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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19h
Today we got access to a smoking gun document from ICE that shows how it is weaponized against progressive groups registering voters while building a voter suppression database.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
It’s really remarkable to me that 10 years into this people feel compelled to “clarify” Trump’s homicidal and often genocidal fantasies. It is deranged for the president to daydream about American cities in states he hates getting blown up. Full stop.
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 20h
"you have to give up your daily coffee because we're losing the dumb illegal war we started and now you can't afford groceries" is a hell of a closing message
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 07/10/2026
BREAKING A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center's Trump-installed board to UNSEAL the 163-page report (with redactions) on the $250M+ renovation plan and two year closure. The Board also must unseal a related Powerpoint. Doc buff.ly/E6jyjGl
ORDERED that Plaintiff’s [74] Motion to Unseal is GRANTED IN PART. The Clerk of the Court shall unseal in full the [65-2] Delta PowerPoint. Defendants shall submit to Plaintiff and the Court any proposals for narrowly tailored redactions to the [65-1] JLL Plan, accompanied by particularized and substantial written justifications, no later than October 14, 2026. Plaintiff shall file any response to the proposed redactions no later than October 19, 2026. The Court will then review the proposals and rule by separate order.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 21h
All these guys spent all this effort to get "fuck you" money and can't even bring themselves, even once, to use it to say "fuck you" to Trump. Pathetic.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You’ve got a party of racist pedophiles funded by an apartheid fanboy and the Dems don’t take shots and the media is too busy signing book deals. Bloody hell.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
America desperately needs a national left wing tabloid. Between the mainstream media’s coziness with the right and the Democratic Party’s complicity/unwillingness to fight — we are in such a bad place.
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Numbcat9 @numbcat9.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is one of the most basic features of a political party: publish a daily newspaper. Not a partisan newsletter. A whole fully functioning paper with a sports section and an arts section and everything. Something people want to read every single day. Dems? Nope. They don’t even try.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump says Iran can ‘take out’ LA. New York Times feigns confusion www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Trump says Iran can ‘take out’ LA. New York Times feigns confusion.
Trump said Iran could “take out” U.S. cities like Los Angeles and San Diego.
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SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra.org · 06/10/2026
We celebrate Eva Marie Saint, who died today at 102. A #SagAftraMember since 1947, Saint won an Oscar for her film debut in 'On the Waterfront' and starred in 'North by Northwest.' An advocate for organized labor, she leaves an enduring example for generations of union members.
Eva Marie Saint looking into the camera. 
Photo credit: PhotofestMarlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint in 'On the Waterfront.' 
Photo credit: Columbia Pictures/Photofest © Columbia PicturesCary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in 'North by Northwest.' Photo credit: Photofest
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Kamala Harris isn’t alone on this but she was an elected leader. Her job was to lead. Fuck protocol. Fucking lead. And I say the same of Obama and the Clintons and Biden. History was and is watching. It doesn’t just get activated a few months before election season. Leaders lead.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Elon Musk created a pedo bot, has a breeding cult and is a racist. He’s the biggest, most well known funder of the GOP and democrats don’t make noise about it.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Weird, creating friction with an odious republican generates coverage? Nobody could have predicted
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
obviously the media is a joke but the reason theyre not covering this is because democrats arent making it an issue the media would do it. they would. they’re lazy and they just want to go “the other side is saying this thing, how do you respond?”
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
we can continue to complain about “critics say” coverage or we can become those critics that are saying things and getting coverage
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
this this this this this
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
see how much better direct language works than mealy mouthed riddles?
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I wrote about Elon Musk, and why it bothers me that he is still first and foremost described in the media as an entrepreneur, rocketeer, or tech mogul, when the most salient fact about him is that he is now the world's most powerful white supremacist. religiondispatches.org/2026/10/06/e...
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Elon Musk, the World’s Richest Human, Is a White Supremacist
The latest warning about the Republican Party’s far-right turn has come from the unlikeliest of places: conservative commentator, George W. Bush Chief of Staff, and renowned Republican strategist Karl...
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
i write a lot of stories about musk for @dailykos.com and i take pointing this out about him very seriously. we are just a small outlet though and most of the media won't do this.
The Trump administration has once again put racist billionaire Elon Musk in a position of influence over U.S. policy, this time at the Defense Department.Multibillionaire and bigoted conspiracy theorist Elon Musk spent millions to support Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign—even endorsing him at a cringeworthy campaign rally.
Elon has used his prominent role to say and do an almost immeasurable number of offensive, inept, bigoted things—and it isn’t journalists’ fault for reporting on them.

It was his own choice to make a Nazi salute while celebrating President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration. 

Nobody in the media caused his company to release an AI chatbot that refers to itself as “MechaHitler” and creates nonconsensual sexualized images of people, including children. Republicans hoping to hold on to the party’s electoral majorities are expressing concerns that racist billionaire Elon Musk’s role in financing the GOP might backfire.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22h
NEWS: The DNC is suing Trump for illegally diverting $20 million in taxpayer funds—including money intended for line-of-duty memorials—to air pro-Trump propaganda ads ahead of the midterms.
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DNC Sues Trump Over Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda Ads Ahead of Midterms
The lawsuit alleges Trump personally ordered $20 million in federal funds diverted toward campaign-style TV spots—including money budgeted for commemorative events such as line-of-duty memorials.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is actually a good story by the New York Times' Peter Baker. But as usual, the editors ran it through their Euphemism Desk so the headline talks about Trump "moving ethical lines" instead of saying flat-out that the president is deeply corrupt and is putting your money in his pocket.
