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K Phillips-Southern Strategy-Secret 2politics-know who hates who @scotfreeman23.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
MAGA Republicans tell lies. Very very concerning. Susan Collins Dismissed Our Reporting as Old News. Some of Her Claims Aren’t True. www.propublica.org/article/debu...
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Luke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“The British government gave authorisation to the US to use RAF Fairford to ​carry out strikes on Iranian missile sites that are attacking ships in the Strait ⁠of Hormuz. Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned that any base used in strikes would be ​a legitimate target.” www.reuters.com/world/uk/sec...
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Men arrested in major incident at UK air base used by US
British police said on Sunday they ‌had arrested several men on suspicion of explosives offences and Army bomb disposal experts were examining a number of vehicles in a "major incident" near an air ba...
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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just to fully underline how spiteful this shit is for those unaware: On the left is the route the Orange Order have been ordered to take for the past 3 decades without trouble. On the right is the route that has brought hundreds of cops to Drumcree. The only motivation is sectarian antagonism.
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prunesqualler.bsky.social @prunesqualler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 21/09/2026
This year's El Niño event is moving into record territory, with the daily Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) tying the record previously set during the 2015/2016 super-El Niño. My latest over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14/09/2026
One of the incredible ironies of this era is that the journalists with the least resources to fight malicious prosecution by the gov't are the ones telling the most truth about the camps. And the ones with the most resources and teams of lawyers on staff...are not.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A minor detail is missing from the headline.
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Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I don't think I'll ever grow a callous thick enough to stop being gutted when people blame voters for being mad at a Dem candidate's bigoted stances instead of the candidate for saying bigoted things in the first place. Just so many people who think noticing what a Dem says or does is a mortal sin.
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Susan Sontag's 9/16/01 piece in The New Yorker got her crucified but it's one of the few things from that era that aged well. "'Our country is strong,' we are told again and again. I for one don’t find this entirely consoling. Who doubts that America is strong? But that’s not all America has to be."
The disconnect between last Tuesday’s monstrous dose of reality and the self-righteous drivel and outright deceptions being peddled by public figures and TV commentators is startling, depressing. The voices licensed to follow the event seem to have joined together in a campaign to infantilize the public. Where is the acknowledgment that this was not a “cowardly” attack on “civilization” or “liberty” or “humanity” or “the free world” but an attack on the world’s self-proclaimed superpower, undertaken as a consequence of specific American alliances and actions? How many citizens are aware of the ongoing American bombing of Iraq? And if the word “cowardly” is to be used, it might be more aptly applied to those who kill from beyond the range of retaliation, high in the sky, than to those willing to die themselves in order to kill others. In the matter of courage (a morally neutral virtue): whatever may be said of the perpetrators of Tuesday’s slaughter, they were not cowards.Our leaders are bent on convincing us that everything is O.K. America is not afraid. Our spirit is unbroken, although this was a day that will live in infamy and America is now at war. But everything is not O.K. And this was not Pearl Harbor. We have a robotic President who assures us that America still stands tall. A wide spectrum of public figures, in and out of office, who are strongly opposed to the policies being pursued abroad by this Administration apparently feel free to say nothing more than that they stand united behind President Bush. A lot of thinking needs to be done, and perhaps is being done in Washington and elsewhere, about the ineptitude of American intelligence and counter-intelligence, about options available to American foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East, and about what constitutes a smart program of military defense. But the public is not being asked to bear much of the burden of reality. The unanimously applauded, self-congratulatory bromides of a Soviet Party Congress seemed contemptible. The unanimity of the sanctimonious, reality-concealing rhetoric spouted by American officials and media commentators in recent days seems, well, unworthy of a mature democracy.

Those in public office have let us know that they consider their task to be a manipulative one: confidence-building and grief management. Politics, the politics of a democracy—which entails disagreement, which promotes candor—has been replaced by psychotherapy. Let’s by all means grieve together. But let’s not be stupid together. A few shreds of historical awareness might help us understand what has just happened, and what may continue to happen. “Our country is strong,” we are told again and again. I for one don’t find this entirely consoling. Who doubts that America is strong? But that’s not all America has to be.
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prunesqualler.bsky.social @prunesqualler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What’s the official COVID death toll? How many memorials are there? How many anniversary ceremonies? How many social media posts? How do these numbers compare to those for 9/11?
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 11/09/2026
Five C-17s delivered King Donald the Mad’s Secret Service motorcade to Ireland: Cadillac SUVs, anti-drone systems, assault vehicles and emergency equipment – all for a 2-day trip including the Irish Open at his own Doonbeg golf resort. And US taxpayers pick up the bill for his private event.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It was the last era of the pop monoculture and people confuse the unity of dialing the "American Idol" vote line with the "unity" of being subject to illegal wars, new surveillance agencies, and media-sanctioned anti-Muslim bigotry
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Matthew B @freebrainsurgery.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hegseth is definitely showing up to "party" with the sailors in Thailand. "Let's fuckin go! What's up, Sarge?! Relax and be da villain cuz Papa Pete brought the penicillin for when yo penis is ill'n, you know what I'm sayin?", he says to the disheveled petty officer that just misses his fiancé.
