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Wolfgang

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Hi, I’m your friendly progressive who supports equality, sustainability, universal healthcare, living wages, and public education. Together, we’ll make our planet fairer and healthier.

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David @daverino.bsky.social · 1h
“Drivers have been warned that the smart features built into modern cars such as microphones, cameras and GPS trackers could be used by hostile states to spy on them. The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD)” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Tech in cars can be used to snoop on you, Dutch spy chiefs warn
Hostile states could access cameras, microphones or GPS, says intelligence agency amid concerns over Chinese imports
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Edward Walker @gnuggat.bsky.social · 1h
“…the exchange of prisoners for sanctions relief will only encourage the regimes in RU and BEL to take more prisoners. [Tsikhanovskaya]: “This trade in human beings costs them nothing.”” Yup. Again, Putin isn’t Gorbachev. Or even Brezhnev.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 4h
Cornell Police Report Omitted Student’s Claim She Was Raped www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped (Gift Article)
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h
".. Groceries are just like kind of out of control," said Bethany Lnenicka, 41, who operates a small farm in Fairfax, Iowa. "It's just one thing and the next week it's another thing. It's just insane. And of course your income doesn't go up." @apnews.com apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Most Americans blame Trump for high prices as midterms approach, a new AP-NORC poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans blame President Donald Trump for persistently high prices, while only about 2 in 10 approve of his handling of the cost of living.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10h
New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza
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New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza
Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire An update to Google Maps has revealed the extent of devastation during the three-year Gaza war and the severity of the continuing humanitarian crisis faced by the territory’s 2.3 million inhabitants. The images were taken in June this year and show further destruction of homes, businesses, places of worship and infrastructure since a fragile ceasefire came into effect almost 12 months ago. Continue reading...
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 11h
Here's a list of 64 previous botched executions in the United States. Christa Pike will make 65.
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Botched Executions | Death Penalty Information Center
The Death Penalty Information Center (DPI) is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to serve the media, policymakers, and the general public…
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 11h
U.S. taxpayers funded another high-octane, government-sponsored ad across cable news channels premiering Wednesday night, this time promoting President Trump’s war with Iran.
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White House Premieres a New Taxpayer-Funded Ad Lauding the Iran War
The Trump administration has spent millions on campaign-style ad spots over the last week.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15h
Dems now leading GOP on every issue Quinnipiac polled, including the economy, national security, and immigration:
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 15h
And now this: GOP "staff on the Senate Judiciary Committee gave Sen. Eric Schmitt a warning: The texts they had obtained from the Justice Department ... were 'unvetted.' ... Schmitt used the texts anyway." www.ms.now/news/eric-sc...
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Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.
As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 18h
The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
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Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 15h
"Those in attendance...received a book called “The War Department Field Manual,” a compilation of Hegseth’s past speeches. In a forward written by President Trump, the troops were told: “As your commander in chief, I will not ask you to fight dumb wars.” Perfect www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Five Takeaways From Hegseth’s Speech
The defense secretary gave a “State of the Force” address to hundreds of officers and enlisted servicemembers at a Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15h
BREAKING: SCOTUS’s Republican appointees will allow Tennessee to kill Christa Pike tonight, vacating a stay of execution entered by the Sixth Circuit this morning. The three Democratic appointees dissent.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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KENNETH NELSEN, WARDEN v. CHRISTA GAIL PIKE
ON APPLICATION TO VACATE STAY
[September 30, 2026]
The application to vacate stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE KAVANAUGH and by him referred to the Court is granted. The September 30, 2026 order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Cir-cuit, case No. 26-5864, granting a stay of execution is vacated.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
The State of Tennessee is set to execute Christa Pike for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer. Earlier today, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a stay of Pike's execution solely to "adequately address and resolve" the issues presented in Pike's pending application for relief. Order in In re Pike, No. 26-5864, ECF Doc. 10-2, p. 2. Tennessee now asks this Court to vacate that stay and permit it to proceed with Pike's execution today. Stunningly, the Court acquiesces. Because its decision clears the way for the State to execute Pike before her still-pending legal challenges to her conviction can be properly considered, I respectfully dissent.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 17h
This story moved me deeply. The women and girls of Afghanistan deserve the freedom to education. Their resilience and determination are inspiring but it is hard to not feel that they have been largely abandoned by the global community. www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Secret medical schools: How Afghanistan’s women are defying the training ban
In 2024 the Taliban banned women from training as doctors or any other kind of healthcare worker. But an underground network of trainers is keeping hopes alive for Afghanistan’s aspiring female medics...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17h
Heroine
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Nurse charged with helping man in hospital escape from ICE custody
FBI accuses Chloe Freeman of federal misdemeanor in case of undocumented Mexican migrant arrested in Michigan
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 18h
The American military is supposed to protect American democracy and democratic values. Our brave soldiers should not be subjected to attention-seekers delivering speeches that directly *subvert* American democratic values. Even if we're exhausted by these actions, we must call it out every time.
