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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 22h
School music programs are getting absolutely bodied by tariffs, per @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...
The effective tariff rate on instruments in June was about 13 percent, said Cullen Hendrix, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. That was down from a peak of nearly 24 percent last September but more than twice as high as before Mr. Trump’s second term.
Band and orchestral instruments have been hit the hardest, he said. In the second quarter of this year, imports of instruments were down nearly 20 percent from the same period in 2024. Imports of orchestral string instruments, including violins, violas and cellos, dropped 50 percent. Brass instruments fell 43 percent.

“It’s hitting the horns, it’s hitting the strings, it’s hitting the percussion,” Mr. Hendrix said. “All of those things combined are kind of sapping the available pool of tools that we can provide these children to begin their journey.”
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 22h
My investigators have confirmed the Trump administration is hiding interview documents it conducted with some of Epstein’s banks, and there could be more. There’s no limit to how far Scott Bessent, Kash Patel and Todd Blanche will go to continue this cover up.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h
The White House’s proposal to penalize nonprofits that help disabled people vote is just part of the Trump administration’s broader attempts to restrict voting access, especially among groups that have historically faced disenfranchisement.
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 22h
"María" is harvesting sweet potatoes. "I work 8 hours a day and earn CA minimum wage of $16.90/hr. The hardest part for me is having to get up at 2:00am to pack my lunch, wait for my ride and drive to the site. My shift runs from 4am. to 12:30 pm." #WeFeedYou
Freshly harvested sweet potatoes
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bill Kristol: "It’s no accident, Umberto Eco further points out, that 'All the Nazi or Fascist schoolbooks made use of an impoverished vocabulary, and an elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning.'"
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Not To Alarm You, But Trump’s Brain Is Melted
And Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 22h
Conflicts of interest? Really? That's what we're calling crazed corruption and betrayal of US national interests these days?
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 22h
It’s wild how every (putatively independent) federal agency has focused their social media messaging around the GOP’s midterm strategy of “stopping communism.” Also, how many American voters do you think could identify this “loser” who died 102 years ago and never set foot in the US?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h
“.. The layoffs — occurring just three days before President Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday at a nearby high school — were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area.” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/trum...
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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 22h
Under Republican control, the House has only been in session for 72 days this year. Literally just 26% of the calendar year. It is absurd.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 21h
Thank you once again Politico for providing a canonical example of when not to grant anonymity.
"Looks like a pussy move to send a text instead of actually saying it to someone's face. Shows what kind of character he is," a senior White House official told Playbook's Megan Messerly.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
OHIO — More 3x Trump voters burned by Trump now helping Dems get elected. Even canvassing for them. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 23h
Trump keeps stealing money from the government to bolster his political prospects. It should be seen as a crime spree not legitimate actions of an American government.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h
It is 2006, and Karl Rove is mocking people for calling Republicans "Nazis" It is 2026, and Karl Rove is encouraging people to call Republicans "Nazis"
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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 23h
My column from Monday. I can’t say that Tommy Tuberville’s strange obsessions and inability to stay on script will cost him the election. But they threaten to erode his financial and organizational advantages, and promise to cause GOP legislators headaches should he be elected governor.
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Commentary: Alabama Republicans may have a Tommy Tuberville problem | Alabama Reflector
The Republican gubernatorial nominee can't seem to stick to a script. And if it doesn't cost him the election, it could make GOP legislators' lives difficult next year.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23h
A chart covering the latest Kushner/Witkoff grift.
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 22h
Shameful. USPS' closure of the Allston office was also "temporary" and now they want to close it permanently. We can't let USPS continue to degrade services and leave folks in Fields Corner and across the #MA7 without this vital resource. They must keep this branch open.
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USPS says Fields Corner branch will 'temporarily' close Oct. 26 - Dorchester Reporter
The Fields Corner Post Office will close effective Mon., Oct. 26, according to a notice issued by USPS on Wednesday.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 22h
Trump corrupted America's most innovative institution, the National Science Foundation, by stealing $1.4B mandated by Congress for research. 🧪 🧵
A photo of Trump in front of the U.S. National Science Foundation entrance, overlaid headline that reads "Trump admin stole $1.4B for world changing science against the will of congress", with a Stand Up for Science logo beneath it.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h
2026 Maine Fall Foliage Tour
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h
Trump even lies about the most obviously false shit. It’s a disorder.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21h
The administration has found yet another way to fuck with solar power.
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The USDA just made it way harder for farmers to get grants for solar
Even farmers who were already promised funds from the REAP program may never get them under the Trump admin’s new restrictions. Some are suing.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 21h
At the time of the sentencing the judge who oversaw the case, Todd Lang, seemed to appreciate the use of AI. 

"I loved that AI. Thank you for that. As angry as you are, as justifiably angry as the family is, I heard the forgiveness," judge Lang said. "I feel that that was genuine."
