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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 15h
It’s important to remember that when Trump blurts out his fantasy scenarios of a nuclear holocaust obliterating LA or San Diego, what he’s really saying is that more people should adopt puppies and kittens from rescue shelters. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Trump doubles down on California comments: ‘Let them hit San Diego, let them hit Los Angeles’
President Trump doubled down on his comments suggesting Iran could hit Los Angeles and San Diego during a rally in Texas on Wednesday, adding that the U.S. would not let such a scenario play out. &…
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 15h
"The plan was the same plan Musk had executed two years earlier at Twitter: Make sweeping statements about the incompetence and dishonesty of the people working inside the place before you know much about them."
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 15h
I struggle to communicate effectively about the arcane (but important!) privacy laws that DOGE smashed, and about the people who care about those laws and who stood up against DOGE. Michael Lewis has communicated it very well here and I'm looking forward to picking up his book!
I’ve figured out something important about the IRS, Gavin said. He paused for effect.

Oh no, thought Kathleen.

Every agency has a superpower, said Gavin. The IRS’s superpower is data.

Everyone in the agency knew that its data was valuable. That was the reason for the strict laws that prevented it from being exploited for profit or political gain. “He said this in a way that he expected everyone to clap when he was done,” said Kathleen.
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Mark McBride @markmcbride1.bsky.social · 18h
This feels an awful lot like “Russia if you’re listening…” and we all know how that went.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h
WHOA. This is big news. Mr. Soliman is a 31-year-old gay man from Egypt who came here at 3 with a green card. He lost his green card after a conviction, but an immigration judge found that he would be persecuted in Egypt and barred sending him there. He's locked in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea now.
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States, five months after he was expelled to Equatorial Guinea, a country where he has no ties, in a decision that could have far-reaching implications for thousands of others subjected to the Trump administration’s third-country removal scheme.

Arizona District Court Judge John C. Hinderaker, a Trump appointee, ruled that DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and “must facilitate Plaintiff’s release from custody in Equatorial Guinea and return to the United States and must ensure his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to Equatorial Guinea.”
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Congratulations to Donald Trump, yet another record high for beef prices tradingeconomics.com/commodity/beef It's very MAGA!
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Beef - Price - Chart - Historical Data - News
Beef rose to 373.25 BRL/15KG on October 6, 2026, up 0.08% from the previous day. Over the past month, Beef's price has risen 7.15%, and is up 21.78% compared to the same time last year, according to t...
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randy r. potts @thephatic.bsky.social · 15h
so shady 😎 "If you want to understand how Donald Trump has been able to hawk cologne, watches, smartphones, crypto coins and even bibles to a gullible fan base, look no further than to Jim Bakker, the televangelist and religious huckster who died Monday at 86"
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Ben Shultz @benmshultz.net · 14h
Global Affairs Canada (GAC) claims it dropped out of #Disinfo2026 "following changes to the framing of several panel discussions." GAC was scheduled to chair my panel today on disinformation in the Arctic. But, our panel description hasn't changed since June...! Receipts in the next post below.
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Canada drops sponsorship of conference that cites U.S. as foreign-interference actor
Officials will no longer chair sessions at the event in Lithuania, including one on disinformation in the Arctic
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EmilyTav @emilytav.bsky.social · 16h
Everyone should read @zephoria.bsky.social’s new book — it’s a story about how the census survived the last wave of attacks. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Data Are Made, Not Found
An eye-opening story of the people who make the census, the United States’ largest and most consequential dataset, and the growing threats to their crucial work. By many measures, the US census is the...
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 23h
This is just a relentlessly horrific story. It’s hard to adequately contextualize the moral desolation of this unfolding in the midst of a midterms against a ruling party helmed by inveterate rapists and rape apologists. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23h
They’re all crooks. Some are just dumber than others.
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Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 14h
New York court hears arguments in ongoing 9/11 families' lawsuit against Saudi Arabia
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New York court hears arguments in ongoing 9/11 families' lawsuit against Saudi Arabia
The families allege that men with links to the Saudi government helped those who carried out the 2001 attacks, something the country denies.
