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RGSPol

@rgspol.bsky.social
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Lifelong Radical Centrist with no use for the wings. Rational, experienced adults in the Center make things work. And no use for trump. There is nothing about him that is fit for the job of POTUS or leadership of ANY large, complex org. Slava Ukrainii

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 5h
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 5h
Laugh at Eric Schmitt and Co. for Hawkeyes/Hawks, sure. Their screw up is funny and they deserve the mockery. But also, this was the GOP and allied media geared up to defend a coup attempt with lies and jail a prosecutor because he tried to enforce the law against a criminal. How far we've fallen.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 4h
The Attorney General just announced that the DOJ has filed a formal complaint against Federal District judges in Minnesota -- all but one of them, in fact -- because they did interviews with the NYTimes for this article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
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Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns (Gift Article)
In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”
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Amos Toh @amostoh.bsky.social · 4h
🧵 Congress is holding its first hearing today on the rogue AI cyberattacks. METR, which surfaced important facts about the Hugging Face hack, is testifying. But OpenAI limited its investigation, meaning that there could be a lot more we don't know. Here are 7 questions lawmakers should ask👇:
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How Congress Should Investigate Threat from Rogue AI Agents
The government must evaluate systemic failures with an eye toward establishing meaningful regulation.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 7h
Not a great sign when your 12-person private fundraiser includes someone who hates you enough to leak damaging audio
The audio of Mr. Paxton was shared with The Times by an attendee who recorded him speaking at a private fund-raiser in Washington attended by roughly a dozen people. The person, who opposes Mr. Paxton’s campaign and provided the recording to The Times, was granted anonymity because Mr. Paxton’s remarks were private.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 6h
The "broader impact" of the Trump administration's "domestic terrorism" investigations is to intimidate "people who want to exercise their First Amendment rights and attend a protest," @faizapatel.bsky.social tells @npr.org.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 6h
"When we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped." - Ken Paxton, surreptitiously taped at a donor meeting, according to the New York Times
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 6h
I will continue to deadname AI. Sorry, not sorry.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 7h
😆 DISGRACED MAGA Senator Eric Schmitt’s career is done. Amy Klobuchar TKO’d him on live TV. Bye shit weasel.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7h
After two decades, the U.S. formally withdrew from Iraq, leaving behind a battered nation trapped between the U.S. and Iran. The U.S. invasion and subsequent occupation cost nearly 4,500 U.S. lives and killed more than 115,000 Iraqis, according to the most modest counts. trib.al/E3sCiNB
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 7h
By raking in $2.2 billion last year, President Trump made the equivalent of a presidential salary about every two hours. And he made the median American's annual income about every 10 minutes.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 7h
"JVL likes to say it’s great to watch bad things happen to bad people. But to understand just how bad of shape we’re in as a country, consider this: It’s not clear that this humiliation will hurt Schmitt’s aspirations to higher office in the slightest." www.thebulwark.com/p/eric-schmi...
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Eric Schmitts the Bed
Plus: Trump’s dangerous, reckless embrace of AI.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 8h
“So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Ken Paxton, G.O.P. Nominee in Texas, Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him
Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 7h
Grappling with Trump’s assault on the elections is a good reminder that his authoritarian desires are limitless, but his ability to impose them on the country is very much not. Obscuring that distinction is an act of defeatism that only serves the regime.
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 8h
Schmitt's staff may have set their boss up for a big day around his big moment. But, to echo another famous conspiracy theorist, the intel on this wasn't 100%.
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5 Points About a Senator’s Disastrous But Hilarious Attempt to Accuse Jack Smith of Perjury
By now, I assume you’ve read about what happened. Maybe you’ve seen...
