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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 6h

“At this point, the question isn’t whether Democrats will gain seats, but how many. As such, we are revising our estimate of potential pickups to two to six seats for Democrats — squarely within the range of the four seats they need to net for a majority,” www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

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Democrats now favored in key midterm races that could give them control of US Senate, new projections find – US politics live

Nonpartisan Cook Political Report revises analyses in Kansas, New Hampshire and North Carolina, forecasting Democrats have stronger odds than previously estimated

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 12h

“Many at NatCon view Israel not just as an ally but as an embodiment of the exclusionary ethnostate they wish to establish. National Conservatism sees in Israel a blueprint for the realization of a white, Christian nation…. It is racism that binds these forces.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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US, Israeli and European far-right figures to gather for conference in Israel

Trump’s counter-terrorism ‘czar’, Sebastian Gorka, was scheduled to speak at conference but White House says he will no longer attend

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 15h

“I walk away from the stable salary and benefits of a government job and my retirement likely becomes more complicated. Yet, I will gain much – including a deeper admiration for those who have made much greater sacrifices – and I will preserve my integrity.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’

John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Marco Rubio making us all feel secure: “There’s very limited travel between the US and Russia… but like anything else, something like that gets out, it could quickly spread. So we’re watching and monitoring it closely. I don’t think it’s cause for alarm.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

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Lab worker ‘possibly’ dies of plague in Siberia, prompting quarantine measures

Precautions in place in several hospitals in eastern Russia amid uncertainty over death of Darya Shipilova

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This should be required reading: “What does it take for an ordinary person – a nurse, journalist, construction laborer or cemetery worker – to seek justice after being harmed by a federal agent?” “An Ice agent… She felt her body fling through the air.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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This nurse was assaulted by ICE – and it was caught on video. Now she wants her day in court

Norma Bowe, 68, was flung to the ground at Delaney Hall, the infamous New Jersey detention center. She sees her lawsuit against ICE as one step towards justice

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dangerous: “One of the differences between us and some of the stricter AI safety people is that we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency [to use AI widely]. Sam Altman www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman

Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“The White House has defended a newly hired press aide who posed for a holiday photograph in 2021 wearing a “Fuck Joe Biden” T-shirt and holding a rifle. Harmony, 24, previously worked as a producer for the far-right Turning Point USA host Jack Posobiec www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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White House defends new press aide who posed with rifle in ‘Fuck Joe Biden’ shirt

Beni Rae Harmony, 24, has been ‘a trusted voice for the MAGA movement as a White House correspondent’, White House says

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“The motion argues that Zionism is necessarily racist as it ‘privileges one ethnic group on the basis of the subjugation of others. This motion is aimed at the political ideology and practice of Zionism… Not all Jews are Zionists and not all Zionists are Jews.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism

Motion that has alarmed some Jewish members is passed by 1,022 votes to 813 at party’s annual conference in Brighton

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thank you @mlipsitt.bsky.social for including me! 💙💙💙 go.bsky.app/GLY5rzK

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thank you @thereisawayjose.bsky.social for including me! 💙💙💙 go.bsky.app/G7NBFKj

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today’s packs in honor of Ohio voter quoted in Starr’s article (posted) ‘Trump? I think he’s a disaster’: Ohio voters aggrieved as president prepares to visit. “I don’t believe anything any Republican says right now because every time I fact-check something, they’re lying.” go.bsky.app/HMxrZyM

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“On Saturday, Trump will visit Montgomery county… But the president’s popularity in the industrial midwestern state has plummeted during his second term, and his presence may be more of a hindrance than a help.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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‘Trump? I think he’s a disaster’: Ohio voters aggrieved as president prepares to visit

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Part 2 of free excerpts from Gay Arab American and Middle Eastern Men provided by The Ramble, a gay magazine focused on arts and literature. theramblepress.substack.com/p/gay-arab-a...

Cover of Gay Arab American and Middle Eastern Men.

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Using AI, the early-voting list and the cast-vote record file, Springer, the Princeton researcher who says he’s never been to Georgia, could recover the voting order for 1.52m ballots, or 98.9% of in-person ballots in 114 of the 139 counties he examined. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Georgia holds emergency meeting on AI exposing voters’ secret ballots

A Princeton researcher found that publicly available election records could be combined with AI to link voters to their ballots

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build.” “They can take their tech-bro cash and their weird, intrusive agenda somewhere else” www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/10/02/a...

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Angie Nixon slams JD Vance after VP says she doesn’t ‘belong in America’

“The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build,” Nixon wrote.

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“The IDF’s attempt to portray the 24 participants in NAZA as junior-ranking officers involved only in the early stages of the targeting process is false. They include officers and soldiers who were involved in multiple stages of the targeting process in Gaza…” www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oc...

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NAZA film-makers say they spoke to more than 100 sources about Israeli actions in Gaza

Team behind documentary push back against IDF attempt to discredit its exposure of military systems

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Bringing major industry players into these types of positions at the Pentagon is not something new, but what feels different now is the substantial financial support these two have, and continue to, deliver for the Republican Party. - Brendan Glavin, Open Secrets www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Hegseth puts the future of warfare in the hands of major Maga donors

Installing tech billionaires Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to Pentago defense board raises conflict of interest concerns

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Destroying our military from the inside : “No beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals.” So… no JD Vance, Ted Cruz, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump? Got it! www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

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‘No beardos, no weirdos, no wimps’: Hegseth says he will cut number of US generals by 20% in anti-diversity speech – live

Defense secretary summons military leaders for speech railing against diversity policies

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