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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 3h
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Rocko’s Modern Basilisk @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 4h
this is how a cartoon dog would stand if it was about to be lifted in the air by the aroma of a delicious pie
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 5h
#Flydubai flight to #TelAviv diverted to #SaudiArabia. Israeli sources suspect co-pilot was trying to #hijack plane after stabbing captain. Flight #FZ1073 was scheduled to land in Tel Aviv, but sources say after a "violent incident" between the 2 pilots, it was diverted to Tabuk airport in […]
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h
In the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/i...
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In the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" - emptywheel
Once you realize Trump's morally binding AI code doesn't even spell "United States" properly, the whole sham looks even more ominous.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 7h
"This was elder care masquerading as world-saving policy, stringing together some of Trump’s favorite activities — proximity to power, document signings, and arbitrary renamings — for an entire day."
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h
After Assaulting David Huerta and Then Lying about It, Ryan Ribner Lied So He Could Spy on SEIU emptywheel.net/2026/09/29/a...
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After Assaulting David Huerta and Then Lying about It, Ryan Ribner Lied So He Could Spy on SEIU - emptywheel
HSI Agent Ryan Ribner has been lying again.
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 21h
An embarrassing episode epitomizes the #GOP’s failures to pin down #JackSmith #Republicans have struggled mightily to substantiate Trump’s desire for Smith to be charged criminally. But rarely has it seemed to backfire like it did Tuesday. Sen #EricSchmitt of Missouri crafted an apparent […]
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h
A man charged with rape and sexual assault casually joking about consent at an official event with Trump White House officials.
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 22h
#SCOTUS lets quick #deportations to third countries resume for now while it weighs #Trump policy #law #immigration #ExtraordinaryRendition #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt […]
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Tuesday allowed a pro-voting challenge to Louisiana’s proof-of-citizenship voter registration law to move forward, including claims that the law discriminates against voters based on national origin. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Judge greenlights challenge to Louisiana anti-voting law, citing discrimination claims
The judge found that the pro-voting plaintiffs had plausibly alleged that officials in Lafayette Parish discriminated against some registration applicants based on national origin.
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Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In what I believe is a first for my eyes, Trump withdraws his appeal fighting the payout of $5M in damages to E. Jean Carroll
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The government's AI chatbot is able to say something that no Trump nominee is allowed to.
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
Former special counsel #JackSmith testifies before #Senate #Judiciary Committee #Trump #NationalSecurity #Jan6 #insurrection #DomesticTerrorism #StateSponsoredTerrorism #PoliticalViolence #SeditiousConspiracy #law #ElectionInterference […]
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
3 little words: cease and desist! The WH is using JMSN’s music in campaign-style ads without permission that they wouldn’t have gotten anyway @democracydefendersaction.org w/Ballard is proud to represent JMSN, demanding immediate end to ads using his music & a written account of every airing -TN
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JMSN, "Love Me" Artist, Demands White House Stop Using His Music in Its Political Ads
Attorneys for Christian Berishaj, who performs as JMSN, last night sent a cease-and-desist letter to White House Chief o
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Last night I wrote about consequences, and what happens when the courts give Trump a pass. I hope you'll take a moment to read it, especially in this moment where we see the Court isn't immune to public pressure—Justice Alito just recused from a case because of it.
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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 29/09/2026
Interesting details on how the Iowa steel deal got done. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
Mesabi executives have leaned on a Trump-world insider as the company has sought to expand its footprint in the United States. The company hired Jason Miller, a longtime Trump adviser, as its lobbyist, paying him at least $240,000 through his company SHW Partners, according to lobbying disclosure records. The government of India also hired Mr. Miller’s company, paying $150,000 per month for “strategic counsel, tactical planning and government relations assistance on policy matters before the U.S. government,” according to federal filings under the Foreign Agent Registration Act.
