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Semi retired attorney who loves music (Dylan and Bowie, etc.) and movies and great books.

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WIRED @wired.com · 42m
To follow Elon Musk’s America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire’s overall influence on November’s elections. buff.ly/ZDw8NA4
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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms. We’re Tracking It Daily
To follow Elon Musk’s America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire’s overall influence on November’s elections.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 41m
With each additional news report following yesterday's shocking announcement, it will become even clearer which side of the war in Europe America is now on
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3h
The right wing crash out over asian students celebrating at a UT football game reveals that all along the true goal of reactionary colorblindness was never “meritocracy” but resegregation. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
Color-blind meritocracy was, for many years, a successful rhetorical strategy for undermining antidiscrimination law and excluding Black people from selective schools and prominent positions. That’s why so many former segregationists seemed to suddenly embrace the concept in the 1970s. For them, resegregation—not color-blindness—was always the goal. As long as the success of some immigrants could be used to paint Black students as undeserving, color-blind meritocracy was good. But now many on the right see a new problem: too many Asian Americans in elite spaces. Their success, therefore, must be portrayed as a sinister theft of real (white) Americans’ birthright.

The declining “social trust” that the administration warned against is, of course, not the fault of these students. The problem is bigots like Bo French who cannot accept into their community people who do not share their race and religion, and those who monetize or otherwise profit from that bigotry by spreading it through social media. Like the proverbial child who kills their parents and asks for mercy as an orphan, they are responsible for the problem they are decrying.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 2h
Black text on white page that reads: 

For generations, Black faith leaders have been pillars of strength, service, and community across New York City.

This week, I welcomed faith leaders to City Hall for a conversation about the issues facing Black New Yorkers, from affordable housing and unemployment, to education and the uncertainties that Black immigrant communities are navigating.

