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Sleepless in Seattle

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Autistic pattern seeker. Prolific reposter. Aficionado of WWII history. Ocean and forest explorer. Wannabe freediver. Seashell collector and bibliophile. Neurodivergent advocate. #ActuallyAutistic 🇺🇦

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 2h
You know what I don't see on the agent who shot a dad with a military assault rifle? THE BODY-CAM THAT THE TRUMP ADMIN HAS PROMISED TO PUT ON ALL ICE AGENTS.
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CNN @cnn.com · 3h
Just two days before launching an effort to slash red tape for commercial space transportation, President Trump last month purchased up to $5 million of bonds issued by SpaceX, a major federal contractor run by Elon Musk, according to ethics filings made public on Thursday. cnn.it/4rRrZU0
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3h
This is Nazi rhetoric, full stop. It's not only a call to instigate a race war in the United States, but it's reminiscent of historic European justifications used to incite pogroms against Jews. People who say things like this are incredibly dangerous, as there is nothing they won't eventually do.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
Ossoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 6h
The Trump administration wants to lift sanctions on a Russian company to benefit mostly Middle Eastern investors (who also happen to be Trump family business partners) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 7h
Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 7h
"Corporations, executives, and investors benefiting from canceled enforcement gave or pledged $210.5 million toward MAGA Inc. and other Trump-aligned super PACs." @rickclaypool.bsky.social for @publiccitizen.bsky.social
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The Cost of Canceled Corporate Enforcement - Public Citizen
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 9h
A new California law requires AI-generated images to include digital labels — but most chatbots aren’t looking for them, making the bots unhelpful for detecting election-related misinformation. bit.ly/4zbQjSZ
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Chatbots Still Bad at Spotting AI-Generated Images Despite New Law
The California AI Transparency Act requires AI-generated images to include digital labels, but most chatbots aren’t looking for them.
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 10h
@gailhelt.bsky.social knows what she is talking about. Dictators appear to be "more efficient" and "strong." Almost inevitably they are revealed to be corrupt, ineffective, and weak. And then they lose. #holdfast
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10h
NEW: We knew in April that DOJ was investigating Hutchinson. Now NBC reports they are seeking a grand jury indictment for lying to Congress. The thing is, she didn't lie to Congress. She testified truthfully about what someone else told her. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Justice Department seeks criminal charge for former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson
The former Trump aide was a star witness before the Jan. 6 committee. The case is being pursued by the Civil Rights Division, led by Harmeet Dhillon.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 11h
A presidential order has activated the post-9/11 machinery of federal-state-local cooperation to target the administration’s political opponents. bit.ly/4AZMLoU
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Co-opting Local Police to Suppress Dissent
A presidential order has activated the post-9/11 machinery of federal-state-local law enforcement cooperation to target the administration’s political opponents.
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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 11h
As we reported earlier this week, the mysterious foundation run by SpaceXAI’s top lawyer that actually employs feds who work for an agency within the office of the president that’s building AI websites has applied for at least one H-1B visa for a “member of the technical staff.”
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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 11h
The story, by @telliotter.bsky.social, is here. The point of course isn’t that there’s anything wrong with hiring on H-1B visas but that this the purest “for thee not for me” slop imaginable; DOGE, as another example, had several apparent foreign nationals working with or directly for it.
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A Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government Workers
The National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
SCOOP: Last week the National Design Studio announced a new AI website, America.gov. Turns out some NDS workers are on loan to the government and are actually employed by a newly formed nonprofit, founded by the general counsel of SpaceXAI who is himself a DOGE alum. www.wired.com/story/myster...
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A Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government Workers
The National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 13h
JUST POSTED: In Trump’s Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Funds Are the Biggest Owners A majority of ownership in a proposed multibillion-dollar deal would go to a group of Middle Eastern investors, including some with business ties to the Witkoff family and Kushner www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
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In Trump’s Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Funds Are the Biggest Owners
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 12h
Happy World Octopus Day! 🐙 In 2019, scientists in Alvin discovered thousands of octopuses tending their eggs in a part of now known as Octopus Garden. 📲Watch the full video with WHOI principal engineer Andy Bowen and MBNMS research specialist Chad King: go.whoi.edu/octo-garden
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Katherine Eban @katherineeban.bsky.social · 16h
EXCLUSIVE @rollingstone.com months-long reporting project: On The Front Lines of the Vaccine Wars. Inside a West Virginia courtroom battle, one of US' most effective vaccine laws hangs in balance: “Potentially as earth shaking as reversal of Roe [v. Wade].” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... /1
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On the Front Line of the Vaccine Wars
West Virginia has had a “halo” of protection, thanks to a compulsory-vaccine law. But lawyer Aaron Siri has brought a lawsuit that could change things
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 08/10/2026
Almost 1,000 armed security officers have been sent to at least 55 post office facilities. trib.al/j8o66GF
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USPS Hires Security Service With History of Human Rights Abuse
Almost 1,000 armed security officers have been sent to at least 55 post office facilities.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 20h
Credit to the US for making the point the conference was trying to make about US foreign interference in European democracies for them, and bringing more attention to the conference and its themes than they could have possibly hoped for. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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EU, Canada and Lithuania pull out of disinformation conference after US pressure
The Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Not the odds, but the stakes. That's my shorthand for the organizing principle we most need in election coverage. Not who has what chances of winning, but the consequences for American democracy. Not the odds, but the stakes. Sep. 11, 2023
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today we got access to a smoking gun document from ICE that shows how it is weaponized against progressive groups registering voters while building a voter suppression database.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 07/10/2026
Thousands march ahead of Brazil election runoff: 'Never Again Bolsonaro'
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Thousands march ahead of Brazil election runoff: 'Never Again Bolsonaro'
Students spilled into downtown Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, calling for votes for incumbent leftist president Lula.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Worker Missed Security Email Warning Not to Route Shipment Through Hong Kong, Letting China Get F-35 Parts www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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UPS Worker Missed Security Email, Letting China Get F-35 Parts
China managed to get a hold of parts from an F-35 stealth fighter jet after a United Parcel Service Inc. employee missed an email warning not to route the shipment through Hong Kong, according to a pe...
