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LAist @laist.com · 29/09/2026
Incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and her challenger City Councilmember Nithya Raman in a forum Tuesday night hosted by a group of Jewish organizations. 🔗 Learn more: vist.ly/5kdb4 ✍️ Frank Stoltze 📸 Ashlyn Ablao/LAist
Two people holding microphones speaking at a mayoral forum.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can't buy me love. Not even w/ your tax dollars The White House put JMSN's "Love Me" under a govt-funded ad about Trump & never asked. We're sending the song back @democracydefendersaction.org & @Ballard are fighting for JMSN Full scoop @yasharali.bsky.social👇 -TN
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SCOOP: Trump White House Hit With Cease-and-Desist Over Unauthorized Use of Song in Taxpayer-Funded Ad
JMSN’s attorneys are demanding that the Trump administration stop using “Love Me” in a government-funded ad, take down existing copies and account for every airing and dollar spent.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 29/09/2026
Mayoral candidates' views on Gaza likely to come up at Jewish Federation forum
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Mayoral candidates' views on Gaza likely to come up at Jewish Federation forum
A candidate forum co-hosted by Jewish Federation Los Angeles is expected to cover issues important to Jewish Angelenos, including Israel and antisemitism.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEWS: Trump's 'grand conspiracy' criminal case is falling apart as his own lawyers launch mass exodus in defiance of DOJ. Jack Smith testifies and says that Trump engaged in serious crimes against the nation. 2 year olds forced to defend themselves without lawyers in immigration court. Subscribe:
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NEWS: Trump's 'Grand Conspiracy' Case is Collapsing, Jack Smith Outlines Trump’s Crimes, Kids Face Immigration Court Alone
Good morning.
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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What Hollywood really thinks about David Ellison and the Paramount-Warner deal. puck.news/warner-bros-...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 29/09/2026
Former President Barack Obama is looking to give Democrats a financial boost, headlining a fundraiser next month with the party’s Senate campaign arm, according to details shared first with NBC News.
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Obama boosts Senate Democrats with October fundraiser
The former president is set to hold his first fundraiser this election cycle for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
actual questions from John Kennedy to Jack Smith: "Do you believe in the Tooth Fairy? How about the Easter bunny?"
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 29/09/2026
Republicans keep bringing Jack Smith back to tell the truth to them, for some reason. Masochists.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22/09/2026
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AI Could Be Dangerous. I Am Just As Wary Of The Tech CEOs.
We are all worried about the ghost in the machine. We can’t forget about the men behind the keyboards.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22/09/2026
While we are all worried about the ghost in the machine, we can’t forget about the men behind the keyboards when it comes to the future of AI. Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Dario Amodei are all sounding the alarm, but we should ask ourselves why they might before we listen. (Link below)
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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump has now declared that everyone must stop using the term “artificial intelligence” and instead say “superintelligence,” which is a different thing. It’s like demandng that instead of calling him “President” we must call him “Abraham Lincoln.” paulwaldman.substack.com/p/ai-genius-...
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AI Genius President Invents Superstupidity
Everyone must now stop saying “artificial intelligence.” Because the president is a moron.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim"
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/09/2026
"Democrats need a governing framework. I’m here to give you one." @jvl.bsky.social on a Democratic Senate agenda in today's Triad:
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What Dems Should Do With 54 Senate Seats
An eight-point agenda for turning a Senate majority into a mandate for action.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you'd like to read the Greenland agreement in English, a PDF is here, on the official Danish website: stm.dk/media/fx1h4f... (In case you missed it, the download link on the Danish site is labelled "Aftalen på engelsk herunder" That may be a little subtweet on the Dansk side.)
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/09/2026
"I can’t tell you what will happen, but I can tell you that there is a single watchword: destabilization. Don’t forget it. Which brings us, finally, to our ray of sunshine."
