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R. Goss

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Michigan nurse here - letting the days go by. Looking for the news. Mostly here to witness the end of the world as we know it. 3rd attempt to find sanity on social media. Whelp at least I found Darth again.

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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 14/10/2026
Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 23h
One last point about trusting machines over African people, writing and scholarship: The fact that African studies programs specifically are being targeted and dismantled around America is also something to contend with. truthout.org/articles/bla...
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Black and African Studies Programs Are Disappearing From College Campuses
Over a dozen public and private colleges and universities in the US have closed, merged, or scaled back these programs.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It is really chilling to see how quickly Black, Caribbean, and African writers and academics have become the global face of AI use and accusations of plagiarism. For such a serious charge, @vauhinivara.bsky.social's article rests on...a Pangram scan. www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/1...
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Yet Another Literary Prizewinner Seems to Be AI
The prestigious Caine Prize, announced last week, went to a story with many red flags.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 9h
Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy angrily accuses the U.S. of the “dangerous” withdrawal of support critical to its defense against Russia.
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‘We’re done’: Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries as anger mounts with Trump
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced intense frustration over what he said was the “dangerous” withdrawal of U.S. intelligence sharing and restrictions on the Starlink internet service.
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John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 19h
Six days after ICE shot him in the Bronx, Oscar Belgal remains in MDC Brooklyn, and still hasn’t gotten surgery to remove the bullet in his neck. “He has experienced a loss of sensation in half of his face, as well as hearing loss in his left ear.” Gift link: www.nydailynews.com/2026/10/14/l...
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ICE never identified themselves during NYC shooting of Oscar Belgal, who still has bullet in neck: lawyers
The Legal Aid Society, which now represents the 28-year-old father, filed a habeas corpus petition in Brooklyn Federal Court Wednesday, seeking his “immediate release on reasonable conditions.”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20h
BREAKING WSJ: The Trump admin's investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar is aimed at building a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and other people familiar with the probe.
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Ilhan Omar Investigation Aims to Build Case for Stripping Her Citizenship
Authorities have subpoenaed members of the Democratic congresswoman’s family as part of a broader look at their immigration paperwork.
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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 21h
Despite Seattle's reputation as a trans haven, the University of Washington has reacted to escalating attacks on trans rights with silence — even after a trans student was murdered. But trans academic workers, unionized with UAW, are fighting back. Our latest, from @thefreeradical.org.
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How a Union Is Fighting for Trans Rights for Trans Rights at University of Washington
At the University of Washington, an academic workers’ union is fighting a silent administration that refuses to protect trans rights, even after a trans student was murdered
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Mike Rogers wife out here trying to by votes for $10 gas cards in Michigan Could this be more desperate? And How is this legal?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
This photo says everything about why Trump keeps hiring unqualified worshipful young women (who look like his daughter)
Pic of Trump boarding Marine One with Natalie and Katie absolutely beaming at him
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
"You fucking war criminal!" -- Hegseth's talk is interrupted again
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 23h
A US regulator said nine large lenders imposed policies that “denied, debanked and discriminated” against some customers and business, building on an initial finding after President Donald Trump called to rein in such activities.
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Nine Big Banks Engaged in Debanking Practices, US Regulator Says
A US regulator said nine large lenders imposed policies that “denied, debanked and discriminated” against some customers and business, building on an initial finding after President Donald Trump called to rein in such activities.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"Ukrainian troops have been caught off guard by restrictions on Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet systems that disrupted frontline operations, while Kyiv received no warning from its partners of a Russian missile attack on its energy facilities for the second day running..."
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Ukraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps
Moscow ignores Donald Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ while Kyiv’s forces experience connectivity problems on Elon Musk’s satellite network
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
Trump's crowd in Arizona is completely dead as he rants about how awesome his new term of "Super Intelligence" is
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23h
A slap on the wrist for Bank of America. CEO Brian Moynihan owes Congress answers, and we need a criminal investigation into the apparent violation of our anti-money laundering laws. I’ve long said big bank CEOs should be held personally accountable if their banks break the law.