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Calm
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 20h
"Ask not what Trump can do for you. Ask what you can do for Trump" -- John N. Kennedy
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20h
One important policy lesson from this story is how Facebook committed blatant tax fraud in 2013 (Zuckerberg's stock options as R&D) and still hasn't been forced to pay it and thus learned that tax fraud is an acceptable business practice and so is doing it again.
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meta is using a radical interpretation of a tax credit for “research and experimentation” to get billions of dollars off GPUs for its A.I. data centers. My latest with Jesse Drucker, @elitan.bsky.social and @mikeisaac.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 21h
We're about to hear a load of B.S. about bipartisanship, affordability, and energy. All in service of AI tech, energy, & finance. Not people. We will hear little to nothing about the harms this bill will cause to the West's public lands, waters and wildlife, and communities. Presser at 12:30 ET.
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Heinrich, Lee, Capito and Whitehouse Press Conference to Discuss Bipartisan Permitting Reform Deal
YouTube video by Senate Energy Dems
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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
STARES IN CONCUR: “House lawmakers spent $6.7 million of taxpayer money on meals and lodging last year — a 21 percent increase over 2024 — under a reimbursement program that doesn’t require them to provide receipts.”
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House members’ expenses surge in program that doesn’t require receipts
Taxpayers spent $6.7 million last year on the program, which reimburses lawmakers for food and lodging expenses in D.C., a Washington Post analysis found.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 20h
We broke the news of the massive FBI hack and saw the data itself. Here's why this is one of the most significant data breaches probably ever: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrni...
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The FBI Was Hacked. We’ve Seen the Data
YouTube video by 404 Media
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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
new meme template
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 20h
A federal judge ORDERED the Trump admin to privately show him the memo purporting to justify boat strikes that have killed 234 people in the Caribbean and Pacific. Judge Engelmayer rejected several rationales for withholding the memo from the public and will determine whether to release it.
The Court directs defendants to file the declaration(s), and to arrange for the Memo to be available for in camera review, within two weeks of this decision. See ACLU II, 2016 WL 889739, at *6 (ordering Government, within five days, to produce document at issue and “advise the court who has received [it] (including persons who received it from its original recipients) and for what purpose”); Elec. Frontier Found. v. U.S. Dep’t of Just., 826 F. Supp. 2d 157, 172 (D.D.C. 2011) (directing agency to “provide further explanation regarding whether it shared with non-Executive Branch entities the responsive documents that it withheld from the plaintiff”). Defendants are authorized to make appropriate redactions in the declaration as publicly filed, while filing the unredacted declaration under seal. Upon review of these materials, the Court will determine whether to commission supplemental briefing.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 20h
The Texas Senate candidate rose to power as a culture warrior. His record is a marriage of hypocrisy and cynicism
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Ken Paxton’s Christian identity politics obscure a history of scandal | Sidney Blumenthal
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 22h
Susan Collins's campaign took a check from Leon Black three days after the Times exposed his Epstein payments. It wasn't the last check from the Black household. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-billiona...
