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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1h
Sure, Katie Zacharia never passed the bar. But Pete Hegseth has never passed one either.
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Dust in a Baggie - Billy Strings
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Mariana Z @mariana057.bsky.social · 4h
Meatloaf is a good safe word. It means I would do anything for love, but I won't do that...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h
“.. Today, Skydance has a market cap of under $40 billion — less than half the predecessor companies’ combined value.” @variety.com $SKYD variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 4h
DEI has been replaced by “whatever looks like Ivanka”.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 4h
Paolo Zampolli, a close friend of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell who introduced Melania to Trump, was just fired as a special envoy to the State Department. The official explanation? A months-long email feud and accusations of leaking information about Melania. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Trump ally ousted from administration after messy email fight goes public
Paolo Zampolli says he had “absolute zero surprise” that he was dismissed after POLITICO detailed his email brawl with the deputy secretary of State.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 7h
So, a Black woman who is one of the most qualified people to ever serve on the Supreme Court is a "DEI hire" but a white woman who can't read was hired to be press secretary based on 'merit'??????
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 5h
Jeffrey Epstein, Jean-Luc Brunel, & other predators from the international modeling industry preyed on young women & children for decades. But, where's the accountability? @justandro.bsky.social joins on her compelling series “The Pipeline to Predators” for @msmagazine.com youtu.be/IsKN3OZvz-A?...
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BOMBSHELL Reporting BLOWS UP EPSTEIN’s International COVER-UP!!
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 8h
New Fox Poll: ‘Government Corruption’ the Top Issue For Whopping 88% of Americans
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New Fox Poll: ‘Government Corruption’ the Top Issue For Whopping 88% of Americans
Trump’s signature issue of “voter fraud” was the last important issue polled, with a 52 to 48% split on voters being concerned or not. The post New Fox Poll: ‘Government Corruption’ the Top Issue For Whopping 88% of Americans first appeared on Mediaite.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 14/10/2026
Health minister says government ‘did not authorize’ Danish-led hepatitis B trial in babies backed by RFK Jr
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Guinea-Bissau denies it has approved controversial vaccine trial in newborns
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 13/10/2026
I mean.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 13/10/2026
As Trump voters savage him in a new focus group, a political theorist explains why a broader-than-usual coalition against corruption and authoritarianism now appears plausible. trib.al/cuYcMm0
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Transcript: MAGA Voters Wreck Trump in Focus Group: “Nothing But Lies”
As Trump voters savage him in a new focus group, a political theorist explains why a broader-than-usual coalition against corruption and authoritarianism now appears plausible.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 13/10/2026
As Trump voters wreck him in a new focus group, a political theorist explains why a broader-than-usual coalition against corruption and authoritarianism now appears plausible. trib.al/dGi4Ojl
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MAGA Voters Turn on Trump in Focus Group Bombshell: “Nothing but Lies”
As Trump voters wreck him in a new focus group, a political theorist explains why a broader-than-usual coalition against corruption and authoritarianism now appears plausible.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12/10/2026
Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton concocted a securities fraud case as part of a sweeping crusade to target the state’s growing Muslim community. trib.al/5UzN6WV
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A 29% approval rating is what happens when you promise you'll fix everything and, instead, you make everything worse.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It tracks that this is his definition of consent
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PencilSketchy @brainspore.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"But if we tax billionaires they'll leave the state!" Bruh I already said I support the wealth tax, you don't need to keep selling me on it.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
We haven’t forgotten. Where are the Epstein files?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Wrong Portland. @nbcnews.com #MEsen www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Released 47 years ago today "Smash It Up" by The Damned and Happy 70th Birthday today Dave Vanian 🖤 The Damned - Smash it Up - Old Grey Whistle Test, Stage wrecked! #punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #smashitup #thedamned #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Happy 70th birthday David Lett aka Dave Vanian, English rock musician and lead singer of the punk rock band the Damned, born on this day in 1956, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England 📸 Keith Morris #punk #punks #punkrock #davevanian #thedamned #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?
Elon Musk: “Zelensky has gone too far”

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109033017184338141
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“.. In Maine, the cost to fill a standard heating-oil tank as of Wednesday was $1,650, up roughly 80 percent from a year earlier ..” @nytimes.com #MEsen www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 11/10/2026
Zelensky Dumps Cold Water on Trump’s Claim of a Russia-Ukraine ‘Energy Ceasefire’: ‘News’ to Me!
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Zelensky Dumps Cold Water on Trump’s Claim of a Russia-Ukraine ‘Energy Ceasefire’: ‘News’ to Me!
President Volozymyr Zelensky said Donald Trump's declaration of an "energy ceasefire" between Ukraine and Russia was "news for me." The post Zelensky Dumps Cold Water on Trump’s Claim of a Russia-Ukraine ‘Energy Ceasefire’: ‘News’ to Me! first appeared on Mediaite.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/10/2026
How humiliating for the United States. Trump is showing the world what weakness looks like.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/10/2026
It’s genuinely sad to watch. The President is so weak and incapable of negotiating a real deal that he just posts fake ones on social media and hopes people believe him, until every party involved puts out a statement calling him a liar. We’ve never seen weakness like this in the Oval Office.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Marsha is the anti-Dolly
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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
2026 isn't "a weird time in history," we're living through the inevitable conclusion to doing everything wrong
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 09/10/2026
The biggest source of inequality in the U.S. is a gaping hole in the tax code—and no one is talking about it, Rogé Karma argues.
