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Micah @rincewind.run · 15/10/2026

Steve is a good faith operator, so - in good faith, some answers but fundamentally what it comes down to with me is that this conservative supermajority makes real progressive governance impossible, and it will hold its power forever (through strategic retirement) unless stripped of that power

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/10/2026

will try to answer these in a piece next week but for now i will say that part of the *point* of court expansion, in my mind, is to create a disequilibrium — a potential race to the bottom — that will force a truce.

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

all of us just watched these university admins wield enormous power against palestinian student orgs, including unaffiliated ones, so these excuses land flatter than ever

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Chicken WingDings 🇵🇸 @ebridget.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Ms Rachel from the top ropes

From Ms Rachel's account on Threads, she writes, "CORECIVIC, a company that makes hundreds of millions locking up KIDS in immigration detention
has a PAC that's sending campaign checks to Senator Susan Collins of Maine.
Susan Collins chairs the Senate committee that writes ICE's budget.
ICE is CoreCivic's customer.
The company gets paid out of a budget she controls, and it pays into her campaign."

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

We saw this stuff constantly during and after Metro Surge here in MN; you see it in how Trump has stripped the protected status of Haitians. “You’re in a racial group we detest, but you’re an American or have a legal right to be here. No matter: we’ll simply change the rules, now you’re illegal.”

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

There is absolutely no viable path forward for this country that doesn’t hinge on extreme accountability for everyone involved in this administration. They’re going to whine about politicization and credulous media types will echo them, but the thing is, they’ve committed tons of obvious crimes!

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

no coming back from this without punishing the entire chain of command from the officers carrying out this shit to the people at the top giving the orders

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Really unpopular things: -data centers -overt bigotry -CSAM -billionaires trying to buy elections -Hitler salutes -stealing people’s personal data -South African Apartheid -causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of children Fighting against Elon Musk is a political winner

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

for as long as i've been alive, republicans have ran the same playbook: a few weeks before voting begins, they roll out completely fabricated smear campaigns. these things are always coordinated, so the talking points take over the news. the party is never electorally punished for their dishonesty.

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Joe @seppdecker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Said David Brooks,

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Gabriele Svelto @gabrielesvelto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

I double-checked this on a couple of Xitter stat sites and it's true. Average views of the main AfD account dropped 90% and average engagement dropped by 60%. This is commercial social media for you: bots, damn bots and Russian bots.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The targeting of one data center is proving a really useful natural experiment showing which sites and ideologies are an echo chamber of Russian propaganda

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Talarico: I've heard credible reports that Ken Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice. People are concerned. He has asked for proof of life from me. I'm asking for proof of spine from him.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Holocaust survivors and educators rightly spent decades warning people about this. And they were keen to take Ossoff's side: Call out Nazis accurately, early and often. Do not let them gain a foothold. And always remember: The Holocaust did not begin with extermination camps. It ended with them.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/10/2026

The MAGA influencer crew just tried to pull a massive smear campaign on Texas senate candidate James Talarico claiming they had a recording of a hospital employee at the Ohio based Lindner Center for Hope where they claimed he was hospitalized for mental health issues. It fell apart immediately.

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TexasMasterG @txmasterg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Tickets redeemable starting October 19th. (Non-Texas translation: Early voting starts October 19th)

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 09/10/2026

Need the inspiring story of how grizzled, tough-but-kind coach Talarico helped the misfits and underdogs on the Austin Wokes overcome their personal trauma and save their beloved drag brunch spot by beating the Proud Boys at the big summer softball game (costarring Lil Nas X).

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Micah @rincewind.run · 09/10/2026

I can tell red state Dems one thing: release a transphobic ad and you won’t see a dime from me

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I'm sure things like this happened at times during "don't ask, don't tell," but it seems rather notable that the panel did so here and quickly, did so explicitly and in writing, and did so in this environment — both as in this administration and as in this broader anti-trans moment.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is so dangerous! President Trump is deliberately inciting race hatred against an ethnic minority, calling on the people of Minnesota to "fight back" against "Somali immigrants." This must be a terrifying moment for the Somali community (who are overwhelmingly US citizens).

