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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 16h

This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15h

lede = introductory section in journalism bury the lede = hiding the most relevant pieces of a story within other distracting information Allegedly, it’s spelled ‘lede’ to avoid confusion with ‘lead,’ which was the strip of metal that would separate lines of type.

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The NY Times framing every fascist as tough strong & brilliant, and not a dumb racist liar, is one of many ways the NY Times tells Democrats that they are Not On Our Side, and Dems mostly choose not to listen

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Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News

A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump’s former press secretaries to join the cable news network.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Dems are either afraid of coming out directly against him or they are still deluding themselves into thinking that he might eventually support them.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Al: So here comes bowl of poison. We all know the bowl of poison story, no need to rehash it. Overcome a lot of adversity. Kirk: I gotta say I’m honestly bowled over — no pun intended! — by how hard bowl of poison has worked to get back on the field. Al: Great story. First and 10 from the 26.

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 02/10/2026

How Rob Curley’s plan to make the Spokesman-Review ‘The People’s Paper’ ended in a newsroom revolt: Newsroom staffers tell @investigatewest.bsky.social and RANGE concerns about Curley’s leadership festered until his August suspension — weeks before the paper was set to transfer to his nonprofit.

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How Rob Curley’s plan to make the Spokesman-Review ‘The People’s Paper’ ended in a newsroom revolt

Newsroom staffers tell InvestigateWest and RANGE that concerns about Curley’s leadership festered until his August suspension — weeks before the paper was set to transfer to his nonprofit

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just like when they demolished minority housing to put in the interstate highways. We will never learn.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I just saw the political ad “Paid for by the U.S. Government” and I’m livid. This is a travesty that our tax dollars are paying for this propaganda. Burn it all down.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026

Eric Schmitt is what happens when a state becomes so red that you don’t need to be a talented politician to become a US Senator. And to be fair, there are examples of this in blue states too. Iron sharpens iron.

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s a close race but this might be one of the dumbest things he’s ever done and that’s saying A LOT.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's kind of crazy that the Natalie Harp news cycle raised some extremely valid questions about the extent of her influence on our octogenarian narcoleptic, none were answered and the press just stopped wondering.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I guess “vegan leather” is the new “faux leather.” That’s when you know you’ve made it in the culture.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 27/09/2026

[narrator's voice] In fact, we're not going with "super intelligence" now, Jake.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Denmark is trolling Trump.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Throw Sam Altman in Guantanamo.

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Like, what illegal immigrant is hiding from the government for 364 days a year and then pops into a government polling place to steal someone’s ballot and vote? The only voter fraud I’ve ever seen is from Republican politicians.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

To be clear, I would rather read something written at a third-grade level with heart and passion than the world's best Shakespearean prose generated by a random number program.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I just learned that Netflix used AI to recreate the voice of Gene Wilder for its "Willy Wonka" game show. I don't care who authorized it. That is a gross, disgusting travesty. Let the dead rest.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The first question any real journalist should ask is, "Was 'Romeo & Juliet' written in Old English?" and the answer is, it was not. Early Modern, I believe in sooth.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

How do the good folks win when we’ve willingly given away so much to the other side?

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/09/2026

Well, *fuck*. California AG Rob Bonta just surrendered to the Trump-aligned billionaires who want to take over and destroy Warners, merging it with the chudded-out husk of Paramount, leaving these two corrupt assholes to control Warners, Paramount *and* Tiktok: www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

The Warner Brothers tower. It has been tinted orange and is leaning at a 30-40' angle. It is surmounted by Trump's hair. The tower is wavering. The background is ominous, red-tinged clouds, through which peek a marching army of banner-waving demons.

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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

No they don't.

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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

tilly norwood vs fred flintstone made up: ✅ / ✅ has a job: ❌ / ✅ catchphrase: ❌ / ✅ pet dinosaur: ❌ / ✅ is a virgin: ✅ / ❌

Tilly Norwood, an inhuman gollum shaped like a perky brunette

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Remember: Telling lies that everyone knows are lies is a classic tactic of dictators to force their followers to side with them over the truth itself. But the public will not be gaslit. We will continue to spread the truth to our communities. Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“Democratic advisers” never fail to be against the people’s side of any issue.

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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If anyone should know what happens when companies are left to do the right thing on their own, it's Rick Scott, whose healthcare company paid nearly $2 billion in lawsuits related to fraud that occurred while he was CEO

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In a normal, functioning democracy, this would end his presidency tonight.

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I would be more confident about Congress's ability to regulate AI if there was proof more than like a dozen members even surface-level understood the basics of the technology.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The reason the big AI companies want a slow down isn’t to stop their work. It’s to lock out others from development and to create anxiety that the random word generator bots are so critical that we must give them all our money. It’s all a scam, all the way down.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026

I said it at the time (and before!), but I truly believe that American voters electing Donald Trump for a second term in 2024 was the dumbest and most self-harming choice made by an electorate in the history of humanity

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Jared Kushner is not "on the other side of the aisle." He's not an elected official. He's not an administration official. He's the president's son-in-law and a private citizen. You do not, in fact, have to take meetings with relatives of the president. Some might even say you should *not* do that

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A.) Gross. B.) He won’t. C.) This would cost around a trillion dollars.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

That seems true, because the American civilization is crumbling to pieces day by day.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Yes, that’s right (in my opinion). Wake me when “trans in sports” is in the top 100 problems facing society today.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Doesn’t this provide cover for anyone to say anything? “Am I lying? I don’t know. Show me where you confronted Trump about his 9/11 lie and I’ll answer your question.”

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The NYT literally has a policy against crediting other outlets when at all possible, it's fucked

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsk... May 5, 2025

I took an investigative reporting course during grad school from a senior NYT journalist. Maybe the best class I took from a skills perspective. use what I learned all the time

Also: we got marked down for linking to local reporting instead of using NYT Authoritative Voice in assignments

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Brynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I don't think Americans, much less the rest of the world, are prepared for what a **** show clown car dumpster fire the 2026 mid-term elections are going to be. And as bad as they are, 2028 will be even worse given how Trump has consolidated almost all power in the executive branch.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A forever war has been the goal of some people ever since 9/11. Gotta keep those defense industries propped up, gotta keep increasing our military and police budgets.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Remember this when they pretend to get mad when you say “Happy Memorial Day” without thinking.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

If only we had a job where people met with him regularly to ask questions and transmit his answers to the American people. Alas.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I tried to submit a correction to Google off their app. Maybe if ten million of us do that, they will stop kowtowing to a madman… but I have no hope.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I do not think I will survive in the world that the tech companies are willing to create.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Well, fuck Google and fuck anyone who goes along with the bullshit.

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Is... is Donald Trump applying to work at the FBI?

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Bryan Sullivan @shillelagh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Time for another real-life game of “Mad King Says.”

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