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Bank of America to Pay $1.2 Billion to Settle Violations of Money Laundering, Sanctions Laws
The Treasury Department and regulators say bank missed $5 billion of suspicious activity.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Zelenskyy tells Piers Morgan Trump has betrayed him and that Musk and the US deliberately cut off Starlink and people are being killed as a result “This is not the right side of history. It is a pity that we are losing a strong partner”
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 14/10/2026
starlink (reportedly) restricted over ukraine after elon’s comment that zelenskyy has “gone too far” the european response this morning:
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
BREAKING: A complaint has been filed with the California Bar against White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia, citing Popular Information’s reporting, for “the Unauthorized Practice of Law and for Holding Herself Out as Entitled to Practice Law.”
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14/10/2026
⚖️ HAPPENING NOW: The Georgia Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a Republican lawsuit seeking to compel the Fulton County Board of Commissioners to appoint two election deniers, Julie Adams and Jason Frazier, to the county election board.
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🚨 Fulton County Republican Party v. Fulton County Board of Commissioners
Learn more.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Guilfoyle got fired not for the graft, but for being found doing sloppy nickel-and-dice graft
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
here's Bruce Blakeman tonight claiming "I never said that I would cut Medicaid in half" -- immediately followed by a clip of him saying on Fox Business in June that "we make sure we cut Medicaid in half"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Ossoff: "You stand here and say you're gonna be a champion for Black Georgians when you elevate to positions of leadership in your political organization people with ties to the Ku Klux Klan."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Ossoff: "I want everybody who is clipping this debate to roll that tape. You stood here right on this stage and you said 'a total ban, no exceptions, even for rape, even for incest, even to save the mother's life.' That was your position and now you are changing it."
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Lauren Boebert, who represents a district that Donald Trump won by 18 points, has decided to do a debate with her Democratic opponent Eileen Laubacher
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
JD Vance: "You ask Ken Paxton a simple question and you will get a direct answer" NARRATOR: Paxton has refused to answer Qs about why he won't debate, why he went to England on July 4 w/ his mistress, why he went to Dubai with his mistress, his 15 homes, or how his net worth has increased 7,000%...
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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“Musk then prevented any community notes from appearing on Sortor’s post for many hours, ensuring that no one could debunk the bogus claim before it reached tens of millions of people, and suspended accounts that dug into its veracity” @lebassett.bsky.social www.laura-bassett.com/p/anatomy-of...
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Anatomy of a fake scandal
WSJ obtained video of Ken Paxton partying with literal fugitives in Dubai, so Republicans panicked and invented a story about Talarico checking into a psych hospital. It backfired.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/10/2026
Surprise, surprise.
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The Guilfoyle scandals finally caught up with her
The US ambassador to Greece has now been asked to resign, is under congressional investigation, and may be sued for defamation.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
UPDATE: @billmaher says he’s having dinner with Trump again next week 🤔 (As he attacks Larry David for calling him out for glazing Trump after the last dinner— calling Larry a “hypocrite” and “not a political sophisticate”) When Bill shows you who he is, believe him
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“In every previous administration I’m familiar with, that would not just have been unusual — but never done."
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CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades
Chairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 12/10/2026
'Furious' judge cuts down Trump administration for felling trees at East Potomac:
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Judge tears into Trump administration for felling trees in D.C. golf course redesign without advance notice
“I’m furious,” U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes told a Justice Department lawyer. “I trusted you all not to do precisely what you have done.”
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
There will be a lot of equivocating about all the times search warrants have been executed on members of Congress for corruption investigations and the like, and it can't be stressed enough in how many ways HSI raiding Ilhan Omar is extremely not like that.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Everything about the raid on Rep. Omar’s residence is shameful. Everyone involved should lose their jobs. For a start.
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Musk has funneled more than $276 million into Republican groups and his PAC since July, building a huge turnout operation for the midterms. “The staggering amount of money makes Mr. Musk, the richest person in the world, by far the largest known donor in the midterms” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Suggested headline: Trump Intimidation of Critics Intensifies with Search of Congresswoman's Home
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Also it’s time for the news to stop treating this administration’s racist war against Somalis as “Trump being Trump.” They targeted Minneapolis because they hate an ethnic group here, and now they’re targeting the most prominent political figure in that group with thinly rationalized state violence.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...
