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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There's a shit-ton of actual anti-Semitism in the world today, but Netanyahu's fraudulent misuse of the term devalues it dangerously. Hamas is anti-Semitic and murderous. Netanyahu is a cynical, murderous shitheel. Mamdani is an American politician with a perverse impulse to tell blunt truths.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 23h
"Can a rapist’s prose elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect what empathy and accountability might look like so undergrads may successfully mimic them on paper in pursuit of avoiding just punishment." buff.ly/5na4oMY
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Announcing Cornell University’s Newest Writing Course: Rape Essays 101
“Can a rapist’s prose effectively elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect wh...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h
GATES: “.. I almost can’t believe you’re asking that.” @ezraklein.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 6h
Americans hate data centers. And they are paying for them through Meta’s tax dodging. It’s a good bet that Trump broke the IRS so badly, they’ll get away with it. Excellent piece from @kashhill.bsky.social, @jessedrucker.bsky.social et al: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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NER430 @ner430.bsky.social · 5h
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Flooding the Zone
Jack Smith kicked off his testimony on the Hill today like this: “I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including my decision to bring charges against President Trump.” He told senators that his...
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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 6h
Evangelical numbers gave trump the White House - twice. But it has always been the Leonard Leo Catholic generals on the Supreme Court, at Heritage and on trump cabinet running the culture war in DC. Interesting look at decline of Evangelical clout. www.thebulwark.com/p/an-evangel...
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An Evangelical Kingmaker Is Lost in the Age of Trump
Four years after Dobbs, evangelical leaders are confronting a Republican party increasingly uninterested in abortion.
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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 7h
An extremely important oped, as destroying separation of church and state is central to the Catholic Integralist believers on Supreme Court. Secular democracy is heresy. Note Leonard Leo and his Becket Fund NGO are primary in this SCOTUS erosion of democracy. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
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Opinion | Religion Is the Roberts Court’s Unfinished Business (Gift Article)
This case has flown under the radar, but it won’t stay there.
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NER430 @ner430.bsky.social · 6h
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Opinion | Trump Wants to Get His Hands on the Power of the Purse (Gift Article)
The search for fraud in the federal government must always end in the same place.
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NER430 @ner430.bsky.social · 6h
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Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models (Gift Article)
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 18h
In a new interview, Bill Gates speaks to the imminent dangers of unregulated AI that could easily result in mass death. He does not hold back. (Gift link to the full interview: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...)
So why is anything needed beyond — and is anything needed beyond? — the simply natural incentives under capitalism and normal corporate reputational management?

Well, I almost can't believe you're asking that. This is the most dangerous thing that humans have ever gone near.
In other areas, do we just say: Hey, release your drugs? There's no F.D.A., there's no airline safety board, there's no requirement that cars use seatbelts. Do we just use the liability laws to try and keep humans safe? You know: Oh, you're shipping opioids. Somebody should just sue you.
I mean, we've created a society that tries to keep people safe not by saying: Oh, we can bankrupt the person who does that.And you say there's filtering. There's no filtering. You can take an open-source model that can create bioweapons and disable any monitoring of any kind, and this exists today.
So no, there is no filtering of any kind.
And so say you kill 100 million people — you want to use a lawsuit?
I almost can't keep a straight face.And part of the reason I'm speaking so loudly — as loud as I can — is that you can't rely on the industry to self-regulate here. I mean, it's just insane.
The only question in my mind is: Do we wait until a cyberattack causes massive damage and a bioattack causes massive damage, and then the monitoring safeguards are required in these models to minimize the chance of that happening many, many more times? Or can we be wise enough to put these things in and require these things to be put in before millions of deaths?
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 19h
The MAGA/MAHA Administration really loves to censor science www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
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Trump Administration Suppressed USPSTF Recommendations
Group's recommendations on cervical cancer screening, cardiovascular prevention were blocked
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The Daily Montanan @dailymontanan.com · 18h
Did you see an ad featuring President Donald Trump recently? It might have included the phrase, "This is the final battle." You may not know that you paid for that ad. dailymontanan.com/2026/09/29/r...
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Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find • Daily Montanan
President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call…
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 21h
omg. yes, they actually have video of him at the game. when does marshall mcluhan walk out and dunk on sen schmitt?
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22h
FBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...
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The Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part II
A quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality).