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I love that the U.S. government now has ideas so dumb that the fact checks are simply “yeah this isn’t a parody, it’s real”
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s important that Google Earth/Maps has done this, but worth noting that so far the updated 2026 imagery is only of southern Gaza—the imagery of northern Gaza is still from before the final destruction of spring-fall 2025, giving the impression that large areas of Gaza City and Jabaliya are…
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 30/09/2026
Patel has reportedly been putting people on the list right before he knows his agency is about to arrest them. trib.al/Zh7hdH6
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Kash Patel Exposed for Shady Strategy Behind High-Profile Arrests
Patel has reportedly been putting people on the list right before he knows his agency is about to arrest them.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 22h
Since briefing was completed in July, the 11th Circuit pushed back oral argument in the case about Judge Cannon's suppression of Jack Smith's Vol 2 five times. Today, for the first time, it moved argument forward. Currently set for week of 11/2/26, instead of week of 1/18/27.
This appeal has been removed from tentative calendar 6 and will be scheduled for oral argument on Monday, November 2, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. in Atlanta, Georgia. A calendar will be issued separately. [25-14507, 26-10674]
Removed from Tentative Calendar
Calendar issued as to cases to be orally argued on 11/02/2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Counsel are directed to electronically acknowledge receipt of this calendar by docketing the Calendar Receipt Acknowledged event in ECF (a document upload is not required). [25-14507, 26-10674]
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Assigned to tentative calendar number 6 in Birmingham during the week of
JANUARY 18, 2027(Please note change of date.). [25-14507, 26-10674] [Entered:
09/21/2026 10:05 AM]
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Assigned to Tentative Calendar
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Assigned to tentative calendar number 6 in Birmingham during the week of January 11, 2027. [25-14507, 26-10674] [Entered: 09/14/2026 12:51 PM]
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Assigned to Tentative Calendar
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 23h
A big day for Finland and for Finnish-Swedish defence cooperation: ”The Gulf of Finland is now guarded by Swedes”
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Suomenlahtea vartioi nyt Ruotsin sotalaiva täydessä aselastissa
Suomi pyysi Ruotsia tukemaan alueidensa valvontaa. Yle pääsi seuraamaan ruotsalaisten tehtävää Suomenlahdella.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 22h
WH says Trump's new TV ads aren't campaign ads because he's not on the ballot One of them IS his campaign ad - - Same footage from 2024, minus the donate link, plus a govt funding tag Taxpayers are $1.7M in More @forbes.com👇 -TN
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Trump’s Controversial Taxpayer-Funded Ads Could Violate These Laws
Congress has long blocked government funds from being used on propaganda, though the Trump administration claims they’re “public service announcements.”
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 22h
Just a reminder that the last time DOJ filed a misconduct complaint against a district judge, it was dismissed in a ruling by Chief Judge Sutton that was all but dripping with contempt (for the government): www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/jud...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 30/09/2026
How a 50-year-old treatise by an Italian economic historian makes sense of our utterly senseless moment trib.al/D8tiVQ2
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Trump Personifies the Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
How a 50-year-old treatise by an Italian economic historian makes sense of our utterly senseless moment
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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is actually real. Hey Iowa, this is your tax money at work! His speaking fees are not for the faint of heart (or, arguably, public universities). www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
theguardian.com
Putin views, queen stories and a boss’s birthday bash: Boris Johnson’s £5m worth of paid speeches
Leaked files show former PM made 34 paid appearances in less than two years and reveal details of his disclosures
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pete Hegseth removing tenure protections shows precisely why they are needed. He wants to silence dissent by being able to fire anyone who questions his vision of the military. www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
militarytimes.com
Hegseth halts tenure appointments for civilian faculty at military academies
Military academies will no longer appoint civilian faculty to tenured positions as Hegseth says it can contribute to “academic stagnation.”
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The full quote from the audio: "And all these guys know I'm a huge fan of president Trump, but do you feel like he's a little bit of a drag?" NYT: "It is not clear from the audio whom the questioner is referring to."