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USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand after extended Iran deployment
About 5,000 U.S. sailors and Marines are stopping in the resort city of Pattaya for a “rest and relaxation” break as they return home from a record-setting deployment in the Middle East.
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Russ McSpadden @peccarynotpig.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
BREAKING: Armed and masked agents of the U.S. government have invaded the sovereign Tohono O'odham Nation.
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Tangerine Twit Troll @tangerinetwittroll.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Who knew the Canadians could play the same game?
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Decades before Dolly Parton helped fund research supporting Moderna's Covid-19 mRNA vaccine, she raised money for people with HIV and AIDS and joined the 90s "Break the Silence" campaign promoting AIDS awareness, sex education & condom use - at a time when doing so in country music took courage.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
In this Washington, DC BDSM dungeon, "ballroom" still means the place the dominatrix takes you when you've been a very bad boy. But they do know this: It's nice to come down here for a break from your day job rubber stamping Trump's whims from your seat on the highest court in the land.
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Confederates always think it's a war of northern agression
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Ponsonby Britt @hockeenight.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
At this point the only vegetable that hasn't been recalled is Mitch McConnell.
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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 20/08/2026
I blame Biden too. If he had locked these crooks up as was his duty, the debt would be more responsibly managed today.
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"The gloves must come into direct contact with the skin and are not effective through clothing or hair, the user manual states. The manual says no more than 2 gloves should be applied to a subject at one time & they should not be used for more than 15 seconds in many instances." Oh Jesus. Oh fuck.
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ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on electrical shock gloves for agents | CNN
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and officers may soon be equipped with gloves that deliver electrical shocks, which the manufacturer says are intended to de-escalate encounters with individ...
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prunesqualler.bsky.social @prunesqualler.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Gary Peters is incompetent in his role
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prunesqualler.bsky.social @prunesqualler.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Two Democrats didn’t show up to defend Fauci today. Do Democrats really support Science?
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 04/08/2026
Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...
This past May, a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air medevac plane took off from Roswell, New Mexico, and headed west to the town of Ruidoso to pick up a patient. It shouldn’t have been a challenging flight for the two pilots and two nurses aboard. The temperature was 69 degrees; the sky was clear. The 60-mile journey normally takes a half hour, at most.

But once airborne, the plane ran into trouble. At the White Sands Missile Range that night, US military personnel were conducting a GPS jamming exercise that left the King Air pilots—and anyone else within hundreds of miles—unable to use modern navigation systems. Forced to revert to older technology, ones that they rarely if ever use, the medevac pilots got disoriented and crashed into the side of a mountain. There were no survivors.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I'm not going to post the videos of the police shooting in Madison but the cop on the left appears to have fired the shots.
Two police officers in Madison, Wisconsin, standing next to a black vehicle
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Deckie Jordan (He/him) @decjordan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The folks in Moygashel showing again what horrible people they are. #SpeirGorm RTÉ News: Replica mosque on top of loyalist bonfire in Tyrone condemned as 'vile' www.rte.ie/news/2026/07...
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Replica mosque on loyalist bonfire condemned as 'vile'
Police have been urged to intervene after a replica of a mosque was placed on top of a loyalist bonfire pyre in Co Tyrone.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
It’s worth watching Mamdani’s full 13-minute address. THIS is the 4 of July speech the country deserves. If you teach, consider adding it to your curriculum. If you’re a parent, watch it with your kids. This is a weekend to reflect. This speech was pitch-perfect. This speech should be remembered.
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Mayor Mamdani Delivers Address Marking America’s 250th Birthday
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Detainees at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in New Jersey are going without air conditioning during an extreme heat wave. Families say the AC is off in one of the housing units, potentially leaving hundreds of people trapped in sweltering heat over 100 degrees. www.nj.com/politics/202...
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Delaney Hall’s air conditioning goes out during N.J.’s worst heat wave in 15 years
Air conditioning failed at Delaney Hall during a major heat wave, prompting concerns for detainees as advocates cite ongoing complaints and inspection disputes.
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Cliff PervoSCARY @pervocracy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
not saying being queer is a choice, more that "is it a choice" should stop being the key question this isn't a criminal trial where we're deciding if you're culpable enough to charge you with first degree gay or if we can knock it down to manslover
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 29/06/2026
BREAKING: More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the U.S. hours before the earthquakes are missing after their hotel collapsed.
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More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
Survivors say more than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find survivors and bodies buried in the rubble.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Why did ICE agents target a poll worker in a polling place in Syracuse, NY, last week over an Instagram post from January that reiterated reporting by the Pulitzer Prize winning @startribune.com about ICE agent Jonathan Ross who shot and killed protester Renee Good?
