Ava
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I love traveling, politics, horseback riding, skiing, and good food. I’m anti Trump and prefer not to engage with MAGA supporters.
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Trump: I could say the stupidest things and you'd clap
October 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Trump: I could say the stupidest things and you'd clap
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Will anyone ask Trump or @MarshaBlackburn or @BrentTaylorTN about this today? Seems like a clarksville type Q 🤷🏼
October 10, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Will anyone ask Trump or @MarshaBlackburn or @BrentTaylorTN about this today? Seems like a clarksville type Q 🤷🏼
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“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
October 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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WKRN: “A Utah school admin filed a federal lawsuit alleging she was pepper-sprayed, sedated, beaten, sexually assaulted by correctional officers inside Nashville Detention Center after an arrest last year… officers remain employed by sheriff, no criminal charges filed…” www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...
October 7, 2026 at 9:53 PM
WKRN: “A Utah school admin filed a federal lawsuit alleging she was pepper-sprayed, sedated, beaten, sexually assaulted by correctional officers inside Nashville Detention Center after an arrest last year… officers remain employed by sheriff, no criminal charges filed…” www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...
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The thing politically active college students are taught is that you can get paid on one side for doing what the other side does out of conviction
October 7, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The thing politically active college students are taught is that you can get paid on one side for doing what the other side does out of conviction
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Damn, hit ‘em with the lookback
October 5, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Damn, hit ‘em with the lookback
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I'm not running to bow to a corporation.
I'm not running to raise your utility rates or help them do it.
I'm not running so that your premium goes up and everybody looks the other way.
I'm running to fight for you.
I'm not running to raise your utility rates or help them do it.
I'm not running so that your premium goes up and everybody looks the other way.
I'm running to fight for you.
October 4, 2026 at 8:25 PM
I'm not running to bow to a corporation.
I'm not running to raise your utility rates or help them do it.
I'm not running so that your premium goes up and everybody looks the other way.
I'm running to fight for you.
I'm not running to raise your utility rates or help them do it.
I'm not running so that your premium goes up and everybody looks the other way.
I'm running to fight for you.
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October 3, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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The “ceasefire” will be one year old next week. Since then, Israeli strikes have killed more than 1400 Gazans
Israeli strike kills five in Gaza, including four women, health officials say
Israeli strike kills five in Gaza, including four women, health officials say
An Israeli airstrike killed at least five Palestinians, including four women, in an apartment building in Gaza City early on Saturday, health and civil defence service officials said.
www.reuters.com
October 3, 2026 at 7:14 PM
The “ceasefire” will be one year old next week. Since then, Israeli strikes have killed more than 1400 Gazans
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Tim Snyder is correct: If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money and tackle our corrupt system.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
October 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Tim Snyder is correct: If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money and tackle our corrupt system.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
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Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year?
And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist!
Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist!
Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
October 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year?
And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist!
Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist!
Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
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Michael Tracey published what he said was the ID of the "Jane Doe" in the Cornell case. Then he took it down, claiming he just wanted to make a point and didn't want to see harm to the person he named.
What he hasn't admitted is that he mistook info on a sketchy site for official NY court records.
What he hasn't admitted is that he mistook info on a sketchy site for official NY court records.
![An archived copy of Michael Tracey's original Substack post includes a screenshot from "eCourt Records" and the commentary: "It's [name redacted]. Don't blame me -- the New York Court System just posted it. Seemingly inadvertently. Oh well."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6arqeda2f5piwu7zien3b2hq/bafkreiftgxhhfprcae33jlwnll3ycf3r4cwwqxkx4tryc7b2kvdsuzaeca)
October 2, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Michael Tracey published what he said was the ID of the "Jane Doe" in the Cornell case. Then he took it down, claiming he just wanted to make a point and didn't want to see harm to the person he named.
What he hasn't admitted is that he mistook info on a sketchy site for official NY court records.
What he hasn't admitted is that he mistook info on a sketchy site for official NY court records.
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Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.
How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
www.nbcnews.com
October 2, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.
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JUDGE: How would you envision that looking, then?
PROSECUTOR: What part?
JUDGE: The part where I appoint an independent person in the interest of justice to investigate the Department of Justice, and that person is being supervised by the Department of Justice www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/01/b...
