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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 22h

omg. yes, they actually have video of him at the game. when does marshall mcluhan walk out and dunk on sen schmitt?

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 6h

Same story with a friend of mine, who is now actually quite famous. She dropped out after my university refused to discipline the two men who raped her, and made her sit in the same class with her in her specialized major. Her planned entire career path ended immediately.

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Cait Conley @caitfornewyork.bsky.social · 23h

Last year, Mike Lawler looked you in the eye and said “I will not cut Medicaid.” Then he was the deciding vote for Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill,” enabling the largest Medicaid cut in American history.

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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 19h

Anthropic's IPO filing apparently warns investors that advanced AI could pose “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity,” which is a great sales approach and also, coincidentally, the exact phrase I was told when I brought home this guy.

Sandal, a large fluffy orange-and-white cat, sits upright on a curved cardboard scratcher, staring directly at the camera with a serious expression.

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Indivisible Bucks County @indivisiblebux.bsky.social · 6h

HOLY PA-01 SCOOP IN POLITICO!! Brian Fitzpatrick's awful ads seem to show a bunch of news headlines. But those deceptive quotes didn't come from actual news reports - they were written by one of his wedding guests, a felon who was once on the payroll of his own campaign, who self-published them!

politico.com

The source of Brian Fitzpatrick’s campaign ad attack fodder: A guest at his own wedding

Self-published articles from a longtime ally are showing up in the vulnerable Pennsylvania Republican’s attack ads.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17h

This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 18h

they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????

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Richard Wayne Bowling @rchrdwynbwlngk100.bsky.social · 19h

Why did Eric Schmitt fuck up his gotcha moment so badly? No one involved considered the possibility that Jack Smith attended a women’s basketball game. A MAGAt undone by misogyny. Not at all surprising.

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SPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre @stratcomcentre.bsky.social · 11h

The duration of time that Ukrainian soldiers have now been fighting is longer than World War I. And for those who have been defending Ukraine since 2014 – for longer than the combined duration of World War I and World War II.

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Kate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 19h

"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...

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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now

As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 18h

He had all afternoon and this is the best he could come up with. Great ratio!

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 19h

Getting ratioed on Musk’s site as a hard-right senator takes some real skill

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The machinations it took to try and get Schmitt some viral clips of him humiliating Jack Smith the same day supporters got Jim VandeHei to print that he's being seen as a possible VP candidate, and then blow it because you got the facts so spectacularly wrong ... I can't. I'll be laughing all day.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tweed is such a beautiful fabric to wear this time of year because it produces, in Dolly Parton's phrasing, a coat of many colors. Even a solid-colored brown is not just brown, but bits of red, blue, and yellow to produce something that looks lifted off the Scottish landscape.

There are two photos taped together. The top shows a brown stone building with a brown thatched roof. It's surrounded by green grass, stone walkways, and blue-gray sea. Below is a checked brown tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it.

There are two photos taped together. The one at te top shows a rocky hillside with green and straw-colored grass, gray rocks, and a tan sandy beach below. The blue waters are crashing at the shore. Below is a green herringbone tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it.

There are two photos taped together. The top shows a field of green and straw colored fields with bits of purple flowers. Below is a a series of checked brown tweed that reflect the colors in the landscape above it.

A swatch book of solid-colored tweeds. The green tweed has visible flecks of red, gold, and blue.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Published today!

AXIOS: "SCHMITT IS DRAWING BUZZ AS A POSSIBLE VANCE VP IN 2028"

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The government's AI chatbot is able to say something that no Trump nominee is allowed to.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

this gaffe should follow Eric Schmitt around for the rest of his political life (Jack Smith was actually in Maryland at a HAWKEYES game, not in Atlanta colluding with Fani Willis as Schmitt alleged) (Win McNamee/Getty)

photo of Schmitt's team holding up a poster board that made false claims about Jack Smith's whereabouts in February 2024

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology"

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jamie Raskin calls out the shitty ads as a crime (this was cited by CNN and other stories). This is the kind of Xitter post that I beg of @raskin.house.gov or other MoCs to cross-post over here -- not least bc more people over here are likely to magnify it.

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This may be felony criminal theft and conversion of government property for political campaign purposes. 18 U.S.C. § 1641. It is a Hatch Act violation for any government employees who worked on it or used government resources to make it. It is blatantly unethical under numerous federal ethics provisions proscribing the use of government resources for political campaigns.
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The White House is currently airing this video as an ad during commercial breaks on Fox News.

It looks and sounds like a political spot and includes a disclaimer stating that it is paid for by the U.S. government.

