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Maven

@themaven.bsky.social
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Latter-day Saint, husband, father, BYU alumnus. Fan: BYU, Jazz, Braves, Commanders, Caps. “The talent gap is just too great now.”

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 6h
Over 4,000 Texans showed up for James Talarico in Ken Paxton's home county 👀
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 9h
The world is gonna pay as much attention to this as it did when we starved Yarmouk.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 14h
OTD in 1938 Nazi Germany started occupying the Sudetenland. The west tried to appease Hitler by giving him bits of someone else's country without asking the owners. It didnt work & led to a terrible war. Imagine it happening today....
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 15h
OTD in 1946 Julius Streicher was found guilty of crimes against humanity. Specifically, he continued spouting hate & propaganda against Jews even after being well aware of genocide against them. Who's your favorite tankie who might need to lawyer up one day?
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 21h
The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The lone woman on Tennessee's death row was still alive after she was administered two lethal injections, her lawyer said in a motion seeking to halt her execution Wednesday night, a stunning development after the Supreme Court had stepped in to allow the state to put her to death.
At 8:26 p.m. local time, witnesses said
"executioners had injected both syringes of lethal injection chemicals and Pike is still alive and snoring," her lawyers said in a federal court filing.
They said Pike "has not lost consciousness and still has a heartbeat," and that curtains to the death chamber "have gone down twice."
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 20h
O barbarous and bloody spectacle!
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 21h
Several countries, including the UK, France and the Baltic countries did not receive an invite to a planned meeting in Poland that will focus on NATO’s future Trump and his cronies are doing everything to ruin NATO as Russia escalates across Europe. More gifts for Putin
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Pentagon excludes key allies from NATO meeting
Some of Europe’s biggest defense spenders — and U.S. allies — were not invited to a Pentagon-led meeting to discuss the alliance.
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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 21h
the witnesses are at a podium describing a horrific lethal injection process that failed, and had to delay that while ambulances and fire trucks pulled up to the prison
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 21h
Jesse is a sociopath.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The bill failed to clear the 60-vote threshold to end debate in the Senate, 53-47. Every Democratic and independent senator voted against the measure. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP voter ID bill falls short in Senate
The floor stunt attempted to give Republicans facing tough reelection fights something to campaign on as voters sour on the GOP’s willingness to acquiesce to Trump on artificial intelligence, the war ...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Breaking character: I hate to use this account for political strategizing but the ball needs to get rolling on this....when Dems take the House they've got to focus on impeaching Hegseth. He can be be blamed for the Iran war plus he's a drunk and a criminal.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In this Ohio diner, Hawkeye still means Alan Alda. But they do know this: Senator Eric Schmitt’s staffers looked about as nervous as Radar O’Reilly after yesterday‘s basketball gaffe.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Eric Schmitt was questioning Jack Smith the right way. by Ezra Klein
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Anastasia Klimash 🇺🇦 @nastasiaklimash.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I thought I’d show just a couple examples of what your donations mean. But there are much more essential kit it can get!
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Nick Cohen @nickcohen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“American power will never recover from Trump. We’re looking at a superpower suicide.” Reposting my interview with Anne Applebaum. This time with an edited transcript!
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Anne Applebaum on Trump’s Empire of Grift
Podcast with transcript
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is important to understand that Russia became the world's largest country without colonialism. The only mistake of Russian non-colonialism was that it didnt non-colonise more. No ships = no colonialism
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Which means when we attack Europe, we will bomb kindergartens and hospitals instead.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in a new lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says
Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...
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███ACTED @vicjager.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 30/09/2026
Did I just find Trevor Lee's OnlyFans account? #utpol #utah youtube.com/shorts/0miC7...
