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Vid Hardt

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Good Satire Is Prescient. But it's not enough. Editor of era-defining books. Fb.me/editorMPE

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Ali Winston @awinston.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The ICE agent seen brandishing an AR-15 at the scene of yesterday’s shooting in NYC’s Marble Hill has a record of lying, excessive force & getting caught by judges. He also goes by “Shooter Cuni” on social media, & posts the same gun he had on him today W/@dmehro.bsky.social @regret.bsky.social
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A reminder of the sort of society Larry and David Ellison want to build in America. And with the acquisition of Warner Bros/CNN, they'll be well on their way.
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I like how other Rs explain that it’s not a bribe, he’s talking about a legitimate policy proposal he hopes to enact with R support, and then Trump comes out and says It’s a bribe, I’m bribing you to vote for Republicans.
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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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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With respect to the Cornell 7, among other things, I feel like at some point we gotta address that this school has an 8% acceptance rate. These are supposed to be the best and brightest. So either the admissions process for elite schools is broken or our best and brightest are rapists.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Now would be a good time for @pallone.house.gov to send Fox a letter promising an investigation into why they accepted this ad and how much they got paid to run it.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu made a secret visit today to the UAE, meeting with the Emirati president and pleading with him to deny that he gave Netanyahu a clear warning that Hamas was planning an attack on Israel in the week before Oct 7—even though both men know that such a warning was, in fact, given.
haaretz.com
Source: Netanyahu secretly visited UAE on Sunday, met with Emirati leader
The prime minister's visit, during which he met with Emirati President Mohamed bin Zayed, came amid fallout from Haaretz's report of the Emirati leader's pre-Oct. 7 warning
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh, those radical left-wing communist Texas and Oklahoma cattlemen are again complaining about ICE and saying its Gestapo tactics targeting legal, documented cowboys and farmhands are making beef much, much more expensive. www.expressnews.com/business/art...
expressnews.com
Livestock producers warn of ‘chilling effect’ of ICE crackdown on industry
ICE raids are causing workforce disruptions and millions of dollars in lost revenue that will head to higher beef prices, the Texas Cattle Feeders Association and other organizations say.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS SHOULDN’T EVEN BE IN QUESTION AT THIS POINT And we definitely need more reporting on this issue: HEAT Data centers devour electricity and water, dump heat into communities, and Big Tech is building them faster than lawmakers are dealing with the consequences.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Guilfoyle's prime qualification for being ambassador was being Trump Jr's last concubine. But she does perfectly sum up the diplomacy of the Trump dynasty.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is something that governments and politicians seriously need to consider. Throwing more money and giving more power to the police, doesn’t prevent crime.
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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you aren't reading @karlbode.com's newsletter, you should be. This isn't just about how Gavin Newsom told AG Bonta to gargle oligarch cock. It's got historical perspective on why these deals always implode. You can just about write the stages on your 2027-2028 calendars.
karlbode.com
Feckless Dems Fold, Back Off Effort To Kill Paramount Merger
Every single time Democrats have an opportunity to demonstrate they're serious about media reform, they trip over their own assholes.
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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Has a single white Democrat raised the issue of the rise in lynchings in this country?
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Vid Hardt @vidhardt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Go to church. Find Jesus. Like, I mean, why is everyone so horny here?” Rep. Lauren Boebert, libertine
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Americans are bizarrely unaware of Russian sabotage and assassination operations running right now on their soil. Does this have something to do with the fact that the Kremlin paid for Trump Jr's wedding?
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
solidarity isn’t a statement. it’s an action. we’ll see who’s genuinely on team free press by attendance at the next White House briefing.
nytimes.com
News Outlets Express Solidarity After Trump Bars Some Reporters (Gift Article)
Some Democrats said President Trump’s ban was an attempt to control the press and distract voters as Republicans face deep challenges in the midterm elections.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
On the Almost World War. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
edition.cnn.com
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So this week we've learned: 1) The AI goons CONFESSED they were committing the biggest theft in history. 2) The data centers really are sucking up all the energy during an energy shock. 3) AI almost caused a World War.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I would never eat dinner with Donald Trump. I would never clap or laugh at his jokes. I would never shake his hand. When he attacks me, I wear his scorn as a badge of honor. I founded Democracy Docket to never back down or obey. Subscribe now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a sweeping package of election laws Saturday, including a measure making it a felony to seize ballots, election records or voting technology before an election is certified. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
California enacts new election safeguards against potential Trump interference in midterms
It’s the latest move by the Golden State to prevent law enforcement or federal officials from disrupting the counting of votes ahead of the midterms.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Allegations against Lauren Boebert include sexual relations with Congressional employees, hush money payments, and thousands of dollars in misused official and campaign funds. Here's the redacted complaint: media.coloradotimesrecorder.com/wp-content/u...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
25 years ago today, George W. Bush signed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force into law. Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against it, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The US secretly flew an American diplomat out of the UK after he was found with child abuse images during a dawn raid, reportedly without notifying British police beforehand. mol.im/a/16127415
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US flew diplomat out of UK after he was found with child abuse images
The ex US serviceman, who was working at the American Embassy in Nine Elms, south London, was allegedly taken from his flat in Putney on August 25.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
At University of Michigan, Hillel excludes groups that criticize Netanyahu and his policies of ethnic cleansing, like J Street. www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026...
