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RawLawDog @rawlawdog.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We don’t have to live in the weird world tech billionaires have convinced their serfs and vassals is inevitable.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@ariberman.bsky.social and @pemalevy.bsky.social have a damning new story about how the Roberts Court is reviving Jim Crow, relying on the same legal tactics used to undermine the Reconstruction. A must read to understand the stakes of this election. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Cover of Mother Jones issue on the new Jim Crow
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Quinn MacDonald @quinnmacdonald.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
No wonder they're trying to destroy the ICC.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Glad about the result, but I don’t think it speaks well of us as a country that after two years of human rights violations, war crimes, naked gangster corruption, and contempt for the Constitution, he’s finally unpopular because gas got expensive.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Judge Kelly has ordered the government to RESPOND to the CNN/MSNOW/Politico TRO by TOMORROW, and a hearing is set on the Temporary Restraining Order motion for WEDNESDAY at 3:30 PM.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Here's the 27-page complaint just filed by CNN, MS NOW, and Politico challenging President Trump's categorical exclusion of those three outlets from the White House: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... As I explained this morning, this suit will succeed: www.stevevladeck.com/p/251-newsga...
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#1 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF against Steven Cheung, DONALD J. TRUMP, SUSAN WILES ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-12686613) filed by Betsy Klein, POLITICO LLC, MS NOW Cable, ...
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RawLawDog @rawlawdog.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You can’t distance yourself from him when you long ago sold your soul to be part of his treacherous regime. And nobody should let them.
politico.com
‘He is kryptonite’: Republicans start breaking with Trump
Candidates in tight races are publicly distancing themselves from a president whose low approval rating is dragging the party down.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
1/When you learned Trump banned MS NOW, CNN & Politico from the WH, the first thought that crossed your mind was probably, “That has to violate the First Amendment.” You would not be wrong. joycevance.substack.com/p/its-a-nice...
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It’s a Nice First Amendment You’ve Got There…
Mea culpa for the long post on a Saturday night, but read on and see if you don’t agree that it’s essential.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Precisely this—the power attributed to technology makes it incredibly useful for laundering responsibility
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RawLawDog @rawlawdog.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They employ only 2630 people and use 1/4 of the electricity in the entire state. Boycotting AI is actually a reasonable response.
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Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Recalling the quaint notion that the U.S. President should act in the national interest rather than in his own personal financial interest. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump and sons invest heavily in AI economy as he resists calls for slowdown
Trump’s decisions as president on one of the most consequential policy debates of his administration could affect the value of his personal investments.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Jesus doesn’t hear the prayers of those who wage war.” — Pope Leo XIV
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RawLawDog @rawlawdog.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It better come with accountability so that every American can see what we allowed into the house.
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So, In Sum - Trump Is A Titanic F-ck Up, His Madness Is Getting Worse, American Voters Are Angry, And Are Ready Now To Put Us Back In Power
Trump had a very bad week and we had a very good one
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RawLawDog @rawlawdog.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yet another issue where Dems need to look left instead of right. End-stage capitalism. Climate denial. Election denial. Look back at all the darkness wrought upon us by the new brand of Republican Trumpism and if you’re a Dem looking for bipartisan solutions on AI, you might want to fuck off.
newrepublic.com
The Real Reason Obama’s Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving
Most Democrats have more or less the right position on AI. But their arguments are way too narrow to dramatize the real stakes. They should aim higher.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The court filing dug up by @kint.bsky.social is the most They Admit It i have ever seen in my life www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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RawLawDog @rawlawdog.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Pick one, because the two are incompatible.
newrepublic.com
Democracy May Survive Trump, but It Looks Like Capitalism Might Not
The “businessman” with “private sector” experience is exactly the person who might bring not only the American but the global economy to its knees.
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RawLawDog @rawlawdog.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
While SoCal coastal residents sandbag sea walls, only consolation is that the Republican Party has to sand bag in +10 districts just to hold the line.
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Dems need to get their heads around what a big clusterfuck Iran will be by January. We could be in full-blown energy crisis, 1979-style, with an urgent need to put grown-ups in charge of the war machine (if it is not targeted at Dems before then).
