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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
*Gift Article* "And some of the key figures poised to benefit from the Lukoil sale have ties to President Trump’s family and his associates — including the administration’s envoys to Russia."
nytimes.com
Trump, Putin, Ukraine and an Oil Deal: 5 Takeaways (Gift Article)
A proposal to bolster relations with the Kremlin through the purchase of Russian energy assets is striking even for an administration that regularly mixes personal business interests with foreign poli...
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Folks have insulted:  My Southern drawl.  My loc’d hair.  My clothes.  My shoes.  My intelligence.  I’ve been called a ghetto Black b!t€h. Now @JDVance says I don’t belong and should leave the very country my ancestors helped build. This is a lot y’all. It is. #AngieForFlorida
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What is important to us? "It includes Thomas Jefferson's fossil collection, and plant samples gathered by Lewis and Clark."
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
*Gift Article* U.S. government corruption at the very top is using Ukraine as a bargaining chip 🇺🇦🇱🇹
nytimes.com
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'd say we have already 'given the country over to a bunch of crazy people," to use Vance's words. The Trump administration. Vice President JD Vance sought to appeal to skeptical voters by highlighting what he calls Republicans' "contrast with the radicals."
onlineathens.com
Vance makes pitch to skeptical voters ahead of midterm elections
Vice President JD Vance sought to appeal to skeptical voters by highlighting what he calls Republicans' "contrast with the radicals."
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NPR @npr.org · 25/09/2026
The Supreme Court is allowing use of a data system that Trump officials overhauled. The system has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens and a lower court found it violated federal privacy protections. n.pr/4dRATLp
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The Supreme Court revives a controversial data system for citizenship checks
The Supreme Court is allowing use of a data system that Trump officials overhauled. The system has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens and a lower court found it violated federal privacy protections.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
*Gift article* Just when it looked like the Supreme Court of the U.S. had finally decided to stand up to Trump's fascist strategies, we have this. Voter suppression. Too little time for states to do anything better than butcher the voter rolls.
nytimes.com
Supreme Court Allows Federal Voter Identification Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
He is too unpredictable for me to feel comforted. And even if he is bluffing, I am uncomfortable with the idea that when he says such things in a speech in front of the U.N. he represents this country to the world. I fear soon he will be behaving like a cornered badger as his will is thwarted.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
*Gift Article* Peace? What peace? It's global Darwinism. Trump vs. U.N. founding mission
nytimes.com
Trump Threatens Annihilation in Iran in UN Speech and Lays Out Winner-Takes-All Vision (Gift Article)
President Trump’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly amounted to a rejection of the founding concept of the United Nations.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I don’t know what this is or how I came to photograph it this morning, but that seems like an appropriate way to start my day here
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Trump then insisted that he 'will not stand by and let this happen,' adding that this so-called hoax 'began with an attack on our Data Centers, until people realized how wealthy and prestigious they were for the Communities in which they were built.'"
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
'President Donald Trump has responded in characteristic fashion to the recent debate around AI safety — by declaring that these concerns are part of a long line of hoaxes “generated by the Radical Left Dumocrats [sic], for purposes of destroying our Country.'”
techcrunch.com
Trump says it's time to rebrand AI with a new name — and he's also creating an AI Force | TechCrunch
Trump claimed, without evidence, that the AI backlash is a Democratic hoax.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"The change would be transformative because, in the United States, the killing of endangered animals almost always happens incidentally, in the course of economic activity." If accidental killing is no longer illegal, the individuals and industries will no longer have an incentive to avoid killing
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
*gift article* For those of you who think that damage caused by the Trump administration will be repairable once he leaves office, read on. Damage to the environment and to animal populations will not be quickly resolved when the next administration comes in. Stay in the fight.
