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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 01/10/2026
This guy literally packed the courts because Utahns passed an anti-gerrymandering referendum and the state Supreme Court justices, many of whom he appointed, repeatedly sided with the people over him and his fellow Republicans. Spare me the white man tears www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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Utah governor signs bill adding justices to state Supreme Court as redistricting appeal looms
Once the new seats are filled, Gov. Spencer Cox will have appointed five of the seven justices.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026
we tracked months of rent payments to an estimated 13,000 families. the expected cost of rehousing those families, had they entered eviction, would be north of $218 million dollars. keeping them housed cost around $38-40 million
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration “misappropriated” $10 million meant to provide health insurance for poor children. Part of a “sophisticated scheme to fund political activities,” the money was funneled through multiple organizations before reaching two PACs and the Florida GOP.
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Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida
A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A 5-year-old Texan just spent the first day of school in an ICE detention center. ICE kidnapped Liam Tadeo on his way to a soccer game with his dad. Liam should be in kindergarten. Instead, our government has thrown him in a prison camp hundreds of miles from home.
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
White professor ‘ MattGPT ‘ whose most recent book contained fabricated quotations, non-existent source references, & left ChatGPT URLs accidentally embedded in footnotes is sad about Jason Arday’s death but still wants Arday & all black academia held to higher standards than his own writing .
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Kristina @solakri.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
In conversation with right-leaning people I lean into my moral highground. Housing, healthcare, food, education, and a clean environment for all are simply the moral baseline. You can counter any “but communism” argument with that simple, clean, inarguable and 100% correct statement.
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WIRED @wired.com · 08/08/2026
New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails, here’s how to turn that stuff off. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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How to Disable the AI Features in Gmail and Google Docs
New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails, here’s how to turn that stuff off.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Chicago teen shares his experience in ICE detention centers: I am 18 years old and I just graduated from high school in Chicago. I was in ICE detention for 2 months and 10 days. They kept me in solitary for 2 days for no reason, alone in a room with just a toilet. They never let us go outside.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
New report from Ohio Immigrant Alliance: Of 59 criminal ICE and Border Patrol agents, 85% committed sex offenses, nearly 2/3 against children. "The sexual and physical violence against women and children documented in OIA’s report is not an aberration — it is a reflection of the agencies’ culture.”
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They Walk Among Us - Criminal ICE and Border Agents — Ohio Immigrant Alliance
The Ohio Immigrant Alliance released “They Walk Among Us: A List of 59 Sexually and Physically Abusive ICE and Border Agents,” an analysis of sexual and violent crimes committed by ICE and Border Patr...
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
“Prebunking” has been found to be very effective in neutralizing disinformation
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Jeffrey Austin @jaustinedu.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Alpha has a bevy of CogSci influencers, including folks like Carl Hendrick, on their payroll to paper over and obfuscate the behaviorism and surveillance with authoritative sounding words and phrases about “cognitive rigor” and the “science of learning.”
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026
I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It's unthinkable that a U.S. Senator would vote against releasing the Epstein files instead of demanding accountability. But that's exactly what Jon Husted did. Even worse, just weeks before that vote, Husted accepted a maximum campaign contribution from one of Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirators.
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 16/06/2026
Perfect photo, no notes.
Trump is at the G7 meeting, but no one wants to talk to him. He is sad now.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
One possible reason for not disclosing details of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding is it involves the US giving Iran a lot of money—and/or otherwise making rather than receiving apparent concessions—and the White House doesn't want a week of criticism and negative headlines before signing it.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
New: Researchers have quantified how easy AI search is to manipulate. Just 13 words buried in a random Reddit comment can poison AI search results. They suggest this is not easy to stop: "The way you can attack these systems is so much dumber than you think it is" www.404media.co/it-is-trivia...
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It Is Trivially Easy to Use Reddit to Manipulate AI Search, Research Suggests
"We show that a tiny snippet—just 13 words—of retrieved text on a UGC website like Reddit, Wikipedia, Quora, or Facebook can change AI agents to output spam / scam content pretty consistently."
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 14/06/2026
"For the life of me, I can't tell you what led me to reflect on the moment when Nicholas II lost control over a once-burgeoning empire due to widespread unrest that he himself had a hand in shaping." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-h...
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I Have No Idea Why I’ve Suddenly Started Thinking About the 1917 Russian Revolution
“For the life of me, I can’t tell you what led me to reflect on the moment when Nicholas II lost control over a once-burgeoning empire due to widespread unre...
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Kristina @solakri.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If anyone is feeling inclined to support community today, here’s a great one: a sweet little rural free library that i happen to direct. It has great children’s programs! www.givebigchq.org/organization...
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Support Ashville Free Library | Give Big CHQ 2026
I’m ready to support Ashville Free Library on June 11, 2026 during Give Big CHQ 2026. Learn more about Ashville Free Library and all the other organizations participating in Give Big CHQ 2026.
