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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 12h

“We took the freedom of speech away”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

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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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17h

Which party controls the presidency, House and the Senate? It depends who you ask.

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Eric Alterman @ericalterman.bsky.social · 14h

@brucespringsteen.net
Have you heard the news?

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Eric Alterman @ericalterman.bsky.social · 18h

Have you heard the news?

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Laura Hercher @laurahercher.bsky.social · 19h

Says this like it’s a bad thing.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Eric Alterman @ericalterman.bsky.social · 20h

"Some critics express concern" @nytimes
"Trump Calls for Jailing of Chicago Mayor and Illinois Governor"

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Historically, the Insurrection Act has only been used in response to genuine emergencies. Some experts believe that if President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act simply as a pretext for a military invasion and occupation of multiple blue cities, it would represent a possible violation of norms.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

I grew up going to Zabar's. So many of my childhood memories center around the best lox in NYC (which is saying something). With Saul Zabar's passing today, the Upper West Side has lost a legend who turned his parent's humble store into a culinary institution.

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 1d

Epstein Shutdown.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 1d

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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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

Senator Jim Banks V
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Draw on your own experience:

Is there any situation you've ever been part of, with you or anyone else in the hot seat, in which a person who does NOT have something to hide, reacts the way Bondi does?

I've been on trial juries that concluded "we can't trust that witness," after evasions like this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Well done by @whitehouse.senate.gov

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 1d

AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.

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Eric Alterman @ericalterman.bsky.social · 1d

Ice Fishing in Portland

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Eric Alterman @ericalterman.bsky.social · 1d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbX7...

Remembering Bill Moyers | Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV

YouTube video by CUNY TV

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Eric Alterman @ericalterman.bsky.social · 1d

May his memory be a blessing:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/d...

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

David Ellison's first major hires at CBS News have been right-wing ombudsman Kenneth Weinstein and right-wing editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. But his true political views remain a mystery.

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Eric Alterman @ericalterman.bsky.social · 1d

Not the Onion
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good

www.nytimes.com

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d

Any meaningful peace plan will appease three constituencies: Israelis who need security, Gazans who need food and shelter, and American billionaires who need to stop hearing about protests at their alma maters.

by Bret Stephens

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d

We wanted to understand Democratic Socialists of America. So we talked to two old guys who voted for Trump. (Yes, this is literally the article.)

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 2d

ICE abducts people and then immediately moves them around to prevent access to lawyers and habeas corpus petitions. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social has the story on this consistent game being played to frustrate due process.
prospect.org/justice/2025...