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Peter Bondi

@pbondi.bsky.social
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Now made w/ Ti. Plays outside. Often omits the sarcasm symbol. Politics, policy, food, & baseball. Works on democracy & elections, while we still have them. he/him

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Peter Bondi @pbondi.bsky.social · 1h
I don’t see any conflicts!
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 3h
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"We Can't Eat Road Salt" should be a whole ad.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 20h
It’s completely insane that we had a gigantic media shitstorm about political violence and it wasn’t about how MAGA is rife with violence.
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graham steele @grahamsteele.bsky.social · 21h
Not for nothing, banks have obligations to meet the needs of the communities they serve--meaning ALL members of the community. Admittedly, the requirements are somewhat weak and banks often haven't met them. Nonetheless, it's a legal *obligation,* not some socially conscious "DEI" program
The investigation provides another example of corporate America finding itself in the crosshairs for programs that were encouraged during prior administrations, either by the government or socially conscious investors.

The Trump administration has opened investigations into companies for so-called diversity, equity and inclusion programs. It has also launched attempts to find evidence of “debanking,” where banks closed the accounts of businesses or individuals operating in politically controversial industries, from fossil fuels to firearms.HUD Secretary Scott Turner said that he plans a full investigation into Wells Fargo’s statements. The agency is also reviewing similar initiatives by other banks, according to a senior HUD official.