Their leadership extends far beyond the walls of their congregations, and I look forward to continuing our work to build a city that serves every New Yorker.
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Lscott @todancebeneath.bsky.social · 33m
Trump doesn't pick Ukraine's president. Zelensky is fighting a courageous and masterful fight for a democracy that should be our ally. Instead Trump (who Putin has to have some huge dirt on) sides with Putin. It's hard to conceive that this is the potus because he's acting like Putin's asst!!!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 49m
Trump: “I think it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president”
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 39m
If Americans view, clip, share, and permanently enshrine an American public killing in a million ways on the internet, we will move towards fascist rituals of violence. snyder.substack.com/p/four-wrong...
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Four Wrongs of a Public Execution
Psychological, Historical, Political, and Ethical (Video and Text)
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 39m
Putin texted this exact statement to Trump, word for word, and told Trump to say it out loud in front of the cameras. And of course Trump did, because Trump works for Putin.👇
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 38m
School boards are way under the radar in a big year like this, but the same battles you've heard about (book bans, Moms for Liberty, trans kids) are happening this year too. I identified 19 school boards where there battles like this — and what's up: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨Holy shit, brilliant animators just made a devastating ad against Republican corruption: “A massive flood of money… impacts every part of our democracy.” Trump’s corruption is putting our democracy, our rights, and our future up for sale. VOTE. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 38m
HE DIDN'T DO IT ALONE! It’s not just Donald Trump. It’s the Republican Party. Tired of this shit? Show them this November.
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annaflagg.bsky.social @annaflagg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today we launched a tool tracking immigration enforcement against children based on our analysis of data obtained by @deportationdata.bsky.social, including: ICE child arrests, detentions, and deportations: www.themarshallproject.org/2026/10/08/c...
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Tracking Trump’s Immigration Crackdown on Children
How many kids has ICE arrested, detained, and deported under the second Trump administration?
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annaflagg.bsky.social @annaflagg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Some of the main stats, since Trump retook office: –ICE has arrested 8,592 children –ICE has detained 8,755 children, 562 of them babies or toddlers –198 children are in ICE custody on the average day –1,460 children have been deported after having been taken from communities inside the U.S.
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annaflagg.bsky.social @annaflagg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ARRESTS: ICE arrested more than twice as many kids in 2026 through July compared to the same time period last year. Under Trump child arrests climbed, and peaked in July, the latest full month with available data, when there were over 1,100 child arrests: www.themarshallproject.org/2026/10/08/i...
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ICE Has Arrested Twice As Many Children This Year
In total, more than 8,500 kids have been arrested by ICE in Trump’s second term.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 4h
💯Amazing event in NYC next Thursday
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 20h
FANATASTIC
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 4h
Trump loves a spectacle—a military parade down DC streets, the biggest fireworks display ever, a cage match on the South Lawn. Now his administration plans another unprecedented exhibition, but with a macabre twist: livestreaming a firing squad execution. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
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For Trump, a Firing Squad on Livestream Becomes the Latest Spectacle
The idea seemed to surprise even some inside the Trump administration.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
NEW: America’s largest professional group of pediatricians has renewed its call for a nationwide ban on raw dairy products, warning of the serious health risks, particularly for children, as well as pregnant and immunocompromised people.
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American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk
Citing the growing popularity of unpasteurized milk and the damage it can do to children, the nation’s largest professional group of pediatricians is seeking a nationwide ban on the sale and distribut...
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 08/10/2026
Two more individuals with ties to a white nationalist group have turned up in Mike Collins' orbit.
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Still More Extremists Surface in Senate Candidate Mike Collins’ Orbit
How Many of These Guys Are There? The latest report about far-right...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Still More Extremists Surface in Senate Candidate Mike Collins’ Orbit talkingpointsmemo.com/the-brief/st...
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Still More Extremists Surface in Senate Candidate Mike Collins’ Orbit
How Many of These Guys Are There? The latest report about far-right...
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 08/10/2026
“Many of us have been separated from our families,” reads the open letter, signed by dozens of hunger strikers and published this week. “We have missed births, funerals, years of our lives while sitting behind fences without having committed any crime.”
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Detained immigrants at Georgia ICE facility launch mass hunger strike
At least 73 people estimated to have joined protest against prolonged detention and Folkston facility’s ‘violations’
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If he couldn’t lie, he’d wither away and die. If he couldn’t incite violence, he’d wither away and die. If he couldn’t spread fear, he’d wither away and die.
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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We will never know how many people died there. Mariupol was under siege for 81 days. The exact death toll from the bombing of the Drama Theater remains unknown, with no forensic investigation ever carried out. Listen to the full UkraineWorld podcast. 🎙 ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...
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Mariupol: Inside Russia’s Massive War Crime - with James Verini
On March 16, 2022, the Russian army committed one of the gravest war crimes of its invasion of Ukraine — dropping air bombs on the Mariupol Drama Theatre.
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The president and an escaped asylum terrorist plan civil war, what it means for your weekend at 11
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Men,we must change the culture . This is not a political issue. It is a MALE issue. Too many men still think it is ok, and the abjudicated rapist in the White House does not help. This 11 year old study, and anecdotes going back decades on social media, confirm a prevalent toxic culture
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Study: 1 in 3 men OK raping if it’s not called rape
According to a study from the University of North Dakota, 31.7 percent of the men surveyed said they would force a woman to have sexual intercourse.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/10/2026
