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@vakell21.bsky.social
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Northern Virginia; fan of all things Pittsburgh…Pirates, Pens, Stillers; member of the resistance; 💙🌊

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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 14h
MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 5h
It is actually completely clear from context clues.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 7h
NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 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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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I just realized that Eric Schmitt absolutely used AI to write this shit up. He absolutely did. Lol. Hell yeah
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 20h
Hundred percent, and it's likely his hitler youth staffers put it together. They really thought they'd done something here. What a clown show.
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Physgal ⚛️ @physgal.bsky.social · 15h
Just needs alt-text:
How to avoid sexual assault! A QUICK AND EASY GUIDE* 

sexual violence centre cork 

1 DON'T PUT DRUGS IN PEOPLE'S DRINKS 

4 WHEN YOU SEE A WOMAN WALKING BY HERSELF, LEAVE HER ALONE. 

3 WHEN YOU COME ACROSS SOMEONE WHO IS DRUNK OR ASLEEP, THE BEST THING TO DO IS NOT RAPE THEM. 

6 CARRY A WHISTLE. IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT RAPE SOMEONE, BLOW THE WHISTLE UNTIL SOMEONE COMES TO STOP YOU.

2 USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM! IF YOU CAN'T STOP YOURSELF FROM SEXUALLY ASSAULTING SOMEONE, ASK A TRUSTED FRIEND TO ACCOMPANY YOU AT ALL TIMES TO STOP YOU. 

