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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Gift Article This is going to be very very bad. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/09/2026
We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks. “They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
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Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”
Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/o...
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Opinion | Trump Has Untethered Himself From Reality (Gift Article)
The president’s distortions have an impact on much more than belief in his claims about what he was doing on Sept. 11.
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I can't think of anything good that can come of this. Maybe (if Jeffries is smart) just some idea of what they're thinking. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...
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Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly (Gift Article)
President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/o...
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Opinion | The A.I.s Are Already Out of Control (Gift Article)
Helen Toner, who served on OpenAI’s board, hopes the recent hack by that company’s models serves as a warning.
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Re the $1.8b slush fund.. "As more details on the settlement negotiations come to light, serious questions remain about whether criminal statutes against political interference in tax audits and tax administration were violated." 3 and 6 yr statutes of lim www.justsecurity.org/140939/congr...
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What Congress Should Do About the President’s Sweetheart Deal in Trump v. IRS
Three core actions that Congress must take to fully unwind the Trump administration’s settlement and hold its architects accountable.
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/b...
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Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Fantastic article. Part II is below. open.substack.com/pub/patricem...
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A Funny Thing Happened Over Breakfast With Trump Voters
There was coffee. There were pancakes. There were opinions.
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/o...
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Opinion | How Much Crow Will Trump Have to Eat on Iran?
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
When Trump’s Undersecretary of State Jacob Helberg—who came from Peter Thiel’s Palantir—defends the creation of a new special economic zone, as he just did re: the Philippines, it’s helpful to know this quote from the Sovereign Individual (quote from book; Thiel wrote a separate preface). 1/
"The dramatic phase change from mass democracy to the ultimate form of self-government, personal sovereignty, need not involve a shift in public opinion, nor a miraculous vote by disenchanted electors opting to scrap a mass democracy. Such a revolution can begin, indeed already has begun, invisibly with the leasing of sovereign territory," & "in due course, sovereignty will fragment repeatedly," & "we anticipate that the apparently solid power of nation-states ... will splinter into tens of thousands of fragments..." - The Sovereign Individual (Peter Thiel & a16z are fans)
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Mathematics of Caligula: Malignant Narcissism Has No Limit
Trump’s pathologies have a deterministic trajectory. He will try to take us down with him.
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...
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Opinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Great HCR today about continuing cover-ups. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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March 18, 2026
I was intending to take tonight off, but there’s big news—I mean, aside from all the other big news—that I want to make sure gets attention.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
So now they're trying to get witnesses killed? 🎁 Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/n...
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Justice Department Exposed Cooperating Witnesses in Epstein Files
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kelly @kickinson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Roberts does himself & Trump a huge solid by evoking the Constitution, which he despises, to reign in Trump from destroying US economy (and himself in the process). Roberts did not crown Trump king to see him undermine rich & powerful owners of capital.
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Norm Farrell IN-SIGHTS.CA @normfarrell.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
"The most powerful crime syndicate in history" in-sights.ca/2026/02/18/t...
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“The most powerful crime syndicate in history”
James Speyer, writing in The New York Daily News, says: It is time to acknowledge what has become tragically obvious: the Trump administration is essentially acting as a massive criminal enterprise…
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
“Illiberal governments tend to live or die by their ability to sustain corruption. They rely for support on a network of oligarchs, who in turn are tied to the administration’s success. It happened in Hungary, Turkey, Russia and increasingly, it is happening here.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
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Opinion | One Man Stole $660 Million. He’ll Never Pay It Back.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Meanwhile, in Germany, the public weighs in on what they think of the Epstein Administration. #BrutalButAccurate
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
“What keeps you up at night?” A Florida Attorney going through the evidence in the Epstein files with the knowledge that 🇺🇸 has no intention at this time, to prosecute. TW⚠️
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I made this thread into a shareable web page: skywriter.blue/@jennycohn.b...
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BREAKING: I read the new version of the “Save America Act” (S. 1383) so u don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Point 1 is new. It requires that all 50 states send their voter rolls to the DHS to run thru...