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prunesqualler.bsky.social @prunesqualler.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Listening to Sources & Methods podcast where three NPR journalists talking about how difficult simple multiplication is. “Ugg math”. Do they realize how damaging this is?!?!
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 31/05/2026
#OtD 31 May 1927 Donald Trump's father, Fred Trump, was arrested at a KKK rally in Queens, NYC. Despite Donald Trump denying it happened, multiple newspapers reported it, giving Fred Trump's address and reporting all those arrested as wearing KKK robes stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1039...
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Mikie Sherrill greenlit this:
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 24/05/2026
Explosion would cause significant damage around Garden Grove plant, blast zone map shows
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Explosion would cause significant damage around Garden Grove plant, blast zone map shows
If the failing chemical tank in Orange County does explode, the aerospace plant where it sits and dozens of homes surrounding it could suffer severe damage, according to a map released by authorities Saturday.
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Orpheus Condescending @maryscottoconnor.com · 10/05/2026
No further comment necessary. 😡
A political cartoon by Steve Sack from his Substack - a large group of almost identical FBI "agents: in sunglasses in a circle (jerk) surrounded by crime scene tape, studying intently (with magnifying glasses, clipboards cameras) a group of SEASHELLS on a beach, while neglected RIGHT NEXT TO THEM lie two smeared bloodstains and a dead hand and a dead leg - marked Alex Pretti and Renee Good. 

Motherfuckers.

'nuff sed.
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Peter Head @peterheadcbe.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Spain just pulled off one of the fastest energy transformations in Europe. In 2000: ⚠️ 56% fossil ☀️🌬️ 2% solar + wind By 2026: ☀️🌬️ 44% solar + wind ⚠️ Just 17% fossil www.linkedin.com/posts/rentzh...
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#makesciencegreatagain | Ingmar Rentzhog | 19 comments
Who needs fossil energy? 🇪🇸 Spain just pulled off one of the fastest energy transformations in Europe. In 2000: ⚠️ 56% fossil ☀️🌬️ 2% solar + wind By 2026: ☀️🌬️ 44% solar + wind ⚠️ Just 17% fossil ...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
In this screenshot from the video you can clearly see Officer Mohamed’s badge after he pulled the protester off the sidewalk and violently threw him to the ground. A search of his badge number turned up 4 complaints about his conduct since beginning his service in 2023: www.50-a.org/officer/ACB9
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Video posted to Youtube as well: youtu.be/Q13lfzhiVDg?...
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Video shows NYPD Officer Hubert Mohamed grab protester and throw him to the ground — 4/3/26 @ 2:27am
YouTube video by Marisa Kabas
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
It has begun.
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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Civil rights activists needed both armed factions for protection and nonviolent organizations to be taken seriously for confronting segregation. I really liked “We Will Shoot Back” by Akinyele Omowale Umoja’s book laying this out clearly in Mississippi with several specific wins via these methods.
Rifles in the back of a United League armed truck at a 1978 demonstration in Tupelo, Mississippi. (Courtesy of Jim Alexander.)
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The forty-two Democrats who voted for extension of FISA are traitors.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
by my tally we are now spending ~$2B to companies to NOT build more energy infrastructure. in the middle of an energy crisis
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Birds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
You ever think about how the Mafia boss in The Rocketeer has higher ethical standards than everyone who attended the WHCD
The Mafia boss from 1991's cinematic masterpiece, The Rocketeer. He's yelling at a Nazi: "It matters to me. I may not make an honest buck, but I'm 100% American, and I don't work for no two-bit Nazi." Then he teams up with the FBI to fight Nazis and it's awesome.
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Jack Pondit @jackpondit.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
They have a lot of nerve reporting on a new more conciliatory tone when they steadfastly failed to report on the old, insane, tone.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Breaking: Trump has fired the membership of the National Science Board, which is oversees NSF. I have confirmed separately with multiple now-former members of NSB.
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Ranking Member Lofgren Reacts to Latest Trump Scheme to Undermine Science | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The Ha'aretz story on looting and theft by IDF forces in Lebanon is now up in English. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Israeli soldiers testify to looting in Lebanon: 'Commanders know and do nothing'
The Looting Has Expanded in Part Because Some Israeli Military Police Checkpoints at Exit Points From Southern Lebanon Were Removed, While Others Were Never Set Up. IDF Soldiers Say That 'When There I...
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Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Mark Warner, the 5th most Trump-friendly Democrat in the Senate, will not face a primary challenger. Three people were attempting to qualify, but did not make the ballot. Warner most notably voted yea to pass the Laken Riley Act.
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Virginia Sen. Mark Warner wins Democratic nomination in reelection bid
Republicans will select their candidate for the Senate in an August primary.
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