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History prof at a community college in rural CA.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Heartbreak in Springfield, Ohio. Please read this important reporting. It all begins with big lies and it ends with ethnic cleansing and deaths for which we must not only mourn but feel ashamed. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE's shameless stupid cruelty continues unabated. Here's a truly wrenching account from our wonderful local Vermont newspaper, which I imagine could be multiplied a thousandfold every day across America. Many thanks to Liza Cochran, its author bravelittlevoices.substack.com/p/terror-in-...
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Terror in the Backyard:
ICE’s Shadow Surge in Vermont
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wallace2011.bsky.social @wallace2011.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So glad you’re taking a minute!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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wallace2011.bsky.social @wallace2011.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is a great article on this!
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wallace2011.bsky.social @wallace2011.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And the tech bros are also happy to see those 10% die so long as they aren’t white dudes. Add crazy eugenics and white supremacy to this mix as well. It’s so insane…
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wallace2011.bsky.social @wallace2011.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Trump L’Oil: A Fake Fix for High Diesel Prices
His proposal to ban exports of U.S.-made diesel is likely to backfire spectacularly.
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wallace2011.bsky.social @wallace2011.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yes. I wish everyone would focus on this! People caused the breaches we’ve learned about and should be held as responsible for hacking as anyone.
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wallace2011.bsky.social @wallace2011.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Two - How to Eat an Elephant One Voter T a time by Sarah Longwell. And The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This anecdote--not the episode, which goes in a totally different direction--is hilarious& cute. But more importantly, it poignantly illustrates SO many things that I work on. 1) How endlessly creative kids will be in route around child restrictions, and how ineffective parental controls are. 1/
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Joel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I wrote this to try and bear witness; I hope you'll read it. If you do, I hope you'll later find some quiet to think about this man, pray for him if you'd like, and then find out what you can do to help those impacted by this violence and terror in your community.
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His car is still sitting there
An ICE kidnapping in Austin
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Do you think the government of Israel is committing a genocide?”
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 23/09/2026
It looks like October 17 will be the most creative No Kings yet: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
the Super Bowl of my people, where these are my people theonion.com/beaver-overt...
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Beaver Overthinking Dam
HUNTSVILLE, ONTARIO—Local beaver Dennis Messner is spending an inordinate amount of time and effort in the planning and construction phases of building his dam, according to neighbors close to the pro...
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wallace2011.bsky.social @wallace2011.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Glad to see you regard grading with AI as cheating. At my college way too many of my fellow faculty see it as a “time saver” while policing student’s use of AI completely unironically.
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wallace2011.bsky.social @wallace2011.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
After vetoing a strong AI bill last year here in CA. He’s in the pocket of the bros and just figured out that was a mistake. Ugh.
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Lynda Carter @lyndacarter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our music and our memories are being wiped out. AMERICA built this city. Not a president. Join us!
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
After nearly two years of economic failure and broken promises, JD Vance’s midterm pitch these closing weeks is “give us another chance.” The American people cannot afford another round of this - and the good news is we don’t have to.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
All of Trump’s endless crimes pale compared to the precious time he has not just squandered but dedicated to turning up the heat. This is mass murder on an incalculable scale.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Reminder: Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen in 3 months.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Yuh-Line Niou, who served in the New York State Assembly, was present at the ceremony today and is correcting the misleading narrative surrounding @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social & @aoc.bsky.social many right-wingers are shamelessly using to weaponize the 9/11 event👇🏽
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
WATCH— @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: “The MAGA experiment has been a disaster… I was a Republican most of my career, Trump hijacked the party and turned it into a fascist movement.” MAHER: “Do you think you’ll ever go back?” LONGWELL: “Under no circumstances.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
WATCH — Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “I love that you’re all asking questions about health care… All you in the press, you hear?? These students are talking about health care. Stop asking me about Hasan Piker.” #MedicareForAllNOW
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/09/2026
There's still more work to do. Let's get started today. Get Sarah Longwell's new book, "How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time," today:
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How to Eat An Elephant
From the founder of The Bulwark and one of the sharpest political communicators of her generation, HOW TO EAT AN ELEPHANT is the playbook for consigning MAGA-style politics to the ash heap of history (where it belongs). Featuring a foreword by Jonathan V. Last.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Lots of coverage of Trump on renaming New Mexico, New America. But people are too polite to point out Trump has no interest in renaming New England or New Hampshire or New Jersey or New York. It's Mexico and Mexicans and Latinos he wants to taunt. It's childish idiocy, but it's also a dog whistle.
