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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 1h
Devistating. And against Congress's directive. SBE was included in the 26 budget and the NSF section states that "no directorate shall receive more than a 5 percent reduction relative to the fiscal year 2024 enacted level."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h
This line by @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com might be the best short description of "originalism" I've read yet.
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The New Voice of Ukraine @english.nv.ua · 2h
Ukrainian child-rights advocate Mykola Kuleba and his Save Ukraine organization have been included on PRIO’s list of potential 2026 Nobel Peace Prize recipients for their work rescuing children affected by Russia’s war. The list is not an official list of nominees
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Mykola Kuleba named among possible Nobel Peace Prize picks
Ukrainian child rights advocate Mykola Kuleba, founder and head of Save Ukraine, has been named among possible candidates for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize ahead of the winner’s announcement on Oct. 9, t...
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 5h
This site is one of the most contaminated sites in the entire country. It's a former military barracks where forever chemicals in drinking water have been found to be 575,000x over the federal limit. It's run by LaSalle Corrections foundation, the "charitable" arm of the LaSalle.
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Voices of Florida Fund @voffund.bsky.social · 5h
FLORIDA: it’s down to the wire with only TWO days left to register. Be part of the resistance. Get it done. #VotingIsPunk
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h
The Trump administration was too stupid to realize that cutting food safety programs and firing thousands of public servants would have shitty consequences. Watch.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 19h
Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.
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US appeals court blocks Minnesota's AI 'nudification' law for now in XAI lawsuit
Elon Musk's xAI on Friday ​persuaded a US ‌federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ​ban on AI-generated ​fake nude images as ⁠the technology and ​social media company pursues ​a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h
Endless corruption.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11h
I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 18h
The stark reality is that Putin’s strategic goal is the EU’s destruction and Ru political control over as much of Europe as possible. Wherever he succeeds will be unfree, just like the Soviet Bloc was, and therefore any European who doesnt want to defend from Russia now is an enemy of freedom.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18h
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 23h
Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 17h
Rick is calling this the GOP’s worst week in years—and the polls back him up. Texas and Ohio are tightening. Republicans are stepping on rake after rake. Bad polls. Brutal hearings. MAGA is in trouble. Democrats: stay on message. Everyone else: VOTE EARLY: WATCH HERE bit.ly/4ARtZ30
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Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD @rburdine1.bsky.social · 17h
Princeton, Plainsboro, South Brunswick peeps - Register your complaints. See here for more of the concerns: princetonnj.gov/m/newsflash/...
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 18h
You don't get to claim you are treating anything with "seriousness" after you assert that "narco-terrorist cartels are our hemisphere's ISIS." The further beclowning of US counterterrorism.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22h
Charlie Angus: In just a year and a half, Canadian purchases of vehicles made on the American side of the border dropped 30%. If you take the American export auto economy, Canada’s number one. If you take the next 10 countries and put them together, it’s still less than Canada at number one.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good news: Wilber Garces Perez finally had surgery to remove the bullet that was in his back for 11 days. It took far too long, and it's more proof of ICE cruelty. But we kept up the pressure, and Wilber got the care he needed. Speaking up for our neighbors works.
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Make the Road NY @maketheroadny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In a momentous victory for immigrants’ rights, the Southern District of NY issued a final, landmark ruling prohibiting ICE officers from conducting civil immigration enforcement actions in or near immigration courthouses, except under limited circumstances, in New York City & across the nation.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So Americans pay more taxes in order to get AI centers in their backyards. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One knock on effect of Musk buying out Twitter is that the “respectable” racists have lost their sense of how many layers of kayfabe they have to slap on their bigotry.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A gut-punch of a statistic, reflective of what's happening throughout the entire natural world. But using the word "stocks" to describe a wild population of one of Earth's most breathtaking, magical species indicates precisely why we've reached such a predicament. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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Ireland’s wild Atlantic salmon stocks down 80% since 1970s
Public consultation launched amid fears ‘iconic species’ could be lost entirely from Irish rivers
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Mjkwho @mjkwho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This morning’s newsletter: Not to alarm you...but things are pretty damn rotten in the executive branch of our federal government, as Ur-Idiocy joins hands with Ur-Fascism. www.thebulwark.com/p/not-to-ala...
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Not To Alarm You, But Trump’s Brain Is Melted
And Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“unilaterally change the world without having to constantly convince people… tech is an incredible alternative to politics…” JD Vance & Trump-backing billionaire Peter Thiel making it clear tech oligarchs hate democracy👇🏽 When they tell you what they’re doing, believe them
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The CDC is now the CDC in name only. Along with staff cuts, RFK Jr has made it difficult for scientists to do their jobs, including response to outbreaks such as measles and Ebola. Twenty political appointees now direct staff to spend time and $$ on dubious hypotheses. 🧪 archive.today/r38pw
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Stealing money specifically appropriated for Slovakia and North Macedonia FEELS like a favor to Putin. Stealing money specifically appropriated for Iraq -- from which we've withdrawn a SECOND major base in the Middle East -- feels like a favor to Putin's allies in Iran.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
But as NYT reported (as did others), the fate of the Iranian militias in Iraq are a very big deal. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/w...
First established with Iranian support to fight the U.S. occupation, the militias killed hundreds of American soldiers, and the sectarian bloodshed they helped foment killed tens of thousands of Iraqis. In 2014, when Iraqi Shiites mobilized to fight the Islamic State, the militias multiplied. In the years since, the thousands-strong militias have grown in power — not only through military might but also by forming political parties that deeply embed them in the state.

