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Interests: democracy—is it crumbling beyond repair at home🇺🇸& where I live🇩🇪,history, ethics, science, foreign policy, education, communication, art, leadership, food… Big fan of 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments My dog’s name is Ginsburg

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 7h
If you want to see a witch hunt, watch Sen. Erik Schmitt attack Jack Smith. Schmitt makes false accusations, suggests being in Atlanta proves conspiracy, and when it becomes clear Smith was not in Atlanta at all, persists in name-calling. And no, he has no shame. www.nbcnews.com/video/republ...
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‘A total dirtbag’: GOP senator mistakenly accuses Smith of perjury over NBA game
Former special counsel Jack Smith’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing became tense after Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., presented a text message to Smith that he suggested showed he was in Atlanta for a b...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Local newspapers are dying, and I don’t think we’re prepared for a world without them…” tulsaflyer.org/2026/09/29/c...
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Battle in McCurtain County at the center of new Peacock documentary
McCurtain County Sheriff’s officials wanted a family-run newspaper dead — literally. A new Peacock documentary explores the years-long battle and what it means for press freedoms.
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Eric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A newspaper editor with a glimmer of joie de vivre would call it a trumped-up accusation
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Holy sh*t. Sen Schmitt just accused Jack Smith of going to an Atlanta Hawks bball game with the implication that he must of also met with then prosecutor Fani Willis BUT Smith went to an Iowa HAWKEYES game in Maryland instead. This GOP clown show is a disgrace.
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is an excellent piece well worth your time. Perry lays out how the very category of "culture war" issues creates a permission structure for Dems to adopt GOP positions on them. What's mainly going on here is contestation over what politics is about, with one key dimension left out entirely...
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I hope someone is at the Maha event because this looks insane
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This would provide real relief and opportunities for struggling students but would also be a massive investment in the local economies. We've done this before and we can do it again.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Technically, the New Dealers gave it to the Greatest Generation and to the Boomers, but yes, absolutely
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Roger Marshall May Rue The Day: Arresting Pregnant Moms Edition talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/roger...
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Roger Marshall May Rue The Day: Arresting Pregnant Moms Edition
I’m figuring this will end up as a big mistake. You probably...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m of two minds on these ads. They are clearly illegal. They are textbook examples of Trumps effort to push us into autocracy. They are also the last thing Republicans need when the albatross around their neck is Donald Trumps extreme unpopularity.
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Derek Thompson @dkthomp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.derekthompson.org/p/the-death-...
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Ruben Rabasa in ITYSL: He Admit It!
Alt: Ruben Rabasa in ITYSL: He Admit It!
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The idea that you can easily separate 'economic' and 'cultural' issues is nonsense. It’s very expensive for transgender Americans to move to blue states so they can live freely. It’s harder to buy a house in a neighborhood with rising home values if you are Black." newrepublic.com/article/2159...
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Why Democrats Should Stop Using the Phrase “Culture Wars”
Texas’s Gina Hinojosa and others slamming the party for focusing too much on so-called cultural issues are pushing a flawed electoral and policy strategy.
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When the "biscuification" is part of the research. Such a great illustration of what we tell students (and ourselves?) eg research is the process not just the product.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I was at the Indivisible statewide summit in Texas last week and cannot overemphasize how politically dumb this is. In the reddest parts of the state, people are pissed about these data centers.
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 27/09/2026
The CDC awarded a no-bid contract for exploring whether immunizing pregnant women would lead to autism in their children; to pay for this contract, the CDC took $362,000 from a program that provides free vaccines to about half American children. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@drpanmd.bsky.social is running against MAGA Republican Kevin Kiley, who recently left the GOP to run as an Independent— in the hopes of tricking Californian voters. Kiley is a despicable liar. #VoteForDrRichardPan
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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ICE buys $1.3 million in robot dogs from Connecticut company
The agency bought the robots without seeking competing bids, and chose a version built to detect chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards.
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Good thread 🧵
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T.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Now a 🧵 on the final episode of "Grant," the History Channel documentary from six years ago, now on Netflix. Because why not? Things are horrible, so let's vent about an old doc no one expected to be great in the first place. Links to two previous 🧵 at the end. Episode 3 is...a mess. 1/🧵
Promotional photo for the History Channel documentary series "Grant."
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Joshua Wattles @joshdsw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
1/2 A friend of mine has a company that distributes documentaries. He’s seen so many documentaries. At lunch for the first time in the years I’ve known him he recommended a documentary, one he doesn’t even distribute, that’s on Netflix. He really recommended it. So I watched it. And one ...
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Joshua Wattles @joshdsw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
2/2 ... of the take-aways from this documentary is a sense that you better recommend it to everyone you know: The Ai Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist. The second, for me: we better change this DT Administration because they will mess this mission up worse than all of the others put together.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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KayElan7ISO64🇨🇦🇪🇺 @kayiso64.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Warms my heart! This is so cute.♥️♥️
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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Talarico isn't in the pocket of tech bros, crypto bros, or data center bros. Talarico doesn't have elite donors telling him what to say or how to vote. He'll help us Texans have clean air and water and shut down these data centers. Vote Talarico. 🔥❤️💙🔥❤️💙🔥❤️💙
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Just Jill 💖 @justjill.sheshed.rocks · 28/09/2026
North Carolina NC-11, Jamie Ager is looking for you to show up and vote him in Congress! Issues: -Deliver Helene recovery funding -Make quality healthcare affordable -Lower costs and raise wages -Stop politicians insider trading #VoteJamieAger4Congress #SheShed agerforcongress.com
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Jamie Ager for US Congress
Fourth-generation farmer and proud son of Western NC Jamie Ager is running for Congress to stand up for what's right and fight for our people.