You cannot convince me that frat brothers organically walked into separate police interviews using the same word, “consensual,” and that it wasn’t coordinated. Especially after a witness told police there was allegedly a fraternity meeting to get everyone “on the same page”.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A modern record: Measles Outbreak in Pennsylvania Is Now the Biggest in U.S. in 35 Years
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Measles Outbreak in Pennsylvania Is Now the Biggest in U.S. in 35 Years
Cases in the state surpassed a prior record as falling vaccination rates have fueled the disease’s rapid spread.
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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I am hopeful that years from now the jurisprudence of Samuel Alito is pushed to the same corners as Plessy and Korematsu. His notion that “religious freedom” requires elevating a brand of Christianity above criticism turns the First Amendment on its head. abcnews.com/Politics/thr...
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Alito calls same-sex marriage a 'decisive' turn 'against religious liberty' in new book
A new book by Justice Samuel Alito presents his view of the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the country with a focus on religious freedom.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
order in time for your next fit of murderous rage and sullen self-disgust !!
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk @anniewaldman.bsky.social
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American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk
Citing the growing popularity of unpasteurized milk and the damage it can do to children, the nation’s largest professional group of pediatricians is seeking a nationwide ban on the sale and distribut...
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The revised statement follows @propublica.org reporting that has closely examined the causes, and severe consequences, of the rise in popularity of raw milk. www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Trump DOJ's recent crackdown on illegal voting relies on an rarely used statute — "voting by aliens" — that some experts, and as of last week one federal court, believe is unconstitutional. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) 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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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 06/10/2026
One of Jim Bakker’s final on-air segments was devoted to defending pastors accused of sex abuse and condemning their accusers as “tattletales.”
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Epstein files, as Todd Blanche would like you to read them: █████ ████ ███████ ███ ██████ Tell Congress you'd like the rest. Send the letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Demand AG Blanche release ALL of the Epstein files now
Contact Congress today!
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Too many Americans have absorbed & tolerate Trump’s insane, destructive behavior as a fact of life…the corporate media has facilitated that mentality…we are facing a constitutional emergency with an exec branch working to centralize its power at all costs.” www.americaamerica.news/p/we-are-und...
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We Are Under Attack From an Enemy Within
By listening to our founders and refusing to go along with this, we can name and defeat the ongoing danger to our constitutional republic
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Lscott @todancebeneath.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Idiotic
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Whuuuut
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE has disclosed another detainee who died We know: -After 17yrs, he'd only ever been busted for... *an expired car tag.* He was in a camp run by for-profit w/ history medical neglect An American died at one of its jails *after strep-throat.* austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-cur...
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Julian Curo-Churata Is the 37th Person to Die in ICE Custody This Fiscal Year, Capping Off the Agency’s Deadliest Year on Record
According to ICE, 47-year-old Peruvian national Julian Curo-Churata died in Louisiana on Tuesday, September 29.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Two international flights have departed the city of Irkutsk in Siberia this morning, travelling from the epicentre of an apparent outbreak of pneumonic plague. This morning’s flights have travelled to Beijing in China and Uzbekistan. Madness. We have learned nothing.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Israeli, US and Russian disinformation networks are working together to spread and amplify chaos in France in order to manipulate and influence the French election. This is the same network that spread disinformation and chaos in Ceuta, Spain, and Alberta separatism in Canada.
accounts from various influence and disinformation networks cross posting eachother to attack France
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Lscott @todancebeneath.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
That is not the choice. There was a treaty in place that was verifiable and being successfully enforced.Iran couldn’t and wasn’t enriching uranium to build nuclear weapons! Trump tore it up! Who knows why. Either it’s his he didn’t negotiate it or Bibi hated it cis Bibi wants excuses to go to warn
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
An NBC News/Telemundo poll finds Latino voters prefer Democratic control of Congress 59%–35% — a 24-point advantage, double the margin the same poll found in 2024. A CBS News/YouGov poll finds Hispanic likely voters favor Democratic House candidates 60%–39%.
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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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Lscott @todancebeneath.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Either he’s just so dumb he doesn’t understand that in many states by law mail in ballots r not counted until after the polls close or he is just readying us once again for baseless claims of fraud with this as one of many ridiculous arguments. Either way it’s so old and I’m so sick of the chaos.
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Aside from the general weirdness of this ad ... whom is it supposed to convince? It doesn't offer a single reason for voting for Hilton or against Becerra ... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Steve Hilton’s ‘Just Try It’ Ad on Mail Voting Denounced by Republicans
An online spot for Mr. Hilton, the G.O.P. candidate, is full of sexual innuendo that has befuddled Republicans and Democrats watching the race for governor in California.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Slander is spoken; libel is written. But this isn't either of those. It's detailed reporting from a respected outlet with damning evidence. And "most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history" is as impressive as "shortest NBA player from Luxembourg"
Speaking on behalf of Lutnick, the White House said: "The BBC's pathetic and desperate attempt to slander Secretary Lutnick will do nothing to change the fact that he has been the most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history."
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Big Ugly Bill adds $3.4 TRILLION to the national debt. Not to fund schools. Not to fix roads. Not to lower your grocery bill. To pad the wallets of people who already own most of the country. Your grandkids get the bill. The donor class gets the breaks.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Although this story does appear to address some real grappling and anguish, based on Jack's social media profile, this story also has some serious problems. Which is notable given that the story itself reports on Jack looking into Pierre Damas Bel's social media pages to learn about him.
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