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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
While Ken Paxton was in office, his luxury trips out of state and abroad cost #Texas taxpayers over $1.9 MILLION. | apnews.com/article/ken-...
apnews.com
Inside Ken Paxton's jet-setting lifestyle: California wineries, European hot spots and ski resorts
When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched his campaign for Senate last year, he skipped the local pageantry.
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tatmaxwell.bsky.social @tatmaxwell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Society forced polluters to clean up land based messes, this is the next step. The Science That Has Oil Companies Running Scared www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Science That Has Oil Companies Running Scared
However the U.S. Supreme Court rules, the work of holding oil companies accountable for climate change has a bright future.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/10/2026
You can't get anyone in political media to say it plainly, but GOP strategy for several decades now has been built around the fact that its core goals/policies are *wildly unpopular*. Everything depends on a) polluting the information environment, b) cementing unfair structural advantages, & c) $$$.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“The threats that we’re getting now are mostly from our own government,” said Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, a Republican. “The way elections are being handled by the federal government right now is dangerous, disruptive and in bad faith.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
washingtonpost.com
With threats to midterms, states say Trump administration isn’t helping
U.S. spy agencies see Russia and others plotting to sow distrust and misinformation in the upcoming elections.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
so many kinds of lunacy and unreality at once in this story www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
nytimes.com
Court Tosses ​​Sentence After A.I. Video of Victim ‘Forgiving’ His Killer Is Played
An appellate court in Arizona threw out the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter after an A.I.-generated video of his victim was played in court.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There is nothing he knows now that he can have any excuse for not having known then.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Seems like if you're going to make a national story out of Hasan Piker, who campaigned a few times with the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, saying Israel causes antisemitism, you should also make a national story out of the favorite intellectual of the US Vice President supporting Hitler.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Says guy evacuating air force from rural England.
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tatmaxwell.bsky.social @tatmaxwell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Vile fuckers
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tatmaxwell.bsky.social @tatmaxwell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That this guy is a candidate for Governor speaks volumes about the Republican Party these days.
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Scott Smith @canaansdad1987.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm not saying that this is not my biggest wish but impeachment isn't enough. Removal and criminal charges have to go along with it. And while I agree this election is shaping up to be a great one for us, to be able to remove him from office,we need 67 votes in the Senate. #USDemocracy
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
"What exactly do you expect Carney to do / not do?" A thread of 50 specific items (with links, and not in any particular order), a large fraction of which are in line with warning signs we pointed out early on and were told to be quiet, wait and see, or trust his 4D chess acumen. 1/??
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tatmaxwell.bsky.social @tatmaxwell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dateline Boulder, Colorado. A Supreme Court Battle Over Climate Change Begins www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/c...
nytimes.com
A Supreme Court Battle Over Climate Change Begins
The justices are about to hear a lawsuit that could determine whether the oil industry faces billions of dollars in liability for damages caused by global warming.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In her last hours as DHS Secy, Noem's agency bought 5 planes from a donor at markups. In all, DHS gave $900M in contracts to that donor’s companies during her term. One plane had electronic bidets, 2 bedrooms, bar, wine chiller, a manta-ray skin table. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
nytimes.com
Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left (Gift Article)
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
the funniest thing about the "we don't trust the media" people is that they will trust literally anyone else. like, if you have an image and text, they'll buy it. shaking keys at babies type logic.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026
Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.
nbcnews.com
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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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Again: for Black Women, in particular, the ability to chose, a time and place to reproduce is a function of liberty. The most fundamental fact of enslavement was the Black Women had no control over their reproduction; in fact, their ability to reproduce was a key source of other’s wealth.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What a lie. Some of these people are being imprisoned indefinitely in squalid condition in African prisons. Others report being beaten and arbitrarily deported in violation of international law back to their home countries, where they face persecution or torture.
The indefinite nature of their confinement has taken a severe toll. In October 2025, a Cuban man who was on the July flight went on a hunger strike for a month-until he started showing signs of organ failure —to protest the conditions of his detention, including his ongoing confinement and lack of access to legal counsel.
Terrified of being imprisoned in Eswatini forever, another man repeatedly told his attorney that the prison there never lets people go. One man told his attorney that he feels like a caged animal with no end in sight. The prison does not have air conditioning, making the hot, humid summer months especially uncomfortable for the men.
Food is insufficient, medication is scarce, and requests often go unmet or are belatedly met.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just take a look at the Kennedy Center, where Trump got himself named chairman of the board of trustees!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
Chris Wright lies: "Diesel has mostly been affected by the Russia-Ukraine war" (Note that he also blames [checks notes] Gavin Newsom)
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Absentee ballot voters in Montana won’t have to comply with an onerous birthdate verification requirement after a state court blocked the measure Friday night, ruling that it violates the state constitution. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Montana court blocks onerous mail voting law that caused thousands of rejected absentee ballots last year
The mail voting measure led to nearly 3,000 mail ballots getting rejected in the Nov. 2025 election, in a state where 80% of voters vote absentee.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/10/2026
this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The guy would be kicked out of many a private dementia care home for being abusive and were stuck with him and his thieving vandals.