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 14h
Men believe what it suits them to believe, shock.
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Real men don’t do climate change
Research on the gender differences in how people think about global warming suggests campaigns and communications may need a rethink
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 14h
U.S. service members on Okinawa will not be prohibited from drinking alcohol but will face heightened oversight during a month-long overnight curfew that begins Friday. (from @brianmcelhiney.bsky.social)
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No alcohol ban, but US troops on Okinawa face heightened oversight during 30-day curfew
The U.S. military is instituting a month-long overnight curfew between midnight and 5 a.m. for all troops on Okinawa but will not enforce an alcohol ban.
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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 14h
The AI slop videos proliferating in the dark corners of Facebook are doing a hell of a psychological number on the baby boomers www.jezebel.com/ai-videos-cr...
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Cheburashka @leshij.bsky.social · 14h
Pairing this with the ruins of an ancient city that pursued national power, destroyed its alliances, and was eventually shithoused by one of the worst states to ever exist is certainly a choice
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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 18h
#EU drops sponsorship of #disinformation conference at #Trump officials’ request #Lithuania and #Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
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The Captain @thoreau.bsky.social · 18h
despicable pressure from my country, and despicable responses from these nations. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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EU, Canada and Lithuania pull out of disinformation conference after US pressure
The Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 07/10/2026
oh thats fine i don't think anyone needed that money anyways
Trump does not plan to reimburse taxpayers for promotional ads
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
the IRS is so badly funded that the most recent time we actually measured tax evasion was 2016 btw this should be a yearly report! but instead the sum of all federal knowledge regarding the tax gap is like five spreadsheets where half the numbers are derived from decades-old figures
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Dan Vock @danvock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Weird flex: USDOT Secretary Sean Duffy just sent out a release touting $416 million his agency is spending on Florida rail projects, including a new Brightline station for the Space Coast. They got the money by reneging on money for California high speed rail. But wait….
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 06/10/2026
News of a laboratory worker’s sudden death in Russia from an unidentified infection has public health experts questioning if the U.S. is ready to handle another pandemic. www.washingtonsun.com/health-scienc…
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Is the U.S. Prepared for Another Pandemic? Russia's Plague Scare Resurfaces Concerns.
The CDC said “there is no evidence suggesting any immediate danger to the US public.”
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Truthout @truthout.org · 06/10/2026
Pennsylvania has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year — nearly four times the amount of cases recorded across the entire U.S. in 2024. The move comes as the total number of measles cases across the U.S. this year has reached 4,020, according to figures collected by Johns Hopkins University.
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US Surpasses 4,000 Cases of Measles, Highest Numbers Seen in a Generation
“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight, HHS will never go back to what it was before,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bragged.
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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"I used to be able to use my religion as armor when I trumpeted my deeply-held bigotries, but it doesn't work anymore! 😭"
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/10/2026
Death penalty states are incredibly secretive about every step of the lethal injection process. Why? According to @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social, it’s because lethal injection has the best political optics—as long as people don’t know much about what’s happening behind the scenes.
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Everything you've been told about lethal injection is a lie
Death by drugs is brutal—and designed for political optics. Christa Pike's failed execution pulled back the curtain.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 06/10/2026
FACT: The federal government can't track the millions of Americans who move every year. That’s why Trump’s proposed state-by-state eligible voter lists are not only unlawful but simply not feasible, pro-voting groups say — and could risk Americans' privacy: demdock.com/4y6DqbY
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 06/10/2026
Records obtained by a watchdog group show leaders were aware of the study's findings before signing a $16.7M contract to buy 6,000 pairs of shock gloves.
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Army study found shock gloves purchased by ICE cause pain, compliance and fear
Records obtained by a watchdog group show leaders were aware of the study's findings before signing a $16.7M contract to buy 6,000 pairs of shock gloves.
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 06/10/2026
The Trump-Vance admin tried to de-fund a small business lending program, and our litigation just stopped it. Here’s what you need to know about our latest win.
