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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 11h

Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10h

"The average listener is not under the impression that a diss track is the product of a thoughtful or disinterested investigation, conveying to the public factchecked verifiable content."

The forum here is a music recording, in particular a rap “diss track,” with accompanying video and album art. Diss tracks are much more akin to forums like YouTube and X, which “encourag[e] a freewheeling, anything-goes writing style,” than journalistic reporting. Sandals Resorts, 86 A.D.3d at 43 (quotation marks omitted). The average listener is not under the impression that a diss track is the product of a thoughtful or disinterested investigation, conveying to the public factchecked verifiable content.

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 8h

This is not good www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 12h

Well at least shes got tenure.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 13h

NEW: A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring Chicago-area fed agents from several violent actions they’ve taken against journalists, activists and “religious practitioners” protesting ICE — including Rev. Black, a plaintiff in the case. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks for providing downloads/API.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 16h

we have been working on this new polling aggregation website for a few months now, and are excited to share it with the world! plenty more features and polls to come.

FiftyPlusOne.news @fiftyplusone.news · 16h

new polls website just dropped fiftyplusone.news

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 15h

People in power both want the power and to never feel uncomfortable about the fact that they have power and others don't.

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 16h

I have gotten so good at quickly grading multiple choice tests.

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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 17h

The latest at YMRI: Think sports gambling is bad? Wait until you see how political prediction markets are targeting young men - and eroding trust in civic participation

youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/political-...

Political Prediction Markets are Dangerous for Young Men and Democracy

And possibly, our democracy

youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 17h

Clearly a man who cannot be bought. Except by everyone. For any price.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 20h

Harvard (and all universities) must take a stand against Trump's extorionary "compact". Enos and Levitsky.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard Must Take a Stand Against Trump’s Compact | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard, rather than quietly pursuing its own appeasement strategy, should lead the way to preserve academic freedom and democracy.

www.thecrimson.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

REI is closing unionized stores. So many companies that like to pretend to be progressive remain still virulently anti-union at their core. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/b...

REI Co-Op’s Boston location is set to close next year - The Boston Globe

REI said it will close three locations on the East Coast, including a store in Boston, as it launches a new strategic plan.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 1d

Jk. I just can't read

Paul and one other Republican senator, Lisa Murkowski, were the only two who broke with party lines to support the 48-to-51 motion at Wednesday’s vote. One Democrat, John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania), voted against.

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 1d

School lunch designed by the liver king is going to be wild. I don't know if the kids can survive on steroids and liver alone.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

The Health Secretary's affinity for saturated fat and his ire over ultra-processed foods could influence federal food guidelines, expected out this fall. n.pr/3VRNB3H

RFK Jr.'s new dietary guidelines could be controversial. Here's what to watch for

The health secretary's affinity for saturated fat and his ire over ultraprocessed foods could influence federal food guidelines, expected out this fall.

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 1d

Just found out that my aunt has a wikipedia page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winifre...

Winifred Reuning - Wikipedia

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 1d

Look what they took from us.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 1d

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like ":" should be a semicolon and ";" should be a full colon as the former is just made up of part of the latter.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 1d

Can we all stop being so weirdly sexual about things?

Screenshot of a blog from Rick Wilson

Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies

Pam Bondi's Fake Orgasm

And she still made Epstein worse for Trump.

Rick Wilson
Oct 07, 2025

Oh, Pam.

If shamelessness were an Olympic sport, the Attorney General just blew the landing, tore off her leotard, and flashed her tits at the judges hoping they wouldn’t notice how bad her performance was before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

It was the fake orgasm of committee hearing performances; loud, theatrical, sweaty, and meant to trick just one man into keeping her around by flattering his ego.

Today’s Senate Judiciary performance wasn’t testimony; it was crude, overacted scenery-chewing regional dinner theater for the Trump base, a MAGA striptease dance of performative outrage and imaginary grievance where facts went to die and the only rule is “Never let the truth stand in the way of fellating Trump’s revenge fantasies and galactic ego.”

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Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 1d

The Smashing Pumpkins announce goth Erewhon smoothie

The Smashing Pumpkins Announce Goth Erewhon Smoothie

A lot of musicians have collaborated with Erewhon for signature smoothies, like Kacey Musgraves, Travis Scott, and Kali Uchis. Now, the Smashing Pumpkins are joining forces with the grocery store to l...

www.stereogum.com

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Thomas M. Keck @tmksyracuse.bsky.social · 1d

Weber State administrators told student they couldn't present their research on the state's anti-DEI law at an on-campus conference on censorship(!) unless they removed all mentions of DEI from their slides

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Weber State Censors, Then Cancels, Censorship Conference

University officials said that several planned presentations violated a Utah state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities.

www.insidehighered.com

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 1d

Has there ever been an election postmortem that people have looked back on years later and said "I'm glad we followed that"?

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