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Trump’s Forever War Is Sucking the Life Out of Him
If it bleeds, we can kill it.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
CNN, MSNOW, & Politico are suing Trump for banning them from the White House. But what value is access to a constant spewing of lies from Convicted Felon Donald Trump? I walk through the legal precedent & why legacy media needs a gut check on how they cover this president. youtu.be/BG1jsa6jcVs?...
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Trump HIT With LEGAL NIGHTMARE As Press SUE HIM Over WHITE HOUSE BAN!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Could be some good reasons the U.S. Constitution doesn’t authorize one person to take the country to war based on their erratic whims and the last person they spoke with.
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Agnieszka de Sousa @aggiedesousa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“This is more painful and more frightening than a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is for the oil market. No one can quickly ramp up grain production elsewhere enough to replace the lost volumes.” 🎁 Gift link here www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The Other Hormuz: Black Sea Blockade Threatens a Food Supply Shock
As the world focuses on the oil market, the war in Ukraine is snarling vital grain shipments and forcing buyers to scramble for supplies from elsewhere.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I wish there were a single sentence that could simultaneously encapsulate and explain every single problem we have in modern society.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
From the people who told you that straight white male privilege doesn’t exist…
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Just a Dad 📎 @dadmakingcans.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hitler and other top Nazis inspect a scale model of a planned triumphal arch in Berlin, circa 1939.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
UPDATE: The suit is live storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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#1 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF against Steven Cheung, DONALD J. TRUMP, SUSAN WILES ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-12686613) filed by Betsy Klein, POLITICO LLC, MS NOW Cable, ...
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The Economist @economist.com · 21/09/2026
Women across the rich world still earn 12% less than men. But a new paper found something that does change how male managers perceive women in the workplace: having a daughter. We explain the trend
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What having a daughter does to a boss
Male managers hire more women after becoming a “girl dad”
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StockAnalysis.com @stockanalysis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Paramount is bidding six times its own market value for Warner Bros - Paramount market cap: $12.5B - The bid: $81B - Paramount revenue: $29B, up 1.2% - Paramount net income: -$621M It just offered California $1.5B to settle a lawsuit blocking the deal. That is 12% of the whole company. $PSKY $WBD
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
NEW: The Fox News bureau chief has told global media outlets that the five major networks that rotate pool duty - ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and Fox will NOT PARTICIPATE in White House pool duties after Trump banned CNN. There will be NO pool coverage. 1/ www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Major TV networks decline White House pool duties
The move comes after the Trump administration restricted access to the White House for CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO.
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Swellellens @swellellens.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Update from Peter Baker www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico to Sue Trump Administration Over White House Access: Live Updates
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Swellellens @swellellens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What if we cared about the fate of the earth as much as we cared about a Peanuts x Starbucks fall merch drop? whitneyhartley.substack.com/p/what-if-we...
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What if we cared about the fate of the earth as much as we cared about a Peanuts x Starbucks fall merch drop?
My hypothesis - we could move mountains.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
So Alito and Thomas were down with Trump illegally interfering in the midterms after ballots were already going out. Good to know. Who needs a pesky constitution with judges like these?
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“The United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
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E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants (Gift Article)
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
President Trump has added more to the national debt than to economic output in his first 17 months in office. The CBO projects the gap will only widen over the rest of his term.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We have this thing. This thing that multiple people who work in multiple industries, including the one that designed it, have stated fears repeatedly and over years that it could destroy humanity. Yet humans keep pushing this thing. This thing that could destroy humanity apple.news/AxYGbVT9kRW2...
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Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI Fears — The Wall Street Journal
Concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control
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Swellellens @swellellens.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We don’t want your nuclear waste! idahocapitalsun.com/2026/09/09/l...
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Let Idahoans decide if they want state to become dumping ground for nation’s radioactive waste • Idaho Capital Sun
There is a twist to this story which has received no attention here in Idaho: how much Trump personally stands to gain financially, writes Rod Gramer.
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Swellellens @swellellens.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Safety first for BUR runway 15/33: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/u...
