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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h
There are a lot of Trump officials who need to be impeached, but Russell Vought -- the quarterback of all the Project 2025 fuckery and a central player in the administration's overreach -- really needs to be at the top of the list.
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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 7h
You wouldn’t believe how much this is true
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If the argument for women should know better than to go into a rape den like a frat house, explain to me why a rape house like a fraternity is allowed to exist at all.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 01/10/2026
If I went to Switzerland and won a Swiss watch precision contest, I would literally never talk about anything else
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Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
this is why i’m not interested in “Bibi told Trump to do this war so it’s Bibi’s fault.” Bibi had told every president since Clinton to bomb Iran. It’s the President’s job to know when a foreign leader is being a bloodthirsty idiot and NOT LISTEN TO THAT GUY. This war is because of Trump.
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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s always been my view that she should run for Senate. She can handily win and keep this seat. And she’d be the right hand a democratic president needed and a legendary lioness of the senate besides. She’s shown real talent as a legislator & the caucus respects her.
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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
They can't all be this stupid. It's obviously a tactic to send the ACA into a death spiral.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I can only conclude from this that not enough of our aspiring fascists played sim city
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Schwappek @schwappek.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
this story is truly 2026 in a nutshell. AI is super intelligent. but it's expensive. so it'll pass off your task to a grunt in the phillipines. www.404media.co/meta-tests-m...
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Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center
"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch."
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Sylvia at Tono Latino @tonolatino.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Oregon, let’s talk. Yes. I know many of you are frustrated. I hear you. Things are hard right now. Everything is expensive. Christine Drazan will hurt us. Tina Kotek is willing to hear our feedback and criticism. This post is not paid for by anyone. #NotSponsored
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nuclear regulation developed for low-chance, high-risk scenarios. Similar to the risk of AI. A simple place to start is mandatory incident reporting. If something goes wrong, everyone gets to know. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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How Much Would You Pay to Prevent the AI Apocalypse?
And what economists say we should spend. Hint: we're nowhere close.
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Excellent post on the vile Russell Vought. "Russell Vought is the kind of man who would deprive every child in America of a drug that saved his own daughter’s life because it advances his own."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026
whenever i hear some variation on "but what if trump does X or Y or Z" i think of this ulysses s. grant remark to a subordinate during the wilderness campaign.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Communism has no place in America, the President declares the day before rolling out his new state television station.
The White House •
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WALLE HOUSE
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Communism directly opposes the United States
Constitution and American values.
While every Democrat voted against the largest tax cuts in American history and over 100 refuse to condemn socialism, President Trump will ensure that communism never has a place in America.
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COMMUNISM HAS NO
PLACE IN AMERICABenny Johnson • • Follow
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TRUMP TV IS OFFICIALLY LIVE 24/7
The White House just launched "TRUMP TV: The Essentials Station" — a nonstop stream featuring President Trump's speeches, major announcements, past highlights and administration updates, refreshed in real time.
The launch comes amid Trump's escalating fight with
CNN, MS NOW and Politico, which have sued his administration after being barred from White House access.
Americans can now watch the White House's own selected footage and announcements DIRECTLY,
24/7.
The media landscape just changed in a BIG way. •*
TRUMPOV
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Amanda Hoey @amandahoey.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I like Abdul El-Sayed, I hope he wins the Michigan Senate race, and he is absolutely correct to put as much distance between himself and this idiot streamer as he can.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I always enjoy when Obama gets in on the imagine if Obama did that game
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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 18/09/2026
This is absolutely mind blowing. The RFK-ization of our nation’s healthcare system encapsulated in one video clip. This was unthinkable even a few years ago. Such a disgrace.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 15/09/2026
It is a philosophy that always devalues life in the moment that is lived. Longtermerist thinking always makes us expendable, in every time.
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
HUGE NEWS: Just now, the US Supreme Court rejected Trump’s attempt to restrict mail-in voting. We’ll keep fighting to ensure Oregon’s elections will be safe, smooth, and accurate this November and beyond. #orpol #oregonelections
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
there is no presidential candidate jon ossoff unless keisha lance bottoms is elected governor of georgia. why? we can’t afford to lose that senate vote, so he would need a democratic governor to replace him with a democrat.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If Trump wanted to crown himself emperor in the national cathedral alito and thomas would support it
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The entire right wing has been furious that the mayor of New York City had the nerve to be Muslim on 9/11, while their president is out here bragging about what a terrific relationship he has with the Saudi royal family.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A top campaign staffer for Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) once used a photo of SS soldiers as his Facebook profile photo and recently added to a public playlist of songs celebrating Rhodesia, a defunct White-minority-ruled nation often venerated by white supremacists … www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
never forget the hell that republicans and rfk jr. have been putting 9/11 responders & survivors through.
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25 years after 9/11, RFK Jr. is failing first responders | Opinion
#NeverForget in 2026, under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., keeps looking like intentional disrespect to a community whose needs keep growing.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s pretty wild that Harvard University allows its name to be attached to Mark Penn’s right wing propaganda polls.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The president ordering USPS to illegally throw out millions of ballots is at least on par with what he tried to do for 2020, and in big ways it's worse. It's another attempted self-coup, trying to create a fake Congress. That he's even attempting it is already a deadly serious constitutional crisis.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In what universe would a white Mayor be told he could not attend a commemoration in Oklahoma City because "Timothy McVeigh?"