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 8h
Harry Enten Spots Stunning Shift ‘Ripping The Heart Out Of’ Donald Trump’s Presidency #HuffingtonPost
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Harry Enten Spots Stunning Shift ‘Ripping The Heart Out Of’ Trump’s Presidency
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8h
Donald Trump can temporarily resume his third-country deportations, at least until the high court hears arguments on the case in December. trib.al/VX1R6mc
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Supreme Court Says Trump Can Keep Deporting People to Random Places
Donald Trump can temporarily resume his third-country deportations, at least until the high court hears arguments on the case in December.
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Don Plummer @donplummer.bsky.social · 9h
Long overdue. The case for immigration was articulated by Republican leaders as recently as George W. Bush, more famously by Ronald Reagan. The Democrats should not fear speaking out in favor of "welcoming strangers," to use the biblical phrase.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8h
CODA: @mattgertz.bsky.social catches Rs revving up the old migrant caravan again. This makes it more urgent for Dems to speak to the fact that immigrants are getting viciously demonized and subjected to cruelty/injustice all around us. Let's not get inured to it: www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
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Fox News is running its midterms migrant caravan playbook again
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8h
“Most Americans are pro-immigrant,” Talarico says. “Throughout US history, immigrants have always made us richer and stronger.” Trump's barbarities have opened the way to a new consensus. Talarico is giving voice to it in moral language that Dems can learn from. 5/5 newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8h
Talarico has an immigration plan that in its broad strokes is very humane and pro-immigrant. He says our border should be like a "front porch" with a "lock" and a "welcome mat." Both of those are important. The "welcome mat" in his plan deserves more attention. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 9h
I've obtained new data showing that in 3 House districts in South Texas, big majorities of Latinos are swinging hard against Trump on immigration. This is where the "multiracial working-class realignment" behind Trump restrictionism was said to be happening. 3/ newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 9h
The other day, Talarico leaned hard into the case for immigration as a positive good for our country in a way you rarely hear from Dems. He has a real theory of the case: Trump's cruelty and barbarism have opened space for new moral arguments, a new consensus. 2/ newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 9h
Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8h
I heard one thing loud and clear in Andy Burnham’s landmark speech: the left has won the arguments | Owen Jones
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I heard one thing loud and clear in Andy Burnham’s landmark speech: the left has won the arguments | Owen Jones
The PM’s stated trajectory is a rebuke to past Tory and Labour governments. The challenge now is to make his project progressive in word and deed, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 22h
NEW: My office is co-leading a coalition working to block NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy from merging to form the world’s largest regulated electric utility. Massachusetts utility bills are already too damn high. I'll keep fighting so you don't have to pay the cost of this unlawful merger.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 8h
'You don't even make sense': Fury as CNN conservative defends MAGA senator's epic flop #RawStory
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'You don't even make sense': Fury as CNN conservative defends MAGA senator's epic flop
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h
36 minutes before the hearing started.
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The Economist @economist.com · 8h
Each departing hegemon has left a legacy of frustrated designs and unintended consequences in the Middle East. America’s retrenchment could be an opportunity for change—or calamity
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When America walks away
For decades America has enjoyed hegemony over the Middle East. That is about to end
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Jim Metcalf @thermochronic.bsky.social · 8h
This really summarizes the “I did my own research” dudes
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 8h
Veterans Group Gives Donald Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Ad A Brutal Makeover #HuffingtonPost
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Veterans Group Gives Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Ad A Brutal Makeover
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 8h
Ex-South Park writer launches ‘Cornell 7’ website against accused rapists: ‘Nobody to tell me I’ve gone too far’
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Ex-South Park writer launches ‘Cornell 7’ website against accused rapists
‘I have no limits. No boundaries. Nobody to tell me I’ve gone too far,’ satirical writer Toby Morton said with the announcement of TheCornell7.org website
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 8h
More Americans are tapping investments to pay for spending, analysis finds
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More Americans are tapping investments to pay for spending, analysis finds
Across all age and income groups examined in new research, the share of individuals transferring money from investment accounts to checking accounts has risen.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 8h
Today's news roundup: - Trump signs executive order renaming AI 'super intelligence' - Trump's AI-powered website confirms Biden won the 2020 election - El Mansouri becomes the first female PM of Morocco 👇️ www.justsecurity.org/159301/early...