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection (Gift Article)
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“I’m not voting for anyone because I oppose genocide.” Guess what, no you don’t.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is the day! A journey that Astra and I started as an essay in The Guardian is now officially out in the world. End Times Fascism – And the Fight for the Living World is in bookstores now. If you are inclined, please buy one from an indie bookseller or borrow it from your local library.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
*Gift article* Sale of bombs and other arms to Israel approved by Trump
nytimes.com
Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs (Gift Article)
The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
We’ll be coming back to Charlottesville two more weekends this fall. Sign up to join us October 10 and 11, or October 31-November 3! freedcproject.org/news/flip-va-5
freedcproject.org
Help us flip Virginia’s 5th this fall — Free DC
Since the start of last year Congress has introduced a historic number of attacks against DC. These bills are a dangerous threat to our communities: they would force DC to allow 14-year-olds to be tri...
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
MAGA John McGuire has spent the last 19 months attacking DC, so this fall we’re teaming up with @indivisiblecville.bsky.social and @robertwhite-dc.bsky.social’s DC51 PAC to get out the vote for @tomperriello.bsky.social in VA-05!! When we fight, we win!
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"At one point, [Bongino] squared off against an official who questioned the theory that he and many supporters of President Trump had long promoted: that the virus had not merely leaked from a Chinese lab, but that American researchers . . . had orchestrated a conspiracy to cover up that fact."
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
*Gift article* Excellent description of the outrageous, ongoing McCarthyist witch hunt.
nytimes.com
Inside the D.O.J.’s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists (Gift Article)
As Dr. Anthony Fauci has faced public scrutiny from congressional Republicans, the D.O.J. has pursued a quieter and more expansive effort against a wider circle of researchers.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Absolutely.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I wish! I would love to see all of it gone. From Aug 25 youtu.be/pkFNAd1DaaA?...
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No matter what, we have to tear down Trump’s corrupt ballroom
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
*Gift Article The rush to push ahead follows a familiar pattern for Mr. Trump. He has frequently embarked on large-scale changes to historic properties in Washington without approvals from Congress or anyone else. The president last year abruptly tore down the historic East Wing of the White House.
nytimes.com
Plans Announced to Break Ground on Trump’s Triumphal Arch Before Final Approval (Gift Article)
Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, announced plans to start work on the site of the 250-foot-tall triumphal arch. Final approval of the project is still pending.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Without approval? Trump doesn't seek approval. After all if he follows the rules, he provides notice of his intent to destroy. Part of what he is destroying is my home town.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I watched a YouTube video a few days ago that in essence claimed that Trump is being stopped by the courts and we should all quit being so anxious about Trump and wait until he is gone and then we can fix what he broke. Quit living in a fantasy, Trump isn't being stopped. He just changes tactics.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
*Gift article* "Mr. Blumenthal said of the report that 'the main takeaway for me is that the Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans. One-third of all Americans cast their ballots by mail, and the U.S.P.S. puts all of their votes at risk'.”
nytimes.com
Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms (Gift Article)
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I didn't think I could be shocked anymore by the Trump administration's treatment of immigrants. I read the whole article, but well before I was halfway through it, my stomach was in knots. It reads--like a lot of things these days--like dystopian fiction. But it's real.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
*Gift article* "The Trump administration, unable or unwilling to send them to their home country, had bused them 2,000 miles, from the U.S. border to a small city where they don’t have legal status. It’s a practice that started last year without any announcement and has quietly grown since then."
theatlantic.com
A Reverse Ellis Island
A city at the southern tip of Mexico has become the place where migrants’ dreams go to die.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
*Free article* Further erosion of democracy by the Supreme Court
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Supreme Court clears the way for Trump mail voting order in advance of midterms
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to move ahead on his executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much his administration can implement be...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Playing in our faces
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/08/2026
At this point I'm pretty sure no one who negotiates with this administration expects it to either offer a reasonable deal or to honor the terms of the deal once it's been set. The question is whether to treat it like the unreliable bully it is. We have Canada's answer, for now at least.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Shapiro: When he sits behind the desk in the Oval Office, making $2.2 billion off his corruption for him and his kids, it costs you money. When he sits behind that desk, he’s not thinking about how to put money in your pocket. He’s thinking about how to put money in his own pocket.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This is part of the alarming Trump-effect: it is acceptable for grown adults with supposedly serious jobs to throw around adolescent insults. Not just acceptable, rewarded. I see a bunch of middle school bullies who think they are clever. National embarrassment. What does the rest of the world see?
