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Paul Bowes

@paulmbowes.bsky.social
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Mid-60s straight white male; British, left liberal. Not a fan of selfishness, greed or entitlement: no time at all for cruelty. Arts, politics, the natural world, everything else.

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Blake Tapper @blaketapper.bsky.social · 22m
He's laid off tens of thousands of people in the last year because of "AI efficiencies." billionaires will lie right to your face to help them usher in your demise.
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Paul Bowes @paulmbowes.bsky.social · 22m
www.liberalcurrents.com/you-cant-run...
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You Can't Run From Christian Nationalism
White evangelicals are the single most influential voting bloc in American politics. They cannot be ignored.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 46m
NEW: Harmeet Dhillon's Civil Rights Division is trying to indict former Trump White House official Cassidy Hutchinson, a star witness before the Jan. 6 Committee.
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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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Paul Bowes @paulmbowes.bsky.social · 43m
The arrest is yet to come donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
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Honey please I need you to get this done for me today
Kimberly Guilfoyle is one more symptom of endemic graft under Trump
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Haydon, frightfully @haydonmp.bsky.social · 2h
I’m waiting for the first solicitations and procurements to come out that are gonna force a bunch of people to do a song and dance on eggshells without using the term “artificial intelligence”. It’s kinda like the doge stuff where random words like “disadvantage” or whatever became proscribed.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 7h
Restore is such a weird mix of fascism and random mad boomer Facebook shit.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 4h
there's a pretty strong case to be made for abolishing fraternities just on a comparative basis with other countries. in the UK, to the best of my knowledge, no examples of the kind of campus gang rape cases that happen with depressing regularity in the US.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 2h
The following GOP Senators are on 2026 midterm ballots and voted to confirm Kimberly Guilfoyle: Shelley Moore Capito Susan Collins Tom Cotton Bill Hagerty Jon Husted Cindy Hyde-Smith Roger Marshall Ashley Moody Pete Ricketts Jim Risch Mike Rounds Dan Sullivan Marsha Blackburn Tommy Tuberville
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3h
For the first time on record, a majority of Americans have not much/no confidence in the government to ensure food safety. news.gallup.com/poll/715430/...
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Finally a proper working paper for this study that produced one of the most astounding figures I've ever seen. Basically economics is different from every other field, empirically. This paper looks at the concentration of university affiliations for award winners. www.nber.org/papers/w35875
Figure 2 from the paper: institutional concentration of university affiliation at time of award correlated with institutional concentration of phd granting university. Economics is the most concentrated of any field. 
Figure 2 from the paper: institutional concentration of university affiliation at time of award correlated with institutional concentration of lifetime employment. Economics is the most concentrated of any field.
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Paul Bowes @paulmbowes.bsky.social · 23h
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Famed writer William Vollmann is dying. Sacramento’s still a big part of his life
William T. Vollmann has spent roughly half his life in Sacramento. With a new book out Oct. 6, he discussed what the city means to him.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I can't think of a single non-malevolent reason they would do this.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A BFD. As people get ready to fill their heating oil tanks for the winter, they learn it will cost 80% more than last year. Your early Christmas Gift from Trump and the Republican Party is that your Christmas present budget will now go to their friends in the oil business.
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Pajaro505 @pajaro505.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That is about 20% additional GHG emissions than the current total from all sources in New Mexico!
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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“The world’s largest penguin colony has declined by two-thirds since 2011, most likely because of the climate crisis, a study has revealed.” How many species will we drive to extinction in our lust for oil and gas? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World’s largest penguin colony suffers ‘enormous population crash’
Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island in Antarctica down by two-thirds since 2011, probably due to climate crisis
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Joe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"He says he is applying the Constitution as its framers intended. But his impact on the Court goes well beyond his own vote." Everybody's a media critic but why are these sentences together? The second is not a relevant counterpoint to the assertion of the first! www.cbsnews.com/news/samuel-...
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The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice
Justice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So what this week has taught us is that the Conservative offer is to: - prioritise the wealthiest - blow up the public finances
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Paul Bowes @paulmbowes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Two Grandfathers freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/two-grandf...
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Two Grandfathers
privilege, celebrity, and the end of up from below
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New free link as.ft.com/r/a10980e2-d...
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California’s oligarch tax would change America
The goal of its framers is political rather than budgetary
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When they lied about policy or statistics repeatedly or tried to shift blame elsewhere they fooled a lot of gullible people. But when they started lying about things that even the cult knows more about than these out of touch weirdos, that’s when they lost the plot.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A fun detail: Poirot repeatedly describes the Macho Jesus his leetle grey cells dreamed up as like a “Mustang.” You might think this is merely weird and homoerotic, but it’s actually linked to a bit of misinformation evangelicals like to use to retcon Jesus as a high-T alpha male.
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CoCo ✌🏼💛🕊️ @coco.sheshed.rocks · 06/10/2026
This shit at #Cornell started back in 1975! History is important people. The term “sexual harassment" is only about 50 years old, having been coined in 1975 by a group of women at Cornell University. #SheShed www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Cornell faculty senate introduces no-confidence resolution over handling of alleged 2024 sexual assault
The resolution was submitted to the University Faculty Committee on Monday evening, according to a copy obtained by NBC News.
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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The NY Times framing every fascist as tough strong & brilliant, and not a dumb racist liar, is one of many ways the NY Times tells Democrats that they are Not On Our Side, and Dems mostly choose not to listen
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Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News
A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump’s former press secretaries to join the cable news network.
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Paul Bowes @paulmbowes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
CIA Report Warns Israel Could Head Toward Civil War, Total Collapse open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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CIA Report Warns Israel Could Head Toward Civil War, Total Collapse
U.S. intelligence raises fears of civil unrest and state breakdown in Israel ahead of October 27 elections.
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Paul Bowes @paulmbowes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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You Can't Build a Better Politics on Bad History
Sarah Longwell's "How to Eat an Elephant" offers useful advice for Democratic politics. Yet it is also based on a false history of the GOP.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
She somehow gets this but spends years not understanding racism , classism , and constructed a life with this fool that she used to bludgeon others He’s a rape apologist Everyone sucks here . She just happens to be right
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Let Them Fight
ALT: Let Them Fight
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is Justice Alito's way of letting Republicans know that he's certain they are going to get a shellacking in the midterms.
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Paul Bowes @paulmbowes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...
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When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now
Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Michael Tracey published what he said was the ID of the "Jane Doe" in the Cornell case. Then he took it down, claiming he just wanted to make a point and didn't want to see harm to the person he named. What he hasn't admitted is that he mistook info on a sketchy site for official NY court records.
An archived copy of Michael Tracey's original Substack post includes a screenshot from "eCourt Records" and the commentary: "It's [name redacted]. Don't blame me -- the New York Court System just posted it. Seemingly inadvertently. Oh well."Screenshot of Michael Tracey's post on Substack titled "Note on Jane Doe." It reads: "After identifying Jane Doe earlier tonight, I have now removed the information I published. Why? Because the principle has been served: to underscore that permanently anonymizing litigants who make sensational, spectacular, reputation-destroying claims about others — so long as they can self-declare some form of victimization — cannot be countenanced.

