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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 15/09/2026

Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

___, (slip op., at 9) (internal quotation marks omitted).
As for the equities, the Government has a strong interest
in enforcing the rule, and implementing it will also “en-
hance the visibility of Federal Ballot Mail” in order to better
detect election fraud. 91 Fed. Reg. 54972. On the other side
of the balance, the plaintiff States invoke the practical ef-
fects of implementing the rule close to the midterm elec-
tions. I take that problem very seriously, but it is not
enough to convince me to deny the application.
First, as the District Court acknowledged, the States dis-

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Ben Siemon @benjaminjs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

You can tell we're a country of idiots by how easily we're convinced to debate the 1% of trans people who want the right to live their lives authentically and safely and don't negatively impact our lives instead of the billionaires who spend every day making our lives genuinely tangibly worse.

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Such a Kevin @kevinkohler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

MAGA is so angry about things that aren't happening.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Hayden Panettiere. Dolly Parton. Tim Curry. What a horrible fucking week.

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Ah yes, the old schools are doing surgery on students behind parents' backs charge. I couldn't get my son's school to give him Tylenol when his head hurt without signing something in triplicate.

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NoSabo @vcla85.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A lawsuit alleging Education Secretary Linda McMahon and her husband, WWE co-founder Vincent McMahon, knew about and chose not to stop sexual abuse against eight underage "ring boys" will proceed, a Maryland judge ruled Wednesday.

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WWE sexual abuse case against Trump's education secretary to continue

The McMahons are accused of ignoring widespread abuse in WWE's early days.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Remember when Pam Bondi lined up 16 alleged cop assailants for trophy pictures in January? Virtually all those cases fell apart, but DOJ used those imaginary assaults to excuse spying on MN's anti-ICE community. They were fake assaults to justify spying. emptywheel.net/2026/08/18/d...

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DOJ Used Pam Bondi's Trophy Arrests as an Excuse to Spy on Minnesota's Anti-ICE Community - emptywheel

In his filing showing a grand conspiracy theory DOJ is attempting to concoct, Isaac Sant also showed how the trumped up assault defendants Pam Bondi paraded as trophies served as the excuse to predica...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/08/2026

Nancy Mace claims on CNN that if El-Sayed is elected “our granddaughters will be wearing burkas to school” 😆

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Tales of everyday corruption. Pete Hegseth cancelled the $400,000 contract for making uniforms for the Blue Angels on the grounds that the contract with "The Sewing Box" was DEI since the firm is Black-owned. Instead, he awarded it to a Trump donor for $1,690,000, a 325% price increase!

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Have kept thinking all day about this story, full of starving moms and grandmothers trying to feed 3-6 kids each on virtually nothing and Republican men cheering and patting themselves on the back for kicking them off food stamps. Congrats, boys, you really did it

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

An unrepentant draft dodger cynically putting self-serving words into the mouths of fallen soldiers. This should be career ending. Instead, it will barely register.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

"His nickname in high school was 'White Boy David,' if that tells you anything,' she said."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Yeah, man, Gabby lived a floor below me in grad school. You're never going to be remotely in her league.

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Kendal Killian @kedrickillian.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The President’s cabinet member oversees a federal law enforcement agency. He threatens literal bloodshed if the opposition party refuses to suspend using their first amendment speech rights. He’s threatening state violence in response to opposition free speech.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/07/2026

shoutout the chucklefuck pundit who insisted once that “environmental racism” was a nonsense term

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

It feels ridiculous to be told my entire life the importance of reducing my energy usage and switching to stuff like LED bulbs and then read reports of energy prices spiking in many US communities due to data centers.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 13/07/2026

Graham began his career as a tool for Newt Gingrich, who began the descent of the GOP into full amorality, and ended as a tool for Trump, who completed the process.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Appreciate a dem running in Texas who will say this so bluntly