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omallj.bsky.social @omallj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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lost-soul @lost-soul.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
For people getting social security and paying taxes on it just remember to thank Reagan and the republicans for doing it. And just one example.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Taxing the billionaires would go a long way toward addressing the deficit. Just saying.
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elijahplovejoy.bsky.social @elijahplovejoy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Historically, AG has been a hard position in which to distinguish oneself. That said, Richardson acquitted himself well, & Ed Levi was a legend. A lot of forgettable (Amos Ackerman) & despicable (John Mitchell) folks have served in the role, but none worse than Todd Blanche. Including Roger Taney.
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"A Nation, like a person, has a mind—a mind that must be kept informed and alert, that must know itself, that understands the hopes and the needs of its neighbors—all the other Nations that live within the narrowing circle of the world."
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"A Nation, like a person, has a body—a body that must be fed and clothed and housed, invigorated and rested, in a manner that measures up to the standards of our time."
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The first weekend of autumn brings not only a nor’easter, but also a great reason to stay hunkered down: my 295th #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy the scholarly storm, all! 🗃️ +
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#ScholarSunday Thread 295 (9/27/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
The first weekend of autumn brings not only a nor’easter, but also a great reason to stay hunkered down: my 295th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forth...
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elijahplovejoy.bsky.social @elijahplovejoy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Kind of a sweet spot there: Vietnam and Watergate behind us, CRA and VRA already passed, vaccines (and civil engineering) having greatly reduced childhood deaths, unions (ergo middle class) still thriving, top marginal tax rate still 70%... but no Gingrich or Reagan yet.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I like that in becoming a nazi, you get glowing coverage as a brave iconoclast, and then when you stop being a nazi, you’re get glowing coverage as a brave dissident. Money coming and going. Only way you lose is having normal opinions like “racism bad” bsky.app/profile/trac...
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John Dickerson @jdickerson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm struck by how low the bar has become for Republicans to be described as "breaking with Trump." substack.com/@johnfdicker...
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Will CNN still be banned from some or all WH access come Monday morning? If so, will the broadcast pool shutdown coverage or not? Status has a good update on where things stand tonight. Here’s hoping the networks stand firm together tomorrow & beyond. www.status.news/p/trump-cnn-...
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The Press Pool Whiplash
Just as major networks thought their standoff with the White House was cooling, CNN was blocked from pool duty again, forcing the group into a day-by-day battle over coverage.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/09/2026
This week, I joined students at P.S. 59 alongside Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre to talk about how our two countries are approaching AI’s impact on young minds.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/09/2026
Our new policy limits student-facing AI use from 2-K through eighth grade, reflecting Norway’s approach: kids need to learn to think critically, use their imaginations, and stay curious.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So is the White House, the Kennedy Center, and for that matter the Supreme Court, Congress, the executive branch, the rule of law, the military, public health, and.... Let's hope for a midterm landslide and thereafter some memory in the electorate of who broke what.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Read @courtwatch.bsky.social review the stories that don't get told as corporate media (in this case, McClatchy) lays off all the legal journalists. www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...
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The Rabbit Hole: Covering What McClatchy Will Miss
With the private equity-owned newspaper chain laying off 90 reporters, we look at the court stories they’ll miss.
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Roy Cooper @roycoopernc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Two years ago, the most devastating storm in our state’s history tore through Western North Carolina. We still mourn the 108 North Carolinians who lost their lives during Hurricane Helene and keep their loved ones in our thoughts.
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Roy Cooper @roycoopernc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Over the past two years, it has been inspiring to see our communities band together to help one another rebuild – but we know recovery can never happen fast enough.
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Roy Cooper @roycoopernc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today, Western North Carolina has still received only about 15% of the federal funding it needs – that’s wrong and we must continue fighting for more.
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Roy Cooper @roycoopernc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As Senator, I will work with anyone I can to make sure our state’s western communities have the resources they need to continue getting back on their feet.
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A true breath of fresh air @ncgovernor.bsky.social @joshsteinnc.bsky.social is an executive branch leader who actually understands governing includes a lot of follow through and follow up. Thank you, Governor Stein for following up in Western NC. There’s still so much to do.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Every time the media quotes Trump saying “fake news” they should add a reminder that Trump is a serial liar, and that what he considers real news is actually disinformation. See also: presswatchers.org/2026/05/journalis…
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So much of what we are confronting today is best understood by the actions undertaken by white communities in response to integration orders. White supremacy is a form of democratic nihilism. Every institution, norm, and value of democracy will be sacrificed for it. calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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Sep. 27, 1958 | White Little Rock Voters Choose to Close Public Schools Rather Than Integrate
Learn more about our history of racial injustice
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