Mr. al-Zaidi has pledged to bring the militias under state control by mid-2027. But it is far from clear that he can deliver. The stakes are high: Through Iraq’s U.S.-based bank account for oil payments, Washington controls the physical shipment of dollars Iraq earns and has shown itself willing to use that power after temporarily halting the flow this year.

Iran is determined to preserve the militias, which have proved to be valuable partners in launching strikes during the war, in sowing regional chaos and in inflicting drastic costs on the global economy.

In a recent New York Times interview, Mr. al-Zaidi said, “Every Iraqi today wants his country to have complete sovereignty; they want power to be exclusively in the hands of the state,” and he pledged to end “the law of the jungle.”

The unforeseen consequences of withdrawal
Many Iraqis worry how their country will fare in this struggle.

“We fear Iraq could be swallowed up,” said Ahmad al-Shammari, an employee at the ministry of education in Falluja, a city that came to symbolize the fragile victories of the first American military presence in Iraq.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
WaPo reports that Trump is stealing money again, this time money appropriated for (among others) Eastern Europe and sending it to Latin America. But I think stealing $$ from Iraq is just as important. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Late Wednesday, the administration quietly notified Congress it was defying the hold and moving ahead, diverting to Panama, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia $52 million that had been approved for Slovakia, North Macedonia, Tunisia and Iraq, the officials said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss security matters.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Nations crumble, democracy becomes obsolete, a tech-powered elite rules… threaded into the Trump admin, with VP Vance one of their own… When a nation is betrayed by its wealthiest citizens, existential crisis follows… tech fascism has global ambitions…”😕🤷🏼 #NerdReich
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/10/2026
Cornell University police in 2024 summarized hours of interviews with a woman who said she was attacked in the Chi Phi fraternity house into a document that excluded her unequivocal statement that she had been raped, documents show. A prosecutor did not pursue criminal charges based on the document.
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Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is good but still presents an implementation challenge because Throw polling at 60% is misleading when Take polls at 5%.
A dog asks his human to throw his ball without taking the ball from him.
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The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net · 30/09/2026
The image of dominance is not the same as dominance. @jamellebouie.net explains how authoritarian spectacle works—and why puncturing the image matters. From LibCon2026. #LibCon2026
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is quite the graph from a new retrospective cohort study in Neurology: “In conclusion, football is the leading cause of sports-related traumatic brain injury in children and young adults, and its risks are amplified by institutional promotion despite decades of accumulating evidence of harm.”
Figure one: age breakdown of traumatic brain injuries by activity. The graph clearly shows that American tackle football has the highest number of traumatic brain injuries.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Hill reviewed the texts from which Eric Schmitt invented his conspiracy. They never mentioned the Hawks OR the Hawkeyes. thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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Smith’s game-day texts reviewed by Schmitt never referenced basketball team names
Text messages obtained by The Hill show former special counsel Jack Smith’s staff didn’t reference any basketball team names, adding to the confusion around why Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) errantly a…
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Chris Conti @chriscontiphoto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey legal and finance Bluesky: I just got a court notice of a class action trial verdict against Elon Musk for manipulating the stock price of Twitter in 2022. If you sold shares (or bought puts or sold calls) from May-Oct 2022, you can get some of Elon Musk's money. Here are the docs.
