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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The immutable, unnamed American law of The Dumbest Thing That Can Happen Will Happen dictates that the Democrats will win the House handily, as projected, and take the Senate 51-49, making John Fetterman the most powerful flesh husk in America for the next 24 months.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar aims to build a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the probe www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
wsj.com
Ilhan Omar Investigation Aims to Build Case for Stripping Her Citizenship
Authorities have subpoenaed members of the Democratic congresswoman’s family as part of a broader look at their immigration paperwork.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 10/10/2026
this is the ultimate end point of capitalism, ai will completely atomize everyone and there will be zero shared experiences. there will be no culture, only pure consumption. this must be resisted
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 08/10/2026
A sizable chunk of California’s Democratic establishment, led by Gov. Gavin Newsom, greased the skids for the father-son duo of Larry and David Ellison to gain control of a commanding share of America’s culture and news industries. prospect.org?p=146041
The Warner Bros. water tower with "A Skydance Corporation" added
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Jeremy Fassler @jfassler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Katie Britt watching Eric Schmitt destroy his career, brought to you by Larry David.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/09/2026
This has the potential to rip apart comity between the states. If SCOTUS comes in and says that blue states can't regulate abortion in their own states and red states get a veto over it, it'll create a massive crisis for federalism. thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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Red states challenge mail-order abortion shield laws for providers
Three attorneys general in anti-abortion states filed a lawsuit directly with the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the abortion shield laws of three Democratic-led states that protect ph…
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Here's our story on Rob Bonta's disappointing settlement of the Paramount-Warner Bros merger. Just an awful decision. prospect.org/2026/09/21/b...
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Bonta Gives Up on the Paramount Case - The American Prospect
Why would California AG Rob Bonta settle the Paramount–Warner Bros. lawsuit when he’s winning?
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 16/08/2026
Xavier Becerra has gone silent since winning the primary for California governor. But here he is with Peter Thiel protégé Garry Tan—Palantir’s employee #10. “Garry’s List” is an AI-generated right-wing news site. Garry is a top Network State figure & tweeted “die slow” at SF city leaders in 2024.
Photograph of Becerra with Carrie Tan at A Gary’s list event
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He got pressure from the whole CA Democratic political establishment (Newsom, Becerra, Bass). And ultimately he's a product of the machine too, appointed by Newsom. The CA machine is among the worst in the country precisely because its decision-making is so critical to the country.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The worst part of Bonta caving on the Paramount merger is that it's a big flashing signal to every other company that there is no antitrust enforcement in America and you can bully your way into getting whatever you want. It's a monumentally bad decision.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's vastly more comforting to believe in an imminent robot apocalypse than the truth: the things that will destroy us are extensions of the unsexy but obvious problems all around us. We are not doomed in one grand way, but a thousand petty small ways.
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🎃Marley, a Werewolf of Wall Street 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✍️🌕🐺 @marleywrites.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In reversal, Seth Moulton thrown under bus by trans people
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Alex Falcone @alexfalcone.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The cost of AI you’re paying right now
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I would say people are lying, but I do believe that lottery volume is down, why get a scratcher when there's all the action on your phone. So all those states who pegged education or other services to state-sanctioned gambling have been disrupted. Whoops. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
washingtonpost.com
Fewer American adults say they’re gambling
In a new survey, 45 percent of adults said they participated in at least one form of gambling in the past year, down from 64 percent in 2016.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
if the cheese banks fail we will have a problem worse than 2008
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Leaked memo shows Republicans privately see Francesca Hong as "uniquely dangerous" in the general election & that “more moderate and establishment Democratic alternatives would likely produce lower base motivation and depressed turnout": www.kenklippenstein.com/p/will-franc...
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Will Francesca Hong and Abdul El-Sayed Get Elected?
Washington's plan to block them
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Have to imagine it's a complete coincidence that the same outlets publishing one piece after another talking about how extremely dangerous and unacceptable the Left is are also laundering genocide and normalizing targeting of trans people while featuring puff pieces on Far Right fascists.
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Ben DuBose @bendubose.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Well, this will be fun in a few minutes
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This is a politician who understands that this is not an indulgence, it's an investment. Every public space where you can have fun and not spend any money is probably more of a crimebuster than 100 cops.
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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
So OP is 100% right. Kids need someplace where they can go and be kids, where they can hang with their friends in a safe place, without judgement. It’s really a very simple solution except for the fact that no politician is willing to try it.
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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I am yet again getting on my soapbox to tell y’all about how my previous job (public library) received a grant once to keep branches in some neighborhoods open until midnight on Fri and Sat. The neighborhoods were picked specifically because of higher crime rates and lack of support services (1/ )
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 14/07/2026
it's great that the economy is now credit cards, gambling, and scam phone calls from fake collection agencies
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 14/07/2026
Y’all also need to shoot anyone telling you that you can simply wash off a parasite embedded into the skin and even the folds and creases of alot of this produce. A parasite that is resistant to bleach, chlorine, and vinegar by the way. Signed, An epidemiologist
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I was always gonna boycott the Harry Potter TV series but I would urge anyone on the fence to stop engaging with the franchise as long as JKR is using her proceeds to fund her continued attacks on trans people and allies. Reheated nostalgia slop just isn’t worth it.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
BREAKING: The Writers Guild of America has filed a lawsuit to block the Warner Bros-Paramount merger. This comes shortly after 12 states filed to block this $81 billion merger as well.
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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 12/07/2026
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onion person @junlper.beer · 12/07/2026
what a great text to recieve while at a party
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A lot of the people posting terrible takes about sexual violence victims know they’re wrong. It is an expression of solidarity with perpetrators, who tend to occupy higher positions of power, versus victims, who tend to be disempowered. Sometimes it is because they are perpetrators, too.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 06/07/2026
the headline is bad enough for platner but if you dig in and read this piece its just so, so much worse. he’s really gotta step out of the race immediately
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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 05/07/2026
Trump is watching the Fox News feed of himself watching Fox News
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Thomas Paine is my favorite founding father. He was famously abolitionist and one of the earliest voices to point out the hypocrisy of fighting for independence while keeping slaves. He also firmly believed that keeping any friendship which required compromising your morals made you a bad person.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 01/07/2026
Leftists toppled a three-decade incumbent in Denver when democratic socialist Melat Kiros, an attorney who lost her job for speaking out about Israel’s genocide in Gaza, ousted Rep. Diana DeGette amid a wave of anti-establishment sentiment. interc.pt/4eIQtso
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Socialist Momentum Grows as Melat Kiros Wins in Denver
A democratic socialist who lost her job for speaking out about Gaza unseated a 29-year incumbent amid a wave of anti-establishment energy.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The establishment freakout over Melat Kiros has already begun. Good. Enjoy sleepless nights.
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
the egg price thing under biden was all fake lol
From mid-2022 to early 2025, the egg producers communicated with each other to coordinate bidding activity on a widely used pricing service, according to a complaint filed in a federal court in Iowa.
The complaint details instances of executives for the companies calling and texting each other in an effort to push prices higher.
Under the settlement, the state DOJ says the three companies must end their price coordination, adopt compliance measures and cooperate with
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Supreme Court my ass
Supreme Court my ass
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 26/06/2026
🇺🇸 Rep. Summer Lee fuels speculation about a 2028 Senate primary challenge. The progressive congresswoman posted, “2028 can’t come fast enough for PA,” a remark many interpreted as a shot at Sen. John Fetterman, the lone Senate Democrat to oppose the Iran war powers resolutions & an increasingly...
🇺🇸 Rep. Summer Lee fuels speculation about a 2028 Senate primary challenge.

