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Steven Lemongello

@stevelemongello.bsky.social
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Senior Editor at the Orlando Sentinel. Jersey native, Florida convert

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 1h
Trump refuses to turn his camera on at the G7 summit
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: GOP Gov nominee Victor Marx says he'll respond today to domestic violence allegations - video/audio where he describes slamming his wife into a door and throwing his toddler across a room. Voters/reporters new to Marx may not realize he has a long history of justifying violence.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 4h
Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit
David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4h
BREAKING NYT: The top super PAC for Senate Republicans is canceling all the remaining ads it had booked in North Carolina as of Friday — shifting away tens of millions of dollars in a move that signals that Republicans no longer see a path to winning the state this fall.
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Republicans Pull Money From North Carolina Senate Race As Midterm Prospects Dim
The Senate Leadership Fund is diverting money to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party as it seeks to hold its majority.
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 3h
X: The hallucinatory Bespoke Realities generator that all the politicians and journalists happen to be on
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 4h
The problem isn’t that they’re moving past it—it’s that they’re trying to rehabilitate it. Would be better for everyone if people who don’t want to engage with the facts just talked about the play on the field and left it at that.
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 4h
Another moment when sports is useful, when it gets right at the truth of things. People want so damn badly to move on from reports of harm, from having to even think about the harm that men have done to women. Playing well in a game allows that. It's crude, yes, but it's common. ANYTHING to move on.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 7h
Here's what Tucker Carlson is up to when he talks to his own audience, instead of interviewers from NPR or NY Times: Explaining that white people are facing extinction and the ADL is trying to cover it up. He concludes, "Noticing is hate. Noticing is violence." www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carls...
TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): Again, what possible interest would the Anti-Defamation League have in attacking whites in South Africa who say they're being killed, especially since there are many, many hundreds who have been killed? And that's documented. That's not a guess, and it's not a conspiracy theory. And every single one of them was killed by a Black South African. This is intra-racial crime, and it is racially motivated.And the testimony of almost every survivor corroborates that. So why is it in the interest of the ADL not simply to deny it's happening, but to attack the survivors of it and their family members? You have to ponder that for a minute.

Here's Wikipedia's response to this racial conspiracy theory. Quote, white genocide is a political myth based on pseudoscience, pseudohistory, and ethnic hatred, and is driven by a psychological panic often termed white extinction anxiety.

White extinction anxiety, often referred to as white extinction anxiety. So let's just, I don't know, get the demographic numbers, which are publicly available for the biggest white countries in Europe and North America, and ask a really simple question. Is the percentage, the proportion, of the white population going up or down? Say over the past 50 years, has it gone up or down? Well, it's not only gone down, it's bottomed out. United States went from nearly 90% white over 60 years to probably less than half white.

So that's white extinction anxiety? No. Those are facts. So again, it's not enough to pretend that it's not happening. Wikipedia, like the ADL, like CBS News, like ABC News, feels the moral obligation to attack anyone who happens to notice what's happening. The facts are themselves racist. Objectively, again Wikipedia, white people are not dying out or facing extermination. The purpose of the conspiracy theory is to justify a commitment to a white nationalist agenda in support of calls to violence.