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I am disgusted by the U. S. leadership's middle school behavior. It goes far beyond lack of dignity. And not just because Ossoff is one of my state's senators.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
*Gift article* A Trump-effect: it is acceptable for grown adults with supposedly serious jobs to throw around adolescent insults. Not just acceptable, rewarded. The WH asst press secretary, Davis Ingle, recently dismissed Senator Jon Ossoff as a "cringeworthy, feminine theatre kid."
theatlantic.com
Donald Trump Told Me What He Really Thinks About ‘Theater Kids’
The problem with a popular new insult on the right is that it also describes the president.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
BOSTON…😕 ✈️
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"The Western civilization course planned for this fall will use a textbook published by Encounter Books, a conservative publishing house. Titled 'The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition, Volume I: The Ancient World and Christendom'. . ."
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It's not just an emphasis on Western History and Christianity, it's the rewriting of the small slice of history that will be taught.
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: US military base schools put new emphasis on Western civilization and Christianity
The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
More retribution from Trump and even more dangerous than usual. "It also comes just days after North Korea resumed ballistic missile testing activities that are banned by the U.N" More impotent rage from me
apnews.com
Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea
President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea after he says it declined to help denuclearize Iran.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is not an old article. The Kennedy Center Board voted to *add Trump's name again* today. Do you think they ever actually removed it?
apnews.com
Kennedy Center board votes to add Trump's name to the facade of the performing arts building
The Kennedy Center board has voted to add President Donald Trump’s name to the facade of the performing arts venue and agreed to move forward with a two-year closure.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 03/08/2026
Donald Trump is determined to make the Justice Department a political weapon for his personal grievances. www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
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Furious Trump is considering removing Pirro over Reflecting Pool filing, sources say | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is considering removing Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, over a Justice Department filing on the Reflecting Pool, two people familiar with his thinki...
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I feel like I need to vomit. What about you? "The arch design, proposed by Trump, has already received early approval from the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. The commissioners were all appointed by Trump."
apnews.com
Trump's arch could disrupt the historical significance of many of Washington's sites, report says
President Donald Trump's proposed 250-foot triumphal arch could disrupt the historical significance of many sites near its planned location.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/08/2026
My dude, we don't need to know your "heart and mind," we just have to look at your prior actions. You've already turned CBS News into a ham-handed partisan laughingstock in land speed-record time, so we have an excellent idea what you will do with CNN.
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"'I have gone to pretrial confinement hearings where somebody is so addicted to meth that they are throwing up on my shoes,' Ms. Rashid said. 'They were allowed into their own hearing.'”
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"One was a master sergeant in South Korea with 17 years of service who was allowed to testify by video, but only if she turned off her camera."
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
At least six of Ms. Rashid’s clients were barred from attending their own separation board hearings because they refused to cut their hair and appear in the uniform of their sex assigned at birth. .
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Book by its cover 🇺🇦 @researchrules.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
*Gift article* “'It’s in a lot of ways a public humiliation ritual,' Ms. Rashid said in an interview. 'Going in, I had hoped I was paranoid, and boards’ outcomes were not predetermined. It turned out to be much worse than I thought.'”
nytimes.com
Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate (Gift Article)
The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
New photos from the New York Times reveal that construction for Trump's ballroom is now above ground, despite an ongoing lawsuit over its legality. This vanity project is one of the most corrupt things a president has ever done. Watch.
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Trump’s Ballroom Corruption Exposed
Is this the most corrupt thing a president has ever done?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936
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