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tatmaxwell.bsky.social @tatmaxwell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/we-c...
seattletimes.com
We know glaciers are melting. We must keep measuring them | Op-Ed
We must continue measuring and observing glaciers, even as they shrink, for the invaluable data the records supply in a warming world.
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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In light of we've learned about the execution team's struggle to establish IV access before Christa Pike's failed lethal injection, here's a story I wrote in June after Carruthers. The new protocol TN adopted in 2025 reduced training in IV placement. nashvillebanner.com/2026/06/30/t...
nashvillebanner.com
Lethal injection protocol likely led to botched execution - Nashville Banner
Tennessee's current lethal injection protocol includes reduced training on IV placement, an issue that caused the state to halt Tony Carruthers' execution.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“In 2024, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping pay-to-play investigation examining interactions between Sen. Susan Collins and a top donor, records and emails show.” Then Trump came in and shut down the investigation.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Trump-backing Ellisons are the #1 🇺🇸 supporters of the IDF Now they control all of this Are Y’all paying attention?
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Ben TG @ben-tg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump’s cuts to NOAA, which regulates fisheries, has left the agency slower to respond to the industry’s needs, fishermen said. Staff cutbacks also resulted in the agency reducing weather balloons used to gather data fishermen rely on. apnews.com/article/dona... @standupforscience.net 🧪
apnews.com
Trump tried to make allies of fishermen. Some are turning on him
Some commercial fishermen have come to question whether Trump is meeting the needs of an industry he has long leaned on for support.
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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
alternet.org
Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dems’ 2028 platform should include stuff like letting soldiers have beards, letting TSA agents sit down, letting generals get their promotions, etc. The deep state isn’t real but civil and uniformed services are. We need them to know which side respects their human dignity before MAGA’s next coup.
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tatmaxwell.bsky.social @tatmaxwell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Colorado River nears a worrisome threshold. These farmers are worried. And we should all be.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...
doomsdayscenario.co
The Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part II
A quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality).
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/09/2026
Douglas Carter was convicted in 1985 of murdering a 57-year-old woman. But new DNA testing led a judge to free him on Monday.
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After 37 Years on Death Row, Man Is Freed From Utah Jail
Douglas Carter was convicted in 1985 of murdering a 57-year-old woman. But new DNA testing led a judge to free him on Monday.
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...
newrepublic.com
In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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tatmaxwell.bsky.social @tatmaxwell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is so dangerous
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tatmaxwell.bsky.social @tatmaxwell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
With his fetish for silicone, you can see why Kristi Norm’s husband was attracted to her. www.nydailynews.com/2026/09/29/k...
nydailynews.com
Kristi Noem filed to divorce husband Bryon after ‘bimbofication’ scandal
Former DHS secretary Kristi Noem filed to divorce her husband of nearly 35 years following reports of Bryon Noem’s alleged “bimbofication” fetish.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Journalists observe this on a daily basis, and not one of them asks the question: “Why.”
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 25/09/2026
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warns that emergency appeals are becoming a "special avenue" for "certain privileged litigants."
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Justice Jackson says Supreme Court intervenes too quickly on Trump's side
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warns that emergency appeals are becoming a "special avenue" for "certain privileged litigants."
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Kansas
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This one thing Roberts pretends to absolutely disagree with Trump about is one thing Trump is absolutely right about: the Roberts court is totally corruptly political.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’ve been in a constitutional crisis since Jan. 20, 2025 and a blue wave in November won’t fix it if Trump can just ignore legislation passed by Congress.
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Trump cancels nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, a move some lawmakers called illegal
President Trump moved to cancel almost $1 billion in spending that was approved by Congress, marking the second time his administration has employed a rarely used tactic that some lawmakers in both pa...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Vought is breaking the law but he is not “going rogue.” At his confirmation hearings, Vought told Republicans he would do this and they voted for him anyway. If they want to stop him, they still can via impeachment. They won’t.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
gotta say there’s something almost poetic about Trump incentivizing less fuel efficient vehicles as the Iran war keeps pushing up the price of gas
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 28/09/2026
Police in Ust-Kut, Siberia, are allegedly detaining intoxicated men, supplying them with vodka, & taking them to a military enlistment office to sign contracts for Russia's war in Ukraine, People of Baikal reports. A family says about 20 men may have been targeted. baikal-journal.ru/2026/09/28/p...
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«Повез мужчин сдавать, чтобы подписывали контракты»
В Усть-Куте мужчин заставляют подписывать контракты
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good times for Ken Paxton and Roger Marshall
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump's Big Beautiful Bill gave ICE a $75 billion slush fund—and a new report shows millions of those taxpayer dollars went to waste thanks to the admin's reckless and cruel detention efforts instead of being invested in healthcare, education, or food assistance. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-spe...
cbsnews.com
ICE wasted millions of taxpayer dollars in rapid push to expand detention capacity, government watchdog finds
With an unprecedented budget, ICE spent billions in a rush to expand its detention network, wasting millions in the process, the Government Accountability Office found.
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tatmaxwell.bsky.social @tatmaxwell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Genocide. There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once
The film that makes a powerful statement without ever raising its voice.
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