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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
Sen. Eric Schmitt is an international laughingstock. He’s up for reelection in 2028, so we’ll have to work on him later.
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This.
A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump brushed off the concerns and said that no building codes apply to White House construction. "I am the code," Trump said.
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Five Indianapolis officers charged following The Post’s reporting on Flock misuse
The officers are among at least 100 police department employees accused of abusing their access to license-plate readers, prompting calls for greater oversight.
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ A.I. Behavior www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/t...
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OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior
The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 09/09/2026
"The frontier AI lab is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI... In some cases, that also means reporting suspects to police before a crime occurs."
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Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect
New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Doctors, lawyers and engineers" is an international online Nazi trope. The "joke" is that non-White people are too stupid to be anything other than a criminal or someone who leeches social services. Read a Spanish newspaper about Ceuta, e.g., and you'll see "médicos y ingenieros" in the comments.
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The tech people forcing this AI shit down our throats ask global governments to “urgently” do something. What the fuck. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
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A Hacking Tool Built With A.I. Can Breach Phones Without a Click
An attack discovered by A.I. researchers could have compromised hundreds of millions of devices within hours, experts said.
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Opinion | Trump’s Foreign Wars Are Breaking His Anti-Immigrant Coalition
President Trump’s foreign adventurism will drive immigrants to the United States. And his anti-immigrant base knows it.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NEW: "...The code WIRED collected holds Flock’s user interface and shows both the network calls it makes and the answers it expects in return... Two notification systems are aimed at human beings." @dmehro.bsky.social's and my latest www.wired.com/story/flock-...
Screenshot of a mock-up web interface labeled FlockOS. A red-bordered banner at the top reads: "This is a mock-up rebuilt from Flock Safety's own published code. It holds no police data—every plate, camera, and record in it is invented. What officers see in a live system may differ."

Below the banner is a navigation bar with "Search" (selected) and "Alerts," then a row of tabs: Search, Lookup, FreeForm (selected), Convoy, Multi-Geo, Visual.

The panel is titled "Flock FreeForm." Under it, two radio buttons labeled Vehicle and People, with People selected.

A yellow advisory box headed "People Search Advisory" states that only video cameras compatible with People Search will appear in the device selector, and that LPR cameras are not supported for this feature.

Under the heading "Run FreeForm Search" is an empty text field with placeholder text "Enter body, make, color, etc." Beneath it, a green example line reads: Good: "person wearing scrubs".

A bordered box instructs the user to "Use short, literal descriptions of the vehicle or person," with two bulleted examples in green: Good: "blue BMW M3 with red stripe on roof" and Good: "person wearing scrubs".