5 IF YOU ARE IN A LIFT AND SOMEONE STEPS IN, REMEMBER NOT TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT THEM.

*for perpetrators.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 4h
The same type of process that decides potatoes and water coolers are the optimal package deal for consumers also decides whose job application gets considered and whose does not, or whose mortgage gets approved and at what interest rate.
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
America.gov launched today--a DOGE initiative to use AI to deliver public services. Child lying facedown on a frozen lake as the image accompanying the question: "How can I invest in my child's future" is just incredible. Way to go AI
Image of a child lying facedown on a froze lake.  above is the portal where you ask AI questions about government services.  the question matching this image is:  "How can I invest in my child's future?"
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 16h
The exact moment I knew Republican attacks on Jack Smith were a colossal mistake.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think I'm getting the hang of this.
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Kate @katekav.bsky.social · 16h
@simonwdc.bsky.social Today’s afternoon rush hour standout in Lexington MA over Route 128. Lots of eyes - lots of honks - the occasional emphatic FU’s. 🙄 For No Kings/Vote Early weekend - we’re expanding to another local bridge. You can too 🗽
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Jason Meisner @jmetr22b.bsky.social · 21h
Lawyers for the "Broadview Six" have submitted Sheri Mecklenburg's resignation letter to Judge Perry in advance of Thursday's hearing, saying it contains "additional facts that directly and materially implicate" issues pending before the court. 👇
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Secrets and Laws @secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨Exclusive🚨: I have exculpatory evidence in what is easily the dumbest congressional oversight episode of the year...maybe the decade. I was at the Iowa v. MD game & just looked at my pics & sure enough, someone who looks like Jack Smith is sitting in Sec 109, Row 1. Complete & total vindication!
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. HAHAHAHAHAH. Eric Schmitt just accused Jack Smith of lying about going to an Atlanta Hawk's basketball game. Smith went to see the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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David Frank DeLuca @davidfrankdeluca.bsky.social · 20h
I called Sen. Eric Schmitt's office and asked the staffer who answered if the senator was a war hawk or a chicken hawk, or both. I told her I would hold until she got an answer from the senator. I encourage you to do it too. Here's his number in Washington DC: (202) 224-5721.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h
Bc the last 30 seconds of this are the best, reminder that @amyklobuchar.com's dad was a sports journalist, which may explain her utter contempt for Schmitt mistaking the Hawks and Hawkeyes.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19h
A lot of people On Here seem surprised by the flimsiness of far right attacks. Did any of you follow the Durham investigation? Or Schmitt's lawsuit on Xitter, especially the way he worked a hard drive he claimed was Hunter Biden's laptop into it?
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 19h
He had all afternoon and this is the best he could come up with. Great ratio!
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Kate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 19h
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 18h
they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The last two sentences are … direct. Link: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Read @courtwatch.bsky.social review the stories that don't get told as corporate media (in this case, McClatchy) lays off all the legal journalists. www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...
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The Rabbit Hole: Covering What McClatchy Will Miss
With the private equity-owned newspaper chain laying off 90 reporters, we look at the court stories they’ll miss.
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 29/09/2026
One big takeaway from this hearing is that Barack Obama and Joe Biden did a world of good to the D.C. Circuit when they appointed former trial judges to it. And with good reason, Judges Robert Wilkins, Michelle Childs, and Florence Pan have all been lighting into the Justice Department quite a bit.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...
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The Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part II
A quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality).
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h
The internet is erupting in mockery after Eric Schmitt’s spectacular Jack Smith faceplant. Now people are openly speculating: Did his team plant the glowing 2028 story AND coordinate with MAGA influencers in advance, expecting a victory lap that blew up in their faces?
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Eric Schmitt Gets Mercilessly Mocked Over ‘Planted’ Story After Jack Smith Faceplant
A glowing 2028 scoop dropped just before Schmitt’s disastrous “gotcha,” while right-wing influencers appeared ready to celebrate. After it blew up, the internet noticed.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h
Today wasn’t the first time Eric Schmitt tried to use sports to go after someone only to have it blow up in his face because he knows nothing about the teams he’s talking about.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h
Again, gas prices spiked in 2022-23 because Russia invaded Ukraine which caused a major disruption in global supply. Then they came down. Biden didn’t cause it. Gas prices rose in 2026 due solely to the stupidity of Trump who started a war in the Middle East.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h
Owning the libs.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Katie Britt annoys the shit out of me. She called toll records “tolling records”. She says “Artic” instead of “Arctic”. She calls the speech or debate clause the “speech and debate clause.” She accuses Smith of illegal evidence when no judge found that. And she went over her time.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ONLY thing the republicans care about is that their stupid crimey toll records were gathered. By law. Because they talked to a fucking criminal. I can’t believe it’s not embarrassing to the GOP.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
This is my favorite thing today. In second place is Senator Schmitt hoisting himself with his own petard during the Jack Smith hearing.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The community in Alexandria, Louisiana, is calling for the cancelation of the new ICE facility for unaccompanied kids at England Airpark. Get loud for the kids. bsky.app/profile/anat...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The Trump regime's new AI assistant confirmed Donald is a convicted felon, Biden won the 2020 election, and Trump is in the Epstein files before it stopped answering political questions.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
1. Garland had to sue for testimony of 14 critical witnesses w/o which there'd be no case. The court took a year to rule 2. Garland began investigating Trump when he got to DOJ. He did not wait 2 years 3. Twitter delayed the probe 4 months 4. The J6 cmte delayed it by another 2 months 5. SCOTUS
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23h
Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23h
NEW: The Supreme Court, over the objections of the 3 liberal justices, grants a stay in the D.V.D. litigation, authorizing the Trump admin to resume third country removals without any notice to people being sent to countries they've never been to. The Court also agrees to hear the case in December.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 CERTIORARI GRANTED 26-426 DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC., ET AL. V. D.V.D., ET AL. (26A406) The application for stay presented to Justice Jackson and by her referred to the Court is granted. The February 25, 2026 order and judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25-cv-10676, are stayed. The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether the district court had jurisdiction over Respondents’ claims. (2) Whether the district court had authority to enter classwide declaratory relief and APA vacatur under 8 U. S. C. §1252(f)(1). (3) Whether the Government’s Guidance on third-country removals is unlawful under 8 U. S. C. §1231(b), the Due Process Clause, or FARRA/CAT and its implementing regulations. (4) Such other questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the proper disposition of the case. The Clerk is directed to establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be argued in the December 2026 argument session. The stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court. Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would deny the application for stay.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23h
NEW: Seems as though the full DC Circuit Court is poised to green-light Judge Boasberg's contempt investigation into the government for failing to turn the planes bound for CECOT around. Trump will then likely seek an emergency stay from SCOTUS. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Appeals court weighs fate of judge's contempt probe over Trump administration deportation flights
An appeals court is weighing whether a judge can continue investigating whether the Trump administration illegally flouted an order blocking the deportation of planeloads of Venezuelan migrants to El ...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.
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The appellants mount two main attacks on the district
court’s speech-related sanction. First, they argue that the court
lacked a sufficient basis to find that the lawsuit and the settlement
were collusive and that Messrs. Brito and Epstein acted in bad faith.
Second, they contend that the sanction is a broad and impermissible gag order which constitutes a prior restraint and violates the
First Amendment. We conclude that the appellants have not made
a strong showing that they will succeed on either of these grounds.The appellants did not submit or offer any evidence to explain their litigation conduct or demonstrate that the lawsuit and the settlement were not collusive. Given the record before us, the
appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court
committed clear error in its collusion and bad faith findings
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21h
The VERY conservative 11th Circuit unanimously refused to block the lower court's sanctions order against the DOJ in the Trump v IRS (that resulted in the slush fund) case.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18h
NEW: The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge brought by the Democratic National Committee that could determine if state judges can extend polling hours after election-day disruptions threaten voting access. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear case on expanded voting hours during Election Day disruptions
The DNC is asking the justices to clarify whether Wisconsin courts can extend voting hours when election-day problems threaten voters’ constitutional right to vote.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.”
Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa stands indoors wearing a burgundy blazer and dark top, with campaign signage bearing her name and the outline of Texas visible behind her.Official letter dated September 29, 2026, from Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office requesting inspection of unredacted communications between Abbott’s office and Elon Musk and his companies. Hinojosa seeks records previously released with redactions for information deemed “embarrassing” or “intimate,” citing her legislative authority under the Texas Public Information Act.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18h
Are there 4 scarier words in the English language than "Trump-backed nuclear plant"?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Democrats don't have any income" is an insane statement, but it's also an admission that he sees the money collected by the United States government as his personal piggy bank, to be raided as he sees fit.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here's a much clearer image. This is the saddest attempt at a smoking gun I've ever seen.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I would read an oral history of the conception, creation and execution of this poster. "Oh boy, boss, we sure got him good!"
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Jeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Fled to the Hague" is an interesting way of phrasing "Led a successful war crimes prosecution." But then, Schmitt doesn't know that there are multiple teams called Hawks in America.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/09/2026
Sen. Schmitt: “You fled to The Hague and prosecuted the president of Kosovo in 2020?” Smith: “Yes, and he was just convicted of over 300 acts of torture and 96 murders.” Sen. Schmitt: “And then you got a chance to come back to get Trump. Is that right?” Smith: “That’s not right at all.”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Eric Schmitt Vice Presidential Boom (September 29, 2026-September 29, 2026)
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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