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RawLawDog @rawlawdog.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The whole lot of them are gone beyond recall, better they be gone.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Between the PRs of (largely likely stolen) math breakthroughs, claims of "rogue AI" (actually cybercrimes by companies, but whatevs), and doomerist "whistleblowers", it feels like we've been subjected to a gish gallop of hype recently. >>
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loreleikelly @loreleikelly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
So helpful! Mapping AI belief systems and factions kategage.substack.com/p/political-...
kategage.substack.com
Political AI Field Guide: Factions and Beliefs
A mapping of six of the major factions shaping AI and the political landscape: their beliefs, money, policy positions, schisms, and alignments.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12/09/2026
Normal, healthy political party.
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RawLawDog @rawlawdog.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
That’s rich
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Betty Cracker of Florida @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I don’t know whether the “AI will go rogue and kill us all” claims are a weird form of hype or describe a real threat. But the timing sure is unfortunate since a greedy, demented buffoon runs the government and the tech in question is largely controlled by sociopathic billionaires.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"All the while he loved the People just as much as he feared and detested Persons, and he planned to do something historic. Certainly! He would give each family that five thousand dollars a year just as soon now as he could arrange it". [Sinclair Lewis - It Can't Happen Here]
Screenshot from IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE by Sinclair Lewis, a novel set in a fictionalized version of the 1930s United States, it follows an American politician, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who quickly rises to power to become the country's first outright dictator (in allusion to Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Nazi Germany)]

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the duties of despotism along with his shoes and his fine new coat. He no longer went out racketing. His cabinet begged him not to clown in barrooms and lodge entertain-ments; it was not dignified, and it was dangerous to be too near to strangers.

So he played poker with his bodyguard, late at night, and at such times drank too much, and he cursed them and glared with bulging eyes whenever he lost, which, for all the good-will of his guards about letting him win, had to be often, because he pinched their salaries badly and locked up the spoons. He had become as unbouncing and unbuzz-ing a Buzz as might be, and he did not know it.

All the while he loved the People just as much as he feared and detested Persons, and he planned to do some-thing historic. Certainly! He would give each family that five thousand dollars a year just as soon now as he could arrange it.

https://archive.org/details/itcanthappenhere00lewi_0/page/412/mode/1up
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RawLawDog @rawlawdog.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We had basically the whole world on our side and now look at us.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 11/09/2026
Pretending the days after Sept. 11, 2001 were some kind of gauzy Hallmark special when we came together as a country is nauseating and ahistorical. The country went completely insane and has not recovered
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The way AI is going to “kill everyone” is just by manufacturing consent for ever worse outcomes & conditions, like many governments do. It is a governing technology after all. And like bureaucracy it launders responsibility so the people & institutions who deploy it aren’t accountable for the harms
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We actually have many cartoon villains who battleground state voters say are a "high" or "top" priority for Congress to investigate and hold accountable: Tim Noel (UnitedHealthcare CEO): 69% Sam Altman: 68% Stephen Miller: 65% Albert Bourla (Pfizer CEO): 61% Peter Tiel: 60%
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump promised $5,000 stimulus checks from DOGE cuts. You got 0. Trump promised $2,000 stimulus checks from tariffs. You got 0. Trump promised $1,000 checks from Obamacare cuts. You got 0. Trump promised $1.98 gas. You got $4+. Trump now has more promises for you.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/09/2026
The alarms are all flashing red.
Screenshot of a thread on X by user Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess) detailing his resignation from Anthropic.
​The first post reads: "I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below."
​The second post reads: "Do not underestimate the power of this technology. These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources. We have all witnessed the progress in each of these domains, and progress is not slowing."
​The third post reads: "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible - but I hear the same people express fear privately. No other human activity poses this level of danger."Screenshot continuing the thread on X by Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess).
​The first post reads: "A common response is 'if they truly believe this, why are they still building it?' At OpenAI, many have not deeply internalized the civilizational stakes. At Anthropic, the stakes are well-understood, but they are locked in a race to get there first - they believe no one else will act responsibly, so they must do it themselves, despite the risk."
​The second post reads: "Accepting this race and entering the 'endgame' is a hubristic gamble that should not be launched from a private company's Slack. Attempting to speedrun alignment should require extraordinary confidence that there are no better trajectories available."
​The third post reads: "I am optimistic about the potential for coordination. Warning shots like the Hugging Face attack have made pacing agreements between U.S. labs more viable. I don’t feel like we’re on track to prevent a global race, which may require costly actions such as a temporary ban on improving model capabilities."
​The fourth post reads: "If you are a lab researcher, I urge you to consider what the next few years will actually feel like. Do you want to kick off a superintelligent RL run without a rigorous understanding of its mind? Should you put your head down because 'it’s happening anyway' - or take this moment to call for different conditions?"
