@paradoxoftolerance.bsky.social
I mostly RT and fav stuff by people who are more articulate than me. Mostly politics, but I also love cats, art, food, and anything else cool.
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Brendan Carr is illegally destroying U.S. media consolidation limits so that Trump-friendly local broadcast TV companies (Sinclair, Nexstar, Tegna) can all merge and pummel local TV news consumers with propaganda.
This is even pissing off major cable companies, who say it's unfair to them:
This is even pissing off major cable companies, who say it's unfair to them:
Cable lobby to sue Trump FCC over repeal of national TV ownership cap
Cable industry to sue, says FCC can't repeal TV ownership limit set by Congress.
arstechnica.com
October 7, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Brendan Carr is illegally destroying U.S. media consolidation limits so that Trump-friendly local broadcast TV companies (Sinclair, Nexstar, Tegna) can all merge and pummel local TV news consumers with propaganda.
This is even pissing off major cable companies, who say it's unfair to them:
This is even pissing off major cable companies, who say it's unfair to them:
"We're not racists"
October 6, 2026 at 5:32 PM
"We're not racists"
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He doesn't need the money and now millions of his fans could risk having one of the most deadly addictions there is
From @theathletic.com: LeBron James will make nearly four times as much promoting the Polymarket prediction market as he will from playing basketball. The deal may not break NBA rules, but it raises uncomfortable questions.
LeBron’s Polymarket deal may not break NBA rules, but it raises uncomfortable questions
LeBron James will make nearly four times as much promoting a prediction market as he will for playing basketball.
nyti.ms
October 5, 2026 at 5:04 PM
He doesn't need the money and now millions of his fans could risk having one of the most deadly addictions there is
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Christopher Rufo is single handedly the reason most white people who never went to law school know that they hate Critical Race Theory even if they'll never be able to define it
A GOP schism over the Texas candidate Bo French’s social-media post reveals the limits of the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.
The Mainstreaming of Anti-Indian Bigotry
A Republican schism over a social-media post by a Texas politician revealed that the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy has its limits.
bit.ly
October 4, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Christopher Rufo is single handedly the reason most white people who never went to law school know that they hate Critical Race Theory even if they'll never be able to define it
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For a “movement” to end… it would have to first begin
September 27, 2026 at 9:03 PM
For a “movement” to end… it would have to first begin
This is ableist as fuck and is stupidly harsh.
TSA says it is removing chairs at document checks in airports, requiring staff to stand for their shift.
TSA explained the reason as twofold: to ensure its employees meet its fitness standards and to create an amiable environment for travelers.
TSA explained the reason as twofold: to ensure its employees meet its fitness standards and to create an amiable environment for travelers.
TSA officers must now stand up on the job
The agency is removing chairs from document-checking stations.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 2, 2026 at 12:24 AM
This is ableist as fuck and is stupidly harsh.
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NEW: Meta found a way to turn massive data centers into “pilot models” and cash in on a 1980s tax credit.
The result? Meta avoided nearly $4 billion in taxes last year alone. Gift link. 👇
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
The result? Meta avoided nearly $4 billion in taxes last year alone. Gift link. 👇
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2026 at 10:22 PM
NEW: Meta found a way to turn massive data centers into “pilot models” and cash in on a 1980s tax credit.
The result? Meta avoided nearly $4 billion in taxes last year alone. Gift link. 👇
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
The result? Meta avoided nearly $4 billion in taxes last year alone. Gift link. 👇
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
Republicans when AI: "Nothing we can do man"
Republicans when women: "We have to institute a national database of pregnant people, also ban all abortion medications, ban abortion itself, and then prosecute women who miscarry."
Republicans when women: "We have to institute a national database of pregnant people, also ban all abortion medications, ban abortion itself, and then prosecute women who miscarry."
Rick Scott on AI: "Congress can't regulate this. We can't get election security passed or pass a budget, so we're not gonna be the ones to do it. It's gonna have to be done through the administration with talking to these AI companies."
September 30, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Republicans when AI: "Nothing we can do man"
Republicans when women: "We have to institute a national database of pregnant people, also ban all abortion medications, ban abortion itself, and then prosecute women who miscarry."
Republicans when women: "We have to institute a national database of pregnant people, also ban all abortion medications, ban abortion itself, and then prosecute women who miscarry."