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Probably not a good precedent to set for an administration that's got a Gestapo and is committing treason and war crimes every damn day and will soon be out of power

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is why, when Republicans use the word socialism to tag Democrats, it has no relationship with the actual definition of the word. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/10/2026

It's only the first round but I can't believe Brazil did everything right going after Jair Bolsanaro over his attempted coup only to be on the verge of electing his corrupt dipshit son.

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That's waaayyy too many.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 04/10/2026

A heart warming story that actually involves Facebook being sorta kinda useful.... in 2026?!?

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is sad news. Simon was a big help with this story that showed Howard Lutnick apparently lied about his business entanglement with Jeffrey Epstein—a story that deserves more attention. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.com

New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender

The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The limits of the what now

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Lucy @leftliblucy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

>discover new high-trust society advocacy group >ask if they're cosmopolitan or ethnostatist >they don't understand >explain what is cosmopolitan and what is ethnostatist >they laugh and s- oh never mind they just yelled 15 racial slurs >ethnostatist, then

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Micah @rincewind.run · 02/10/2026

okay this is also a contender, incredible use of graph labeling

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/10/2026

I have absolutely wondered about this. Amazing.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 03/10/2026

My fundamental gripe with originalism beyond its practice being indistinguishable from divination, it's also an implicit framework that forces us to be governed by the dead or worse, the malicious interpretation of the dead.

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Beverly Mann @beverlymann19.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

1/ "The extraordinary move - holding back about one-fifth of the N.S.F.'s primary research budget - is the latest sign of how the Trump administration is finding creative ways to work around Congress." These aren't creative ways; they're illegal ways. We have a ... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...

nytimes.com

National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

you need to just pack the supreme court, man. they don't care about what arguments you make, the legal movement formed with an explicit objective of making Watergate legal isn't going to make Watergate illegal.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

These bigots like to talk about assimilation because it sounds like they're scoring people on their behavior rather than their genes. But when people are behaving exactly like their ideal of all-American sports-lovin' too-big-pastel-shirt wearin' bros, it still doesn't count.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The part that struck me was their insistence that they know the kids at the UT game "aren't assimilated" because despite being at a football game and having the same shitty fashion sense and the same goofy hand gestures as white fans, they still look Indian. Gives the game away.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026

To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states

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Forbestonow @forbestonow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And soon there will be multiple generations who don't know what the "before" scenario in Will's story was like and why it was helpful it existed.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 27/09/2026

Lawyers for an anti-ICE protester tried to argue his shot was a ricochet. The theory was squashed by gaps in the evidence and a judge’s suppression. theintercept.com/2026/09/27/p...

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DFW Support Committee @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Federal prison DENIED Song's ballistics expert access to his client and Trump appointed Judge Mark Pittman DENIED defense the ability to argue self-defense after trial revealed officer drew and aimed at the back an unarmed, fleeing protester. This trial was rigged.

Excerpt from the Intercept article linked in the quoted post that reads:

Together, this new evidence of a ricochet matches the information that became apparent only during the trial when Gross testified that he drew his weapon first and aimed at a fleeing protester. Drawing on this testimony, along with video evidence, Song recounted the same version of events in a statement he read during sentencing.

“When I saw Lieutenant Thomas Gross stop pursuing and point his gun at the back of a running, unarmed protester, like he testified, I was terrified,” Song said. “As a firearms instructor and a United States Marine Corps veteran, I understood what I was seeing. As the evidence shows, I did not want to hurt anyone.”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026

peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ken Paxton keeps dodging debates. So I called his cell to invite him to a debate on Fox News. He didn’t pick up.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Talarico should do this every day until the election. It’s a good bit, and Paxton will be able to better relate to the rest of us getting all the text messages from Talarico.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026

you know what? I agree with him my moral and ethical story about how we live together in this moment is we throw all of these assholes out of office and then we put them in jail

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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 24/09/2026

Yes. I think the consensus among US elite pundits and senior politicians that the way to protect liberal democracy is *not* to punish elite figures who violate its rules is wrong. A norm starting at least with the Watergate pardon. The opposite is true. You need to enforce the law and Constitution.

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs?

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Dimlan @dimlan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In the former United States of America the Arch memorializes *you*

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