The soundtrack: as images of Trump flash across the screen,

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You can imagine a scenario where Schmitt concocted this thing from dipshits on X. And what's the deal with the posterboard with Smith's supposed text messages that he won't let anyone see?

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anyone who suggests we just turn the page is in league with the GOP. This guy is telling you they tried to overthrow the government. You don't just pretend it never happened @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I wish everyone could see how disgusting, dishonest and just plain stupid Republicans are acting at this Jack Smith hearing.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/09/2026

one of the reasons our current Moment has become so weird is because a lot of freaky antisocial dweebs with horrible opinions made bank off the last few tech booms and now have entirely too much free time

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

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JH @born-gamecock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Be careful what you vote for...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

With Trump's arrival in office, data center construction accounts for nearly all construction. This is not a healthy economy.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anyone notice how Pete Hegseth spent the first few weeks of the Iran bombing campaign in front of the cameras telling us how awesome it was going and now we haven’t seen him for months?

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 29/09/2026

"The mechanisms of DOGE’s destructive actions require real technical expertise to parse. This isn’t a knock on Congress. In order to assess a program, you need a solid understanding of how the machine delivering services works from multiple points of view." www.liberalcurrents.com/congress-nee...

liberalcurrents.com

Congress Needs Its Tech Experts Back

If Congress is to tackle issues from DOGE sabotage to AI to social media, it needs to resurrect its Office of Technology Assessment.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026

Moed Tov! Суккот муборак! Today I joined Rabbi Shlomo Nisanov in Kew Gardens to distribute free food to New Yorkers in honor of Sukkot. Thank you to Rabbi Nisanov for the reminder that community and service deepen our most joyful holidays.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wait. Which country is he talking about?

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Portland Press Herald: The evidence of corruption swirling around Sen Collins, her husband and her campaign manager is very clear and persuasive, and Collins' push-back against it is distinctly unconvincing. Now it's Maine's turn to be concerned about Sen Collins.

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It’s Maine’s turn to be concerned about Susan Collins | Editorial

The senator's complacent response to open allegations of bribery sends voters a very clear and disrespectful message.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hard to imagine what that would be like

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc...

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Underestimate @RahmEmanuel at your own risk.
He knows how to win. He knows how to fight.
And he knows how to message.
And no one will out work him. Regardless of whether he wins the Democratic nomination in 2028 he will make an impact on the race. You can be sure of that. Don't take your eyes off of him. At the minimum, learn from him.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…

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Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don’t wanna hear SHIT about woke run amok when protesting genocide gets you banned from campus and sexual assault gets you an apology letter.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"The sources added that Patel consistently kept Bailey at arm's length and cut him out of meetings the deputy FBI director should attend because Bailey was constantly flagging things that were unconstitutional." www.cbsnews.com/news/top-fbi...

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Top FBI official Andrew Bailey, who was once widely seen as Patel successor, resigns

Bailey was originally brought in to help ease tensions between former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

US Tax Dollars Now Used to Secure Deals for Trump Family Cronies talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/us-ta...

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US Tax Dollars Now Used to Secure Deals for Trump Family Cronies

This has gotten very little attention, as far as I can tell....

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Step 1: "Tether’s stablecoin has become a primary means of payment for the Iranian regime and a tool for funding terrorist proxy organizations such as Hezbollah..." Step 2: Now google Howard Lutnick and Tether www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

wsj.com

Exclusive | Senate Investigation Finds Rampant Use of Tether’s Stablecoin by Iranian Regime

Wallets sanctioned over Iran ties overwhelmingly dealt in Tether’s USDT stablecoin, according to Senate Democrats.

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not stated: the resistance is caused by the fact that the ideas are gibberish

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/09/2026

BREAKING: At least six (I'm hearing 8) prosecutors - including Kurt Olsen - have QUIT the "Grand Conspiracy" case in Florida overseen by Judge Aileen Cannon. I know this is the Daily Mail, but there are well-placed sources. Waiting for more developments. www.dailymail.com/news/us-poli...

dailymail.com

Trump 'grand conspiracy' case in crisis amid mass exit

Trump loyalist Kurt Olsen has resigned from the 'grand conspiracy' probe in Miami, along with at least six other prosecutors assigned to the investigation.

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Constantine @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We are within a hairs-breadth of a gov't council on physical fitness summit about the benefits of rape for men.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sure, the 2024 election was one too, but 2026 might be the clearest intelligence test ever presented to the American electorate. Taken at face value, he's saying he stole hundreds of billions from the gov't, hid it somewhere Congress can't reach, and he pinky swears he will give you a piece. Really.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Reminder that the OPM director resigned under bipartisan pressure after the Obama-era OPM hack.

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