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Miami Plane Crash Starts Debate About Requiring a Buffer for Runways (Gift Article)
A technology involving crushable concrete has been credited with saving nearly 500 passenger lives by helping halt planes that overshot their landings.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 08/09/2026
The original Ha'aretz investigation is a must-read 🎁🔗 www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefs
In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...
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Swellellens @swellellens.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The five people killed when an Amazon cargo jet ran off a runway at Miami International Airport were all inside a van carrying seven people from a cleaning company, and an SUV hit outside of airport property, NTSB Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said Monday." apnews.com/article/carg...
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Federal investigators probe Amazon cargo jet's fiery runway crash that killed 5 in Miami
Investigators are looking into why an Amazon cargo jet ran off a runway at Miami International Airport, killing five people.
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Yes On Prop 40 @billionairetaxnow.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Don’t let misinformation campaigns funded by a few controversial billionaires fool you. The Billionaire Tax will help you, and it will not hurt billionaires. With Shepard Fairey. #Yeson40 #BillionaireTaxNow #NoOn41 #NoOn42
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 04/09/2026
YEARS IN THE MAKING. California has delivered historic progress on public safety. The homicide rate hit its LOWEST LEVEL EVER RECORDED, while every major crime category declined in 2025. Since @governor.ca.gov took office: Homicide ↓ 20% Robbery ↓ 31% Property crime ↓ 24% Motor vehicle theft ↓ 19%
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Hopium Chronicles @hopiumchronicles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@simonwdc.bsky.social on the critical importance of voting early.
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The Economist @economist.com · 04/09/2026
And a blow to Germany’s co-operative model of industrial relations
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VW’s surprise job-slashing deal is a big win for its bosses
And a blow to Germany’s co-operative model of industrial relations
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
lol back in 2023 Trump got mad at his now cabinet member Brooke Rollins because she ran a MAGA think tank and he was convinced he was entitled to “millions” of what he called “my” money from it lmao www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Demands MAGA Group Give Him 'Millions.' That's Not Legal, Experts Say
The former president thinks he should get a cut of a pro-Trump think tank’s cash, despite what IRS nonprofit rules and his advisers say.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If you want to help Dems protect our elections the state parties/DNC have launched a new national "Democracy Protector" program. It's a national on-line training program that then funnels you into your state Democratic party election protection program. Learn more, sign up 👇
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
BREAKING: not so fast Trump "Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Defying Court Orders on Vote by Mail"? We @democracydefendersfund.org are already litigating all this & we are going right to court to stop this outrage Judges hate it when you flout their orders  www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
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Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
U.S. debt surpassed 100% of GDP this year and is on track to reach 188% over the next 30 years, according to new analysis by @bbkogan.bsky.social and @jaredb-econ.bsky.social. They find the debt would instead be trending down toward 48%, were it not for the Bush and Trump tax cuts.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/08/2026
Here's your daily reminder: Trump and Republicans are kicking 15 million Americans off their health care so that people like Mark Zuckerberg can buy another yacht.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
In other words, Trump will never, ever be able to undo or challenge the fact that he is now, and forever more, an adjudicated rapist.
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Don @drzal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Same problem with Nexstar. Sinclair is not in IL, but I stopped watching WGN News because of their Nexstar ownership. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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List of assets owned by Nexstar Media Group - Wikipedia
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/08/2026
Sen. Mark Kelly: "The president has spent a good portion of his adult life sitting on gold toilets and doesn't know what hardship is, and doesn't understand our service members. In fact, it's insulting what he said -- that the deployment wasn't long enough. He doesn't know sacrifice."
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17/08/2026
BREAKING: Trump orders military to reduce exercises with South Korea, citing its lack of assistance on Iran and his “very good” relationship with Kim Jong Un.
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Trump orders military to ‘substantially reduce’ joint exercises with South Korea
The announcement comes as Trump said South Korea declined to help denuclearize Iran.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Your regular reminder Republicans in Congress fully support this.
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