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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 11/09/2026

Here’s how the New York Times describes this moment in their coverage:

At one point Mr. Trump asked attendees to raise their right hands and pledge to him that he would vote with their family and friends.
Dutifully, they did.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is appalling. These Haitians were here legally under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. The Trump regime spread racist lies, ended the program, declared them illegal and rounded them up in chains for deportation. Now DHS is proudly posting videos of Black Haitians in chains.

Trump’s Department of Homeland Security posted a video of Black Haitians in chains after ending the TPS program

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The New York Times wouldn't let me write about the Age of Diarrhea so I had to do it myself.

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Welcome to the Age of Diarrhea

The future is not knowing what ails you

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/07/2026

funny how the cutting edge of the far right is just regurgitated slaveholder agitprop from 1850.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup:

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If you ever doubt how magical this world is, one day you will decide to go to a World Cup watch party in Oakland that you found online to root for a country where you spent two years trying to coax English out of the mouths of Cape Verdean teenagers. 1/7
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And at the watch party you will ask the organizer if he's from Cape Verde. He will say yes, from Praia. And you'll say oh! I lived there for two years. I was a teacher. And he will ask, "What's your name?" You will tell him and he will say,
"You were my teacher."
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And across 30+ years and 6,000 miles you will hug a now man who tried to find you and remembered the songs you taught him and his classmates and he will apologize for how badly behaved they all were. And you will laugh and try not to cry and gape in wonder at at this crazy world.

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You will remember how much you love the World Cup. And what the Peace Corps meant to you. What those students, 40 to a class with no glass on the windows, meant to you.
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Jill Tucker @jilltucker • 20h
Ivan, the grown man with a touch of grey in his beard, will tell you later he has struggled to describe what it meant to him to meet again - that he shared our photo with classmates.
And when he returns from watching the Cabo Verde game, we will try to find the words together.

Jill Tucker @jilltucker • 20h And then you read that the US
House of Representatives will vote a day before that game on an amendment to eliminate the Peace Corps, which costs 1/6 the price of the Tomahawk missiles the US used in the war on Iran.

Jill Tucker @jilltucker •20h And you wonder: How much is a magical world worth?

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Michael J. Taylor @drmichaeljtaylor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Ancient historian thoughts on Iran mess. One thing that always struck me about the Hellenistic kingdoms is how quickly they surrender. These are kings who build up their whole self-definition about being good at war, but they quit as soon as they lose a battle.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Victor Wembanyama at the postgame press conference (dejected): This one's on me. I gotta get taller

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

the reactionary analysis is that the game is rigged against the Knicks. the leftist analysis is that structural inequities within the referee industry create an institutional bias against the Knicks.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

It was an enormous mistake by higher education (and, frankly, left-leaning politicians) to surrender the field and just adopt the view that the purpose of college is simple credentialism as if the only function universities accomplish is admissions. It's also a further product of Ivy-Disease.

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Cody @codyjohnston.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Extremely funny and telling that he falls back on "I might have said that some are asking it" because he can't keep track of when he does his little plausible deniability trick.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

NATO has only invoked Article 5 once, and it was come to the aid of the U.S. after 9/11. Two decades later, the U.S. president has repeatedly threatened the sovereignty of NATO members. We are the assholes, here.

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Tim Heidecker @timheidecker.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Hey everybody! I am taking the helm of this classic American institution with @theonion.com and want to know what you fine folks would like to see from us.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

BREAKING: Extraordinary scenes as Iranian citizens start forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites. This is Kazerun Power Plant in Fars province, southern Iran (🎥 i24 News)

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Who can't help but wish that we sent more rockets into space and fewer missiles into the ground?

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Well holy shit. The Onion was just named one of the 50 most innovative companies in the world by FastCompany. We're coming for you AI perverts!!!

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The Onion had a very good year

The Onion is proving that print isn’t dead. CEO Ben Collins and cofounder Jeff Lawson describe the publication's very good year.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Trump: I’m going to put ICE in the airports, where they will target and arrest all the illegals, especially Somalis, because I hate the Democrats Headlines: Trump puts ICE officers in airports to ease long lines, provide relief for weary travelers

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 18/03/2026

they literally renamed the entire company after this

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/03/2026

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account

Original tweet from @EndWokeness - “less than 25 years apart”
Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001
Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar at city hall

Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - “the enemy is inside the gates.”

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I love the idea that *this* US government, which has been nabbing landscapers and five year olds knows where Iranian sleeper cells are but just hasn’t gotten around to doing anything about it yet.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This is amazing. www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

happy 14th anniversary to all who observe

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

How it started: "America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions." [George Washington] How it's going: "flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.... WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE." [Kristi Noem]

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Secretary Noem Takes it On The Chin

From Judge Ana Reyes' opinion in Miot et al. v. Trump et al. (D.D.C.), a case challenging DHS' suspension of…

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

It's amazing how this radical "step too far" is how every law enforcement officer in the country operated for our entire history.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

This gets us one step closer toward the final form of Tesla, where the only thing it sells is pieces of paper that say “we swear this isn’t a Ponzi scheme.”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/01/2026

an administration staffed to the top with degenerate liars

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 24/01/2026

Holy crap. This is the most damning video yet. It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face. Murder.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026

Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)

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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 23/01/2026

“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Verbal assault or, as it's legally known, "not assault"

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Missed this a few days ago: Two U.S. citizens grabbed by ICE say there were cells reserved for Americans. Also, they weren’t given medical attention or allowed to go to the bathroom. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 14/01/2026

Elon Musk: "I'm a free speech absolutist!" Also Elon Musk: "Anyone who teaches students that America was built on stolen land is guilty of treason and should be imprisoned." Look, some of us tried to warn people that Elon Musk doesn't care one bit about free speech. But did anyone listen?

Elon Musk saying:

Teaching people to hate America fundamentally destroys patriotism and the desire to defend our country.

Such teachings should be viewed as treason and those who do it imprisoned.

This is a quote tweet of someone saying:

In 2022, 45% of high schoolers polled say they were taught that "America is built on stolen land" in class at school, and another 22% heard it from an adult there.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

My favorite comment on the FT story

Personally I'd be impressed if they could make something as smart as an ant. Ants only have 250,000 neurons, which is pretty small compared with GPT-5's reputed more than one trillion parameters. And yet ants are able to survive all by themselves in this complex world of ours, without endless infusions of investor capital or government subsidies. I don't think GPT-5 could do that.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

The Sora AI thing is proof of something very important: The technology itself is useless without the ability to use the likenesses of real, living, unpredictable people, and the art they create. And the only way to get those likenesses or that art is to summarily steal it.

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

It gets even crazier

This dude Eldertiktok stole all the blood soaked Charlie Kirk merch to sell on eBay and left his fingerprints all over an active crime scene as soon as he finished recording his selfie vid, new fave shooting deep event character

photo of the guy stealing merch

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Steven Christoforou @stevenchristoforou.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

It’s likely that our brains have melted beyond hope of recovery.

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

This isn’t at all surprising, given that it’s essentially been publicly reported that Stephen Miller ordered ICE to arrest first and ask questions later, but it’s still worth noting. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... They are not even pretending that they know anything about someone before arrest.

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Under Trump administration, ICE scraps paperwork officers once had to do before immigration arrests

For years, officers were required to fill out "homework” before operations. But, one source noted, “it’s hard to fill out a worksheet that just says, ‘Meet in the Home Depot parking lot.’”

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 03/09/2025

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

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Slacks @jayslacks.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

This is what happens when you order delivery in DC right now.

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