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If you live in a state inundated by data center developers, they’re probably linked to this guy.
Inside Blue Owl’s AI play
A former futures trader, Zahr now steers Blue Owl's push into AI data center leases and lending, a bet worth billions that has some analysts wary.
therealdeal.com
October 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
If you live in a state inundated by data center developers, they’re probably linked to this guy.
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Stabs this whole interview with a copy of The Caliban and The Witch.
Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests.
Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade.
Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade.
Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice
Justice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.
www.cbsnews.com
October 5, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Stabs this whole interview with a copy of The Caliban and The Witch.
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UPDATED: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has now resulted in more than 83,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
We are continuing to track the increase in these cases:
We are continuing to track the increase in these cases:
Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants
ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
projects.propublica.org
October 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
UPDATED: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has now resulted in more than 83,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
We are continuing to track the increase in these cases:
We are continuing to track the increase in these cases:
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Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
www.democracydocket.com
October 2, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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With this monopolized media empire comes not just size but unprecedented power.
The power to throw workers under the bus.
The power to price-gouge because consumers have few alternatives.
The power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told.
The power to throw workers under the bus.
The power to price-gouge because consumers have few alternatives.
The power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told.
October 2, 2026 at 11:15 PM
With this monopolized media empire comes not just size but unprecedented power.
The power to throw workers under the bus.
The power to price-gouge because consumers have few alternatives.
The power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told.
The power to throw workers under the bus.
The power to price-gouge because consumers have few alternatives.
The power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
www.wired.com
October 3, 2026 at 1:37 AM
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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When they go, they go all the way
October 3, 2026 at 10:58 PM
When they go, they go all the way
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Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
October 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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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.
It’s wild how irresponsible this is but in our age of deregulation, what can anyone do. Millions will suffer and a few will profit and I don’t know how long they think this can last.
Days after a loss of hundreds microbetting at a Yankees game, DraftKings sent a notice to our reporter: “Took a loss? Now take a beat.”
Then came a promotion: A 20% profit BOOST on bets of up to $250 for an unlimited number of live bets on baseball plate appearances.
Full story: propub.li/4xUdksA
Then came a promotion: A 20% profit BOOST on bets of up to $250 for an unlimited number of live bets on baseball plate appearances.
Full story: propub.li/4xUdksA
October 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
It’s wild how irresponsible this is but in our age of deregulation, what can anyone do. Millions will suffer and a few will profit and I don’t know how long they think this can last.
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I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
September 30, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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"What Palantir can’t do is stop government agencies from sharing information with each other, which Trump ordered them to do in March. ELITE, the app they created for ICE, sources its data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, which manages Medicaid."
via @kalwradio.bsky.social
via @kalwradio.bsky.social
Nurses rally in San Francisco against Palantir’s work with ICE
Nurses marched in San Francisco on Wednesday to protest Palantir’s involvement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
www.kalw.org
October 1, 2026 at 11:28 PM
"What Palantir can’t do is stop government agencies from sharing information with each other, which Trump ordered them to do in March. ELITE, the app they created for ICE, sources its data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, which manages Medicaid."
via @kalwradio.bsky.social
via @kalwradio.bsky.social
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What intimate and embarrassing conversations could the Governor of Texas be legitimately having with Elon Musk?
Every voter in Texas should want to know.
Every voter in Texas should want to know.
Governor Abbott office refused to turn over 1400 pages of correspondence without it being heavily redacted, claiming it contained intimate and embarrassing information. we will get to see how much Musk and Governor Abbott were able to sell out Texans.
October 1, 2026 at 2:47 AM
What intimate and embarrassing conversations could the Governor of Texas be legitimately having with Elon Musk?
Every voter in Texas should want to know.
Every voter in Texas should want to know.
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Honestly what would you do? I , a woman and therefore assuming all these men intend to r/\p3 me repeatedly for hours before leaving me for dead, would at least consider driving away and risking the bu11ets instead.
ICE’s new MO is running up to cars with guns drawn. This incident occurred 1 week after ICE shot a man in the back in Austin while he was in his car.
This is domestic terrorism!
This incident occurred in Cathedral City, California.
#AbolishICE #VoteBlue #ICEOutOfCA
This is domestic terrorism!
This incident occurred in Cathedral City, California.
#AbolishICE #VoteBlue #ICEOutOfCA
September 30, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Honestly what would you do? I , a woman and therefore assuming all these men intend to r/\p3 me repeatedly for hours before leaving me for dead, would at least consider driving away and risking the bu11ets instead.
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It’s difficult to overstate how dangerous such a declaration would be for American democracy. It would mean a president is attempting to sidestep the Constitution, which empowers states to run elections, in order to prevent his party from losing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Could Trump take over voting by declaring a ‘national emergency’?
Advocates agree such an attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional but still worry that such an emergency order could suppress voting nonetheless.
www.democracydocket.com
September 29, 2026 at 9:11 PM
It’s difficult to overstate how dangerous such a declaration would be for American democracy. It would mean a president is attempting to sidestep the Constitution, which empowers states to run elections, in order to prevent his party from losing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
September 29, 2026 at 5:02 AM
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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We don’t need more ways for corporations to jack up prices, and that includes Big Macs.
Surveillance pricing should be illegal across the country. I have a bill to ban it.
Surveillance pricing should be illegal across the country. I have a bill to ban it.
Inside McDonald’s push to have AI price your Big Mac
McDonald’s is increasingly using artificial intelligence to guide menu prices across the U.S. and some global markets, a plan that aims to boost headquarters’ profit but risks alienating customers and...
www.reuters.com
September 29, 2026 at 10:10 PM
We don’t need more ways for corporations to jack up prices, and that includes Big Macs.
Surveillance pricing should be illegal across the country. I have a bill to ban it.
Surveillance pricing should be illegal across the country. I have a bill to ban it.
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The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office.
(Published March)
(Published March)
Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump
Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...
www.propublica.org
September 29, 2026 at 11:14 PM
The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office.
(Published March)
(Published March)
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The Door Dash driver ICE shot in Austin is still in the concentration camp, bullet in his back and broken collarbone without adequate medical care.
#CrushICE #HumanRightsViolation
#CrushICE #HumanRightsViolation
September 29, 2026 at 4:01 AM
The Door Dash driver ICE shot in Austin is still in the concentration camp, bullet in his back and broken collarbone without adequate medical care.
#CrushICE #HumanRightsViolation
#CrushICE #HumanRightsViolation
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Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
September 29, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."