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Urban Larson

@urbanlarson.bsky.social
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Sustainable investor, father of a teenager, lover of winter, part-time professor, proud Wisconsinite happily living in Massachusetts, volunteer for multiple organizations, lifelong UU and multilingual former world traveler settling into late middle age.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you need a refresher about the issues involved in release of Vol. 2 of Jack Smith’s report, you’re not alone. The case was briefed months ago, but has been sitting on the court’s docket waiting for oral argument. I wrote about it back then: joycevance.substack.com/p/trumps-pas...
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Trump's Past Is Catching Up With Him
We’ve discussed Trump’s ongoing efforts to prevent the release of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on the now-dismissed classified documents prosecution against the president.
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Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Teaching Swift today, and will always share this on “Modest Proposal” day.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think we all saw that coming
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
this guy can barely talk, folks
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Maryland just released its own vaccine recommendations based on guidance from established medical and scientific organizations instead of the Trump administration. With unqualified leaders at the helm, states can and—should—step up to protect their communities.
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Maryland issues first-ever statewide vaccine schedule to push back against Trump administration
Under new legislative authority, the Maryland Department of Health has issued a state-level vaccine schedule based on guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics and other leading independent e...
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New DOD SECDEF video just dropped. I think their shirt maker misspelled “short-term military engagement”
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So, actually! Fun fact 🤓 ⬇️ The correct spelling is UNITED States, not “Unites States.” Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Incredible chutzpah from a Congress whose one major legislative act was a budget bill that among other things imposed significant new administrative burdens on Medicaid recipients
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
DOJ giving more attention right now to the NYT story about a former Scalia clerk and GWB appointee discussing his court overseeing the horrors the Trump administration has inflicted on Minnesota and the threats the judges faced for doing so is certainly a choice. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dear America.gov, Go fuck yourself. Dan
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 30/09/2026
The law ends Medicaid eligibility for many immigrants with legal status who do not yet have green cards, including refugees and asylum seekers. It affects hundreds of thousands of immigrants across the country.
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Medicaid access ends for 5,000 Minnesota immigrants
More than 5,000 refugees, asylum seekers, Afghan and Ukrainian humanitarian parolees, trafficking victims, noncitizens protected under the Violence Against Women Act and qualified noncitizen veterans ...
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
RFK Jr Promotes Raw Milk It Nearly Killed A Toddler A 17-month-old nearly died of E. coli after drinking raw goat milk from an unlicensed California farm. Regulators had texts showing the seller knew a child was drinking it. The state imposed no penalty. 🧵 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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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Criminal contempt inquiry looms. The en banc D.C. Circuit seemed poised to allow a full inquiry into who was responsible for defying Judge Boasberg’s order to turn around planes with deportees headed for El Salvador. The Trump regime is trembling at prospect higher-ups will be held accountable
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Sen. Schmitt’s Unparalleled Buffoonery
And a polling apocalypse for the GOP.
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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 30/09/2026
The attorneys general of Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana announced Wednesday they are suing three Democratic-led states over laws that grant immunity to doctors who prescribe abortion-inducing medication to people in states where it is illegal.
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Steve Marshall, 2 other AGs sue states with shield laws protecting abortion-pill providers | Alabama Reflector
The AGs are suing Democratic-led states over laws that grant immunity to doctors who prescribe abortion-inducing medication.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wrote about how Trump’s tantrums over the Supreme Court reveal the not so hidden subtext of what Republicans expect from the justices. Also a mention of how Supreme Court politics resemble the Calciopoli scandal. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
As is nearly always the case with the president’s accusations, this was an illuminating projection. Trump fears that public pressure on the Supreme Court can sway the justices and how they rule. So when they don’t side with him, he assumes that’s what happened, and he trashes the Court in the hope that it will side with him the next time. He views criticism of the Supreme Court much as he views laws in general: When Trump or one of his allies wants to do something, such as use taxpayer dollars for cultish campaign ads, it’s legal. When his opponents want to do something, it’s illegal
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 23h
This
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 23h
Come for the @gregstohr.bsky.social scoop. Stay for Justice Alito (again) throwing his spouse Martha under the bus.
Alito said his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, inherited the energy shares. “She wants to hold on to individual stock, and so we have stock holdings in some companies in the oil and gas field,” he said.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 23h
BREAKING: Republican attorneys general from Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas have filed two sweeping lawsuits targeting dozens of providers who ship abortion pills—and the blue states that protect them.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 23h
The Bible actually does have something to say about this: Exodus 20:16: "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 23h
Wut?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h
A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.” (Published Oct. 2025)
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These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 22h
They will cut all non-MAGA-loyalists. That’s the goal.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 21h
Everything that Trump feels threatened by is a "hoax," and you best believe he's feeling threatened by Dems right now.