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How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits (Gift Article)
The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Joe Biden was too old to be president. Trump is the same age as Biden was when he was president. And it’s obvious that Trump is less mentally healthy than Biden was. So when will the media report that the president’s brain is broken? If the answer is “never,” that means the media are broken too.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Stop listening to this clueless dummy thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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Emanuel urges Democrats to prioritize ethics reform over potential third Trump impeachment
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) on Sunday pushed Democrats to focus on ethics reform instead of a third impeachment of President Trump if they win back power in Congress after the midterm ele…
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sunday night anxiety: I feel like this entire election is going to hinge on turnout efforts and Democratic house-to-house ground game and I wish we were hearing more about that and less about polls.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Much of this is really great. @normornstein.bsky.social brings long history to this. But...
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Well, yes, being a rapist, he would. people.com/trump-says-h...
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Trump Says He Feels ‘Badly’ for Cornell 7, Claims They ‘Won’t Get a Fair Shake’ from Letitia James
Donald Trump said he feels ‘badly’ for the Cornell 7 the seven men accused in the Cornell rape case, because New York Attorney General Letitia James has been appointed to the case. Trump claims James,...
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Altman said, ‘we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency.’” How about we let them happen to you, exclusively, first, and then we’ll decide if we’re game? www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI
The OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The biggest democratic/liberal mistake of the last 50+ years has been operating like the right has anything to offer America. It was the fundamental problem with Bill Clinton to Obama and everyone in between
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I feel like the debate about what parts of AI are good and what parts are bad should wait until we solve the worldwide crisis caused by the fact that almost of all of its evangelists in both tech and govt are morally, intellectually, and ethically unequipped to oversee it, when not downright evil.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The NY Times says it’s “not clear“ why Trump is using taxpayer funds and not money from his super PAC for his self-glorifying ads. But it’s clear to me. It’s because HE‘S A CROOK.
It was not clear why taxpayer funds, and not money from the super PAC, were used for the spots.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
These hideous Trump ads are outright theft from the taxpayers and election misconduct at the same time. $20 million in OUR MONEY spent on Illegal ads glorifying the would-be king. And his co-conspirators told him it was OK.
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Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency (Gift Article)
The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The press wear “kick me” signs and wonder why Trump kicks them. If they had more self-respect, they’d get less disrespect. My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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The press wear ‘kick me’ signs and wonder why Trump kicks them
The White House is emboldened to disrespect journalists because journalists disrespect themselves
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
NEWSNATION: Gas is $4.47. Diesel is $6.50. Mortgage rates are above 7%. Inflation is at 3.4% while earnings are lower. How are you making the case that that is the golden age? RNC CHAIR JOE GRUTERS: Biden left us an absolute disaster. We just gotta give him more time NN: Is that really the pitch?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Elizabeth Warren: "It's gonna look like whatever Xi Jinping wants it to look like. Donald Trump loves to bully when he's talking to the press. He loves to bully when he's front of a big crowd. But face to face is there any evidence that he has ever been tough with another dictator?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Elizabeth Warren on Republicans opposing Trump: "I just don't think anybody is fooled at this point. They have bowed down to Donald Trump over this war over and over and over and over. They own it."
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/09/2026
Truly incredible how Trump has destroyed every single Republican talking point just in time for the midterms
Screenshot of an X post from the verified “Senate Republicans” account, @SenateGOP. The post reads: “Democrat socialists love to promise free stuff. But they never mention who pays for it.” Beneath the post is an X Community Note labeled “Readers added context.” The note states: “President Donald Trump has proposed several direct cash payouts and rebates funded by tariffs or budget cuts. None were provided.” It lists links from WBAL-TV, ABC7 Chicago, YouTube, and The New York Times as sources. At the bottom of the screenshot, the post is timestamped 4:06 PM on September 23, 2026, and shows 352,000 views.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
because the ny times wants to kneecap AOC the way they did hillary clinton. they don't do this for any other politician but her. and we must pound them into the dust for this.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Ossoff: "Congressman Collins, in a country awash in scandal, brings something unique, which is that he is apparently surrounded at work and at home by Nazi sympathizers and white nationalists ... this man could be elected to serve for 6 years in the Senate if we don't win this race"
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We go through the indictment of a defense contractor that helped ProPublica come up with a story that looks really bad for Maine Senator Susan Collins & assess the evidnece joycevance.substack.com/p/a-bad-tues...
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A Bad Tuesday in Maine if Your Name is Susan Collins
And a new order in Katie Phang’s Epstein Files case
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Rough day for Susan Collins in the local Maine press, where ProPublica's bombshell story is the lead story.
Screengrab from WNTWScreengrab from Maine PublicScreengrab from Portland Press HeraldScreengrab from Bangor Daily News
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
yes, we have never had a woman president before 1969 nobody had ever been to the moon before 2009 no black person had ever been president before 2021 no black or asian person had ever been vice president someone's gotta be first. we're ameriCANs not ameriCAN'Ts
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
i think a debate between figures like gavin newsom and aoc about what the fuck does the democratic party actually stand for would be good for the party and america.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Article 25 (3)(e) of the statute establishing the International Criminal Court criminalizes incitement to genocide. If someone can walk into the United Nations and say this, they’re daring the court to act.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When Trump can decide whether corrupt Senator Susan Collins gets indicted or not, he has the power to decide how she votes.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins (Gift Article)
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Renee Good's mom: "I am a registered Republican. I voted for President Trump under the impression that these agents were here to protect citizens -- innocents like our family and the others here. Certainly not to accuse those of us here of being terrorists and take precious lives. This is madness."
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s always the ones you suspectmax… www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-look...
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SCOOP: Looksmaxxer Clavicular Charged With Criminal Rape, Drugging
The manosphere celeb faces three counts stemming from an alleged encounter with a minor.
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