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rrjackson.bsky.social @rrjackson.bsky.social · 11h
Too “woke” for Ellison. I’m sure the new characters will be all but indistinguishable from mirror universe characters.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h
Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15h
There's a takeover of the American news industry going on, pushed by Elon Musk, the Ellisons, the Saudis and others. Democracy is impossible if the truth is buried under right-wing propaganda, so we've got to push back against this "media capture." My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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American oligarchs and foreign fatcats are attempting ‘media capture’
Your access to real news is threatened by Elon Musk, the Ellisons, the Saudis, and others
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17h
🚨BREAKING: The NAACP sued the Trump administration, seeking records about its plan to deploy roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places during the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms
DOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18h
The Bari Weiss-ification of CBS News continues. Dennis Hastert was convicted of the sexual abuse of high school students under his supervision as a high school wrestling coach. Banking rules violations were his transfers of hush money payments which he misdescribed and which allowed
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 17h
Both sides? Explain your relaxed approach
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Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 18h
NEW by me -- I wrote about how the pneumonic plague spreads, and how it is and isn't like COVID There are a lot of differences between the two.
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How pneumonic plague spreads, and how it is and isn't like COVID
Scattered reports of the plague have revived memories of COVID-19.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/10/2026
Samoa’s Prime Minister Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt has apologized for a video from 2007 in which he said “Heil Hitler” and made a Nazi gesture during what he described as a family gathering.
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Samoa prime minister apologizes for Nazi gesture and saying 'Heil Hitler' in 2007 video
Samoa’s Prime Minister Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt has apologized for a 2007 video that showed him saying “Heil Hitler” and making a Nazi gesture.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/10/2026
Former Prince Andrew has filed legal action to quash warrants that led to searches of his residence, a U.K. court said. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office following allegations that he shared sensitive information with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Former Prince Andrew files a legal action to quash warrants that led to searches of his residence
Britain’s former Prince Andrew has filed a legal action to quash warrants that led to searches of his residences.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
💥 Alabama Rep. Brett Easterbrook booked on first-degree human trafficking and prostitution. Kory Wesley, president of the Satsuma City School Board, was also arrested on human trafficking charges. 🔻
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 05/10/2026
Almost 200 people are under medical observation in Russia’s Siberia region after the death of a 28-year-old lab worker who may have been exposed to pneumonic plague, according to local media reports.
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Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague as 200 enter medical observation
The pneumonic plague is caused by the same bacteria as the bubonic plague, and can spread from person to person through airborne respiratory droplets.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Can confirm. This, for example, was at the top of my “for you” feed when I logged in to find an old post the other day.
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Peter du Toit @peterdutoit.com · 03/10/2026
The world at ~1.5°C above preindustrial. Fossil fuel usage continues unabated, pushing more greenhouse gas pollution into the atmosphere, so heating will continue. We are *firmly* on track to pass 2°C We are *absolutely* not prepared for the associated climate chaos.
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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 03/10/2026
Flavor Daves at today’s Power To The People festival
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
A digital simulation of letter pressed wood type. An ornate border surrounding various typefaces spelling out ‘Maybe it will happen today’ including sun and moon designs and two beer bottles.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026
Our reporting found that in Arkansas, one private school continued to operate even though the founder served jail time for permitting child abuse. Join us Oct. 6 at 4 pm ET for a discussion about the changing private school landscape: events.propublica.org/wild-west-sch…
Virtual Event: The Wild West of School Vouchers. Join us to discuss how a surge in public funding is changing the private school landscape and what it means for families. Tuesday, Oct. 6. 4 p.m. EST. Illustration: A giant orange pencil points up and to the right. In the background is a pattern made up of gray school chairs.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 02/10/2026
This is pretty wild... the average global sea surface temperature (outside of the polar regions) is still above 70°F (21.1°C) through the end of September. This is significantly above the prior record. We'll cover this in our October climate briefing: climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 🌊
Line graph time series of daily global mean sea surface temperatures from 1982 to 2026. This year is currently at record high for this time of year. Data is from NOAA OISSTv2.1, and the graphic is created by Climate Central at https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-briefings.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
wired.com
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I Completely Agree, Coach!
