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🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal

The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Los Angeles Times is running a full webpage advertisement promoting tourism to Israel. The ad is backed by the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. The ad also includes a map of Israel that erases Palestine.

LA Times page promoting tourism to Israel
"Israel:

You'll Find It Here

Israel is a country shaped by ancient traditions and diverse cultures, where every region offers a distinctly different atmosphere. You can spend the morning walking ancient pilgrimage sites, the afternoon floating in serene waters or relaxing on the coast, and the evening eating your way through vibrant market stalls before heading out for a night that ends when the sun rises.

From sacred sites to desert adventures, these guides offer different ways to explore the country. There’s no single right way to experience it, so follow what interests you, mix and match along the way, and leave some room to wander."

Also includes a disclaimer from LATimes:
"This Paid Program is either (i) produced by the advertising department of the Los Angeles Times on behalf of the Advertiser or (ii) supplied by the Advertiser. The newsrooms or editorial departments of the Los Angeles Times are not involved. For those with questions, please email paidpost@latimes.com."

LATimes ad for Israel continued. Includes map of Israel that erases Palestine.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026

The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. (Published March)

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Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump

Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 30/09/2026

Twitch is using AI to decide which streamers can make money off ads aftermath.site/twitch-ads-ai-...

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 29/09/2026

Republicans Are Running Away From Trump’s Iran War as Midterms Near GOP candidates in Iowa, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Wisconsin say it’s time to end the war in Iran – though only one of them has started voting that way. Read now: zeteo.com/p/republican...

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Republicans Are Running Away From Trump’s Iran War as Midterms Near

GOP candidates in Iowa, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Wisconsin say it’s time to end the war in Iran – though only one of them has started voting that way.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Michael Tracey is actively attempting to dox Jane Doe in the Cornell 7 rape case

Michael Tracey : If you happen to know who this Cornell "Jane Doe" is, get in touch and I would be happy to publish her name and identifying information. And yes -- this is 100% permitted under the First Amendment, whatever threats or emotional blackmail people might want to deploy

"Report" me for what, exactly? Save your breath, scumbag. Sorry you hate the First Amendment so much. Her identity is obviously newsworthy at this point, and I will take extreme pleasure in reporting it. (Not "doxing" -- that's a total canard)

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Texas police has arrested a city council candidate in Austin who participated in a protest against ICE: www.kvue.com/article/news...

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:

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Homan Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 people

Exclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 25/09/2026

🚨EXCLUSIVE: AI safety rules were about to be enacted - then $25 million from OpenAI's president was deposited in Trump's super PAC and the rule disappeared. @levernews.com unearths documents exposing how AI oligarchs got Trump to kill rules they now claim to support. A must-read - pass it on👇

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AI Regulation Was Coming. Then Trump Killed It.

After a flood of tech industry cash, President Donald Trump killed a requirement that AI giants disclose their riskiest experiments to national security officials. Now lawmakers are scrambling to catc...

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Most riveting thing I've seen all week

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

no they weren't very close to 0% of the SS were hanged the vast, vast seriously vast majority of people who carried out the Holocaust weren't ever punished.

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

join the military, you get to starve on a rusting ship that repeatedly sails into and out of the range of enemy missiles in order to manipulate gambling websites where people bet on your death

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Netanyahu directly attacks Zohran Mamdani (and his wife) from the UNGA podium, calling him the "antisemitic mayor of New York City," parroting The Free Press's stories about Rama Duwaji, tying Mamdani to Hasan Piker, and claiming the mayor is "buddies" with Hamas.

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404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026

Citizens showed up to the city council meeting with plans to let city leaders know how they felt about the city’s use of Flock. But Springfield mayor Jeff Schrag moved to prevent public comment on Flock. Then, arrests happened, @mjgault.bsky.social reports. Story: www.404media.co/woman-arrest...

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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

starship makes rattling noise at impulse speed

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ACLU of Northern California @aclu-norcal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Trump administration is employing every tactic in the authoritarian playbook to cling to power. Here in California, Trump allies have sponsored Prop 39 — a voter ID ballot measure whose sole purpose is to make it harder for millions of eligible Californians to cast a ballot. Vote NO on Prop 39.

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The ACLU Mobilizes Against Prop 39, California's Voter Suppression Ballot Measure - ACLU of Northern California

Remember the number: 39. And vote No in November.