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Sorry, Dems. You're going to have to confront Silicon Valley autocracy before they brick democracy.
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Sorry, Dems, you're going to have to destroy Elon. Or he'll destroy you. | LOLGOP Studios
We must confront Silicon Valley autocracy before they brick democracy. I recorded an emergency “episode” of The Trillionaire Kill Chain this
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is why I need people to understand that Elon bought the 2024 election. Because if we don't get that- if there isn't nationwide revulsion and a campaign to expose Musk so his spending backfires the way it did in Wisconsin in 2025- anything is possible.
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RawLawDog @rawlawdog.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“He is the richest man on earth. An explosive new film from the Oscar-winning director suggests he also may be among the most dangerous.” Because he’s crazy. And evil.
hollywoodreporter.com
Elon Musk Unmasked in Alex Gibney Documentary: “Insane a Person This Chaotic Has So Much Power”
He is the richest man on earth. An explosive new film from the Oscar-winning director suggests he also may be among the most dangerous.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Largest Republican donor (by far): we should have a race war against non-whites. Corporate Media: Democrats really need to answer some hard questions about this Twitch streamer almost no one has ever heard of.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I feel like centrists should begin to recognize a pattern: 1) New govt. 2) Fascist disruption. 3) Quavering from centrists. 4) Precipitous decline in polling. 5) New election.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If this election and the two years that follow it are not understood as our last chances to stop Elon Musk (and Thiel, Andreessen et al, for that matter), we've completely failed.
stopthetrillionaires.com
Trillionaire Kill Chain
The kind of person who wants to be a trillionaire is exactly who should never be one. A warning to our neighbors.
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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
For Labor Day this year I wrote about wage theft (LA is the wage theft capital of the nation---over $1.4 billion/yr) and the just-passed city legislation to fight it, the result of a 3-year legislative struggle... and decades of organizing before that. 1/7
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RawLawDog @rawlawdog.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Economist is trying really hard to ridicule the current challenge to the immense amalgamation of capital that is more or less determined to destroy the world.
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RawLawDog @rawlawdog.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“[i]mplementing Trump’s order “threatens disenfranchisement of millions of United States citizens who seek to vote by mail.” She also stressed that “the record includes no evidence relating to fraudulent mail voting to support the rushed implementation.””
theguardian.com
Legal veterans lead fightback against Trump’s ‘full-out assault on democracy’
Advocacy groups expand legal challenges and condemn president’s ‘self-serving attempts to take over midterms’
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I actually think the structure of these questions has to change (bc they will use the same dodges they always do, "I don't know what Elon means"). WHY DO YOU REFUSE to speak up against Elon's antisemitic comments? WHY DO YOU REFUSE to condemn Elon's non-consensual porn?
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Like what are we fucking doing here
Post from Trump with a photo of the moon: The Moon Is Ours
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
NEW: Every week, a Philadelphia nun drives to the immigration court in Harlingen, Texas, to sit beside unaccompanied children, some as young as four, who face a deportation judge with no lawyer and no parent. An undocumented migrant who is facing deportation called Sister Rose Kuhn his “angel.”
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
OpenAI is now facing more than 50 consumer harm and wrongful death lawsuits alleging that extensive use of ChatGPT resulted in psychological harm, physical injury, and even the deaths of users and/or those around them. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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OpenAI Is Now Facing Over 50 Consumer Harm and Wrongful Death Lawsuits
OpenAI was hit with 30 new lawsuits overs its alleged role in the Tumbler Ridge school massacre. It now faces over 50 consumer harm lawsuits.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Decades from now the FBI, if it still exist, will release documents showing Trump was in fact a Russian - Israeli spy, and a human / drug / rape trafficking, money laundering, child rapist, and that they all knew it all along but for "national security" reasons kept it hidden.
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RawLawDog @rawlawdog.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I’d like to see this, please.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The latest in the Lindsay Clancy trial: The judge denied the defense's motion to remove the one juror who appears to be a hold-out vote. Per a note from the jury, the vote is 11-1 and based on reporting, the holdout juror has acknowledged doubt about the case, but refuses to follow the law.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It's vital for pro-democracy voices to emphasize that it's the entire Republican Party – not just Trump – that is screwing up our country. Tattoo Trumpism on every GOP candidate. Don't let them slither away.
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