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Kate Knibbs
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The fight is on
www.wired.com/story/anthro...
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Anthropic Hits Back After US Military Labels It a 'Supply Chain Risk'
Anthropic says it would be “legally unsound” for the Pentagon to blacklist its technology after talks over military use of its artificial intelligence models broke down.
https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-supply-chain-risk-shockwaves-silicon-valley/
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Rachel Bitecofer
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Tomorrow at 10 am pst Join us!!
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nilay patel
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Love it when our nation’s defense contractors all spend their Friday nights subtweeting each other about killing everyone in the world
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ProPublica
about 4 hours ago
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.
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This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
https://www.propublica.org/article/health-insurance-denial-external-review?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1772251206&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Art Candee 🍿🥤
about 4 hours ago
No amount of parading Bill or Hillary Clinton in front of Lauren Boebert will change the fact that Donald Trump’s name is alllllllllllll over the Epstein files.
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The Tennessee Holler
about 4 hours ago
“1 family. 2 news networks. And a president who treats mergers like loyalty tests with no regard for the public.”
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Kyle Cheney
about 4 hours ago
JUST IN: A federal judge in Oregon has barred ICE from conducting warrantless arrests without probable cause in the state, saying the agency's "dragnets" have flouted "clear and undisputed" law.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Sure you’ve have, Trump. NOT.
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Senator Jeff Merkley
about 10 hours ago
Trump is hell-bent on seizing control of our elections. HELL NO. Every patriot needs to work together to defend our democracy and our fundamental freedom to vote.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency
Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/26/trump-elections-executive-order-activists/
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Skye
about 16 hours ago
Stansbury: “The vast majority of co-conspirators that were investigated were the women who assisted in Epstein's crimes— None of the male perpetrators who committed rape & SA, including potentially the president who’s accused in the files, have been called to testify & to account for what happened”
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The Tennessee Holler
about 5 hours ago
Spotted in Nashville, today…
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DAPPER DON DHARSHI
about 4 hours ago
The leg with the ear scratch in this tiny little thing! I love it!
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Kat Abughazaleh
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Kat Abughazaleh
about 4 hours ago
There was some reporting today about my foreign policy positions, which surprised everyone… including me. To clarify, here’s where I stand:
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Hoboken redwing
about 8 hours ago
You know the ice assholes who did this to him are laughing about it
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Carl Quintanilla
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Kyle Cheney
1 day ago
ICE says the threat of enforcement at churches prevents criminals from taking safe haven there. Judge Pan on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals recently mused that in an age of administrative warrants, churches may be "safer than your home."
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Kyle Cheney
1 day ago
“The president said that religious freedom is important to him. But I can’t help wondering whether this administration believes that only some people should be afforded the ability to practice their faith."
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Kyle Cheney
1 day ago
NEW: When anti-ICE protesters disrupted a church service, the Trump administration vowed to stop at nothing to protect religious liberty. But congregations across the country who welcome immigrants say ICE has been violating their rights on a mass scale.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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The Guardian
about 4 hours ago
Trump orders US agencies to stop use of Anthropic technology amid dispute over ethics of AI
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Trump orders US agencies to stop use of Anthropic technology amid dispute over ethics of AI
Hours after exclusion of Anthropic, OpenAI announces fresh Pentagon deal, but says it will maintain same safety guardrails at the heart of the dispute * Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Donald Trump said Friday he will direct all federal agencies to “IMMEDIATELY CEASE” all use of Anthropic technology in the latest instalment of a very public clash over AI safety. The Department of Defense and Anthropic hit an impasse with neither side backing down as a deadline for an agreement lapsed on Friday afternoon. The Pentagon had demanded the artificial intelligence company loosen ethical guidelines on its AI systems or face severe consequences. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/trump-anthropic-ai-federal-agencies?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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The Guardian
about 4 hours ago
At least 15 killed as cash-laden military cargo plane crashes in Bolivia
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At least 15 killed as cash-laden military cargo plane crashes in Bolivia
Riot police use teargas to disperse people gathering around wreckage of plane loaded with money from central bank At least 15 people have died after a military cargo plane carrying banknotes crashed on Friday near Bolivia’s capital, damaging about a dozen vehicles on a highway and scattering bills on the ground, an official has said. Fire chief Pavel Tovar did not specify if those killed were in the plane or on the highway near the airport in La Paz. He said people had been injured. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/28/at-least-15-killed-as-cash-laden-military-cargo-plane-crashes-in-bolivia?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Art Candee 🍿🥤
about 4 hours ago
Put Gramps to bed already.
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The Tennessee Holler
about 4 hours ago
Let this in. Half of 🇺🇸 struggles to pay rent, MUCH higher % for young people — average first home buyer is now 40 (!) “housing market = wealth transfer mechanism from young renters to existing owners” The system is rigged. We can’t go on like this.
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Carl Quintanilla
about 6 hours ago
Television pioneer Fred Rogers, gone 23 years ago today. His acceptance speech for the Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award is always worth a watch.
#RIP
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝
about 5 hours ago
My grandkids will be looking at photos like this when their history teachers explain how fascism almost destroyed democracy.
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Demjen
about 6 hours ago
Depose Ivanka and Melania
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God
about 5 hours ago
I deeply regret giving your president a mouth.
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Acyn
about 6 hours ago
Khanna: I think that there was some sexism in the way Secretary Clinton was treated. She was treated worse than President Clinton was treated.
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Hunter Dunn
about 6 hours ago
Drop Site’s next article: “SCANDAL: Secret emails reveal that Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh (IL-9) is consistently pro-human rights & anti-fascism. To explain why her support for democracy and freedom against tyranny is dangerous for America, we summoned Hitler’s ghost for comment.”
