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Excerpts from Michael Lewis on DOGE (Guardian article). 1. Gavin Kliger, white nationalist, refused to shake hands with the Black IRS staffer who briefed him on privacy issues. Or pay attention. Kliger now has a defense start-up valued at 1.4B thanks to DOGE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Phyllis, who loved working for Kathleen and saw falling on hand grenades as part of her job, never told her how this one had felt. She knew Gavin had expressed enthusiasm for white nationalists, and he likely knew that she knew. She tried to break the ice by walking in with her hand extended; Gavin stared at it and declined to shake it, though he had shaken the hands of the white men who had offered them. “He was kind of cool towards me,” said Phyllis. Before she could even start the briefing, he said, You know, I’ve heard these rules before at other agencies. Yes, she said, but these rules are different, because no other agency is governed by this privacy law, and this law can get you thrown in jail very quickly. As she walked him through the basics – how you can’t use your personal phone for business, how if you happen to so much as glimpse a form 1040 with someone’s name on it you must avert your eyes – Gavin played on his phone. “He’s multitasking right in front of me, typing and texting,” said Phyllis. “It was, here’s a routine that I must endure.”

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 8h

Terrific ad from Jon Ossoff featuring a three-time Trump voter who’s supporting his reelection.

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 3h

Shout! Studios has a Speed Racer marathon channel on YouTube, and I never really realized what a masterclass that series was in terms of animating using the absolute minimum number of moving parts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=21vG...

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Speed Racer: Nonstop Action with the Mach 5 and Friends! from @TokuSHOUTsu ❗️

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 7h

Now META themselves are running TV ads to show how wonderful their data centers are for Ohio’s communities. It’s like the second coming of Jesus Fucking Christ.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 8h

To help voters distinguish between the candidates for U.S. Senate in Texas, we asked Ken Paxton, James Talarico and Ted Brown to share their views on a variety of issues. Talarico and Brown answered our questions; Paxton did not, so we used his past public statements to describe his positions.

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Texas U.S. Senate 2026: Paxton, Talarico and Brown on the issues

Ken Paxton and James Talarico are in a close race for Texas’ U.S. Senate seat, with Ted Brown also on the ballot. See where they stand on THC, data centers and Flock cameras. Talarico and Brown answer...

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Dr. Rita Shah @theritaphd.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Imagine if every journalist started taking this approach…

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

oh man 😂

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

“Readers added context” is about as nice as you could put what just happened to ol’ Matt there...

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

“It’ll be great! We can fire a bunch of people and save a bunch of cash by just doing everything remotely.” - probably

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Judging by the number of “pro” data center ads running in Ohio right now, their polling must be absolutely abysmal. Good.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

As usual, Trump does whatever he wants without permission and then says, "Well it's too late now, the trees are already down. You have to let us finish so we can clean up the mess." Just like with his stupid ballroom.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Huh. Apparently Katie Miller deleted this tweet that I had the foresight to screencap. Turns out I can TOO make things go viral on Xitter, even.

My RT of a Katie Miller tweet which RTed the NYPost coverage of the Ilhan Omar raid.

She said: Promise made, promise kept.
I said: Katie Miller is not going to do very well in a deposition.

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I, for one, believe Trejo here. And Ben Shapiro makes pond scum look wholesome by comparison.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

It really feels like it should be easier to defeat some of these people

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Why would a physical search of Omar’s home in 2026 be relevant to or necessary for an investigation into whether her dad filled out a form incorrectly decades ago?

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I’m not saying the next Dem administration should revisit Elon Musk’s questionable past immigration status, but I’m not saying they shouldn’t.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The Omar story today and the Talarcio story yesterday are the same story of rat-fucking your opponents before an election. Except now the government does it, out in the open.

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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

gm! at 10 I'll be live-tweeting the emergency TRO hearing in Judge Reyes's "courtroom" (this is on Zoom) in D.C. Preservation League v. Department of Interior, otherwise known as the golf course case

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bmaz @bmaz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This is fantastic, and important, work by @willbunch.bsky.social Please go read and further disseminate it.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This feels important to note: bsky.app/profile/reic...

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/10/2026

Every step of this path is sickeningly familiar to people who have lived under authoritarian regimes. Conservative and Liberal Americans decide with our actions, now, whether we’re better than that.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Here are the details: literally any time, any place, any network.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Good for you if you missed this but if you want to be in the know: MAGA right has been pushing a conspiracy theory all day on X that Talarico checked into a mental health facility in Ohio. A MAGA activist appears to have lied to the facility about being a relative to get info & posted a recording.