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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The central pressure of Hurricane Polo is measured to be 889 millibars. That means more than 11% of the typical atmosphere at sea level is missing from the storm's center. It is the second strongest storm on record in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and one of the strongest in Earth's modern history.

A map showing aircraft observations inside Hurricane Polo. Credit: Tomer Burg/Polar Wx

A chart showing various weather data from an aircraft sample of Hurricane Polo. Credit: Levi Cowan/Tropical Tidbits

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

BREAKING: JD Vance and Trump administration officials will announce today that they are removing hundreds of thousands of people from Affordable Care Act coverage, claiming these people were fraudulently enrolled as they kick them off of their healthcare. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Trump officials plan to cut hundreds of thousands from ACA, claiming fraud

Vance targeted ACA enrollment as part of a broader administration crackdown on suspected fraud.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NEW: Israel is paying for a new website to seemingly influence AI chatbots to spout out pro-Israel answers, per foreign agent documents. It's barely been a month and the site has already churned out 110+ articles.

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SCOOP: Israel Is Funding AI Chatbot Propaganda

Yet another website appears precision-engineered to propel favorable AI narratives. Plus: Justin Baragona on the Democratic AGs who caved to the pro-Trump Ellisons and greenlit their takeover of CNN.

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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This El Niño has a unique flavor — sea surface temperatures are most anomalously warm in the far eastern equatorial Pacific. That shifts the location of tropical thunderstorms, which influences the jet stream over the U.S. The most recent east Pacific-based El Niño "smacked" California. My latest:

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This new El Niño looks like past ones that soaked California — here’s the key detail

The potentially record El Niño developing in the Pacific shares an important geographic feature with two prior very strong El Niños that drenched California.

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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...

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Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount

The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Media advocacy group Free Press slams Rob Bonta for caving to Paramount. "But the AGs’ capitulation marks a new low. It’s a sad day for all of us who have been opposing this merger because it will cut jobs and raise prices, all as it consolidates the media even more to enable authoritarians."

“We are disappointed that Attorney General Bonta went back on his promise to enforce the law and protect consumers and workers. Hundreds of thousands of people called on our state AGs to stand up to the Ellisons, who have engaged in a campaign of corruption and extortion to pave the way for this unlawful merger. We can no longer rely on the federal government to enforce the law and protect regular people. That much is clear. But the AGs’ capitulation marks a new low. It’s a sad day for all of us who have been opposing this merger because it will cut jobs and raise prices, all as it consolidates the media even more to enable authoritarians.

“Based on all reports, this weak deal contains nothing but unenforceable, empty Paramount promises. It abandons the thousands of creatives and workers who risked speaking out, and the tens of millions of consumers the attorneys general should be fighting for.

“Behavioral conditions do not work. They won’t save jobs, preserve choice, or prevent price hikes. As we learned from the failed and widely-panned Facebook Oversight Board, a fake bipartisan oversight committee won’t save CNN. We have all the evidence we need from the Ellisons’ destruction of CBS about what they do to warp journalism at Donald Trump’s request. This latest capitulation comes as the Trump administration barred CNN and other reporters who dare ask hard questions from the White House press pool.

“Consolidating the media in the hands of friendly oligarchs is right out of the authoritarian playbook. Americans across the political spectrum are fed up with corruption and consolidation, and billionaires calling all the shots while everyone else struggles. People won’t forget who stood up for them and who capitulated.

“What’s exceedingly clear is that our laws and our political system are not strong enough to resist the pressure and manipulation of corrupt billionaires.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The worst part of Bonta caving on the Paramount merger is that it's a big flashing signal to every other company that there is no antitrust enforcement in America and you can bully your way into getting whatever you want. It's a monumentally bad decision.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

r/crafts has banned all Harry Potter-related crafts due to JK Rowling’s anti-trans bigotry, after a 53-41 vote

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From the crafts community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the crafts community

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

when the republicans are weak, the establishment dems will weaken themselves also so as to not win by too much. if they had future sight and knew which policies would result in a resounding victory and which would result in a nailbiter, they'd pick the nailbiter policies every time

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David Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In 2009, House Dems passed the ACES cap-and-trade bill that, though inadequate, would have invested $190B by now in clean energy tech. The bill was blocked from a Senate vote by fossil-friendly Dems like Claire McCaskill, a Third Way member now on MS NOW, and now-oil lobbyists like Mary Landrieu.

