGI!"
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The OpenAI "breaking containment" story stems from the company's own failure to build a secure sandbox. They relied on a single local proxy to "contain" the program. They could have air-gapped the thing. It's not like they lack resources. It was advantageous to them for the agent to "get loose."
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Anthropic, Meta, and Google "breaking containment" incidents all resulted from setup errors (or a stunt) by the same company: Irregular. Irregular created a sandbox that wasn't really a sandbox because it had a live internet connection, and gave instructions that were then carried out online.
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/09/2026
A federal judge has denied Republican efforts to remove oversight of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, saying the agency continues to show racial disparities in traffic arrests of Latinos.
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Judge Denies Efforts to End Oversight of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as Racial Profiling of Latinos Persists
Deputies continue to search and arrest Latino drivers at a higher rate than white drivers, echoing the racial disparities that prompted court oversight of the department nearly two decades ago.
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Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
What do Papa Johns, Putin & a Dutch ship company have in common? One man: Tom Dans, chair of the US Arctic Research Commission. The role is typically held by science/public policy experts. That’s not Dans. We dug into how he could be leveraging the role for his own interests 🧵
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 19/09/2026
Here are three things about education in America that should be pretty simple.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 17/09/2026
A report by Protect Democracy found that 34.8 million people — about one in 10 Americans — now live in a different district than they did during the 2024 election cycle. to.pbs.org/4hx2ofE
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About 35 million people have been put into new House districts in the fight over congressional maps, report says
The findings display the stark overhaul that partisan redistricting fights kicked off by President Donald Trump last year have caused for Americans across the country.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/09/2026
Marc Elias is so undefeated that the ready to rumble guy should announce his television appearances.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You think this regime can't get any more cartoonishly evil, but then it finds a way. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...
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Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
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Rep. Greg Stanton @repgregstanton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Your vote is your voice. If you’ve moved, changed your name, or haven’t voted in a while, make sure your voter registration is up to date — and encourage your family, friends and neighbors to do the same. Check your registration or get registered today: azsos.gov/elections/vo...
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
every single republican president of my lifetime has started a war in the middle east and destroyed the economy
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Never before in the history of capitalism has so much money been asked from so many people to help so few who screwed up so badly." Here's what I told Conan O'Brien about bank bailouts after the crash of Lehman Brothers — which happened 18 years ago this week.
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