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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A MAGA X account often shared by Senator Mike Lee and House Republicans like Nancy Mace--that often alleges Democrats encourage voting fraud-- is run by a man who not only has never stepped foot in the US, he also illegally donated to an American campaign.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

www.rollingstone.com

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23m

Armed agents in Florida showed up at the door of a 77-year-old anti-Trump protester who wrote a postcard to the state's finance chief that said only "You lack values" www.axios.com/local/tampa-...

Armed Florida agents visited Largo man over postcard critical of CFO Ingoglia

The situation raises questions about how Ingoglia's office is utilizing law enforcement.

www.axios.com

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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 4h

Trump has repeatedly fired Black government officials and replaced them with white men www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 5h

Elon knows his target market

You type “add a girlfriend” to pretty much any video

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 15h

Hands down funniest thing my car does is pull up a photo of Charo whenever I listen to Clairo

The song Add Up My Love by Clairo (which fucking rocks by the way) but my Prius thinks it’s Charo

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 15h

That settles it

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 15h

Interesting, who were they fighting then?

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 20h

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 15h

Decimating the alert system for critical infrastructure so as to provide for more raids of Home Depot parking lots

Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 18h

New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 20h

I did a story on a Twitch streamer who broadcast her life 24/7 for three years. Very weird! No births though www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside the life of a 24/7 streamer: ‘What more do you want?’

A lonely young woman in Texas has streamed every second of her life for three years and counting. Is this life, or a performance of one?

www.washingtonpost.com

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 20h

"Hi twitter my water just broke so I think I’m going this live. Baby time :)" www.theverge.com/news/796179/...

A Twitch streamer gave birth live, with Twitch’s CEO in the chat

Fandy’s livestream has garnered over 50,000 views.

www.theverge.com

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 20h

That's the cool thing: not really! AI-detection software doesn't work, at least for now. Sora's solution is watermarks that are easily removed and a metadata feature no one uses (C2PA). The companies basically get to police themselves, and aren't, because the regulations are so weak.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 21h

How to tell a video is AI

www.tiktok.com/@drewharwell
www.instagram.com/bydrewharwell/

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 22h

"While on the phone with 911, Rinderknecht allegedly typed a question into ChatGPT: 'Are you at fault if a fire is lift because of your cigarettes'"

Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 1d

When investigators recovered the phone of the man suspected of starting the Palisades fire they found an image of a burning city he generated on ChatGPT www.latimes.com/california/s...

Uber driver accused of intentionally starting fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades

Authorities will announce an arrest in connection with the devastating Palisades fire, law enforcement sources said, and are expected to announce a cause of the blaze.

www.latimes.com

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 1d

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Beautiful. AI is bringing people together

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

He paid for the hit as well

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

If only the Friend guy had someone in his life to tell him not to spend all his money on bus ads for a product no one wants

Largest tech campaign in LA’s history

307 billboards
160 buses
500 bus shelters

$500,000

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 2d

they just slapped a surgeons general warning on RFK like he’s a pack of cigarettes

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 2d

“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”

Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 2d

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 2d

This picture is from 1992 in LA and using it in this post and story shows terrible news judgment.

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2d

Reminder that the deal isn't done yet (and China could do something pretty embarrassing for him, if it wanted!): www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

More on the TikTok anti-Trump hashtag resistance: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Anti-Trump influencers flood the White House’s new TikTok account

The rocky rollout of the president’s official presence on the social platform showcases the challenges he faces among younger people online.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2d

The top comments on Trump's TikTok - in which he tells young users that he saved the app so "you owe me big" - are all about the Epstein files. "cool you got them files ready?" www.tiktok.com/@realdonaldt...

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 2d

Inside CBS News, there is a mood of wary resignation as the long-awaited Bari Weiss era begins. “Trepidation,” in the words of one staffer.

Meanwhile, David Ellison's news philosophy is showing major cracks under scrutiny.

My full report in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

Weiss and Shine

The Bari Weiss era has begun at CBS News, and David Ellison’s push to reshape the storied network has staffers holding their breath about the future of the outlet—especially as the mogul's talking poi...

www.status.news

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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 2d

When a judge told Claudio David Balcane González “Welcome to the United States,” he sobbed. He had finally been granted asylum.

Then ICE detained him for 63 more days @marialuisapaul.bsky.social reports

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

A Venezuelan singer won asylum. ICE detained him for two more months.

The singer known online as Davicito59 won his asylum case in July. Still, ICE kept him in custody for two more months — a holdup several experts called unlawful.

www.washingtonpost.com

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