At the bottom is a green button labeled "Run FreeForm Search," followed by gray text: "Freeform searches can only be run on increments of 30 days or less. Please refine your search."
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Each Step Home
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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She’s feeding hundreds of kids in ICE detention using commissary accounts
Casey Revkin gives money to hundreds of families at a Texas family detention facility so that they can buy food their children will eat.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Haitian Student, Despondent Over Ankle Monitor, Dies in Apparent Suicide
The 20-year-old was fitted with a tracking device under a Trump administrative initiative targeting Haitians in Springfield, Ohio.
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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George W. Bush’s Code of Silence
He lovingly paints immigrants, praises free trade and diplomacy, and rues the coarsening of American politics. Why won’t he talk about Donald Trump?
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Statement from Gov. Mike DeWine: "I think we have to ask ourselves: is this really good? Is it what we want done to people like this being picked up and facing deportation? Do we want that being done in our name?"
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/09/2026
ASHLEY MOODY IS CORRUPT AF. And Angie Nixon went straight for the jugular: “Her reward for that was her U.S. Senate appointment. She knew exactly what she was doing. She signed off on it.” “Ashley Moody is a liar, she’s a thief.”🔥
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
WATCH: Laura Loomer’s racist attacks on Black women are drawing backlash—and renewed scrutiny of her influence on U.S. policy.
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Laura Loomer’s racist tirade draws rebuke from Marjorie Taylor Greene
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Dolly Parton Scrambled Our Brains
Now she unites us in grief.
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
At least we’ll all be thinner when the world ends.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/08/2026
The Empire State Building went pink at exactly 9:25pm for Dolly Parton. Because of course they made it 9 to 5. That’s how you honor an icon. 🩷
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Trump’s latest tacky stunt is a nightmare for DC residents
Washington residents are facing a traffic nightmare thanks to President Donald Trump’s decision to host the Freedom 250 Grand Prix IndyCar race.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
She “declined?” “Declined”? You can’t just decline to get a security clearance. You either get one or you don’t have a job. So much dysfunction in this White House. When will the GOP have had enough? Why risk the country for this? www.ms.now/news/trump-a...
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Trump aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without security clearance for a year
The close aide to the president, known to filter much of the information reaching the commander-in-chief, ultimately relented in recent months after pressure from White House staff.
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Opinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All
Is Kansas just the beginning?
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
For the shitshow that is the @washingtonpost.com editorial page, they’ve been nailing the national security stories of late.
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Gas prices in DC 8/9/2026: $4.59 for regular.
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I’ve seen enough. Narrow win for AES in Michigan, and now onto coalescing the D base and kicking some GOP ass.
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/07/2026
It is rare for the public to see such a large list of ICE’s technology capabilities in a single document. 404 Media has published the whole document, called “ICE Wide Analytical Tools," here: www.404media.co/leaked-docum... @josephcox.bsky.social reports:
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Unearthed audio reveals David Brouillette, the ICE agent who killed a man in Maine, threatening to slit his ex-wife's throat: "Every single female in your bloodline is nothing but a disgusting, fat [bleep]. All of you should have your throats slit."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - AP Exclusive: ICE officer who shot Maine migrant has history of threatening behavior, family and court documents say.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/07/2026
OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election? CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election? C: I'm not gonna get into that with you O: You're not being honest or forthright C: ...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 14/07/2026
Security camera footage obtained from local businesses showed individuals who are believed to be U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers surrounding a car and pulling the driver onto the street, in events connected to the fatal shooting of a man in a coastal town in Maine on July 13.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Monstrous. Abolish ICE. And punish them. Hold them accountable or this will keep happening.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Trump and Musk will be forever known as mass murderers.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 11/07/2026
We‘re one executive order away from a chocolate fountain.
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I’m for any political candidate that pledges to completely blow up and reform the US healthcare system. There is no other issue.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
this is what is insane abt this case and these sentences. this isn't a sandwich throw. real violence happened here. a cop got shot. but by framing the protest as a conspiracy people who literally were uninvolved in the violence got de facto life sentences
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 23/06/2026
some hilarious history here. the DC media dogpiled Jimmy Carter for WEEKS because he splashed a rabbit once
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This is bombshell stuff.
Together, alongside the mundane fare of a typical thought leadership conference, the documents show an extraordinary convergence of power. The registration records list General Alexus Grynkewich, NATO's supreme allied commander Europe and the head of US European Command, who took the post in July 2025 and is recorded on the leaked list as having attended Dialog gatherings since 2021. The website directory names sitting Trump administration officials, two US senators, six members of the Paypal Mafia, a former Middle East chief of intelligence, and a sitting ambassador to the United States, along with the founders and directors of many of the country's largest surveillance, data-broker, and advertising-data companies.

Those executives appear side by side with senior US officials overseeing their industries. Auren Hoffman, Dialog’s chairman, founded the location-data broker SafeGraph and the identity-resolution firm LiveRamp, two of the most important suppliers in the consumer data economy. He appears in the directory alongside Treasury secretary Scott Bessent, whose department writes the rules on financial data, and Senator Ted Cruz, chairman of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, which oversees the Federal Trade Commission and its data-privacy authority.

Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale, whose software runs case management for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and data fusion for the Pentagon and intelligence community, is listed in the same society as Army secretary Dan Driscoll and Representative Jim Himes, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, which oversees agencies Palantir contracts with.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15/06/2026
If you talk about Michelle Obama today, please make it about this video
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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Happy June 14! #ObamaDay
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Happy for the Knicks but Washington, DC, has been under an assault, a gratuitous assault, for two years, and I would like Americans to acknowledge it. Our city deserves recognition and support from the rest of the world. Tonight and every night. STATEHOOD FOR DC!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/06/2026
that’s right
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The Street Talk @thestreettalk.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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Elizabeth Warren: Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO May Screw Retirees, Must Be Delayed
The Massachusetts senator is calling on the SEC to delay Friday’s public offering.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"A Project 2029 that has nothing to say about either the Senate filibuster, or an ideologically captured Supreme Court, or extreme partisan gerrymandering — among other concerns — is not a Project 2029 worth the time or effort." Amen. Democrats have to address the fundamental flaws in our system.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🚨BREAKING: All I can say is this is fucking so cynical I have no words. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court greenlights Alabama’s racial gerrymander, signaling free rein for states to discriminate
The new ruling, to which all six conservative justices signed on, suggests that, in practice, almost no federal protections remain for non-white voters, even in extreme cases.
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Kat O’Brien @lavidagata.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
There was a mass shooting yesterday near my hometown in Iowa, killing six people plus the gunman, and gun shootings are so common in the U.S. that I didn’t even hear about it on social media or national news; only from my parents. It’s believed all were family members. www.abc27.com/news/update-...
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Seven people dead after Muscatine shooting; school district responds
UPDATE: The Muscatine Community School District has sent a letter to district families in response to shootings that left seven people dead on Monday. “Dear Muscatine Community School Distric…
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Delaney Hall's conditions would be illegal in any American prison yet ICE operates above the law. They serve people food infested with maggots, deny them access to medical care & legal council & the guards routinely beat the shit out of them despite not having committed a crime. #ShutDownDelaneyHall
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