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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 30/05/2026
The fact is that the most correct observation anyone can make about US politics over the previous decade is that voting for Hillary Clinton would have fixed literally everything you’re currently suffering from, and you only think this isn’t the case because of misogyny
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The IRS has agreed to not audit Trump's taxes. But in 2024, a @propublica.org @nytimes.com investigation found that a long-running audit involved Trump allegedly claiming the same huge write-off twice on a Chicago tower. That audit could've led to a tax bill of $100M for Trump. (From May 2024)
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IRS Audit of Trump Could Cost Former President More Than $100 Million
The tax agency concluded in its long-running investigation that Trump effectively claimed the same massive write-off twice on his failed Chicago tower.
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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I’m sure the White House will try to hype up their MAGA “Rededicate 250” event in Washington DC but there’s a cringe-inducing display of empty chairs near the front
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
UPDATE: reportedly ALL Dems were stripped of committees… but white male house Dems are still listed. Only Black reps & women removed. Weird! Sexton + TN House Republicans not beating the “it’s about race” allegations. (P.S. It’s all standing committees. We have screenshots.)
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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
What did people think he meant when he said Republicans just had to elect him this one time and then they would fix it so no one had to vote anymore? Like what other explanation was there?
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
1. More thoughts on the failed attack on the White House Correspondents Dinner. • The president told 60 Minutes that the Secret Service told him to get down. However, video evidence shows that Donald Trump fell.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/04/2026
MAGA accounts tweet in unison about the need for a White House ballroom following WHCD incident
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 23/04/2026
They paused Oversight Committee hearings the minute we started getting answers about the Epstein files. Now it’s “roundtables”: no rules, no oaths, no subpoenas. You do the math. Because the moment accountability shows up, they shut it down. The survivors deserve better.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“What I didn’t know was that measles can cause long-term complications. A child can seem fine while the virus slowly replicates in her brain… Because both Britain and the United States are confronting outbreaks, I am sharing my story. Parents should know just how dangerous this disease is.”
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Opinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14/04/2026
Péter Magyar, who unseated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Sunday in a landslide, shared a bombshell with reporters that the outgoing leader had diverted taxpayer funds to bankroll the American Conservative Political Action Conference. trib.al/ct7GGV3
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
26 years old from South Sudan. He has been in the US since age 13, when he was recruited to the country for basketball. Now being discarded as if he was human refuse. Shame on Syracuse for not intervening. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/04...
Former Syracuse basketball player to be deported after more than a month in ICE custody
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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Keep in mind that everywhere ICE is, your local police have failed you, and abandoned their oath to serve and protect. Zero Ice officers have been arrested. They assault, the kidnap, they kill, and they all walk free. Your local police treat ICE as above the law. The betrayal of duty is staggering.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
CBS News has a bombshell interview with a U.S. soldier who survived the deadly attack in Kuwait on the first day of the way -- he says Pete Hegseth is lying about the attack and that the base "was unprepared to provide any defense for itself." www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-wa...
shrouded figure on CBS
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I interviewed David Costello, who is running for Maine Senate in the D primary. He’s got strong progressive views—and he has never had a Nazi tattoo. I think it’s unfortunate the D party has largely ignored him; I hope ME voters give him a look. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/an-intervi...
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An interview with ME SEN Candidate David Costello
“We’ve never been as democratic as we should be.”
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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
This article cites Doug Philips as one of the leaders of the household voting ideology and the name itched my brain so I looked it up and yeah that guy is currently being sued for grooming and assaulting a teenage nanny who lived with the family for years
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 05/04/2026
New Attorney General Todd Blanche has officially closed the Epstein files. Peculiar timing for Pam Bondi's departure. Check out this and more from my Weekend Video on Substack. Link in reply.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
i feel like if i was tasked with not starting a war and bringing back US manufacturing jobs, i could have done a better job than this
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Kristina @solakri.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
“Interesting” framing here as the BW with a range of legitimate populist bills protecting voting and civil rights, increasing crypto regulation, reforms to criminal justice and repro health as shallow and only anti-Trump, while the wm as the populist with broad appeal. I wonder why.
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kevin @kevdog.cool · 19/02/2026
2) stating that 5% levy on billionaires is insufficient is correct, but goes on to say that’s because there are not enough billionaires. i think we could model it out and find that a 100% tax after your first billion would solve the funding problem.
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Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos @handle.invalid · 10/02/2026
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.” Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
“Good afternoon. My name is [redacted] and my wife and I have been at OMDC since April 15 2025,” reads a handwritten note, wrapped around a lotion bottle that was thrown by a man held captive inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) on Sunday.

“It’s cold here all the time and the food is poor,” the missive continues. “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2026
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I have a theory for another way you could do it that doesn’t require sneering social engineering imposed on working and middle class americans
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Thag Simmons @dhsanders.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
One thing many people refuse to understand is that voting for Kamala Harris doesn’t excuse you for telling everyone she sucks and convincing others not to vote for her
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Elizabeth Shockman @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
We know that 4more children from Liam's school are still in ICE custody in TX. But we still do not know how many children from MN in total have been detained by ICE.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I know this from researching police salaries for a recent paper: many cities have a set of officers taking home more than $500k and they can’t really explain why oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/o...
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One Oakland police officer made $490,000 in overtime. The city can’t find records detailing much of what he did
One OPD officer logged 5,242 total working hours, racking up $490,000 in overtime pay. If he worked more than half of the time in a calendar year, why can't the city tell us what he did?
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