haaretz.com
At University of Michigan, J Street U chapter is pushed out of Hillel tent
J Street U was barred from Hillel over its national ties, but its leaders question why the new rules do not affect Birthright or Wolverine for Israel
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Someone on @abdulelsayed.bsky.social's team should photoshop Mike Rogers' buff behind the empty lectern in the Senate debate. www.aol.com/articles/rep...
aol.com
Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers blasted for using Photoshop to make him look buff - AOL
The MAGA movement under President Trump has been know to share several AI-generated images in the past, including a controversial post Trump made a few months ago depicting himself as Jesus Christ
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 10/09/2026
Missouri Supreme Court Justice Powell: "Before we recess, we direct your client, the Secretary of State, to not venture far from Jefferson City until the contempt motion is resolved." Tough morning for Missouri's MAGA SecState Denny Hoskins
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Steve Rattner: The last 3 Democratic presidents have created 24 times more jobs than the last 3 Republicans. Nearly 50 million on the Democratic side of the ledger vs. just 2 million for the GOP.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Steve Rattner: Native-born labor force participation just hit its lowest August on record. Despite the admin's claims, deportations are not freeing up jobs for Americans — 600,000 native-born workers have left the labor force in the past year.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Steve Rattner: The 100 wealthiest Americans own more than the bottom half of the country.
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STEVE-il Dead Rise @snark.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Every week the richest man in the world, who is both an unambiguous white supremacist and the largest Republican donor, posts heinous racist and antisemitic slop to the social media network he controls. Every week, reporters fail to treat this as a scandal worth their readers' time.
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Erin 🦇🎃💀👻EEK👻💀🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I don't think we're ready for the scale and scope of climate change disasters.
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Vid Hardt @vidhardt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly and Curry both?!? His pirate song closes the Mrs. Maisel episode The Pirate Queen. Delightfully and perfectly.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 25/08/2026
The drag show must go on.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
An investigation shows that the media pile on that led to the death of Cambridge professor Jason Arday was part of a project run and funded by Peter Thiel and senior figures within Reform UK that aimed to reinflate racial eugenics thinking from the 1930s about the supremacy of the Aryan race.
bylinetimes.com
The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Alone among major US publications, WSJ demonstrates appreciation of the gravity of Trump's war against Canada. www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
wsj.com
U.S., Canada Spiral Toward Trade War
Canada responded to new U.S. tariffs with levies of its own as the two sides trade blame for collapse of talks.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Chat is it good when multiple states water supply systems have been hacked resulting in emergency boil water notices and the President says “those cucks deserved it”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/11/2024
THREAD: A timeline for you of facts. I'm just sharing facts, so no need to get yelly or upset. 1. DoJ opened two investigations into Trump and the coup in January 2021 within two weeks of the attack on the Capitol 1/
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The law is intended to address the growing misuse of AI to create nonconsensual nude or sexually explicit images of people without their permission.
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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
AltNPS constantly steals from journalists, so I made a list of those journalists. Give the list a follow, and you'll have a solid list of real news sources. These writers deserve your attention!
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dmgold @dmgold123.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This seems bad
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
There are good reasons the U.S. Constitution requires congressional authorization for this sort of military action.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
If you’re unwilling to read this piece before insisting you know what is going on with Justice Jackson, specifically regarding trans people, I’m sorry people are lying to you. And, if you don’t know me and just decided that I’m a cis guy who doesn’t care about trans people, that’s wrong and on you.
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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
They are not here to uphold the law.
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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We have quite literally chosen to burn ourselves to death. We could have acted 30 years ago; 20 years ago; 10 years ago. Now here we are in emergency mode everywhere. Denial and complacency are deadly. www.nbcnews.com/weather/heat...
nbcnews.com
Extreme heat in the eastern U.S. sparks a scramble to protect the vulnerable
With record-high temperatures expected through Saturday, summer camp directors, nonprofit leaders and local officials are racing to keep children and older people safe.
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Vid Hardt @vidhardt.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We need more satirical art like this!
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
A leaked SVR dossier contains psychological profiles of UK politicians. The Russians are real pros and their calls are spot on. Boris Johnson, eg, was tracked from his days at Oxford and was an “eccentric, odd man, full of wit, charm and brilliance.” Nigel Farage otoh is a easy-to-manipulate dolt.
telegraph.co.uk
Secret dossier reveals top politicians spied on by the Kremlin
Former MI6 agent claims Russia thought Boris Johnson was ‘likeable but not trustworthy’ while Nigel Farage was ‘not worthy of attention’
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Vid Hardt @vidhardt.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Batteries in kids' stomachs can kill them.
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Vid Hardt @vidhardt.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
That makes them so Very happy!
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