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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 11h

A surprising upside to Taylor Swift's very mid new album:

Galvanizing thousands of extremely online Swifties to campaign against the use of generative AI for creative work.

Fans Call on Taylor Swift to ‘Do Better’ After Accusations of Using AI for Promo Videos

A scavenger hunt campaign to promote Taylor Swift’s new album The Life of a Showgirl resulted in a viral #SwiftiesAgainstAI campaign.

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404 Media @404media.co · 13h

BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE

🔗 www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15h

The government's lack of a plan prompted Comey's counsel, Fitzgerald, to say that the prosecution "put the cart before the horse."

Usually, you figure out classified information issues in consultation w/ DOJ's national security division *before* bringing a case, he said.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 16h

MORE: The government indicated that it is not yet sure how it intends to handle the potential use of classified information at trial — i.e., whether it will use the process set out in the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) or opt to declassify the information.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 17h

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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Michelle Mogé @michellesedai.bsky.social · 11h

He lies and his supporters believe him. How do we survive this?

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Michelle Mogé @michellesedai.bsky.social · 11h

This seems like a very bad idea.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h

From @theathletic.com: The NCAA Division I Administrative Committee approved a recommendation to allow college athletes to legally wager on professional sports.

NCAA Division I votes to allow college athletes to bet on professional sports

If Division II and Division III also vote to approve the change, the new rules will go into effect Nov. 1.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11h

For no reason, just remembered this explicitly antifascist version of Chicken Little that Disney made in 1943. It's about the danger of following leaders who tell big lies. youtu.be/p_GaYdae4j0?...

Chicken Little

YouTube video by Mousefiles

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 12h

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

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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Michelle Mogé @michellesedai.bsky.social · 11h

Trump really loves fascism and doesn’t even feel the need to pretend he doesn’t anymore. This country has reached a low I never thought I’d see it fall to, it’s a crying shame.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump smiles along as Sortor refers to the White House press as "the garbage standing over here"

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 14h

Got a recent Pulitzer for warning on the spread of autocracy around the globe, after decades of service to the paper? You can bet your butt you're getting laid off by form email, on Yom Kippur

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 19h

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.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Michelle Mogé @michellesedai.bsky.social · 14h

If you don’t know @wendyenthomas.bsky.social you’re missing out, she’s an amazing human and an incredibly good State Representative.

Wendy E. N Thomas @wendyenthomas.bsky.social · 14h

NH Peeps - we've been holding listening sessions across NH. A frequent request was for information on the NH Gov and how you can get your voice heard.

As a result, I've written a guide - Granite Grit - the no bullsh*t guide to New Hampshire Politics (and how you can raise hell the right way).

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Kris Brown | President, @BradyUnited.org @krisbrown.bradyunited.org · 14h

@jonathanjackson.house.gov is right: this Administration isn’t even remotely serious about addressing gun violence in Chicago or anywhere.

There are proven solutions to stop the flow of illegally acquired firearms. The gun lobby demands Trump ignore them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Jonathan Jackson: "If this was genuine, Trump would be more interested in saying, 'How do we effectively deal with gun violence? How do we deal with gun manufacturers?' The city of Chicago does not have one gun shop."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 14h

Some background on the absolute monarchy where the Trump administration is now paying to imprison people deported by ICE

Story here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14h

I, for one, am shocked - <shocked> - that banks operating in increasingly securitized financial systems continue to engage in risky behavior - even in their traditional commercial lending - that increases the chance of a systemic crisis.

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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 14h

This really is beyond parody

Thomas M. Keck @tmksyracuse.bsky.social · 14h

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.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 14h

CNN has long been captured, and I don't think that we need to have a breathless announcement of every time they demonstrate it. This goes back a DECADE. Just leave them to their filth.

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 14h

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Taylor Nichols, MD FACEP @tnicholsmd.com · 15h

They’re consolidating power to break any checks on their power and attempts at authoritarian takeover.

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

The CIA’s deputy director has “abruptly demoted” the CIA’s acting general counsel & installed himself in that role, thus taking “control of making legal judgments for the agency while continuing to help lead it…” (This follows Hegseth’s termination of top military legal officials in Feb.) 10/6/25 1/

C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 15h

My New One at MSNBC Opinion on How the Supreme Court Seems Poised to Kill Off What Remains of the Voting Rights Act While Few Pay Attention–With Implications for 2026 Redistricting www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... @msnbc.com

How the Supreme Court could aid the GOP's redistricting games

If the court rules quickly enough in a key voting rights case, it could allow yet another round of partisan redistricting before the 2026 midterms.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

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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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18h

Relatedly, this @brianbeutler.bsky.social idea of the "median experience of tyranny" is a good way to say that while majorities oppose the lawbreaking/abuses of power, Miller is banking on the middle lacking deep conviction about all of it (as I suggest)

www.offmessage.net/p/the-median...

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Dan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 17h

Not the main point here, read the whole thread, but it is astonishing that it took children getting dragged out of apartment buildings and ICE shooting pastors for Dems to realize we are in fact in an information war. And Dems, post Obama, have ceded enormous advantages to their opponents in it.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20h

Stephen Miller believes that if he supercharges the debate over Trump's abuses of power with enough propaganda, he can polarize it and force low-info voters to embrace authoritarianism. Pritzker/Newsom have accepted that this requires an information war in response.

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 19h

Close-up photos have revealed the prepared list of put-downs that Pam Bondi brought to use against senators during her Epstein hearing.

Bondi Accidentally Reveals Her Burn Book for Fiery Epstein Hearing

The attorney general chose to lash out rather than answer questions from lawmakers about the late pedophile.

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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 19h

A 9-year-old pepper sprayed in handcuffs, crying for her dad. A teenager wrestled to the ground, and another pepper sprayed while waiting for the bus.

All were Black girls hurt by police.

Police Hurt Thousands of Teens Every Year. A Striking Number Are Black Girls.

www.themarshallproject.org

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 19h

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military troops to the streets of the third-largest U.S. city. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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