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Rev Debra @revdebra.bsky.social · 21h
we’re running a discussion group about #Cornell at my congregation, and our text provider refused to send out announcement because we used the word ‘rape.’ The operator we spoke to told us ‘sexual assault’ would be flagged as well. But that group frat text telling men to join in went through tho
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Q: You described the Iranians you're dealing with as 'crazy.' How do you get a deal done with the counterparts are crazy and irrational? TRUMP: Maybe you blow them up. Maybe you blow them up. We have to make that decision. We blow them up. The time is coming.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 23h
The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
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Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 22h
Sister Norma Pimentel has won her fight against the Trump regime, announcing that DHS has lifted a financial freeze on Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley. “’The ban was lifted,’ Pimentel said, smiling.” www.ncronline.org/news/dhs-lif...
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DHS lifts financial freeze on Sr. Norma Pimentel’s Catholic migrant charity
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has lifted a financial freeze on Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, restoring federal funding to the South Texas nonprofit run by prominent Catholic ...
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 21h
everyone knows the most important thing about a military officer is if he has a beard which is why Grant so famously was a worse general than McClellan
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Urban Larson @urbanlarson.bsky.social · 7h
😂 This theory explains a lot.
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵On Feb. 26, 1931, the INS under the orders of Herbert Hoover deported up to 1.8 million people to Mexico. An investigation in 2004 revealed 60% were U.S. citizens. Pull up a seat🪑. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.history.com/articles/the...
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The Long History of Anti-Latino Discrimination in America | HISTORY
School segregation, lynchings and mass deportations of Spanish-speaking U.S. citizens are just some of the injustices...
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 19h
Oh man you know he fucked up when the committee staff starts leaking.
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
👇🎯
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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 18h
Yikes! I always think of the years I was Hill staff as pre-ethics but I don't think 1980s staff would have even considered trying to do this kind of thing. Of course when the party's leader sets the example that anything goes, well, of course.
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Jane Voter @janevoter2018.bsky.social · 18h
Senate Dems blocked 2 bills today. The Stop Insider Trading Act didn’t actually ban stock trading, & included a VOTER ID provision. The 2nd bill was toothless & optional. States could easily ignore locals’ need for data centers to pay their own energy costs & pass those costs on to residents.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 21h
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 17h
Why does he keep talking about this?
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 17h
Congrats, Hispanics?
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16h
MAGA?
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 17h
Holy crap. Can’t make this stuff up
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 15h
I discussed the attempted gutting of non-MAGA-loyal generals—and the testosterone obsession—tonight on “A Few Thoughts For Those Who Can’t Sleep.” m.youtube.com/watch?v=Knt8...
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A Few Thoughts For Those Who Can't Sleep -- September 30 Edition
YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 15h
That's where I've been for a while. We can't even reach questions about the death penalty itself because we fail essential predicates such as "fair and consistent criminal justice system" and "reliable death penalty verdicts that leave no reasonable doubt" and, as shown tonight, "humane execution."
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 15h
Now is the moment for us to reach down and pick up the power we have as citizens and rebuke these abuses so decisively that no president will try anything like this again for centuries.
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 15h
‘But much of professional life is now text-based, as anyone with a significant email inbox can attest. Learning to write is integral to success in text-based spheres of activity. … Studies suggest that outsourcing that task to AI comes with significant cognitive costs.’ By @dandrezner.bsky.social
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I’m a College Professor. Writing is Pretty Damn Important.
It’s hardly the only thing -- but it’s a very important thing!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h
So not only did @GovBillLee’s sadistic clown car mess up another execution, neither Lee or AG Skrmetti had anyone on-call during a scheduled execution?? Insane.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
58 deaths. Outrageous. Should never happen in America.
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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 14h
The tortuous, botched execution of Christa Pike is truly horrifying. And while it feels unique in some ways, in reality it is also only the latest in a history of botched executions going back years — YEARS — in numerous states. Please know: this is the reality of the death penalty in this country.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14h
Switzerland’s iconic glaciers lost an enormous amount of ice in 2026, a new report shows, signaling an ongoing rapid meltdown driven by climate change that has astonished scientists. About 20 percent of glacial ice in Switzerland has vanished since 2021.
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Switzerland’s glaciers are losing an astonishing amount of ice. See the meltdown.
Dry winters and a warming climate are taking a toll on centuries-old ice in the Alps, researchers say, with about 20 percent of Swiss glacial ice melting since 2021.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h
Pete Hegseth, who has been rebuked by the pope and the leaders of several other churches for a stream of heretical statements (statements inconsistent with Christian theology and dogma), appoints himself the supreme authority over all chaplains serving in the US Armed Forces.
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