section titled "Investments in energy technology" of Grist blog post (06-03-09) by Kate Sheppard on the ACES cap-and-trade bill of the 111th Congress, which did not receive a Senate vote:

https://grist.org/article/2009-06-03-waxman-markey-bill-breakdown/

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

the republicans are wide open on several fronts, historically unpopular president, unpopular war, record high gas. any dem throwing trans people under the bus at this moment is doing it because they want to. not like they need to, do they. even if it worked as a vote winner, which it doesn't

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

'attack a minority who typically vote for us, piss off our own base, & just hope we attract more voters across the aisle than we lose' is a risky galaxy-brain tactic to try when there's 'record high fuel prices' sitting right there. but they know this, of course. they simply don't want progress

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J. Michael Straczynski @straczynski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A while ago I mentioned that Bruce Boxleitner and I were helping Warners with the launch of their Babylon 5 YouTube channel. As part of that, the first of three brand new half-hour-plus interviews/discussions between me and Bruce will go online on Monday. www.youtube.com/@Babylon5

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Babylon 5

You’ve arrived at Babylon 5, the last, best hope for peace. A neutral station standing at the crossroads of galactic powers, where ambassadors, soldiers, traders, and dreamers all have a stake in the ...

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

plausible deniability machine goes whirrrrrrr

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

BREAKING: Human rights and anti-war organizations are launching a campaign to demand the top Biden officials who promoted or lied about the Gaza genocide be boxed out from future Democratic administrations and other liberal spaces. Rashida Tlaib & Chris Rabb signed on. More expected to join.

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EXCLUSIVE: Biden’s Genocide Accomplices Targeted by New Accountability Campaign

#DroptheGenocide20 demands Biden admin aides who enabled the Gaza genocide not be given roles in liberal spaces – like the role it turns out JD Vance pursued in 2016, when he ‘hated’ Trump.

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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The SAVE student debt plan is ending. This is shameful — and we stand by its unlawful erasure. The student debt system is a nightmare — and we want to help you navigate it. Some of our thoughts on next steps. www.inthered.org/p/stressed-a...

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Stressed about the SAVE deadline? We’re here to help!

Resources and information to help you navigate student debt chaos.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

*Four* acts have now withdrawn from Ed Sheeran’s tour in rapid succession: FINNEAS Lukas Graham Beoga Aaron Rowe

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 15/09/2026

An extensive Financial Times investigative report, done in collaboration with Lighthouse Reports, demonstrates that more than SIXTY FIVE PERCENT of Israeli damage and destruction done to Lebanese population centers occurred AFTER the so-called ceasefire agreement of April 16th.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The guy who helped kick Macklemore off Ed Sheeran’s tour was charged with soliciting prostitution, got those charges dropped with the help of Epstein’s lawyer, is a longtime friend of Trump, has taken NFL players on propaganda trips to Israel, and received a special $1 million award from Netanyahu.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 13/09/2026

#OtD 13 Sep 1971 after negotiations for more humane treatment of prisoners broke down during the Attica uprising, heavily armed state troopers were sent in who killed 39, including 10 guards, and cheered "white power" afterwards stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8533...

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 14/09/2026

#OtD 14 Sep 1960 a US-backed coup took place in Congo against the country's first democratically elected PM, socialist independence leader Patrice Lumumba. He was tortured, shot and had his body dissolved in acid. Learn more about colonialism in Congo: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/lor...

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“A San Jose police officer was fired for using his department’s Flock license plate tracking system to share the location of a woman with the suspect accused of abusing her.”

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San Jose officer fired for misusing Flock camera database in domestic abuse case

Police officer shared location of a woman with his relative who is accused of abusing woman

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 13/09/2026

In case anyone was starting to feel that American democracy is just a little too secure, distaste for the common man is now finding purchase beyond the political right, with centrist liberals test-running their own brand of distaste for mass participation. buff.ly/olVBWRn

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Centrists Are Soft-Launching the Idea That We Have a Little Too Much Democracy

By railing against small-dollar donors and “purity tests,” Third Way and the Abundance Network are empowering the political elite over the rest of us.

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WIRED @wired.com · 13/09/2026

Trump has touted a recent Census report. WIRED found grave flaws in its analysis and the process behind it, and confirmed the identity of several of its authors—among them a one-time DOGE affiliate.

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A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions

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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...

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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’

‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.

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