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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
anti-trust anti-trust Anti-Trust Anti-Trust ANTI-TrUST ANTI-TRUST ANTITRUST ANTITRUST ANTITRUST When the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 banned mergers that threaten to significantly reduce competition, this is the sort of thing they had in mind.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As recently as September, SBE's website proudly declared that it supported 63% of all research in US social and psychological sciences and worked to "creat[e] opportunities everywhere." Now, that message is gone.
Wayback machine version of SBE site: SBE provides 63% of the funding for all academic research in social and psychological sciences in the U.S. 

Through its core disciplinary and interdisciplinary programs, as well as contributions to cross-directorate NSF investments, SBE supports approximately 5,000 scientists, educators and students in a typical year.

The directorate's priorities include:

https://web.archive.org/web/20260906005733/https://www.nsf.gov/sbe/about#what-we-support-95b#what-we-support-95bhttps://www.nsf.gov/sbe/about#what-we-support-95b
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 06/10/2026
again every elected Republican is a coward and a traitor
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
this is not a problem you can fix with calm, reasoned debate. you can't even fix it by improving people's lives with policy. there is no clear, proven, non-violent solution to this issue. finding one is the most significant problem of our age.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You cannot assert that the crypto industry is primarily a legitimate business that just happens to have a few bad seeds as long as the largest players in the space are built on money laundering. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
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Inside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict
Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
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maya apparitionpussy @membrane.hellstar.plus · 04/10/2026
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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 03/09/2026
"A story that touched my heart the most is the investigation that young reporter @alexip718.com launched as a student into the impact of booming U.S. crude oil exports on a small town in Texas and the lack of monitoring for toxic chemical risks." www.thexylom.com/post/i-was-h...
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“I Was Having a Good Time”: How Did a Small Town in South Texas Get Hit With Two Oil Spills?
A playing field tilted towards regional officials, Texas Republicans, and foreign energy companies turned sleepy Ingleside on the Bay, Texas, into the Crude Oil Export Terminal of the United States, a...
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 03/10/2026
"Check to seniors = money for midterms" the way media outlets treat Trump bribing voters like it's a no big deal is mind-boggling.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you’ve read about TN this week, please take a moment with this piece if you didn’t read it when we published it: It’s an investigation into the execution team Alabama has put together. It’s officers with a history of violence who choose each other. Eye-opening to what happens in executions.
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In Alabama, Prison Guards Accused of Violence and Misconduct Carry Out Secretive Executions - Bolts
As Alabama keeps details around the death penalty hidden, an investigation into its execution team raises questions about how incarcerated people are treated in their final moments.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
~Approximately no one in the general public knows because the leaders of the R1 research universities - whose budgets, programs, & personnel are entirely or significantly dependent on federal funding - have been totally absent from the public square in explaining & collectively protesting this.
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 01/10/2026
Squidward asleep next to “Donald Trump using taxpayer money for campaign ads ahead of midterm elections”

Squidward waking up and freaking out next to “A late night host being mean to Donald Trump”
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
By all means, be inspired by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social's conclusion. But it's as important to attend to its analysis: the polarization frame suggests political responses that consolidate anti-democratic gains & autocratization of the political system. Fighting for progress is what's called for.
The United States can be a democracy in which every citizen shares the same rights and dignity before the power of the state, corruption is held to account, and benevolence toward other democracies is assumed. With the understanding that the country has yet to fully live up to these goals, we have certainly tried, at least until recently, to achieve them. We are now experiencing the backlash to that progress.

But the fury of the argument shows the importance of the outcome. When we focus on polarization as the problem, the solution is for everyone to quiet down and be “civil”—an outcome that benefits those who are willing to grab as much power as they can without concern for legality or civility. When we see the problem for what it is, the solution is to defend the most robust social progress in American history—progress that has already been codified into law and enjoyed by everyone alike. U.S. democracy needs leaders who are willing to defend those rights and voters who are willing to hold accountable the leaders who will not defend them. It does not need everyone simply to calm down.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 02/10/2026
🇫🇷 ⚠️ French high school students lit fires outside schools and faced off with police on Friday as a protest movement that has forced the closure or disrupted education at more than 560 establishments showed no sign of abating ➡️ u.afp.com/S9ED
A protester throws a stop sign into a fire as students carry out blockading action near the Kerichen high school in Brest, western France, on October 2, 2026Police officers stand in front of protesters amid tear gas as students carry out blockading action near the Kerichen high school in Brest, western France, on October 2, 2026
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Legal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"?
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you need to send a fundraising email with the header “We know you’re not an ATM” maybe it’s a sign you ought to reign in the grifter consulting firms that are alienating supporters with a constant stream of panhandling spam to raise money that mostly gets poured back into their own coffers?
Dem fundraising email headed “We know you’re not an ATM”
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 28/09/2026
This, via @kottke.org, is a terrific late-Sunday-evening-in-autumn thing to watch. earthmusictheater.org
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Earth Music Theater
Astronauts and musicians playing together — stunning Earth flyovers filmed from the International Space Station, scored by world-class musicians. Free, from the Association of Space Explorers.
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Better link here ICYMI---this is huge. Making state and federal campaign finance data accessible from the same portal has been a project years in the making. Congrats, @opensecrets.org! What a service! www.opensecrets.org/state-profiles
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State Profiles: Money in Politics by State - OpenSecrets
Pick a state to follow the money in its state elections and its U.S. House and Senate races: who raises it, who gives it, and from where.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the definition of cruel and unusual punishment. The state of Tennessee botched an execution and tried to hide the gory consequences as witnesses twice watched a woman survival the supposedly “lethal” injection. The death penalty is a crime against humanity.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A Pa. police chief on why he signed a deal with ICE to arrest and deport immigrants
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump is set to *expand* his corrupt taxpayer-funded ads starring himself. Meanwhile, a new poll finds his approval among independents at 25% and on the economy that's 23%. Brilliant, Mr. President! On the pod, @davidcorn.bsky.social rips this all apart very well: newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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Trump TV Ads Backfire as New Poll Shows He’s Shockingly Toxic for GOP
As the saga around Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads grows more absurd, the author of a piece exploring Trumpian propaganda explains why no amount of disinfo can protect the GOP from Trump.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I believe the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment in all circumstances but the absurd joke of "lethal injection" is even more cruel and unusual than the others. A violent fiction to fool bystanders into thinking that they are witnessing a humane execution. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say (Gift Article)
Christa Pike, who was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995, was set to be executed by lethal injection. Officials had gone ahead with the execution after a temporary court-ordered pause.
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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 30/09/2026
The guy who proclaimed the Iowa Hawkeyes are the Atlanta Hawks also said a month ago that anyone who thinks Michigan fans say "beat Ohio" doesn't know ball. The absolute goat in the crowded "Republicans don't know ball" marketplace. Yes he voted for his govt to control college sports, why do you ask
The Hawks/Hawkeyes guy accusing libs a month ago of not knowing ball