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wallace2011.bsky.social @wallace2011.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
$7.70 in CA Central Valley.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 06/09/2026
There have some very, uh, unique and interesting candidates in recent years, but this one in Florida might take the cake:
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We Found Her: The Most Absurd General-Election Candidate in America
She’s under indictment. She lost her primary. And she’s on the ballot in November.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Obvious point: The Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are far better Americans than Donald Trump and JD Vance and Stephen Miller.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A lively conversation with Tim Miller--on Trump walking straight into the data center backlash, on the complete and total disgrace that is Pete Hegseth (but Tim puts in a word for Marco being even worse!), on why Dems can win the Senate if they play offense...and more! youtu.be/Is8V0JNBa2g?...
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Trump Walked Straight Into the Data Center Backlash (w/ Bill Kristol) | Bulwark Daily
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wallace2011.bsky.social @wallace2011.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Deleted the app for good. Y’all should too.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.
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Haiti TPS has been TERMINATED.
Those with terminated TPS are in our nation Illegally. They have two options: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY or be DEPORTED.
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Underneath is a screenshot of a video showing two Haitian men in chains being led to the aircraft. I didn’t post the video, but it’s vile.
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wallace2011.bsky.social @wallace2011.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
And all of the American scholars desperately seeking to study elsewhere where the ability to think and study freely is possible.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Why we should NOT be reassured by the idea that Trump very likely won't be able to rig the election. The fact that he's trying is very, very bad and there's no guarantee he won't succeed.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
#Target has stayed silent on ICE's occupation of its own hometown — so this back-to school season, @aft.org, @aflcio.org, Boycott Target DC, the Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO, Free DC and many more are taking our spending elsewhere. See alternatives at www.aft.org/shopsmart
"Target won't stand with the Twin Cities. We won't stand at the register."
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🚨👇🏽THIS THIS THIS👇🏽🚨 He is 💯% correct.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
On 9/11, US airspace closed, Canada launched Operation Yellow Ribbon. Gander, a town of 10,000, received 38 airliners. Residents immediately sheltered, fed, clothed, and supported stranded passengers for days, providing this hospitality free of charge. interestingengineering.com/culture/oper...
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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Lara Korte, who was just fired from Stars & Stripes, has been covering the relocation of personnel from Bahrain for months and did a great piece today on 1,300 Navy family members displaced from Bahrain who are stuck in limbo given the damage to the Bahrain base. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
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Navy families evacuated from Bahrain face ‘uncharted territory’ amid bureaucratic confusion
The evacuation has left families in limbo and forced military officials to improvise solutions for support programs.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Schiff:
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wallace2011.bsky.social @wallace2011.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Wonder how all those in 2008 retiring would have felt about that?
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wallace2011.bsky.social @wallace2011.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Why not ask why Trump chose her and his golf caddy instead of the 4th in line to the presidency to join him in the cart. Says everything about his lack of concern for the continuity of govt over his personal needs. Also if reports are true Trump is exploiting a very vulnerable person for himself.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 17/08/2026
🚨NEW: Hakeem Jeffries declared his opposition to Medicare For All 72 hours after a Yale study shows it would save 100,000 lives & $1 trillion. Context: Jeffries raked in $391k from health PACs in 2026 & faced no primary pressure to hold the line on Dem priorities because a primary was blocked.
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Hakeem Jeffries’ Betrayal Shows Why Democratic Voters Are So Enraged
House Dems’ leader declared his opposition to Medicare For All on the same day a new poll shows almost all Democratic voters support it.
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wallace2011.bsky.social @wallace2011.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
What’s sick about this is what it took to get this to happen. Military and civilian leadership failed our troops. Big ? Is what will we discover next.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation. This is a national crisis. Trump thinks the public will stop paying attention. So I went to the Senate floor to call his bluff. I told the ENTIRE STORY of his 500 days of corruption. 1/ Here it is - in one🧵
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wallace2011.bsky.social @wallace2011.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Seriously? He’s a Democrat in a state we need to hold. Everyone should endorse ffs.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Q's on Senate Dem leadership embrace of CR. Why now? Why let GOP senators go home for recess taking credit for a bipartisan deal? Why does it run until Dec. 11? Why give a lame duck GOP Congress a final bite at the apple with ability to pressure Dems with threat of pre-Xmas shut down?
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Veerender Singh Jubbal @veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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cool use case of chatgpt work i heard last night:
connect your family calendars and explain your kids' interests.
every morning for the drive to school, have it make a podcast that talks about one kid's soccer game that afternoon, one kid's upcoming birthday, some news, etc.
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What if you just talked to your children
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wallace2011.bsky.social @wallace2011.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The Middling Show on Earth
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