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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 7h
If SCOTUS is sending this back to the lower court to be decided by trial, at least suspend the inhumane practice until then. Not let it go on until then. This SCOTUS has been rigged by the GOP and is behaving immorally.
huffpost.com
Supreme Court Lets Trump Continue Third-Country Deportations For Now
The decision allows the administration to continue removing immigrants to countries they’re not from and have never been to.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I find M. Gessen always worth reading.
nytimes.com
Opinion | There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once (Gift Article)
The film that makes a powerful statement without ever raising its voice.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Venezuela has taken a back seat in the convo but we can't ignore what Trump is doing with it. Vote the Dems in! Let's turn Congress blue and start righting all the wrongs of this administration.
nytimes.com
Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Shut it down! "Donald Trump demanded that his $400 million White House ballroom be constructed in a way that would violate numerous health and fire safety codes, according to a report."
thedailybeast.com
Trump’s Deranged Secret Ballroom Orders Are Leaked
The president believes the White House doesn’t need to follow standard safety procedures.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Social media posts can be written by anyone. That he was prompted by aides to respond and vote is the real indicator of McConnell's capacity. www.thedailybeast.com/why-mitch-mc...
thedailybeast.com
Why Mitch McConnell Mystery Is Getting Even Darker
The 84-year-old Republican’s return to the Senate following a three-month absence has raised even more questions about his capacity to serve.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"…women’s clothing, hair, body parts, extramarital affairs, relationships, sexual proclivities and accusations around bad mothering appeared in their trials, even when these details were irrelevant to the crimes." SCOTUS can grant her a new trial prohibiting use of sexism and gender bias.
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Sexist Way That Prosecutors Portray Women in Court (Gift Article)
We need a legal standard that would prohibit sexism and gender bias in criminal trials.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good article describing how the process to the goal is as important as, if not more than, the goal itself.
theatlantic.com
Math Can’t Go On Like This
AI just solved one of the world’s hardest math problems.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Why? Don Jr is rich enough to pay for al this himself--why would he accept these "gifts"? Well, we can guess the answer.
thedailybeast.com
Putin Pal Secretly Paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding
The relationship between the president’s son and the Russian oligarch has not previously been disclosed.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Insanity
nytimes.com
E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants (Gift Article)
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
He resorts to bribery as easily as he takes a breath. All the while intentionally lying about it--another thing that's as natural to him as excreting. Gerrymandering, bribery... the GOP can't win on policy.
huffpost.com
Trump Offers $5,000 Voter Bribe If Republicans Win Midterms
The president doesn’t have the authority to just send everyone checks.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
All GOP candidates should call him out on these disgusting, delusional lies at the Dallas Midterm convention.
thedailybeast.com
Trump’s Nephew Calls BS on His Shocking 9/11 Lie
The president can’t seem to get his story straight.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Hypocrisy is a cornerstone of the GOP
nytimes.com
As He Backs ICE Crackdown, Nebraska Governor Employs Undocumented Workers (Gift Article)
Gov. Jim Pillen’s family business is one of the nation’s largest pork producers. As he seeks re-election, he has aligned himself with President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda even though his farms have...
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Understandable. Can't have been easy fighting the whitewashing.
huffpost.com
Smithsonian Head Stepping Down Amid Trump Efforts To Rewrite History
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Oh so *that's* why it feels like a nightmare to me
theatlantic.com
We Are Living in the Fantasy World of 13-Year-Old Boys
Many of the tech billionaires who built our world have taken the wrong lessons from their favorite science fiction.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
He's confusing his EOs with royal edicts. We shouldn't because he is not a king.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Unconscionable. Unethical. Immoral.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
lolol
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"President Donald Trump plans to bypass a ceremony in New York to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks after being told he could not make a speech." He won't be missed.
thedailybeast.com
Trump Bails on 9/11 Ceremony for Trumpiest of Reasons
The president had planned on marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in person at Ground Zero.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
He would do it with no hesitation if he can't have his name on it.
nytimes.com
Trump Lawyers Warn That Kennedy Center Might Need Demolition if Not Fixed (Gift Article)
In a court filing about honoring President Trump on the facade, the administration said that without a proper renovation the building might need to be “taken down.”