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
about 6 hours ago
@hillaryclinton.bsky.social
: "I don't understand why it's so difficult for the press to have a consistent narrative about how dangerous Trump is."
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Henning Dekant 📎
about 6 hours ago
Fascism will be good for business is a common trope. Yet, they always end up killing the golden goose. Markets need law and order and predictability to function.
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Sarah Fitzpatrick
about 8 hours ago
At least 6 Trump Cabinet members or senior administration officials were in contact with Epstein. It is unclear if these relationships w/ Epstein were raised in background checks or security clearances. Every agency involved declined to answer my questions.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The ‘Crazy’ Plot to Release the Epstein Files
How an unlikely duo of lawmakers partnered with victims to try to hold the powerful accountable
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/02/epstein-files-trump-clinton-bondi/686156/?gift=AwR_TGzSRSLueG5W7xh0RUuq2oOtTPxa2IRBKRUJ0xI
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Adam Weinstein
about 5 hours ago
I can't believe it's been 7 1/2 years since
@atherton.bsky.social
scared the shit out of me with this great primer on the thorny issues around AI-driven autonomous weapons, and things have only gotten scarier
www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/m...
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Are Killer Robots the Future of War? Parsing the Facts on Autonomous Weapons (Published 2018)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/magazine/autonomous-robots-weapons.html
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Democracy Docket
about 7 hours ago
NEW: Georgia removed nearly 471,000 voters from its rolls last summer — roughly 6% of all the state’s registered voters. Now voting rights groups are suing, arguing the state is illegally hiding records about how the purge was carried out.
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Voting rights groups sue Georgia for refusing to release voter purge records
Without full access to the records, plaintiffs say they cannot determine whether eligible voters were wrongly removed.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/voting-rights-groups-sue-georgia-for-refusing-to-release-voter-purge-records/
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Sherrilyn Ifill
about 9 hours ago
This guy is dropping truth. Awesome man.
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Raider
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Marc Elias
about 7 hours ago
🚨BREAKING: Pro-voting groups sued Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) for refusing to turn over key records related to his office’s sweeping 2025 voter roll purge — a purge that canceled nearly 471,000 registrations, about 6% of the state’s voters.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Voting rights groups sue Georgia for refusing to release voter purge records
Without full access to the records, plaintiffs say they cannot determine whether eligible voters were wrongly removed.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/voting-rights-groups-sue-georgia-for-refusing-to-release-voter-purge-records/
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Governor Newsom Press Office
about 6 hours ago
First he said he was “entitled” to 5 more House seats. Now he says he’s “entitled” to a 3rd term. No one is entitled to power in America. Donald Trump is a threat to our Constitution.
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Raider
about 5 hours ago
Off to cause some Good Trouble. ✌️ I’m out ✊
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George Takei
about 6 hours ago
This administration is so unserious.
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RFK Jr. Dragged After Sharing Ultra-Cringey HHS Ad Starring His Fake 'Action Figure'
https://www.comicsands.com/rfk-jr-action-figure-ad?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram#Echobox=1772224039
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The Guardian
about 6 hours ago
Labour leadership truce holds for now but clock is ticking for Starmer
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Labour leadership truce holds for now but clock is ticking for Starmer
Countdown to May has begun and dejected Labour MPs want to see in that time PM is capable of change
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/labour-leadership-truce-keir-starmer-may-countdown?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1772238459
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reposted by
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
about 10 hours ago
This would pretty much be America’s Enabling Act moment.
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Phil Mandelbaum
about 8 hours ago
NEW: No murder weapon was ever produced, and no gunshot residue was found on his clothing. An ammunition box found at the murder scene contained a fingerprint that did not belong to him. Yet Temujin Kensu remains behind bars in Michigan. It’s been 40 years.
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Making Another Murderer: The Captivating Case of Temujin Kensu - UNICORN RIOT
Nearly a dozen witnesses have placed Temujin Kensu 450 miles away from a 1980s murder in Michigan. Yet, 40 years later, his conviction stands.
https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/making-another-murderer-the-captivating-case-of-temujin-kensu/
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Peter Baker
about 14 hours ago
The new American dream, for some of its citizens, is to no longer live here. Put aside Trump's deportations, America’s own citizens are leaving in record numbers, replanting themselves in lands they find more affordable and safe.
@drewhinshaw.bsky.social
Joe Parkinson
www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...
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Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers
More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americans-leaving-the-us-migration-a5795bfa?st=K1HoHN&reflink=article_copyURL_share
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reposted by
Sahil Kapur
about 13 hours ago
Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a pro-ICE promotional video featuring a version of its song “Let Down” without permission. Full statement from the band:
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Glenn Kirschner
about 13 hours ago
State of the Union? How About "State of the Swamp!"
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Accountability WILL Come for Donald Trump!
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
https://youtu.be/DH59ZLYIYS8?si=fuyn6cWVgEhUE9d5
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The Tennessee Holler
about 13 hours ago
REV. KING: “If Rep. Fritts wants to lead a Christ-First Tennessee, he should reexamine Christ’s teachings… You simply cannot call yourself “pro-life” if your response to those who have abortions is the death penalty.”
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
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Brian Tyler Cohen
about 13 hours ago
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One Merger After Another: Trump Cronies Take Over CNN
CBS was the test case. Now CNN is next. A wave of corporate media mergers is reshaping who controls what Americans see, hear, and believe.
https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/one-merger-after-another-trump-cronies
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
about 13 hours ago
Follow the money. And IIRC, Epstein accused his friend Trump of laundering money for the Russians when he bought the estate Epstein wanted in Florida.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
about 14 hours ago
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