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has confirmed that he is considering retirement, leaving open the possibility that he could leave after next year’s term and hand another nomination to President Donald Trump.” www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The man who took out full page ads demanding the death penalty for five Black and Latino teenagers falsely accused of rape is out here worried that the seven majority white Cornell frat boys accused of rape "won't get a fair shake".
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Nerdist @nerdist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
David Ellison announced the launch of his mega-studio Skydance with Titanic footage 👀
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Skydance Launches with Footage of Overconfident Ship Famous For Sinking
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rrjackson.bsky.social @rrjackson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
FACT CHECK: TRUE
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rrjackson.bsky.social @rrjackson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yikes.
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rrjackson.bsky.social @rrjackson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
He should be put in the trunk of a car. Then the car should be put in a crusher.
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rrjackson.bsky.social @rrjackson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes, any hint of decency is a Democrat psyop.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
TED CRUZ: “I’m a big believer in bribery. Bribery works in politics.” Maybe the first honest thing @tedcruz has ever said
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
Ken Paxton desperately tried to defend his handling of a child predator case by claiming the defendant “served 60 days.” Then came the Community Note...
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Ken Paxton Defends Handling of Child Predator Case
Community Note: “Paxton's office initially recommended 1 day in jail.”
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rrjackson.bsky.social @rrjackson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
His room-temperature IQ thinks that’s an accomplishment. I’m surprised it’s not, “Donald Trump Superintelligence.”
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rrjackson.bsky.social @rrjackson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nightmarish. A lot of harm will be done.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing.
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NPR @npr.org · 29/09/2026
Origin Genomics aims to prove the potential benefits of its technology for editing disease-causing genes in human embryos outweigh the risks. n.pr/3VaihA7
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Making gene-edited babies is illegal. This startup says it may be time to reconsider
Origin Genomics aims to prove the potential benefits of its technology for editing disease-causing genes in human embryos outweigh the risks.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seating chart for today’s AI meeting at the White House—Trump is seated between Jensen Huang and Elon Musk:
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Super Intelligence Luncheon
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Seating Chart | East Room
[image of seating chart]
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rrjackson.bsky.social @rrjackson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Musk and all those DOGE kids should get to choose between life in prison or a lobotomy.
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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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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/09/2026
Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1
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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
Trump aims to open nearly all national forest trails to dirt bikes and ATVs. “It’s going to create a lot of conflict and confusion and animosity.”
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Trump aims to open nearly all national forest trails to dirt bikes and ATVs
"It’s going to create a lot of conflict and confusion and animosity."
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Run it on a loop
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Of course, the vile Trump regime sides with bigoted parents over vulnerable kids.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's difficult to engage in diplomacy when you're too simple-minded to think about anyone except yourself . . .
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 27/09/2026
The affordability crisis looks very different from their table.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Huh.
yahoo.com
Unpacking allegations FCC Chair Brendan Carr was in 'sex trafficking cult'
The organization was an Alcoholics Anonymous group in Washington, D.C. Former members said Carr was part of the group, but wasn't abusive.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“I’ve heard people dismiss Trump’s mendacity with a shrugging “they all lie,” but we are witnessing a rare, very possibly once-in-a-lifetime political liar.”
cnn.com
I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Acosta: This is a Category 5 fuck-up of epic proportions. It is likely to go down as the worst presidency that we have ever witnessed in this country’s history. That tops the first administration that ended with an insurrection.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a 162-page White House report argued the Smithsonian had “moved the Museum’s mission away from straightforward historical education and scholarship toward an extreme political activism.”
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How the Smithsonian Became the Latest Front in Trump’s Culture War
The Smithsonian — particularly its National Museum of American History — has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration. It’s the culmination of decades of criticism by conservatives and o...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
absolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie
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Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In 2020, Ken Paxton stole Texas for Trump by blocking 2.5 million mail-in ballots in Harris County [Houston]. And he can do it again. The attack on mail-in ballots and drop boxes, unseen by the media, will determine the midterms nationwide. gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/how-paxton...
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How Paxton Will Steal Texas
The Senate candidate stole it for Trump, he can do it again.
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