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 13/07/2026

NEW: I just uncovered more evidence that Donald Trump is spending hundreds of thousands of your tax dollars to print giant banners of his face and put them on government buildings. Not only a terrible waste of the hard-earned dollars of the American people, but also an illegal use of public funds.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Have to admire Trump for remaining true to the relationship by submitting Lindsey to a few more days of ritual humiliation before the funeral.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The ICE account is the same lies we’ve heard time and time again. This case also shows why masked agents operating from unmarked vehicles should not be conducting enforcement actions without clear, visible identification. When people don’t know who is confronting them,confusion quickly causes chaos!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Remember folks: Paxton Protects Pedophiles

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Not only very reminiscent of Renee Good but also Marimar Martinez who was shot six times in her car and remarkably survived.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026

Trump's face droops while he struggles to stay awake at the NATO summit (Burak Kara/Getty)

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

“A pragmatic conservative” LOL we’re not still doing this, are we? She literally decided that our votes didn’t need to be counted & she could pick the president

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Also, "one nation under God" was coined in the post-WWII era and only added to the pledge in 1954. It's younger than Donald Trump. Somebody wrote a book about this.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

obviously the democrats have to appeal to the center, peeling off gop women -- by being tough on immigration and foreign policy. thats why hillary, al gore and harris all won. and they shouldnt appeal to progressive populism like ending the war, health care reform, blm. thats why obama/biden lost

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Mitch McConnell should resign Immediately…..

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

NEW: In 2020, the Montana U.S. Atty cut a plea deal that let a tribal police officer who sexually abused a 6-year-old girl serve less than a year in prison + dodge the sex offender registry. That U.S. Atty is now Montana GOP Senate nominee Kurt Alme. www.huffpost.com/entry/montan...

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Montana GOP Senate Nominee Kurt Alme Let Child Sex Offender Off The Hook

As U.S. attorney, Alme cut a plea deal in 2020 that let Mychal Thomas Damon serve less than a year in prison after sexually abusing a 6-year-old.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Trans rights are human rights always and forever.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I would like a side-by-side account of the cost of: the Iran war, the reflecting pool, the ballroom, the Qatari plane, the WWE fight; DOJ settlement payoffs (like to Ashli Babbitt) and any other vanity projects I'm missing; compared with all of the "waste and fraud" supposedly saved by the DOGE cuts

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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Watching a flu outbreak sweep through a major military training installation after Hegseth pointlessly politicized the vaccine requirement is a reminder that viruses are unimpressed by amateur political theater. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...

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Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Fascist republicans accused President Obama of disgracing the Presidency for wearing a tan suit in the briefing room, now they’re okay with dirt bikes doing backflips on the south lawn, a bulldozed east wing, gold-plated decor and a UFC arena installed on the grounds. Racism.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

hey its actually a gigantic problem that 1 of the 2 major political parties in this country are consistently claiming any election they dont win has been “stolen” or “rigged”

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

NEW In 2025 Meta relaxed its rules around abusive content on its platforms. The reaction was instant. In the six months after the rules came into force violent threats and harrassment against US lawmakers—including Trump—TRIPLED, research from @counterhate.com shows www.wired.com/story/threat...

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Threats Against Politicians Skyrocketed After Meta Changed Its Speech Rules

New research finds that in the six months after Meta relaxed rules in the name of free speech, violent threats against lawmakers—including President Donald Trump—surged on Facebook.

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Snopes @snopes.com · 07/06/2026

✅ Yes, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, "Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism." www.snopes.com/fact-check/r...

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Did RFK Jr. claim children circumcised early had 'double' rate of autism tied to Tylenol use?

Kennedy referenced a study published in a journal co-founded by Jay Bhattacharya, the Trump-nominated director of the National Institutes of Health.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Stephen Miller. Stephen Miller cannot have competent Somalis celebrated in public life bc his hate depends on dehumanizing Somalis. Thus the focus on Omar.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 06/06/2026

I was one of the first media figures to point out that policing trans people out of sports meant doing genital inspections on children and i got labeled a "crazy extremist trans activist" for doing so.

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