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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Well, it’s a quick take, and no doubt data will come in, but it sure looks like based on today’s evidence that a lot of pro-Trump and pro-AfD bot work depends directly on Russian data centers.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Yesterday we made the fascinating discovery that the bulk of the MAGA troll army operates out of a Russian intelligence service mill located inside the Yandex supercomputer center in Vladimir. The Ukrainians bombed it, and suddenly the troll army simply went silent.
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The Death of MAGA’s Troll Army
Inside A Dying Russian Data Center
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
And an OMB official says the $20m for the ads came from funds originally appropriated under the Working Families Tax Cut Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yes this is stupid but it’s also a corrupt transfer of taxpayer money to a political ally www.washingtonsun.com/agencies/fbi...
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FBI Is Angling to Hand the UFC a No-Bid Contract to Train Agents
The contract would expand an existing partnership between the Trump administration and the UFC.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Such a class act that Kimberly is: She expressed fury at not being on the list for the dinner, which was being organized by Greek House Davos. “You don’t have the f—ing U.S., you know, ambassador to Greece not come. She should be kissing my f—ing ass,” Guilfoyle said of the event’s organizer.
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Exclusive | At Davos, Kimberly Guilfoyle Boasted of Private Jet Trips, Luxury Stays
A recording captured the U.S. ambassador saying that Greek businessmen were paying for her travels and pleading for an invitation to an event with Eric Trump.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
BREAKING: In responding to one of two lawsuits challenging the legality of the Trump-praising DHS propaganda ads, DOJ tonight does not defend the ads on the merits — instead arguing that the ads are set to end on Sunday, so there will be no irreparable harm. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
Plaintiffs' motion should be denied because the alleged improper final agency action of which they are complaining "run[ning] partisan political ads, funded by U.S. taxpayers," Plaintiffs' Brief in Support of Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Section 705 Stay (Pls. Br.") (ECF No. 26) at 1-will not continue past tomorrow, the date on which briefing on their motion for a TRO will close. As such, Plaintiffs cannot demonstrate that a TRO is necessary to prevent imminent irreparable harm to them from Defendants' future conduct.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026
White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia nods along on Fox & Friends as Rachel Campos-Duffy blasts that "ingrate Zelenskyy who keeps blowing up refineries and making things more complicated for the president ahead of the midterms"
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David Nir @davidnir.com · 10/10/2026
Roger Marshall charged his patients 18% annual interest on their unpaid bills. His bakery bill for $678.75 was due six years ago. At 18% interest compounded annually, the total he'd owe would be at least $1,800. Marshall just paid the bakery $1,300—far less than what his patients would owe.
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AuntieU @umaija.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump is playing both sides of the war. Buying diesel from Putin and selling arms to Europe, while keeping the Straight of Hormuz closed and the Iran War going, so diesel prices are high. The Trump Crime Family are war profiteers and traitors. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Zelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian diesel
President says deal essential to lower US fuel prices but move set to create fresh crisis with Ukraine and Nato allies
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Peter Thiel is about to turn 59 and a half this year, so he’ll be able to withdraw his more than $5 billion in capital gains tax free because he legally gamed the Roth IRA system. Superrich just have different rules. Propublica’s 2021 report: www.propublica.org/article/lord...
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Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank
Roth IRAs were intended to help average working Americans save, but IRS records show Thiel and other ultrawealthy investors have used them to amass vast untaxed fortunes.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
BAY CITY. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 17.
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Shouldn't Be This Hard Town Hall - BUS TOUR | Bay City · Abdul for U.S. Senate
Please join Abdul our Bay City stop for the Shouldn't Be This Hard TOWN HALL BUS TOUR. RSVP IS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY AND THE EVENT WILL BE FIRST COME FIRST. MUST PRESENT GOVERNMENT ID AND FOLLOW NO BAGS...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump: I could say the stupidest things and you'd clap
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 11/10/2026
Trump’s chainsaw attack on the trees of East Potomac Park today is emblematic of his presidency: wanton destruction of beautiful things, done with lightning speed to bypass local and legal opposition, as the administration lies about what they are doing.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
No one has more contempt for Donald Trump's voters than Donald Trump.
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