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taber @kvetch.gay · 28/09/2026
Here's a map of how iron ore mined in Minnesota moves (the red lines). Note the markers for where steel facilities are located, they're where they are because you have to move the stuff on ships. There are no steel mills in Iowa of any size because you can't get the fucking stuff it's made of there
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Whatever it is youre seeking won't come in the form you're expecting. Says Skeletor always surprised by how correct it is that you don’t ways get what you want, you get what you need.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: Watchdog group Democracy Forward files federal civil lawsuit against Defense Dept seeking records about Jennifer Hegseth's use of DOD staff, attendance at agency meetings, appearance on official calendars
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Where is Ann Wagner? She can't run on her 14 year record. She can't run on the economy. She can't talk about what she has done for the district. All these years she counted on gerrymandering and an R next to her name. Now she is in trouble and all she can do is smear me. It won't work.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THERE IT IS: Group of January 6 riot defendants have filed each filed federal civil lawsuits in DC seeking taxpayer-funded compensatory and punitive damages for alleged violations of their righrs They claim they were "targeted..and punished" for "protected expressive" activity
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Team Algae @coastalwatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another day, another unpredictable atrocity. Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
#Trump admin airs 2024 Trump campaign ad in latest #taxpayer funded messaging The 30-second video, which is virtually identical to one that aired in 2024, shows Trump walking down a hallway as his voice can be heard warning of a “final battle” against “globalists” & “warmongers.” It ends with a […]
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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A new CNN KFile investigation finds two past accounts from Texas GOP candidate Bo French calling for public executions of government officials, Obama, Adam Schiff, and more. Repeatedly asked Texas GOP, Paxton, Abbott campaigns if they stood by him and got no response. www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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KFile: Texas GOP candidate Bo French has a history of calling for public executions | CNN Politics
Bo French, the Republican nominee for one of Texas’ most powerful statewide offices, is facing bipartisan criticism over a racist post about the crowd at a University of Texas football game.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump/GOP cratering by many new metrics: *He's hit 35% in at least one polling average *NBC average has Ds +9 *Cook Political Report shifts 15 races toward Dems *House races in Trump +10 districts now toss ups *Senate races in deep red states now toss-ups On today's pod we cover all this data:
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 27/09/2026
Meanwhile it appears DOJ some time ago leaked the 37 pages to a Trump-friendly reporter. I wonder if they disclosed that to the judge. “So secret we can’t show you but we leaked them” is not a good look. meidasnews.com/news/trump-d...
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Trump DOJ Claims It Complied With Latest Epstein Order in Katie Phang Case
Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered Attorney General Todd Blanche to submit unredacted FBI notes and support disputed victim redactions, while a temporary appellate pause now blocks foreign-language file rev...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Experienced FBI counterterrorism experts were punished for refusing to investigate something that, at most, warranted the attention of the DC Metro police.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Again, one thing that's not making much of the coverage on DOJ's move to intervene in Elon Musk's lawsuit against the EU is that it puts DOJ on the side of Elon's ONGOING Blue Check fraud. emptywheel.net/2026/09/27/d...
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DOJ Intervenes in EU to Help Elon Musk Defraud Users - emptywheel
DOJ is now colluding with Elon Musk in fraud, all to export far right extremism into the EU.
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A Week of GOP Panic charliesykes.substack.com/p/a-week-of-...
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A Week of GOP Panic
Perhaps you can detect a theme here:
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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Immigration crackdown hits Kansas, disrupts beef processing" www.ksl.com/article/5162... "Immigration enforcement could be ​the latest to work at cross purposes, causing record-high beef prices to tick ⁠up even higher"
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
#WhiteHouse Blocks #CNN From #AirForceOne CNN won’t be able to join #Trump on a Saturday trip to Tennessee. He had banned CNN & two other news outlets from the White House, but a #CourtOrder on Thursday restored their access. #law #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary #Constitution #FirstAmendment […]
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
An important note here:
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
#SCOTUS Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of #Midterms The #Trump admin’s system to monitor the #citizenship status of voters raised alarms about #privacy & improper #VoterPurges. SCOTUS ruled Friday the Trump admin can deploy an expansive online system that combines citizenship info […]
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Be Careful of What You Wish For, Stolen Documents Conspiracy Edition emptywheel.net/2026/09/25/b...
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Be Careful of What You Wish For, Stolen Documents Conspiracy Edition - emptywheel
In a filing trying to get Aileen Cannon to write down what her new Cannonball rules are, attorneys for FBI agents involved in the stolen document case point out that Cannon is presiding over an invest...