The progressive congresswoman posted, “2028 can’t come fast enough for PA,” a remark many interpreted as a shot at Sen. John Fetterman, the lone Senate Democrat to oppose the Iran war powers resolutions and an increasingly isolated figure on the left over his support for Israel, his defense of ICE, and his broader willingness to align with President Trump. His Senate seat is up for election in 2028.Summer Lee
@SummerForPA
2028 can't come fast enough for PA.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/06/2026
Serving up a rent freeze.
Mayor Mamdani cuts and serves an ice cream cake that says “Happy Rent Freeze” to New Yorkers. Mayor Mamdani cuts and serves an ice cream cake that says “Happy Rent Freeze” to New Yorkers. Mayor Mamdani cuts and serves an ice cream cake that says “Happy Rent Freeze” to New Yorkers. Mayor Mamdani cuts and serves an ice cream cake that says “Happy Rent Freeze” to New Yorkers.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 25/06/2026
if you look at previous primaries in these same seats, the voter turnout was nearly half of what it was in 2026. DSA massively increased voter turnout!
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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
There are Mini Mamdanis everywhere for those with the eyes to see.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 24/06/2026
The House minority leader told CNN the mayor is going to have to patch things up with congressional Democrats follow Tuesday's primary upsets.
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Top Democrat Seems Sour After Mamdani-Backed Candidates Oust House Incumbents
The House minority leader told CNN the mayor is going to have to patch things up with congressional Democrats follow Tuesday's primary upsets.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/06/2026
The Times responded to my analysis of their coverage of trans issues. They basically said "you can't look at what we wrote, you have to look at everything else!" But that belies the structural issues they won't even admit to such as pushing a Pullitzer campaign for Azeen Ghorayshi's podcast.
The Times rejects the criticism

