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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026
jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Eric, I really wish you would stop papering all these things."
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Martha, but like, super spooky @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is possibly the worst thing I have ever read. It should be the only headline on every news source. It won't be. If you've experienced sexual assault, maybe don't read the details.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BBC: Eight US sailors assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln attempted suicide, Navy says
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Party of limited government: we will pass a law to resolve internal family disputes.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 06/10/2026
CIA gold bars story gets crazier:
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CIA officer arrested with gold bars admits he exposed secret intelligence source to a foreign official
David Rush, who was fired by the spy agency, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and will be sentenced Jan. 28.
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Undiscovered Starlet @uds1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How do we help her?
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Undiscovered Starlet @uds1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
She should run for president.
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Undiscovered Starlet @uds1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Per month????
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
DOJ has charged Wilber Garcés with felony assaulting, resisting, or impeding a federal officer, based on the allegation he struck an ICE officer with his sideview mirror when driving off after the initial traffic stop. He was then chased for 8 minutes, rammed, and then shot.
Image 1: the agent is standing in front of the driver’s side mirror, with the mirror at waist height.Image 2: the agent now has has hands on the car as it starts to move. The mirror appears to be very slightly in contact with his waist.Image 3: the agent has pulled his hips back and the mirror is no longer touching the agent.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Trump: "Where's Marco?" (Marco is sitting literally right next to him!)
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming
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Undiscovered Starlet @uds1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I guess this is how AI kills us all.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
government efficiency www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
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Richard J @preachypreach.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
quite something this paragraph.
After meeting with delegates from the two sides in South Florida, Kushner and Witkoff emerged with a peace plan that would have required Ukraine to accept nearly all of Russia’s demands: ceding territory, promising never to join NATO, and drastically shrinking its army. Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s press secretary, hailed the proposal as “a good plan for both Russia and Ukraine.” But, when the plan became public, it collapsed under a wave of outrage. Even Rubio reportedly derided it as “Russia’s wish list.”
Some observers suspect that Russia has effectively offered the Americans business deals in exchange for a favorable peace agreement. “This is the generally held view,” the former U.S. official in the region told me. A classified report produced by a European intelligence agency states that Trump and people around him have discussed several potential contracts in Russia. The report is not dated, but the European official who gave it to me said that the details were first discussed sometime after Trump invited Putin to Anchorage, in August, 2025. Twice that year, Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, was allowed to enter the U.S., where he talked about investment opportunities. “The privatization of American foreign policy is quite far along,” the official who gave me the report said. (A spokesman for Kushner denied that U.S. officials would profit from the deals under discussion.)
The document lists ten potential ventures, which it says appear to “have been originally designed by the Kremlin’s political and business elites.” They include reopening the Nord Stream 2 pipeline under American control, resuming ExxonMobil’s operations in Sakhalin, and drilling for oil in the Sea of Okhotsk. According to the report, there was discussion of unfreezing Russian assets that are held under American sanctions. The document mentions people who might participate, including Trump, Witkoff, and Kushner. It also names Richard Grenell, the former Presidential en…
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 04/09/2026
HHS is canceling infant mortality and postpartum grants to focus instead on research related to what the department says are “root causes” like sperm counts and erectile dysfunction. www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-ca…
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HHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, ED
Officials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
2:05 pm 2:21 pm @atrupar.com
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 01/09/2026
nobody in history has ever gotten a bigger "affirmative action" boost than JD Vance. these Yale mfs brought him in, literally taught him how to use a knife and fork, handed him to Amy Chua to learn ruthless sociopathy, and then a tech billionaire bought him a Senate seat over the counter
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/08/2026
it is in fact just the media, which has devoted more attention to this than it has to the fact that multiple republican lawmakers are dealing with “we hired nazis” scandals and that the “we hired nazis” problem extends to the white house
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Parra said he is not a white supremacist, but that he simply thinks whites are better and more accomplished than all the lesser races."
Parra said he is not a white supremacist ... "I do think that the white race contributes more to the world"
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is a more significant breakdown in the fundamental bonds of the union than the headline might imply. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/u... 🎁
nytimes.com
ICE agent Christian Castro Released From Texas Jail After Minnesota Loses Court Fight (Gift Article)
The state had sought to have the agent extradited from Texas to answer charges in Minneapolis related to an on-duty shooting that wounded an immigrant.
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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I guess it was only okay on January 6
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
NEW: This must one of the most violent natural disasters ever recorded. This is the immigration centre on Nepal’s border at 11am, this morning (Aug 26). That is a seven-storey building about to be obliterated in seconds. (🎥 NDTV)
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 20/08/2026
Hey quick question, what the FUCK does this mean
The author noted that while no one in the Trump camp suspects a sexual relationship, there is nonetheless a conviction that Harp is hopelessly in love with Trump and determined to be his “higher purpose bride.”
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
You can’t talk about debt without talking about how we got into a bad predicament, and there’s only one correct answer: tax cuts enacted this century
U.S. debt is on track to reach historic levels
Debt held by the public as a percentage of the gross domestic product, 1792-2055
- Historical - • Projected → Without Bush and Trump tax cuts
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Source: Authors' calculations using data from the Congressional Budget Office, the Joint Committee on Taxation, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Federal Reserve, the Yale Budget Lab, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. A full list of sources is available here.
Chart: Center for American Progress
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My kids have measles, I lost my job, and my wife was deported. But at least now I don't have to see so many rainbow crosswalks.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
the rights initial reaction to jan 6 is completely alien in retrospect bsky.app/profile/ndre...
