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Nick Riccardi

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AP political reporter. Father, hiker, pizza snob, part of the social media diaspora.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 19/09/2025
BREAKING: The Board of Immigration Appeals is trying to deport our client Mario Guevara, a journalist from El Salvador, despite his clear legal path to residency and an immigration judge's order to grant his release on bond.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/09/2025
It's a journalist's job to ask questions of government officials, no matter which party is in power. That often means respectfully knocking on doors to get answers people deserve to know. Tips and evidence are essential to our nonpartisan work: www.propublica.org/tips/
Screenshot of post on X from VA Secretary Doug Collins. The text reads: @ProPublica is an extreme liberal news outlet that will do anything to make the Trump Administration look bad. But this week, the far-left editors there reached a new low by sending @VernalColeman to stalk @DeptVetAffairs employees at their homes. This creepy behavior will discourage good people from coming to work at VA. @ProPublica, please do better and stop letting your hatred of the Trump Administration continue to warp your judgment.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Conan O’Brien speaks out about the Jimmy Kimmel suspension:
The suspension of jimmy kimmel and the promise to silence other Late Night hosts for criticizing the administration should disturb everyone on the Right, Left, and Center.  It’s wrong and anyone with a conscience knows it’s wrong.
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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
NEW: The SEC quietly dismissed complaints against 3 people who were granted clemency by Trump for frauds that collectively bilked victims out of hundreds of millions of dollars. Now, Devon Archer, Trevor Milton & Carlos Watson won't have to pay any money that could be used to make victims whole.
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The S.E.C. Drops Efforts to Recoup Funds From Trump Clemency Recipients
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Apropos of nothing, here's a thread of worker-owned cooperative news sites that you might want to support: www.404media.co/membership/
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Membership
404 Media is a new independent media company founded by technology journalists Jason Koebler, Emanuel Maiberg, Samantha Cole, and Joseph Cox.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
they're throwing parties without us now
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The movie version of V For Vendetta wasn’t great but it did have a whole subplot about late-night comedy host getting canceled (and later imprisoned) for displeasing the regime
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
“When we have the weight of the United States government behind extremist views, we’ve got a problem.” —Barack Obama
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 16/09/2025
More from the suspect Tyler Robinson's alleged messages: * Nothing about him being a groyper. * For why he did it, he wrote, "I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can't be negotiated out." * Had only been planning it "a bit over a week." * Was his grandfather's rifle. His dad gave it as a gift.
"I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can't be negotiated out."
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
These estimates of public support for violence (from www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...) are inflated - *much* higher than what we and others have found using question wording that reduces acquiescence bias: brightlinewatch.org/accelerated-... The vast majority of Americans reject political violence.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Nothing makes more clear how Trump defines "hate speech" than him applying the term to a super bland question from a reporter
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Another blow to the case trying to unseat Fed Gov. Cook: “The property tax authority in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook hasn’t broken rules for tax breaks on a home there that Cook declared her primary residence.” Via Reuters
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Exclusive: No evidence of primary residence violation by Fed Gov Lisa Cook, says Michigan official
The property tax authority in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook hasn’t broken rules for tax breaks on a home there that Cook declared her primary residence.
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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
There is no doubt in my mind that living our lives online contributes to a culture of political violence. A story. Last month, my car wouldn't start, so I needed to get it towed to the dealership an hour away. AAA sent a two guy. Let's call him Chris. (1/x)
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Nick Riccardi @nickriccardi.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says the US again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, says 3 killed in strike.
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Nick Riccardi @nickriccardi.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Notable that the people in this Discord chat, at least, did not seem to be happy Kirk was killed www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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‘It was me’: Suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting appeared to confess in Discord chat
‘Im sorry for all of this’ read a message from the suspect’s account, according to two people familiar with the message and screenshots obtained by The Post.
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Michael Kruse @michaelkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
“One of the goals of political violence is to totally transform civic culture. If you’re not holding public events, you’re kind of doing the work of those who are kind of promoting political violence.”
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After Kirk killing, political leaders pull back from public appearances
Worries were already rising after acts of political violence have started piling up. Now, that unease has reached new levels.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 15/09/2025
"The U.S. agricultural workforce fell by 155,000 — about 7 percent — between March and July, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data. That tracks with Pew Research Center data that shows total immigrant labor fell by 750,000 from January through July."
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'The whole thing is screwed up': Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers
They're pushing lawmakers to move faster on a farm labor solution, even as the president cracks down on immigration.
