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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026

There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Unnerving @washingtonpost.com exclusive: US and Russia worked in secret to remove "a range of provisions designed to safeguard the use of artificial intelligence in weapons." For instance, leave targeting to AI, no human review required. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4yWadkR

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U.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global AI weapons pact

The two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progre...

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My dad was a small-town doctor who made late-night house calls on most nights I can remember growing up—and to my personal knowledge forgave (or delayed) payments from people who were on hard times. This story makes me want to move to Kansas and spend next 5+ weeks canvassing.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Once again, the Supreme Court prioritizes imaginary harms done to Trump by not allowing him to indulge in his conspiracy theories, as opposed to the very real harm done to citizens who may lose the ability to vote in this case.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/09/2026

Why is the U.S. public so much more negative on AI than almost anyone else? Well, I think the fact that the U.S. AI industry is being lead by a bunch of very visible, crazy weirdos who talk about how AI will take everyone’s job and maybe kill us all the time is a pretty key factor.

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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Universal Healthcare Saves Lives And Costs A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American. Saving more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace. Why Do We Get Healthcare Coverage At Work? ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects

A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it

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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Symbols matter. White House isn't a palace. Kennedy Center is for the general public to enjoy. We don't have a triumphal arch in DC because that's imperial. We don't put the president's face on money because it's monarchical. It's about tearing down everything that says we're a democratic republic.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“Tax documents obtained by Zeteo Friday disprove the president’s repeated claims that he “saved” the revered arts center from financial collapse, and instead illustrate that Trump’s intimate involvement in the building’s affairs last year triggered the beginning of its rapid decline.“ #ETTD

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New Filings Wreck Trump’s Biggest Claim About Kennedy Center Takeover

Donald Trump has repeatedly insisted the performing arts organization was on the brink of financial collapse.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 14/09/2026

We’re all gonna die because people couldn’t bring themselves to vote for the joyful black lady in 2024

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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 14/09/2026

As the worst measles resurgence in the U.S. in decades keeps growing, many public health experts are worried about the reliability of health information coming from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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As diseases loom, CDC's response to measles deaths stirs fears about agency's reliability

The worst U.S. measles outbreak in decades is growing and flu season is imminent. Experts are fretting about federal health data reliability after the CDC questioned two Pennsylvania measles deaths.

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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"Leon County, Florida’s mail ballot envelope design placed the words “return service requested” 0.236 inches away from its election office’s return address, when it was supposed to be 0.25, leading the USPS to reject it" newrepublic.com/post/215342/...

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USPS Tries Rejecting Entire County’s Ballot Over Spacing Issue

The postal service tried to reject an entire ballot over an issue with the envelope—a dark sign of the chaos that could unfold before November’s elections.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/09/2026

AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...

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Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American Prospect

Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/09/2026

Polling suggests the GOP’s strategy of obscuring a repeal of abortion rights as an anti-trans measure could work: Nearly 60% of Missouri voters support abortion in the first 8 weeks of pregnancy, but 73% oppose gender transition surgery for minors.

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Missouri Republicans Are Trying to Repeal Abortion Rights by Leaning Into Anti-Trans Sentiment

Two years after falsely linking reproductive rights to gender transition care for minors, GOP lawmakers have packaged the two issues into one amendment in an effort to strip away the right to abortion...

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Jeff Domingues @jeffdomingues.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you liked your DOGE refund and your tariff rebate, you’ll love your Trump dividend.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/08/2026

"Look at the last 3 GOP presidents. One oversaw a double-dip recession with a savings & loans scandal that looted the Treasury. That was Bush I. Another oversaw near meltdown of the whole capitalist system. That was Bush II. Then the next presided over a pandemic-driven collapse. That was Trump I."

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Are voters finally realizing GOP presidents are disasters?

Michael Tomasky makes the case that they are.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

After FDR cleaned up the mess created by Calvin Coolidge and blamed on Herbert Hoover, Democrats spent decades reminding voters what the two parties had done. In recent generations, that basic act of politicking has been deemed impolite by Democratic leaders. That needs to end.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"the money, which was supposed to be used to provide health insurance for poor children, was instead hastily passed through multiple organizations before eventually landing in the bank accounts of two political action committees and the Republican Party of Florida." www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...

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Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida

A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/08/2026

Leaders of the Kennedy Center are threatening to demolish the center unless it is named for President Trump — “all in the name of one man’s vanity,” according to lawyers for the Democratic congresswoman fighting to keep the president’s name off of it.

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Lawmaker accuses Kennedy Center board of demolition ‘threat’ over Trump’s name

Rep. Joyce Beatty’s lawyers called the warning that the center could be “taken down” a thinly veiled threat and “a breathtaking assault on the rule of law.”

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

President Obama left office 3,500 days ago on January 20, 2017.

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Scoop with @liamjscott.bsky.social: The Pentagon fired Stars and Stripes's publisher, editor-in-chief, and a reporter today following criticism of DOD interference. The EIC and reporter were fired for "insubordination" for doing a CBS interview. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders who criticized DOD’s interference

The Defense Department earlier this year railed against the publication, which has long enjoyed editorial independence, as “woke.”

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

“In the rule, the Postal Service said that it would deliver mail ballots only in states that shared voter data with the federal agency.” This is utterly outrageous.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

John Roberts works for Donald Trump, not justice and the American people. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...