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22h
More than 3 MILLION Ohioans rely on Medicaid. That’s roughly 1 in 4 people in the state. That’s the healthcare debate Ohioans are facing. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 18h
Can't think of any reporter who speaks for me more than this guy— a Canadian. "Hundreds of hours immersed in Trump’s rhetoric has given me some insights and personal opinions about the nature of his lying, how it is received by the public and how it is covered..." www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h
The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. (Published March)
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Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump
Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...
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Truthout @truthout.org · 18h
Sen. Chuck Grassley, the oldest member of the Senate, has said that he worries Iowa may elect a Democratic governor because that person would pick his replacement if he dies while in office. Grassley will be 95 when his term expires in January 2029.
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Chuck Grassley, 93, Laments a Democrat Could Replace Him If He Dies in Office
The remarks come as Sen. Mitch McConnell, 84, faces calls to step down over health- and age-related concerns.
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NER430 @ner430.bsky.social · 18h
Protests are planned for Thursday at the site of the proposed arch | wusa9.com share.google/7ollyr7Y8GXe...
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Washington, DC's Leading Local News: Weather, Traffic, Sports and more | Washington, DC | wusa9.com
WUSA9.com is the official website for WUSA-TV, your trusted source for breaking news, weather and sports in Washington, D.C.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20h
Awful: The Supreme Court just let Trump's third-country deportations move forward. Still a shot at stopping them later but unlikely. Reminder: If Dems win power, they can and should defund both the white-nationalist Office of Remigration and third-country deportations, as I argue in this piece:
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
IOWA FIRST… FROM KANSAS? Zach Lahn is running for governor of Iowa while maintaining a home in Wichita. He voted in Kansas in 2018, 2020 and 2022, then registered in Iowa in 2024. Flight records reviewed by the Des Moines Register showed his plane making frequent trips back to Wichita.
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Carolleisa @carolleisa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sometimes it’s Amazon. Sometimes it’s Google. Sometimes it’s a company you’ve never heard of. They want your land, your water, your power grid, your tax base. #Datacenters are a supercharged corporate attack on the public good. www.theframelab.org/mps-data-cen...
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Data Centers Isuse Hurts Trump—If Democrats Pounce
AI. Crypto. Trump. All three are the same con with different wigs.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h
🚌 NEWSWEEK: “Soaring diesel prices are putting mounting pressure on school districts and school buscontractors responsible for transporting millions of students across the country each day.” #TrumpTax #Trumpflation www.newsweek.com/school-bus-r...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 20h
Trump pardoned Jack Abramoff's old business partner in July. We went through the federal filings and found the man's money in eight Republican Senate campaigns. Six belong to sitting senators.
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Trump Pardoned Abramoff’s Partner. We Found His Money In Eight Republican Senate Campaigns.
Also: a congressman on his way out files 26 impeachment charges against Trump, a carpenter beats ICE in Manhattan, and farm country picks a side.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Votebeat @votebeat.org · 20h
What's going on with investigations into noncitizen voting across the country 🧵 The latest: Maricopa County investigated 60 suspected noncitizen voters. 52 are citizens, 8 are not. from @sashahupka.bsky.social: www.votebeat.org/arizona/2026...
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52 out of 60 voters flagged as noncitizens in key Arizona county turn out to be citizens
Maricopa County’s GOP recorder said he had found 60 noncitizens who had cast a ballot. Upon closer investigation, though, the real number is only eight.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23h
I wrote about just how bad the surge in gas prices is promising to be for Republicans in November. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
wow -- Darline Graham cuts off Jack Smith just as Smith start explaining how her brother Lindsey in fact denounced Trump's lies about the 2020 election on the Senate floor
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 20h
Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20% cut to future general and admiral positions. The move comes amid a massive purge of top commanders, and a war with Iran that continues to rage. The result is generational damage to our military. thehill.com/policy/defen...
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Hegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaul
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, two Penta…
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 20h
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Trump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules
New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 20h
Eric Schmitt just kept doubling down on his Jack Smith conspiracy even after that painful moment in the hearing. Now, we have concrete evidence he misunderstood his own evidence. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/eric-sc...
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New Evidence Shows Just How Badly One Republican Senator Beclowned Himself in the Jack Smith Hearing
TPM has found fairly definitive evidence proving Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) misread...
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
SCOOP: Top researchers at Columbia, Stanford, and others thought they were elected to elite scientific societies alongside Nobel laureates. The catch? The organizations are a sham. I spent the last month diving deep into a massive academic scam spanning continents, for @nature.com
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Exclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchers
A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.