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AILA @aila.org · 15/09/2025
"USCIS says election officials have used the tool to check the information of more than 33 million voters — a striking portion of the American public, considering little information has been made public about the tool's accuracy or data security." n.pr/4mgrQoG
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33 million voters have been run through a Trump administration citizenship check
Tens of millions of voters have had their information run through the tool — a striking portion of the U.S. public, considering little has been made public about the tool's accuracy or data security.
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Nick Riccardi @nickriccardi.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
What a time to be alive www.semafor.com/article/09/1...
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‘The verdict of history will be merciless’: A new left media rises in the age of Trump
Drop Site News is bringing on a new publisher as it and other leftist news sites get scoops and momentum.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
New from me: As we learn more information about Charlie Kirk's alleged killer, here's what you need to to know. open.substack.com/pub/ctrlaltr...
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Meme Ideology
The shooter’s political leanings don’t matter. Here’s what does.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14/09/2025
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade has apologized for advocating the execution of mentally ill homeless people.
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Fox News' Brian Kilmeade apologizes for saying mentally ill homeless people should be executed
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade has apologized for advocating the execution of mentally ill homeless people.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Grok is being sent to the reeducation camp
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14/09/2025
Since President Vladimir Putin’s invitation to Alaska by President Trump, Russia has been emboldened in its strategy of splitting the U.S. from Europe while pushing ever harder to gain a military victory in Ukraine.
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Boosted by summits in Alaska and China, Putin moves against Europe, Ukraine
Russia has been emboldened in its strategy of splitting the U.S. from Europe while pushing ever harder to gain a military victory in Ukraine.
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Nick Riccardi @nickriccardi.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
The dangers of the blame game, very vividly on display after Charlie Kirk's assassination (worth noting, also On Here where some people rushed to conclude the shooter was a groyper) apnews.com/article/char...
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Blame game after acts of political violence can lead to further attacks, experts warn
From the moment conservative icon Charlie Kirk was felled by an assassin’s bullet, partisans have fought over who’s to blame for his death.
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
“Please complete your fun” - new casually dystopian announcement at my son’s climbing gym
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
"He gave me the confidence to be able to believe what I believe": Charlie Kirk's clear if occasionally caustic answers to issues cut through, particularly for young men coming of age at a time of social isolation and lives increasingly lived online. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
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‘He Gave Me Confidence’: How Charlie Kirk Connected With Young Men
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 14/09/2025
Sunday post: People are more likely to support partisan violence if they think the other party does too This gives us an incredibly powerful tool for reducing mass political violence: Sharing the real (very low) numbers on how many people actually support it www.gelliottmorris.com/p/people-are...
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People are more likely to support partisan violence if they think the other party does too | Weekly roundup for September 14, 2025
Also this week: Trump ties Biden low on inflation/the economy; Mamdani up big in New York City; independent redistricting is an 80-20 issue. + more!
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 13/09/2025
Important to be clear-eyed about the reality of Charlie Kirk's social media machine: ⦁ Built movement that mocked diversity initiatives, called trans identity a “mental delusion," sowed baseless suspicion about vaccines and election fraud ... wapo.st/3IjwuEC
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How Charlie Kirk’s social media machine rewired a generation’s politics
The 31-year-old activist and provocateur build a modern political organization for the social media age, through the arts of online discourse and discord.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
It has been more than four hours since Brooke Singman sent this tweet claiming Tyler Robinson was living with a transgender partner and Fox News Digital still has not published a story including this detail. That includes the story she just published 3 hours ago. www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 13/09/2025
Yes but then again: Jim Crow was a minstrel character, California was named for a mythical island in a hit book, Lenin took the title of his breakthrough pamphlet from a polyamorous romance novel, and the American revolutionaries couldn’t stop quoting and stealing lines from a 1713 play about Cato
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
“I will never visit the United States again,” Mr. Jeong said. @nytimes.com #Hyundai www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/w...
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Trump keeps saying Putin would not have invaded if he were president but… “Russia has significantly escalated strikes on Ukraine since President Trump took office, data show, defying his call for peace by increasing the range of buildings hit, including civilian ones.” www.wsj.com/world/these-...