Court-ordered class action lawsuit trial verdict notice informing individuals of a jury verdict against Elon Musk entitling individuals who sold Twitter stock (and/or bought put options or sold call options) during the period of May-October 2022 that they are entitled to monetary compensation due to the trial verdict finding that Musk illegally manipulated the stock price of Twitter.
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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hegseth purged all the trans and woke cybersecurity specialists aaaaaaaand
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026
Impeach Hegseth on January 3. I don’t care if you don’t have enough senate votes to convict and remove.
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Matt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
and arguably perfidy as well www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
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Plane used in boat strike painted like civilian aircraft: Report
The plane used by the U.S. military to strike an alleged drug boat off Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft, AP reports.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
poor Mark was just making ends meet and had to do this
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 30/09/2026
ICE today signed a $7.2 million contract with Akima Infrastructure Protection for the construction of a soft sided camp to hold detained women at the Batavia Service Processing Center in Buffalo, N.Y.
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ICE funds tent camp for detained women at Batavia
A federal contracting record shows DHS is paying Akima for a "soft-sided tent facility" for detained women, weeks after a New York law barred county jails from holding people for DHS.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026
Yesterday’s White House gathering resulted in a voluntary, non-binding, and non-enforceable agreement to commit to safety policies the companies had already committed to during the Biden administration, and that they’ve claimed to be already following.
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Eric Schmitts the Bed
Plus: Trump’s dangerous, reckless embrace of AI.
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“One rural GOP lawmaker told me he has heard from Ossoff 20 to 25 times, either after natural disasters, to follow up on constituent requests or just to check in. The lawmaker asked not to be named to avoid repercussions from GOP leaders” www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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The quiet habit behind Sen. Jon Ossoff’s success
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff sets aside a block of several hours dedicated to calling Georgians who are not expecting a call from him. The results are showing up in the polls.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 30/09/2026
By raking in $2.2 billion last year, President Trump made the equivalent of a presidential salary about every two hours. And he made the median American's annual income about every 10 minutes.
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mullin is lying. These were not identified as "high-risk" nations, and it was not "tougher vetting" that cut entries. The absolute number of denials is LOWER now than under Biden. They just aren't even processing applications, and you owe every American sponsor an answer.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can confirm.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They can, & should, also defund the Supreme Court itself, until such point as the Wizard in Robes decide to start following the laws & Constitution again: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There really is this rash of very weird GOP defenses. Like when Paxton said the guy didn’t do one day in prison. That’s a lie! I put him in for a hard 60 days! Or Marshall saying he didnt get the pregnant woman arrested for late bill. It was for not showing up for the lawsuit over the late bill!
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 30/09/2026
The State Department knowingly agreed to the partnership the same day federal officials revealed Oxygen Forensics’ Russian connections. trib.al/0yiSgot
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Marco Rubio Signed Contract With Company After Kremlin Ties Exposed
The State Department knowingly agreed to the partnership the same day federal officials revealed Oxygen Forensics’ Russian connections.
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