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
The nation’s #cybersecurity agency Thurs released an #election infrastructure security plan 40 days before Nov’s #midterms, laying out potential threats to election systems & listing services it would offer to election ofcls to protect the #vote. Election ofcls said the plan is both inadequate […]
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
Justice #KetanjiBrownJackson Thurs slammed #SCOTUS’ use of its “emergency docket,” suggesting the court has misused [abused] the process to allow the #Trump admin to move forward with a host of controversial policies while challenges “play out” in lower courts. SCOTUS’ emergency docket has been […]
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
oh my god is elon trying to get a court of law to rule that it's ok for white people to say the n word
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The nearly decade-long case of Crystal Mason, who was sentenced to 5 yrs in prison over a voting error, will end with an acquittal The wife of the current district attorney, who fought to keep her conviction in place, asked Crystal if she would consider voting for him
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Texas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error case
Crystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
The #Senate rejected a resolution Thurs to block #Trump from ordering further strikes on #Iran, as #Republicans voice growing concern about the #war ahead of the #midterms. The measure failed on a 49-50 vote in the Senate after passing the #House in July. Four Republicans—Rand Paul (KY), Susan […]
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: Judge Timothy Kelly grants CNN, MS NOW, and Politico’s TRO against the Trump administration, ordering that the reporters affected “immediately” have their White House hard passes reinstated. The TRO is in effect for 14 days. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
For all these reasons, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, ECF No. 2, is GRANTED.
2. It is further ORDERED that Defendants (except for President Trump) and their agents, representatives, and all persons or entities acting in concert with them shall immedi-
ately return, reinstate, and restore the White House "hard pass" press credentials held by employees of CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO that were revoked on or about September 18, 2026, until further Order of the Court or the expiration of this Temporary
Restraining Order.
3. It is further ORDERED that this Temporary Restraining Order shall remain in effect for 14 days.
4. It is further ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall post a $1.00 bond in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c) by October 1, 2026.
SO ORDERED.
Is/ Timothy J. Kelly
TIMOTHY J. KELLY
United States District Judge
Date: September 24, 2026
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 24/09/2026
O Canada! 🇨🇦 "A street in Canada’s capital bearing the name of the current U.S. president will be renamed. Ottawa City Council unanimously agreed to a motion to begin the process of renaming Trump Avenue in Ottawa’s Central Park neighbourhood." www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
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Trump Avenue in Ottawa’s Central Park neighbourhood to be renamed
A street in Canada’s capital bearing the name of the current U.S. president will be renamed.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My kids have measles, I can't afford gas, my country has been humiliated by Iran, and our senile rapist president is going to allow unregulated AI to destroy our civilization. But a lesbian bar in a town I've never heard of still has a mask mandate. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Or maybe just embarrass yourselves. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
Stupid is as stupid does #Trump #WhiteHouse banned #Politico, citing anonymous sources. It provided the quotes. The WH told Politico in a letter Tues that it had taken the unusual step of revoking its #press passes last week because the #news org had violated professional standards, including […]
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trumps insisted that the sacred precincts of the Oval Office “should be treated with Decorum, Respect, and Dignity, not defiled by Third Rate Clowns.” Proving once again that Irony has been beaten to death by hammers and buried under 20 leagues of guano. charliesykes.substack.com/p/trumps-att...
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Trump’s Attack on the 1st Amendment Isn’t Just About the Press.
Plus: The GOP freakout cometh.
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
#HarveyWeinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, was sentenced in NYC to 15 years in prison Wednesday for a felony #SexCrime in another #MeToo reckoning. Weinstein’s sentencing for sexually assaulting one-time TV PA Miriam Haley followed a legal odyssey spanning >6 yrs. His 2020 conviction was […]
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kikishelf.bsky.social @kikishelf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Stanford Used A.I. to Swap Black Student for Hispanic Student in a Photo (Gift Article)
Universities have been accused of doctoring photos to showcase diversity in the past. In this case, a Black woman replaced a Hispanic young man, who said it was upsetting to be “erased.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🔥 Epic Trolling here — the @cnbctv18.bsky.social feed plays “SEND IN THE CLOWNS” 🤡 right before Trump walks in for this performative face-saving Greenland *treaty* signing ceremony, which repackages rights already held. (It’s real… 21 min mark: www.youtube.com/live/8yQCPyh...)
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