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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 7h

“It’s about degrading the people. It’s about desensitizing the public. The United States military is far better than this. Senior officials should protest, and if necessary resign, rather than being complicit in the voyeuristic degradation of our democracy.” www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-wa...

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Hegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff Film

Neo-fascism as spectacles of violence.

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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 08/10/2026

americans want ai governance. why don’t their leaders?

The image is a bar chart titled "There is bipartisan support for several policy objectives related to AI." It shows percentages of adults considering various AI policy objectives important, comparing responses from overall, Democrats, and Republicans. Key objectives include "Keeping AI under human control," "Protecting U.S. workers," and "Growing the U.S. economy." The chart uses different shades to denote levels of importance and shows bipartisan agreement on several issues. Data is from an AP-NORC poll conducted in September 2026.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I’m literally at a loss for words

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 18h

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Whenever I have a remotely plausible choice, I avoid buying from Amazon. Bezos's destruction of a great newspaper is one huge reason. His "giving quislings a bad name" subservience is the other.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Two things: A) It's the biggest blessing from party elders that Abdul El-Sayed can get to have Barack Obama campaign with him). B) You bring in Barack Obama when you need the closer. This is bringing on Jordan with the Flu. This is Ben Wallace in Game 5 against the Lakers.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It is my honor and privilege to announce that President @barackobama.bsky.social is joining us on the trail in Detroit on Saturday, October 24. Get. Ready.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

America is literally deporting people to countries they have no connection with, countries they’ve never been to. This is wildly unlawful. It’s cruel. It’s un-American. It’s evil.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026

HASSETT: If people were unhappy, it'd show up in the data TAPPER: It seems to be showing up in the data, just not the data you're looking at

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Folks have insulted: My Southern drawl. My loc’d hair. My clothes. My shoes. My intelligence. I’ve been called a ghetto Black b!t€h. Now @JDVance says I don’t belong and should leave the very country my ancestors helped build. This is a lot y’all. It is. #AngieForFlorida

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Joe Biden was way more coherent than this even in the debate. time.com/article/2026...

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hard to disagree with this.

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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 02/10/2026

states w/ key senate races + corresponding diesel $/gal increase since iran war began nebraska: +98% ohio: +93% michigan: +93% kansas: +92% iowa: +92% texas: +91% north carolina: +81% minnesota: +79% georgia: +75% alaska: +75% florida: +73% new hampshire: +68% maine: +64% - aaa/@eurasiagroup.net

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Think how many cases they are fighting nationwide. It’s truly impressive. Heroes of our democracy. Link: buff.ly/oUf7oPE

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My head is going to blow up.

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The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Born 30 Sept 1931, actress Angie Dickinson. From 1974 to 1978 she starred as Sgt "Pepper" Anderson in the crime series Police Woman for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress & Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She is 95 today. #AngieDickinson

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ivy League-ology: -Princeton has long preened on being #1 in US News rankings -DAMHIK about those rankings, as former USN editor -Most prominent Tigers on current scene are this guy, Alito, Cruz -(Yeah, Harvard has J Roberts—but also Buttigieg, KBJackson etc) -History lectures from this clown???

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just a reminder that the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 30/09/2026

An incredible performance and a moving tribute to how football can bring every American together, no matter who you root for. Mariachi Herencia de México did Illinois proud. Bear down!

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Absolutely. 👇

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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DOJ now 0-26 after judge rejects demand for Georgia voter rolls

The judge said the Civil Rights Act does not authorize DOJ's demands for the Peach State’s unredacted voter roll.

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

James Talarico walks out to a standing ovation from 50,000 Texans at the State Fair Classic.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026

Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way…

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

25th Amendment? We can’t even get network news to air it or even mention it. It’s a massive national media coverup to hide the fact the we have an addled president.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot by ICE 10 days ago. The bullet is still lodged in his back. He’s been forced to sleep on the floor and hasn’t been given medication, according to his attorney. Now DHS is claiming he assaulted an agent. Can we trust anything DHS says given its track record?

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think we all saw that coming

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld

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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 28/09/2026

pc: vatican media

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026

yeah i am reasonably sure that i have a better chance of winning the democratic primary for president than rahm emmanuel

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc...

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Underestimate @RahmEmanuel at your own risk.
He knows how to win. He knows how to fight.
And he knows how to message.
And no one will out work him. Regardless of whether he wins the Democratic nomination in 2028 he will make an impact on the race. You can be sure of that. Don't take your eyes off of him. At the minimum, learn from him.
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
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6:47 AM • 9/26/26 • 274K Views

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 28/09/2026

Josh Turek: “It’s really easy to send out a tweet and say, ‘Oh, we need to end this war in Iran.’ Seven times [Ashley Hinson] had the opportunity to actually end this war.”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026

this is legitimately very funny

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've reported first-hand on steel mills in Korea, China, Japan, Illinois, and Mississippi. This is 100% not going to happen. Disagree? Bet me. (Though I'm against online betting. It's just not going to happen.)

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

An ‘Abbey Road’ billboard on Sunset Strip - Los Angeles in 1969

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I feel optimistic about the midterm elections, just over five weeks away. But my stomach aches when I think of what’s at stake. Call me nauseously optimistic. How do you feel? robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-t…

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Years ago, I remember someone writing a screed about someone Carly Simon befriended on an AOL board. She responded with one word, "Goodness." Some drunk stayed up all night to write a loooooong email about how horrible I was. I responded, "Goodness." It drove him crazy. Thank you, Carly Simon.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 27/09/2026

Talking about my struggles with being overweight still makes me uncomfortable, since weight can carry moral judgment in ways that other health challenges don't. But that fear stops too many struggling from getting treatment that could extend their lives.

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Gov. JB Pritzker Reveals He’s Lost 80 Lbs. with GLP-1 After Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis (Exclusive)

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tells PEOPLE that a GLP-1 has contributed to his 80-Lb. weight loss, but that he initially started taking it after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Anyone who knows Bill Maher producers: He said "Xi," as in Xi Jinping, maybe 50+ times in his show this wknd. And every time he said "Gee" or "Zhee." Arrgh. (So did his guest Kirchick.) How hard is this? (Didn't take the clue when guest Jonathan Swan kept saying "She," as in "he and she.")

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