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Coincidentally just watch a doc on Justin Ross Harris who was convicted of murder in 2016 for his toddler's death in a hot car. The doc included other cases where the parent was either acquitted or not charged. www.huffpost.com/entry/florid...
huffpost.com
She Forgot The Baby In A Hot Car. Every Moment Since Has Been Hell.
The case against Rhonda Jewell threatens to upend a foundational principle of the U.S. legal system.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Will these findings change anything in the game? Probably not. As long as it's someone else's child/father/brother/uncle getting brain damage for their entertainment.
nytimes.com
At Least 1 in 4 NFL Players Gets CTE, Major New Study Finds (Gift Article)
The actual prevalence, researchers said, may be much higher.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Is this the kind of thing Anthropic and the Pentagon were at odds over? I don't think *any* AI is competent to make last minute decisions in these situations yet. This should be a war crime.
nytimes.com
A Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I. (Gift Article)
An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Am I being too cynical or should we take this with a grain of salt? I would post guards there or something just to make sure they don't start carving into the building
huffpost.com
Kennedy Center Tells Court It Won't Try To Restore Trump's Name Before Sept. 8
Opponents of the move said members of the Kennedy Center’s Trump-aligned board “seem intent” on defying an earlier court order requiring the Republican president’s name to be removed from the building...
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
And I thought sleeping in the locker room at Bedminster was kooky
huffpost.com
Natalie Harp Rode In Trunk Of SUV To Trump Court Hearing: CNN
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This is to protect the 1%...
theatlantic.com
A Green Light for Crooks
The Treasury has made the American economy a safe space for corruption.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This is typical behavior by everyone in this administration: show no concern for the troubling situation and deny accountability for the troubling situation. This administration has shown that any random person could be a cabinet member and do no worse than the current ones.
huffpost.com
Hegseth Responds To Reports Of Bad Conditions Aboard Carrier
Pete Hegseth on Thursday said reports about poor conditions aboard aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East were “completely misrepresented.”
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This GOP will hang on to "allegations" in a despicable cop out to holding people responsible for their actions. This is why so much effort goes into stalling the release of the Epstein files that could move allegations to proof.
huffpost.com
Max Miller Almost Certain To Plow On To November Election Despite Allegations
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This arch CANNOT happen “The National Park Service is being used as a piggy bank for Trump’s vanity projects,” "Doug Burgum,,, has cut millions of dollars in funding for Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon." Article cites reporting by Scott McFarlane
thedailybeast.com
Trump’s Staggering Vanity Project Cash Grab Exposed
Leaked records show $423 million routed to the president’s D.C. projects this year.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It's the man's M.O. to never take responsibility, never be accountable. Pass the buck always. He was willing to imprison innocent Americans to cover for his incompetence and corruption. And still people cover for him.
nytimes.com
How the Reflecting Pool Came to Mirror Trump’s Washington (Gift Article)
A hospitality manager for the Trump Organization traveled to Las Vegas to find a solution to problems at a national landmark. This is the untold back story of the fallout.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
You won't even see it from the WH if the monstrous East Wing is built to current plan. How is the CFA an independent agency if the President appoints its members? It nothing more than a rubber stamp.
theatlantic.com
Do Not Paint Granite!
The latest Trump renovation project would violate a basic rule of building maintenance.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
NYTimes tries to push “Dems in disarray”. Aren’t election deniers much more dangerous to the entire nation?
Screenshot from NYTimes
(Leading article headline in large point size) Moderate Democrats Prepare for ‘War’ Against an Ascendant Left
(Reg size text) One moderate group says the progressive wins are “deeply troubling” and is planning a $15 million effort against democratic socialism. 
(Following headline in smaller point size) A Growing Number of Election Deniers Hold Key Local Roles in Midterms
(Regular sized text) These officials oversee or help administer elections in counties across the nation where competitive House and Senate races will determine control of Congress.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Always looking for new opportunities to grift
theatlantic.com
Trump Tests the Definition of Insider Trading
A new Truth Social subscription service is another way for the president to profit from his office.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Sheldon Whitehouse tells it straight, no theatrics, no hyperbole. And he provides receipts for the examples he gives.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
He couldn't get away with firing her for this. She most likely told him no video or photos exist of vandalism. We would han=ve seen something by now if there were. Could he trust her not to reveal that if he fired Maybe she threaten to reveal that if he fired her. That's what I think.