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Same username, same photo, same hashtags. Is it Trevor Lee's? #politics #utahpolitics #utahnews
YouTube video by Utah Political Watch
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Pitchbot Reply Guy @pitchbotturd02.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jumpin' Jack Smith Republicans couldn't get no satisfaction in today's grilling of Jack Smith. Even with time on their side, they tried to perjure-trap him. But this street fightin' man wasn't ready to fold under their thumb. You can't always get what you want, senators! by Maureen Dowd
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
About Schmitt Bad boy businessman Eric thought he was the Jack Nicholson of the Senate, but after his questioning went sideways it looks like maybe he can't handle the truth. by Maureen Dowd
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In this Ohio diner, the Hawks still means Robbie Robertson and Levon Helm. But they do know this: it makes no difference to Senator Eric Schmitt.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My kids have measles, I can't buy diesel, and my country just a war to Iran. But at least now there are federal rules governing NIL deals for college athletes.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dario Speedwagon Anthropic's sexy CEO has enough curly hair to be in an 80s band, but I heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend that he can't fight this feeling we're all gonna take it on the run if we can't pull the AI ship into the shore. by Maureen Dowd
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After attacking Ukraine when it gave up nukes, Russia says Iran shouldn't have them, failing to connect the dots on non-proliferation works...
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I can’t defeat Ukraine on battlefield. My strategy is: 1 Bomb hospitals, schools,power & stations to create refugees 2 Fund anti western & anti refugee parties in west 3 Humiliate western leaders who want appeasement 4 Repeat www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘This is terrorism’: daytime Russian strike hits science academy in Kyiv
Jet-powered drones are increasingly targeting Ukraine’s capital, with medical centre also hit
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What can I say? Someone who edits @theguardian.com read a draft opinion from Saint @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social calling for "an end to all war" that never even mentioned ours and thought "looks good, nothing missing".
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pointing out selective outrage or cognitive dissonance is a way to be the victim of wild accusations made without thinking Try to think people. Its unfashionable in an identity driven cult, but give it a shot anywah. bsky.app/profile/dart...
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yarmouk is a refugee camp full of Palestinians that we besieged, starved, and butchered in 2013. There was little international interest. For some reason. We need lessons from no one.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do not believe anything until the Kremlin denies it™️
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Embajada Soviética 🇦🇷 Soviet Embassy @sovietembassyar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Still it's nice we all suddenly care about bombing hospitals and using famine as a weapon of war. Previously, we didn't care.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
OTD in 2015 Russia began bombing Syria. -we denied we'd do it -we then did it -we bombed lots of hospitals, shopping centers & schools to create refugees -we said it would be WW3 if NATO got involved -when NATO helped throw us out, we just ran away Sound familiar?
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Kate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Trump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country.
Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump’s verified @realDonaldTrump account displaying a signed document titled “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.” The document outlines voluntary AI safety and oversight commitments for companies developing frontier artificial intelligence models. On the right side are signatures and company labels for leaders including Sundar Pichai of Google, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Elon Musk of xAI, and Jensen Huang of Nvidia. Near the center-right, Donald J. Trump’s large signature appears above the printed title identifying him as president. The title contains a noticeable typo: instead of “President of the United States,” it reads, “President of the Unites States,” misspelling “United” as “Unites.”
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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You know, it’s actually kind of thrilling, watching someone commit career suicide in just a couple of minutes.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The most bizarre thing about this idiotic, embarrassing line of questioning by Eric Schmitt is that it’s totally irrelevant Even if Jack Smith went to a basketball game in Atlanta-he didn’t-there isn’t even a scintilla of proof that he met, much less conspired with Fani Willis 35 days
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If rapists actually faced consequences for their actions we wouldn’t have nearly as many rapists. In reality many rapists actually benefit from their actions
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Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of the funniest moments is when they realized that they had messed up and took their poster down in like three seconds
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Anyone who suggests we just turn the page is in league with the GOP. This guy is telling you they tried to overthrow the government. You don't just pretend it never happened @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The author of this ill-timed, two-graph beat-sweetener is none other than Axios's co-founder, Jim VandeHei
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Bonesito @bonesito.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When someone accuses me of going to a Hawks game.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 29/09/2026
lolololol
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Whether it’s Benjamin Netanyahu empowering Hamas, presiding over a massive intelligence failure that let them kill 1,200 Israelis on October 7th, and then killing 74,000 Palestinians in response or Zohran Mamdani pointing out that he did this, both men have fueled their bitter feud.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My cab driver to Coachella was an Obama-Romney-Trump-Biden-Trump voter who had on a channel that played AI-generated music. He said that if Democrats vote to restrict data centers, they'll lose his vote forever.
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Jessica Smetana @jessicasmetana.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Incredible things happening at USA Today sports
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was a lifelong liberal Democrat. Then I saw a propaganda ad funded by my tax dollars where someone repeatedly sings “love me” as the camera pans over Trump.
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