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Harare Review of Books @hararereview.bsky.social · 2h

This guy's behaviour remains deeply weird 🎁 //

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Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. Are they related?

“Margaux Blanchard” appears to be one dubious element of a broader scheme to peddle bogus articles to a number of publications.

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Dr. Earhart Sampson, PhD🌎 @earhart.bsky.social · 2h

This.

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Bring Back High-Stakes School Testing

Former Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on testing, accountability, and how to reverse the decade-long decline in U.S. student achievement. Plus: David Frum on Donald Trump’s cult of sycophancy.

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Dr. Earhart Sampson, PhD🌎 @earhart.bsky.social · 2h

Tom Nichols. Who has been with the resistance since 2016.

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Politicians Aren’t Cool Enough to Curse This Much

Political leaders once watched their language. Now they delight in using obscenity.

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Paula Schwartz @paulasz24.bsky.social · 2h

New York Times Gift Article. The majority of the cocaine that is smuggled to the US moves through the Pacific, not the Caribbean, U.S. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Why Blowing Up Venezuelan Boats Won’t Stop the Flow of Drugs (Gift Article)

President Trump says striking drug traffickers from Venezuela will prevent deadly drugs from reaching the United States. But the major smuggling routes are elsewhere.

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@MissMyRubyDoo @fuckcancer56.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks so much for sharing this.

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Nancy Farmer @nancyfarmer.bsky.social · 1h

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The Insurrection Problem

Violence has marred the American constitutional order since the founding. Is it inevitable?

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@MissMyRubyDoo @fuckcancer56.bsky.social · 1h

Why yes. Yes he did. But he first noted within minutes of the second collapse of the Twin Towers, that he then had the tallest building in NYC. Which was of course another lie. He is truly evil; amoral, empty, piggish, greedy, stupid, simple, and a wannabe dictator. #FuckTrump

Patrick Walen @pomeroon.bsky.social · 10h

Didn't Trump claim to have assisted saving New Yorkers right after 9/11 happened? He said:
"Soon after, I went down to Ground Zero with men who worked for me to try to help in any little way that we could".
There is no record of him being there.

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kthlnhrzg.bsky.social @kthlnhrzg.bsky.social · 7h

No paywall 🎁 article

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Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

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RachelMarta @rachel99marta.bsky.social · 7h

The best defense against this weapon is solidarity among groups who disagree ferociously on many questions, but who agree on the need to keep America democratic and rebuild institutions and social connections to make democracy more robust.
#FocusOnTheCommonCause
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Opinion | Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 14h

If you’d like a more realistic assessment; I wrote about it today. www.pbump.net/o/dethawing-...

Thawing out ‘Arctic Frost’ and the new Biden-was-worse argument

A recent American presidency, you may be alarmed to hear, engaged in an action that was "arguably worse than Watergate" — an event still positioned in some circles as the gold-standard of presidential...

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 14h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 13h

I wrote legal editorials for the Post for a hot minute many years ago, and I was constantly anxious about making sure I got the details right. This editorial is just humiliating for everyone involved

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 14h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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✨️KittyKatPrincess✨️ @kittykatprincess.bsky.social · 12h

Gift article 🎁
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Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

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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David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 13h

Looks like most Republicans are now complicit in the extrajudicial killings in the Carribbean which sets a dangerous precedent given Trump's unpredictability.
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G.O.P. Blocks Bid to Halt Trump’s Attacks in the Caribbean Sea

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Ben Edwards @bostonhistory.bsky.social · 14h

The American Experiment - At 250, the Revolution’s goals remain noble and indispensable.
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The American Experiment

At 250, the Revolution’s goals remain noble and indispensable.

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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 14h

This is why you do not surrender in advance and bury the Trump Administration in lawsuits, just as he does to others. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Federal Judge Imposes New Limits on ICE Operations in Chicago

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Drug Policy Facts @drugpolicyfacts.bsky.social · 14h

"Two U.S. officials, who were not authorized to discuss the sensitive matter publicly, also said that Colombians were aboard at least one of the boats recently destroyed by the United States."
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Colombia’s President Says Boat Bombed by U.S. Was Carrying Colombians

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 14h

Every layoff is another trip to Biarritz for the boss. Gifted: www.wsj.com/business/bos...

Bosses Are Cutting Costs, Just Not the Private Jet

Corporate spending on charter flights is soaring, to the dismay of workers being told to make do with less.

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Doreen Ellen @doreenellen.bsky.social · 14h

GIFT:
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Retribution Is Here

The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster.

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@MissMyRubyDoo @fuckcancer56.bsky.social · 13h

New description of #Felon47, thanks to Blood of my Blood: Detestable Nodcock.
The Scots have it.

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Charles Koppelman @ckopp.bsky.social · 15h

“Trump occasionally reminds aides about an incident last year in which Trump cut his hand on Bondi’s large wedding ring, causing him to bleed.”

What?

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