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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 03/10/2026

Dan Sullivan's votes for tariffs didn't help Alaska, but they sure helped his brother's chemical company, where he owns up to $5 million in stock. This is the exact kind of corruption that Alaskans are sick and tired of.

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Sullivan backs policies that enrich his family’s business

Sullivan owns up to $5 million in RPM International stock.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Germany has committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045, aiming for 80% renewable energy by 2030 and a potential earlier coal exit date of 2035.

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Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045

Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.

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Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)

At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.

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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Steve Witkoff made nearly $107 million in 2025 from a holding company tied to Trump family crypto while serving as special envoy. Apparently public service now means pulling nine figures from the president's cronies while families struggle to pay bills. #StopTrumpCorruption

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A recurrent theme in this excellent story about China’s progress is that people there regard Trump as essential to their success, including his ability to drive scientific talent from the US www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

In Beijing, a think tank at Renmin University recently published an assessment titled
"Thank Trump," which wryly hailed his efforts to hasten the "twilight of an empire," by undermining America's alliances, civil service, scientific institutions, and democratic credibility. In the past two years, the international approval rating of the U.S. has dropped nearly forty points, according to a worldwide survey by the Alliance of Democracies; in multiple polls, China now rates higher than the U.S.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

JUST IN: A federal judge concludes that DHS leaders arbitrarily decided to cut FEMA staff by 50% even though it damaged the agency's ability to fulfill its mission — and leaders hid their comms about it on auto-delete Signal chains. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Trump is never going to give us $5000 each, but for several hours we have treated this nonsense as if it were a serious proposal, so in a sense he has accomplished his mission. Again. But his flop sweat is growing. Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Trump’s $5,000 Payout Promise Is Soaked in Flop Sweat

During the 2016 election, 8 million years ago, there was a big debate about whether we should take the many outrageous things President Donald Trump said seriously or literally, or both, or neither. S...

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Media Matters reviewed Fox News' coverage from five of its evening "opinion" shows. We found that their Iran coverage collapsed over the summer, while references to socialism, the WNBA, and Fauci soared. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/ira...

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Iran coverage collapsed this summer on Fox News’ evening “opinion” shows

Six months into the war Donald Trump launched against Iran, the campaign “has deteriorated into a quagmire of the president’s own making with no clear goals, no obvious strategy and no end in sight” w...

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Native-born labor force participation just hit its lowest August on record. Despite the admin's claims, deportations are not freeing up jobs for Americans — 600,000 native-born workers have left the labor force in the past year.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 02/09/2026

The transfer follows calls from European politicians and lobbyists to repatriate gold reserves from the US, warning that an unreliable American government may otherwise seize them amid growing transatlantic tensions. ft.trib.al/a173Cyy

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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 31/08/2026

Today, I started the day debate prepping with my team, then watched my daughter’s soccer game, went grocery shopping, watched my son’s football practice, and made us all dinner. But yeah, I’m totally a “radical lunatic.”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The Trump administration is pressuring the National Park Service to give a piece of Yosemite National Park to a private developer. This isn't Trump's first attack on our beautiful national parks. Here's what you need to know.

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Donald Trump’s New Enemy? Our National Parks

Americans love their national parks.There’s a reason why they were once described as “America’s best idea.”So why are Tr

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian government roles. They include Rob Maness, Kurt Schlicter and Tom Anderson, better known as Cynical Publius. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles

Conservative veterans with large social media followings have been hired by the Defense Department and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s culture-war fights.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This is why Google’s capitulation is so embarrassing. They think they work for his government

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Fun fact — and reminder: For all their focus on “officer safety” and arguments about aggressive tactics being necessary, no ICE officer has ever been killed in the line of duty. It is more deadly in the US to be an elementary school student than an ICE officer.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/08/2026

Legal filings revealed the Trump administration launched a sprawling surveillance campaign against Minnesotans as it sought to crack down on last winter’s anti-ICE protests. The effort, which raises significant civil rights concerns, also continued months after DHS' immigration surge in the area.

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Trump admin conducted major surveillance operation in Minnesota during protest crackdown, new filings show

The sprawling surveillance effort involved several undercover operations at churches across the U.S.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

1. Mitch McConnell suffered a fall on June 14 and has not been in the Senate for two months. But he's continued to get paid his salary of 174K/year. Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times.

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ReadThinkBeGood @readthinkbegood.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Good points from @americathepossible.bsky.social in this essay. I do think the people elected are a massive problem but I think the two-party system and money in politics (which isn’t discussed) perpetuates the probability of electing bad people. We absolutely have to fix that asap.

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We have to stop blaming the “System” for everything that’s gone wrong in America.

Making America better by making Americans smarter:

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ReadThinkBeGood @readthinkbegood.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Why do we let tech companies sell us products with features we don’t like or want? We’re a massive block of consumers. We have power. We should use our power for our own good.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026

The more he steals, the more he destroys with wars of choice, and incoherent tariff policies, and official pronouncements linking autism and vaccinations, the more he needs spy cameras, internet surveillance, vehicle tracking, and facial recognition. 67/

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ReadThinkBeGood @readthinkbegood.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Heyo — Does Bluesky still work the same as it used to? Your followers see your reposts but not your likes?

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026

AI can't do your job, but an AI salesman can reliably convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that *can't* do your job: pluralistic.net/2025/03/18/a... 73/

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Pluralistic: AI can’t do your job (18 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Micah Berman @micahberman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

In a rational world, people would want to know whether measures designed to address health problems actually work.