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The Biggest Source of Inequality That No One Talks About
Progressives are focused on the wrong tax loophole.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 08/10/2026
Many people in Donald Trump’s orbit view their positions not as public service but as a profit center—and the latest examples came this week, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.
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Trump’s Team of Mercenaries
People around the president are using their roles to cash in. They learned it by watching him.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
Trump’s GOP is in full-blown midterm panic. Republicans are turning on each other, new polls show Democrats gaining ground, and the scandals keep piling up. Meanwhile, Trump’s Iran war is sending oil prices soaring.
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 476. 10/8/26
… More scandals for Don Jr’s longtime former fiancee Kim Guilfoyle, in addition to the ones that broke last week, on how she has been out of control since Trump got her out of the country after Junior...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
DOJ “has hastily hired a new crop of 130 people -- some w/ criminal records, minimal experience, tarnished work histories, hyperpartisanship and downright bizarre public statements.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/10/2026
Breaking news: DHS sped up training for police officers making immigration arrests by scaling back instruction on the nation’s immigration laws and real world scenarios they might encounter, according to emails reviewed by the Post.
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Emails show how ICE trimmed training for deputized officers
Police officers helping ICE arrest unauthorized immigrants were given a shortened training course that scaled back instruction on the nation’s immigration laws.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
UPDATE: Trump just awarded another $3 BILLION military contract to a company backed by his son Don Jr. (and Peter Thiel) — what skilled businessmen these Trumps are! Robbing the American taxpayer in broad daylight.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There it is
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026
Saint won an Oscar for her portrayal of Edie, a Catholic schoolgirl whose longshoreman brother is murdered. She went on to star in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest. n.pr/4zo45Cp
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Actress Eva Marie Saint, who won an Oscar for 'On the Waterfront,' dies at 102
Saint won an Oscar for her portrayal of Edie, a Catholic schoolgirl whose longshoreman brother is murdered. She went on to star in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 06/10/2026
The service members were left to seek their own medical treatment. trib.al/cLKQe1P
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Soldiers Wounded in Iran Say DOD Made Them Get Their Own Treatment
The service members were left to fend for themselves.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 06/10/2026
One group was not evacuated out of Kuwait for 10 days after the attack, including Chief Warrant Officer 4 Rodney Bearman, who had shrapnel embedded in his face and legs. trib.al/3kn69B9
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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Time just implied that Elon Musk's flattering chatbot Grok may have convinced Trump to go ahead and invade Venezuela in January www.jezebel.com/venezuela-tr...
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Grok Chats May Have Convinced Trump to Invade Venezuela
Time just implied that Elon Musk's flattering chatbot Grok may have convinced Trump to go ahead and invade Venezuela in January.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone.
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thatmatty-a.bsky.social @thatmatty-a.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump Mobile customers had their personal data leaked by the ransomware gang BYOD. The dump includes names, emails, phone numbers, home addresses, etc. The gang says the company responded to news of the breach with, “We have no team to handle this.” san.com/cc/trump-mob...
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“.. The announcement comes as the US is grappling with one of the worst measles outbreaks in decades.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/10/2026
AP Exclusive: Survivors of a drone attack that killed six U.S. soldiers question Army leadership over safety and the medical care that followed.
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Exclusive: Soldiers and Gold Star families press Army leadership after deadly Iranian drone strike
It's the deadliest strike against American troops during the war with Iran. Now U.S. soldiers wounded in a drone attack on Port Shuaiba in Kuwait are raising their concerns publicly about whether commanders underestimated the threat and saying the military medical system failed them.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So we needed to start another war in Middle East because of a fictitious claim that a country possessed a weapon of mass destruction? At least we’ve never made that mistake before. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 04/10/2026
It’s like we built a hydrogen bomb, then entrusted Gordon Gekko to make a profit off it and Barney Fife to monitor him. What could go wrong? trib.al/RtfhrHH
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Trump Personifies the Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
How a 50-year-old treatise by an Italian economic historian makes sense of our utterly senseless moment
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 03/10/2026
Trump Negotiators’ Business Ties Collide With Multibillion-Dollar Russian Oil Deal: NYT
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Trump Negotiators’ Business Ties Collide With Multibillion-Dollar Russian Oil Deal: NYT
Trump’s negotiations with Russia about Ukraine reportedly now include an oil deal involving business figures connected to Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The post Trump Negotiators’ Business Ties Collide With Multibillion-Dollar Russian Oil Deal: NYT first appeared on Mediaite.
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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Post your tale of horror in the comments to enter our 15th annual scary story contest. But first, read the rules... www.jezebel.com/its-time-to-...
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