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C.S. Lang @cslpoetry.bsky.social · 1h
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Writing in Times of War: Oleksandr Mykhed on Losing Ukrainian Books to Russian Bombs
Beginning on Thursday, August 27, all days blur into one long, endless air raid alarm. 13 air alarms a day, lasting 872 minutes. The next day—12 alarms, lasting 634 minutes. The next—10 alarms, las…
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waxmonkey @waxmonkey.bsky.social · 1h
it does seem like his right lower pant leg is catching on something underneath it
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Molly Pitcher @mollypitcher.bsky.social · 1h
On airplane stairs before he descends trump can be seen tapping his right leg twice
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1h
Trump's rage at Dr Annie Andrews is getting worse and his smears are getting more disgusting. Must be those GOP polls finding South Carolina close!
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 2h
NEW - EXCLU - Trump has considered reigniting the war against Iran after the midterms But now the White House told the Pentagon to draw up plans for a strike *before* Election Day Trump allies hope it could provide GOP with a boost. No final call yet www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Trump Is Considering a Plan to Strike Iran Before the Midterms
Pentagon planners are weighing options though no final decision has been made.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 1h
oops!
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That Cenobite That Looks Like Skunk Baxter @fresnofred.bsky.social · 6h
It kind of got buried but Peru electing Fujimori's daughter is just as if not more horrifying than Brazil electing a Bolsonaro.
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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 9h
Not sure why this is so hard for people to grasp.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2h
While the Republican Party claims to be the "anti-antisemitism" party when it allows them to attack student protestors and Hasan Piker, we don't talk enough about how their campaign is being funded by a guy who quite literally believes Jews have different DNA. religiondispatches.org/2026/10/06/e...
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Elon Musk, the World’s Richest Human, Is a White Supremacist
The latest warning about the Republican Party’s far-right turn has come from the unlikeliest of places: conservative commentator, George W. Bush Chief of Staff, and renowned Republican strategist Karl...
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 6h
Chaim Peri. Artist, curator, activist, in an anti-occupation protest. Kidnapped by Hamas to Gaza, when he was 78 years old. Abandoned by the Netanyahu government. Died in February 2024 in a tunnel in Khan Yunis (according to Israel, he was executed by his abductors during a Israeli air raid).
Better have Pains of Peace Than Agonies of War
Chaim Peri during an anti-occupation protest
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 5h
Mayor Mamdani is actually our most centrist politician, if by that you mean, "Getting absurd and bad-faith criticism from all sides."
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 8h
A president can't invoke an emergency to send troops to the polls, writes @brennancenter.org's Joseph Nunn. "The law was designed precisely for emergencies, to ensure that future security crises would not lead to crises for our democracy."
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No Emergency Exception: The Ban on Troops at the Polls Was Built for Crises
Section 592 unmistakably conveys Congress’s intent to bar any kind of military interference in American elections.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 2h
Trump has thrown two of his top political consultants under the bus after they were busted working for a pro-Putin Balkan regime just weeks before Republicans face crucial midterm elections.
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Trump Humiliates MAGA Aides Busted Helping Pro-Putin Regime
The president is demanding an explanation from the two influential advisers, whose jobs are now under a cloud.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 3h
A right-wing surge in Brazil appears set to give presidential front-runner Flávio Bolsonaro the leverage not only to free his imprisoned father but also to grant amnesty to supporters who stormed the capital J6-style and impeach the Supreme Court justices who have held them accountable
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Right-wing surge could give Flávio Bolsonaro power his father never had
The favorite to win Brazil’s election has promised to free his imprisoned father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, grant amnesty to supporters and impeach Supreme Court justices.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 7h
If you think Trump’s “musings” and “jokes” are not worth headlines, no matter how shocking or offensive they may be, then you haven’t been paying attention. The past decade and past week show they're too dangerous too ignore. My new piece at @contrariannews.org www.contrariannews.org/p/dont-dismi...
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Don’t Dismiss Trump’s Los Angeles-San Diego Comment as a ‘Joke’
No normal American would say those words. A president shouldn’t even think them.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h
By "a few folks in the media," does Secretary Kegsbreath mean Trump's own Navy Secretary who reported on all the attempted suicides by sailors stuck on the USS Abraham Lincoln?
Eight USS Abraham Lincoln Sailors Attempted Suicide During Deployment in Iran War: Navy Secretary
“Since the beginning of Lincoln’s deployment, there have been a total of eight suicide attempts across the strike group,” Hung Cao wrote.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 5h
Corporate profits and tax revenues grew together until the Trump tax cuts. Now corporate profits are at an all-time high while tax receipts are at their lowest since 2021.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 5h
“I do not have any idea who else they work for …” Always a good thing to hear from the President of the United States.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9h
I don’t think a 21X increase in the cost to get a tanker out of the Persian Gulf with lower total exports than before the war is an achievement. And I think it’s odd that so much of the press has been covering it as if we should see this as positive, with “Better Than You Think”-style “explainers.”
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10h
“The strategy spun out of Project 2025. Dubbed the Donroe Doctrine, a ludicrous name designed to echo the 19th Century Monroe Doctrine, the aim was for total US control of the Western Hemisphere which Trump and his backers see as America’s sphere of influence.”
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Trump In South America
The Far Right shift is almost complete
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 6h
NYFed: By February 2026, Trump's tariffs had contributed 2.9 percentage points to consumer goods price inflation; without tariffs, goods prices would have fallen slightly. The tariffs raised the cost of imported goods AND their domestically-produced competitors.
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How Fast Do Tariffs Pass Through into Consumer Prices? - Liberty Street Economics
A look at how much of U.S. tariffs reach consumers and how quickly, tracing tariffs through import, domestic producer, and retail prices.
