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Gas prices are basically the only economic measure that people track on a near-daily basis. And right now they are significantly worse than when Biden was facing the 2022 midterms — and particularly in several states with close Senate elections. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 9h

Republican desperate for attention, humiliates himself. A tale as old as time

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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 10h

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

mein gott!

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 10h

*trying to eliminate competition* Everyone should use AI to write. Everyone should forget how to write

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 11h

When you realize you're an adult and you're responsible for your future

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h

WSJ Exclusive: The Trump admin used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance those controversial pro-Trump ads that started airing on TV. The taxpayer money used to fund the ads came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads

White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 13h

I'm glad Jack Smith isn't doing the "I can't say anything I've gotta be neutral" shtick. It's good to hear what he has to say

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17h

these look more and more like late Brezhnev, late Chernenko photos

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 13h

He's the richest man in history and he still kisses the ring

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 14h

I still call it Twitter and I'll still call it artificial intelligence

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 14h

I am once again asking for San Pellegrino to sponsor me

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: SCOTUS allows the Trump admin to restart third-country removals under a policy found by lower courts to violate federal law. The Democratic appointees dissent. The deportations will be OK'ed at least through the next several months, with SCOTUS agreeing to hear the case in December.

CERTIORARI GRANTED
DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC., ET AL. V. D.V.D., ET AL.
The application for stay presented to Justice Jackson and
by her referred to the Court is granted. The February 25, 2026
order and judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25-cv-10676, are stayed.
The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of
certiorari, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether
the district court had jurisdiction over Respondents' claims.
(2) Whether the district court had authority to enter classwide declaratory relief and APA vacatur under 8 U. S. C. §1252(f) (1).
(3) Whether the Government's Guidance on third-country removals
is unlawful under 8 U.S. C. §1231(b), the Due Process Clause, or FARRA/CAT and its implementing regulations. (4) Such other
questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the
proper disposition of the case. The Clerk is directed to
establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be argued in the December 2026 argument session. The stay shall
terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would deny the application for stay.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 19h

It’s somehow more depressing that our constitutional order is being dismantled by people who demonstrably cannot find their own asses with both hands.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 17h

Thinking about how Trump hates Spain and it reminded me of this Curb episode "I'm not a fan of the Spanish." "Why's that?" "It's a personal thing. I got picked on a lot by some kids." "By Spaniards?" "Yeah, well they spoke Spanish."

Larry David and a guy he got sit next to speaking about Spaniards

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 20h

Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.

Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 20h

I think he might have learned something from Juliana Stratton's campaign here in Illinois lol

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 21h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Mamdani in response to Kimmel asking him to send Trump a selfie of the two of them: "I love you, but I love housing more"

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Me, in the future: We didn't have AI. We had Jib Jab. You could make your friends do a dance number Gen Alpha: Time for your sleep pod now grandpa

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don't think you can call Twitter a town square because I've never seen a town square that's filled with bots and nazis

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I just caught the Muse AI monster in a bear trap. Now I have to decide what to do with it

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Future presidential debates should probably feature questions like "are you stupid enough to start a cold war with Canada" or "who pays a tariff"

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ken Paxton was basically designed in a lab to be the focus of a Last Week Tonight segment

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh no I love that train. I've taken it many, many times

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Service to their real constituents, not for us: In July, Lee Zeldin, administrator of the E.P.A., told coal executives at a public meeting, “Many of the items that were on your wish list are now done.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/c...

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The Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged. (Gift Article)

In a previously unreported letter, a top lobbyist floated the idea of using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Love this energy

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just realized I now have twice as many followers on here as I ever had on Twitter. I guess I didn't need to stay there for the audience!

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/09/2026

well, glad we cleared that up!

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...

appleinsider.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/09/2026

dude you can’t address the entire nation just to announce a steel mill in iowa we can smell the flop sweat from here

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You can trust it's not a conspiracy theory because an election denier said it

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've been targeted by advertising

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is my new excuse for mostly wearing black, blue and grey

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My god, the man just won't stop forcing his warped worldview down our throats. Chasing a buck may be his top priority in life. It doesn't have to be everybody's.

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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees

Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Prediction: It will be something stupid

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 28/09/2026

Almost all of Meta's PR about Muse was about how careful they had been to set it up not to do things like this, how they delayed the launch by months to carefully design it so it could be trusted. And then...

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ceeks @ceeks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

abc you got me all wrong

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers?

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