“Even if Wells Fargo did not violate the law, its practice of dividing Americans based on race is immoral, unethical and un-American,” Turner said. “Wells Fargo and all of its employees that engaged in race-based decision-making should be ashamed of themselves.”
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graham steele @grahamsteele.bsky.social · 21h
It's an obvious point, but fair lending laws were enacted to ensure members of protected groups can access financial products and services, in response the legacies of redlining. Another example of this administration taking a law meant to protect certain groups and turning the law on its head.
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 06/10/2026
An NYPD officer driving an unmarked car ran a red light and hit a cyclist on Monday afternoon in Boerum Hill, sending her to the hospital, witnesses said. buff.ly/Vx6L3IS
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SEE IT! Reckless Cop Strikes Cyclist After Running Red Light In An Unmarked Car - Streetsblog New York City
Video obtained by Streetsblog shows the traumatic moment of impact.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Aside from the obvious unfairness of people getting rich off of uncompensated stealing of creative works, we should think really hard about what it means that the people who keep winning economic jackboxes to become oligarch-rich are the ones who are willing to cheat and break the law
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability
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Peter Bondi @pbondi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is funny, because in Trump world, it’s obvious the Director of National Intelligence should lead the Super Duper Intelligence Force. He’s a deals lawyer, what could go wrong!
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Anna Lind-Guzik @alindguzik.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hard to think of anything less abstract and more materially consequential than being pregnant
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I still remember getting my first email address as a freshman in college. It was the coolest thing ever and no one was screaming YOU BETTER ADOPT THIS OR WE’RE ALL DEAD.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Every day more instances of disgusting & blatant corruption revealed as our money is being plundered by the Trump Crime Family & their cronies. Do American voters care anymore about corruption? I guess we’ll find out soon because it’s just staggering with this crew of criminals.
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Peter Bondi @pbondi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If they were really serious about it, wouldn’t they send a team of their top advisors, if not Trump himself, to monitor it personally? They’re the experts, after all! www.axios.com/2026/10/04/r...
axios.com
Scoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia
Administration is "aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options," an official told Axios.
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Peter Bondi @pbondi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don’t think the Giants DB was touched down on that pick, and he ran it backwards 30 yards to his own end zone… I wonder if the Cardinals can challenge that?
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Peter Bondi @pbondi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I went to Cornell & was a Greek. The problems are far beyond CUPD & prosecutor & all must be scrutinized. Cornell President & admin, IFC, Chi Phi & its national, & more. They protect themselves first, not their students. Rape. Drugs. Alcohol. Who knew what, when. & what did they do with that info?
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This breathtaking NYT story about Trump's Russian entanglements includes three people who've been part of the operation to cultivate Trump since 2015: Bryan Lanza, Sheikh Tahoon, and Kirill Dmitriev. This is literally the culmination of the original plan. 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
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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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Peter Bondi @pbondi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And this with numbers that you have to assume are at least partially cooked.
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Peter Bondi @pbondi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s not that Trump “defies democrats,” he’s defying the law.
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Jacob Rubashkin @rubashkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There are a lot of eyes on Cornell right now. It’s moments like this where having an independent student press is most important, but doing that work has never been more difficult. Please support The Cornell Daily Sun in its mission for truth and accountability.
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Support the Sun! - The Cornell Daily Sun
The Cornell Daily Sun - Independent Since 1880.
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Peter Bondi @pbondi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The need to rein in surveillance tech is more clear every day. Should have happened after Snowden! wapo.st/4ACHFOZ
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Florida county discovers mysterious Flock cameras with no obvious owner
Officials say they don’t know who installed the controversial cameras or how the data was being used. Residents are unnerved.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jack Smith’s testimony was a major historic event, yet much of the attention on social media is going to Eric Schmidt’s epic Hawks vs. Hawkeyes blunder.
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Peter Bondi @pbondi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Theft.
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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind
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American Oversight @americanoversight.org · 28/09/2026
We’re investigating the FBI’s handling of a corruption investigation connected to Sen. Susan Collins. The FBI reportedly shelved the inquiry after Trump returned to office. We FOIAed Kash Patel and senior FBI officials’ communications about the inquiry.
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American Oversight Launches Investigation Into Patel’s FBI Following Report Corruption Probe Tied to Sen. Collins Was Shelved
We’re seeking communications of Patel and senior FBI officials about the investigation Into alleged pay-to-play scheme.
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Signe Johansen @signesjohansen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Such a perfect parody of the endless stupidity of AI 🍪
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 28/09/2026
"These MAGA weddings are Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence." –@michaeldweiss.bsky.social
Screenshot of a quote-tweet by @michaeldweiss dated 27 Sep 2026. The original tweet is from "Sigal Chattah" (@Chattah4Nevada), and reads "Love is in the air [two heart emojis] Congrats [champagne emoji] to our amazing @AlinaHabba & @turhanmildoin [three emojis showing the Hamsa, a blue hand with an eye in it]." That text appears above a picture showing Kash Patel, Alina Habba, and others at a wedding ceremony. In his quote-tweet, Michael Weiss writes: "Why, that’s Ali Abdelaziz is on the far left. Manages a lot of Russian, Belarusian and Chechen MMA fighters including Khamzat Chimaev, who is close to Kadyrov. Abdelaziz was an FBI informant until the Bureau dropped him because they suspected he was a double agent. Looks like Ka$h (far right) has forgiven and forgotten. These MAGA weddings are Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence."
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Peter Bondi @pbondi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fixing a couple headlines…
Headline from The Hill, 
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press
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Peter Bondi @pbondi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Impeach & remove. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
a president planning military operations based entirely on election cycles is actually a giant scandal
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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And Drew @andrewtappan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There are 23 million people in FL. 14 million of them were registered to vote in 2024. 11 million of them voted. That's something like 0.0000017% There are very real election security and integrity concerns. This isn't one of them.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/09/2026
Look, we know for fucking sure that my dog is sapient and also unpredictable and it turns out of he mauls someone I’m liable and he can be put down.
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Peter Bondi @pbondi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
No no no no, no no no. grist.org/regulation/t...
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Trump wants to open nearly all national forest trails to dirt bikes and ATVs
The Forest Service is proposing to allow motorized vehicles on all trails, two-tracks, and roads unless it explicitly designates otherwise.
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asura @asura.dev · 24/09/2026
I wish more people would address this as an executive problem. No logging, no moderation, no observability, ... Palworld has more security. For decades people (like me) could cause entire outages in entire regions. Jail or fired if I did. In most of these scenarios, some mechanism should stop me.
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Peter Bondi @pbondi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
These people should not be making decisions about how the rest of us live our lives. Reason #94022:
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
this is an absolutely bananas thing for the CEO of a company with two hundred billion dollars in annual revenue to admit out loud in public: "One day I had to pump gas -- it was a few years ago. They needed my zip code, and I panicked. I didn't know my zip code. I didn't know my telephone number."
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Peter Bondi @pbondi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Huh, DOJ should look into this illegal activity!
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Peter Bondi @pbondi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Was this the trade for the F-35 tech?
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 24/09/2026
Yes. I think the consensus among US elite pundits and senior politicians that the way to protect liberal democracy is *not* to punish elite figures who violate its rules is wrong. A norm starting at least with the Watergate pardon. The opposite is true. You need to enforce the law and Constitution.
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Private jets account for 16% of FAA operations but contribute just 0.6% of the taxes that fund it. Does that mean we should raise private jet taxes 25-fold to make up the difference? Why, yes, in fact Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Table: Private Air Travel Is a Carbon Bomb

Of the 3 quickest ways to travel from NYC to DC, private jets produce by far the most CO2 emissions per passenger. 

Rail - 5.2 kg per passenger or 14.3 g per passenger/km
Commercial air - 44.38 kg per passenger or 128.62 g per passenger/km
Private air - 538.5 kg per passenger or 1500 g per passenger/km

Source: Institute for Policy Studies
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Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com · 24/09/2026
Via @jimdefede.bsky.social on X: "So I was just watching Fox News and this commercial played during Jesse Watters show. It says “Paid for by the US Government.” This is clearly a campaign ad. And the singers are just singing over and over again, “Love me” - over images of Trump."
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Peter Bondi @pbondi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If this were a person, there’d be legal consequences for criminal activity. It should be no different with AI; there’s people behind the models.
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Deb Haaland @debhaalandnm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There’s nothing like green chile season in New Mexico. 💚🌶️ No matter where you are, the smell of green chile in the air is home. I may be a red chile fan, too, but when green chile season comes around, it’s hard to beat.
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