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 17/02/2026
Bari Weiss is doing exactly what she was expected to do. Ellison, Bezos, and other oligarchs are not trying to make their media properties profitable. They are turning them into regime media--to make their other properties more profitable.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Call your Republican Senators too: 202-224-3121. Make sure that they know that you know that the DHS’s “SAVE” voter purge system has an error rate as high as 14% and links to an SSA database compromised by DOGE. Go on offense bc there is no legitimate defense for what they are trying to do. TY.
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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I pretty much keep up with the news, so where was the coverage laying this out?
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Page 15 of the GOP’s Save America Act wld force all 50 states to submit their voter rolls to the DHS’s centralized voter purge program (called “SAVE”), which they know has had error rates as high as 14% & links to an SSA database that they know was compromised by DOGE. #NoOnSave 1/
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Jerry Threet @jerrythreet.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
This is the most important thread information you can read right now
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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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Jim Stewartson, Antifascist @jim-stewartson.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
On August 3rd, 2015, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman, and Mark Zuckerberg had a secret dinner with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein—who emailed a photo to himself. A decade later, they’re worth trillions, and effectively control the government. www.mind-war.com/p/treachery-...
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Treachery of the Elites
“This is the Epstein class”: How a single meeting compromised the American oligarchy.
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Jim Stewartson, Antifascist @jim-stewartson.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Searching through the Epstein files, and slowly realizing that he was no sideshow, that Russia and the PayPal Mafia were effectively *working for him* is the worst mindfuck I’ve ever experienced. The Big Reveal is that it was Epstein’s psyop all along. www.mind-war.com/p/the-big-re...
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The Big Reveal: It Was Epstein’s Psyop All Along
Trump’s paranoia about the files is not about his sexual deviance. It’s because they prove he’s a loser.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs. Peter Thiel.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
It looks like the GOP’s plan to pass their voter suppression bill, the so-called “Save America Act”, is to force a talking filibuster (they apparently lack the votes to nuke it altogether). For those who keep telling me the Act is “DOA” in the Senate, why are u confident this won’t work for them? 1/
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Republicans clash over the Senate filibuster and Trump-backed voter ID bill
Some SAVE Act backers insist the GOP can use a "talking filibuster" to tire out Democrats and pass it. Republican leader Thune hasn't ruled out trying, but he's skeptical it could work.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The CRA (founded by Russ Vought) supports forcing a talking filibuster: “If the Republican majority can outlast the Democrat minority speeches (which could take weeks)… then a final vote on the SAVE Act would take place at a simple majority threshold of 51 votes…” What do they mean by outlast?? 1/
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
MAGAs seem to think that if their voter suppression bill pssses, they will hold the majority forever. All voting rights advocates & concerned citizens should look good and hard at the Save America Act’s voter purge reqmts & the related references in the Act to the “SAVE System” overhauled by DOGE.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Nothing to see here…just more criminals buying their way out prison.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/02/2026
Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office. But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority. (Published Oct. 2023)
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We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority
The inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
👇👇👇👇
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The Cabinet this week *RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat *Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island *Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims *Noem blanket *Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it *Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The realest in question for the records
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I read the Trump-backed voter suppression bill, the so-called “Save America Act,” so you don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Please tell your Senators to vote NO on this abomination: 202-224-3121. TY. 1/
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This is a great article. I'm not sure if the comments are available in a gift article, but I'm adding a few I'm this thread. Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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Ukrainian Olympian Is Disqualified Over Helmet With Images of War Dead
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
If you see this post, read it. Read the whole thing.
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Pete 👎 ABOLISH ICE 👎 @barrelbucket.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
ICYMI Jasmine Crockett was absolutely on fire today. Watch until the end. #ICEOUT #FDT #Trump #Epstein #Bondi #TrumpEpsteinFiles youtu.be/Iz_auHVkHII?...
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WATCH: Rep. Crockett blasts Bondi for DOJ leadership
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 11/02/2026
Microsoft released a study showing the 40 jobs most at risk by AI:
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I laughed so hard I snorted 🤣🤣🤣
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/02/2026
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
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Badger @theoriginalbadger.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"99 red balloons Floating in the summer sky Panic bells, it's red alert There's something here from somewhere else The war machine springs to life Opens up one eager eye Focusing it on the sky The 99 red balloons go by" It was a f'ing party balloon. FFS www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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Customs and Border Protection Said to Have Fired Anti-Drone Laser That Triggered Airspace Closure
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