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Early Edition: September 30, 2026
A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 8h
Top Trump figures push to direct human rights funding to rightwing causes #TheGuardian
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Top Trump figures push to direct human rights funding to rightwing causes
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12h
$1.5 billion has been spent on advertising for Senate and House races overall, an increase of $317 million from last week, according to a Post analysis.
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Ad spending in midterm races crosses $1.5 billion
The figure marks an increase of $317 million from last week, according to a Post analysis of data from AdImpact.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 12h
The Strait of Hormuz is open. So why is Brent crude still above $100 a barrel? It comes down to market psychology and a perverse bet on military strategy (via Bloomberg Opinion)
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Why Is Oil at $100 If Trump Is Winning the Battle in Hormuz?
I don’t know who will win the US-Iran war. But if you ask me who’s prevailing in the battle over the Strait of Hormuz, it’s clear US President Donald Trump has the advantage. As much as Tehran says the opposite, the strait is effectively wide open. Crude oil exports from regional US allies via the waterway, plus bypass routes, have risen to about 80% of prewar levels. Iran, meanwhile, has seen its own oil exports plunge to zero.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h
"A failing, 80-year-old sociopath, surrounded by loyalists and bitter-enders, facing the end of his rule, while the world burns. The period of maximum danger may still lie ahead of us."
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The Forces of Trumpism Are in Disarray
This is what it looks like when a movement begins to come apart.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h
Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw
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Lawyer Adam Houda @lawyeradamhouda.bsky.social · 22h
It's all coming out now. THE GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE WAS PLANNED & ORCHASTRATED BY THE TERRORIST STATE OF ISRAEL. 'Netanyahu was warned of October 7 Hamas attack, reports say ahead of election' www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... #IsraelIsATerroristState #FreePalestine #auspol
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is what the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool looks like today after a $17M deliberate fuck up and the orange felon won’t stop until he destroys everything. Makes me sick to my stomach every day.
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David Leigh Roth @notonebit.com · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt earlier today trying to get Jack Smith to perjure himself
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Slamdunk Fail
ALT: Slamdunk Fail
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's one thing to be so incredibly incompetent as Eric Schmitt that your dramatic "GOTCHA" moment falls apart in real time. It is quite another thing to be so incredibly dishonest as Eric Schmitt that you then go on a right-wing show and pretend it didn't happen. "My job is to ask the questions."😜
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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The Verge @theverge.com · 29/09/2026
Every single one of 21 tested vehicles sent data to a third-party domain over Wi-Fi. Over half contacted domains specializing in advertising, tracking, or analytics. These companies gather details about your vehicle or driving behavior to sell to insurance companies or target you with ads.
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Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think
“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 23h
BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & Jacobson Lawyers Group just sued HUD for 10 housing nonprofits Trump's HUD delayed their grants for months while they kept helping families facing foreclosure. Then it canceled $56M outright Unlawful & unkind in equal measure -- See you in court👇 -TN
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can't recall ever seeing anything quite like this during a Congressional hearing. And I've been in and around politics for 50 years.
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Roblee14 @vegasdude83.bsky.social · 19h
Lets be honest anyone who calls themselves a Christian nationalist should be ineligible for federal office because their beliefs make it impossible to hold an oath to the Constitution which not only calls for freedom of religion but keeping religion & government separate
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 18h
Hannity really posted, and then deleted this, in embarrassment
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thegladerunner.bsky.social @thegladerunner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Five years ago, when a Seattle burger chain raised employee wages & benefits the Reicht wing lost their minds, screaming the result would be $20 burgers & the company would end in bankruptcy. Today, the chain is even more popular than ever. Never let them try to tell you a living wage can’t work.
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