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 21h
DOJ hired these prosecutors: -A gambling exec turned conspiracy theorist podcaster -A guy found liable for selling fraudulent insurance leads -A guy who violated attorney-client privilege in a high-profile murder trial -A guy currently facing animal neglect charges www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
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Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks
The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.
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NPR @npr.org · 11h
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa
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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 8h
"Trump’s club would continue to operate under the Trump family company and likely benefit from more business if it becomes a site of long-lasting presidential importance."
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 6h
New Yorker cartoon by Bob Mankoff: man in suit talking on the phone. “No, Thursday’s out. How about never — is never good for you?”
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 8h
the most entitled fascist collaborators in town
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 3h
“Although I treated patients for more than 40 years, I never saw a patient with mumps, a testament to our successful immunization programs”. The amazing @drjudystone.bsky.social writes about the SDSU mumps outbreak in this informative article. Men, your attention please. Mumps can cause orchitis.
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Surging Measles Outbreaks May Fuel Mumps And Other Infections
Mumps outbreaks may be fueled by two things—waning immunity and immune amnesia following measles. We are likely to see more of both as fewer people vaccinate.
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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 2h
Not-fun fact: Trump decimated the DHS office that protects the U.S. from bio threats, like Russia's plague incident. Hundreds of staff from the "Office of Countering WMD" have been pushed out, fired, or reassigned in Trump 2.0. He's playing roulette with our lives.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2h
Meanwhile, over on X, the Secretary of Homeland Security is posting about "vandalizing the demographics of America," a phrase which is either a chilling suggestion of white nationalism from Mullin or just straight pablum which means nothing but sounds just fash enough to excite the faithful.
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“Vandalize the demographics of America” is either a chilling phrase suggesting that Mullin is a white nationalist or an absurdly meaningless bit of pablum  which ignores 250 years of the constantly shifting demographics of a nation of immigrants.

Underneath is a picture of Mullin with a quote "How do you turn a country from democracy to socialism? You have to change the demographics."
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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 2h
The govt has been gutted of knowledgable, competent, and experienced staff. Just as Project 2025 wanted, they have been replaced with party loyalists or not been replaced at all. A non-functional govt that when and if it functions at all will favor only GOP members and GOP policies.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 18h
*adds to the impeachment proceedings list*
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 18h
This.👇
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 18h
WSJ: “Bessent’s behavior was a factor—and sometimes the most-important one—in the departure of multiple key officials, people familiar with the matter said.”
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Inside Bessent’s Treasury: Tension, Turnover and Unmet Economic Goals — The Wall Street Journal
Ahead of midterms that could turn on high prices and borrowing costs, secretary dresses down officials
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 22h
the tech industry is about to invent books
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 21h
- Chief of the Naval General Staff Osami Nagano, leaving the meeting Pearl Harbor meeting, 19 October 1941
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What would you say if you saw it in another country? "If the fence proposal is implemented, it could limit the public’s access to an open space that has allowed people to practice free speech at the doorstep of the country’s highest seat of power."
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Matt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Like national race forecasters, analysts of state legislative races are relatively timid in seeing opportunities for wave election pickups. But if the generic ballot shifts 12 points, with both differential partisan turnout & a large swing, it suggests many unexpected pickups
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Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Has any reporter asked Trump why the trade deficit is at pre-tariff levels?
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Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I scooped this 12 days ago.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 06/10/2026
New: As Trump's meme coin dangled a gala dinner with the president for its top buyers, the wallet holding the creators' tokens moved ~$70M of $TRUMP to an account where it can be sold. @jeffstein.bsky.social for @washingtonsun.com
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Trump’s Meme Coin Firm Wants You to Buy. Insiders Are Preparing to Sell.
Trump personally made more than $600 million from his meme coin last year.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
<staring in history littered with Christian and Jewish fraudsters>
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump and his sons quietly moved 20 billion crypto tokens into an account that lets them cash out. Corruption, plain and simple.
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Is the Trump Family Preparing to Cash Out on Its Own Crypto?
President Donald Trump and his three sons have taken a step that would permit them to sell World Liberty Financial’s digital tokens.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Josh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 22h
RIP
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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I don’t care where you started out on the political spectrum If your kid comes out as trans & you don’t become a rainbow-clad, parade-cheering ally & rock-solid supportive girl/boy/enby dad/mom? You were never a parent at all You were a doll collector furious they didn’t stay in their packaging.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sure, he’s a dreadful human being But also: how on earth do equal marriage rights reduce religious people’s liberty, for goodness sake? How do the love, joy, security, legal protections, life satisfaction, & spousal healthcare benefits in a same sex marriage affect anyone else’s “liberty?
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
LIVE: Health officials HHS Secretary RFK Jr and CDC Director Erica Schwartz are “just standing by” while measles sickens and kills people. Although the official measles case count in PA is 1,004, undercounting of cases could mean there are really 5,000 cases. www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/penn...
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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 23h
SCOOP: While Trump was crisscrossing the USA last week trying to help the GOP stave off a midterm washout, two of his top political advisers were in Republika Srpska advising its pro-Russian government on election issues. James Blair & Chris LaCivita were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars each.
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Amid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia-Aligned Government (Gift Article)
James Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president’s congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22h
A day after Trump said his super PAC would pay for those propaganda ads that had been funded by taxpayers, White House officials said the group did *not* plan to reimburse the government for the more than $10 million it had already spent on the ads.
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Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads
A day after the president said his super PAC would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward. A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Shocking: Trump officials are offering $2,500 or more to detained teens as young as 14 if they agree to leave the US. Kids also get a memo threatening long detention, and prosecution of noncitizen parents, if they press their legal case: “You will be detained for a prolonged period of time.”
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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