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
argument from authority is often presented as a fallacy, but the truth is the much more dangerous fallacy right now is the, "all the authorities are morons and I can refute them based on vibes" fallacy
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.
Ruby Bridges, age 6Ruby Bridges flanked by three U.S. Marshals on the steps of her schoolNorman Rockwell’s painting depicting the event, “The Problem We All Live With,” originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 issue of Look magazine. Ruby Bridges talking with President Obama as they look at Rockwell’s painting while it was temporarily displayed at the White House in 2011.
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R D Thorsett @rdthorsett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I wrote my first program in high school connecting to a computer shared by a bunch of high schools and housed in the county's vocational ed office...
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Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
All my life, my birthday has taken place in and around Labor Day weekend, and—fairly often—happened on the first day of school. For my entire elementary school career, my new school shoes, binder and pencil box were ‘birthday presents.’ (Sad trombone.) teacherinastrangeland.blog/2026/09/07/l...
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Labor Day. Happy Birthday to Me.
So—I just had a birthday. A big, round-number birthday. All my life, my birthday has taken place in and around Labor Day weekend, and—fairly often—happened on the first day of school. For my entire…
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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.
Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and whiteCenter square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettesBlock of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in markerCarol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
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After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie
Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Remember when Kristen Welker would always ask every Republican guest to repudiate the statements of Nick Fuentes, Jack Posobiec, Benny Johnson, or other MAGA racists? Neither do I.
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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I can't say what I want to say, but I'm just noting the ongoing attempts to "take down" Black academics with plagiarism accusations, while *gestures* this seems to have minimal career or reputational impacts
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Nope! Hospitalization and case reporting standards have changed but COVID death reporting standards are the same as they've always been. If thousands of people were dying of COVID every week there would be numerous obvious signs.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It is hard to express how wild it is for a federal prosecutor to say this — let alone put it in writing. From ProPublica's Megan Rose and Andy Mannix: www.propublica.org/article/doj-...
Late on Tuesday, Matthew Evans, the assistant U.S. attorney in Minnesota in charge of the case, told lawyers for Sosa-Celis and other victims to prepare for Castro to be charged “only with False Statements,” according to an email that was reviewed by ProPublica. 

That charge would likely carry a far less severe punishment if he were convicted.

“This is being directed by the Main Justice and the US Attorney,” Evans wrote in a remarkably candid account of internal deliberations. “I objected in the strongest possible terms and fought it as hard as I could. It wasn’t enough.”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
It’s impossible to calculate how much of what I’ve been able to accomplish is because of women like Gloria Steinem. Rest in power. www.npr.org/2026/09/03/n...
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Gloria Steinem, trailblazing journalist and activist, dies at 92
At a time when women were largely limited to domestic roles, Steinem challenged gender stereotypes and championed feminist ideals like equality, sisterhood and reproductive freedom.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/08/2026
Among so many other things, I'm annoyed by "exactly one of about 20 people" First, that's extremely wrong. Second, this exchange is incredibly racist. But the use of that phrase is like peak "I definitely don't know what words mean"
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 24/06/2026
Whenever you ask me "surely no one actually holds this abhorrent opinion you're talking about, you're making that up," please: just wait a bit and then check my replies.
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Not a fan of Hasan Piker but he's a guy who streams monologues to a small audience. Elon spends hundreds of millions of dollars trying to get Republicans elected and was for weeks the second most powerful member of the federal government, but oddly Republicans are rarely grilled about his views
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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I think in general I'm just not a big fan of "see how nasty and dreary the world is" as an authorial voice
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I don't know if any would necessarily want it, but some governors should be reaching out to officers Hegseth has purged to offer commissions in state defense forces. Not the hybrid state-federal Guard, but their state-only units. Even if it's just a symbolic gesture, it's a way to make a statement.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
For reference: When I had my background check it was held up because I had a speeding ticket from when I went home sophomore year in college that I forgot to put on my SF-86. I got grilled about why I didn’t disclose it (they eventually believed it was mistake). The FBI as we knew it is gone.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 28/08/2026
EDITOR'S NOTE: “If you’re ever unsure of how to treat another person who crosses your path, but you aren’t feeling the spark of the divine, it’s worth asking: ‘What would Dolly do?’” News Editor Ashton Pittman writes. www.mississippifreepress.org/editors-note...
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Editor’s Note | Dolly Parton Showed Us How to Be Good
“If you’re ever unsure of how to treat another person, it’s worth asking: ‘What would Dolly Parton do?’” News Editor Ashton Pittman writes.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/08/2026
it is in fact just the media, which has devoted more attention to this than it has to the fact that multiple republican lawmakers are dealing with “we hired nazis” scandals and that the “we hired nazis” problem extends to the white house
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Academic freedom is when a foreign government dictates how and even whether a university investigates misconduct
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is a more significant breakdown in the fundamental bonds of the union than the headline might imply. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/u... 🎁
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ICE agent Christian Castro Released From Texas Jail After Minnesota Loses Court Fight (Gift Article)
The state had sought to have the agent extradited from Texas to answer charges in Minneapolis related to an on-duty shooting that wounded an immigrant.
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