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 21h
Once again, I ask why the New York Times & every other media outlet immediately & instinctively reports on the 🇩🇪 AfD as a “far right” or “extremist” party but does not regularly cover the 🇺🇸 Republican Party as such: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21h
The Atlantic spoke with more than 40 sources: Weeks before the midterms, Kash Patel is desperate to help Trump's Justice Department deliver numerous indictments on Trump's 2020 election lies just to please Trump. In meetings, Patel has expressed frustration that there have been no new findings.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h
The GOP has put $2 million to this campaign, and the billionaires have put $23 million in. Their contribution is 92% of the money Tiffany raised.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 21h
Following a chaotic scene yesterday in Delray Beach, where a far-right extremist led a mob of anti-Muslim protestors to disrupt a public meeting regarding a proposed Islamic center, U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon released this statement. #AngieForFlorida #DelrayBeach
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h
I feel like @pablo.show might take this shot
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 21h
Jon Husted was at the center of the biggest corruption scandal in Ohio history, receiving $3.5 million from FirstEnergy. He secured a bailout for FirstEnergy and raised your utility rates to pay for it.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 20h
That’s why there’s so much innovation in their field—finding vulnerable minorities to blame for everyone’s problems so they can get people in office to cut taxes on rich people and subsidize their companies bsky.app/profile/jfal...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 20h
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026
We’ve got the inside story of how Trump’s displeasure with seeing homeless people in D.C. became the first domino in a series of actions that culminated in the administration’s stunning decision to weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans to live in their homes and communities.
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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Wyldefire @wyldefire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I was just told last night that my disabled son may lose 2/3s of his caregiver funds. This pays me to be his trained, live-in caregiver, and if anything it will CAUSE US to become homeless. All while Trump lives for free off tax payers. Anyone can become disabled at any time. Vote Blue. Please!
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Jono @jonowright.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“in 1991 and 2004… he tried to get homeless and disabled veterans kicked off of Fifth Avenue in front of the famed Trump Tower.” www.mediaite.com/online/trump...
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#TBT: Trump Didn’t Want Disabled Vets Near Trump Tower, Petitioned to Have Them Removed
In a statement following his announcement that he would not be participating in tonight's GOP debate on Fox News, Donald Trump's campaign said, "[He will] host an event in Iowa to raise money for the ...
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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 20h
A nugget from Nate Cohn on Adam Hamilton in the Kansas Senate race. (Our poll had it as a tie.) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026
Not everyone at the secret White House meeting was on board with the plan to dismantle a cornerstone of the disability rights movement. “They pretty much thought that I was going to be on board with what they were doing,” one attendee told me. “I’m not sure how I got invited.”
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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AMPTsuper @amptsuper.bsky.social · 20h
@lastweektonight.com -- John Oliver -- This voucher business really needs your special treatment. Start a private school with taxpayer dollars and earn $7000 per kid in Arkansas. Cost $45 to start (saying that they weren't teachers)...🙈 @propublica.org
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
FLORIDA — @angieforfl.bsky.social Nixon ♥️ : “I was a single mom for 12 years. I struggled. I was able to purchase a home for me and my daughter because the government did the right thing… Trump cut those programs. Those lived experiences are why I fight. You got me crying on TV.”
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23h
If this reads like one of those Nigerian prince scam emails, it’s because it’s exactly like one of those Nigerian prince scam emails
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21h
I'm not good at math, is $800 million a lot?
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FedEx believes $300M electric truck spend will save them $800M in diesel
In a record-setting commercial truck deal, international shipping giant FedEx has placed an order for 2,000 all-electric box trucks from...
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 23h
You'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19h
"Conservative Cuban Americans have long made S. Florida GOP-friendly. But Trump has deported a record number of Cubans. Older Cubans who lived in the US for decades were deported to Mexico, where they've struggled to get by. Some have been deported to Africa..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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How Trump’s Deportation Policies Have Rocked a South Florida House Race
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h
this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 20h
Mark Zuckerberg tells investors that his AI push is a huge success. But when it files its taxes, Meta tells the IRS its giant data centers are an experiment that might fail. Why? Because calling them an experiment lets Meta claim a tax credit meant for real research.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20h
“There are always people who profit from war or government policies. The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy. And that is what is happening here...” www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN
At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20h
🚨BREAKING: Absentee ballot voters in Montana won’t have to comply with an onerous birthdate verification requirement after a state court blocked the measure Friday night, ruling that it violates the state constitution. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Montana court blocks onerous mail voting law that caused thousands of rejected absentee ballots last year
The mail voting measure led to nearly 3,000 mail ballots getting rejected in the Nov. 2025 election, in a state where 80% of voters vote absentee.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 21h
Ken Paxton has taken over 275 out-of-state trips since taking office. Texans have spent $1.9 million in taxpayer funds on his luxury vacations.
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Sophie Gilbert @sophiegilbert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wrote about Cornell, the burnerverse, and how the distinct behaviors of fraternities—sexual aggression as an expression of male bonding and male power—now define male communities all over the internet. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Is College Getting Less Safe for Women?
A lawsuit about an alleged gang rape at Cornell University and a Wired story about sexual cyberharassment reveal how campus rape culture and online misogyny are colliding.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18h
Because my Chicago White Sox are playing the Cleveland Guardians in the playoffs, I was subjected to a dishonest anti-trans TV ad that Republicans are running in Ohio to distract from their vandalism of the economy. There are no limits to what Republicans will do for money and power.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19h
This one is doing the rounds
A picture of Elon Musk, via the London Economic. The quote says “If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what the heck was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes.“ – Nathalie Robin Justice. 
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