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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4h
The @houstonchronicle.com posted this video and it's pretty jarring. No matter that he was fleeing, law enforcement officers may not use deadly force on someone who poses no significant risk of death or serious injury to others. Deliberately hitting someone with a car is a use of deadly force.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3h
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Opinion | Kristi Noem and DHS do not deserve the benefit of the doubt
Philip Bump: The Department of Homeland Security and its leader have an honesty problem — and the numbers prove it.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 3h
Nothing is more of a validator of Jon Ossoff’s rhetoric than the Applebees salad bar fantasist David Brooks reaching for the fainting couch
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 4h
👇🎯 It pains elites whose entire career was invested in pretending the GOP was something it hasn’t been for ~forever & quite obviously isn’t now, but that doesn’t make it any less true, & we should stop coddling them when they refuse to acknowledge the direction of the sunrise <all together now>
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“Neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party”
Mark Copelovitch unpacks his signature phrase.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 6h
You can kill as many people as you want, but you target a beautiful precious data center? The one that hosted all 40,000 Sexy Ladies For Ken Paxton accounts?
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3h
This common view reflects belief in a type of Jewish and German exceptionalism: That no people in history have ever been or will be more persecuted than Jews, and no people have ever been or can be more evil than leaders of Nazi Germany. The view is both ahistorical and extraordinarily dangerous.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
CLAIM: the ICE agents fired into a vehicle with a child in it for no reason at all FACT: these keys here are jingling isn't that interesting? isnt the sound they make really something?
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
One key point @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social makes here is that if Dems win the midterms (and win in 2028), deploying congressional power creatively to unwind Elon Musk's sway over the government (contracts, etc) will be essential to any reconstruction: www.ms.now/opinion/elon...
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Opinion | Oligarchs like Elon Musk are tightening their grip on the Pentagon
A new initiative named Project Meridian is just one way GOP donors’ influence over defense policy is increasing.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 7h
Ukraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right.
Chart showing online talk about the AfD going off a cliff edge
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 10h
Fortunately for President Trump, laws are only real if someone is willing and able to enforce them
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h
Just another thing that disqualifies him for the democratic nomination
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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
KKK
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 11h
Thank you for having me last night, Kacey Musgraves !
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Scott Stein @sstein.bsky.social · 8h
In America, we don't call our opponents "Nazis." We* call Nazis "Nazis" whether they are our opponents or not. *Those of us who don't have our heads up our asses
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h
question for brooks: what if they are, literally, nazis?
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This soup recipe calls for 4 potatoes and then says to cube them but honestly 64 seems like way too many
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 23h
It is, in fact, possible to impeach and remove President Trump from office next week. It won't happen, however, because Republicans also support Putin and Russia and agree with Trump.
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No Kings but King Ludd @pilgrim76.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Underappreciated just how much Republicans need Democrats to be simps and bipartisanship-fetishists for their approach to succeed. The moment Dems drop the pretense and start accurately describing who their opponents are and what they stand for, they very literally have no answer
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Grok make my favorite movie about my own boring ass life rather than transporting me and my imagination into another setting. Make Blade Runner but it’s me at the office. Do Barry Lyndon but it’s me and my friend Bob is also there. Lawrence of Arabia but he also needs to get his tires rotated.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The news just since I left work: -A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad -Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
To every politician in New York: Do not tell the protesters to behave peacefully. Do not tell the protesters to disperse and go home. Instead, tell ICE to behave peacefully. Tell ICE to disperse and go home. Side with your constituents, not the Trump administration.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026
jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Congrats again to the New York Times on its long form journalism
NYT "The Interview" with Curtis Yarvin
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I constantly feel like I'm going crazy
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
WHOA. This is big news. Mr. Soliman is a 31-year-old gay man from Egypt who came here at 3 with a green card. He lost his green card after a conviction, but an immigration judge found that he would be persecuted in Egypt and barred sending him there. He's locked in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea now.
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States, five months after he was expelled to Equatorial Guinea, a country where he has no ties, in a decision that could have far-reaching implications for thousands of others subjected to the Trump administration’s third-country removal scheme.

Arizona District Court Judge John C. Hinderaker, a Trump appointee, ruled that DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and “must facilitate Plaintiff’s release from custody in Equatorial Guinea and return to the United States and must ensure his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to Equatorial Guinea.”
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Justin 👻 “Spooky” 👻 Timbercake, MA, MPS (He/Him) @justintimbercake.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Call them Nazis, and an army of centrists will step forward and demand that “the left” tone down the rhetoric. We are in hell.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Add Karen Smith to my list of badasses whose mouthy approach I respect. Actions usually speak louder than words. This is a hero, Y'all. Well done, Ma'am. You're gonna kick ass in your new position. ✊📖
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Troy Jackson clearly won tonight’s first Maine Senate debate, repeatedly putting Susan Collins on the defensive over Trump, Kavanaugh and her record in Washington. Collins leaned heavily on seniority and what she’s delivered for Maine — but Jackson landed the sharper punches by far.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wow. In case you think this is only about the economy, data we obtained shows that in South Texas, Latinos now disapprove of Trump *on immigration and the border* by huge margins. South Texas was locus of the vaunted "realignment." Immigration has helped unravel it. newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Mike Rogers led the charge to flood opioids into our communities. Here's what happened.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Look how easy it is to frame this issue! This handsome writer did it and he’s not very smart www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Not an accident. Hegseth is a disgrace to every American who sacrificed their lives in the fight against the Nazis and fascism.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Me and 1,200 of my friends in St. Clair County. This movement will win on November 3rd.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Like it or not this what Maine Guys actually sound like. Might sound like shit to you, but this is a Meryl Streep-level performance for guys from Maine with this voice and personality.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/10/2026
If they are denied the right to dominate & oppress you, then you have gained liberty and they have lost it. It's zero sum.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/10/2026
Makes it real clear what they mean by "liberty."
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Alito calls same-sex marriage a 'decisive' turn 'against religious liberty' in new book
A new book by Justice Samuel Alito presents his view of the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the country with a focus on religious freedom.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why Jared?
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In an authoritarian regime, people publicly debase themselves to signal loyalty to the ruler
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2026
who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Congrats again to Anthony Kennedy
brennancenter.org
Citizens United, Explained
The 2010 Supreme Court decision further tilted political influence toward wealthy donors and corporations.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I am aware of the history of 20th century fascism and grew up around Holocaust survivors. When fascism returns, they said, expect indifference or outright cowardice from 90% of your friends, neighbors and colleagues. AND YET, it still shocks me to see this groveling cowardice in real time.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 06/10/2026
over at the newsletter I wrote about the useful bogeyman that is "polarization":
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The Problem Is Right Wing Extremism, Not 'Polarization'
Ambiguous media whining about "polarization" or "partisan tribalism" redirects attention away from the real cause of modern U.S. division: violent right wing extremism.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes, Pete Hegseth is so incompetent that our troops go without necessary medical care, but at least they are called "warriors" now while they go untreated. So it all evens out . . .
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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
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