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These Charts Show How Putin Is Defying Trump by Escalating Airstrikes on Ukraine
Russia has significantly stepped up its drone and missile strikes this year.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
One thing that's bumming me out, because I'm very much a "DO SOMETHING DEM," is that Schumer did some of what was being demanded of him. He slowed confirmations to a crawl. Got almost no credit, and when the GOP broke the Senate rules again to go around him this week, there was no public outcry.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
“Sen. Bill Cassidy said Friday that Louisiana is undergoing its worst whooping cough outbreak since 1990 and called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to promote vaccinations.” This outbreak has already killed two babies. @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
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Cassidy asks Kennedy to promote vaccines targeting whooping cough
BATON ROUGE, La. — Sen. Bill Cassidy said Friday that Louisiana is undergoing its worst whooping cough outbreak since 1990 and called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
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Nick Riccardi @nickriccardi.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Time to turn on the Mets it can’t be as depressing as covering politics right now….
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
"The document appears to counter other documentation that Cook’s critics have cited in support of their claims that she committed mortgage fraud by reporting two different homes as her primary residence, two independent real-estate experts said." www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
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Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show
A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
“.. Job finding is the risk in the labor market. According to the NY Fed SCE, .. the mean probability of finding a job if you lose one today plunged to 44.91%, a level never before seen in the history of this survey.” 👀 - RenMac
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Each alleged mass shooter is even more On the Computer All the Time than the previous one. Probably nothing to worry about there
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Nick Riccardi @nickriccardi.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The problem is a lot of kids reject hobbies at that age. They just want to be online. The virtual world is more vivid and enjoyable to them than the actual one.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
“.. I thought by the time I was 26 surely I would be able to afford a one-bedroom in a location I love,” said Cole McMahon-Gioeli, who works in finance. “That feels so far away now.” @conorsen.bsky.social @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 12/09/2025
The owners of the 102-year-old Federal Theatre hope the refurbished venue will strengthen Denver’s independent music and arts scene against corporate behemoths AEG and Live Nation, which control most large and mid-sized music booking and venues in the city // Story by @johnwenzel.bsky.social
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Haunted or not, renovated Federal Theatre opens next week with free concert
The long-closed 100-year-old venue joins Denver’s roster of historic music halls.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 12/09/2025
X is wild because you can post a link to a NYT feature story on this and no one will see it, but cuntycakes123 can make a post summarizing the main bullet points with no attribution and it will go viral and everyone will be like "OMG why isn't the media covering this?!?"
screenshot of X post by verified user "jmo" with handle @cuntycakes123: 

for those who haven't been following, this nepal story is fucking crazy:

- bunch of teens and early 20s kids plan start a social movement against the current regime on social issues and econmical inequalties
- government gets wind of it scaling and tries to geoblock social media
- people get more pissed off, start protesting
- government cant handle the protests, lift social media ban
- doesn't do anything, people just organize further 
- burn down parliment building, pm's house.  beats the shit out of the finance minister in the streets, kills the pm's wife.
- kids elect their own new PM on their discord server, ex-chief justice of the supreme court who was part of the 1990 revolution that ended the monarchy
- army head ackowldges the validity of the discord vote and is meeting the new interm PM to discuss elections for new leadership going foward
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Maybell Romero @maybell.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Omg @miblogestublog.bsky.social
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
It's not just the scale of the new company that you have to get your mind around; it's that plus the fact that it's likely to be MAGA minded and could include TikTok— along with CNN and CBC. www.status.news/p/david-elli...
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Nick Riccardi @nickriccardi.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
"Words can be violence" may go down as one of the most destructive intellectual theories in modern history
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Utah Governor Spencer Cox calls for "moral clarity." "I hear all the time that words are violence. Words are not violence. Violence is violence. There is one person responsible for what happened here. And that person is now in custody and will be charged soon, and will be held accountable."
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Laura Martínez 🥑 @miblogestublog.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Today is a good day to remember the *other* 9/11
A black and white photograph of a statue dedicated to Salvador Allende, the democratically elected socialist president of Chile who was toppled in a coup d'état on September 11, 1973.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
NEW: @nytimes.com: a senior official said the report from ATF saying the rifle that killed Charlie Kirk "expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology" had not been verified by ATF, did not match other summaries, and might turn out to have been misread www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
A screenshot of a news story by Glenn Thrush and Devlin Barrett saying 
"According to a preliminary internal report circulated inside the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, federal and local officials recovered ammunition with the rifle that appeared to be engraved with statements “expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology.”

But a senior law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation cautioned that report had not been verified by A.T.F. analysts, did not match other summaries of the evidence, and might turn out to have been misread or misinterpreted. In fast-moving investigations, such status reports are not made public because they often contain a mixture of accurate and inaccurate information."
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