It’s destructive, and an egregious abuse of the legal system by huckster plaintiff’s lawyers. This practice has to end. Lawyers who seek to monetize this sleazy tactic should have to think A LOT HARDER about the claims they’re willing to throw out into the public domain, using impressionable clients who may not even know what they’re getting themselves into.

So why have I now removed her information?

Because I don’t believe she’s the main “villain” here. I primarily blame the bottom-feeding, media-manipulating, sleazebag lawyers who’ve made a whole cash-grab industry out of this racket.

Thomas Giuffra in particular has a lot to answer for. He’s the central reason for the current debacle.

Given the intense nationwide and global interest in this case, I don’t want to bring any further negative attention to this woman. I don’t believe she ought to be punished or subjected to any retribution or humiliation. I believe a RATIONAL solution is necessary here. Not more character assassination — of her, the seven young men, or anyone else. Truly, that is my genuine view."
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Paul Bowes @paulmbowes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Crooked Timber of Humanitarians of Tinder open.substack.com/pub/conspicu...
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The Crooked Timber of Humanitarians of Tinder
How the pursuit of material, social, and sexual advantage shapes our values
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Love it! 👏👇
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
CNN on the last jobs report before the midterms: "It came in cold -- surprisingly cold. Job growth weaker than expected, unemployment unexpectedly went up, and paychecks aren't keeping up with prices. This was disappointing all around."
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The same guy who has been using government records to launch phony investigations is firing the people who do actual investigations after the investigated him.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/09/2026
you'd think that if Eliezer Yudkowsky really was the greatest genius of our era, he could have seen this coming
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There are about 40,000 comments on the Cornell University TikTok page. And it’s all stuff like this…
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ken Paxton offered plea deals to at least 10 students accused of raping their classmates.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Public anger comes for John Roberts The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.” Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him. (Gift Article)
After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has agreed to rule on the legality of ICE's mandatory detention policy, weighing in on an issue that has been ovewhelmingly rejected by district and appeals courts but has nevertheless roiled the justice system nationwide. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Supreme Court will rule on Trump’s ICE detention policy
Lower courts have overwhelmingly rejected ICE’s novel view of its detention authority.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Davey Hearn reflecting pool prosecution dismissed WITH PREJUDICE That means the case cannot be brought again  Huge victory for Davey, for us at @democracydefendersfund.org & our legal team colleagues Washington Litigation Group and Steptoe--& for rule of law More to follow!
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Paul Bowes @paulmbowes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“There is a growing problem with our democracy in that parliament is looking less and less like the way people voted. The last general election saw the biggest mismatch in British history between the votes people cast and the seats parties won." www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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How could Great Britain look under proportional representation? See the results for your area
These visualisations from exclusive polling modelling show how the UK parliament could change under different voting systems
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Paul Bowes @paulmbowes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Ukraine war briefing: Nato condemns Moscow’s ‘irresponsible nuclear rhetoric’ as strikes on Kyiv intensify
Comments come after Moscow warned it would ‘deploy its entire arsenal’ if Kaliningrad was threatened.
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Paul Bowes @paulmbowes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.liberalcurrents.com/tax-the-weal...
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Tax the Wealthy, Not Wealth
Don’t miss the forest for the tallest trees.
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Paul Bowes @paulmbowes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Politics of Fantasy and Entitlement Are Driving Everyone Insane freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/the-politi...
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The Politics of Fantasy and Entitlement Are Driving Everyone Insane
imperfect reality can’t win in a culture of fantasy
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Paul Bowes @paulmbowes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Against purposeful activity and Abrahamic religion in a world of abundance
A note on Keynes’ “Economic Possibilities…”
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RIO LINDA MEX 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦🦍aka Gus Gallegos @riolindamex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Added to list. #TribunalsComing
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Paul Bowes @paulmbowes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Boys Will Be Boys
Masculinity In The Epstein Age
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Ray @raymolson22.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We are not being governed. We are being looted.
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