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Titaness Themis

@titanessthemis.bsky.social
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When we are not being actively divided-by religion or politics-we rest here in the default position of unity

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 7h
Related: her predecessor quit suddenly and many journalists likely know why and aren’t telling
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 7h
Putin’s fascination with the medieval takes the next step. www.newsweek.com/suspected-pl...
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Suspected Plague Death at Russian Lab Sparks ‘Anti-Epidemic’ Lockdown
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h
Justice Alito is confusing a desire to reform the court with an effort to intimidate it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 7h
Suicide or not, this brave man put himself out there at great personal risk. Who wouldn’t be depressed, angry, fearful, especially given the isolation such courage spawned? May we let this hero rest in peace. May we extend more support to those courageous whistleblowers who come after him.
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 6h
You know what’s sexy? Integrity
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h
"It's important for you all to stay on the same team as Ken Paxton," says the woman who filed for divorce and ended their marriage
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virgogrlfl.bsky.social @virgogrlfl.bsky.social · 8h
So basically any three guys with a mask can pick up a woman and throw her in a van and we’re all supposed to think this is legal?
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Historians: What the fuck are you talking about, you insane clown?
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GOP lawmaker: Nixon was ‘couped out of office,’ ‘framed’ during Watergate
Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.Va.) said Thursday that former President Nixon was “absolutely couped out of office” and added that he was “framed” during the infamous Watergate scandal. “We now know more ab…
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 03/10/2026
Same energy.

@Sassafrass_84

I'll take $5,000 dollars over socialism.
It's not a hard choice.
Vote RED!
Jack Posobiec: What if instead of a vaccine we just were able to get exposed to a weak version of the virus that enabled us to build the antibodies we need to fight the real thing.
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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yep...
A barely-literate sign apparently protesting “Obamacare” (or perhaps trolling the Tea Partiers who were actually against it) which reads:

“Government Keep Yore Hands of my Medicare!
Don’t Steal From Medicare to support SOCIALIZED MEDICINE!”
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John Elliott @velcroski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Board of Elections gave notice of ballot being “shipped” yesterday. Received today. Vote.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are a lot of Trump officials who need to be impeached, but Russell Vought -- the quarterback of all the Project 2025 fuckery and a central player in the administration's overreach -- really needs to be at the top of the list.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“For $45 you can start a school and charge $7000 per student — no background checks, they weren’t teachers — and taxpayers foot the bill… SCHOOL VOUCHERS ARE A SCAM.” @GovBillLee (H/T @piper_for_missouri) Pro Publica’s expose: www.propublica.org/article/prop...
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Christina Bohannan @bohannaniowa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ridiculous attacks are Miller-Meeks’ only play. She cannot run on her record because she has done nothing but drive up costs, cut our healthcare, and allow corporations to pollute our water while she cuts funding for cancer research.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Beyond the horrifying reality that a hospital is trying to "clear the pentobarbital from [Christa Pike's] system" currently, the litigation over Tennessee's actions this week will shine a very clear light on the many, many reasons why governments should not be trusted with killing their citizens.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the Kansas Court of Appeals Friday denied Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) latest request to revive a GOP-backed law that would throw out mail-in ballots received after Election Day, even if they were cast on time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP bid to scrap Kansas mail ballot grace period fails again
The ruling means Kansas election officials must continue counting ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within the following three days, including in the upcoming November elections.
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Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And everyone who lied about it www.npr.org/2026/06/10/n...
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ICE denies having a protester database. But a letter to Congress sheds more light
In a previously unpublicized letter to Congress, the newly departed head of ICE said the agency collects data on people suspected of potentially unlawful activity, which could include protesters.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
US Rep. Tim Burchett is demanding an “immediate firing squad” for Christa Pike after Tennessee’s failed execution. "prop her up and bring her to the firing squad" "we can use the electric chair" "the firing squad and hanging is 100%"
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Delusional.
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Mytfinn @mytfinn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Go bold. Let’s overturn the Citizens United decision as well.
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
Eight years ago today, the Saudi government directed the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Virginia resident and journalist dedicated to shining a light on the truth. As we honor his memory and courage, we must fight for accountability and defend press freedom worldwide.
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Stip Buck @stipbuck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So the almighty didn’t want white people on other continents? Huh!
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Blue Meme @bluememe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When your policies are so popular you have to pretend they aren’t your policies when an election approaches.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Dolorosa Santos @dolorosasantos.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026
not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When job growth was 5-10x this per month under Joe Biden, we were having a nonstop National Conversation™️ about the imminent recession & being told that only the unemployed cared about jobs, but everyone cared about inflation.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wow, these job numbers are TERRIBLE. Many people are saying we must have an “incompetent” president who is “asleep at the wheel”
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Right, it's not that I disagree that some of the people sentenced to execution are monsters -- many of them are! -- it's that I disagree that we all should be monsters too.
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Brian Kaylor @briankaylor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No, I'm not taking execution advice from the torture memo guy. The fact that he's on Fox News instead of in prison is an indictment of how we failed to deal with the lawlessness of the W. Bush administration.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Seriously, unless you're going to call me a "scientist" for helping my son with his class volcano project and call me a "physician" because I applied a band-aid successfully, please please PLEASE stop calling any random crank who shits out a book about the past a "historian"
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
86% of Americans want the release of the Epstein Files. 86%!!! How come more elected officials aren't talking about this ahead of midterms? thehill.com/homenews/hou...
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Khanna: Epstein files should be one of Democrats’ ‘highest priorities’ if congressional control changes
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said Monday the government’s files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein should be one of the “highest priorities” for Democrats if they retake contr…
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Renee Babcock @renegade500.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm pretty sure our pocketbooks are explaining the inflation to us all just fine.
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ms Brown is entirely right here Every word of this 👇🏻❤️👇🏻
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Paquito Dela Cruz 🇵🇭🇩🇪🇦🇹🇳🇱🇬🇧🇪🇸🇨🇳🇮🇳(🇺🇸) @quitodelacruz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That's the point. They, like the Silicon Valley Big Tech/Finance backers and allies of many of the leading figures of the HHS during Trump's second term, are what some term "soft eugenicists."
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Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed
At the heart of all Trump administration policies is ‘soft eugenics’ thinking – the idea that if you take away life-saving services, then only the strong will survive
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Even some longtime friends who would not dream of joining the kayakers said they have been drawing back socially because of their distress over his decisions. He is now ringed by far more security than in the past, residents say, adding to his isolation.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Public anger comes for John Roberts The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.” Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him. (Gift Article)
After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
"This technique is something I'm gonna have to learn more about" -- Rep. Tony Wied doesn't know what a pocket rescission is
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here’s @GovBillLee & Frank Strada making national news for all the wrong reasons again. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Republican incompetence has now reached the point where it's impacting the few parts of the job they truly love, like executing people.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The White House continues to decline to answer these questions about Trump's taxpayer-funded TV commercials
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just read @katemanne.bsky.social ‘s fantastic piece in The Cut about the Cornell rape and she points out that students protesting conditions in Gaza were treated more harshly than the rapists and holy shit, this detail
One of these students was my own advisee, and having supported her throughout the the months-long case, I can state with confidence that she did nothing wrong. Moreover, she happens to be deaf and was suspended in part for being “unreasonably loud.” Privacy consideration
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homeontherange.bsky.social @homeontherange.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
JD has talked about trans people more in his stump speeches than talarico has in a year of campaigning. And talarico is usually responding to questions, where JD is fully unprompted.
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