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Trump Administration Live Updates: Chief Justice Lets Ballroom Construction Go Forward While Court Considers Issue

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Consumer Reports @consumerreports.org · 21/08/2026

"It is encouraging to see the FTC tackle this bipartisan issue...Ultimately though, it should not be consumers' responsibility to read detailed disclosures on each item while shopping online to avoid being hit with a higher price," CR's Grace Gedye said in a statement to CBS News.

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FTC says "personalized pricing" based on consumer data could violate the law

The FTC warned businesses against changing prices based on their analysis of a customer's personal data, which could violate consumer law.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 21/08/2026

15,903 "illegal ballots" became 185, and they still haven’t shown that those 185 people cast any ballots. Gifted article: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...

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Helene Meisler @hmeisler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I know Grassly is old but do you think he knows who is in charge in the 3 branches of government now?

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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026

EXCLUSIVE: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A person without any govt position, who has numerous financial conflicts of interest, should not conduct US foreign policy. And that’s before we get to the fact that he uses this role to corruptly solicit money for himself. It’s wrong. Many seem to have accepted it, but I’ll never stop objecting.

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Kushner Meets With Hamas to Advance Trump’s Gaza Plan

The president’s son-in-law met the Palestinian militant group’s leaders in Egypt, officials said. He will soon see Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli leader.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A bunch of cops cheering at a political rally — in uniform — as the president and AG endorse a candidate and attack their political opponents is not normal. And it is not okay.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

“Donald Trump lost a war he started, the only president in history to accomplish such a feat. Perhaps worse is he *continues* to lose it in the absence of a hard stop. His challenge now seems to be preventing the American public from knowing the truth. I mean, everyone *else* seems to know.”

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

"Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals." Susan Collins & Congressional Republicans voted to fund all of this.

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AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 11/08/2026

An anti-sex-trafficking nonprofit in Utah whose founder resigned after multiple women accused him of trafficking and sexual abuse has won a federal contract to provide legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children in government custody. prospect.org?p=142613

Immigrant children sit on the floor outside of an immigration courtroom

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SuMo📞Congress 202-224-3121📞CSPAN 202-748-8000 @sumoh7.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Trump is ending the $3.6 billion in Part D subsidies that kept drug costs down for 11 million Americans, and they’ll find out this fall, right before the midterms. Corrupt Republicans are betting seniors won’t notice or won’t vote. We bet they will. #RepublicansCutMedicare

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"Put more simply: documents and interviews establish how a first-time contractor was paid millions of dollars to apply a novel solution designed by a golf club manager to a national landmark." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u...

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How the Reflecting Pool Came to Mirror Trump’s Washington

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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The president's authority as "commander in chief" refers to the military only. The president cannot use executive orders to expand the definition of who is eligible for birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment. The president's aide saying these things is a virulent white nationalist.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/08/2026

A GOP Congressman, Griffith Morgan (Virginia), has introduced a bill to strip people in Guam, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and every other US non-state territory of their birthright citizenship. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The claim was a lie. Trump had no evidence of vandals. He makes shit up all the time. That's the big story, the never-ending story, the story that needs to be reported over and over.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

CNN just released more data from their new poll and it shows Dems +8 in the House generic ballot matchup, 47-39. That's very good news.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Don’t let this clip get memory-holed

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Among the worst ideas floating around is that "the free market" will naturally achieve desirable results for society. No, it won't, not even in theory, much less in practice. Markets don't optimize "good for society" unless you make them.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/07/2026

At our municipal grocery stores, New Yorkers will get a 30% discount on eggs, milk, chicken, produce and other everyday essentials. In the wealthiest city in the richest country in the world, no one should have to wonder how they’ll afford the food they need to feed themselves or their families.

Mayor Mamdani holds up bananas with a 30% off sticker on them.

Shelves of produce and canned goods, all with 30% off stickers on them.

New Yorkers clap at the press conference announcing the 30% discount for municipal grocery stores.

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God @thegodshow.com · 21/07/2026

Seen in Philadelphia.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Representatives for Taylor Farms called the White House to try to delay a recall tied to one of the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history www.wsj.com/health/taylo...

Representatives for produce giant Taylor Farms contacted the White House with an urgent plea: the company wanted to delay announcing a recall tied to one of the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history.
The call, during which the company asked for more proof and more time before being linked to the outbreak, illustrates how one of the country’s largest produce suppliers sought to limit its exposure to a public-relations nightmare, while grappling with a costly and complicated recall. Over the past several weeks, health officials have been scrambling to contain the outbreak of cyclospora, which can cause explosive diarrhea. Some current and former government officials have criticized the handling of the outbreak, both by the administration and Taylor Farms.

Federal health authorities were preparing late last week to link Taylor Farms to a multistate parasitic infection that has sickened thousands. The company wanted to see more evidence, according to people familiar with the matter.
The White House asked officials from the Food and Drug Administration, which has been investigating growing cases of cyclosporiasis, to join the call with Taylor Farms, which the government maintains is the source of the multistate outbreak. During the discussion, Taylor Farms raised concerns that the government had no positive laboratory tests linking its product to the outbreak and that it was overstating the company’s culpability, according to one of the people who was on the call.
Taylor Farms sought out the White House after company executives felt they hadn’t gotten enough clarity from the FDA on the evidence behind a potential recall and the scope of it, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Health and Human Services Department spokeswoman Emily Hilliard said the FDA presented Taylor Farms with substantial evidence connecting its products to the outbreak and engaged in extensive discussions with the company.

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Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Google (GOOGL) Free Cash Flow goes negative for the first time in history. They’re spending too much on data centers, and search revenues came in below expectations

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

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