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The American Postal Workers Union @apwu.bsky.social · 20h
The Postal Board of Governors has the power to stop harmful measures like the executive order on Vote-by-Mail. Write a letter urging them to permanently end this unlawful and unprincipled attack on democracy at: usmailnotforsale.org/action
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 20h
BREAKING from @jendlouhy.bsky.social and Ruth Liao: TRUMP to announce $54B Alaska LNG plan backed by South Korea and long championed by embattled Senator Dan Sullivan, who faces tough fight against Mary Peltola in key battleground www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump to Unveil $54 Billion Alaska LNG Plan Amid Midterm Woes
President Donald Trump is set to unveil South Korea’s plan to invest some $200 billion in the US, including $54 billion for a long-stalled venture to export natural gas from Alaska that’s been champio...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h
Trump's Iran War has spiked food prices by raising the cost of fertilizer and fuel. His cuts to FDA and HHS have made foodborne illness outbreaks harder to contain. And his SNAP cuts have made it even harder for millions to feed themselves. He's making America hungry again.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good! Prosecutors in New York are reopening an investigation into the allegations of a gang rape of a former Cornell University student after a civil lawsuit was filed earlier this month by the woman’s lawyer, claiming the school did not do enough to protect the accuser www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/u...
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New York prosecutors reopen investigation after student files lawsuit over alleged gang rape at Cornell University | CNN
Prosecutors in New York are reopening an investigation into an alleged gang rape of a former Cornell University student after a civil lawsuit was filed earlier this month by the woman’s lawyer, claimi...
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Robert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The judge later asked a group of 15 minors without attorneys: “Is this your first time in immigration court?” They all answered, “Yes.” “Do any of you want voluntary departure?” the judge asked. No one raised their hand. Another child stretched her hands playfully toward the sky.
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Inside a Texas immigration court where children fight to stay in the US | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Robert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 29/09/2026
Exclusive: Donald Trump supports a new plan to offer Russia sanctions relief in exchange for the release of political prisoners—a move likely to outrage Ukraine, Europe, and even some of his allies in Congress, @shustry.bsky.social reports.
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A Most Trumpian Plan to Make Nice With Russia
Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.
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Twin Cities Research Group @tcresearchgroup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
TCRG Webinar: Metro Surge: Opinions and experiences of Minnesotans. Jens Manuel Krogstad and Craig Helmstetter @craigstetter.bsky.social present on @lumaris.com 's recent MN Community Surveys concerning Operation Metro Surge. Oct 21. RSVP at tcrgoct21.eventbrite.com
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TCRG Webinar: Metro Surge: Opinions and experiences of Minnesotans
Jens Manuel Krogstad and Craig Helmstetter present on Lumaris Research's recent MN Community Surveys concerning Operation Metro Surge.
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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: Liberty Investigates and The Guardian discover British Transport Police’s initial six-month trial of live facial recognition tech in London’s railway stations: - cost more than £320,000 - took nearly 100 hours of police time - resulted in no arrests www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Trial of live facial recognition in London stations ends with a false positive and no arrests
Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert
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NER430 @ner430.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Why Abdul El-Sayed Is Overperforming With Trump Voters
He might have a lucky (political) horseshoe.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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NER430 @ner430.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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September 28, 2026
It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Late to it, but delighted to find former Postie Dana Milbank at the new Washington Sun. www.washingtonsun.com/perspectives...
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It Was Already a Pretty Bad Week. Then Trump Surrendered to China.
Xi came to town, and the American president became a supplicant.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
[Smug Don Johnson in “Knives Out” voice:] I was reading Daniel Dale when he was at the Toronto Star. www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ICYM - Fossil-fuel firms in line for $190bn in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call - Senators’ report says US taxpayers face higher bills after ‘bargain’ between president and major polluters #energycrisis #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call
Senators’ report says taxpayers face higher bills after ‘bargain’ between president and major polluters
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Stephen Miller's wife got threatening phone calls, leading to the FBI opening an investigation. When the Miller family were not happy with the pace of the progress the lead agents were kicked off the case and reassigned. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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FBI Ousts Officials Probing Threats to Stephen Miller’s Wife (2)
FBI leadership removed two counterterrorism leaders due to dissatisfaction with their investigation of allegedly threatening phone calls made to senior White House aide Stephen Miller’s wife, said thr...
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Learning how the NIH funds biomedical research at universities should be part of graduate school curriculum. In the past two years, I have learned more about this mechanism than in my entire life. You don’t realize how many moving parts are involved until someone actively tries to kill them. 🧪
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