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

NEW: The NIH is quietly restricting funding for research that evaluates how public policy impacts human health. According to internal documents I obtained, the agency no longer considers policymakers "mission relevant" — a massive shift for the biomedical funder. My latest for @nature.com:

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NIH limits funding for research on the health effects of public policy

US biomedical agency no longer considers policymakers as ‘mission relevant’, leaving dozens of grants in limbo.

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

What can Elias Ashmole tell us about the weather? And, what does he accidentally tell us about himself? I’ve started writing things again rebeccarideal.substack.com/p/elias-ashm...

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Elias Ashmole: A 17th-century weatherman?

“Observations of the Weather, made at my house at South-Lambeth"

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

What is kind of terrifying about this, aside from everything else, is that this "company" used the actual likenesses and reputations of actual human academics/scientists without their consent or knowledge to make itself sound authentic. Scary times. www.404media.co/company-offe...

404media.co

Company Offering ‘100% Human-Written, Never AI’ Medical Research Is Entirely AI

Research Gold's team of human methodologists are either AI generated or using the identity of real people without their permission

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/08/2026

The experience of being chased by a murderous kamikaze drone, a flying machine that behaves as if it were alive, is not one that humans are equipped to understand: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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The Dystopian Future Dawns in Kherson

Putin’s human safari in Ukraine is the beginning of a grim new normal.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Trump often announces government policies on his social media platform. When he charges for early access to his posts, he's personally cashing in on government information. It's mind-blowingly corrupt.

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For sale: early access to Trump's Truth Social posts

The president's media company is offering investors early access to his Truth Social feed for up to $100,000 a month. Experts say the service may violate insider trading laws.

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 27/07/2026

Click any node or connection in the Trump crypto empire map to open its panel and view explanatory annotations and citations. Toggle the income overlay to see financial-disclosure figures from the most recent filings. Search for entities, or filter by category. map.citationneeded.news

A screenshot of the map, with a side panel open showing Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. Side panel contents: Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust Intermediary Entity When Walter Shaub, then Director of the Office of Government Ethics, called on President Trump to divest from the Trump Organization during his first term, Trump instead transferred his operating businesses to the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. Many had urged him to use a blind trust. Critics argued the DJT Revocable Trust fell far short of that standard: Trump remained the sole beneficiary, his son controlled the assets, and Trump could revoke the arrangement at any time. Shaub later commented that the arrangement was “meaningless from a conflict of interest perspective” and that “setting up a trust to hold his operating businesses adds nothing to the equation. This is not a blind trust—it’s not even close.” Established 2014 Sources ↗ Stenglein, Christine, "OGE Director warns Trump’s business plan insufficient", The Brookings Institution, January 11, 2017 ↗ Craig, Susanne, and Eric Lipton, "Trust Records Show Trump Is Still Closely Tied to His Empire", The New York Times, February 3, 2017 ↗ Kravitz, Derek, and Al Shaw, "Trump Lawyer Confirms President Can Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever He Wants", ProPublica, April 4, 2017 ←controlled by Donald Trump Jr. According to a 2024 regulatory filing, Donald Trump Jr. "is the sole trustee and has sole voting and

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ReadThinkBeGood @readthinkbegood.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I just listened to Gillian Brockell speaking to WYNC’s On The Media about ICE flights. We need to stay loud about ICE. And we need to support both independent journalists and NPR. @gillianbrockell.com @onthemedia.bsky.social

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

As Trump returns to tariffs, it's worth checking out what we've gotten from the trade war so far.

Line chart titled "The United States currently has the highest inflation in the G7" showing year-ended consumer price inflation rates across G7 countries. The United States leads at 3.5%, followed by Italy at 3.0%, Canada at 2.8%, Great Britain at 2.6%, Germany at 2.4%, France at 2.0%, and Japan at 1.5%. The US inflation rate is more than double Japan's and stands as the only G7 country exceeding 3.0%.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"Issuing statements alone is within the outer perimeter of [the president's official responsibilities]. But receiving money for it, and providing advanced access for it, and being a participant in a scheme to profit from the statements—that's not within the scope of presidential criminal immunity.

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Rep. Jermaine Johnson @drjljohnson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

So many of you are ready for A New SC that our Aug 8 Day of Action hit capacity. 46 counties represented; this is what a movement looks like. Can't make it? SHARE this post + chip in $5 to help us bring it home. johnsonforsc.com #ANewSC #JohnsonforGovernor

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Dr. Jermaine Johnson for Governor

Dr. Jermaine Johnson is a born fighter and leader, committed to serve the residents of South Carolina with Accountability, Integrity, and Commitment.

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 24/07/2026

"This is an existential crisis not just for the ICC but the very idea of international justice," writes @stevebloomfield.bsky.social. The United States "is aligning itself with dictators and autocrats to prevent those accused of genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes from ever facing justice."

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Trump says he will dismantle the ICC ‘brick by brick’. It could be his most chilling move of all | Steve Bloomfield

The US is aligning itself with dictators and autocrats to prevent those accused of genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes from ever facing justice, says Steve Bloomfield, former international edito...

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 22/07/2026

It's safe to assume that all major LLMs are scraping Bluesky data to train future models. As an open protocol, Bluesky is one of the few sources of fresh human-generated content that anybody can gobble up. So all this is probably going in the models. There are submarines in the Great Lakes.

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