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Jesus Christ dude
September 29, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Jesus Christ dude
The Conservative High Clerics of the United States allow the regime to committ literal human trafficking.
September 29, 2026 at 8:36 PM
The Conservative High Clerics of the United States allow the regime to committ literal human trafficking.
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The Real Stories - not the GOP's.
September 29, 2026 at 7:58 AM
The Real Stories - not the GOP's.
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It's kind of crazy that the Natalie Harp news cycle raised some extremely valid questions about the extent of her influence on our octogenarian narcoleptic, none were answered and the press just stopped wondering.
September 28, 2026 at 10:28 PM
It's kind of crazy that the Natalie Harp news cycle raised some extremely valid questions about the extent of her influence on our octogenarian narcoleptic, none were answered and the press just stopped wondering.
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Once again, the Supreme Court prioritizes imaginary harms done to Trump by not allowing him to indulge in his conspiracy theories, as opposed to the very real harm done to citizens who may lose the ability to vote in this case.
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data.
The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
September 25, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Once again, the Supreme Court prioritizes imaginary harms done to Trump by not allowing him to indulge in his conspiracy theories, as opposed to the very real harm done to citizens who may lose the ability to vote in this case.
They're starting to pull the levers. Make sure you're registered to vote. Check it often, go early vote. Make this a blowout because they will try every ounce of fuckery they can.
🚨BREAKING: In a dangerous decision for voters, the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to overhaul a federal immigration database into a vast, centralized and deeply flawed database of personal information to initiate registration purges. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court revives DHS use of flawed immigration database for voter purges
The decision lets the administration move forward with a key provision of President Trump’s first anti-voting executive order.
www.democracydocket.com
September 25, 2026 at 6:01 PM
They're starting to pull the levers. Make sure you're registered to vote. Check it often, go early vote. Make this a blowout because they will try every ounce of fuckery they can.
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“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.”
H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
www.nbcnews.com
September 25, 2026 at 11:24 AM
“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.”
H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
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Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply.
If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP.
www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP.
www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
DPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to counties
Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.
www.texastribune.org
September 24, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply.
If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP.
www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP.
www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
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This is partly a story of personal corruption and government waste but the driving force is consistent with RFK Jr's policy objectives: he is a eugenicist who wants certain groups of people to die.
“The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier this year that it was moving about $12 million from its Office of Minority Health to help cover the ballooning cost of security for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
www.wsj.com
September 23, 2026 at 3:04 PM
This is partly a story of personal corruption and government waste but the driving force is consistent with RFK Jr's policy objectives: he is a eugenicist who wants certain groups of people to die.
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“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’”
crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language
crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language
September 22, 2026 at 11:08 AM
“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’”
crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language
crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language
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What Sen Murphy says.
September 22, 2026 at 5:03 AM
What Sen Murphy says.
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Who else will they disappear next?
If executive branch creates a system so that people under government control can be located and then just stops listing some people in that system — despite their still being under government control — that should be a five-alarm fire for the other branches, the states, and the public.
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal.
As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
September 22, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Who else will they disappear next?
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This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal.
Something like a third of all people in ICE custody.
apnews.com/article/ice-...
Something like a third of all people in ICE custody.
apnews.com/article/ice-...
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
apnews.com
September 21, 2026 at 5:06 PM
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal.
Something like a third of all people in ICE custody.
apnews.com/article/ice-...
Something like a third of all people in ICE custody.
apnews.com/article/ice-...
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The man ICE shot in Austin today is named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Per his lawyer, she and Perez’s family were run off of hospital property where he’s being treated and won’t even confirm he’s there because he’s “in ICE custody.” Actual criminals.
Federal immigration agent shoots and injures man in Austin, Texas
The person shot is in serious but stable condition, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a press conference.
www.npr.org
September 20, 2026 at 11:55 PM
The man ICE shot in Austin today is named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Per his lawyer, she and Perez’s family were run off of hospital property where he’s being treated and won’t even confirm he’s there because he’s “in ICE custody.” Actual criminals.
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From the people who told you that straight white male privilege doesn’t exist…
September 21, 2026 at 11:15 AM
From the people who told you that straight white male privilege doesn’t exist…