huffpost.com
Trump Doesn't Fire Pirro In White House Meeting After Publicly Fuming At Her: CNN
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Was this really necessary? I try to imagine the brainstorming sessions at Google and the ideas that get discarded as "not helpful."
theatlantic.com
Google Just Ruined One of Its Most Important Tools
Google Earth was a boon for researchers—and then came the deepfakes.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The State college president, who could only get the job once the board of trustees lowered the educational requirements for the position, wouldn't want his college-aged daughter reading this material. But this is what college is for--to foster critical thinking. Exactly what MAGA needs to suppress
nytimes.com
Florida Professor Fired for Assigning a Profane Story, Lawsuit Says (Gift Article)
South Florida State College fired an English professor after she assigned a story about a teacher who talks about sex with her students. Now the professor is suing.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
My favorite sentence: And Americans are supposed to be impressed by these overgrown children showing off their masculine prowess while failing at their basic adult responsibilities." You'll know who he's talking about. There's $ to be made and power to be had by pushing this toxic ideal
theatlantic.com
The Masculinity Scam
The manosphere’s campaign strategy
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Priorities.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This administration is rife with sex offenders
thedailybeast.com
Trump’s Terrifying Explosion of Sex Offender ICE Agents Revealed
The majority of immigration officers who faced charges were accused of sex offenses or crimes against children.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The SECDEF is drunk on his power and our wealth.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Trump is flailing around in desperation for something to save him from his own failures. "Communist" doesn't have the same bite as it did in the Khrushchev era. How could it, when Trump holds Putin in highest regard, fawns all over him, is clearly afraid of him.
nytimes.com
Opinion | Joe McCarthy Lives! (Gift Article)
Trump’s attempt to drum up a third red scare is certain to fail.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
"The amendment also imposes a 12-year term limit on lawmakers and sets a retirement age of ⁠70 for ​Constitutional Court judges..." What we could achieve with a supermajority in Congress...
reuters.com
Hungary's president signs law change ending his term in office
Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok has signed a constitutional amendment ​passed by Prime Minister Peter Magyar's ruling Tisza party that ends his term as head of state, ‌Sulyok said in a statement on S...
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The US basically forced Ukraine into developing its drone capabilities when we refused to help them "close the sky" in the beginning months of Putin's invasion. Ironic how that now seems to be the future of warfare while we are stuck in legacy systems and pumping up soldiers with testosterone.
theatlantic.com
Fighter Jets Are Passé
The future of warfare is drones, clearly.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This HAS to enough for a wrongful death suit against the shooter and individuals all the way up the org chart.
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to c...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I can't breathe the air, I can't eat lettuce, I can't afford gas, and my kids have measles. But at least now our soldiers will have enough testosterone.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Meanwhile, data centers are using up all our power, water, and computer memory. Where is the competition? "By economic and engineering measures, generative AI might be the worst technology ever deployed." "LLMs do not scale logarithmically... In technical terms, LLMs scale quadratically."
theatlantic.com
Generative AI Is an Engineering Disaster
A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The HOUSE JUST VOTED 215-211 to advance a rule to advance a rule that would attach THE SAVE ACT to the State Dept & Foreign Operations Bill INSTEAD OF ALLOWING a clean stand-alone vote Republicans are trying to back door your VOTING RIGHTS Call Your Senators 202 224-3121 NO ON THE SAVE ACT
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The patriarchy is very deeply ingrained in our society. Men on the left are just as molded by it as men on the right • when it comes to sexual abuse and intimate partner violence. • when a woman and a man say the same thing, they ignore the woman and think the man has the best ideas.
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What Women Saw in Graham Platner
Once again, a man fails them.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This will be harder to fight than the murders in MN as the local gov't is on the side of ICE.
huffpost.com
‘Get Rid Of The Only Eyewitnesses’: Critics Are Sounding The Alarm Of A ‘Cover-Up’ After Fatal ICE Shooting
DHS has a track record of lying about the people ICE officers shoot.
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ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Of all the taxpayer $ Trump spends on his own pet projects, this one is infuriating because it is such a shady deal. If he claims it as his, it's an emolument, and unconstitutional. If it belongs to the USA, he can't take it with him when he leaves. All the $ spent on it and it isn't secure enough.
nytimes.com
New Air Force One Lacks Defensive Countermeasures of Previous Model, Officials Say
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