In a statement to The Advocate, Rhoades Ha said the paper has “reported deeply for years on the prejudice and attacks that transgender people face” while also helping readers understand “the questions and debates over trans rights and medical care.”

“We reject any suggestion that our coverage is biased or anti-trans; we report on gender identity and related issues fully and fairly and approach our coverage with curiosity and sensitivity, as we do with every story,” Rhoades Ha said.

She said Caraballo’s analysis “shows a fundamental misunderstanding of our journalism and how it works,” arguing that such studies “sample words, sentences, and headlines in isolation and ignore the expertise, facts, and context that journalists and editors bring to each story.”

Rhoades Ha also disputed criticism that the Times fails to include transgender voices in its coverage.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
When George W Bush won re-election in 2004, he said: “I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and I intend to spend it.” I’ve waited 20 years plus for a Dem to take a similar approach to spending capital. Tonight we saw Zohran Mamdani do it. 3 for 3, about to be.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Asked how DOJ defines Antifa, US Attorney for Minnesota replied: "What is Antifa goes beyond, I think, the scope of what this indictment is."
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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Mr. Greenspan, he dead. rickperlstein.substack.com/p/speak-ill-...
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Speak Ill of the Dead—Early and Often, Please.
Alan Greenspan's monstrous legacy: an "Infernal Triangle" preview
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Micah @rincewind.run · 19/06/2026
a Black man named Freeman scored the second goal and the first goal happened because of a great run by our birthright citizen striker, these chuds can fuck all the way off
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Been laughing at this for 45 minutes straight
Smash JT *
@SmashJT
X.com
This is unnecessary and intentionally signaling
Trans.
They know what they're doing.
Once you notice bisexual lighting being used, you can not unsee it. This is intentional.
I will not be gaslit.
HALO
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Claudia Sheinbaum just launched a national EV in Mexico that retails for $5000 US. This is after giving millions of people universal healthcare. Meanwhile Mark Carney is fast tracking Canada into a dystopian AI surveillance state and Donald Trump is trying to go for the war criminal leaderboard
@Claudiashein
Hoy presentamos Olinia, el auto eléctrico creado por jóvenes mexicanas y mexicanos.
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