Noticing is hate. Noticing is violence.
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Will Cooling @willcooling.bsky.social · 7h
It's worth remembering that this upswing in online racism towards Indian-Americans began over a photo of Indian-Americans celebrating at a College Football game i.e. they were actually assimilating just fine, and the racists hated that
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 6h
Reminds me of when they took a gold standard brand like HBO and changing it to Max. How do people who get paid so much money makes such stupid mistakes that I, who gets paid no money, can see a mile off?
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 6h
“It’s going to be a tsunami. Total wipe out. Anyone saying we’re going to hold the Senate, that’s not going to happen. They’re delusional. Get ready for impeachment. Everyone needs a lawyer now.” www.tarapalmeri.com/p/at-the-rep...
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"It's Going to Be a Tsunami"
The bar in Dallas knew first. Now the numbers do too. Plus: Axios's Marc Caputo on the conversations inside the White House he can't report yet...
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 7h
Rufo has his fingers in all of ugliest MAGA propaganda campaigns — DEI, CRT, Somali daycare fraud, "groomers," Haitians stealing & eating pets... — and now "The Indian Question"
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 7h
Rufo and Keeperman's defense of French boils down to white nationalism: white people prefer to live w/ other white people. Keeperman wants "homogeneity," "cultural cohesion" & to live in a "high-trust society" where there's "unspoken affinity" between neighbors talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 7h
if you've been wondering how thin the commitment to the cultural is as an. 'alternative' to explicit racism of the more clearly segregationist sort, consider the implications of "the mere fact of us being able to notice" that someone is of South Asian heritage as ruling our assimilation
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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 8h
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Cornell quietly edits FAQ page about fraternity sexual assault allegations amid public backlash
On Wednesday, the university removed a sentence stating that campus police “shared all investigatory information with the Tompkins County District Attorney's Office.”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Feels like skipping past the Civil War and World War II are sorta big tells here? I wonder why he doesn't want to talk about the times the US military waged war against white supremacists. Probably a totally innocent explanation, right? Right?
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 8h
Rufo often gets treated as a "respectable" conservative. His latest podcast episode — framing Indian-Americans as a problem in need of solving — is more evidence that he shouldn't be.
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 8h
SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 8h
We’ve got the inside story of how Trump’s displeasure with seeing homeless people in D.C. became the first domino in a series of actions that culminated in the administration’s stunning decision to weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans to live in their homes and communities.
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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 Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19h
Breaking news: Major League Baseball has abandoned a proposal to build a ballpark in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park.
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MLB drops proposal to host a baseball game at Grand Teton National Park
After The Washington Post reported on the proposal, local leaders sent letters to the Trump administration and the MLB commissioner expressing strong opposition.
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Alex DeLuca @alexldeluca21.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New: A Florida county discovered Flock cameras along its roads that officials didn’t know were there. No one has publicly claimed them. Who has operated them — and who has had access to their data — remains a mystery. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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Florida county discovers mysterious Flock cameras with no obvious owner
Officials say they don’t know who installed the controversial cameras or how the data was being used. Residents are unnerved.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 01/10/2026
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
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California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
The California state bill would have penalized people who secretly recorded people in public with wearables equipped with cameras and microphones.
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Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 21h
vibe shift's coming
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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I want to believe that someone at the Times knew what they were doing here.
New York Times homepage link reading: 
FRANK BRUNI AND BRET STEPHENS:
Behold the Paragons of Rank Incompetence
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says
The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Signs you might really have crossed a line: The torture guy is suggesting a firing squad as a more humane alternative
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026
"they really believe it"/"they will try to do it"/"the promises are real" are things that most americans refuse to believe about politicians but if you take them seriously will help you predict political behavior more often than not
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
the fact that the first sexual assault allegation, corroborated by texts sent by the complainant to a friend about the assault right after it happened, wasn’t enough to stop people from subsequently endorsing this guy is bananas. that they’re acting shocked by these new allegations is ridiculous.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING WSJ: The Trump Justice Department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor's office that investigated Watergate committed misconduct. A revisionist historian went to DOJ HQ to present his case that Richard Nixon and his associates weren't treated fairly.
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Exclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
JD Vance on Angie Nixon: "Get the hell out of here. You don't belong in America"
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🧊 "He tripped on a curb." ICE incident reports read like statements by domestic battery defendants.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Those losing their health benefits who were previously eligible include refugees of war, asylees who fled persecution, victims of sex trafficking, & interpreters who risked their lives assisting U.S. service members in Afghanistan — all of whom are in the country w/ the federal govt’s permission”
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U.S. poised to boot legal immigrants from Medicaid, including refugees and sex-trafficking victims
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants with legal status, including refugees and sex-trafficking victims, are at risk of losing government health coverage starting Oct. 1.
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Adam Lichtenstein @adamlichtenstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good thread. No one likes paywalls. But you can't expect journalists to work for free. If you want to consume something, you have a choice to pay for it or not. Being aghast at having to pay is wild. No one goes to a restaurant and says, "But I *need* to eat. Why are you charging me?"
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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 01/10/2026
To lose visitors in the year you HOST THE WORLD CUP and celebrate a big anniversary is truly incredible.
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump's TIME interview is wild. He can't stay on topic, can't stop rambling. The first question he gets is on AI safety, and he rambles about golf. He can't hear questions. Steven Cheung has to jump in to answer q's Trump can't. He tells the same stories over and over, but acts like they're new.
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Near the end, he accuses the reporter of not asking him about Venezuela, then seems to forget they already talked about it, then goes back to yammering about the ballroom. He ends the interview by claiming the Secret Service wanted to tear the Oval Office down, and he stopped them.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
was like, wow, that’s by far the best Paxton statewide number in a while, and then I noticed it wasn’t a statewide number
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OGBobbyJoshson @jawalker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s like sending cash in the mail and writing dollar signs all over the envelope.
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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm pretty sure there's a reason that the envelope with your new credit card in it looks exactly the same as the envelope with your bill and the envelope with a bunch of ads, and it's not (entirely) so you open the one with ads in it.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026
Breaking news: The family of Renée Good has sued the U.S. and officials for her death. “Renee’s death was not an accident,” lawyers for Good’s family said, adding its aim was to “silence anyone who dared to raise their voice in protest.”
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Renée Good’s family sues Trump officials, saying death was ‘not an accident’
The death of the mother of three sparked protests and scrutiny over how federal officers are using force against both immigrants and protesters.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: A judge has just permanently dismissed the Trump Justice Department's Reflecting Pool indictment against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
".. When pressed on the limits of his power, Trump left himself ample room: He would not rule out declaring a national emergency or invoking the Insurrection Act around the midterms .. 'I’m not committing to anything,' he says."
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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So many different people, groups, and organizations have come together to push back against the attack on the freedom to read, including students themselves. Read more about what students in Florida are doing here:
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No more book bans: how Florida students are pushing rightwingers out of school boards
Local communities are fighting back against the influence of conservative groups like Moms for Liberty in education
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I love that the U.S. government now has ideas so dumb that the fact checks are simply “yeah this isn’t a parody, it’s real”
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UncleofJamiroquai @jessefarrar.com · 01/10/2026
It seems quaint now that we do all our banking and race science there, but, nevertheless, it's true: at one time, people mostly wrote jokes on Twitter. 10 years ago, I wrote one about an old asshole and it kinda changed my life. Not his, though. www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
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The tweet that defined a decade of Trump | CNN
It’s been 10 years since Jesse Farrar accidentally defined a political era with one pithy, prescient tweet. He wishes it never happened.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A lot of independent college daily newspapers show what journalism could be in the absence of corporate control.
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When the US State Department is doing such great work to project a friendly American face to the world, it’s a total mystery why fewer people are choosing to visit.
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It's a beautiful sight.
This and 250,000 visa revocations.
U.S. DEPARTMENT of STATE
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