Eric Schmitt
@Eric_Schmitt
“Beat Ohio?”

Tell me you don’t know ball with saying you don’t know ball.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
they are stealing billions from us in order to build data centers in our backyards in order to run machines designed to take our jobs and ultimately enslave us
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ICE's own reviews of cases of immigrant deaths in custody show a pattern of neglect: confiscation and refusal to provide routine medication, lack of follow-up care, even incompetence in reading tests or supplying medication. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social has this report. prospect.org/2026/09/30/i...
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Disturbing Pictures of Neglect in ICE Mortality Reviews - The American Prospect
The federal government released dozens of mortality reviews of immigrants who died in detention in recent years. They show a uniform pattern of medical neglect.
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026
A thing I learned about Meta when I was trying to understand how their statements relate to their actions a few years ago is that *they just tell absolutely indefensible lies* and journalists almost always let them. They believed no one would ever punish them for it in any way that matters.
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 29/09/2026
A reminder that America cannot have a multiracial, multicultural democracy if the United States Supreme Court is allowed to continue to exist in its current form
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
imagine seeing a scene like this and thinking "yes, this is good" just speaking personally here it makes me incandescent with rage
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NYT unravels the dense weave of corruption underlying Trump's Iowa illusory steel mill investment: "Mesabi executives have leaned on a Trump-world insider as the company has sought to expand its footprint in the United States. The company hired Jason Miller, a longtime Trump adviser, as its
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How a Planned Steel Mill in Iowa Reveals Trump’s Midterm Strategy
As President Trump travels the country, he is expected to focus on his economic accomplishments at a time when Americans have expressed deep frustration with his policies.
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We wrote about the appropriations issue here. They did was a "pocket rescission". Arguably already unconditional but neither congress or the courts- but notably GAO is- treating it as unconstitutional. In a better world it would be impeachable but yea, www.crisesnotes.com/the-devil-is...
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The Devil is in the Footnotes: The Fourth and Fifth Levers OMB Has Over Agencies
This is a free piece of Notes on the Crises. All pieces in this OMB series will be free. Please take out a paid subscription to support this work. Or leave a tip.  Joshua Lawrence is a research fello...
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.
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Bryan Grantham @bryanmgrantham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Taps the sign
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Adam @adamshap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NYC’s congestion pricing program cut ambulance travel times by over a minute
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Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This poll from Cook is bonkers. A *huge* plurality of voters (43% overall, 61% of Ds) want Dems to focus on changing the political system overall vs. just opposing (21%, 36% of Ds) or working with Trump (35%, 3% of Ds).
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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 27/09/2026
You don't have an inalienable right to be an antisocial dipshit because you're doomscrolling all day and it makes you feel terrible. There are no qualifiers to this. You are not released from the obligation to try to be decent just because Elon Musk is lighting the world on fire.
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IMEU Policy Project @imeupolicy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW POLLING: An overwhelming supermajority of Americans across partisan lines support a resolution being brought forward by Senator Chris Van Hollen to investigate the Israeli government’s killing of American citizens and the rampant human rights abuses in the illegally-occupied West Bank.
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 27/09/2026
secretary of damnatio memoriae, many people are crying out for it
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Again, propaganda paid for by taxpayers while this dope is sitting on hundreds of millions in campaign donations.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The fact that this was *previously used as a campaign ad during the presidential campaign* removes any real defense as to its purpose. Its not a public service announcement. Its a campaign ad that has become state propaganda.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 27/09/2026
What an odd moment in United States history. A U.S. president is running an overtly political camaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government. Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government (Gift Article)
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I just got an ad for "trump" paid for by the "united states government" get this man the fuck out of my face
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It is so good to see @reportermatt.bsky.social, who was in like 80% of my classes in college, become the most influential reporter in Massachusetts. He just loves the place, and you can tell in everything he does. A truly wonderful man making the whole state better.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Rolling back tobacco safety regulations lol this administration is so unserious
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Simon Grivet @simongrivet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social how bad can it get ?? Such a betrayal www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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Justice Department Scraps Dozens of School Desegregation Cases
Critics said the changes, mostly in the South, moved the nation “back toward the Jim Crow era.” Justice Department officials said the decrees were outdated.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
RFK Jr. took $4 million in book advances and $270,000 in gifts from close allies working to advance his agenda. His wife received $210,000 in consulting fees from a MAHA group. Ethics experts are troubled. w/ @by-cjewett.bsky.social Jewett www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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RFK Jr. Drew $4 Million in Book Advances From Publisher Who Also Monetized MAHA (Gift Article)
A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary’s wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.
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