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 30/09/2026
there's just a parade of these stories helping the President pretend he's erecting useful guardrails for AI none of them think it's important to mention Trump has taken a brutal hatchet to U.S. corporate oversight and consumer protection regulators
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Trump's AI "constitution" crowns day of accelerating ambition
The terms were simple: Press ahead, project optimism and police yourselves.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Republican senator's gotcha moment of confrontation against Jack Smith involving a basketball game backfires when it turns out the senator got the wrong game, wrong league and wrong state. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
nytimes.com
Jack Smith Defends Trump Charges as Senator’s Perjury Claim Falls Apart
A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yesterday, Trump’s America dot gov site answered factual questions like “who won the 2020 election” accurately. Today, it no longer does.
Daniel Dale 
@ddale8
X.com
Yesterday, asked about its chatbot's many debunkings of Trump, the White House said it "will continue to be updated to provide more features, resources, and the most accurate information from the federal government."
Today...lots of accurate answers have been simply forbidden, with the chatbot framing information like who won the 2020 election as forbidden "political commentary." x.com/ddale8/status/...

Daniel Dale * @ddale8 • 20m
Yesterday: Trump administration chatbot says it's not true that Trump inherited the worst inflation in history.
Today: Says it can't answer such questions...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yesterday @politico.com was out with a story giving some context into the weird situation with TPS for El Salvador, which everyone expected to be terminated but is now in an unprecedented and indefinite limbo. Surprisingly, it was the White House that intervened. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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White House pumped brakes on TPS termination for 200,000 Salvadorans
DHS was set to end temporary protected status for El Salvador before the White House stepped in.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 30/09/2026
Maybe Trump could get the judge to approve of the following message for the front of the Kennedy Center: "Bankrupted by Donald J Trump"
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The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026
In response to a slew of anti-trans Democrats pushing hate during the 2026 midterms, Governor Andy Beshear provided principled criticism to the idea that red-state Dems need to adopt anti-trans views to win: "We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus," he said. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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KY Gov. Beshear Has Message For Anti-Trans Dems: “We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus.”
The governor provides a counterpoint to those who believe red state Democrats need to capitulate on transgender rights.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"It was odd to hear Kennedy complain about 'perverse incentives' at the end of a summit that amounted to one big shakedown of corporations seeking favorable government treatment." Nice piece by @danamilbank.bsky.social www.washingtonsun.com/perspectives...
washingtonsun.com
RFK Jr. Just Exposed a Fraudster — And It Is Him
He said he would end “corporate capture.” Now his MAHA movement is for sale.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The four lowest years on record for Antarctica's sea ice have all occurred in the past four years. Area falls 1m sq kmshort of long-term average, as scientists warn of a ‘now problem’ #climatecrisis Story by @readfearn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’
Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving losses
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And who knows the private healthcare industry better that Rick Scott, former CEO of Columbia/HCA? www.justice.gov/archive/opa/...
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HCA - THE HEALTH CARE COMPANY & SUBSIDIARIES
IO PAY $840 MILLION IN CRIMINAL FINES AND CIVIL DAMAGES AND PENALTIES
Largest Government Fraud Settlement in U.S. History
WASHINGTON, D.C. - HCA-The Healthcare Company (formerly known as Columbia-HCA), the largest for-profit hospital chain in the United States, has agreed to plead guilty to criminal conduct and pay more than $840 million in criminal fines, civil penalties and damages for alleged unlawful billing practices,
Attorney General Janet Reno announced today.
Today's agreement is the largest government fraud settlement ever reached by the Justice Department.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Understanding Senator Eric Schmitt. His track record includes bringing this expensive litigation chock-full with misinformation all the way to Supreme Court. My article with @justinhendrix.bsky.social in 2024: A Conspiracy Theory Goes to the Supreme Court: How Did Murthy v Missouri Get This Far?
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A Conspiracy Theory Goes to the Supreme Court: How Did Murthy v Missouri Get This Far?
Murthy v Missouri may become a landmark case in which Supreme Court justices are led astray on the basis of a disinformation-laden record.
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Must-watch short on the Bandung movement, when global South countries challenged imperial power in the world-system. More relevant now than ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpDU...
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What happens when countries stand up to the superpowers? | Bandung 1955
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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