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 13/08/2026
14 million souls ended in a single year by Elon Musk's cruelty and stupidity Here are some of the comparisons: Rwandan genocide: 800k dead Cambodian genocide: 3 million dead The Holocaust: 7 million dead
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It was always obvious that “cancel culture” was a fake threat ginned up by reactionaries to inflate the authoritarian threat of the left. The best evidence for this? The spree of cancellations they have embarked on since taking power. It’s the bulk of what they’ve done!
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This was *by far* the craziest story to come out of election night. youtube.com/shorts/J2H1w...
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Trump’s racist politics BACKFIRE in Michigan GOP primary
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Every person who took this vote did what the January 6th attackers wanted them to do and undermined American democracy. Instead of being shunned, such views have been normalized, its proponents empowered, and its critics deemed intolerant. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results (Published 2021)
Republican lawmakers raised objections to the official certification of electoral votes in a joint session of Congress that went into the wee hours of Thursday morning, in a futile effort to overturn ...
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Texas businessman John Gannon says he regrets voting for Trump after his Venezuelan fiancée was detained by ICE: “Nothing like this has ever happened to me… This is like the Gestapo. I never thought the US would act this way.”
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Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
If you read only one story today, please make it this one. Paywall is lifted. So is the registration wall. By Olivia Carville for @bloomberg.com @businessweek.bsky.social
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TikTok Withheld a Safety Feature From Millions. One Died by Suicide
A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This New York Times article, which ran a week before Christmas last year, didn’t get the attention it deserved. It detailed Trump and Epstein's predatory behavior toward women – “a game of ego and dominance” in which “female bodies were currency.” Here’s a gift link and a thread. 1/6🧵
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‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women (Gift Article)
The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were cur...
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Pirro’s motion to dismiss the Reflecting Pool indictment not only makes Trump look like a fool (see Chris’ screenshot) but also throws the Dept of the Interior (DOI) and the contractor under the bus. It’s quite rare to see DOJ tear into another agency like this.
DOI provided less than fulsome information at the outset of this case. However, the
information subsequently demanded by USAO disclosed by DOI-which was not known to the prosecutors or the grand jury before the return of the indictment-strongly suggest that a rushed
and botched installation by AlC, the primary contractor, led to the damage to the lining of the
Reflecting Pool. It was not until USAO-DC repeatedly reached out to DOI dozens and dozens of
times that DOI slowly started trickling information to USAO-DC. Had DOI been forthcoming
with the information clearly in its possession, the government would not have sought a grand jury indictment. Furthermore, prosecutors have an affimative obligation pursuant to Brady v Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), the Jencks Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3500, Rule 16 of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure, and Rule 3.8 of the Rules of Professional Conduct to produce information to the defense. DOT's failure to fully and accurately provide information to USAO-DC undermined the government's ability to abide by these responsibilities.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The overwhelming right wing sentiment is that COVID was an engineered bioweapon that was also harmless. Trump overreacted to it by shutting down the country, then engineered a drive to create a vaccine that was the real bioweapon that killed millions, and it's Joe Biden's fault.
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Undiscovered Starlet @uds1.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This bit is so crazy
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Is anyone more cartoonishly pathetic than the weak little babies yelling at Fauci The saddest YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME toddlers who just couldn’t fuckin pitch in like everybody else
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/07/2026
Trump just blamed Biden for low weapons stockpiles, said he'll ask Putin if he's helping Iran target US troops but takes his word for it that he isn't, refused to say where the money he's pillaging from VZ is going, threw Bibi under the bus, & capped it off by snapping at a woman reporter Supercut:
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Trump's bonkers press gaggle 7/27
YouTube video by Aaron Rupar
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
So do I have this straight, Musk says zero people died because of USAID cuts because some other rich people could have filled the gap and didn't and therefore those other rich people are really at fault?
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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
“What are you without racism? Are you any good? Are you still strong? You still smart? You still like yourself?”- Toni Morrison
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Undiscovered Starlet @uds1.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Doesn’t know anything about it!
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act were pretty clear as it was been written. The law balanced tax cuts with safety net cuts, which came via new administrative burdens like error rates and work requirements donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-re...
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Undiscovered Starlet @uds1.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
1. Filibuster is gone 2. Supreme Court reform 3. DC is 51st state 4. No electoral college It’s time to become an actual democracy.
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
We are given only a limited number of truly perfect summer days in our time on Earth. One of the more insidious cruelties of fossil fuel greed is how it slowly strips those days from us, more and more throughout our lifetimes, perhaps without us even realizing what we have lost.
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Another stolen summer day
What are we still waiting to learn?
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
on this day in 1995, scientists discovered bisexuality. happy 31st birthday to all my fellow bs
cover of newsweek magazine shows three mysterious people standing together in dramatic shadows. the text reads “Bisexuality. Not gay. Not straight. A new sexual identity emerges.”
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
@the-downballot.com has done an essential analysis of the new House districts that'll be used for the 2026 midterms by mapping them to the 2024 presidential vote. This invaluable table shows how much more successful Republicans were in gerrymandering this year www.the-downballot.com/p/the-downba...
A table showing the results of Republican and Democratic controlled districts in which the House representative is different than how the district voted in the 2024 presidential election. There are nearly three times more seats Democrats control now that would have been won by Republicans if the turnout is the same as 2024.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP IS NOT FOR SALE!" Says the charlatan who launched "The Trump Gold Card" in December of last year. For only $1,000,000, the The Trump Gold Card entitles the holder to US citizenship and residency.
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