PROSECUTOR: What part?
JUDGE: The part where I appoint an independent person in the interest of justice to investigate the Department of Justice, and that person is being supervised by the Department of Justice www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/01/b...
Judge to begin inquiry that could lead to criminal contempt charges in ‘Broadview Six’ case
A federal judge on Thursday said she’d initiate a “fact finding” process to determine whether potential criminal contempt charges are warranted against prosecutors in the “Broadview Six” case.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM
JUDGE: How would you envision that looking, then?
PROSECUTOR: What part?
JUDGE: The part where I appoint an independent person in the interest of justice to investigate the Department of Justice, and that person is being supervised by the Department of Justice www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/01/b...
PROSECUTOR: What part?
JUDGE: The part where I appoint an independent person in the interest of justice to investigate the Department of Justice, and that person is being supervised by the Department of Justice www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/01/b...
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#BREAKING U.S. District Judge April Perry is moving forward with further fact-finding regarding potential prosecutorial misconduct in the case of the "Broadview Six," with a special prosecutor still on the table.
U.S. District Judge April Perry: "My sole focus at this point is on lack of candor, concealment of material facts, or other misconduct that occurred before me."
Background on what she's talking about here: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
October 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM
#BREAKING U.S. District Judge April Perry is moving forward with further fact-finding regarding potential prosecutorial misconduct in the case of the "Broadview Six," with a special prosecutor still on the table.
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When it comes to a US president enabling mass slaughter abroad, really it is the private frustration that is most important.
The day that Biden grew so angry at Netanyahu that he nearly cut him off: "He was just completely fed up with everything and I think at that moment he was ready to just say, 'I’m done,'" Brett McGurk recalls as he releases "Brink," his memoir of Gaza war. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
‘Ready to Blow His Stack’: How Biden Nearly Cut Off Netanyahu Over Gaza
Brett McGurk, who was the top Middle East adviser to President Joseph R. Biden Jr., offered the first inside-the-room account of American efforts to manage the Gaza war.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 8:13 PM
When it comes to a US president enabling mass slaughter abroad, really it is the private frustration that is most important.
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"they really believe it"/"they will try to do it"/"the promises are real" are things that most americans refuse to believe about politicians but if you take them seriously will help you predict political behavior more often than not
“No they really believe it” is a way better heuristic for understanding political actors than “they are on the take” 9 times out of 10.
Sometimes beliefs are downstream of materialism and political economy. But these relationships are more complicated than “bribes”
Sometimes beliefs are downstream of materialism and political economy. But these relationships are more complicated than “bribes”
AIPAC is bad for a whole host of reasons but I get annoyed by people who blame it for politicians support of Israel. The much more obvious explanation is that the median primary voter is 150 years old and thinks that Egypt still is one more war away from wiping Israel off the face of the map.
October 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
"they really believe it"/"they will try to do it"/"the promises are real" are things that most americans refuse to believe about politicians but if you take them seriously will help you predict political behavior more often than not
September 30, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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I do think they probably ran his texts through an LLM and it hallucinated crimes. That’s scary and bad and it’s funny they got caught, but imagine how many other times this happens on a day to day basis against people with no rights, let alone the ability to publicly humiliate the AI prosecutor.
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡
Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong.
Here's the whole sequence:
Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong.
Here's the whole sequence:
September 29, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I do think they probably ran his texts through an LLM and it hallucinated crimes. That’s scary and bad and it’s funny they got caught, but imagine how many other times this happens on a day to day basis against people with no rights, let alone the ability to publicly humiliate the AI prosecutor.
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Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
September 29, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
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The bozos in question.
Scoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning.
Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
A phenomenal moment in the Senate.
Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta.
Smith denies it.
Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury.
Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland.
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Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta.
Smith denies it.
Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury.
Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland.
WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
September 29, 2026 at 7:18 PM
The bozos in question.
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Scoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning.
Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
A phenomenal moment in the Senate.
Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta.
Smith denies it.
Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury.
Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland.
WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta.
Smith denies it.
Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury.
Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland.
WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
September 29, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Scoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning.
Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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wow they really got him
September 29, 2026 at 5:46 PM
wow they really got him
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holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."
September 29, 2026 at 2:58 PM
holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."
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Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
www.wisn.com
September 28, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.