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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🇺🇦💔Tonight will be a hard night for us. Everyone is getting ready to sleep in the subway to stay safe.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 06/10/2026
The U.S. military in Okinawa, Japan, is pausing all operations for two days, restricting the ability of troops to leave their base and ordering training after a Marine was arrested on suspicion of killing a local woman. to.pbs.org/4y2gz19
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U.S. restricts troops from leaving Okinawa base after Marine accused of murder
The arrest of the Marine has renewed protests against the heavy American military presence on the southern island and the rise in military-related crime.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Canvass and knock doors for Angie this weekend! We’ve got 28 days to convince folks that change is worth voting for in Florida. Floridians deserve an elected official that works for them, and not for the wealthy few. Get involved this weekend at Angie4Us.com/Knock  #AngieForFlorida
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
For the new issue of @hammerandhope.bsky.social, @brianhochman.bsky.social and I spoke to the great @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social about our new 50th anniversary edition of the Church Committee Report and what it teaches us about the past, present, and future of how the US government disrupts movements.
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Trump Is Dusting Off an Old Blueprint for Disrupting Social Movements
The mid-1970s Church Committee investigation showed that the FBI, the CIA, and other intelligence agencies targeted the left collectively, not as isolated movements. We need to learn that lesson today.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
DOJ's Civil Rights Division once attracted the best of the best. These are the worst of the worst. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u... Good article, but for the pathetically weak nut graph that says their work histories "might have disqualified them from being hired in the past, former officials said."
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Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks (Gift Article)
The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Is 3,615 all of their customers I wonder.
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The Daily Montanan @dailymontanan.com · 06/10/2026
Voting rights groups say they're watching for voter intimidation at the polls during Election Day. dailymontanan.com/2026/10/06/r...
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Voting rights advocates organize volunteers to track potential intimidation at the polls • Daily Montanan
On Tuesday, several groups — including the Save America Movement, the American Federation of Teachers labor union and the National Action Network — launched Vote Safe, an initiative that will put…
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There is no NSF leadership. They were removed and never replaced.
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 06/10/2026
10/6 The story of Senator Susan Collins refusing to meet with 17 female Maine elected officials who went to DC to talk to her about Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination #maine #MEpolitics
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Mike Rogers @headcrash.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why does this sound worse than Iran nuking LA?
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is what happens when we reduce the meaning of citizenship to the value of the paper it's written on. Citizenship is about so much more than legal status. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This strikes me as really fuckin bad
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 06/10/2026
For the first time in more than two decades, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe will not conduct oversight of the upcoming midterm elections after the Trump administration effectively blocked them from doing so.
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Trump Blocks International Board From Conducting Oversight of Midterm Elections
This is the first time in over two decades that the US has rejected OSCE participation in a federal election.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 06/10/2026
The OSCE is an international group of 57 states, largely in the global North, most of which are located in Europe. The United States is a member country. The organization is a partner group to the UN, and was established in the 1970s to address issues of human rights and election integrity.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 06/10/2026
The U.S. joins only Russia and Belarus in rejecting the OSCE’s election monitoring, and comes as the Trump administration is seeking to deploy 1,000 "monitors" of their own to poll sites this election cycle.
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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Here's what Tina Peters — who has said she's visited the White House at least six times since her release from prison — has said on podcasts about her election plans & proposals.
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Tina Peters allegedly met with Trump to discuss election plans. Here's what that could mean for the midterms.
Former Mesa County, Colorado, clerk Tina Peters, who was released from prison on June 1 after being sentenced to nearly nine years for actions related to tampering with voting machines following the 2...
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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tina Peters is also prominently featured in this list & this network.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ed Martin says that Tina Peters met with Trump in the Oval Office today to discuss election integrity and “the plans” for the upcoming midterms elections.
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You know Ed Martin was one of the first people that Ali Alexander enlisted in Stop the Steal in 2020? The day after the election, Ed was already in. Ali Alexander walked around the Capitol with Alex Jones all day. Ed Martin came later but had his own reason for being there.
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