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I'm so tired of the constant cruelty.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

Again, the last public execution in the U.S. was in 1936. It's hard to wrap your head around what we're currently accelerating toward.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3h

I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 4h

Bengs is one of several Indies who could unseat Republicans from Nebraska to Idaho and create an unpredictable dynamic in our politics

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 4h

I interviewed one of the Independents running for Senate who could disrupt partisan control of the chamber: youtu.be/eR0OwC7pg_o?...

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 5h

So it’s slave ships except they’re trying to reduce the number of laborers in this country

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

Seems either like ready, fire, aim mismismanagment. and/or it raises a lot of questions about what the actual aim of this disruptive change is.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

"Future use of any closed school is still to be determined. Closure does not automatically mean that a property will be sold or disposed of. As part of implementation planning, staff will develop a comprehensive building repurposing plan."

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

And what about the 14 campuses that will be shut down? Again, there's no clear plan:

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

"...What we do know is that school consolidations will results in fewer school based staff members, from the custodians to the building leaders. The most impacted positions are those where there is one per building, such as a principal, custodian, possibly a school counselor, etc."

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

A hint of the savings comes from written answers to school board questions. And even here they're quite vague: "The number of potential layoffs can not be determined at this time....

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

For Portland parents following the extraordinary plan to close 14 schools, the district doesn't seem to have done some very basic homework. A lot of this is being done in the name of cost savings, but the district hasn't released any projections on that front.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed has said per CNBC

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 9h

Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 8h

"Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." - a government contractor whose company was approached to convert several of the warehouses into ICE facilities.

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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 23h

Really hard to think of a term more antisemitic and genocidal than Yarvin’s.

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 7h

Them: You can't criticize AI unless you use it constantly. Someone who uses AI constantly: Finally a replacement for the tiresome ordeal of showing love to my child.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 9h

I've wondered at times whether the "Nerd Reich" framing isn't a little inflammatory. I'm not wondering any more.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 23h

So I edited this story. And I wanna share on thought on language, & telling the truth We talked about: the "government is lying to you" It may sound saucy. It may sound like opinion But it's just true And if something is true then you should just say it, clearly That's just good journalism

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 10h

Notes on preseason Blazers defeating the g-league warriors. Dame is still Dame. Ja looks like a below-the-rim player, but bought into being a distributor. Deni will still have feasting oportunities, especially late in the clock. Scoot looks stellar. Sochan will find minutes. Hansen still a project.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 10h

so much of modern 'conservatism' boils down to: 'it's kinda icky if you think about it'

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13h

Democrats are pushing to win power in state legislatures across the country, forcing Republicans to play defense. They could break up full GOP control in as many as six states and win unified control in as many as seven of their own, a Post analysis found. wapo.st/4AVFpT0

An infographic depicting potential Democrat gains in state legislatures, highlighting Minnesota, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. Each state lists current party control and potential shifts in the governor's office and house/assembly. Minnesota: Democratic governor, house/assembly 67D-67R with potential Democratic gain of 1-10 for control. Nevada: Republican governor, house 13D-8R with Democratic gain needed to flip. Pennsylvania: Democratic governor, house 23D-27R with 3D to flip. The Washington Post is credited.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Spare me Sen. Thom Tillis’s self-interested redemption book tour. When he had the opportunity to do what was right, he failed nearly every time. For example, he drew a line on Jan. 6 apologia, and then confirmed multiple people who crossed it, including Kash Patel and Jeanine Pirro.

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Republican Sen. Tillis calls his vote for Hegseth the 'biggest regret of my career' in a new book

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career.”

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

a little louder for the cheap seats in the back

One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

10 years ago today GOP Sen. Mike Lee: “If anyone spoke to my wife, or my daughter…the way Mr Trump has spoken to women, I wouldn’t hire that person, wouldn’t want to be associated with that person, and I certainly don’t think I’d be comfortable hiring that person to be the leader of the free world”

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“They're putting a gun to the heads of the people of CA, and saying, ‘If you stand up to us, & you demand that we pay more in taxes so that your kids can have health care, we’re going to punish you.’ I think that is morally disgusting.” - Bernie Sanders on the billionaire campaign against Prop 40

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Why a Wealth Tax Is Fracturing the Golden State

How a proposal to tax California’s superrich is dividing the working class from the billionaires — and Democratic leaders from the party’s base.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

One of the answers -- also visible in the collapse of the state's Paramount lawsuit -- is that Newsom and other state leaders won't stand up to extortionate demands from billionaires who threaten to leave the state.

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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

One important tidbit from @propublica.org's comprehensive documentation of more than 500 ICE abductions involving U.S. citizens: At least 63 Americans were detained while recording ICE, a constitutionally protected activity ... projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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Kevin @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Bro is literally robbing poor women"

/hat have you seen, heard, or read about Roger Marshall over the last few weeks? (Among those who say it's made them feel less favorable toward him.)
"He sent people to prison for medical debt. He was shouted down at a public speaking event."
"He arrests people for $50."
"I read an article in national news about him suing patients and some getting arrested over as little as $50. Most all were young mothers or pregnant women."
"That he sends delinquent patients to jail. That he does whatever Trump tells him to do."
"That he had his [redacted] handed to him at the State Fair, and maybe if he would listen to the people he represents, he would know how angry they are with him."
"I didn't think it was possible for me to think less of that horrible woman-hating, intellectually lazy fool, but seeing that he mercilessly attacked 700 patients with lawsuits, sheriffs, and 18% collections interestis disgusting."
"Total scumbag, fake Kansan, sued those innocent people, ruining the lives of our neighbors."
"Bro is literally robbing poor women."
"Collecting bills from a poor woman who apparently gave birth and then had her arrested for nonpayment. People should pay their bills, but some people are simply unable to. And he is charging something like 16% on the balance, which is ridiculous. I just do not think he is the right person for the position. I do not think he is [sic] done a good job for Kansas or provided the support that Kansas needs."

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026

Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This strikes me as really fuckin bad

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Curtis Yarvin, a major influence on Vice President JD Vance, is openly fantasizing about Hitler again. Extremism isn’t fringe on the right.

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh brother.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026

I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically.

The Trump administration says none of this is happening.

"DHS is NOT arresting U.S. citizens by mistake." "There are no 'indiscriminate' stops." Allegations of "racial profiling are disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE." "The pattern is NOT of law enforcement using force." "ICE does not zip tie or restrain children."

But that is precisely what is happening, and at a far larger scale than previously reported.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointee in New York, rebukes ICE for arresting two people erroneously — including a U.S. citizen — and later claiming "mistaken identity." "ICE agents falsified official records," he says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

that's attrocious. I'm sorry journalists exposed you to that

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

11-yo Andrés lived with his dad in Texas—but was deemed “unaccompanied” by ICE and sent to foster care. “They’re kidnapping people’s kids and keeping them in government custody,” a former Biden official told us. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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“You kidnapped my son”

ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

TODAY (Monday, Oct. 5) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in: AMERICAN SAMOA ARIZONA ARKANSAS FLORIDA GEORGIA INDIANA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA — in-person, mail (10/13 online) MISSISSIPPI MONTANA — mail (11/3 in-person) OHIO SOUTH CAROLINA — mail TENNESSEE TEXAS npr.org/vote

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How to register to vote and check your registration status

For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

See his latest exchange on the subject today

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you're in these 3 states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Alaska Rhode Island South Carolina Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check everything is in order. Do it now. And there's a lot to vote for across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️

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