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Some pro-Husted PAC just ran an ad saying Husted is “laser-focused on affordability”... which should come as a surprise to the Trump-loving Ohioans whose glorious leader keeps telling them affordability is a “Democrat hoax.”

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Not rooting for them, but Milwaukee *does* still have the most fitting logo in baseball.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The Kimberly Guilfoyle situation could get interesting quickly. Probably the reason she GOT the Ambassadorship is to keep her quiet while Jr looted things. She knows a good deal of incriminating shit. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/11/p...

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Trump considering whether to fire Guilfoyle, source says | CNN Politics

President Trump is weighing whether to dismiss Kimberly Guilfoyle as U.S. ambassador to Greece after a string of embarrassing revelations about her conduct.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Talarico: I've heard credible reports that Ken Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice. People are concerned. He has asked for proof of life from me. I'm asking for proof of spine from him.

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 11/10/2026

On this day in 1988, Sarah McLachlan released her debut album ‘Touch,’ introducing her extraordinary voice to the world. Featuring “Vox” and “Steaming,” it marked the beginning of one of Canada's most celebrated music careers.

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If the reason why diesel prices in The United States are high (according to Trump) is because Ukraine is destroying all of Russia's refineries... then how can Russia export extra diesel to The United States to help bring down prices?

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Skye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Proud of our @democracyforward.org team, co counsel, and clients for filing this suit — as w many suits we file, the government appears to have no legal defense. This is not normal. Litigation continues to be a major tool for exposure and to put an end to unlawful schemes.

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The geese are flying South; the rats are moving in...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

In any normal parliamentary democracy, the no confidence vote would be taking place tonight.

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I finally listened to that “Choosin’ Texas” song and... uh... is there maybe a different song by the same name out right now? Because what I heard sounds like someone tossed a bunch of loops together in Garage Band, had a competent vocalist sing over the track, then compressed the life out of it.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's already illegal. Congress banned it near-unanimously in 2022. That law allows the ban to be lifted only if Russia withdraws from Ukraine. He's simply breaking the law that's already on the books.

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Exactly. “Diddy will probably slide” turned out to be only half true. [cough]

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

El-Sayed’s response to Kennedy:

El-Sayed: “That’s rich coming from someone who wears his bed sheets out at night.”

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

David Fitzsimmons
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Looks like we have a new version of the 5 W’s

Yeah. Which is why we need to address the five Fs.

Who the fuck? What the fuck?
Where the fuck? And why the fuck?

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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Things got more insane just about as soon as I posted this last night. DHS is now arguing that we cannot even put the names of ICE officers in our lawsuit against those officers. Their position is that, if a defendant works for DHS, they cannot be named in a lawsuit. Never seen anything like it.

All this time, while Defendants have refused to identify Does 4 and 5 or respond to Leo’s discovery requests, the six-month statute of limitations on his FTCA claims has nearly expired. So, on October 6, Leo sought Defendants’ consent to file an amended complaint that (1) adds his FTCA claims against the United States and (2) adds the names of Does 1, 2, and 3. These minimal changes are shown in a redline attached to this filing.
Defendants, however, refused to consent to Leo’s amendments because there is not a protective order in place. One of Defendants’ positions with respect to the protective order is that the “full legal names” of all government employees “should be confidential.” (ECF 109, at 2). That position, apparently, means that Defendants even oppose Leo identifying specific officers in his lawsuit against those very officers based on their misconduct in carrying out their public duties. Because Defendants will not consent to Leo’s amendments, Leo has filed this motion for leave.

Justice also requires granting Leo leave to name the Doe officers as defendants. Despite DHS’s remarkable position that all government employees’ names are confidential, parties routinely sue government employees by name. In fact, Rule 10(a) “requires a complaint to ‘include the names of all the parties.’” Doe v. Frank, 951 F.2d 320, 322 (11th Cir. 1992) (per curiam) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a)). “Lawsuits are public events.” Id. Rule 10(a) “protects the public’s legitimate interest in knowing all of the facts involved, including the identity of the parties.” Id. Only in an “exceptional case” can a party’s name be withheld from the public. Id. And that bar is even higher for public employees since their employment “diminishes their privacy interests” given “the corresponding public interest in knowing how public employees are performing their jobs.” Stern v. FBI, 737 F.2d 84, 92 (D.C. Cir. 1984);

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026

If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 10/10/2026

at this point people getting carjacked are gonna assume it’s ICE

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