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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 9h

Agree. Miller wouldn't hesitate to fool an old man to advance his own agenda

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."

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Princeton 2000 @princeton2000.org · 14h

2000's OWN @nabarund.bsky.social just won a MacArthur!!!!

MacArthur Foundation Announces 2025 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners

www.nytimes.com

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Anne Caprara @annecaprara.bsky.social · 18h

Greg has correctly articulated our theory of the case - and accurately laid out the one battleground on which Governors and other electeds can successfully fight the feds, other than the courts (and there is delicate strategy there as well that I’m not sure everyone fully appreciates.)

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

There is no budget "deal" to be made

President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Justin Purnell @justinpurnell.com · 1d

Get the generals back in here!

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 1d

Guy who did not get any of the birthday cake at New York Times named senior editor at CBS News

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 3d

‘The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year… Outside of the AI plays, even European stock markets have been outperforming the US this decade’
on.ft.com/4pTQ3US

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

on.ft.com

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Justin Purnell @justinpurnell.com · 3d

The Myth of the Campus Snowflake

The students I encounter as a university president aren’t afraid of free speech—quite the contrary.

www.theatlantic.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3d

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Alex Fernie @ferniecommaalex.bsky.social · 5d

There are uniformed, on-duty cops who read don't as much like cops as this guy does.

Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 5d

You guys

Fox News screenshot and it looks like Michael rappaport in a face covering and hat none of us would own and it says former antifa member speaks out

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Justin Purnell @justinpurnell.com · 7d

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

New York City, I can see a future with you. And it’s one we can afford.

Our new ad just aired during The Golden Bachelor.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

In a city of world-class artists and production crew hunting for the next gig, Andrew Cuomo made a TV ad the same way he wrote his housing policy: with AI.

Then again, maybe a fake Cuomo is better than the real one?

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo driving a train.

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo working on the outside of a building.

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 8d

Bin-go

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 8d

I work with Veterans. If I told them that they "killed people and broke things for a living" they would (rightfully) tell me to go to hell.

Those that have had to kill someone in the line of duty most often view it with sadness, regret, and one of the worst experiences of their lives.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "A few months ago I was at the White House when President Trump announced his liberation day for America's trade policy. It was a landmark day. Well, today is another liberation day. The liberation of America's warriors ... you kill people and break things for a living."

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AAUP @aaup.org · 8d

BREAKING: WE WON!!!
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Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:

Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com

Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...

www.courtlistener.com

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Eliza 7777777🌟🥄 @eliza7777777thstar.bsky.social · 25d

I’ve been finding this to be true when I talk to people offline. Make sure to quote him directly to people you know that aren’t engaged & may not have even heard of him until he died.

They need to know who this admin put on Air Force 2 & flew flags at half mast for—not the sanitized version.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 8d

There we are.

“Secretary Hegseth’s misogynistic lethality screed was disqualifying. His continued railing against women in combat roles shows his deep personal inadequacies,” said the first defense official. “It shocks the conscience to hear the Secretary of Defense — he is no warrior — endorse bullying and hazing of service members. How dare this former National Guard major lecture our military leaders on lethality when he’s focused solely on his own cult of personality.”

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 8d

“apparent”

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 8d

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) made an apparent blunder on camera Tuesday when he said Republicans and Democrats should come together and "stop attacking pedophiles.

'Stop attacking pedophiles!' Ted Cruz appears to make awkward gaffe during Senate hearing

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) made an apparent blunder on camera Tuesday when he said Republicans and Democrats should come together and "stop attacking pedophiles."Cruz was speaking at a Senate hearing on Trump administration actions to address crime when he attempted to convey how bipartisan efforts in Con...

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Justin Purnell @justinpurnell.com · 8d

interesting perspective

Princeton University @princeton.edu · 8d

“For as much grief as Eisgruber may get from student protesters — and perhaps vice versa — it’s clear from the book that he sees campus dissenters as figures who, across generations, have made Princeton a better place."

President Eisgruber discusses his new book: https://bit.ly/3ILZCEK

Portrait of Eisgruber with his book cover "Terms of Respect"

Justin Purnell @justinpurnell.com · 8d

it’s in the zeitgeist, baby

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8d

The ruling itself is remarkable, but it closes with something I've never seen: a 12-page assessment of Trump himself as an ignorant bully, braggart and threat to free speech and the republic writ-large. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 8d

like I am resenting having to spend my morning listening to this and I am doing it remotely and it’s literally my job so I can’t imagine how I would feel if I’d had to fly around the world and it wasn’t my job

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Justin Purnell @justinpurnell.com · 8d

Out today…

Terms of Respect: How Colleges Get Free Speech Right

How Colleges Get Free Speech Right

bookshop.org

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 8d

The headline here is “Hegseth announces changes that will protect domestic abusers in the military.” Even though this is incontestably true, no news organization will use this headline, because telling the truth is deemed impermissible if the truth hurts the right too much

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "We are overhauling an inspector general process that has been weaponized, putting complainers and poor performers in the driver seat. We are doing the same with the equal opportunity policies. No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complains ... no more walking on eggshells."

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