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
An Internal Revenue Service investigator sued the agency this month, claiming officials illegally leaked his confidential personnel records to federal prosecutors to punish him for years of whistle-blowing on the agency’s failure to tackle tax dodging www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/b...
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Whistle-Blower Says I.R.S. Leaked His Tax Records in Retaliation (Gift Article)
Brian J. Visalli, a veteran investigator of tax fraud, said in a lawsuit that the agency had sent his personal and tax information to federal prosecutors.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 07/10/2026
A House Democrat introduced a bill that would direct the Smithsonian to preserve banners bearing President Donald Trump’s face that hang outside federal agency buildings for display in an exhibit on Trump’s “authoritarian narcissism.”
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House Democrat Introduces Bill To Preserve Trump’s ‘Propaganda’ In Smithsonian Museum
A House Democrat introduced a bill that would direct the Smithsonian to preserve banners bearing President Donald Trump’s face that hang outside federal agency buildings for display in an exhibit on Trump’s “authoritarian narcissism.”
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 07/10/2026
The craziest thing about this whole scandal is that the Trump administration appears to be most aggrieved about panels in which AMERICAN participants were sharing the view from here. It’s just so blatant.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Kim Guillyfoyle asking a donor for $100K to cover her credit card debt before starting in her new role as Ambassador to Greece. "Deters didn’t ultimately make the payment, telling Guilfoyle it would cost him his marriage." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 07/10/2026
The U.S. has left Europe’s anti-corruption watchdog. America’s withdrawal from GRECO comes alongside decreases in FCPA enforcement, the end of DOJ’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, and other reductions in U.S. anti-corruption efforts. Read more from Ambassador Marc Ostfield: bit.ly/472N70f
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me.
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Paul Offit @pauloffit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... RFK Jr.'s Tuskegee experiment, revisited
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CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/10/2026
Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, has died.
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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Not beating the eugenics accusations
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Here is a link to the CourtListener page. I've purchased all of the relevant documents to make them available to anyone here: www.courtlistener.com/docket/74798...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“.. It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express,” she wrote on Signal, according to messages reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. “Please.” @wsj.com 🇬🇷 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/10/2026
BREAKING: In a win for Georgia voters, a state court dismissed a Republican lawsuit seeking to limit where mail-in ballots can be returned in Gwinnett County. The ruling preserves an additional way for voters in Georgia's second-most populous county to return their ballots before the midterms.
In the document, the heading reads "In the Superior Court of Gwinnett County State of Georgia." It involves the Republican National Committee, Gwinnett County Republican Party, and Tim Fleming as plaintiffs, and David Hancock and others as defendants, along with DSCC and Jon Ossoff for Senate as intervenors. The text is an order denying a motion for an interlocutory injunction and granting motions to dismiss. The document outlines the case concerning absentee ballot applications. The filing includes official stamps and electronic file marks.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/10/2026
⚠️ ICE documents obtained through a FOIA lawsuit show the agency: 🔺 Collected tens of millions of voter records 🔺 Considered sending undercover agents to go after voting nonprofits 🔺 Weighed investigating voting machines 👀➡️ demdock.com/4ybyK4L
The image shows large red text stating "48.4M," with smaller text below explaining that this is the number of records obtained by ICE from a noted election denier, related to an alleged voter fraud hunt before the 2026 midterms.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 07/10/2026
Every single one of these claims better be shut down. Todd Blanche promised Congress the January 6 slush fund was dead. January 6 defendants are suing taxpayers for payouts anyway.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 07/10/2026
This is a big f'n deal.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 07/10/2026
The Trump administration will start selecting lawyers for unaccompanied minors. Meaning the judges work for Donald Trump, the prosecutors work for Trump, and now the attorneys representing children will work for Trump. This is a rigged system that will result in more untold horrors for these kids.
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | 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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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...
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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.
The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.
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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That’s nice.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
my friend @juddlegum.bsky.social has put together a cool new tool that allows you to photograph political mail and immediately learn who paid for it. Check it out here:
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Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/10/2026
Trump: "I can do whatever I want, if I want." He's telling you exactly how he sees his power. Now apply that to an election he's desperate to control.
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Jen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Another perfect day here in hell www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE shared voter data with Peter Thiel’s Palantir, new documents show
The documents said the company was preparing to enter the data into a highly controversial surveillance tool it developed for ICE.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/10/2026
Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has killed 74,245 Palestinians in three years, Gaza’s health ministry says. “There is a ceasefire in name only,” said a senior policy fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations.
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Three years after Oct. 7, Israeli strikes in Gaza grind on and deaths climb
Almost a year has passed since President Donald Trump declared the fighting over and “peace in the Middle East” achieved.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“.. Oil market turmoil will continue beyond next year, executives said at the conference on Monday, as it could take years to refill inventories on top of meeting global demand.” @reuters.com ⛽️ www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 06/10/2026
International Observers from OSCE have been invited to see our elections for more than 20 years -- and allowed us to demonstrate to the world our free and fair elections. Why does the Trump Administration not want the world to see how we vote in America? #holdfast #corruption
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
With the great @alexzfinley.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Spies, Yachts & Kleptocrats: Alex Finley on Russia’s Hidden Money
Podcast Episode · The Steady State Sentinel · October 6 · 38m
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